Chapter 135: A Fatal Misunderstanding

Naturally, my fellow apprentices came out of the house to see me practicing hand gestures on the lawn. The others didn’t understand, but Cheng Yuan, who had learned a few things about the meridians, certainly did. At least he had to act like he knew what he was doing, right?

“Brother Chengyi, what are you doing? Why are you practicing the Thunder Decision for no reason?” Sure enough, it was Chengyuan’s voice that came first.

Then I heard Chengxin ask Chengyuan, “Thunder Decision? It’s quite powerful. Why is he suddenly doing this?”

My eyes were cold. The people in front of me were not my fellow students. This place was full of loopholes, and these people were full of loopholes. They might be ghosts, or they might be the illusions of Yu Cuizi or someone else.

Thinking of this, I pinched the magic faster. I closed my eyes decisively. Even if they were ghosts, I didn’t want to see them in the image of my brother and sister, and I personally killed them.

“Chengyi, can you explain what you’re doing? Why are you acting so strangely?” As I closed my eyes, I saw Chengxin walking towards me step by step.

My heart was not the least bit soft. How could I be confused by ghosts? The only thing I was worried about was whether or not it would be smooth to attract the thunder under such special circumstances. But it was surprisingly smooth, even smoother than when I attracted the thunder in the outside world. I guess it was because I was a pure spirit being.

I had already sensed the violent thunder, and the weather outside had begun to change. The wind was blowing, and dark clouds were covering the sky!

From the sound of footsteps, I knew that the fake Chengxin was very close to me. Thinking that it was my fake brother or sister, my heart inexplicably rose with great anger. Without hesitation, I summoned the thunder, and the first bolt of lightning struck the fake Chengxin.

The thunder flashed, and the first bolt of lightning fell from the sky. I opened my eyes and saw the look of fear and disbelief on Chengxin’s face. His eyes looked at me with such despair. Even though I knew it was fake, at that moment, my heart was so stung that it felt like I was really going to kill Chengxin.

“Chengyi, what are you doing?” Chengqing’s roar came, and Chengzhen and Chengyuan covered their mouths.

I couldn’t be softhearted. I clenched my fists and continued to guide the second and third thunderbolts to fall.

The thunder finally fell, but at this time, an unexpected change occurred. The thunder fell, but it was as if it had struck me. I groaned and took a few steps back. The numbness and tingling sensation that came from the depths of my soul made me kneel on the ground.

So this is what it feels like to be struck by lightning? I was able to take pleasure in my suffering, and then I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It turned out that Silly Tiger had somehow run out of my soul and taken the lightning strike for Brother Chengxin!

Saihu is my symbiotic soul. It took the lightning strike for me, so I couldn’t continue with the lightning strike on my hand. The two lightning strikes that were originally meant to be directed at me also landed in two random places, blowing up the nearby bamboo trees.

But why did Silly Tiger…? I looked at Silly Tiger, and Silly Tiger looked at me, his eyes full of discontent. He growled at me twice, then paced back to my side.

Chengxin was still sitting on the ground with a look of despair. Perhaps he had accepted his fate the moment the thunder struck? He didn’t expect such a change, and he still hadn’t reacted.

But at this moment, a young fox suddenly appeared on Chengxin’s shoulder. As soon as it came out, it first glared at me, with a look of extreme resentment, and then quickly ran to the side of Silly Tiger, cooing and calling, not knowing what it was trying to express to Silly Tiger with its dancing hands and feet.

Sihu obviously didn’t understand either, and impatiently groaned twice, then waved his paw, and the young fox ran back in a pout, sitting on Chengxin’s shoulder again.

I finally understood everything. It turned out that the sudden appearance of Silly Tiger was to protect the young fox that lived symbiotically with Brother Chengxin, and the one in front of me was really Brother Chengxin!

A wave of self-blame, guilt, sadness, and various other emotions mixed together, making me look at Brother Chengxin and not knowing what to say. I rolled my throat and found that I was powerless to speak any language.

“I never thought that one day Chengyi would kill me. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t have been so defenselessly close, and I wouldn’t have died so willingly. At least I would have to be poisoned or something. But you are Chengyi, a member of our Li family, my eldest brother. Even if you kill me, I can only accept my fate.” Chengxin suddenly said to me.

I didn’t know how to face Chengxin Ge, and my emotions were so mixed up that I couldn’t decide what to do. Then, a trace of sadness flashed in Chengxin Ge’s eyes, and he stood up and said, “But I’m still a little disappointed and sad.”

While he was talking, he didn’t look back at me, but walked over to Cheng Qingge and the others.

