The emerald - green lake water kept washing over the patch of white fur. I rushed forward without hesitation, cupping the white fox in my hands and turning it over. This turn almost scared me to death, and I immediately threw the white thing away.
It wasn't a white fox at all. It was clearly a woman's head that had been drained of its essence and blood.
The moment I threw the head away, the woman's head opened its eyes and showed a strange smile. Two streams of blood - red tears flowed down from its eye sockets, standing in sharp contrast to her white hair.
I didn't even have time to be scared. I turned and ran towards the shore.
But as soon as I lifted my leg, my body "plop" fell to the ground.
I quickly looked back and saw that my ankle was already entangled by a thick mass of black hair.
The black hair was getting more and more, surging onto the shore wave after wave with the movement of the lake water.
The hair strands were like tentacles, crawling up my ankle bit by bit.
My heart was pounding wildly. I kept kicking my feet randomly, but there was too much black hair. The more I struggled, the tighter it wrapped around me.
In a short while, a large area of my ankle turned red. Many hair strands had dug into my skin, and fresh blood oozed out along the marks.
The hair strands surged, pushing the white head slowly towards me.
Although I was scared to death, after experiencing so many things, I could still be a bit more rational.
I could force my brain to stay calm.
Just when the woman's head was about to reach my ankle, I suddenly remembered that Bai Qi's dagger was still in my backpack.
In a panic, I rummaged through it, pulled out the dagger, and waved it randomly under my feet.
The hair was chopped into pieces. After cutting it off, I didn't even care about the remaining hair on my ankle. I got up and ran towards the shore.
But the black hair crawled at an amazing speed. Just as I took a few steps forward, the black hair had already wrapped around my neck from behind, knocking me down and dragging me towards the lake.
The hair tightened around my neck. It hurt so much. I wanted to scream, but all I could make were "uh - uh" sounds.
I grabbed the hair on my neck with both hands, pressed the dagger against it, and cut it hard. The hair strands loosened, and a large amount of air rushed into my airway, making me retch.
I didn't dare to waste any time. I waved my hand and desperately rang the bell.
I watched as balls of black hair rolled towards me, and the woman's head stared at me menacingly in the midst of the black hair.
"Gu Yuan, help me!" I shouted with all my might.
If he didn't show up, I would really become someone else's wife.
"Slash!" With a sound, the woman's head was torn to pieces and scattered on the lake surface.
I was shocked. Before I could react, a crack suddenly appeared in front of me. A big hand reached out from it and pulled me into the crack.
"Ah~" I was so scared that I flailed around randomly and didn't even dare to open my eyes to look.
"It's me." I heard Gu Yuan's voice in my ear. I suddenly looked up and found myself pressed tightly against Gu Yuan's chest.
As soon as I saw him, I turned my head aggrievedly and hugged his waist. I almost cried.
"I was so scared. I thought I'd never see you again."
"Don't worry. You're not that easy to die." Leaning in his arms, I looked at the lake.
At this moment, the lake was calm, without any signs of abnormality, as if nothing that had just happened had ever occurred.
"Is the Blood Spring gone?" I asked in surprise.
"It's not gone. It's in that crack. You were just pulled into the Blood Formation. Fortunately, you knew to call me. Otherwise, you would have been pulled to the bottom of the lake by the Blood Spring and bullied by the five lustful ghosts."
Gu Yuan described it so terrifyingly that I couldn't help but shiver.
I subconsciously hugged him tighter and didn't dare to think anymore.
Gu Yuan's expression at the moment was gloating, as if he really liked to see me scared.
"Gu Yuan, where's Bai Qi? Is he also in the Blood Formation?" I asked worriedly.
"Indeed, he is in there. Not only him, but Hu Qingluan is also in there. It seems that Hu Qingluan is very interested in this white fox."
Gu Yuan raised his deep - set eyes slightly, looking very interested.
"Then let's go and help quickly. We can't let Hu Qingluan snatch Bai Qi away." After saying that, I grabbed Gu Yuan's hand and walked towards the water's edge.
"Don't be in a hurry. It's not that easy to enter my sect without some skills." Gu Yuan said.
"Then how did Ji Xiang and I get in?" I asked.
Gu Yuan gave me a sidelong glance, and I quickly stuck out my tongue in embarrassment.
I guessed that Ji Xiang must be scolding me in the sect by now.
"It's about time. Let's go in."
Gu Yuan formed a seal with his palm and chopped down vertically in front of me. A crack filled with black smoke opened.
He grabbed my hand and we crawled through the crack.
Sure enough, the scene in front of me was exactly the same as what I had just seen.
However, the black hair in the lake water retreated continuously when it saw Gu Yuan and directly hid in the lake, not daring to come out.
At the same time, a blue light and a red light rose from the Blood Spring. They were the figures of Bai Qi and Hu Qingluan, seemingly fighting against the Blood Spring.
The three forces were evenly matched, and none of them would yield. Hu Qingluan and Bai Qi didn't seem to be on the same side. While they were preventing the Blood Spring from gushing out, they were also fighting each other.
"Why are they fighting?" I took a step forward and asked.
"Do you want to know?"
I nodded and said, "Yes."
Gu Yuan blew a gentle breath into my ear. It felt ticklish. I rubbed my ear with my hand, and surprisingly, I could really hear the conversation between Bai Qi and Hu Qingluan.
"Bai Qi, if you don't join my sect, I will never let you succeed." This was Hu Qingluan's voice, with a domineering tone that was really annoying.
"I've already promised someone, so you'd better find someone else. With the prestige of your Hu family, are you still worried about not having soldiers and horses in your sect?"
"I have quite a few soldiers and horses, but none of them can match you. You were once a great God of War."
I didn't expect that Bai Qi had such a great background. He was actually a God of War? If he joined our sect, with him and Gu Yuan, I might not even need to recruit more soldiers and horses. We could resist thousands of troops!
"You said it was once. Now I'm just a fox demon in the Netherworld. I've long lost my former glory."
"Bai Qi, I'll ask you one more time. Are you going to join my sect or not?" Hu Qingluan's voice was already threatening, even coercive.
"If you don't listen to my advice, then I won't be polite. I'll let this Blood Spring gush out and wash over the entire Longcheng University with blood."
"Hu Qingluan, you're playing with people's lives."
"It doesn't matter. It's the work of the Five - Way Gods."
I couldn't help but turn to look at Gu Yuan and sighed heavily. I thought to myself: Look at the domineering person you've allied with.
At this moment, Bai Qi and Hu Qingluan were flying in the air. Under their control, the Blood Spring swayed from side to side, setting off huge waves.
The black hair on the lake surface rolled and piled up more and more. There was a gurgling movement under the black hair, as if something was about to crawl out from the bottom of the lake.
I was so scared that I hid under Gu Yuan's shoulder and continued to look out at the lake.
Suddenly, the lake surface churned. I stared at the lake with my eyes wide open and said, "Gu Yuan, look. What's that?"