The villain and I have eight hundred minds combined

The vast wilderness was eerily quiet. Tang Huanyun could only hear his own heartbeat. His face was pale, and he supported himself on the ground with his hands. He stared at the two bleeding bodies in a daze for a long time.

Until Lu Xin put away the small wooden sword, walked over and called him: "Huanyun, are you okay?"

Tang Huanyun came back to his senses with a dull look in his eyes. He slowly turned his head to look at Lu Xin who was standing beside him with blood on his face. Suddenly, the fear and grievance in his heart burst out at the same time. He rushed to hug Lu Xin and cried loudly: "Wow!!! Ah Xin!! I thought I was going to die!"

Lu Xin frowned and smiled helplessly, patted his back, and said softly: "Fortunately, I found you missing and rushed out in time to save you."

"I'm sorry... I shouldn't have disobeyed you... Woohoo, Brother Xin, I'm scared." Tang Huanyun held on to Lu Xin tightly, and in his heart he had already regarded him as his elder brother.

Lu Xin turned around and took another look at the bodies of the two men. This was his first time killing someone… Although he had no choice at the critical moment, his hands were still shaking when he thought about it afterwards.

He forced himself to calm down and continued to comfort Tang Huanyun: "Don't be afraid, they are dead... Hey, I told you, don't trust Yao Yue's words easily. He is against me everywhere and often tries to sow discord between you and me. How can we listen to him? He just wants the two of us to run away out of fear so that he can smoothly take the test. As a result, you have seen that we can't run away. They deliberately made the lock of the darkroom easy to crack, so that people would have the idea of ​​escaping by chance, and then judge those who are not interested in practicing and kill them."

Tang Huanyun stared with big eyes and stopped crying. He was still a little scared and felt a chill on his back: "So that's how it is... But... Brother Xin, you killed someone for me... They will definitely not let you go."

Lu Xin looked at the two corpses and walked over calmly. He took a deep breath and reached out to look through the corpses' clothes. He did not find any sect logo that could prove their identity. He then took off their masks and found that they were also people he did not recognize.

In fact, Yao Yue’s words were not without any effect. Given his personality, he must have heard something but told himself half-truthfully.

Therefore, Yao Yue's words made Lu Xin a little confused. After that, he investigated on his own for a few days. Sure enough, the people who tied them up and forced them to practice were not upright disciples. If they stayed here, he didn't know if there would be any changes in the future.

So, that night Lu Xin made a decision to take Tang Huanyun with him this time.

After making the decision, Lu Xin looked determined. He pulled up Tang Huanyun, who was sitting on the ground and felt weak all over, and said, "Huanyun, I will run with you. As for those kids in the dark room... I don't have enough strength now. It was just a fluke. They underestimated us. When we become stronger, we will come back to save them."

"Okay, okay! Brother Xin, let's run together!" Tang Huanyun immediately stood up and followed Lu Xin into the depths of the dense forest.

The two of them ran for a while. Tang Huanyun, perhaps because he was too tired to run anymore or because he was still weak from the fear, accidentally fell. When Lu Xin found out, he quickly turned around and squatted beside him, trying to help him up.

Tang Huanyun lay on the ground, his mind went blank for a moment, and he didn't know why. Because of the fall, he suddenly seemed to have an epiphany. He didn't say a word, his expression calmed down, and an inexplicable stubbornness appeared in his eyes. He glanced at Lu Xin silently.

Lu Xin asked him worriedly, "What's wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?"

Tang Huanyun shook his head, said nothing, stood up and ran forward desperately.

……

Later, the two of them went through ups and downs along the way and learned to do things like adults. They officially became sworn brothers in a dilapidated land god temple.

"With heaven and earth as witnesses and the sun and moon as mirrors, today, I, Lu Xin, wish to become brothers with Tang Huanyun. From now on, we will stand together through thick and thin, be loyal to each other, and jointly punish evildoers and bring benefits to the common people."

"I, Tang Huanyun, am willing to become brothers with Lu Xin. From now on, we will never leave each other and will share the joys and sorrows together. I will take it as my responsibility to eradicate all the demons in the world and will never slack off." Tang Huanyun said seriously while looking at the dilapidated statue of the land grandfather.

The two of them kowtowed three times to the statue.

After the worship, Tang Huanyun asked him: "Brother, aren't you afraid? I'm afraid we will have to deal with those monsters in the future."

Lu Xin's eyes were firm, and he said in a deep voice, "My parents were killed by demons. From that day on, I made a vow that I would never let demons run rampant in the world again. I must find a way to go back and save the children who were captured with us."

Tang Huanyun lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while before he asked, "Brother, you are only a few years older than me, why aren't you afraid? I feel so scared every day, afraid of not having enough to eat, afraid of not having warm clothes, afraid of being bullied, afraid of being eaten by monsters... I don't understand what you said about adults."

Lu Xin was indeed precocious, and his childhood experiences made him understand many things prematurely.

He looked at Tang Huanyun, touched his head, and said, "When you grow up a few years, you will have people you want to protect and things you want to do. At that time, you will not be afraid anymore."

Tang Huanyun's expression was shocked.

……

Time passed quickly, and the two men practiced desperately. However, when they had achieved some skills and wanted to go back to save people, they found that the darkroom had been empty for a long time, covered in blood and empty.

The two of them spent a lot of effort and found spies to inquire, and only then did they know the inside story. It turned out that those who failed the assessment that year were killed because they had no place to use their skills and they didn't want them to reveal the secret. Those who passed the assessment were indeed taken away, but they were not taken to some beautiful place with mountains and rivers. Instead, they were indeed used as some kind of "containers" that carry the evil spirits of the world.

It turns out... no matter whether they succeeded or failed in that assessment, those children would face death.

Later, when they became teenagers, Lu Xin and Tang Huanyun entered the world of cultivation together and officially became disciples of the Wenxin Sect. By this time, Tang Huanyun had become much calmer and more reserved.

He stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the creatures under the floating clouds, and recalled the night when he escaped from the darkroom as a child.

At that time, he was extremely scared and was shaking all over. When he saw Lu Xin coming to save him, he grabbed him desperately, wanting him to protect himself. Later, he accompanied him along the way to eliminate monsters and became sworn brothers with him, but he was also afraid that Lu Xin would abandon him.

He had no beliefs and just wanted to survive with Lu Xin's protection. It was not until he grew up that he suddenly remembered why he suddenly felt sad after falling in the wilderness that day.

He shook his head slightly and sighed.