“Give me a reason.” But he still left me with such a sentence. Even after slipping between life and death, he was still expecting an explanation from me.

This is my brother and sister, who I killed. All I can say is that I accept my fate and that I am sorry. What kind of trust and affection is this? A bunch of idiots! I stood up and couldn’t help but feel tears in my eyes! Even though this embarrassing and fatal misunderstanding made me see everything clearly, it was already worth it. It was worth me wanting to stand in front of them at all times, and I would rather die first than let them die.

“By the way, what are you?” Chengxin turned his head and said to the young fox on his shoulder, who was extremely dissatisfied and waved his two little claws, making Chengxin’s hair into a chicken nest.

Yes, the young fox is a spirit, but this is the most special ghost town, and in a lord’s dream, it is natural to be able to make such contact.

“Chengyi, I’m really angry. How could you treat Chengxin like that? You have to give me an explanation before I can forgive you.” Cheng’s voice came into my ears.

“Chengyi, are you practicing magic? Then, did you lose control?” Chengyuan had already begun to find excuses for me.

As for Cheng Qing, he looked at me seriously, but there was no distance in his eyes, only blame.

I squatted down and couldn’t help but stroke Silly Tiger. I always thought that this spirit-like creature was beyond my reach, but in this dream world, I was able to make such intimate gestures towards it.

The warm, yet prickly touch of the fur reached my palm. Is this the fur of Silly Tiger? Silly Tiger growled in response to my sudden intimacy. I shared a life with it, so I naturally felt its emotions. It was shy and not used to it, and it resented me for suddenly being so affectionate!

I laughed. It was so good. Everyone was standing in front of me. I stood up and walked over to them, saying loudly, “Of course there is a reason. Do you still believe in me?”

“Of course we do.” I never thought that the first person to speak up was Chengxin, who had almost been killed by me just a moment ago.

My heart warmed. Our Li family has always been small, with few people left, but this sense of unity and the affection between the older and younger siblings is enough to make us proud in front of any major sect.

“Sihu, I know you can do it. Summon all your symbiotic souls, quickly!” I shouted to Sihu as I walked over. I was thinking of a way to deal with this, but first I had to make them believe they were in a dream.

Although Shahu was reluctant, at that moment, he displayed the true demeanor of a king of the forest. He suddenly stopped and then roared on the lawn.

The sound of the tiger’s roar was not loud, but it was full of a sense of majesty and an indescribable sense of power, which suddenly stunned everyone, including me. I couldn’t believe that the quiet and stubborn Shahu had such a side.

It has always been aggressive and competitive! It is also sullen and not good at expressing itself! It has never shown me the so-called kingly demeanor.

“Chengyi, be careful, that should be the soul of a demon.” Chengqing, who was the first to react, ran up to me. The first thought that came to his mind was to protect me. He was worthy of being the second-born son, and he could see the true nature of Silly Tiger.

“Cheng Qing, but it just saved me. I said, Cheng Yi, you come over first. Wait a minute, don’t bite my ear, what the hell are you?” Cheng Xin was flustered, obviously the young fox was unhappy with him again.

“Don’t worry, this is Silly Tiger. Don’t you remember that it is my soul? Don’t you remember my tiger claws? Haven’t you noticed? You have them too!” I said loudly.

“We also have it?” Everyone asked almost in unison.

I thought that Chengyuan’s spirit would not obey the call of Silly Tiger, after all, it and the other spirits did not come from the same place, right? But after everyone asked that question, a ‘mini’ version of the spirit of the dragon suddenly appeared behind Chengyuan. It had a somewhat reluctant expression on its face, but it still appeared, almost scaring Chengyuan crazy.

Even the mini version of the dragon is more than two meters long!

“Chengzhen, look at your wrist. Chengqing, don’t you think your head is heavy? There’s a guy on it! Chengxin, don’t I need to say it? It’s on your shoulder.” I said loudly, and I had just walked in front of my senior and junior siblings.

“Chengyi, I don’t understand. I really don’t understand. What is going on?” Chengxin couldn’t help but ask, his face full of helplessness, and the young fox still biting his ear.

I didn’t know how to explain it, and I didn’t know what I was thinking. I took out a string of agarwood beads from my yellow cloth bag.

Everyone looked at the agarwood beads in puzzlement, and I was stunned. Could it be that I wanted to explain to everyone first why I was still awake?

But as soon as the agarwood beads appeared, Silly Tiger roared and suddenly stretched out his claws and patted my agarwood beads…

What was Shatuo going to do?