Nan Chan

This is a gathering of three parties, and it happens that these three people hate each other.Yining and Dongjun also looked at each other and hated each other, they greeted them head-on at the foot of Xitu city, and they both smiled on the surface.

"Who am I? It turned out to be the famous Yining sage in the east. Why did my father be transferred here in the blink of an eye?" Dong Jun clapped his palm and clapped his palms, and said clearly, "I remember—I'm not doing well. Now I'm in the west. How is your life? If I know it's you next time, I won't come."

"Although my strength is weak, I am willing to do my best to help the great cause come to fruition. I am no more than someone who is idle and causing trouble." Yi Ning did not even look at him, and said, "There are sorrows everywhere, and Dongjun enjoys himself in wine. Walking alone, very chic."

"That's natural." Dong Jun said coolly, "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different. I am a demon, and seeing people die, I will naturally be happy and want to drink."

The two of them had no relationship at first, but Dongjun's real appearance has always attracted criticism, he is also dissolute, often drinks and has fun, and ignores human affairs, so Yining regards him as the number one candidate who loves leisure and hates work, and he has repeatedly criticized each other.

Yi Ning didn't want to fight with him, but when he turned around, he found that Jing Lin who was there just now had disappeared.

"There's no need to look for it." Dong Jun said, "It's his responsibility to count the dead bodies."

Jing Lin and Cang Ji walked side by side. At this time, the sun was rising in the east, and the dark and unclear city had been exposed to the sunlight last night.

Jing Lin said: "Last night, thanks to my elder brother's suggestion, I saved this city full of people."

"I'm just going with the flow, the key lies in you." Cang Ji stepped aside the corpse and said, "How to deal with the corpses in this city?"

Jing Lin looked around and saw that they were all dead.Some accumulated in piles, soaked in water, rotten and smelly.He said: "Burn it. The evil spirit remains, and if it accumulates for a long time, it will give rise to the disease."

"Most of them have grown maggots and changed their color, and counting them is not easy." Cang Ji's complexion turned slightly pale, as if he was not used to such scenes.

Jing Lin handed over the handkerchief, and Cang Ji covered his mouth and nose.In fact, he wasn't afraid, but because his sense of smell was too sharp, he couldn't use it as usual here.This cotton handkerchief is ordinary in texture, but because it has been with Jinglin for too long, it has a cool and refreshing smell, which is also the smell of Jinglin.Cang Ji's little finger was slightly bent, he pressed the handkerchief, and coughed in a low voice.

Jing Lin didn't notice the difference, but said: "It's really not easy, it takes time and effort."

Cang Ji caught something in the handkerchief between his fingers, he didn't move, and said: "Then let's start counting from here, there are quite a few children."

The two of them squatted down while talking, Jing Lin turned the child who was lying on the ground over.The juvenile was soaked in the water for a long time, and his face was completely changed, but the exposing hands and feet were thin, as if made of dead wood.Jing Lin thought he was bitten to death by an evil spirit, but there were no signs of the bite on his body.

"Why is there no blood?" Cang Ji said as he pushed Zhi'er's head away, exposing his neck, "It turns out that someone put it clean."

There was a round opening between the neck of the corpse, and the wound was red and wrinkled, as if it had been scalded.

"It wasn't bitten to death." Jing Lin and Cang Ji looked at each other, his heart suddenly sank, and he was inexplicably uneasy.He rolled up all the clothes on the child's hands and feet, and saw that the insides of both wrists and ankles of the corpse had been cut out, and no blood was left on his body.

"There are no blood-eating monsters in the south." Cang Ji looked at the wound and said, "Seeing this wound, it looks like a mouth drawn by a very thin blade. You have traveled all over Zhongdu, do you know anyone who can use such a knife? "

"I've never heard of it." Jing Lin said, "A thin blade is no match for a sharp edge, and it's hard to win when you meet on a narrow road, unless the person holding the thin blade has extraordinary cultivation, can combine hardness and softness, and can move freely."

"I know one." Cang Ji said, "There is a bird in the Northland called the colorful bird. When it feathers, its blade can be as thin as a cicada's wing, sharp and unhindered. It's just that when this bird vibrates its feathers cover the sky, such a single scratch can never Never."

