Longzang

Chapter 188 Breaking the situation
Wei Yuan's consciousness went into darkness, and then he opened his eyes again.

He looked at the relief carving on the ceiling of the bed, trying hard to recall the face under the veil, but he couldn't remember it at all; it seemed as if a blank had appeared.

He squeezed the blanket; it was damp, and his hands were probably covered in blood again. The kitchen knife was nowhere to be found; he searched for a long time but couldn't locate it. However, Wei Yuan suddenly noticed a kitchen knife on the table in the relief sculpture.

"My lord, you're awake."

Upon hearing this sound, Wei Yuan immediately got out of bed, moving swiftly and much faster than before.

The previous times?
Wei Yuan put aside his slight doubts and immediately went to the bride. Only then did he notice something embroidered on the bride's bright red wedding dress; it looked like two mythical beasts, but it was definitely not a phoenix.

Her hands were very white and slender. Wei Yuan had been noticing them for a long time, and now, subconsciously, he felt there was still some time before he heard the next sentence, so he took the bride's hand, turned it over, and made sure her palm was facing up.

Her hands were very white, soft, and smooth. Her palms were plump and felt incredibly comfortable to hold. Wei Yuan couldn't help but touch them a few more times.

"My lord, it's getting late, we should rest early."

This statement came a bit too early...

Wei Yuan's consciousness was veiled by a thin layer of gauze. He held her hand with one hand and lifted the veil with the other.

Xu Wenwu.

Wei Yuan's vision went black.
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"Husband, are you awake?"

The voice was still melodious, but Wei Yuan remained calm. He jumped off the bed, walked past the bride, and went to walk behind her. In the instant he brushed past her, Wei Yuan heard those words again.

"My lord, it's getting late..."

The bride spoke exceptionally quickly this time, so quickly that it turned into a scream, but it was that sentence that veiled Wei Yuan's consciousness.

He circled back to the bride, glanced at her hands, and his gaze suddenly sharpened: her hands were gone, and the bloody wound of her severed wrist could be faintly seen from under her sleeve.

Wei Yuan lifted the veil and saw a sweet little face, but it was now distorted by pain.

Xu Yi.

Two streams of blood suddenly flowed from her eyes!
Wei Yuan's vision went black, and he lost consciousness.
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Wei Yuan stared silently at the relief. Of the seven brides on the table, one was headless, another had no hands, and only a pair of severed wrists rested on the table. Blood from the severed wrists continued to flow onto the table.

Wei Yuan felt a little weak, as if he had done the same thing too many times, which felt empty and boring.

"Husband, are you awake?"

Wei Yuan had been waiting for these words. He rolled out of bed and lifted the bride's veil!
Yun Feifei.

"My lord, it's time..."

Wei Yuan quickly lowered the veil and then lifted it again.

Cui Yu?

"...It's getting late..."

Wei Yuan released and then stirred things up again.

Xiaoyu.

Wei Yuan put it down and then lifted it again.

Xu Wan'er.

“…It’s time to hurry…” The bride’s voice was already as fast as a scream, but it still couldn’t keep up with Wei Yuan’s movements. He lifted the veil again.

Sun Yu?

Sun Yu opened his mouth and blew out a plume of black smoke, which hit Wei Yuan's face, causing Wei Yuan's vision to go black.

Before his consciousness faded, Wei Yuan finally realized just how terrifying his martial uncle's poison was.
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"Ms. sir..."

Wei Yuan leaped up and instantly appeared in front of the bride, then paused in surprise.

The bride had three pairs of arms, and six small hands gripped the veil tightly. Although each hand looked very white, thin, and small, Wei Yuan instinctively felt that there was no way to pull the veil away from those six hands.

Wei Yuan grabbed the bride's wedding dress with lightning speed and ripped it apart! The bride's wedding dress was unexpectedly fragile, and all the clothes were torn into two pieces in an instant!
The body beneath the wedding dress was fair and well-proportioned, with delicate skin, but lacked any distinctive features. It was as if an artist had just applied the base color, but hadn't yet had time to paint the details.

