【Xue Xiao】Desolate City Crossing

On the ancient road outside the town, under the sky full of stars, one large, one small, and two ghosts slowly walked to the suburbs. Behind them, Xifu Town gradually fell silent, entering a peaceful sleep after the bustle.

The two ghosts naturally held hands, like brothers returning home together, with a funny holiday mask on each head, and Xiaojie was still enjoying the pastry in his hand.

Xue Yang said: "How about it, are you happy? I asked you to make a wish before and you didn't say it, kid, you don't know how to cherish it at all!"

Xiaojie waved their hand holding them together in a flattering way: "Happy, thank you Boss and Brother Daochang!"

Xue Yang froze, remembering that A-Qing called Xiao Xingchen that way, and immediately corrected Xiaojie: "Brother Daochang, don't call him that in front of him, just call him Brother Baiyi."

Xiaojie didn't know what was going on, and he didn't mind avoiding the title, so he obediently agreed: "Okay!"

Xue Yang was satisfied: "Well, good boy! You see, it's better to have a wish late than never, isn't it?"

Xiaojie was curious: "Really? Then when is it really too late?"

Xue Yang thought for a while, and sighed in tone: "When the only person in this world who can help you and is willing to help you realize your wish is completely disappointed in you, or even despairs, then it is really too late."

Xiaojie counted silently in his heart, at least he still has sister Taotao, brother in white, and boss who are all willing to help him, but it would be better if these help can come earlier.

When bidding farewell to Xiao Xingchen, Xiao Xingchen also reminded him never to learn any evil methods from Xue Yang. Tomorrow is the day of reincarnation for seven days. Xiao Xingchen hoped that he would carefully consider how to choose.

Although the night of the Lantern Festival is fun, Xiaojie is still afraid when he thinks about the unknown future of reincarnation and reincarnation, and he doesn't know how to make a choice.He wanted to talk to the boss more, but seeing the boss looked at the sky and let go of his hand, Xiaojie knew it was midnight again.

Every midnight, Xue Yang would disappear.

The picture that Xiao Xingchen showed him flashed in Xiaojie's mind: dark resentment gathered from all directions, hundreds of evil spirits, and monsters he didn't recognize, all of them were attacking the lonely soul with a broken arm in black in the middle Xiao Xingchen said it was backlash, but Xiaojie looked more like a punishment. He couldn't imagine how the boss endured all that every day.

Thinking of all the help the boss gave him, the 12-year-old boy's voice was sour: "Boss..."

Xue Yang himself had no worries or fears about those things at all, as if he had become a habit, seeing Xiaojie worried about him, he rubbed the top of Xiaojie's head, and said with a smile: "Little devil, I don't need you to worry! I Guaranteed that tomorrow you will still see a boss who is more vital than a living person! Let's go, I will come to you tomorrow!"

Reluctantly, Xiaojie watched the black figure disappear into the forest.

***

For the past two days, Xiao Xingchen and Zichen have been temporarily living in Yuezhai.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, Xiao Xingchen returned to the Yue Zhai but did not see Zichen. The next day, he did not see his friend any more during the day. Xiao Xingchen felt even more uneasy in his heart, vaguely understanding what was the reason.

The whole town was discussing the ghost with a broken arm in the dream, they didn't recognize Xue Yang, but Zichen did.But after listening to someone's brief description, Zichen must be able to guess the inside story, and Xue Yang's dead soul is nearby, so I'm afraid we can't hide this matter.

Xue Yang once slaughtered more than 20 lives of Zichen Baixue, and controlled Zichen for eight years as a murderous puppet. If Zichen knew that Xue Yang was nearby, no matter whether Xue Yang was alive or dead, he would never be able to calm down.

In fact, Xiao Xingchen could go to the elegant house by the sea to look for Zichen, but he didn't.He wandered around Xifu Town for a day by accident.

After dealing with Xiaojie's matter, go back to see Zichen, shall we?

This can be regarded as a high-sounding reason, and at dusk of the next day, Xiao Xingchen visited the Yue family cemetery again.

The cemetery was quiet, even Xue Yang was silent, just holding Xiaojie's hand and guarding in front of Xiaojie's sister's grave together.

A baby's soul floated in mid-air above the tombstone, the soul could no longer see the face, only a silhouette emitting a faint white light, and finally shattered, turned into a burst of starlight, and went away with the wind.

But Xiaojie, who was supposed to be reincarnated on the same day, has not changed at all, Xiao Xingchen is extremely anxious.

Every soul takes hundreds of years to gather the aura of heaven and earth to take shape, but it only takes a few years to dissipate, or even in an instant, the heart is ashamed, without no attachment, and it is scattered.

Xiaojie reluctantly looked at the little stars that his sister turned into stars, was silent for a while, and then asked sullenly, "Will my sister and I see you again?"

Xiao Xingchen replied in a deep voice: "If you are reincarnated, maybe we will meet again."

But it's only possible.Xiao Xingchen didn't want to lie.

It was Xue Yang again, with a hook of his lips, thinking about it.

"Little ghost, what if I say that there is a way to reincarnate you in Taotao's house?"

"Really?!" Xiaojie exclaimed.

Not only Xiaojie, but even Xiao Xingchen couldn't believe it. He had never heard of such a magic technique in the world that could reincarnate the soul of the dead to a designated place.But there are many wonders in the world, and it was unheard of before rebirth by sword spirit. Maybe Xue Yang really has a way, but why didn't he mention it before?

Xue Yang saw Xiao Xingchen's suspicion.

"I didn't mention it before because I didn't want Xiaojie to be reincarnated. I can't see any reason in this world to go back anyway. I originally thought, Xiaojie and I will be a ghost, and let this boring ghost like me have multiple births." Wouldn't an obedient little apprentice be better?"

