I am not human

At 23:[-], the coffee shop near the Mountain Management Office - next to the Shaxian Snacks.

The young man dressed in a famous brand seemed to be very unaccustomed to this kind of place, so he sat down hesitantly. Jiufang Ziyan was calm, and raised his hand to order a large shepherd's purse wonton——Liao Qingshu didn't come home last night, and he was so tired that he didn't even have breakfast Luo Luo, still hungry now.

There were few people eating at this time, and only the proprietress was busy in the snack bar. After hearing that Jiufang Ziyan ordered, she went to the kitchen to serve wontons. For a while, only Jiufang Ziyan and Shell Shoes were left in the whole hall.Shell Shoes lowered its head, looking very embarrassed, Jiufang Ziyan stared at him for a while, then slapped a silver dagger on the table without saying a word.

Shell Shoes subconsciously wanted to take the dagger back. When he looked up and saw Jiufang Ziyan's gloomy face, he stopped suddenly. His outstretched hand was like the head of a turtle. Said: "Brother Ziyan, you actually recognized me when you arrived at Bishan Mountain, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have spared me several times."

"I was just a little skeptical at first, but I was completely sure when I saw the fire dragon - stalking and intensive phobia, it is really a master-like type. The spell of refining hundreds of demons has long been banned. People who know it Not many, I only know you, not to mention the paper spirit technique... Damn it, I taught you the paper spirit technique!"

Jiufang Ziyan shouted in a low voice: "I have taught you so much, what are you doing with it? You are using it for smuggling! Poaching! Is that what I taught you! I intend to let you go, but you are good! A bag of mermaids! Are you dizzy? What do you think you are? A snake? Does this seem like what a human should do? Tell yourself, are you, Bai Shiyu!"

Bai Zhiyu was scolded so much that he didn't dare to lift his head, and when Jiufang Ziyan stopped to drink water, he murmured, "They're not human..."

"What's the matter if you're not a human? The life of a monster is not your life?" Jiufang Ziyan was furious, and when he turned his head, he seemed to have heard this before, and when he thought about it again, Liao Qingshu's dull face appeared in front of his eyes, and he felt even more furious, and stretched out his hand He was about to hit him, but he held back for a long time before he said, "Tell me honestly, why are you poaching in such a good manner?"

"Brother Zi Yan, I, I was also forced to do nothing..." Bai Shiyu looked like he was about to cry in a second, "My uncle owed a lot of money in gambling debts, and I couldn't bear the stimulation and fell ill. I have no one else in my family, so I can only help him pay... But you know the salary of the Exorcism Department, the basic salary is low, and the only way to get more is through bonus commissions. In the past, when you were here, you still covered Let me tell you, now that you are gone, those half-demon exorcists are so arrogant that they took all the good tasks, and the orders that can reach me can't make much money at all. The exorcism department is in charge Yan, don't let me go out and watch Feng Shui to earn extra money..."

"You go poaching if you don't want to look at Feng Shui? What kind of logic?!" Jiufang Ziyan couldn't help raising his voice, causing the proprietress of the back kitchen to poke her head out.Bai Zhiyu's expression was even more pitiful: "Even in the Department of Exorcism, there are not many people who know the world of mountains and seas, and it is not so easy to reveal their secrets, and my upper family said that the more valuable the things brought out, the more rewards they can get." More and more... Brother Ziyan, I was really just confused for a while, I will never do this again next time, you see, for the sake of my back-and-forth with you, don't bring this matter to the Exorcist Department, okay ?"

"To the Exorcist Department?" Jiufang Ziyan couldn't help laughing, "I fell out with my partner to cover up this matter, if I want to make a small report, can I do it!"

"……sorry."

"Apologize now? Is it useful to apologize now? Why did you go so early?" Jiufang Ziyan angrily reprimanded. Falling into this field...here, this, you take it."

He took out a card and put it on the table, and said: "I don't have much money, there is about [-] in it, you can use it first. Don't go to Shanhaijie again. The password is my birthday... …The interest is not yours, just remember to pay it back.”

Since he took out the card, Bai Zhiyu began to burst into tears of gratitude to Dade, and his expression froze suddenly after hearing the last sentence: "This...do you still have to pay it back?"

"Otherwise? You think my money comes from the wind!"

"Yeah, I will definitely return it!" Bai Shiyu responded hastily, taking the card on the table with his hands like lightning, and took away the dagger by the way.

Speaking of which... When is Jiufang Ziyan's birthday?

Bai Zhiyu took a guilty look at Jiufang Ziyan, who was still in disbelief, and wisely decided to leave this issue for later.

He put two things into his pocket, and immediately took out a small glass bottle the size of a thumb, and pushed it in front of Jiufang Ziyan: "Brother Ziyan, I am very grateful for your care of me. This is my heart, please You take it."

