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Chapter 182 Confrontation and Blood Creation

"Have a cold?" Rupert looked up at him. In order to let someone lie down flat, she had to sit cross-legged and look through her "notes" from time to time.

"Cough cough cough... a little cough, cough cough, that's all..." Ling Dengxian didn't know what to do. After coming to Ursus, he had really only met a few patients with severe colds. Generally speaking, these people would just heal on their own...

But his condition couldn't be cured by himself, and he was naturally afraid of the cold and was still in Ursus, so he had to find another way.

"Katyusha will be here soon. She thought you would catch a cold, and there is still some cold medicine left for the child you saved." Texas tried to lower her voice as much as possible. She could see how uncomfortable Ling Dengxian was feeling.

"Cough...Chi Yu cough cough..."

"She usually hunts for three days, you know."

"Okay..." Ling Dengxian felt his throat was itchy and he could hardly suppress the urge to cough.

"Eat something." Texas frowned slightly, controlling his emotions.

"Ahem... I have no appetite..."

"Here, pocky." Texas handed over a pocky. Ling Dengxian raised his sickly eyes and they looked at each other. He hesitated for a moment and raised his hand to take the food. He didn't know what Texas was thinking, he only knew that he was not the only one who was suffering.

"Well...why don't you go out for a walk...well, to avoid getting infected..."

"You want me to stay away?" Texas deadpanned.

"Not much... I feel a little uncomfortable now." Ling Dengxian closed his eyes and felt uneasy, but opened his eyes and wanted to sleep again.

"……I'm leaving."

"Attention... ahem..."

"Yeah." Rupert reached out and touched his forehead. The little sky blue dragon beside him curled up quietly beside Ling Dengxian.

Texas didn't make a fuss about the long, scaly, slippery creature, and didn't object when Ling Dengxian asked for his opinion on bringing it back. He just chose to sleep on his other side.

Ling Dengxian felt that Texas spoke less and less. It was unnecessary on the ice field before, but now the feeling that he could only watch the fire from the other side and be powerless was even more obvious.

Ling Dengxian was also burning with uneasiness and worry in his heart. He was not so powerless when faced with the decision of whether to resist Saria, because he had the power to do so. But now, the girl Lupo was right beside him, and the threat was far away, so he was powerless.

Especially when he saw her struggling the most, her amber eyes almost turned into a ball of fire. On that night, in the small space, he didn't dare to look into Rupert's dazzling eyes.

"Have a good sleep..."

The water was still, the dream was up and down. He came to the fork in the road again, the roar of the ancient city furnace, the gathering of wild horses in the misty green mountains, and... the pink and white flowers swaying silently as always.

He was confused again. Where should he go this time?

His intuition told him that he must not get close to the sea of ​​flowers until many things were clear.

But that sea of ​​flowers... seemed to have become a lot more prosperous, giving people an even stronger sense of weirdness.

A figure flashed by among the sea of ​​flowers, a misty and clear shadow.

Ling Dengxian was pierced through the heart by irritability and fear.

"Would you like to come in and sit for a while, Master?" The black veiled figure appeared again in the sea of ​​flowers. Ling Dengxian couldn't see her face clearly, but he knew that his expression must be the worst ever.

"I've prepared tea. Going to the sea of ​​flowers with the devil is also a magnificent sight in the world." Qinghong smiled charmingly and ignored his hateful look, which was also not noticed by the person who showed the look.

"This is not the human world, and the dream is not the fairyland." He spoke coldly, as if he was put into a role, a role that he was extremely adapted to.

"Really? Immortal family... it doesn't mean you are an immortal just because you enter an immortal family. It's called 'immortal family' because there are immortals."

"What? You who are so far away are willing to degrade yourself to an immortal?" He 'saw' himself taking a step forward, his eyes burning.

"No, no, no." Qing Hong shook his head, his eyes bright, and after a moment of confrontation, he looked away as if admitting defeat, revealing a somewhat aggrieved look. I wonder what kind of affectionate person can resist such a scourge. "Didn't I return that person to you? If there is anyone on this planet who can be called an immortal, it can only be the mountain behind you."

"You have your plans... I've fallen into a trap, there's no way to avoid it." He felt that the words coming out of his mouth were so strange, but he also felt that the emotions surging in his heart were so familiar. After speaking uncontrollably, he was left with only confusion in his heart.

