Nan Chan

The ghost messenger walked in a hurry, dragging a heavy chain past the window, as if he didn't suspect anything, or he had something important to do and didn't want to make trouble.As soon as they left, Jing Lin withdrew his hand.

Jing Lin pointed at the front of his shirt, and the wide shirt fell on his shoulders.He is wearing his belt nonchalantly, thoughtfully.

Cang Ji followed him closely like a tail, and asked, "What was that just now?"

"A bird." Jing Lin was dressed neatly, and was about to take a step, when someone blocked her in front of her.

Cang Ji leaned against the door, blocking Jing Lin's way, and said relentlessly: "What is the ghost of Huangquan chasing after a bird? It smells like a dead body. It doesn't look like a monster, but like a ghost."

"It's a rakshasa bird, transformed by the accumulated corpse energy, good at changing into various forms, so..." Jing Lin paused, and said solemnly, "It's good to eat fish."

Cang Ji crossed his arms and leaned over, "Fish is delicious? Then why doesn't it come here to look for me?"

"The fish elsewhere are fatter." Jing Lin replied without changing his expression.

Cang Ji looked at Jing Lin suspiciously, always feeling that something was wrong.But he was used to Jinglin's seriousness, and he never saw him deceive anyone, so he asked again, "A bird that eats fish, why does the ghost chase after it?"

"Maybe it's not chasing it." Jing Lin said, "but chasing the soul."

Huangquan Road has to go through Lijin Bank, and ghost messengers escort their souls to cross Tianjin to reach the Hall of Hades.There are countless spirits and dead souls in this journey, and this kind of errand is not easy to do. Often because of being late for an hour and a half, the ghosts to be detained are lost.Therefore, once someone's life is approaching on the life spectrum, ghost messengers will wait outside the window early, treat the person desperately, and put on a chain to tie them away.However, the life spectrum can only be identified and written down for those who died unjustly and unexpectedly. The gods in charge of various places must notify the demarcation department to which they belong, and then the demarcation department will submit it to the Hall of the King of Heaven, and the Hall of the King of Yama will send ghosts Hurry up.If there is a momentary delay in it, the ghost to be detained will be lost.Zhongdu is so big that if you lose it, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, hard to find.However, the records of ghost hunting are often linked to the promotion of ghosts, so now that a person is killed, ghosts can't wait to use four legs to hurry.

But tonight was a little different, it was the Rakshasa Bird who went first, which showed that someone in the town must have died with deep resentment.This matter is different from usual, perhaps because of the copper bell.

Cang Ji got out of Jing Lin's cuff, grabbed his thumb, and looked outside.He shrunk in size and became smaller than a small stone man. He hid in Jinglin's sleeve because the rakshasa bird that Jinglin said was "fish-eating" would come to catch him, and he was not good enough to swallow the bird at the moment.

The night was still silent, the wind stopped, and the snow began to fall instead.

Jing Lin covered his body with a crow-green wide shirt, and carried a lantern coldly. The soles of his shoes stepped on the soft and thin snow silently, leaving no footprints.He searched along the street and had been walking for a long time.

"You look more and more like a mortal." Cang Ji looked up for a while and said, "Or are you a mortal?"

Jing Lin didn't answer, but instead said: "Hide in your sleeves later, don't show your head easily."

"You always avoid answering, but there must be a reason for it." Cang Ji lazily wrapped himself in a sleeve cloth, only showing his head, "You hide your heart so deeply because you are afraid that one day you will be caught by me." Swallow it clean, and realize some emotions and desires?"

"You are contradicting yourself." Jing Lin said.

Cang Ji knew that what he said was the words that he had bitten the back of his neck, and couldn't help but touch the tip of his tongue against his sharp teeth, and said: "You can't believe angry words, has no one told you?"

Jing Lin glanced at him, but did not answer.Cang Ji knew he was wrong, but he didn't think it was wrong.He is just obsessed with the question of whether Jing Lin is a man, a god, or a ghost, but Jing Lin always keeps silent on this issue, which makes him scratch his heart and lungs even more, and insists on finding out.

Just thinking about it, Jing Lin stopped walking.Before Cang Ji had time to look around, Jing Lin gently pushed her into his sleeve.He rolled in Jinglin's sleeves, sat up straight and cross-legged, and listened carefully to the movement outside.

The lantern that Jing Lin was carrying went out suddenly, and he stood in front of a closed door.Grass grows on the eaves of the door, the wooden boards are old, and the snow on the earth steps looks like it has been frozen for a long time, but no one cleans it.

