A Third Jade {Mo Dao Zu Shi}

♬Chapter 33♬

"They're...in the wall?!"

The demonic cultivators nodded at each other and combined their arts to break the wall. Dust started spilling out and they saw Jin Ling and Jiang Liang covered in dirt, passed out in the wall. They fell out and Wei Ying caught Jin Ling as Chen Hong caught Jiang Liang.

Lan Anhe rushed to the boys, "A-Ling! A-Liang! Wake up! Can you two hear me? Wake up!" She was shaking both of them while panicking. Chen Hong and Wei Ying noticed something green on both boys. They each lifted up their pants and saw something that made Lan Anhe gasp in horror.

"It's a Curse Mark. They must have offended something malicious" Lan Zhan said. "If they ran into the ghost hand, they would have gotten more than just a Curse Mark" Wei Ying stated, "What on earth is this place?!" Chen Hong asks. The castle started rumbling and tree branches started crawling on Jing Ling's cursed leg. The same thing was happening to Jiang Liang.

Chen Hong brought out his sword-in-disguise and cut the branches off of Jiang Liang's leg. Jin Ling was dragged away, but Wei Ying caught him and Lan Anhe cut the branch off her nephew's leg. "We shouldn't stay here. Let's go!" Lan Zhan and Lan Anhe started cutting the branches as Wei Ying and Chen Hong were making their escape with the cousins while dodging the branches that were after them.

Lan Zhan and Lan Anhe were behind them, gracefully cutting the remaining branches with their swords. The branches were about to block their exit but the Lan siblings cut them all, causing a bigger hole at the entrance they went in.

Wei Ying and Chen Hong laid the cousins down as the dogs were barking and Bai started squawking. "The Spiritual Dogs and Eagle has found something" Lan Zhan claimed, "It's probably related to the Man-eating Castle. Hanguang-Jun, Chenguang-Ji, go after them!" Wei Ying said.

Lan Zhan and Lan Anhe's hands started glowing yellow and linked it to Jing Ling and Jiang Liang's legs. "We have temporarily sealed the Curse Mark. We'll go. You and Chen Hong take A-Ling and A-Liang down the hill. We'll meet in town" Lan Anhe ordered Wei Ying.

"Rest assured. We'll be there" Wei Ying smiled, "You can count on us!" Chen Hong says with a thumbs-up. Lan Zhan and Lan Anhe left to follow the animals. The demonic cultivators looked at the cousins with worried looks, "The Curse Mark will cause hallucinations. The stronger one's inner demons are, the more severe its effect is"

"So it's basically like they're dreaming" Chen Hong stated. Wei Ying nodded before Jin Ling started mumbling, "Dad... Mum..." Jin Ling broke into a sweat.

Chen Hong looked at Jiang Liang, whose brows were slightly furrowing and twitching, "I... I hate them..."

♬Jin Ling♬

"You had no mum to teach you manners!"

"You had no mum to teach you manners!"

A young Jin Ling was casually walking around Lanling until two boys came up and hit him, "Why did you hit me?!"

"Your mum was no good! Your dad didn't even like your mum!"

"Neither your mum nor dad wanted you!" The two boys ran off and left Jin Ling crying. Wei Ying couldn't do anything but helplessly watch the little boy cry.

"Ahhh!" Jin Ling heard the boys scream as they ran past him with tears in their eyes and with bruises. "Jin Ling! Were they bullying you again?!" Wei Ying saw a young Jiang Liang with his hands on his hips.