Book 2: Chapter 10: The Truth You Do Not Know
The vegetation here was very lush. For as far as the eye could see, the mountain range was covered in dense branches and leaves. There was green everywhere, plants everywhere. However, every branch and every leaf was quiet and still. There was no trace of wind, no trace of movement. It seemed fake, like an intensely coloured oil painting. It was beautiful, but did not give off any impression that it was a real existence.
The strangest part was that the instant one entered this area, one would be hit with a sinister air.
This sinister air did not originate from the weather, but a chilliness that rose from the bottom upwards. It was as though there was solid ice underneath the feet rather than earth – no, perhaps it was even colder than ice. It felt like the sinister air that rose ceaselessly took the form of…hands.
Indeed, just like pairs of freezing hands that passed through the cloth of pants to tightly wrap around one’s ankles.
As Ye Xiao walked, he suddenly was stuck in one place.
“What’s wrong?” Su Mu glanced back at him.
Ye Xiao gulped and said, “I think…I think there’s something grabbing onto my foot.”
He did not look down because he knew that there was absolutely nothing there. However, he truly did feel something present.
Su Mu flicked his gaze down and then let out an impatient sigh. “Didn’t I tell you not to follow me?”