Chapter 90
“Can’t hug.”
The shadow on his face paused, and Yu Qing slowly breathed a sigh of relief. “We can’t hug, we… we haven’t…”
His slow mind was thinking rapidly, but without even giving a serious reason, the other party replied, “Okay, I understand.”
Then, he laid down properly and gave up all the quilts to him.
But… Yu Qing was stopped from picking up the pillow, and Si Yu demanded that he sleep with the tentacles as his pillow! But it felt cold to the touch.
After thinking for a moment, the young man closed his eyes and fell asleep for a few minutes. Then he calmly moved away from the tentacles, curled himself up into a small ball under the quilt, and fell asleep peacefully.
Boom boom boom, crackle, crackle.
He dreamed about that fire again…
So hot! The flames burned his skin, and the pain was heartbreaking, but he had nowhere to escape. He could only stand motionless and let the flames in the sky bury and devour him.
Tick.
Not long after, something suddenly fell on his face. Was it a drop of blood?
No, it was a rain of blood!
He couldn’t tell whether it was hot or cold, but this made Yu Qing feel scared. His heart was panicking, and his whole body was shaking. He was so scared that he didn’t even have the strength to run away.
In a daze, he seemed to finally understand why other hosts were fine in the rain of blood, but he was the only one who felt uncomfortable.
Because he was too scared!
He was afraid of the fire that filled the sky, and even more afraid of the rain of blood falling on him, whether it was cold or hot.
Fear, horror, suffocation.
Yu Qing felt uncomfortable and broke out in a cold sweat. He shrank even smaller, trying to gain some sense of security, but the quilt was uncomfortable and so stuffy that he couldn’t breathe.
Tears oozed from the corners of his red eyes. After a long while, he finally kicked off the quilt by himself. As soon as he took a breath, he fell into an overly warm embrace.
It was soft, different from the blazing flames, but warm, like a dead tree ushering in the whole spring. Then the dead energy subsided, everything revived, and even the breathing became even.
So comfortable…
With his brows relaxed, Yu Qing leaned into the arms in front of him again. When he woke up, he found that he was completely huddled in Si Yu’s arms. Moreover, cold tentacles spread throughout the room, seeming to dissipate heat, and there were burn marks everywhere.
Si Yu?
The boy sat up suddenly. “When did your body temperature…” get so high?
“Wake up?”
The words were interrupted, and Yu Qing was a little confused. In his eyes, the person in front of him withdrew his tentacles with some difficulty and smiled to himself. “I’m a little embarrassed. I want to explain something to you, but please wait for me.”
“Qingqing, I will tell you better next time.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the beautiful monster stretched out his hand, as if he no longer cared about human etiquette, and pulled him over. The next second, a cool kiss fell on his forehead.
Bang bang! Bang bang!
There were uncontrollable ripples in his heart, and then, black mist filled his eyes. Si Yu, who raised his body temperature and warmed him all night, disappeared.
[Ding Dong——]
The system returned to normal: [Live broadcast task refresh: Host Yu Qing, please climb to the top of ‘Tiying Mountain’ at night and take photos.]
His thoughts returned, and the comment fell back into his eyes. The time was accurately displayed in the upper right corner of the system: [13:08]
It was clearly one o’clock in the afternoon, but… it was still dark outside.
Yu Qing briefly stretched his muscles and was about to set off when he saw the dark clouds disperse outside the window and the sun shine again.
It wasn’t night anymore.
System: [……]
[Oh ho! Oh ho ho! Oh ho ho ho!] The live broadcast room became excited again: [Is it BOSS? It must be BOSS! He must be rewarding his wife for his hard works. The wife has a backache and needs a good rest, hehe, hehehe.]
[I’m really curious which tentacle it is, or which one? Hahaha… it makes me so thirsty.]
[Hey? Hey? Snakes have two~]
Ignoring the unwarranted speculation in the live broadcast room, Yu Qing slowly lowered his eyes and touched the kissed forehead with some confusion.
His heart beat faster.
So, what exactly was it that Si Yu wanted to explain to him?
With some expectation, Yu Qing walked out of the door. Just as he was about to boil a pot of water, he saw villagers on the road, all dressed up, walking toward the centre of the village.
