Chapter 960: A Shift in Mindset
The sound was not human; it was filled with blood and the pain of being torn apart.
Like a thunderclap from a clear sky, it shot straight up into the heavens!
The shockwave caused surrounding rocks to tumble down, and even birds in the distance were startled and scattered in all directions!
Lou Qi was so frightened by the roar that he froze.
The crying stopped abruptly, and she raised her head blankly.
Chu Hao's face was contorted with pain, and cold sweat mixed with the bloodstains from before covered his face.
Its eyes were bloodshot and fixed, as if it wanted to devour someone!
Jiang Yantian offered a fake greeting instead.
He coughed twice: "Wha...what's wrong? What happened?"
"Brother Chu, why did you suddenly start yelling?"
"Are you feeling unwell?"
Chu Hao no longer wanted to speak; the pain almost made him faint.
It kept twitching.
He never imagined that a fishhook could cause him such torment.
Lou Qi felt a deep pain in her heart when she saw him in such pain.
She held him tightly and shook him.
It swings and swings.
It got stuck immediately.
It snapped, and the fishing line broke.
The fishhook simply sank into it and can't be found anymore.
"???"
Chu Hao's face turned deathly pale.
He knew he was doomed.
This time we're really doomed.
The fishing line snapped and disappeared into it.
Even the most powerful immortals couldn't possibly produce it.
If you want to take it out, you have to take it off.
Even if all else fails, we must cut it open.
That's a barb; there's no way to remove it normally.
Originally it was meant to hook one side, but now it goes straight through.
There's absolutely no way to deal with it.
The thought that she might become a eunuch filled Chu Hao with mixed feelings, and she even felt like she was about to lose control.
This thought, like a poisoned ice pick, pierced deep into the top of his head!
He looked at Lou Qi, who was still sobbing as she threw herself on him.
All the pain, all the humiliation, all the fear, it was all because of this woman!
If it weren't for her deceiving me by saying she was neither male nor female.
If it weren't for her desires, she would have forcibly humiliated herself.
How could I possibly embarrass myself in the projection of all the heavens?
Now, everyone in the world knows he's a pervert!
Moreover, if she hadn't pounced on me just now...
How did the fishhook break and get stuck inside?
He's ended up in this predicament all because of her!
Chu Hao suddenly seemed very calm and turned to look at Jiang Yantian.
"Fellow Daoist Fu Qing, please leave first. I have something to discuss with her!"
Every word and phrase carried an incredibly heavy feeling.
Jiang Yantian could tell at a glance that he was losing control of his violent temper.
Nature will grant its purpose.
"Okay, you two talk!"
With that, Jiang Yantian stood up and left with Luo Biling and Leng Ning.
That leaves Chu Hao and Lou Qi.
Lou Qi was puzzled.
But Chu Hao suddenly widened his eyes.
"It's you...it's all your fault!!"
Chu Hao's rationality was completely crushed, and the last shred of clarity in his eyes was devoured by madness!
He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Lou Qi's neck tightly.
His knuckles turned white from the force he exerted, almost snapping her slender neck in two!
Lou Qi's eyes widened at the sudden attack.
Chu Hao looked like he was about to go crazy.
"Brother Chu...?"
Lou Qi's crying stopped abruptly, and a feeling of suffocation gripped her instantly. She opened her eyes wide in horror, looking at the hideous face in front of her. The veins on Chu Hao's forehead bulged, and cold sweat mixed with blood smeared all over his face.
His lips twisted into a distorted arc, looking like he was laughing, yet also like he was crying.
His eyes blazed with a frenzied rage that seemed to say, "If I'm not doing well, neither are you."
"You liar, you ruined me, and now you want to kill me?"
He roared, his grip tightening.
"I'm ruined, my reputation is tarnished, and I'm going to kill you today!"
He was extremely ruthless.
Sometimes, a breakdown can really happen in an instant.
When a string snaps, a person breaks down.
Lou Qi's face flushed red instantly, and she struggled in vain with her hands and feet.
Tears streamed down her face like beads from a broken string.
It wasn't because of the pain, but because of the unfamiliar eyes in front of me.
This is not her Brother Chu.
How could Lou Qi possibly break free from Chu Hao's grasp?
My vision started to blur.
Memories flash by like a revolving lantern.
The Chu brother she remembered was clearly not like this.
They first met on a mountain path.
He was wearing a coarse cloth shirt and carrying a medicine basket as he collected herbs in the mountain stream.
He turned back and smiled at her, his smile as gentle as a mountain stream.
She was being bullied by her fellow disciple and was hiding behind a tree crying when he handed her a clean handkerchief.
She said softly, "Crying won't solve anything. Do you want me to help you?"
He stood up for her, and was called a "country bumpkin" by his senior classmates.
He just scratched his head, smiled, and said, "It's nothing."
Back then, they were all unknown nobodies in the outer sect.
Once, she encountered a problem during her cultivation and was in so much pain that she rolled on the ground in agony.
He secretly went off to find treatment options without her knowledge.
But he turned back and smiled at her, saying, "We're almost there, don't be afraid."
Back then, his back was broad and stable. Leaning against it felt like he could hold up the sky if it fell.
He was always silent, but he always appeared when she needed him.
He would be happy for half a day if he helped an injured little animal.
They would share the spiritual fruits they had painstakingly gathered with their junior brothers and sisters who needed them more.
When he was mocked, he would just lower his head and smile, then cultivate even more diligently.
There is always light in their eyes.
Being with him makes even the air feel warm.
She knew he would always protect her and would always be gentle with her.
He will always be that Chu-gege who, even when he suffers injustice, will share the sunshine with others.
Although several hundred years passed, the two were separated due to issues of distribution.
But she always remembered it in her heart.
It wasn't until they entered the inner gate and met again that he seemed to have forgotten many things.
But she always remembered it.
He had been tested before, and it seems he has truly forgotten many things.
Perhaps his cultivation had caused him to lose his memory, but she was still willing to get to know him again.
Gradually, I became familiar with it.
But now.
His hand gripping his own neck was so fierce, and his eyes were so menacing.
Like a ferocious beast that has been provoked, it is covered in thorns and exudes a menacing aura.
Those eyes, once brimming with sunlight, are now filled only with gloom and madness.
It made her feel cold all over, and even her soul trembled.
“Brother Chu...you....."
Lou Qi managed to utter a few words, her voice broken and filled with desperate sobs: "How...did you become like this...?"
Chu Hao's movements suddenly stopped, and the hand gripping her neck loosened slightly.
There was a hint of confusion in his eyes.
It seemed that the words "Brother Chu" had struck a nerve.
But that confusion lasted only a moment before it was overwhelmed by a deeper sense of resentment.
He looked down at Lou Qi's tearful eyes, at the fear and unfamiliarity on her face.
Her anger flared even more: "You've turned out like this? It's all because of you!"
"You lied to me! You ruined me! How dare you look at me like that now?"
He exerted force again, and Lou Qi's face turned purple.
Large, hot tears fell onto the back of his hand.
But the heat couldn't rouse him from his current madness.
She looked at his ferocious face, at those eyes that had lost all trace of gentleness.
Something inside me shattered with a snap.
