ephemera

"Why?" For a while, I didn't understand the logic of the three things the demon king asked me to do.

The demon king smiled mischievously and said: "First, you must know that Bai Lusen's formation is useful to me; second, I don't like Xi Yan; third, this ghost is powerful enough to help me pinch my soul. "

Pinching the soul is not that simple. The conditions that need to be met are extremely harsh, or tragic. It must be a person who has suffered a catastrophe and is too late to enter reincarnation. This person must keep his favorite objects in his daily life. A ghost official who has a soul and is not restricted by the underworld.

I looked at the hairpin in the demon king's hand, then at the annoyed look on Huaji's face, and said flatly, "Yes."

"You..." Huaji looked at me, wishing to beat me into a pile of bones immediately.

He hated the underworld the most, and if he was asked to go to the underworld to pinch his soul, it would be tantamount to punishing him with Ling Chi.

I ignored him for the time being, and continued: "I promise you, after ten days, His Highness will help Xiyan undo the restriction."

Xiyan looked at me incredulously, and then at Huaji who was furious.

"Hahaha, it seems that our ghost brother is not very willing." The demon king saw the delicate atmosphere between the three of us, and gloated.

I said, "It doesn't matter if Huaji doesn't agree, there is still someone in the underworld who owes me a favor."

Huaji's Hell Scythe hit my face in an instant, Xiyan tried to stop it, but was pushed aside by Huaji, Huaji was so angry that he was about to lose consciousness. Weak, if Huaji really loses consciousness because of too much grievance, I may not escape.

The hell scythe stopped an inch away from my mask, Huaji woke up suddenly, his eyes dimmed suddenly, put away the hell scythe, he said: "You are still like this." Stepped out of the palace gate.

I looked at his back, and didn't understand whether he said this to mean that I was still so mercenary, or something else.

The black cat rubbed over again, and I asked, "Cats have nine lives. Are all the ones His Highness sent to Bai Lusen?"

His Royal Highness the Demon King changed the subject and asked, "Aren't you sad to save one person and give up another?"

Xiyan glanced at me reproachfully, stood upright, and turned into a tree again.

Alas, sorry to see you.

I smiled and said, "Your Highness doesn't seem to be worried about my affairs?"

Crow noise suddenly whispered a few words in the demon king's ear, the demon king frowned, and said with a temper like a child: "It's really annoying, I can't do it myself, I have to come every day."

After speaking, the demon king walked into the inner room without hesitation. I heard the sound of the door opening, and I was a little curious about the internal structure of the palace.

Ya Noo stayed behind, his bangs were so long that they almost covered those shy but clear eyes. His eyes dodged in front of strangers, but they had a strong demonic aura, which could not be concealed from his thin body. , he made a "please" gesture and said, "I'll take the two of you to have a rest."

I asked curiously, "Didn't His Highness forbid Xiyan to stay here?"

"Yes, but His Highness left a wish to rest for one night."

I turned my head and glanced at Xi Yan, he hadn't had a good rest all the way since we met at home, and now his evil spirit has dropped sharply due to the restriction, he is probably exhausted to the extreme.

Xi Yan followed behind me silently, I just looked at the wound on the back of the crow noise, and said, "Remember to draw out the resentment from the wound on the back in time."

Yajiao's body stiffened, and she whispered, "Thank you."

Only then did I discover that the interior structure of this magnificent palace from the outside is even more amazing. Different places can be reached through different doors. There are some rooms where various toys collected from the world are piled up, but most of the rooms are messy, as if frozen in time.

In the end we arrived at a bedroom with simple furnishings. It was never dusty and neatly furnished. I thought that His Royal Highness the Demon King had already sent someone to clean the room when he received the news of the lynx last night...

It's just that the cleaning skills are not very strong.

I asked: "Why doesn't His Highness the Demon King bring more people by his side so that he can take care of his diet and daily life?"

