I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

After a whirlwind, Chu Yuzhao slowly opened his eyes and found that he was in a wilderness.

There is no star or moon above the head, it is a blackness that cannot be melted, and there is only a gray around.Looking around, the extreme eyes are also chaotic and fuzzy, and some floating black shadows can be vaguely seen.

There is no wind, no insects and birds chirping, and there is no trace of vitality everywhere. Chu Yuzhao didn't stay long, and walked forward along a small path.

Some flowers gradually appeared on both sides of the path, shaped like wide-open mouths, the petals were bright red like blood, but the stamens were as thick as black ink, with faint light and shadow flowing.

As he moved forward, there were more and more flowers on both sides of the road, spreading in all directions, with a bit of spookiness in the magnificence.

When he looked down, he found that the soil under the flowers was undulating and wriggling. Looking carefully, the flower mud was actually made of flesh and blood, and there were some stumps inside. One of the heads opened its mouth wide, and the flower roots were deeply planted in it. in his mouth and eye sockets.

When Chu Yuzhao passed by, those flowers all turned towards him, and the vines on the ground also meandered towards him like a snake.

Chu Yuzhao pulled out the Fengxue knife and slashed at the nearest vine. The vine hissed like a human being, and then turned into charred black dust.

The other vines seemed to be scared, and quickly retracted, making noisy noises, like whispering.Chu Yuzhao ignored those movements and continued to move forward without changing his expression.

At the end of the path, a river appeared in front of him.The river was full of deep black water, the river was wide, and the far opposite bank could be vaguely seen.

On the vast beach by the river, there are densely packed soul bodies. They are like human beings. Their bodies are translucent. Men and women can only be judged from the outlines of clothing and hair accessories, but their facial features are blurred and unclear.

Chu Yuzhao was already mentally prepared, so he was not surprised to see so many soul bodies, but what surprised him was that there was a small group of colored objects floating above each soul body, following their respective soul bodies all the time .

He knew that Luo Bai should be here, and when he looked around, he saw that the river beach was full of translucent soul bodies, and the ball of color floating above their heads made the whole river beach look like a vast galaxy.

Chu Yuzhao walked towards the river beach step by step, and as the distance got closer and closer, he could clearly see that the colorful clusters above the heads of the souls were also colored translucent villains.It's just that there are colored bars of different colors inside the body. If you count carefully, there are three stripes on the head and seven stripes on the body and limbs.

He remembered what Bu Qingfeng said, and knew that this was the main body condensed by the three souls and seven souls. Presumably, the three colored stripes on the head were the three souls, and the seven stripes on other parts were the seven souls.

The souls were all walking in one direction, their movements were numb and slow. Chu Yuzhao turned his head to look in the direction they were going, and saw a long stone bridge in the distance, spanning the river. Go across the river from this bridge.

He was about to look back when he saw that the famous soul body couldn't get on the bridge, as if blocked by a transparent barrier.

The soul body was a little dazed, so it stood there without moving, and was quickly squeezed to the side of the bridge by other soul bodies.

Chu Yuzhao knew clearly that this should be a person whose lifespan was not over, and his soul and body could not go to reincarnation, so he had to wander by the river.Thinking that Luo Bai should also be wandering around at this time, his heart tightened, he quickly turned around, and walked in the opposite direction from the bridge.

The soul bodies were bustling forward, and after Chu Yuzhao entered the underworld, he automatically became the same translucent shape as the soul body.But when they passed by those soul bodies, they all stepped aside in panic, as if they had encountered some scourge.

Chu Yuzhao understands that the living person and the soul body are different after all, they can feel it.

He moved forward against the flow of people, and the souls separated like a sea. He identified the souls on both sides, from their figures, clothes and hair accessories, to the colorful body on top of their heads. go.

He kept identifying and walked forward slowly, but he didn't find Luo Bai until he had seen all the hundreds of soul bodies on this river beach.

Chu Yuzhao lowered his head and looked at the hourglass on his waist. A little half had already passed, and he couldn't help feeling secretly anxious.

Bu Qingfeng said that if Luo Bai was not brought back within an hour, then they would never be able to go back.

He was worried that he had missed someone just now, so he went back and searched again.But he kept finding the side of the bridge, and even leaned out to look under the bridge, but he still didn't see Luo Bai.

Chu Yuzhao wanted to call Luo Bai loudly, but he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth. He suddenly thought of what Bu Qingfeng said, the soul body can't make a sound in the underworld, and he is also in the shape of a soul body that can't make a sound now.

Chu Yuzhao stood on the spot and looked around, his eyes swept over those strange souls who were walking in a hurry, and then he looked down at the hourglass that was only half left. It also started to hurt.

Luo Bai, where have you been... where have you been...

At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of an old willow tree beside the bridge, and a translucent person was peeking at him.When he turned his head to look, the man hid behind a tree, but one foot was exposed. The foot was not long, and it looked like he was wearing short boots.

Chu Yuzhao stared at that foot, and slowly approached the old willow, step by step... But when he reached the tree, the man hid in front of him again, only a corner of his clothes was exposed behind the tree.