Several people saw him and hurriedly bowed their heads, saying they wanted to invite him to watch something… an execution ceremony?
Meanwhile, other hosts weren’t so lucky.
Their single-line mission had already begun. [Host Qian Lai is asked to explore the second underground floor of the temple at night.]
[Repeat! Ask host Qian Lai to explore the second underground floor of the temple at night.]
Ta, da…ta!!
In the endless darkness, Qian Lai’s footsteps suddenly stopped. He was so shocked by the system broadcast that he almost flew up into the sky on the spot!
“I know, I know, isn’t this the ground floor? Don’t I have to find an entrance? Shut up!”
The scolded system didn’t take it seriously, but there were two more comforting comments in the live broadcast room.
Although they were of no great use, they allowed the young man to calm down and continue to explore forward with the faint illumination from the system.
There were many things on the underground floor of the temple. In addition to the treasury, there were also many neatly arranged coffins.
A few hours earlier, when Yu Qing had led the villagers to get money, a group had discovered that the coffins were filled with “incense heirs” who had been killed by the temple ladies. Some had been taken away by relatives, but most remained there, standing on both sides of the cold underground palace, densely displayed.
Qian Lai’s ghost-suppressing skills were top-notch. He wasn’t afraid of these corpses. The most important thing was that the darkness was boundless, and he didn’t dare to think about whether there would be a sudden attack from hidden dangers.
Da, da, da.
As he continued to move forward, the corridor stretched endlessly. Qian Lai’s heart hung in the air, and his breathing became more and more chaotic. Just when he was about to collapse, he suddenly saw a faint red light not far away on the left.
With a shock in his heart, the young man boldly stepped forward, and sure enough, he saw a downward step leading to the second underground floor!
But… in the middle of the steps, there was a scarlet and luxurious dragon coffin made of golden nanmu.
On the coffin lid, copper bells were coiled, and the big talisman painted in blood flickered and shone scarlet due to some unknown stimulus.
The suppressing talisman generated light, which was a sign of raising the corpse.
Cold sweat broke out on Qian Lai’s palms. He couldn’t help but tighten his fists and walked more carefully.
Under the urging of the system, the young man quietly walked down the wall. Just after passing the last step, suddenly, a jingle bell—
As soon as his right leg bent, Qian Lai’s heart immediately rose to his throat!
Gudong!
His Adam’s apple rolled hard, his heart spasmed, and his hands began to tremble, as if a thousand pounds of weight were pressing on his chest. Fear filled the air, and even breathing became difficult.
After a while, the young man gathered up the courage to turn around. Just as he was about to look back, he heard a “crash.” The coffin lid shattered, and all the golden bells jingled.
If the golden bell rang, there was hope!
The body hadn’t been raised yet, so there was still a chance to suppress it!
Otherwise, a corpse of this level would have been a big problem for him to break through!
So, Qian Lai immediately ran a few steps and stood in front of the dragon coffin. What he saw was an… extremely handsome face.
This corpse hadn’t turned black and charred like ordinary mummies. It seemed to be asleep and still maintained the same appearance as when it was alive. His nose was high, his eyebrows were pointed, his lips were thin, and his shape was too perfect to describe.
It looked perfect for kissing at first glance!
“…”
Although Qian Lai didn’t know why he described a corpse this way, some adjectives would always pop up in his mind for no reason.
But the body had been laying in the coffin for too long, and the body’s skin was as white as paper, so it didn’t look very good.
But when he bit his finger and repainted the ghost-suppressing charm with blood, Qian Lai could clearly feel that the corpse’s skin was like gelatine.
“What a rare and good corpse.”
Drawing symbols on his body felt delicate, like painting.
After finishing the painting, Qian Lai breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to suppress it completely, he took off the corpse’s brocade clothes. Now, the corpse’s neck, chest muscles, and even abdominal muscles were all covered with symbols he drew with blood.
In the red coffin, the corpse had long black hair and closed eyebrows. He was probably a rich man from ancient times. It was so beautiful.
After admiring it reluctantly for a moment, Master Qian walked to the second underground floor in a good mood. Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped down the stairs, he heard something behind him.
“Little Taoist Priest.”
Note
Ohohoho, a second couple?