【Xue Xiao】Desolate City Crossing

Xiao Xingchen inspected Xifu Town and its surroundings for the last time, added a few things needed for the long distance, and left the town.

The general direction is indeed Lanling.

A note that was handed to him by an anonymous man wearing a mask at the Lantern Festival. It read: Seize the house organization, the old nest Lanling, all hope to get rid of it.

I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, Xiao Xingchen has no other destination, so he simply went to Lanling to check.

Naturally, Xue Yang murmured that he was meddling in his own business, but he also followed him all the way, not mentioning any fake last wishes of traveling in the mountains and rivers.

The so-called "traveling together" with Xue Yang is actually a bit of a stretch.Xiao Xingchen would definitely not want to talk to Xue Yang. Fortunately, Xue Yang also knew that there was still a huge gap between the two of them. He often talked to himself and didn't need Xiao Xingchen to answer. Besides, most of the time he All had to be asleep.

What Xue Yang said about "limited energy" is not a lie.

Every night Xue Yang disappears, and the next morning he reappears next to Xiao Xingchen. Sometimes he disappears for too long, and Xiao Xingchen will find Xue Yang himself through his soul induction, and he will always find Xue Yang in a certain empty wilderness. , the surroundings must be in a mess like a hurricane passing through, and Xue Yang was lying in the center of the messy wilderness like a sleepy man, as if he had fought against some force until he was exhausted, and passed out on the spot.

Even during the day, Xue Yang would sleep most of the time, so as to recharge his energy for the next night of backlash.Xiao Xingchen was worried about leaving him and walking too far, so he could only wait nearby, and like this, he didn't walk much for half a month with one person and one ghost.

During the rare waking hours, Xue Yang's attitude was surprisingly good. Xiao Xingchen's night hunt would even help out a little. One person and one ghost teamed up to clean up all the walking corpses and mobs within a few hundred miles.

Xiao Xingchen gradually relaxed his vigilance towards Xue Yang, and in his spare time, he studied the scrolls left by the old man and began to save the spirits.

The soul of the living enters reincarnation seven days after death, while those with sinful karma must wander between life and death for a longer period of time, deprived of their senses, in a silent world, accept the baptism of heaven and earth, and purify their souls before they can reincarnate. This process It can be long or short, if it can't survive, it will return to the world and die completely.

In addition, there are some souls who died tragically and were wronged, never forget their past, and do not want to take the initiative to enter reincarnation. They need special rituals to guide their transformation. Hundreds of immortal sects have their own rituals, and the old fairy in black left it for Xiao Xingchen. The ceremony is almost the most complicated and laborious one.

First call the soul, and then use the soul-searching technique to find out the most important emotions in the soul's life, record them with the blood of the monks as a consolation sacrifice, and then use this paper full of memories as a medium to open the reincarnation entrance, and chant sutras to guide the soul to reincarnate , and so on, it is considered that the supersession is completed. In such a troublesome process, only one undead can be superseded at a time.

Xiao Xingchen saved a few times in a row, most of them were resentful spirits formed after being killed by Xue Yang. The memories found in the souls of resentful souls with the soul-searching technique were indispensable to the scenes of Xue Yang's murder, the memory of the resentful spirits The Xue Yang in the movie is younger, but he has no scruples when he kills people. Blood splattered on his face, and he smiled viciously and contentedly. There was a bloody glint from hell in his eyes, which made people feel chills.

Every time Xiao Xingchen finished saving a resentful spirit, he was full of anger towards Xue Yang, but he couldn't lose his temper when he saw Xue Yang was exhausted and fell asleep in the wilderness, or he was smiling and chatting up to help.

In this way, the mood is ups and downs every day, and the cycle is uncertain.

There is one definite convenience in traveling with Xue Yang, that is, you don't have to take the initiative to find the wandering spirits.Xue Yang is like a bait, there are always ghosts who seek revenge on him, and even those who have no revenge against him will be attracted to him because of his special physique.

Most of those ghosts have lost their minds, because they missed the opportunity of reincarnation and refused to return to heaven and earth, so they devoured each other. The strong devoured the weak to keep their souls lingering. For them, Xue Yang is such a tempting prey.

Powerful, but incomplete, and its weakness lies in the midnight when the ghosts are most active.