I see……

Wei Yuan didn't lift the veil again, but instead walked around the bride, trying to walk behind her. However, the bride spoke up at this moment: "Husband, it's getting late..."

Wei Yuan reached out, and the bride's six small hands immediately gripped the veil tightly. But instead of lifting it, Wei Yuan covered her mouth through the veil, silencing her from saying anything more.

Wei Yuan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen. Looking down, he saw that the bride had grown another pair of arms, and in those small, white hands was a kitchen knife, which was plunged into Wei Yuan's abdomen. The knife was covered in blood and had many nicks; it was the same knife that had been on the table.

He had been careless... Wei Yuan's consciousness plunged into darkness once again.
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Wei Yuan opened his eyes again.

He felt himself getting weaker again. If this continued, he would eventually run out of life and die in this strange place.

However, Wei Yuan's consciousness was still veiled, his thoughts were not very clear, and he couldn't calculate how many more times he could wake up before his life ran out. Eight hundred times or how many?

The relief carvings on the ceiling were nothing new, except that there was more blood on the kitchen knife on the table, and the bride in the center, holding the knife, was also stained with blood, no longer white. The severed wrist of the bride was still on the table, and the blood flowing from the cut had almost covered half of the table.

Wei Yuan counted them and found that, apart from the bride holding the knife, there were five other brides whose hands were intact.

"Husband..." The bride, who had six hands clutching her veil, saw Wei Yuan suddenly appear before her and hastily changed her words: "It's getting late..."

Wei Yuan did not lift the veil or tear the wedding dress, but instead touched each of the six little hands.

"...It's time to rest early." As she said this, the bride turned her hands back into two and sat quietly.

Wei Yuan lifted the veil and saw: Xiao Yu. Before losing consciousness, Wei Yuan was still thinking: Why did he take so long to arrive? Is it his problem or mine?
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As soon as Wei Yuan opened his eyes, he looked at the relief carvings on the ceiling of the bed. Sure enough, he saw that none of the four brides had hands, and the wrists on the table were severed, with blood constantly oozing from the wounds.

Wei Yuan felt that there might be a surprise this time, but he didn't know if it would be his own surprise or the bride's surprise.

He lay there pondering for a while before finally hearing the words: "Husband, you're awake."

Wei Yuan stepped in front of the six-armed bride and saw that only one pair of hands were holding the veil. The other four arms were left with only severed wrists, and blood kept gushing out, staining the wedding dress even more crimson.

With just one pair of hands, they should be able to lift it open... no, there's another pair...

Wei Yuan did not immediately lift the veil, but patiently waited for the bride to say her next words, touching her hand as he waited.

Finally, the bride finished the ceremony, and Wei Yuan lifted his veil.

Burning the sea? ???

Wei Yuan was not pleasantly surprised, but rather terrified.
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Wei Yuan opened his eyes.

The relief depicts six brides without hands, except for the last bride who holds a cleaver. The ghosts are carrying a tray, which is covered with severed hands, and are trying to place it on a table.

"My lord, you're awake."

Wei Yuan stood in front of her, at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, just enough for her to speak slowly without being impatient or making a scream.

The bride with six arms held her veil with one pair of hands, while the other four arms were broken wrists.

Nobody holds a knife anymore, right...?

Wei Yuan tore open her wedding dress but couldn't find the kitchen knife. The bride then stretched out a fourth pair of arms, her wrist severed, and futilely stabbed at Wei Yuan, failing to cause any harm, but Wei Yuan still couldn't find the kitchen knife.

However, besides knives, there are many other things that can be used as weapons. Wei Yuan has prepared plenty of surprises this time, while the bride only has two hands.

Wei Yuan tied a knot in the torn wedding dress, then took off his auspicious robe and tied it in the same way, making it long enough. With a forceful swing, the tied wedding dress lashed out like a whip, striking the candlestick on the table and bringing it back.