Jing Lin took a step back and found several corpses along the way.Strangely, all the corpses of adults have bite marks, but there are no bite marks on the bodies of children.

"I don't even eat demons." Jing Lin said, his hem was blown by the unprovoked wind, "Could it be someone who did it."

"Even if ordinary people have such good skills, they don't have such deterrent power." Cang Ji loosened his handkerchief and said, "Besides, there is one thing that I don't quite understand since last night."

"What's the matter?"

"I heard that the disciples dispatched from the Nine Heavens Sect are all masters with stable cultivation bases and small achievements." Cang Ji squatted in front of Jing Lin, his eyes were dark and deep, "500 people are divided into seven towns and three cities, no matter how critical it is. The situation can be defended for a few days, how could the whole army be wiped out."

Jing Lin looked at him for a moment and said, "You seem to know Jiutianmen very well."

"This is natural." Cang Ji said with a little regret, "I also wanted to apply to Jiutianmen, but unfortunately I was not talented enough, so I was rejected. What's more, Jiutianmen is now the leader of all parties, and every move attracts attention , People who want to know it, are they afraid that there is nowhere to ask?"

Jing Lin heard this, but thought otherwise.He felt that Cang Ji's words seemed to imply a reminder, which made him suddenly understand, and it seemed that this was just Cang Ji's unintentional words, because his expression was too open, which made Jing Lin ashamed of the temptation.

Jing Lin looked away: "There are many doubts about this matter, I have to ask Hui An in detail."

Hui An's eyes were covered with gauze, and he sat on the edge of the bed primly.He didn't hear Jing Lin's voice for a long time, so he couldn't help but feel anxious secretly, and called "Your Majesty".

Jing Lin sat leaning against the window, Cang Ji did not follow, because he is an "ordinary businessman" and it is inconvenient for him to participate too much in the affairs of Jiutianmen, so he found an excuse to avoid it early.

Thoughts in Jing Lin's mind were busy, but his mouth was still cold, he just asked him: "You tell me all you have seen and heard in the past few days."

"That night, the moon was dark and the wind was high. In order to avoid evil spirits, no lights were allowed in the city after dark, so it was dark everywhere, and you couldn't see your fingers. The scouts explored the waves of blood during the day, and they didn't return until night. The guards predicted that the sea of ​​blood was coming. , so I sent a group of people to cast spells at night to strengthen our guard. But in the middle of the night, I once guarded the wall and watched, and clearly saw the sea of ​​blood flowing to the left. I just avoided the town and escaped. The guard was vigilant, Not daring to relax, I squatted on the city wall all night, and no demons approached me. I kept guarding like this for three consecutive days. One morning, I suddenly heard that the north gate had been broken, and I saw a sea of ​​blood pouring in. The demons filed in through the fog. After entering, the spells used to defend the city didn't work anymore, and countless casualties occurred in the blink of an eye."

"Nine Heavens Gate holds the word 'liver and gallbladder' and uses the style of the main gate. None of the disciples under guard escaped before the battle. They all leaned against the wall to stop the wave of blood." Hui An's voice gradually became hoarse, "Most of them are dead, seeing that the city is approaching. The guard lit the Beacon Tower, but saw that all the lines to the north were flooded, and even the fog could not break through, so he knew that Qixing Town and Shuangcheng, a hundred miles away, would also suffer from the same disaster, so he sent me to rush to send a message. Dare to lie to your majesty, before I am blind, traveling a hundred miles is just a matter of raising my hand, and I can tell the difference with only a pair of eagle eyes. In the thick fog, I am the only one left who can try to see the way."

"So I galloped alone, through the fog to Qixing Town. But your lord, for a long time, although the evil spirits are cunning and hard to get rid of, they are used to walking alone. Even if there are companions, there are only three or four. But this time I ran On the way, I saw the sea of ​​blood in the mist, and they gathered into strands and mingled in groups. I was chased by greed, my bow was broken, and my eyes were injured by fog erosion. Fortunately, the guards of Qixing Town saved me. But they unexpectedly He was also hit by a sea of ​​blood, and is about to ride his horse south to deliver news to us!"