Chu Yuzhao held his breath and turned around the old willow for half a circle, and the people behind the tree followed suit.In the next moment, he suddenly and swiftly rushed back from the opposite direction, blocking the man squarely.

Although the man couldn't make a sound, he jumped up and down on the spot, apparently quite startled by this blow.Then he turned his head to run, but Chu Yuzhao grabbed his arm.

Regardless of his struggle, Chu Yuzhao fixed his eyes on the top of his head.

The mass of three souls and seven souls was different from what Chu Yuzhao had seen along the way.The other soul bodies are all in human form, but this body is clearly a little leopard.

A colorful translucent leopard was floating above his head, as if frightened, it was circling in circles and waving its paws at him, as if it was about to jump up and bite.

Luo Bai... finally found you.

Chu Yuzhao's eye sockets were hot, and Luo Bai's soul body in front of him was still struggling in panic. He held on to that arm tightly, and pulled him closer to him.

Look at me, look at me carefully, don't be afraid, I am brother.

Although Luo Bai's facial features could not be seen clearly, he was obviously terrified, struggling more and more, almost breaking free from Chu Yuzhao's grasp.

Chu Yuzhao simply pressed him into his arms, fixed the back of his head with one hand, and strangled his waist with the other, preventing him from breaking free.

Shhh, shhh, don't be afraid, my brother is here to pick you up, you are unconscious and can't recognize me now, it will be fine when you go back, don't be afraid.

Luo Bai was imprisoned by him so that he couldn't move. After struggling for a while, his reaction was no longer so violent, and he only moved his hands and feet occasionally.

Chu Yuzhao rested his chin on top of his head, and in front of him was the colorful little leopard floating in the air.He looked at Xiaobao and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The little leopard was still looking at him nervously, with its four paws huddled together, digging tightly on the ground.Although he couldn't see details such as hair, he could tell from the bulging figure that his hair had exploded at this time.

What is wrong?

A year flashed through his mind, and he suddenly woke up.

That's right, the body he saw along the way has three colored bars on the head and seven on the body and limbs, but this little leopard has two colored bars on the head and only six on the body and limbs.

Chu Yuzhao knew that this was a body condensed from three souls and seven souls, but why was Xiaobao's body two less than other people's bodies?

Could it be that... Luo Bai lacked a soul?

But the current situation does not allow Chu Yuzhao to think carefully, he looked down at the hourglass at his waist, and found that there was only a small layer of sand inside, and the sand was about to flow out, so he hugged Luo Bai with one hand, and took the sand in his arms with the other. Ring the bell, ready to call out the ghost gate.

But the moment he lowered his head and took out the bell, Luo Bai suddenly broke free from his shackles and rushed forward. Chu Yuzhao reached out to catch him unexpectedly, but failed to catch him.

Luo Bai ran forward in panic, but rushed towards the river without thinking. As soon as his feet stepped into the water, several arms full of bones stretched out from the water and strangled his feet. wrist.

Chu Yuzhao also chased after him, grabbed Luo Bai and dragged him to the shore, but the bones were so strong that they held on to Luo Bai's ankles tightly, and waves began to surge in the Black River, and countless A group of skeletons floated densely on the surface of the river.

Those skeletons were like sharks smelling blood, swimming towards Luo Bai's direction quickly.

Seeing this, Chu Yuzhao pulled out the Fengxue knife without hesitation, and slashed at the bones.Originally, he just wanted to chop them off, but he didn't want to pull a dazzling golden light after the blade flashed past.

That golden light formed a golden dragon phantom in the air, and raised its head and let out a dragon cry, illuminating the gloomy riverside like daytime.

As the golden dragon soared into the sky, the entire Heihe River was cut off in the middle, revealing the bottom of the river.

There are tens of thousands of white bones piled on top of each other at the bottom of the river, and some of the white bones, when illuminated by the golden light, emit black smoke and hiss in pain.

Chu Yuzhao took the opportunity to pull Luo Bai ashore, the golden dragon circled above his head and scattered into spots of light, and the riverside returned to its original gloomy scene.It's just that the souls around him were scared and hid far away, while the floating skeletons on the river sank and disappeared.

Chu Yuzhao put away the Fengxue knife, looked down at Heihe at his feet, and when he saw his own reflection, his body froze suddenly.

He saw a colorful little dragon floating above his head, shaking its head and blowing its tail, and on the slender body of the little dragon was actually riding a little leopard.

The little leopard was smaller than the one on top of Luo Bai's head, half the size of a palm, and its whole body was translucent, and it could be seen through its body, except for a colored stripe on its forehead and chest.

Chu Yuzhao was shocked in his heart, but the current scene did not allow him to ponder carefully. He glanced at the hourglass on his waist with only sporadic sand grains left, and grabbed Luo Bai with one hand, and rang the bell in his hand with the other.

With the crisp sound of the bell, the air behind him began to distort, gradually forming an endless whirlpool.

