The slanting light was filtered by the forest into a pale green. The forest in the evening appears sacred and serene.
Gu You slowly opened his eyes, still somewhat unaccustomed to the light after the darkness, and tried to block the light with his palm, but his hand could not be used. With his eyes slightly closed and his head lowered, Gu You saw that his body was bound with a dozen or so loops of rope as thick as fingers, and he was fastened to the tree trunk.
What happened? His head was still a little dizzy.
Not far from the tree trunk on the opposite side, he saw the same chained dance. Lianwu was still awake, with his head lowered. Gu You first looked around, the soul warrior was gone. He shouted to Lian Wu: "Hey -- wake up -- Lian Wu --"
After Shouting for a while, Lianwu shook his head and woke up, with a confused look on his face as if he still didn't understand what had happened.
Gu You said, "Do you have a way to escape?
After a long while, Lian Wu looked down at her own body and then at Gu You. Suddenly, like an angry beast, he roared: "Those bastards, they really hit too hard. My head still hurts now."
"Keep your voice down and find a way to escape first."
"How did we get tied up here? They didn't kill us?" "Asked Lian Wu.
Gu You shook his head and said, "It's better not to kill. Find a way to escape quickly."
"I'm an assassin, or you could say I'm a thief. But I'm not an escape magician. It hurts to be tied up, let alone escape." Lienwu tried to pull his hand out of the rope loop, but he couldn't do it several times, and there were several bruises on his arm.
Gu You said, "Don't try it. It seems useless. Do you have any other friends in the forest?"
"Yes, but none of them live here."
"Well... What about the family of the lone cry?"
Lian Wu laughed disdainfully and said, "Don't mention them. They have all converted to divinity and left the children behind and went straight to the city of Wangshen."
Gu You sighed, "Right, where is Gu Ming?"
"He's tied to a tree behind you and is still sleeping. Leave him alone and let him sleep soundly."
"What shall we do now?"
What else can be done? Let's chat. "Lian Wu said casually.
Gu You had to admit that Lianwu always had a good mindset when facing difficulties, and always led others' consciousness to something useless in difficult situations, making things even more difficult.
"All right, chat." But now Gu You has to choose to compromise, perhaps only when other people living in the forest pass by can he be unbound. "I had that dream again just now."
"What dream?"
"That woman, she told me to leave her alone, go. It was strange that I had this dream every time I was being hunted down." "Gu You said.
Lian Wu thought for a moment, "still can't see her face? What a pity!"
"No, I saw it this time. She's actually a prison slave."
"That's fine. Actually, a prison slave is pretty. When are you going to ask her out for tea?" "Lian Wu said with a mischievous smile.
"Let's talk about what this dream means now!" Gu You pretended to be angry.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry. I was joking with you. All right, I'll start interpreting this dream for you right now. People say, "What you think about during the day, you dream about at night." And the woman in your dream turned out to be a prisoner chasing us, that means... It says..." Lian Wu looked at Gu You, and Gu You felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. Lianwu continued to dawdle, "It shows..."
"What does it say?"
"It shows that you usually think about prison slaves. Don't be shy when I expose you. It's quite normal for a man to think about a woman. Besides, the prisoners are indeed pretty. Oh, by the way, ask him out for tea sometime. With me here, I'm sure you'll get it done."
"Bastard!" Gu You wanted to rush over and punch him a few times.
Lian Wu laughed, "Did I hit the mark? Ha ha. But the prison slave seems to be against us, while you are thinking of her. This only shows that you have a sadistic tendency. And she's so good at fighting that if you were together, she would surely keep you under control."
Gu You couldn't beat him and couldn't run over to shut him up, so she just turned her head aside and ignored him.
Suddenly, a pale yellow mass landed on Gu You's shoulder. Gu turned his head and saw two tiny pupils looking at him too. "It's embedded." Gu You said. ?
The little monster's mouth opened, moved, and then nodded straight.