The smell of blood in the air seemed to be rusted in the night, making people's throats tight and scalp numb.Cang Ji heard the sound of monsters eating, crunching and chewing the bones to pieces.

"Bai Ri said that this place is not suitable for hunting." Cang Ji put his hands behind his hands and laughed, "But now it seems to be a good place to eat clearly."

As soon as he spoke, the chewing sound inside stopped.

As soon as Jing Lin touched his toes, the door opened with a "squeak".The ghost messenger had long since disappeared, and the pool of blood was frozen on the ground, dragging blood from the low and narrow inner door.Jinglin stepped into the entrance, the courtyard is narrow, there are only two houses, one is for rest, and the other is for miscellaneous firewood.There is no curtain on the door, and one window is very old and damaged. Blood splatters are squeezed on the window sill from the hole. Not long ago, it was stuck to a face, and the red color has soaked the window paper.

There was no body in the yard, and it seemed that he was dragged from the house to the firewood shed, and then found that he was not dead, so he smashed the dead body with the wooden bolt of the door, and finally dragged him back the same way.There were still marks of fighting in the snow, but the footprints printed on it were the size of a child.

Jing Lin stood up and looked around, Cang Ji suddenly said: "I smell a person, it's the one who stole the copper bell."

But there is no one here, what are the thieves doing here?He knew that he had been chased by monsters, and he should have acted in secret when he fled back to the town.

Jing Lin stepped into the inner room again, it was so dark that it was difficult to distinguish, the flames of his lantern lit up faintly.However, at the moment when it was lit up, a face that was pitted and hideous faced Jing Lin directly, staring at him resentfully.

Jing Lin took a quick step back, not because she was afraid, but because she hated it.It was difficult to close the mouth, and the gobbled flesh seemed to be stuck in the throat, and he could only half-vomit with effort.

"My..." He stuffed his hands into his mouth, and staggered towards Jinglin, "I...my..."

Cang Ji's nose moved slightly: "It stinks to death, it's it, that bird."

The Raksha bird swallowed half bent, its saliva mixed with fragments and dripped down, and it leaned towards Jinglin.

Cang Ji immediately said harshly: "Don't tell it to touch you, or I will tear its skin off!"

Jing Lin brushed off his sleeves, and Cang Ji couldn't make a sound in his sleeves.But it was too late, the Raksha bird heard the sound, and had already thought badly.Birds chirped from its throat, and it frantically pounced on Jing Lin's sleeve, trying to catch Cang Ji.Cang Ji twitched in his sleeves until his eyes stared, hugged Jing Lin's fingers tightly, and took a mouthful without even thinking about it.

The long and slender body appeared immediately, and Cang Ji covered the scales with one hand, unexpectedly imitating the appearance of Haijiao Zongyin when he transformed into a human being that day.He held down the back of the Raksha bird's head, slammed it down, and smashed its door to the ground.

"I don't care who you are." Cang Ji said coldly, "But you dare to take my food!"

Before the sound fell, Jing Lin yanked him by the collar.Cang Ji was pulled backwards, and the body that fell heavily from above almost passed him by.

Jing Lin keenly caught the sound of the copper bell, he raised his foot and kicked, the strong wind suddenly whipped up the waves in the cramped room, and the Raksha bird rolled backwards.He held Cang Ji with his teeth and claws open in one hand, and painted a talisman with the other hand. The blue light shone brightly, and the virtual talisman expanded instantly, blocking the two of them behind the talisman.However, Jing Lin was bitten by Cang Ji twice overnight, so he couldn't bear it. The next moment, the rune was shaken by the sharp sound of the Raksha bird, and the blue light was scattered.

Jing Lin's chest sank, and he covered his mouth to choke on blood.

The Rakshabirds stood side by side, rushed forward together, and went straight to Jing Lin's eyes.Cang Ji crossed his arms to block, and scales quickly covered his arms. Even so, he was scratched by Raksha Bird's claws, causing bloody flowers to appear suddenly.

"It's just a moment." Cang Ji said, "How did it become so strong!"

Jing Lin's breathing was uneven, and the two retreated together.He waved his sleeves to attract the wind, and the snowflakes poured down.The Raksha bird finally showed its full appearance, two old men with mutilated faces, imitating the appearance of corpses.The snowflakes swirled like knives, and the Raksha birds screamed in unison, but there was no wound.

"It ate the copper bell."