"However, I think his soul is cowardly by nature, so he can't learn my spells. Seeing that yesterday's glutinous rice balls were sweet enough, I'm willing to help."

After finishing speaking, Xue Yang seriously drew a few charms on Xiaojie's forehead, chest, and back respectively, leaving little golden light where his fingertips passed.

"Okay, now you just need to close your eyes, hold the hope of reincarnation, and meditate on the place where you want to be reincarnated, and that's it!"

Xiaojie was dubious, but seeing that Xiao Xingchen didn't refute, he believed a little more, his eyes lingered between the brother in white and the boss several times, and finally closed his eyes.

Xue Yang also instructed: "Remember to be more vicious in your next life, and if you encounter any bastards that threaten you, kill them early..."

"Xue Yang!"

Xiao Xingchen interrupted sharply, not letting him continue to use violent thoughts to poison the soul that was about to be reincarnated, "Xiaojie, if you weren't kind-hearted, everyone wouldn't help you realize last night's lantern festival, and Taotao wouldn't want you to be him." My child, there is nothing wrong with kindness, you must keep it in mind."

The boss Xue Yang gave in unwillingly: "It's okay, it's okay to be kind, but it's wrong to be weak. In the next life, at least you must make yourself stronger. Remember Xiaojie?...Xiaojie?"

Xue Yang couldn't help but yelled more, because Xiaojie couldn't respond anymore.

Amidst the arguing between the two, Xiaojie gradually turned into a little bit of starlight like the baby soul before, and completed his reincarnation.It's just that he didn't know whose order he finally remembered.

The wild grass is luxuriant, and only a man in white and a ghost with a broken arm are left in the cemetery of Yuezhai.

"Can Xiaojie really meet Taotao again?"

Xue Yang shrugged his shoulders: "I don't know."

"What?!" Xiao Xingchen was shocked, "Then what kind of spell did you draw just now?"

"Oh, that one, just draw it casually."

"You lied to Xiaojie?!"

Xue Yang said confidently: "Don't you want him to be reincarnated? As long as he achieves his goal, don't care if he cheats or not!"

Xiao Xingchen was sullen: "You...!"

"Me? What's wrong with me, you said it?" Xue Yang looked sideways at Xiao Xingchen, not guilty, "Although Xiaojie was deceived, dare you say that he is finally willing to reincarnate, you are not satisfied at all? Besides, didn't you also say that it is possible to fulfill a wish with obsession? Maybe it is really possible for Xiaojie to be born in Taotao's family?"

Xiao Xingchen's face turned red with anger, and he thought that Xue Yang was used to talking quickly, and he couldn't argue with his words no matter what, so he had to throw up his sleeves and walk away, leaving an angry back, just to show his position.

Xue Yang shouted behind him: "Xiao Xingchen, I lost a ghost companion as soon as Xiaojie left, you have to remember to pay me back!"

The back of the white-clothed who left angrily did not look back, Xue Yang smiled, his expression turned sad, and he murmured to himself in a low voice: "I'm going to leave in anger, but I don't know if the next meeting will be the same He came to chop me with the Fuxue Sword surnamed Song?"

***

Xue Yang's guess is not unreasonable, which is also the reason why Xiao Xingchen has been reluctant to go back to meet his friends.

Xiao Xingchen left the cemetery and went to the beach first.

The seaside is windy and rough, but Xiao Xingchen's troubles cannot be blown away.He lingered on the beach until late at night before returning to the elegant house by the sea. When he saw the lights on in the house from a distance, he knew that Zichen really came back early by himself.

Xiao Xingchen took a deep breath, pushed the door open and entered the room.

"Xingchen, you're back." After greeting Zichen, he buried his head in the books on the table again, "I know why you were looking for a way to destroy the soul before, did you see Xue Yang's dead soul nearby? ?”

"Yes."

"The tome left by the old immortal in black indeed contains a lot of mysterious spells, but I searched all day and all night, but I couldn't find a way to deal with evil spirits like Xue Yang."

There are several thick stacks of books lined up on the desk, sorted into categories and in an orderly manner.

Xiao Xingchen deliberately deviates from the point: "You can practice other spells first."

"No, these are left to you by your benefactor. Besides, I can't practice any advanced spells. In order to have a body with strong resilience, the price is to lose most of my spiritual power. Fortunately, because of my excellent physique, I His swordsmanship has improved to a higher level." Zichen closed the scroll and stood up to look at his friend, "So, you are the only one who can deal with evil spirits like Xue Yang."

There was a sense of trust in Zichen's words, and Xiao Xingchen's expression was stiff, and he responded jerky:

"I've fought him before."

"how?"

"He received several blows from me, but apart from the pain, it didn't affect much."

Zichen thought for a while, and pulled out his saber Fuxue, "To deal with high-level undead, you must use a high-grade fairy weapon. Next time, you can try my Fuxue?"

The candlelight shone on Fuxue, but what was reflected was a cold blue light.Xiao Xingchen glanced over, did not receive the sword, turned to face Zichen, and said calmly:

"Xue Yang is dead. As a dead soul, he is receiving punishment every day."

"Punishment? What punishment?"

"Every midnight, for a whole hour, the resentment bites back, the pain pierces the heart like a thousand arrows, and there are hundreds of grievances and ghosts who take the opportunity to take revenge."

Zichen snorted coldly, his tone full of chills: "Too many crimes, the sky is angry and the people complain, Xue Yang deserves it!"

After pondering for a moment, he said again: "Xue Yang was full of tricks. He was imprisoned in the dungeon of Jin's family before he was alive. Didn't he escape? He could escape back then, and he might crack the backlash in the future. No, I have to let him die completely, so I can feel at ease. !"