"You can't take care of His Royal Highness the Demon King's food and daily life." Ya Noo blushed, and explained: "Your Highness has not been on the throne for a long time, and he doesn't like strangers to stay by his side. The hospitality is not good. Please forgive me."

Xi Yan also said that the newly ascended demon king doesn’t like contact with outsiders. I don’t know what happened to the Bobcats later so that they developed such a weird character as the current demon king, so I just nodded and said, “It’s okay.”

After Yanoo left, Xiyan and I looked at the couch in a bit of embarrassment.

Really bad hospitality.

Xi Yanfang had just balanced the fairy spirit and demon energy, he kept away from me, and asked me cautiously: "Teacher, what about brother Huaji?"

"Don't worry, he has his own place to go." I touched the table next to me, and there was a faint layer of dust on my fingers.

Xiyan didn't speak, so I turned around to look at him and walked over step by step.

"You have been investigating the matter of return, not just to rescue General Jin Ge? Listen to what you mean, if General Jin Ge is under house arrest, you only search for information. You need to find the location of return and calculate the return of return. It may take hundreds of years, but you found me almost after General Jin Ge was locked up."

I got a little closer, Xiyan had nowhere to hide, just looked at me, not only flustered to be exposed, but also a little angry.

"Tell me, what is the real purpose of following me?" I said.

"I said you are a person who just woke up and went to scare the children. Are you embarrassed?" A voice came out of my head.

It was then that I remembered the talker ghost. He has been living in my skeleton. Today I suffered a serious setback, and my spiritual consciousness tended to disappear. He took the opportunity to get out again.

Xi Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "In order to rescue General Jin Ge."

"Oh, your teacher," I replied, pushing the chatter away.

Xiyan let out a "hmm", and suddenly her eyes turned red.

Why red eyes?

Before I could say anything decent to comfort me, the Talking Ghost punched me hard in my consciousness, sealing my consciousness.

"Hey, I just scared you. Which one of us is with whom? You have saved me so many times. If I kick you away temporarily, I will be a wolf." I patted Xiyan on the shoulder, and he stared dumbfounded. I.

Xiyan was a little puzzled, but he wanted me not to pay attention, so he smiled lightly and said, "Teacher, it seems... a different person."

Which one does he think is me?

I don't dare to ask, I'm afraid it will be useless and sad, the real digger is thoughtful and vicious, during this time his consciousness slowly recovers, and occasionally he will let me leave his bones, I'm afraid of him, just look at his body Memories can't help trembling and headache.But I found that he didn't actually hate Xiyan and was defensive. His eyes were weird, but I didn't know what he was thinking.

The strong are always charming, I think Xiyan must like this kind of feeling.

I said, "Let's clean up this room. After you leave, I can live comfortably as a teacher."

My lover is about to leave and I can't help but squeeze him. It seems that I am a real wolf.

"Do you still remember the road just now? I remember that there is a small river in that courtyard. Let's go get some water."

Xiyan looked puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Huaji..."

"Don't worry, don't worry, do you still remember the 'every evil' mentioned by your little fairy official friend? He was looking for clues. I just made him angry on purpose. He couldn't help him if he stayed here. Instead, he left in a hurry. That's fine."

Xiyan came to his senses, rolled up his sleeves neatly, and said to me: "Teacher, I'll fetch water right away, you can take a rest."

Without waiting for my refusal, he walked out.

"Such a good disciple, tell me what do you do all day long?" I educated the monster named "Du Yue", his spiritual consciousness gave me a lazy look, and he didn't make a sound.

The dove occupies the magpie's nest, but I am justified.

In fact, his spiritual consciousness has a complete body, and I was able to see his real face, which is beautiful and elegant, with thin lips and thin eyes. If it weren't for the arrogance that he cultivated, you would find his expression a little sad.But when you think he is sad about something and wants to comfort him, he will push you away fiercely, showing his fierce side, as if to say stay away from me.But when you really left, he shrank in the corner again, like an abandoned child.