Most of the blue glass shards in the glass bottle showed unpredictable luster under the light.At the beginning, Jiufang Ziyan just sneered indifferently, but after seeing what it was, his face suddenly changed: "Bai Zhiyu, what do you mean?"

at the same time.Zuixin Lotus Garden, Room 8, No. 502.

Liao Qingshu and Mu Man squeezed together in the small bathroom, listening to the approaching footsteps outside the door, and did not dare to move.

Suddenly, Muman jumped up, and the window sill was about to turn outward when he climbed up.Liao Qingshu hugged his leg in a hurry, and mouthed to him: "What are you doing?"

"Run!" Muman replied angrily, kicking his legs continuously, "Let go, I told you I'm in a hurry!"

"Don't let go!" Liao Qingshu tightly hugged Muman's knee.With a pain in the back of his neck, he has panicked into a jerk now, saying that he has to connect his teammates with himself-even if this teammate is just a tree, it is better than nothing.

"Are you going to run in the face of disaster? Are you still human!"

"I'm not a human being—I'm a tree! A tree that can photosynthesize!" Muman said, his lower body suddenly turned into a thin branch. Liao Qingshu didn't notice it for a while, and loosened his hands. Muman quickly waved the branch , Crawled out like a spider.Liao Qingshu looked at his back anxiously and angrily, but the sound of the doorknob turning was already heard in her ears.At this time, it was too late to turn out like Muman, not to mention that Liao Qingshu, who had zero motor cells, didn't have the ability.After turning around twice at a loss, he suddenly raised his head, and resignedly struck out the three barrier seals that Jiufang Ziyan taught him——

With a "swipe", the bathroom door was opened.

With a sound of "boom", the visitor slammed into the translucent enchantment that had performed supernormally.

"..." Fang Zheyi, who was dragging his long sword upside down, covered his bleeding nose, and looked at Liao Qingshu who was stupefied in shock and anger, "Half demon, what do you want! Murder the exorcist!"

"...Yes, I'm sorry." Liao Qingshu lowered her head, not daring to look at Fang Zheyi's face, and handed over a towel flatteringly, crying silently in her heart: Who made you run around dragging your sword?If you think you don't have enough legs, you will eat crabs. What can you do to make it look scary? Can you still walk well?

With a dark face, Fang Zheyi took the towel and covered his nose with a towel, another person came in suddenly, wearing the same lead gray coat as Fang Zheyi, with a long sword on his waist, his straight gray hair tied into a long ponytail, Looks great on the shoulders.

"Zeyi!" The visitor came in happily, dragging Muman who had just escaped with one hand, "Come and see, I caught an interesting one... Hey, Ze'er has another one?"

He looked at Liao Qingshu thoughtfully, and then at the enchantment that was knocked out of the crack: "You came with Jiufang? Why did you get involved with the snake again?"

Liao Qingshu didn't answer, just looked at the man in surprise.I just feel that grandma's gray hair is very familiar.

"Ah!" He pointed at the man and shouted, "I remember you, you were from that time... that ghost!"

He would never admit his mistake, isn't this the ghost who came out to save him when he was kidnapped by An Muxi!

The man smiled slyly when he heard the words, put his slender fingers on his lips, and made a "shh" gesture to him.Fang Zheyi frowned and said: "What the hell, the teacher is a half-demon with qualified blood!"

"...Are you still a half-demon?" Liao Qingshu was even more surprised.Fang Zheyi twitched his lips slightly mockingly, and pushed away a step so that Liao Qingshu could observe his teacher again, and said in a showy tone: "Let me introduce to you, this one is the current head of the exorcism department." Exorcist, Qiao Xiren, Teacher Qiao."

"This is the spirit of monsters specially provided by the Exorcist Department." In Shaxian snacks, Bai Shiyu was introducing the small glass bottle containing the fragments to Jiufang Ziyan, "Many exorcists are taking this, it is very good for spiritual power. Great growth effect..."

"Of course I know what this is. I'm asking why you brought this to me!" Jiufang Ziyan slapped the table violently, just as the proprietress came out with wontons, she was so frightened that she almost poured the soup on Jiufang Ziyan's head.

Seeing someone approaching, Jiufang Ziyan had no choice but to hold back, took a spoon and started to deal with the food.It wasn't until the proprietress walked away that she said in a cold voice: "Take this away, I don't need it."

"You need it." Bai Zhiyu said firmly, "What you need most now is strength, doesn't it?"

Jiufang Ziyan got a mouthful of wonton stuck in his mouth, and his movements froze all of a sudden.Bai Zhiyu took the opportunity to say: "The chief's vision and experience are outstanding. It would be too pitiful to stay in a place like the Shanguan Office just because of spiritual power issues. Only those who have the strength have the right to choose, isn't it Zi Brother Yan, don't you want to go back to the Exorcist Department?"