"My friends, I'm so sorry to have caused you to suffer." The voice of the remnant came from behind the tree. He clung to the trunk and went around to Gu You, groped for the rope, and then drew a dagger from his waist to cut the rope.
"You shouldn't have come back. They won't kill us. They're looking for you. Get out of here quickly." Gu You said.
"Friend, my hearing is very good. The feeling tells me that you are threatened because of me, so I have long left my horse and come back quietly. At that time, those pesky fellows hadn't left, they were hiding in trees or on the ground waiting for me. I'm sorry I didn't come out then because I knew I couldn't beat them."
"It's not your fault. Don't say sorry. If you had rushed out, there would be no one to save us now."
"Then a horse came. On top was a woman who said to the hidden man that the plan had changed. After that, they all left. I was about to come out and save you just now, but hearing your conversation, I felt very interested." Gu You's rope was cut, and the remnant went on, "The man you call Lian Wu is right. It's quite normal for a man to think of a woman."
"Don't listen to his nonsense. I'll hit him in the mouth later." Gu You glared at Lian Wu.
"That's not nonsense. I don't know your name yet, friend." The remnant stretched out his hand amicably.
Gu You held the hand of the remnant and said, "My name is Gu You."
"Hey, Soul, could you please save me first?" "Lian Wu shouted from the side.
Gu You took the dagger from the remnant soul and said to it, "You've run so far. You must be tired. Sit down and rest for a while. Let me unbind him." As he said the last sentence, Gu You deliberately glared at Lian Wu.
"Remnant Soul -- Brother Remnant Soul, please do it yourself... "Brother Gu You, show mercy --" Lian Wu shouted.
Gu You walked over, stopped just two steps away from Lian Wu, raised the hand holding the dagger high, and said to Lian Wu, "Don't move. I want to test my swordsmanship."
Lianwu was so frightened that he pushed off the ground with his feet and tried desperately to step back. "How likely is it?" he said.
"Nine out of ten."
"More likely." Lianwu heaved a sigh of relief.
Gu You closed his eyes and said, "What I mean is that there's a nine-tenths chance of splitting the rope along with the person in half." "
"Brother Gu You, when did you also learn to be humorous?" The breath that had just loosened tightened again.
The dagger slashed down, drawing a white light. Lian Wu let out a scream and closed his eyes.
Gu You tucked the dagger around his waist, then took a step forward and quickly pulled the rope that had been cut off. He patted Lian Wu on the shoulder and said, "Don't sleep. The rope is open."
He opened his eyes, looked at himself, and then, with a stern face, laughed a few times and said, "So I'm not dead."
"One in ten chances I won't hurt anyone, I look lucky." Gu You said as he walked towards the tree bound to Gu Ming.
"Good luck indeed, but you are too bold, Gu You. If I had been a little less lucky, I would have died here today! If I really die, sell me under this tree and write on my tombstone: Come and have some tea when you have time." Lianwu covered his chest with one hand, still in a state of shock.
Gu You untied the rope for Gu Ming, and Gu Ming woke up, raising his face and asking, "What happened?"
Gu You took the child's hand and walked back to the remnant spirit, saying to the child, "It's safe now. It's all right."
The bow of the soul was hanging behind him, and Duoduo was in his arms. Lianwu turned behind him, looked closely at the beautiful fiery red bow, and then asked the remnant: "Why is this bow without strings? Do you only string the bow when you fight?"
"This is a bowless bow that doesn't need to be strung."
Lian Wu looked even more puzzled. He took the bow down, held it in his hand, and asked, "How can you shoot arrows without strings?"
"Shoot arrows with mental force, not physical force."
Lian Wu shook his head, not understanding what mental power was and how it could shoot arrows.
The remnant soul smiled and said, "This is the combat field of our people, you won't understand. Yes, I must leave now. I can't bring you any more trouble. If those guys show up again, tell them you have nothing to do with me."
"No need, we're already hanging out together." "And even if we explain, they won't listen," said Lianwu. Do you have something really important to do?"
