Chapter 223: He Has Violent Tendencies
The man who had always treated Xuan Xia as transparent finally noticed her properly at this moment, asking her gruffly: “What are you doing?”
His tone was very similar to when he had grabbed people yesterday, but upon closer listening, it was a bit different.
Xuan Xia smiled at him and pointed to An Qi and the other two tied up inside: “Those are the new strangers? Why tie them up?”
The man glanced casually and said: “They have violent tendencies, so they can only be tied up first. It’ll be fine after the sacrifice is completed.”
After saying that, without waiting for Xuan Xia to ask anything else, he bypassed her obstruction and stepped into the cave.
As soon as the man stepped in, his clothes immediately turned into the outfit from yesterday’s sacrifice.
This scene was just like a transformation in an animation.
Xuan Xia had been thinking about the man’s words, but when she saw this change, her eyebrows raised.
At this time, Shi Mei walked to Xuan Xia’s side and said in an affirmative tone: “You know those new ones, right?”
Xuan Xia nodded, admitting it without hiding.
Shi Mei said: “Don’t worry. They will be fine; they are not today’s sacrifice victims.”
Not today’s sacrifice victims…
But they might become tomorrow’s, or the day after’s.
Xuan Xia pondered her words and smiled again, pointing at Xie Yun who was still chattering nonstop: “That noisiest one could become today’s sacrifice victim.”
Shi Mei looked at Xuan Xia suspiciously.
Before she could say anything, the leader who had entered the cave first turned back because Shi Mei hadn’t followed, urging her.
Shi Mei responded, skipping the topic of sacrifice victims, and said to Xuan Xia again: “If you don’t want to go in, you don’t have to.”
After saying that, she turned her head to look for Zhou Shiqing again, her eyes filled with unclear emotions.
Xuan Xia watched her actions and suddenly thought of Chang Xi’s words in her mind: She super loves.
If only she were really that love-brained.
“Shi Mei.” The leading man urged again, and because Shi Mei was slow to enter, he stepped back two steps.
Shi Mei immediately withdrew her gaze, slouched her face, and stepped into the cave.
Xuan Xia watched her go in, but she had no transformation effect.
The preparations before the sacrifice weren’t finished yet; it seemed they still had a while to go. Xuan Xia thought about it, didn’t follow in, but made a wait-a-moment gesture to An Qi, turned around to find Chang Xi and Zhou Shiqing.
Zhou Shiqing was stopped by Chang Xi at yesterday’s spot. As soon as Xuan Xia approached, he said: “I heard a voice; it sounded familiar.”
“Mm.” Xuan Xia told him about Xie Yun, An Qi, and Gu Sun.
Zhou Shiqing frowned and subconsciously asked: “How are they here?”
Xuan Xia spread her hands: “No idea.”
If she asked them directly, they definitely couldn’t answer. But Xuan Xia knew; it was just that explaining it now was completely useless— what came next was more important.
She really wanted to see today’s sacrifice process.
“Alright, let’s go in too.” Saying that, Xuan Xia headed into the cave.
Chang Xi called out to her, pointing to the cave wall where she had drawn talismans yesterday: “Not drawing talismans?”
Xuan Xia rolled her eyes: “Who are you planning to bury?”
Chang Xi got it immediately, and precisely because of that, she unhappily flung her sleeve.
But unhappy or not, she still obediently followed Xuan Xia’s footsteps.
When Zhou Shiqing entered the cave, the three acquaintances’ expressions froze again, and this time Xie Yun was completely quiet.
But Xuan Xia felt that Xie Yun’s quietness wasn’t just due to Zhou Shiqing; it might also be because of Shi Mei. Because when she came in, she saw Shi Mei standing in front of Xie Yun, saying something to her.
Anyway, after Shi Mei finished speaking, Xie Yun was in a dazed state.
Maybe it was about using Xie Yun as a sacrifice victim?
But Xuan Xia didn’t care.
Shi Mei saw them come in, stopped talking to Xie Yun, and turned to go to the other side.
