Chapter 24 Entering Dreams (2)

  At this time, Li Shan Yu and Xiao Lü were frantically running because a giant python was interestingly chasing them from behind. "What to do?! I'm about to collapse!" Li Shan Yu cried out in tears, "According to my intuition, we should run to the left!" Xiao Lü panted and shouted, "I followed your words and walked with you, and as a result, we ran into this snake!" Li Shan Yu wiped the sweat from her forehead and continued to shout: "Run to the right!"

  Xiao Lü hesitated for a moment, then followed Li Shan Yu to the right and ran away. After a while, the shadow of the python behind them disappeared. Li Shan Yu sat down on the ground with a thud, pounding her legs and asked: "Do you think we're in a dream or not? We were clearly inside the tent!" Xiao Lü leaned against a tree, speaking in a breathless tone: "Isn't that a stupid question?! Ye Zi Ke and Ning Xiang are both gone, of course we're dreaming!"

  Li Shan Yu lay on the ground, resting for a long time before asking: "Little Green, how did we end up having the same dream? Is it because you held my hand before sleep?" Little Green was also lying beside Li Shan Yu: "It seems so, no wonder we were together in our dreams." As if remembering something, Little Green suddenly sat up and said thoughtfully: "Ye Zi Ke is holding Ning Xue's hand, so they should be together now!" Li Shan Yu asked with a bitter face: "Why am I not with Ye Zi Ke? Why am I stuck with you, this idiot? I'd rather die than be dragged down by you!" Li Shan Yu turned over and sighed. Little Green looked at Li Shan Yu with a hurt expression: "You really have no conscience!"

  "Hey! Little girls!" This affectionate voice immediately made Li Shan Yu and Xiao Lu get up from the ground. Not far away, a kind-hearted old lady was smiling at them with a warm smile. Li Shan Yu looked at the old lady vigilantly and whispered to Xiao Lu: "What do you feel now?" Xiao Lu looked seriously at the old lady and said: "Hmm, her leg seems to be injured."

  A loud slap landed on Xiao Lü's head: "Idiot! I'm asking you if she's human or a ghost?!" Li Shan Yu glared at Xiao Lü with frustration, "This is in a dream, my intuition is completely gone!" Xiao Lü hung his head. The old woman, who had been watching them quarrel, couldn't help but speak up, "Girls, can you please stop fighting? I need help." Li Shan Yu frowned unwillingly as she supported the old woman, "Do you know where this place is? How do we get out of this withered forest?" Xiao Lü crouched down to examine the wound on the old woman's leg, "Withered forest? Hehehe, this is actually a great place!"

  Rumors of the old woman's words, Li Shan Yu let go of her in confusion, and the next second Xiao Lu pulled Li Shan Yu far away. "What's on her leg isn't a wound, it's...a piece of human skin with flesh and blood." The old woman's face became ferocious, like a demon from hell, her hands and feet grew long and protruding, her fangs dripping with saliva: "I love eating the flesh of little girls the most!" Li Shan Yu closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them to say: "Looks like she won't wake up after all!"

  As the old woman ran towards them, Li Shan Yu stood calmly in place. Xiao Lü jumped up and down: "Are you stupid?" "Watch closely!" Li Shan Yu hopped on the spot once, a long spear appearing in her hand. She adjusted her position, threw it straight at the monster with her right hand. The monster was hit, but its long arm didn't stop there, instead slapping Li Shan Yu's body with a loud smack. Li Shan Yu was sent flying far away by this force. Xiao Lü rushed to Li Shan Yu's side again and said: "So you're actually a magician?! But you really failed!"

  "Help me up!" Li Shan Yu was in so much pain that her whole body was shaking. If this was a dream, why did the pain feel so real? "Little Green, look behind us!" Li Shan Yu stared at the monster approaching them, while behind them was an endless abyss. Little Green's face turned white with fear: "You can't be serious about jumping down, can you?!" Li Shan Yu wiped away the blood from her mouth and said: "I thought that in this dream, I could imagine a long spear to kill it, but I failed. This dream is too strong, we can't defeat it. But if we can wake up from this dream, wouldn't that be enough?" Grabbing Little Green's hand tightly, Li Shan Yu stared at the monster about to pounce on them and shouted: "Jump!" As soon as she said this, Li Shan Yu and Little Green plunged straight down into the abyss together.

  When Little Green woke up, she looked at the blue sky and white clouds and excitedly shouted: "Xan Yu! We're awake!" Her shout awakened Li Xan Yu from her daze. Li Xan Yu opened her eyes, smiled calmly, but her face froze in the next second. She quickly stood up, finding herself in a large canyon, with the sound of rushing water coming from her ears: "No way! We didn't wake up! If we woke up, it should still be inside the tent!"

  Xiao Lü heard the words and looked around, only to find that they were surrounded by steep cliffs on all sides, with no path leading up. Xiao Lü's heart sank in despair. "Is this what you meant by waking up? I think we're trapped in this valley now!" Li Shan Yu slapped her forehead in frustration: "Why is this happening?! Why can't we wake up?! I remember when I had a nightmare before, I should have woken up then! What's going on?!" "Could it be that we've fallen into a dream demon? Will we never wake up?" Xiao Lü's intuition suddenly gave her such a feeling. Li Shan Yu touched the small bell hanging from her waist and could clearly hear the sound of the bell echoing in the valley. "What are you doing?" Xiao Lü asked, puzzled, as she watched Li Shan Yu shake the bell continuously. "If we're really trapped in a dream demon, then we must be bound by some kind of evil spirit," Li Shan Yu replied while shaking the bell. "I'll try to use the soul-dispelling bell to drive it away." Xiao Lü let out a miserable laugh: "Sister, in a dream! What's the point of these magical tools?!"

  Li Shan Yu let out a sigh and hung her head: "I don't know how Ning Lie and Ye Zi Ke are doing? Our circumstances are so miserable, they shouldn't be much better off either!" "Shan Yu, you don't know yet, but actually Ye Zi Ke's abilities far surpass all of us." Xiao Lu said this with a very serious expression: "I accidentally peeked at Na Gu Yun Er's memories, she kept Ye Zi Ke by her side for a reason. Ye Zi Ke's mind is truly intelligent, even I feel inferior to him."

  Li Shan Yu didn't seem surprised at all, but instead asked: "Ning Lie and Yuan Nuoyi? What was it that Ning Lie interrupted you from saying earlier?" "Ning Lie's father died due to an accidental mistake by Yuan Nuoyi's parents. Before Ning Lie's father passed away, their family was still doing relatively well, and they were co-founders of a company with the Yuan family, which was later taken over by the Yuan family after her father's death. From what I know, Ning Lie should be very resentful towards Yuan Nuoyi, but for some reason, when Yuan Nuoyi was taken away, she was the first to suggest rescuing him."

  "Because they're childhood friends, I suppose! Although I detest the Yuan family, that's a matter for adults. I think Ning Xiao is quite clear about this." Little Green walked to the riverbank and washed her hands, saying: "Why are you so interested in this? You shouldn't..." Before she finished speaking, Little Green lost control and fell into the river water. "Li Xiangyu! Save me!" Li Xiangyu hastily grabbed Little Green's hand but was also pulled into the water by the force. Li Xiangyu and Little Green struggled desperately, yet despite there being nothing in the water, they continued to sink downward. Before long, the surface of the water calmed down, leaving only a few ripples that eventually disappeared without a trace.