The two ends were attacked at the same time, no wonder the support was insufficient, because there were no reinforcements at all, and they were surrounded by a sea of ​​​​blood, the flames had nowhere to spread, and the fast horses could not catch up.

"When you arrived in Qixing Town." Jing Lin asked, "Is anyone dead?"

"I've lost my eyesight, so I can't see. But I heard that the Seven Stars guard said that the hasty attack this time may not have been accidental." Hui An bowed his head and remained silent for a while, and said, "Your Majesty is not like the other young masters. You are a person who is running away from demons, so your lord should understand better than others that this attack is very strange. In the past, evil spirits invaded, and the sea of ​​blood was repeated. When did the sea of ​​blood come first? I suspect that there must be a reason. If there are corpses accumulating in the city and gathering grievances, it would not be uncommon for a sea of ​​blood to come rushing in. But a good town and we are guarding it, how can there be unprovoked deaths and corpses?"

After a long time, Jing Lin said: "You rest and leave this matter to me to investigate."

Jing Lin came out of Hui An's room, and saw Cang Ji and Yi Ning standing far away talking.He has something on his mind and he has always been at odds with Yining, so he just nodded to him, the two of them didn't even exchange superficial greetings.

Cangji bid farewell to Yining, walked with Jinglin, and said: "Is there anything you want to know?"

Jing Lin said: "It's still confusing."

"I walked around the city just now, and when I came out, I met a sage again, and learned something new."

Jing Lin looked sideways: "What's the matter?"

Cang Ji asked back: "Do you have a younger sister?"

"There is one." Jing Lin said, "Young and sick, he lived in the mountains all year round and never came down to the world."

"So Lord Jiutian cherishes and loves him very much."

"Naturally." Jing Lin thought for a while and said, "Even among brothers, there is no one who does not love her."

"No wonder." Cang Ji said.

"No wonder?" Jing Lin looked at him.

"I heard that Lord Jiutian is recruiting school-age children from all over the world, and wants to form a private school for Jiutian. In this way, he can not only keep your sister company, but also recruit good seedlings for Jiutianmen." Cang Ji said without being surprised, "Fatherless Motherless and homeless are given priority."

Jing Lin seemed to hear something, and connected with it with a "snap".

At night, Cang Ji and Jing Lin live next door.He spread Jinglin's veil between the lights, and saw a Buddhist bead hidden inside.It's nothing else, it's the Buddhist beads that Nanchan used when discussing Taoism that day.I don't want Jing Lin to stay, and keep it in Parry and carry it close to him.

Cang Ji twirled the beads, the fan fragrance had already disappeared, and the rest was the smell of Jinglin.This smell has been lingering on the tip of Cang Ji's nose since half a month ago, making him unable to avoid it for a long time.

The window sill was pushed open suddenly, and a fox's head popped out.Hua Chang only squeezed his head in, and whispered: "Master, give me a hand!"

Cang Ji didn't move, and said: "You can leave after you have conveyed your words, there is no need to come in."

Hua Chang had no choice but to hold the window with her front paws, her tail dangling outside, she said: "Sister asked, when will you go back!"

"It depends on God's will." Cang Ji buckled the Buddha beads and said, "Has Jiutianmen sent someone there recently?"

"Here comes a stinky boy." Hua Chang said, "he is doing evil, arrogant and domineering! He wants us to retreat a hundred miles and build a city for him!"

"You ask him first." Cang Ji's eyes were sharp, "Have you finished paying the debt?"

Hua Chang said again: "Also, my sister has recently taken in an apprentice, who is very talented and unparalleled in aptitude, but unfortunately he is a mortal, and he is still a stupid boy. Can I raise it? If I can, I will stay."

"It seems that you like it too." Cang Ji said.

"I don't like mortals!" Hua Chang shook her ears against the window, trying to squeeze in, but suddenly screamed "ji".

"Someone caught my tail!" Hua Chang turned pale in shock, looked back in a panic, and then shouted, "It's a stone spirit!"

Cang Ji immediately knocked over the candlelight, rolled on the ground, motionless, as if fainted.