"It's not up to others to take care of my affairs." Jiufang Ziyan poked at the wontons in the bowl irritably, "It's my voluntary choice to stay in the mountain and take care of it, so don't talk too much."

"I checked. The Shanhai Management Office said that it is under the joint supervision of the Jiufang Family and the Wanwu Academy, but in fact it has long been a zombie unit. The reason why it can still operate now is all due to the financial support of Jiufang Zhongjun alone. Jiufang It seems that the family does not want this unit to continue to exist. Although it is just turning a blind eye now, it will be forced to close sooner or later. Brother Ziyan, why do you..."

Bai Zhiyu continued to persuasion, Jiufang Ziyan glanced over coldly, and finally closed his mouth reluctantly, but after only a while, he opened his mouth again: "Even if you stay in the mountain management office, Ziyan Brother also needs strength, right? I don’t know why you must stay in that kind of place, but no matter what you are after, if you don’t have the corresponding strength, no matter how big your vision is, it’s just empty talk. Holding such a toy, Ziyan brother, what do you think you can do?"

Bai Shiyu's eyes fell on the small light cannon protruding from Jiufang Ziyan's pocket, Jiufang Ziyan hurriedly put the "toy" away as if hiding his ugly face, but frowned slightly.

The experiences of these days flashed through my mind like a marquee, the messy but profound pictures were more or less, more or less, big or small, but all of them were buried deep with myself A sense of powerlessness, and a vague desire for power.

It would be fine if I never got it, but I got it and then lost it. Recalling the past is like a dream, but the more I think about it, the more I feel that the present life is so fake and frightening.

His gaze uncontrollably knocked on the small glass bottle, making an illusory soft sound.He recognized this thing. The spirit refined from the scattered souls of hunted monsters is of great benefit to practice, but because it comes from monsters, ordinary human exorcists seldom touch it. Only magicians will use it.

But in the past two years, the internal competition of the Exorcist Department has become increasingly fierce. A large number of half-demons who graduated from the School of Everything have become exorcists, squeezing the living space of human magicians.Half-demons originally had racial talent, and their unique way of cultivation made their progress far faster than their human colleagues.Many human magicians with lesser skills were forced to jump over the wall, so they had no choice but to start taking this kind of thing, and took a shortcut.

In the past, he didn't even bother to look at this kind of soul. What's the difference between taking other people's souls and taking supplements?Pure crookedness.

but now……

"Let's talk about this slowly." Jiufang Ziyan forced himself to look away, and said with a low voice.

Bai Zhiyu nodded in understanding, and asked without giving up: "Brother Ziyan, are you really not planning to return to the Exorcist Department?"

"What are you going back for? There's no place for me there." Jiufang Ziyan said, seeing the obvious disappointment on Bai Zhiyu's face, he was surprised, "You really want me to go back?"

"In the current Exorcist Department, the half-demon forces are too powerful." Bai Shiyu said unwillingly, "Since Qiao Xiren entered the Exorcist Department as a special case, there have been more and more half-demon exorcists. When you were here before , can still suppress it, now that Josh Ren is the chief, they are getting more and more arrogant, and many things have no place for us to talk about. There is no strong enough leader among human magicians..."

"Where's Fang Zheyi?" Jiufang Ziyan asked, "Isn't he a human being?"

At the mention of this name, Bai Zhiyu was immediately pointed at: "Fang Zheyi is a traitor! He is obviously a human being, but he bows his head to a half-demon and keeps calling him 'teacher'... It's all praise for him, He is really not as good as a grass on the wall!"

He was filled with righteous indignation, but Jiufang Ziyan just swallowed the food in his mouth calmly, and said indifferently: "Well, then you should ask for more blessings. The technical service department pays very well, you can consider jumping past."

Hearing what he said, Bai Zhiyu knew that Jiufang Ziyan really had no intention of asking the king to return to the Exorcist Department, so he had to give up.He sighed softly, pushed the glass bottle in front of Jiufang Ziyan, and handed over a clove of garlic flatteringly: "Brother Ziyan, no matter what, I want to thank you this time. After I finish everything It’s settled, and I will definitely repay you well.”

"Thank you so much, I'll thank you for returning the money!" Jiufang Ziyan took the garlic and put the glass bottle aside, although he didn't put it away, he didn't intend to return it to Bai Shiyu either.Seeing this, Bai Zhiyu smiled, stood up and said, "Then...if you don't mind, I'll leave first? After all, I skipped work..."

"Wait." Jiufang Ziyan called him, and threw two leaves on the table, "Don't go, do me a favor. Whether it's divination or tracking, help me find the owner of this leaf, hurry up."