"You're confused, right? Ling Dengxian, let me give you a poem as a token of friendship: 'The scars on his mountains and rivers are reflected in the moonlight, and he cannot fall asleep again in this long dream.' It was written by a very remarkable person."

"He is... No, this is the first half of the poem, what about the second half?" He felt his body was back under his control the moment the man called out his name, and he couldn't help but take a step forward and asked.

Qinghong smiled without saying a word, and silently turned into a petal and disappeared without a trace.

He didn't understand, but he felt uneasy.

"What they did is to make you feel at a loss." A voice came from the foot of the mountain, "Don't pay any attention to them. Just be yourself and make sure every action is what you want in your heart, and then everything will be fine."

He turned around and saw a man in white clothes walking towards him leisurely, holding a gourd in one hand and a stick in the other. The lantern on the stick illuminated the mist. The long sky-blue hair and sky-blue eyes made him feel at ease.

But his fear and doubt remained unabated. Good and evil from unknown origins were equally dangerous, so he was instinctively alert.

He still didn't know why the person in his dreams sometimes made him remain sane and sometimes made him lose control of his emotions.

“Okay, I haven’t looked for you recently because I saw you were tired. You seemed to be sick this time… Have a good rest and don’t waste your energy here.” The woman who called herself “Ling” raised the lantern and gently touched his forehead. A warm and clear light burst out, and his consciousness sank into comfort. His figure was transported to the pavilion on the mountain in a misty manner.

"Ms. Ling is still the same... Why, do you want to come in and sit down?" Qing Hongying appeared again, laughing like a silver bell, "It just so happens that the host is taking a break, and I'm quite bored. That girl and I never have much to talk about. Yes, she said she 'can't tell the difference'."

"Logically speaking, I am the one who is most hostile to you." The man in white smiled casually, "But now that things have come to this, I have let it go a lot, so I can accompany you."

She strolled to the edge of the sea of ​​flowers. Qing Hongying raised her hand silently, and the sea of ​​flowers rotated silently. A courtyard appeared out of nothing. Ling Xingran climbed the stairs and came to the table that had been set up.

"I'm sorry, there's no wine."

"You can't drink either. After all, you have to choose the people you drink with carefully." Ling was not worried about the so-called danger at all. The person across the table also sighed slightly:

"Sir, you are indeed a god, worthy of being called a deity by the world."

"I don't deserve it, but I just follow my heart and don't violate the principles of heaven."

"God's will...haha, yes..."

Beyond dreams.

Many people gathered in front of the Reunion Movement's camp. They were amazed at what the hunting team brought back and were talking about it.

"What is this thing... I've been a hunter for half my life, and I dare say I have never seen anything like it." An old hunter who was not on duty this time poked the thing on the snow with firewood and felt strange and horrified by its hideous appearance.

"I don't know...it wasn't something we hunted. We didn't hunt anything in that area. We saw this mass of what looked like flesh and blood, and after confirming that there was no movement, it must have been dead, so we brought it back." The captain in charge of the hunt came back and explained after directing the team members to move the few prey.

“I don’t know if I can eat it…”

That mass of flesh and blood looked like a mutated, terrifying Originium worm with a single scarlet eye. It should have been wearing armor, but now it was shattered beyond recognition. Its tentacles had been frozen into ice, and it had many miscellaneous organs that looked strange... In short, it didn't look like a creature that could have evolved naturally.

"Mr. Patriot is back!"

"Dad is very knowledgeable, he should be able to recognize what this is!"

"Patriot, look at what this thing is... It's the legendary 'blood demon' from a few years ago..." Someone mentioned a new demon legend in Ursus that was not very popular.

The fortress-like figure arrived with a reassuring force, and the warriors made way for him.

"...I know what this is." The tall Sarkaz recognized it at a glance, but he still stared at it for a long time. His doubts rose and fell along with the hot air discharged by the armor's auxiliary breathing system. Finally, he made a decision:

"But this thing is of no good to you. I will deal with it and ensure its safety." Wendigo pierced the body of the flesh monster with a halberd. Red light flashed in his eyes and red witchcraft rituals emerged. Everyone retreated and went about their own business after probably knowing the result. It was just an episode in itself. Moreover, the Patriots had started the "cannibalism ritual" and they could not get too close.

"The blood demon's creation... Such a ridiculous bloodline... Who is it... The blood demon... Was it from that battle... It's not safe anymore..."