Before Jing Lin finished speaking, the raksha bird had already torn through the strong wind, and gray wings sprouted from its back, sweeping the wind and snow, rushing towards it.

Cang Ji's cultivation base is fixed, his spiritual sea is unstable, and he was able to build his true form because he was greedy for Jing Lin's spiritual energy. Even if he fights with his life at this moment, he may not be able to defeat the Rakshasa bird.Unless Jinglin takes a few more bites and swallows a few more times.Needless to say, Jing Lin had already emptied his spiritual sea due to his injury, and it was all because of hanging his life in one breath.In the past, it was okay to be in the garden, but it was because Tongling guarded the gate and told him to stay together.If the copper bell was still there, he wouldn't be in such a mess, but now that the copper bell is gone, he has already been at a disadvantage.

Cang Ji raised his foot suddenly, and stepped on the raksha bird rushing out through the door.He stepped on it with gravity, and the Rakshasa bird was struggling wildly beside him, its wings fluttering behind the door.

"Spit out the original!" Cang Ji said in a deep voice, seeing that the door panel was already overwhelmed by the impact of the Raksha bird.

The Rakshasa bird's head suddenly broke through the door, howling harshly, "Mine... mine!"

Jing Lin said: "It's quite similar to you."

Cang Ji immediately grabbed Jing Lin's arm, and said angrily: "Fart! I look like this? This is what I look like in your eyes?"

Seeing that he would make a mistake, Jing Lin didn't have time to correct it, but turned around and threw himself at Cang Ji, knocking him back a few steps and rolling on the ground.Cang Ji was hit by Jing Lin's back against debris, and the scattered firewood smashed down his head and face.With a curse, he waved away the messy debris, grabbed Jing Lin's waist, carried him directly on his shoulders, and turned over quickly.

The rakshasa bird's gray wings covered the sky, and even its face took on the appearance of a bird.Cang Ji carried Jing Lin on his shoulders and reached out to grab the top of the wall, quickly jumped up, turned around and ran away.

"You lie to me, it doesn't eat fish at all, it eats people, eyes, and demons!" Cang Ji jumped onto the roof and ran wildly in the night snow.

It was the first time for Jing Lin to be carried on his shoulders like this, and he was so jolted that his stomach was writhing, and he almost had acid reflux.Unable to bear the general sigh, he pressed the back of Cang Ji's neck and was about to lift himself up.Unexpectedly, the sound of "clack" came in an instant, and the raksha bird swooped down by rubbing his hair, lingering as if it had recognized the two of them, its weird and ugly face had already poked out in front of Jing Lin.

Jing Lin stared at it coldly, and the night wind picked up again, making its wings flutter.Rakshasa bird was timid at this moment, flinching.Cang Ji leaped several rooms at this moment, fell down suddenly, and continued to run in the street.

Jing Lin felt that the night scene was blurred, and in the shock of the landing, he recalled some of his past in a trance.He clenched Cang Ji's clothes tightly, and his headache was about to split.Cang Ji sensed something was wrong and pulled him into his arms.

"Jing Lin?" Cang Ji jumped up again, walking in the heavy snow, pinching Jing Lin's face, "Don't sleep!"

Jing Lin closed her eyes, tightened Cang Ji's skirt, and said, "There is something wrong here."

Cang Ji was chased hastily, and his breathing became a little disordered.He couldn't tell the direction in the heavy snow, but he couldn't finish running around the roofs!The cold wind hit Cang Ji from behind, he sank to avoid it, but unexpectedly an iron lock was drawn from his pocket on the left side, he couldn't dodge it, he was about to be injured.In a blink of an eye, Su Bai's wrist was exposed on the left side of Cang Ji, holding the chain securely.The ice quickly covered the back of the hand, Jing Lin's hand did not see a wound, but was dripping with blood.With the other hand, Jing Lin wiped the blood bead accurately, and raised her finger to wipe it between Cang Ji's lips.

"Eat enough." Jing Lin shook slightly, the ice shattered, and he said clearly, "We won't run away."

Paper-like ghost messengers stood around, and the iron chains rattled, surrounding the two of them.

They were obviously one step slower than the ghost messenger, they would not meet the ghost messenger at first, but now they are ahead of the ghost messenger.It can be seen that this place is really evil, and this experience is almost like someone is setting them up for a special trip.

Cang Ji lost his patience while running away, the tip of his tongue flashed along the red color, and licked Jing Lin's generous gift clean.