Wan Jie Hospice Care Company

Chapter 89 Moonlight

A wave of dizziness washed over me.

Xiang Yu gripped the wooden pillar of the cell, his fingertips trembling slightly. He could clearly feel his spiritual energy leaking out like water from a leaky basin.

This time, the mental energy consumed was equivalent to asking five questions consecutively in a state of flow. In other words, he no longer had the energy to explore the void today.

But that brief experience of death had made him see the true nature of the eerie world.

Anling rewound time to the second before he stepped out of the prison gate.

His raised foot was still dangling in mid-air, and Xu Yunhan's exclamation still echoed in the air. Xiang Yu took a deep breath and steadily pulled his foot back.

His steps out of the prison were still suspended in mid-air, while Xu Yunhan beside him was still exclaiming in surprise.

He then withdrew the foot he had taken.

"The supernatural kills people by casting shadows under the moonlight. As long as you are exposed to moonlight, you will inevitably cast a shadow, and the supernatural will emerge from your shadow to kill you."

Xiang Yu said this.

Xu Yunhan was stunned. He stared at Xiang Yu for a long time, then asked quietly, "You—you're serious?"

Why would I lie to you?

"Then how did you manage to achieve enlightenment so quickly after stepping out and then pulling your foot back?" Xu Yunhan asked incredulously.

"I'm just smarter."

"How is that possible? This isn't just intelligence; this is prophecy!"

Instead, Xiang Yu looked at Xu Yunhan with a strange expression: "Aren't you from the Xiang Sect? Then why are you surprised by the prophecy before it even begins?"

"Uh—" Xu Yunhan paused for a moment, then scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, "Well—most people definitely couldn't do that—"

"Then I am one of the minority."

"Hey you—"

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore." Xiang Yu waved his hand. "So, how do you think we should get out?"

"Ah—not being able to cast a shadow under the moonlight?" Xu Yunhan looked up at the night sky, where the crescent moon hung overhead like a hook. "But the moon is right above me, how can I not be illuminated by it? Unless I stay indoors the whole time—"

"First of all, it's obvious that this ghost won't attack the people inside, which proves that it won't attack the shadows of inanimate objects." Xiang Yu paused. "Otherwise, we wouldn't have survived in the prison."

"So—" Xu Yunhan's eyes lit up.

Xiang Yu nodded: "Just as you thought, all we need to do is build a simple interior outside," and that will be fine.

It's basically using something completely opaque to block out the moonlight.

"Of course, if we could get a strong light source to block out the moonlight, that would work too—but we probably don't have that in this era." Xiang Yu shrugged.

Although Xu Yunhan didn't understand what Xiang Yu meant by the second part of his sentence, he knew the meaning of the first part: "We're in a prison, where would we find anything to block out the moonlight?"

"This—isn't difficult."

Xiang Yu pointed to the space in front of him.

The wooden gate was over ten feet tall, its thick panels covered with cracks from the erosion of time, like a huge shield that could completely shroud several people in shadow.

"All we need to do is take this apart."

"Sir, wouldn't it seem a bit strange for us to walk like this?"

"It's strange, but nobody comes out at night anyway, so who's going to watch us?"

Xiang Yu and Xu Yunhan were seen one in front of the other, their backs pressed against the prison door. The two of them crawled on all fours, almost touching the ground, like two snails carrying their shells wriggling in the night.

Although the pose was abstract, the two of them didn't actually leave any shadows in the moonlight, so there was no way to make a strange claim.

The two crawled along the street for about an hour, but there was still no sign of anything strange happening.

The only sound on the street was the rustling of them crawling on the ground.

"Junzi—I can't hold on any longer—" Xu Yunhan felt that he had been climbing for an hour and was too tired, especially his waist. He had to support his body on one side and the door behind him on the other. Now he could hardly feel his waist anymore.

His back went from aching to numb, and then from numb to completely numb.

"Alright, I'll say three, two, one, and we'll all lie down and rest for a while," Xiang Yu said in a low voice. "Three, two, one."

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As soon as the words left their mouths, the two of them simultaneously pressed themselves to the ground, like two dehydrated fish sprawled on the stone slab. The door panel firmly covered them, leaving only a tiny gap.

"Junzi—we must have gone quite far already. Why don't we wait here until dawn, and then stand up and run?" Xu Yunhan suggested.

Xiang Yu didn't even turn his head: "We've only walked six hundred meters—two hundred zhang, I guess."

"Huh? How come there's only this much?"

"Nonsense, how can we get up quickly if we're crawling with something on our heads?"

"Waaaaah————"

"Alright, we've rested enough. Let's keep climbing." Xiang Yu roused himself. "Let's try to reach the other side of Chang'an City in one night."

Just as the two were preparing to exert their strength again, an unexpected change occurred.

Suddenly, a brilliant golden light shone from the end of the darkness ahead!

The light came without warning, like the sun falling to earth, instantly tearing through the darkness.

"Holy crap, what is that?!" Xiang Yu immediately covered his eyes. His pupils had already adjusted to the darkness of the night, but suddenly something even more dazzling than the sun appeared, almost blinding him.

As for Xu Yunhan, he followed behind Xiang Yu. Although he was also flashed, he was not greatly affected.

"Sir, what happened?"

There's an idiot up ahead driving with his high beams on!

After a while, Xiang Yu finally adjusted to the light, only to realize that the light was not from something else, but from a standing person.

Hiding under the door, Xiang Yu couldn't see the other person's face, but by observing the shoes and the way the person walked, he could roughly tell that the person was a man and that he was in a hurry.

Although he really wanted to punch the man, he also knew that the reason the man used such a stupid skill was to avoid leaving a shadow under the moonlight.

As long as it is a light source itself, and it shines in all directions without any blind spots, there will be no shadow.

The man didn't seem to notice the two people hiding under the door. He just found it strange that a door would appear on the street. After looking around for a while, he tentatively asked, "Who goes there?"

The sound echoed through the empty street, carrying a hint of wariness and murderous intent.

Xiang Yu hid in the shadows, his fingers tapping lightly on the ground.

A direct confrontation is definitely out of the question. Who knows what level of strength the opponent possesses? Besides, I'm currently trapped inside the gate, so I can't fight even if I wanted to—at most, I could use throwing knives to trim the opponent's feet.

He gritted his teeth, quickly weighing the options in his mind.

Then we can only use the method that the ancients found most appealing.

Let's make use of feudal superstition then.