Chu Yuzhao didn't stop, and when the last grain of sand in the hourglass ran out, he threw Luo Bai into the whirlpool with his arms around him.

When returning, the feeling of dizziness was several times stronger than when he went to the underworld, and his body seemed to be torn into pieces. Chu Yuzhao only heard Hong Si's voice, as if he was yelling back in surprise, and lost consciousness instantly.

"Brother, don't die, don't abandon me..."

Chu Yuzhao heard the boy's heart-piercing cries again, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself in the forest he had seen before, the naked little boy still lying on his body. Next to the boy with blood.

He calmly knew that he was dreaming again, and when he heard Luo Bai crying until his voice became hoarse, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and wanted to go forward and hold him in his arms, and tell him that he would be fine and get better.

Luo Bai raised his swollen eyes from crying, looked around blankly, then lifted the upper body of the young Chu Yuzhao and dragged him out of the forest.But others are small and weak, so after finally dragging for two steps, they can't drag anymore.

Chu Yuzhao saw that Luo Bai suddenly turned into a little leopard, stretching out his front paws and poking them under the nose of the motionless man, his eyes were also looking at the paws without blinking.

After a while, the little leopard turned back into a boy, and this time he didn't cry loudly, only trembling with fear, talking to himself.

Chu Yuzhao took a few steps forward and finally heard clearly.

"I can save you. My mother saved my father in this way before. I peeked at her booklet. Although I don't understand the words on it, I can understand the pictures. I can, and I can save you too. Calm down , Luo Bai, calm down, think about how that technique is used..."

Chu Yuzhao was squatting down beside him, and suddenly the picture in front of him began to blur. He knew clearly that he was about to wake up from a dream, so he just waited quietly, and opened his eyes the next moment.

There was a white gauze over his head, and the interlacing of dreams and reality made his mind a little confused.He stared at the gauze curtain for a moment to react, then sat up abruptly, and called Chengshou.

Cheng Gongzheng lit incense in the corner of the wall, straightened up when he heard the words, and said pleasantly: "Your Majesty, are you awake?"

"Where's Luo Bai?"

Chu Yuzhao's throat seemed to have been filed with a file, and it was hoarse. He got up from the bed suddenly, but he got up too fast, but he staggered on his feet, and was supported by Eunuch Cheng who came up.

"Your Majesty, be careful, you went to the underworld, and your body suffered from the cold. Master Bu said that you are in good health, and you will not suffer from the root of the disease like ordinary people. But even if you have already cast a spell to pull out the poison, you have been in a coma for three days -"

"Where's Luo Bai?" Chu Yuzhao interrupted Eunuch Cheng's rambling excitedly.

Eunuch Cheng hurriedly said: "I'm back, I'm back, Mr. Luo is also back." He lowered his voice again: "Mr. Luo is alive and well, the arrow wound has healed, and the toxins in his body are gone. Going to listen to his heartbeat, bang bang, bang bang, it's exciting, and his body is warm to the touch."

A smile appeared on Chu Yuzhao's face, and he couldn't wait to ask: "Really? Then where is he? Help me to see him."

After hearing this, Eunuch Cheng didn't respond immediately. Instead, there was a trace of hesitation in his expression, and his eyes began to dodge.

Chu Yuzhao did not ignore his hesitation, the joy on his face slowly dissipated, and he asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong? Did something happen to him?"

"No." Eunuch Cheng shook his head quickly.

"Tell me quickly, what happened to him?" Chu Yuzhao asked sharply.

Eunuch Cheng sighed, and said: "Master Luo is alive, but he has been asleep all the time. He is different from His Majesty. His Majesty went to the underworld in person and fell asleep for a few days after feeling unwell. Mr. Luo It’s just that the soul went to the underworld, but the body stayed in the room all the time. He is so sleepy... Master Bu said that he is different from you and will wake up immediately, but he has been falling asleep, and Master Bu can’t say anything. That's why."

In the next room, Yuan Fu sat by the bed, put down the half-bowl of ginseng soup in his hand, and took a dry handkerchief to collect the stains around the mouth of the person on the bed.

The door was gently pushed open, and a gust of cold wind poured in. Yuan Fu thought it was some servant who was serving him, and was about to tell him to close the door quickly, but when he turned his head, he saw Chu Yuzhao standing at the door. Say Your Majesty.

Chu Yuzhao only stared at Luo Bai on the bed, walked over and sat down beside the bed, and asked in a low voice, "Has he not woken up?"

Yuan Fu shook his head, and said sadly: "I haven't woken up."

"What did the doctor say?"

"After seeing the doctor, he couldn't tell the reason, and Master Bu didn't know either."

Luo Bai was no longer in the shape of a leopard, but returned to his youthful appearance, lying quietly on the bed.

His face was calm, his long eyelashes hung down his lower eyelids, his lips were rosy, as if he had fallen asleep, and he seemed to be able to open his eyes the next moment.

Chu Yuzhao looked at him, and after a long time brushed away a lock of hair on his forehead, and murmured: "Don't worry, he will wake up when he sleeps enough."