Xuan Xia walked up to An Qi and the others like a handover, first looked at them, then at the guards on either side, then squatted beside An Qi and started untying her.
An Qi saw Xuan Xia approach, her emotions surging uncontrollably, but since Xuan Xia was too close, she wanted to dodge.
Xuan Xia understood her reaction; she was worried about implicating her.
So she smiled reassuringly at An Qi.
Almost as soon as Xuan Xia moved, the two men guarding nearby noticed, but they only frowned slightly and didn’t say anything to stop her.
After safely untying the rope binding An Qi, Xuan Xia didn’t forget to comfort her verbally: “Don’t be scared, don’t be scared.”
The now-free An Qi had teary eyes but still remembered to whisper breathily to Xuan Xia: “Xuan Xia, how are you here? Are you okay?”
Xuan Xia smiled back: “I’m fine. What about you—are you okay?”
An Qi shook her head quickly.
Zhou Shiqing, who had followed along, saw this and followed suit, also wanting to untie Gu Sun’s rope.
But before he could touch it, he was stopped by the two men.
“Don’t touch him, he has violent tendencies.”
“Be careful of being attacked.”
Case solved, it turned out they were tied up because of Gu Sun.
“Violent tendencies? What violent tendencies?” Zhou Shiqing wasn’t so easily stopped; he frowned, his expression looking at the two men as if they were talking nonsense.
Based on Zhou Shiqing’s understanding of Gu Sun, saying he had violent tendencies was far more reliable than saying Gu Sun had violent tendencies.
Originally, Gu Sun and the other two couldn’t understand the local language, but at this moment, for some reason, they all understood everything.
When Gu Sun heard them say he had violent tendencies, his expression inevitably became awkward for a moment.
That wasn’t violent tendencies at all; it was clearly legitimate self-defense, okay?
At this time, Xuan Xia also asked An Qi: “What’s going on?”
An Qi suppressed her many doubts and hurriedly explained the causes and effects.
The three of them had appeared here together; as soon as they opened their eyes, they were on the beach, completely at a loss, when they ran into these people head-on.
Because the two sides couldn’t communicate due to the language barrier and the other side had more people, Gu Sun took on the responsibility of protecting the girls.
Then a minor physical altercation occurred, and they were tied up and brought here.
After An Qi roughly finished explaining, she secretly added: “It was all Xie Yun; as soon as she saw people, she started shouting loudly, which is why they attacked us.”
Xuan Xia nodded, indicating she understood.
On the other side, Shi Mei and the leading man had been watching this way; seeing that something seemed to be happening, they walked over together.
“What’s wrong?” the leading man asked the two guards.
One of the guards said: “He wants to untie the rope.”
The leading man frowned and looked at Zhou Shiqing, who stared back with the same expression.
The two stared at each other for a while, and finally the man spoke first: “He has violent tendencies and will hurt people.”
“It’s all a misunderstanding.” Xuan Xia took over the conversation. “He was just protecting the people around him.”
The man didn’t speak, but from his expression, it was clear he hadn’t taken Xuan Xia’s explanation to heart.
Xuan Xia was about to say something more when Shi Mei tugged at the leading man beside her and said in a soft voice: “Just untie the rope.”
The leading man thought for a few seconds, then turned and left.
Once he left, the two guards followed.
Needless to say, everyone understood what this meant; Zhou Shiqing immediately untied Gu Sun’s rope.
“Thanks.” Gu Sun gratefully nodded to Zhou Shiqing and Xuan Xia.
After untying Gu Sun’s rope, it was Xie Yun’s turn, but Xuan Xia and Zhou Shiqing looked at her, neither making a move.
With those two not stepping in, An Qi and Gu Sun certainly wouldn’t take the initiative.
Xie Yun waited a bit, and seeing that none of them intended to untie her, her face changed instantly.
She had just opened her mouth to start cursing when, from the other side, the old woman said in a hoarse voice: “The ritual begins—”
As the old woman’s words fell, the bonfire in the cave was suddenly lit, and at the same time, hissing sounds of varying lengths came from some corner of the cave.
It was this eerie hissing sound that instantly silenced Xie Yun.
