Suddenly, a man screamed in his ears, breaking through the sky, and a flock of birds flew up in the canopy of the tree.
"Miss, be careful!"
Wei Yifei stepped forward and grabbed Baili Mingyi's wrist tightly, stopping her from moving forward.
Baili Mingyi suddenly woke up from her manic depression. She looked down and found that there was a swamp hidden under the cover of fallen leaves in the forest.
Wei Wu, who was walking at the front, fell into it without any warning, and it only took a blink of an eye for Wei Yi to drag her away.
"Help me!"
Wei Wu's cry was frightening and desperate, and it was horrifying to hear. Baili Mingyi broke out in a cold sweat, as she was just a tiny bit away from facing the same fate.
Everyone was silent, staring at Wei Wu, who was unable to extricate himself from the quagmire, with horror in their eyes.
Who doesn't know that the swamp is a place of well-deserved death. That thing is a silent beast's maw, which hides despair and suffocating power. It can swallow people up in one bite silently, without giving you any chance to resist.
Once it falls in, it can only sink a little bit until it is swallowed up by the putrid mud.
Baili Mingyi brought soldiers who had gone through hundreds of battles. They themselves were not afraid of death, but the long process of waiting for death was the last straw that gnawed at people's hearts and broke the camel's back.
It is a different kind of terror, like maggots on the tarsal bones, slowly eroding the strength of a person's heart, a long stream of torture. It is enough to make a person collapse and go crazy.
"Save me." Wei Wu's voice became more emphatic, trembling like a ghost crying: "Please, save me!"
Wei Yi put his fingers into the baggage he was carrying, quickly took out a flying claw, rounded it up and wanted to throw it towards Wei Wu.
However, it was snatched away by the palm of Xiezili Yubai's hand.
"Wei Yi, what are you doing!" Baili Mingyi's eyes were condensed, with violence and dissatisfaction hidden in them.
"Save people." Wei Yi looked at her, why should such a question be asked?
"He just fell in. He was rescued immediately and he is still alive."
"Help me!" They were not far apart, and Wei Wu heard the conversation between the two clearly. Then his eyes lit up, and his shout added a little more force.
"Come here." Wei Yi opened his palm to Baili Mingyi: "Miss, please give me the flying claw."
"Don't even think about it!" Baili Mingyi frowned, and her voice was sinister and cold: "That's a man-eating quagmire!"
She pointed fiercely at Wei Wu: "Who can guarantee that we can be rescued? Even if we can be rescued, we don't know how long it will take. How can I, the young lady, have that time?"
Wei Wu's cry for help came to an abrupt end, as if someone had grabbed his throat, and he couldn't say another word.
Everyone stared at Baili Mingyi, completely unable to believe what they had just heard.
"Miss." Wei Yi swallowed his saliva and spoke tentatively: "The forest is dangerous and the future is uncertain. It is the right time to hire someone. He is our comrade, and he will not save him...it will not do us any good."
"Who is his companion?!"
Baili Mingyi glared and said with a cold breath: "They are just ordinary soldiers. Which one of you is worthy of being my lady's companion?"
"I am the niece of the great Sima, and the future nobleman of Xi Chu. I am your master! Have you figured out your identity?!"
There was deathly silence everywhere, without any sound. Everyone was shocked by the content of Baili Mingyi's words, and shocked by her naked and undisguised contempt.
"Miss..." Wei Yi, the eldest among them all, took a breath and tried to lighten the atmosphere: "We are all..."
"What is it?" Baili Mingyi stared, a little impatient: "My lady has such a distinguished status, it is your honor to be able to talk to you here!"