"No, I don't know what to do." The remnant replied.
"That's right. We don't know what to do either. I have an idea that all three of us can do some work. How about we do something together?" "Lian Wu said.
Gu You said disdainfully, "To open a shop that specializes in robbing people, is it?"
Lian Wu slapped Gu You hard on the shoulder and said, "Not bad. You've improved. You're more humorous now than you were a few days ago. Not bad, not bad, learn more from me."
"Robbery?" "Asked the remnant soul.
"Don't listen to him. We're not robbers." "Both of us are being hunted and you are being hunted, so what we need most now is a hiding place," said Lianwu. I know a place where we can be free from knights and those warriors. By the way, Gu You can continue to search for the secret of that stone there."
"What stone?" Ask the remnant soul.
Gu You glared at Lian Wu, who hurriedly said, "It is the tombstone erected by the poet Yazheer for princess Meng in the ruins of the Dila Dynasty. Gu You wanted to study why there was no inscription on that stone, and he guessed what secret was hidden inside."
The remnant soul smiled, "So Gu You is an archaeology enthusiast."
Gu You nodded and said, "I'm quite interested in these." The lifted heart finally settled down. Fortunately, the dance was quick to react. He no longer wanted to lift the stone engraved with the word "hide" in his pocket, which had nearly brought him disaster, to someone he was not familiar with.
The remnant soul said to Lian Wu, "Tell me, where can we hide?"
Lianwu said, "The most dangerous place, but also the safest. That place is the City of Wangshen."
"Isn't going there equivalent to going to death? There are plenty of knights there!" Gu You said.
"It's not that dangerous." Lian Wu waved his hand. "In the city of Wangshen, there is a place that recruits and hires warriors for a long time. Though that organization is in the city of the theocracy, it is not bound by the church. Moreover, the organization will keep the identities of the hired soldiers strictly guarded and will not provide their information to any organization. So if we hide there, no Light Knight or Dark Knight, they won't find us."
Gu You still had some concerns, "well... If the Dark Knights and the Dead Warriors were under that organization, wouldn't we be putting ourselves in the hands of the enemy?"
"Not at all. As far as I know, this organization has never formed any groups. They have recruited a bunch of stragglers. I think the Dark Knights and the Dead Warriors should be on the same side as the church." "Lian Wu said.
The remnant soul nodded. "What's the name of this organization?" "
"Pei Luo Chamber of Commerce."
"Chamber of Commerce?" Ask the remnant soul.
"Yes, the surface of this organization is a chamber of commerce. They were traveling around under the banner of the chamber and providing supplies to the church, but secretly recruiting and hiring soldiers to go against the church."
"Why are they doing this?" Gu You still couldn't quite believe that such an organization would emerge beneath the holy city.
Lianwu said, "I have consulted historical records. The Peiluo clan was a nobleman at the end of the Dila dynasty and was enfered by the emperor. And now Sir Pero, the head of the Pero Chamber of Commerce, is a descendant of a nobleman from the dynasty."
"They want to restore their own dynasty?" Gu You went on to ask.
The remnant said, "Sure enough, Gu You is very interested in history."
Lianwu said, "I don't know why they are going against the church. It's probably not possible to restore the Dyra dynasty. The faith is already deeply rooted in people's hearts, and with just one chamber of commerce, they are not yet capable of defeating the church. Having said so much, do you agree with me? Or is there to hide?"
The remnant soul asked Gu You, "What do you mean?"
Gu You thought for a while before saying, "Well... Let's go and have a look first...
"No, we can't go yet." "We are too conspicuous dressed like this. We must change our clothes first," said Lianwu. How about this? I'll go back and change into my own clothes first, and then go to the town to buy you some robes."
"What about me?" Gu Ming raised his head and asked.
Lian Wu touched his head and said, "These things have nothing to do with you. Those bad guys won't make things difficult for you. Just stay at home and I'll come to see you when I have time."
"Oh." Gu Ming nodded obediently.