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"Dong dong dong..." It was still early, and there was a rude knock on the door.

Oreas frowned, ready to quiet the people outside the door.

Abner was woken up, but with his eyes closed, he yelled "Who is it!" Then he turned over and put his legs on Oreas.

But he spoke the language of the four countries, and the people outside the door naturally couldn't understand it. The knock on the door became more and more rude, and Aureas heard Beverly's flattering voice: "Hey, adults, let's change Let's go to the next room, these two guests must be exhausted after coming all the way."

But the knock on the door was still unrepentant, and he said loudly: "We are Soul Rescuers, please open the door immediately and cooperate with the inspection!"

Oreas' eyes sank. The Wraith is the person who manages the undead. It seems that there is something urgent.

At this moment Abner had already frowned and opened his eyes.

"The environment of this hotel is really bad! They don't even allow people to go to bed early! Who is it outside!" Abner asked.

"Spiritualist, I'll go see what's going on." Oreas said while putting on his robe, and Abner sat on the bed, remembering that the Sorrower seemed to be from the Sufeng tribe, and he didn't know anything else Yes, but judging by Oreas' serious expression, he should not be a simple person.

Aureas opened the door, and there were two hairless men standing at the door, but there were two small moles on the brows where the eyebrows should have been, with deep outlines, gloomy faces, and wearing dark blue hard The coat, with the fish totem on it, is a shining crystal yellow, which is extremely conspicuous. There are scales growing from the right ear to the neckline, a thin line, shining brightly.

One of the men wore a blue gemstone in his left earlobe.

Seeing that it was Aureas, the somber expression on his face became stiff. Just as he was about to recognize Aureas, Aureas' golden eyes stared at them faintly, and they held back knowingly, Then she bowed slightly and said, "Sorry for disturbing your morning."

After finishing speaking, the soul envoy turned and left, and was stopped by Aureas, "Since you are here, come in."

The soul envoy wearing the sapphire was silent for a while, and said to the other soul envoy, "I'll check this one, you go to the next one first."

The man nodded and left with Beverly.

Oreas closed the door and sat on the high chair. As soon as the wraith came in, he saw Abner. At this time, Abner was lying on the bed with his upper body sticking out, eating biscuits and reading a book at the same time.

Seeing the Soul Envoy coming in, Abner smiled at him and said, "The morning is still bright."

The Soul Envoy was startled, and looked closely at Abner, "The morning is still bright...My lord."

Abner was stared at tightly, he twitched a smile, and touched the corner of his mouth secretly, was it because of the biscuit crumbs on the corner of his mouth that made him pay so much attention to himself.

"My lord, you..." The wraith is still staring at Abner, as if trying to see through him.

"Sit." Orreas coldly interrupted the Wraith Envoy, who then turned around. Seeing Aureas staring at him coldly, he quickly shut up and bowed slightly.

"Sit down," Oreas said.

He just sat down with his back straight.

"What are you looking for?" Oreas asked.

"God-blessed King of Spiritual Life, we are looking for a corpse. This corpse has been missing for nearly a week. The strange thing is, we can't find out who this undead is. We searched door to door in the four clans, and it was I can't find it." The Soul Envoy replied.

Oreas frowned, this kind of thing almost never happened, even if it was a dead body hidden in the wilderness or under the sea, the Wraith Emissary could find a way to find it.

"It's been so long, even if we find it, the undead should be shattered." Oreas said in a deep voice.

The soul envoy seemed to apologize for his negligence, and said, "Yes, even so, we have to find it. The situation of the four clans is very fragile now, and there can't be any mistakes."

Oreas was thinking about something, tapped his finger on the armrest of the high chair, and asked, "After that round of disasters, how many souls have we lost? The messengers of your race will really avoid it. I asked a few times They were all distracted, until I got angry and said that I lost the soul of nearly a clan, I'm afraid this is just avoidance."

The Suhun Envoy was silent, and after a long time, he said: "You don't know something, and only we who live by the soul cave know the truth about this matter, but even the king of our clan keeps silent... …God-blessed king of souls, we have lost at least half of our souls, and because of the loss of too many souls, the souls of the four clans are much thinner than before, and purification and reincarnation are also more difficult than before. I think the messenger of our clan I don’t want to tell the truth, one is because I’m afraid of causing panic, and the other is..."

The soul-destroyer glanced at Abner, who was still obsessed with biscuits and books, sighed, and said, "Secondly, I feel too guilty."

Aureaston stopped, and turned to look at Abner.

Gradually, Abner felt that someone was watching him, he glanced casually, and saw that Oreas and the wraith were staring at him, and their expressions were extremely serious.

He didn't know it at all, and he didn't know what the two were talking about at all. He twitched the corner of his mouth, picked up a biscuit, and asked stiffly: "... Do you want a biscuit?"

Oreas stood up and said to the soul envoy, "I see, you go first."

The Soul Envoy bowed slightly, seeing Aureas walking towards Abner, Abner sat up from the bed and put his arms around Aureas' neck.

"Then... is your lord okay now?" the soul envoy asked before leaving.

Oreas rubbed Abner's head and said, "He's fine."

After the soul-destroyer left, Abner got up and hung his whole body on Oreas, asking, "Was that person just now the soul-destroyer?"

Orreas nodded.

"What's the job of a Wraith Envoy?"

