THE TRACES OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF SPIRITIS AND HUMAN.
CHAPTER 6 (JIWA² WHO HAS A BIG GRUDGE)

Xiuhuan observed them one by one and looked wary, they were very similar to Chang yi therefore Xiuhuan had to be careful lest he throw needles at the real Chang yi.

The screams that came out of nowhere were getting louder as well as the smell of the stench getting stinging, and it all started to disturb his head. In addition, those who surround him sometimes choose to change into a headless female figure.

His mind started to go awry, he even had trouble concentrating. Until one of them started attacking him by kicking Xiuhuan's stomach which made him fall to the ground, because Xiuhuan did not realize it and did not have time to dodge.

"Xiuhuan it's me Chang yi" said the delicate creature who had just kicked him while smiling with a grin.

"What is this horrible sound? why does it feel like the sound is close to my ears? until it makes me sick" Xiuhuan murmured.

Xiuhuan then stood up while holding both of his ears that were spitting out a lot of blood.

"Xiuhuan, Xiuhuan" was not finished with the sound of screams, now the delicate creature that was surrounding him did not stop calling his name which made Xiuhuan suffer even more pain because his voice was like piercing his ears.

Then suddenly the foul-scented magic that was also there entangled both of his hands very strongly, then one of the other subtle-bodies lunged at him so hard that Xiuhuan was thrown far away and hit a fairly large rock. The clash that made his mouth come out of blood, he was also seen clutching his chest that suddenly hurt.

"They were covered in such a great grudge, what happened to them to such an evil extent!" xiuhuan whispered while enduring the pain.

"If those screams hadn't bothered me, I wouldn't have had much trouble fighting them"

Xiuhuan tried to get back on his feet while holding back his aching body as well as occasionally holding onto his chest, but Xiuhuan kept all that.

He then retaliated against their attacks despite having to be thrown several times, but Xiuhuan did not stop giving up and tried to save Chang yi who was in the possession of a subtle creature.

"Chang yi wake up" he muttered as he threw some attacks.

Until the fight was at its peak, Xiuhuan looked helpless and rested as he scrunched his face at them. Chang yi who was in the middle of the rasuki then walked towards him by following his eleven clones, then tangled before him and he looked pleased with Xiuhuan's situation like that. His right index finger then touched Xiuhuan's chin and made him look at her.

Smiling, he said. "You look pathetic who would have thought a spirit like you could actually beat me"

"What's your problem? why are you doing this and setting us up?" ask Xiuhuan.

Chang yi laughed loosely as if Xiuhuan's question sounded funny in his ear. "My problem? nothing, I just want to mess with you guys especially with you. I hear spirits like you are very powerful, but you're nothing"

After saying that he stood up and walked away while behind her. Xiuhuan who from earlier hid the needle in his hand also stood up, and said. "It turns out you're the real one"

" ... Yes I am the real one" he replied as he turned to Xiuhuan.

At that moment Xiuhuan threw his needle and managed to hit the eleven Chang yi clones until it made them vanish with no lingering cries of pain coming out of their mouths as if heard all over forest, Xiuhuan then flew towards the original Chang yi and attacked him from above. Chang yi swiftly restrained Xiuhuan's hand using his right elbow.

"Almost just"

"Get out of his body" Xiuhuan replied firmly.

"He now belongs to me" Chang yi who was in the middle of the rasuki then pushed his hand and almost made Xiuhuan throw back, but this time Xiuhuan managed to hold him back.

The fight again happened and now only left the two of them, both of them did not want to lose and continued to bring out their abilities. The blood magic that enveloped his body then he threw at Xiuhuan nonstop, the magic resembled a snake that swerved nimbly towards him. Xiuhuan who looked deft now did not get hit by his attack and managed to dodge. He then retorted back by twisting his body and let out an extremely sharp wind resembling a boomerang then threw it at Chang yi.

The young man did not have time to dodge until he was hit by his attack, Xiuhuan then took out three pieces of paper from his hand which were talismans that he then threw at him. The three talismans were seen lined up from the chest to Chang yi's stomach and made him scream in pain.

"Let's go!!"

Xiuhuan then went down and let him until the evil spirits came out of his body, a red wisp of smoke came out from Chang yi's body along with the screams that did not stop sounding. Not long after Chang yi stopped screaming and his body fell on the ground, he was unconscious. Xiuhuan then approached her and leaned her body against a tree.

While he looked at her out of pity for Chang yi who had just been possessed by a subtle-beer, Xiuhuan then turned his hand on his forehead to heal her, but suddenly he stopped because it turned out that the young man's heart was beating slowly. Now his condition was critical and if he let him then Chang yi would die.

Xiuhuan would not let that happen, he then changed his position and started meditating. His previously battered body slowly began to heal, after which he put one of his hands right where Chang yi's heart was. Then something that gave off light shot out from his body and moved onto Chang yi's body. After finishing Xiuhuan re-opened his eyes and smiled looking at Chang yi who was now already improving.

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"You're sober?" xiuhuan said as he opened his eyes.

"Xiehuan?"

"W-Is this real? why am I still alive?"

"Chang yi, last night you were possessed by a creature, but I managed to get it out of your body"

"Smooth creature?, "Chang yi again remembered the incident last night when where he saw Xiuhuan suddenly pushing him into the abyss.

"What's wrong?" xiuhuan asked looking at him who suddenly fell silent.

"Last night you pushed me into the abyss"

"Current?"

"But it doesn't seem to be you"

"That's a subtle creature, she disguised herself as me to get you into her trap"

"Yes, I know I shouldn't be careless, "Chang yi who was fine suddenly coughed nonstop, she was also seen holding her chest.

"You okay?"

"Yes"

Simultaneously Xiuhuan suddenly sensed a black magic aura from Chang yi's body, he then opened the collar of the young man's shirt. there Xiuhuan saw a red circle-shaped curse mark that coiled around his chest.

"This?"

He then took out his magic to remove the curse, but it turned out that his magic could not eliminate the curse. Xiuhuan kept trying to get the curse to disappear but no matter how many times he tried the result was the same, it was futile.

"Xiehuan?" said Chang yi did not understand what he was doing.

"Chang yi you're cursed"

"Curse?"

"It seems that when the subtle-beings entered your body, he also attached this curse to you"

"If you let it go you will die, because every day little by little they take your life" Xiuhuan continued.

Hearing that Chang yi smiled and said. "It's okay to let it go, if I die I might be reunited with my sister, besides what I'd live for if it continued like this"

Xiuhuan then held onto one of his shoulders. "But don't you have a purpose? Chang yi you still haven't reached your destination, which is to walk straight west"

"Chang yi, if you just let it go maybe someday you'll regret it"

"Repent? what am I gonna regret?"

"Something that makes you feel close, something you used to expect"

This time Chang yi did not reply to his words, he also turned his face away from Xiuhuan. His face looked lethargic yet he could still smile, and in his heart Chang yi said. "Something I ever expected?"

"You never know your life might change over time, and your expectations may be close to yours. If you're gone, what about all that?"