Before he was fully awake, the fragility in his heart was out of his control, and he relied on my own thoughts. I couldn't help it, and I picked up many abandoned people by my side along the way. The little fairy official, the little emperor in the world, or the perverted cat in the demon world are all just because he can't bear the suffering of living beings without company.

I mocked him silently in my heart: There are so many poor people in the world, can you finish helping them?

It was strange that he couldn't answer, so he confronted me and kept silent.

Not long after, Xiyan came back embarrassed. I was drinking tea when I saw him walk with his head slightly lowered and said, "I'm sorry teacher, I... lost my way."

I almost choked myself to death with a sip of tea.

When I was finished, I led Xiyan to walk through different barriers. Xiyan said behind me: "Teacher remembers it very clearly." His voice was more lively than before, as if he had grown little wings to circle me.

In fact, it’s not because of my nagging. The real owner of this bone remembers how we came in just now. He even deduced the rules of these structural arrangements and told me to turn left a few more times and turn right a few more times. There will be a hidden room there.

Xiyan and I cleaned up the house all afternoon. Although the two of us didn't talk much, the inexplicable sense of peace of mind poured me out from head to toe. I asked, "Xiyan, did you often do housework before, so proficient?"

Xiyan brushed her hair casually, and said, "Fortunately, I got used to it when I was alone in the Ten Square Hall."

He lived alone in the Ten Square Hall, and it sounded a bit lonely.

"I will make another hairpin for you as a teacher in another day."

Xiyan didn't speak for a long time, and then I realized that if Juyue's flesh and blood slowly recovered, my spiritual consciousness would be suppressed again, and he and Huaji didn't necessarily need Xiyan to continue to follow.

"Then... thank you teacher."

After finally cleaning it up, I lay on the couch without any image, Xiyan sat stiffly by the table, I waved and said, "Come here and lie down, I'm so tense every day, I'm very tired."

"Need not."

"come over."

"Ok."

There was a faint fragrance on Xiyan's body, and he stayed three inches away from me in a regular manner.

"How?" I asked.

"Very reassuring." Xiyan closed her eyes.

A few rays of summer afterglow leaked in from the window next to it, part of it fell on Xiyan, his white hair was faintly glowing, and I felt a pain in my heart for no reason. Before I could realize the reason, Xiyan asked softly: "Is the hairpin given to me by the high priest originally belonged to someone from His Royal Highness?"

It should be, otherwise the Demon King wouldn't have snatched it so forcefully. The situation was chaotic just now, and we didn't even have time to ask.

"Teacher, tell me, what is it that will destroy His Highness's old friend?"

"Maybe it's races fighting each other, maybe it's siblings fighting each other.".

"Why did the High Priest give me the hairpin? If we don't go to Kui Kingdom, won't we have a chance to meet the Demon King?"

It turned out that Xiyan thought about so many problems by himself.

I said, "God's will, we may not be able to escape."

I turned my head to look and found that he was breathing steadily and fell asleep.

I also closed my eyes and fell into the long-lost sleep.

When I woke up, it was already evening, and the last red of the setting sun was about to fade away. I rubbed my shoulders and got up, and found that Xiyan had disappeared, and someone thoughtfully put on the oil lamp on the table.

I squeezed the palm of my hand, and found that the flesh and blood that had faded during the day had grown back at this time. I mercilessly seized the opportunity to squeeze the chatterer away.I remembered that I planned to bid farewell to Xiyan, but he just left without a sound. In my life, it seemed that I could not escape this situation, but at this moment, I abandoned Xiyan.

I think of the injured heart of the abandoned person, which should be like a crescent moon, making people sad.

I have locked the talker ghost's consciousness in the barrier, and I won't let him out in the near future.He likes Xiyan very much, and Xiyan is more relaxed when facing him than when facing me.I don't know why, but I have a strange feeling in my heart, as if I have to compete with the talkative ghost.

Then I heard footsteps coming towards the room, and when His Highness the Demon King appeared in my room with Crow Noise, I understood what I felt in my heart.

It's jealousy.