"Responsible for bringing the dead back to the soul cave."

"Soul Cave! Yes, I have been interested in this for a long time. What is this thing?"

"A place where the undead are purified into souls."

"..."

Abner leaned in Oreas's arms, rubbed his head uneasily, and said, "I hope you can tell me more about the Sufeng tribe, undead, soul caves, and Soul Envoys. I don't think I know anything, I don't know anyone but you..."

Oreas stroked Abner's arm and said, "It's okay, take your time."

"First of all, you must know that the soul is especially important here."

Abner nodded, he couldn't ignore the special existence of the soul here, Aureas said that his soul had the aroma of lansicles, but he couldn't smell anything, but at the same time, he felt that Aureas It smelled very good on his body, and he couldn't tell what it was, but he felt very at ease when he smelled it.

"The total number of our four clans is not large, because there are very few souls, and a living person must have a soul, so it often takes a person to die before a person can be born. Of course, this is not always the case, and new souls are also there. Appeared, but very slowly. Therefore, every soul is very important, we have records for all souls here, and every new life and death are recorded in the book, this huge work is done by the people of the Sufeng clan, because only They are sensitive to the breath of the undead."

Abner stared at Oreas with wide eyes.

"Among the Sufeng tribe, there are mainly four kinds of people who do undead work: the first one is called Luhun'an, they live near the soul cave, and go into the soul cave every morning to check the dead and the born, and record them; the second The kind is called Xinghunan, they are responsible for sending the dead to the soul cave as soon as possible, and handing it over to Luhunan for checking, I wonder if you have noticed that there are black houses in many places..."

Abner nodded quickly, and he saw several on the way here.

"That's the cave of death. Deep holes have been dug under these houses to place the dead."

Abner shuddered.

Oreas rubbed his shoulders and said, "Don't be afraid, in our place, death represents a new life, and many Sufeng people are vying for peace of mind."

"..."

"The third type is the soul envoys. They are responsible for searching for the dead who did not enter the death cave in time within the four clans, as well as the missing dead."

Abner was taken aback for a moment, "Then just now that soul envoy came to search for dead bodies?"

"Ah."

"..." Although he understands the duties of a soul-destroying envoy, it always makes people feel weird.

"Xinghunan sends the dead to the soul cave and hands them over to Huihunan. Huihunan is the fourth kind of undead work. They are responsible for purifying the undead into souls."

"How to purify?"

"I told you before that the soul is born from the mother's body. It is the purest and does not contain any thoughts and emotions. But once it is combined with the body, it will slowly be contaminated with people's love and hate. And after the death of a person At that moment, the soul will become an undead, which is a contaminated soul that attaches to the body and dissipates within seven mornings. Therefore, Xinghunan will send the dead to the soul cave within seven mornings, and the soul cave will slowly dissolve the corpse , use the broken particles of the corpse to cleanse the contaminated undead until the undead turns into a soul and returns to the mother body, and the mother body puts the soul into the next reincarnation."

Abner listened in a daze, and did not speak for a long time, clutching Oreas' clothes tightly.

After a long time, he asked: "So now you want to resurrect those who died in the disaster?"

"Yes."

"But, why not let them reincarnate directly? Haven't you already preserved the corpses and collected the undead? Wouldn't it be good to put them into the soul hole now? Besides, if they are resurrected, they will still remember that terrible event. "

"Because the undead have been away from the body for too long, they cannot be reincarnated directly, they can only be resurrected, otherwise these undead can only wait to dissipate slowly."

Abner trembled, and said solemnly: "Well, this is really a heavy matter, and you people here are really pitiful, why did you suddenly encounter such a big disaster."

Oreas suddenly hugged Abner tightly, and said, "No, that's what they did."

"What?" Abner always felt that Oreas had something to hide from him.

"It's nothing," Oreas said, brushing away the broken hair on his forehead, "this time, I won't let you get hurt again."

Abner's ears were slightly red, and his heart was slightly bitter. Obviously, Aureas was alluding to Lance's death. It seemed that Aureas would not separate himself from Lance.He rubbed Oreas' chest, thinking maybe he cared too much about Lance.

He closed his eyes and soon fell asleep again.

When he woke up again, the sunlight had already entered the room, and his hands and feet were hanging on Oreas, who was reading a large book.

He sneaked a glance at the cover, and could only understand a few words, probably about what kind of plant to grow...

He moved, but Aureas was still reading.

"..."

So like a swift fish, he passed through Aureas's arm, got his head out, blocked the book, and then looked at Aureas sleepily.

Orreas narrowed his eyes.

Abner moved, but Oreas still held the book in his hand, and looked over Abner's shoulder to read the contents of the book.Abner was a little annoyed, where Oreas' eyes looked, his head turned.But he not only failed to stop Oreas' eyes, but also rubbed himself hot.

He recalled the slightly rough palms of Oreas.

"..."

He twisted a bit, and squeezed Oreas' arm a little irritably.

"Do you want to read too?" Finally Oreas spoke, but it had nothing to do with Abner's annoyance.

He glared at Aureas, because he clearly saw Aureas raising his eyebrows, and he was close to Aureas, which everyone could feel.

But Aureas squinted his eyes and smiled, turned his body around, sat in front of him, circled him, pointed to a picture in the book, and said, "This is the bud of a mountain lotus. "