Wei Yuan casually pulled out the candle and, sure enough, saw the sharp spikes on the candlestick. This time, however, he didn't step over the bride, thus avoiding triggering her scream.

Wei Yuan stared at the burning candlelight, feeling like he'd overlooked something. Suddenly, he reached his hand into the flame!
The candle flames surged, but they weren't very hot. There was a familiar aura inside, so Wei Yuan reached out and touched something. Sure enough, he grabbed a burning immortal sword from the candle flame.

The bride suddenly screamed, "...It's time to rest."

Wei Yuan lifted the veil, and sure enough, there was a surprise.

Listening to the Sea Immortal.

With a crack, Wei Yuan's consciousness did not fall into darkness, but the room itself fell into darkness and then shattered into countless fragments.

The area around Wei Yuan had completely changed. The bridal chamber was gone, leaving only a desolate and twisted expanse of land. He stood on the ruins, with a platform made of clods of earth behind him, which, judging from its location, was the bed where he had woken up time and time again.

Before Wei Yuan lay a humanoid body with fair skin and no distinguishing features; its face was completely blank. A huge gash had appeared between the chest and abdomen, almost splitting the body in two.

Several ghosts were hurriedly lifting the body when they saw Wei Yuan looking over. They screamed in panic and scattered.

Wei Yuan then discovered a group of white bodies not far away, all of them badly damaged.

Wei Yuan looked down, still holding the burning immortal sword in his hand. Although the Immortal Sword Pseudo-Sun wasn't particularly powerful, it seemed exceptionally potent in this strange world. The thin veil covering his consciousness was being ignited and burned away by the flames on the sword.

Suddenly, a slender figure appeared in the darkness in front of Wei Yuan. It was a woman wearing a black and purple dress. She glared angrily at Wei Yuan and shouted, "Scumbag!"

"Shameless!"

"goat!"

"nausea!"

Wei Yuan stood still, waiting for her to finish her rant.

The woman hurled all sorts of filthy words at Wei Yuan before calming down a bit, and then said, "You have passed my test and are now qualified to speak with me."

Wei Yuan asked in confusion, "Wasn't it because you couldn't do anything to me that you had no choice but to show yourself and negotiate?"

The woman gritted her teeth and said, "It would be even better if you didn't have that mouth."

"I think so."

The woman's chest heaved rapidly, clearly on the verge of a violent outburst, but after catching her breath, she suppressed her anger. Several ghosts carried over a chair.

The woman gracefully sat down and said, "This is the Netherworld, and my name is Dream Eater. Your primordial spirit is currently in this world, while your physical body remains in your original world. What just happened was the opening scene of the dream I created: Ghost Marriage. In my scheme, when you lift the veil, the bride you see will be the one you most want to spend the rest of your life with. Now you understand why I'm cursing you, right? I've dealt with quite a few humans, but I've never seen one like you, with a different bride in every scene. Disgusting!"

Wei Yuan then understood why he had been scolded. After all, what was seen under the veil was not only bizarre, but also horrifying.

Wei Yuan asked, "You just said that the bride you saw is the person I want to spend the rest of my life with?"

"of course."

Wei Yuan said seriously, "I think you're bragging."

Dream Eater practically jumped up, knocking over his chair, and gritted his teeth, saying, "I, the mighty Dream Eater, am feared by countless powerful Netherworld Witches who beg the Ancestral Witches to protect me from ever encountering me. Would I dare to boast to a mere human cultivator like you who hasn't even grown up yet?!"

Wei Yuan said seriously, "I think you can."

Dream Eater almost attacked again, but after thinking it over, she held back, clearly struggling to control herself. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm not going to waste time with you! Now I have serious business to discuss, and you'd better listen carefully! Do you want to get revenge on that sorcerer who captured you?"

Wei Yuan shook his head.

(End of this chapter)