Wraiths do not rely on moves or weapons to attack, but only tear and devour the spirit body. For the free soul, the worst result is that the spirit body is swallowed, the mind is eroded, and it loses its will and becomes a ghost. A part of the monster can never re-enter reincarnation.

Of course, it's another matter if you take the initiative to devour other people's souls.

Xiao Xingchen was curious about how Xue Yang was able to resist these monsters while resisting the backlash. If he didn't have the body protection of the superior orthodox mind, it would be almost impossible for his soul to maintain his current state two years after his death.

"You want to know?" Xue Yang was very proud, "If you want to know, can you come and watch tonight?"

"You don't have to stay away every time. I thought you didn't want people to watch."

"It's not you that I'm avoiding. I'm avoiding the road you're walking. There are people coming and going on this road. When I'm backlashed by demons and ghosts within a hundred miles, I'm afraid that other so-called 'righteous people' will be attracted. When the time comes to get to the bottom of it, it’s troublesome to shout and kill.”

Xue Yang was eager to try, as if he had some favorite work to show Xiao Xingchen: "How about it? Want to know? Want to see it?"

"Ah."

Xiao Xingchen nodded, Xue Yang seemed very happy, as if he had prepared some surprise for Xiao Xingchen to find out.

It was night, Xiao Xingchen left the main road and followed Xue Yang to the depths of the desolate and remote forest. Xue Yang found an open space and sat on the ground.Xiao Xingchen knew that when there was a backlash, the resentful spirits would gather around Xue Yang, so he didn't approach, but stood a hundred steps away, watching the changes.

The moon was not very round, and the silver light could barely see the figures in the forest. With the five keen senses of a monk, Xiao Xingchen sensed that there was condensed resentment from all directions, east, west, north, south, and slowly approaching this open space.

The so-called resentment is the greed, anger, ignorance and fear of evil accumulated in the soul. The soul can strip these things away before reincarnation, so that it can be reborn in the world cleanly.If resentment accumulates in one place, it will become a huge energy, which cannot be underestimated.

At this time, Xue Yang in the distance also noticed something. He glanced in Xiao Xingchen's direction, then closed his eyes and stood up, pulling out a wooden sword from his sleeve.

Xiao Xingchen had seen this wooden sword before. It was carved from a piece of peach wood that Xue Yang was playing with a few days ago. Xue Yang was skilled in carving wood. Obviously this was not the first wooden sword he carved. The workmanship is exquisite and the craftsmanship is superb. In addition to the shape of the blade comparable to a real sword, the hilt is also carved with hollow frost patterns.

Except for the different materials, this sword is exactly like Shuanghua.

Xiao Xingchen didn't take it seriously, and watched quietly.I saw Xue Yang pull up a sword flower, inject spiritual power into the wooden sword, and start to swing it sassyly, his body style is simple and agile, elegant and elegant, completely different from his usual unruly appearance, he is completely a handsome young talent.

After only seeing two or three moves in a set of sword techniques, Xiao Xingchen felt a sharp pain in his chest, as if being cut by a sharp blade.

The swordsmanship shown by Xue Yang does not have the majestic rainbow lethality, but is based on protection, light and elegant. When he swings it, a warm breeze is raised, surrounding the sword holder like a layer of shield.

This is a set of unique sword techniques in the world.

It was created by Xiao Xingchen himself 11 years ago, and he taught A Lan to practice in Yicheng, the Qingfeng sword technique.

Prior to this, Xiao Xingchen had been deceiving himself by dividing the innocent young man A Lan who had been with him for three years, and the vicious demon Xue Yang into two people. Until now, seeing Xue Yang's familiarity with the Qingfeng swordsmanship, he did not know what to do. Had to face this cruel fact.

Ah Lan, it really was Xue Yang.

Ah Lan, why is it Xue Yang?

Xiao Xingchen clenched his teeth, suppressing the turmoil in his heart.

From the time he took out the sword just now, Xue Yang kept his eyes closed, so he couldn't notice Xiao Xingchen's conflicted expression at this time.

The reason why he closed his eyes was because Xiao Xingchen was already blind when he created this set of sword techniques in Yicheng. The mind technique naturally focuses on senses other than vision, drawing qi into the body, breathing with the heaven and earth, being one with nature, so that he can resist An invisible breeze surrounds the whole body.If you open your eyes, the effectiveness of this set of sword techniques will definitely be halved.

