Oh, So Sticky

Although the person who actually needed to be guided didn't resemble Yu Fengchen much, he still left a familiar impression on Yu Xing's mind.

Just like him yesterday, this person's clothes were badly worn out during the sinking and dragging process, and his fair body was covered with bloodstains. Moreover, because this person's physique seemed to be less resilient, the bloodstains were much more severe than Yu Xing's, and the injuries were particularly serious, with several places so deep that the bone was visible.

Judging from his frame, he is on the slender side, and his overall figure seems not to have fully developed yet, giving off a youthful and frail appearance.

His head was bowed so that the believers could only see the whorl of hair on the top of his head. His black hair was piled up in a mess and was sticky with blood. His face was even more indistinct. The only things that were illuminated by the light were his chin and his tightly pursed lips.

Sharp branches were bound around the boy's arms, and the sharpest tips pierced his palms mercilessly, the tips hanging downwards, dripping with the boy's blood.

It's someone I know.

Yu Xing looked him over and became even more certain of the familiar feeling in his heart. He must know this person and have seen him recently.

But we're not that close.

Yu Xing thought about it carefully, but ultimately the boy's condition was too different from that of someone who could stand normally in front of him, so he couldn't figure out his identity for the time being.

Without the Tree Witch, the followers were relatively relaxed, and Klaus was discussing topics related to the boy with Amber.

The bearded man surveyed the tree trunk. It didn't seem to have much muscle, or rather, it wasn't very prominent. At most, the flesh was firm, but it didn't exude any particularly alluring hormones.

He asked with interest, "Amber, are you interested in this newcomer?"

Amber Bradley looked up, pondered for a moment, and then inexplicably shifted his gaze to Yu Xing, his eyes wandering to Yu Xing's crotch, which was covered by her long robe.

Yu Xing: "..."

Amber looked away and sighed softly, "I'm not interested in this one. He looks too young, and I don't like people who are too young."

There happened to be an Asian girl next to her, who laughed upon hearing this, "Actually, he's definitely an adult. We Asians just tend to look younger than our actual age, unlike Andy, who's the real little kid."

Andy, the blond boy who had been so enthusiastic during dinner earlier, immediately retorted, hands on his hips. "I'll be 18 in two months, how can I be a little kid!?"

"Well, you're still a little kid now. Let's talk again in two months." The girl curled her lip, her face full of disdain. However, her mocking expression was diluted a lot in the darkness, otherwise the blond boy would have pretended to fight her.

Minor?

Yu Xing received the word and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He seemed to remember who the other person was.

Just then, as everyone was discussing the matter, the boy with his head down let out a painful groan, instinctively struggling, which aggravated his wounds, causing his blood to flow even more freely.

"He's awake!" Klaus was the first to notice.

The boy, filled with immense pain, slowly raised his head.

His pale face did still retain some childishness, but his expressionless, indifferent face was enough to make people forget his age.

His thin lips remained tightly pressed together, the blood at the corners of his mouth nearly dried, and there were sparse, fine scratches on his cheeks, but his eyes shone with a striking crimson like rubies.

Those eyes were too striking, because even in the Underground City, under normal circumstances, the believers' eyes were nothing more than black, blue, amber, green, and other pupil colors common in both the East and the West.

The red color is definitely unusual; waking up with red eyes suggests the person isn't someone to be trifled with.

As the boy awoke, the branches slowly receded, like a knife being stabbed in and then pulled out, doubling the pain once more.

The boy finally frowned, his fingers twitching from the pain, and his legs, which were not bound, involuntarily curled up until the branch was pulled out of his flesh. He lost his footing and fell downwards.

Yu Xing was already standing at the front of the group with the bearded Klaus. Upon seeing this, he took a step forward and arrived below the boy, catching him at a clever angle and even carefully avoiding the boy's horrific wounds.

Due to the angle, when he rushed into the darkness below the boy, they could no longer see each other. He could feel the boy's body tense up instantly, and a very bad feeling emanated from the boy's body, like a weapon that could turn into a sharp blade at any moment.

It seems to be an evil spirit... the aura of an evil spirit.

Sensing the boy's wariness, Yu Xing spoke first to the believers behind him, "He's awake, which means he's gained the Wood God's approval, right? That means I'm no longer the newest believer, how wonderful."

Seeing this deviation from the main point, many believers smiled knowingly. They had thought the same way when they first arrived, always feeling that they were the newest believers and everyone else was a senior. That feeling wasn't very pleasant.

Roy is so lucky; he's already someone's senior after just one day.

After Yu Xing spoke, the boy in his arms must have recognized his voice, as his tense body slowly relaxed, leaving only the aura of a demon still lingering.

"Take me to a safe place," the boy whispered to Yu Xing, his words barely audible to others.

Yu Xing raised an eyebrow.

He's already bossing people around since he just arrived?

To be honest, the Underground City was much safer than he had imagined; in fact, almost any place could be considered safe, especially for someone with the power of the curse.

Amber also came over, and seeing the boy's severe wounds, smiled, "Oh dear, he's badly injured. We need to get him to the treatment area quickly to soak in the warm water and help his wounds heal, otherwise it will be in a lot of pain."

Yu Xing looked down and pretended to hand the boy to Amber. Upon seeing this, the boy grabbed his wrist, seemingly protesting instinctively.

"Sigh." Yu Xing sighed and shook her head helplessly, "What should I do? It seems that because I caught him, the child is a bit clingy to me."

As he spoke, he showed Amber the boy's hand gripping his wrist tightly, and chuckled in a helpless tone, "Oh dear, he's so clingy."

Juvenile. "..."

Amber thought for a moment and then suggested, "I happen to have other things to do today. You should remember the location of the reception area, so how about I leave this newcomer in your care?"

"Let him recover in the tub, then don't do anything else. Just find him a place to stay, because it's going to get dark soon."

"It would be my pleasure to serve." Yu Xing both gentlemanly and gentle.

Chapter Twenty-Six: Oh, so clingy!