Xiao Xingchen practiced the righteous way since he was a child. When he created this set of swordsmanship, he never thought of using it to resist the backlash of any evil magic.After Xue Yang went to school, he did not know how to realize this unexpected effect. In the past two years after his death, he relied on this set of swordsmanship to protect his heart and body, so he was not engulfed by backlash. Ching Ming.

It's really unintentional.

Xiao Xingchen didn't want to continue watching, turned around, turned his back on Xue Yang, and walked away.

It was the morning of the second day when Xue Yang returned to Xiao Xingchen, and he couldn't wait to ask:

"How about it, I have never forgotten the sword technique you taught me, and now I can use it with ease, especially the move 'Yun He You Kong'!"

As he said that, Xue Yang gestured with the wooden sword with a sense of pride, and his words and deeds were exactly the same as when he changed his name to Alan back then.

Xiao Xingchen couldn't explain the profound meaning of 'Alan''s three-year company and Qingfeng swordsmanship to him, so he had to turn his head away and said coldly:

"Okay, I don't want to watch it anymore."

Like a basin of cold water being poured on his head, Xue Yang's smile froze in an instant, and after a while, it turned into that sweet and fierce expression again, and the temperature of his voice also plummeted.

"What? Do you think that you are as disgusting as I am, and you are not worthy of using your noble swordsmanship? You taught me this yourself, do you regret it now?"

Xiao Xingchen kept his face sullen and said nothing, and wanted to walk away to end the conversation, but Xue Yang went around to block his way, with burning eyes.

"Teach me this set of swordsmanship, now that I think about it, I feel very regretful, isn't it a shame?!"

Fortunately, he took this as a surprise and showed him the Shuanghua wooden sword after carving it. He didn't expect to get such a reaction in return!

Enduring Xiao Xingchen's lukewarm attitude for more than ten days, at this moment, he finally found the breaking point, and all his patience disappeared. Xue Yang raised his wooden sword and pointed at Xiao Xingchen.

"Say it! You disgust me, even this sword technique, don't you!?"

The next moment, Xiao Xingchen was caught off guard, and Shuanghua's wooden sword was sliced ​​into two pieces by Xiao Xingchen decisively raising his hand.

As if he couldn't bear it anymore, Xiao Xingchen glared at Xue Yang, and burst out the anger that had been suppressed for a long time.

"Shouldn't I?!"

"For three whole years, my kindness and trust have been played by you and trampled by you, shouldn't I feel ashamed?!"

"A-Qing advised me not to keep you, but I didn't listen, which resulted in her tragic death at your hands at a young age!"

"There are still so many innocent people. In the past few days, I have saved seven or eight resentful spirits, and two of them were killed by me. Should I still be proud?!"

Xiao Xingchen's eyes were bloodshot, making Xue Yang wonder if he was about to shed tears of blood again.

But there was nothing, Xiao Xingchen's blood and tears must have been shed about ten years ago.

If it was ten years ago, no matter who he was against, no matter how wrong he was, Xue Yang would always refute it back, and he would always have the upper hand in words, but at this moment, Xue Yang held up half of the wooden sword, opened his mouth, and said nothing.

"Xue Yang, is it fun?"

In such a similar situation, Xiao Xingchen actually asked this question again, forbearance and pain.

Xue Yang secretly recalled: Ten years ago, how did I answer the question?

"It's fun, why isn't it fun?"

After that, Xiao Xingchen committed suicide and broke his soul. Xue Yang guarded the remnant soul in the soul lock bag, guarding Xiao Xingchen's body and stayed alone in Yicheng. Waiting for Xiao Xingchen's rebirth.

Facing this question again, Xue Yang wanted to organize his words to answer again, but the person who asked the question had already remembered the old scene.

"By the way, you answered me, how could I forget?"

Xiao Xingchen's face was covered with an indelible layer of frost, and his eyes were like frozen lakes.

"For you, it's all just for fun. Only this time, I'm not blind, and I won't be fooled to play with you again, so, Xue Yang, you don't have to go out of your way to please me! You can use the sword technique if you want , but you have to be clear, the one I treated sincerely back then was not you!"

The author has something to say: Xiao Xingchen attaches great importance to Qingfeng swordsmanship for a reason, which will be revealed later~~

Next week's preview: Most of Yicheng's memories are killed, including the first kiss o(*////▽////*)q

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