The Ascension of Ghosts

Since ancient times, resurrection from the dead has been a taboo in the Three Realms.

There is a law in the way of heaven, and there is a way in life and death, even if you use divine power, you can't change it.

Therefore, anyone who performs the resurrection technique will pay a heavy price and have a tragic ending, and will never end well.

Despite this, there have been people from generation to generation who are unwilling and want to go against the way of heaven, go to the poor and fall to the underworld, or fall deep into the underworld, and struggle with Yama; or go to the nine heavens to plead with the emperor of heaven.

Or like Li Ying, holding on to a little hope, struggling hard for hundreds of years, treating a little extravagant hope as an obsession, endlessly dying, almost becoming a madman.

Therefore, as soon as Xie Rong opened his mouth, Li Ying fixed his eyes, stared at him firmly, and asked in a deep voice: "Is this true?!"

His voice trembled slightly, he was obviously very excited, but at the same time trembling with fear, he was afraid that he might hear the wrong sound and get the wrong meaning, and he would wake up in the end, but it was just a dream.

Xie Rong didn't say a word, but took out a piece of tortoise shell that was no more than half the size of a palm, old and black in color, from the sleeve.

Seeing his natural demeanor, Li Ying just took it casually, only glanced curiously, and suddenly his face changed drastically, and he opened his eyes to examine it carefully.After waiting for a few more glances, suddenly his knees softened and he knelt down on the ground, holding the fragment of tortoise shell in both hands, as if holding a red-hot gold ingot, feeling hot and afraid to touch it, but reluctant to let go , stammering: "This, this... this is... Luo, Luoshu?! The Yellow Emperor patrolled the river and crossed Luo, repaired the altar and sank the jade, received the dragon picture on the river, and the tortoise book in Luo... that Luo Book?"

Xie Rong thought he was wordy, and frowned slightly: "The heavenly book can't stay in this world for long, do you think you should read it or not?"

As soon as Li Ying gritted his teeth, although he still had doubts in his heart, he still held it in his hand, and calmed down to identify it carefully. Although the strokes on the tortoise shell were remote, if he identified it carefully, he used the cloud seal script commonly used by ancient monks, but Li Ying also learned it. passed.

Although it was only a few words, it still made him overjoyed. When he looked up at Xie Rong again, his eyes were burning and full of longing, as if he was looking at his lover: "If this pill is complete, I can refine it into a resurrection medicine within 200 years. …If you dare to ask Mr. Xie, where did you get the Luo Shu fragments, and where do you find the rest, if you tell Pindao to know, Pindao is willing to give you ten thousand catties of elixir!"

Xie Rong snorted coldly, but raised her hand slightly, the tortoise shell broke free from Li Ying's shackles and fell back into his hands.He gently brushed the hard surface of the tortoise shell with his slender fingers, and said with a smile: "Li Ying, I think your practice is not easy, and your sincerity is sympathetic, so I will give you a chance."

Although Li Ying reacted very quickly, as soon as the tortoise shell moved, he immediately tightened his grip, but unexpectedly, the outer layer of the tortoise shell seemed to be coated with oil, and it was so slippery that he couldn't grasp it. He had to watch it return to its original owner, and couldn't help Heartbroken and anxious, showing a hint of greed.Even after hearing Xie Rong talk about this, she still stubbornly resisted and said: "I am ashamed of the poor, I don't know what Mr. Xie is referring to, please teach me, Mr. Xie."

Xie Rong's eyes became colder, but he still said patiently: "In this prescription, the rest of the elixir is not hard to find, but there is a strange medicine in the fragment I gave you just now, called Earth Mother Condensation. For others, I’m afraid that finding this medicine is more difficult than collecting 30 catties of elixir. Li Daochang was overjoyed, and asserted that it can be refined within 200 years. Baoyang, do you know what is called Earth Mother Condensation?”

Lu Sheng was fascinated by watching these two people come and go, when his name was called suddenly, he hurriedly replied: "No, I don't know... Ah Rong, what the hell is this?"

Li Ying's figure swayed slightly, dripping with cold sweat, but Xie Rong still smiled softly: "The condensed dew of the mother of the earth is not a ghost, but actually the dew that has been condensed for thousands of years in the Shenzhou cauldron—Li Ying, where is the Shenzhou cauldron?" ?”

He suddenly turned around and asked, the seemingly young Taoist seemed to have suddenly aged a hundred years, his handsome face was ashen, his robe sleeves fluttered without wind, and swelled as full as a sail, full of murderous aura in an instant, stirring back and forth in the hall crash.

Before Xie Rong could open his mouth in time, Lu Sheng sensed that something was wrong, stood up abruptly, drew his sword, and said angrily, "Boldly—"

In an instant, the silver light of the Xuanhu sword was dazzling, like a river bursting a bank, and a cold and evil spirit roared out, suppressing the Taoist's aura to no avail.

Li Ying staggered back again and fell to the ground, but his legs were trembling in panic. He blocked the glaring silver light of the hanging pot with his robe sleeve, closed his eyes tightly, and hissed: "Shangxian, spare your life, Shangxian, spare your life! Poor, poor Taoist!" Although I have never succeeded, I know how to get the Shenzhou Cauldron...just, just..."

Xie Rong took a sip of white tea until now, "I want the divine cauldron, and you want the elixir. Before taking the cauldron, I will share the condensed dew of the mother of the earth with you."

Li Ying heaved a sigh of relief, showing both fear and regret, and said with a wry smile, "I've been looking for that treasure for more than two hundred years, but I couldn't do it, so I had to keep it until now. I didn't want to, but it fell into Mr. Xie's hands." , I think it's fate..."

Xie Rong said: "You don't have a destiny with Shenzhou Ding, so don't think about it."

Li Ying sighed, but still inevitably showed a gloomy expression.

When the Taoist went to make preparations for taking the tripod, Lu Sheng put away his sword, frowned and said, "This man is selfish and cautious, and he is very difficult to deal with. If there is no hanging pot to scare him, I don't know how long it will take to fight. Time. Ah Rong, thanks to me this time."

Xie Rong's face darkened slightly, and Lu Sheng couldn't help but be embarrassed when he saw this, "Ah Rong, why are you...unhappy instead?"

Xie Rong originally thought that it was enough for him to deal with this matter, and Lu Sheng only needed to stay by his side quietly and be protected and guided by him.

Now being shown off by Lu Sheng, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious that this person is getting stronger every day, and he is getting more and more out of his control.How to cheer up?

Just being looked at eagerly by Lu Sheng, he only held on for a while before being defeated, sighing secretly, while still raising his hand to caress Lu Sheng's cheek, and said with a smile: "This time... Fortunately, there is Baoyang."

Lu Sheng suddenly felt the heat from the soles of his feet rushing straight to the top of his head, and he felt as if he had drunk three catties of fine wine and jade dew for a moment. He smiled and said, "Ah Rong, you can't do without me now."

Xie Rong was speechless, and when she saw Li Ying turned back into the hall, she whispered: "Fool, I can't do without you a long time ago."

His voice was too low, and he didn't know if Lu Sheng could hear him clearly. Li Ying raised his voice and said, "You two came by coincidence. There was a time for opening the mountain, and now is the right time. Please follow the poor way to enter the mountain quickly!"

There is Lingbao Mountain next to Wuxian Kingdom. It is said that the gods and men go to and from the heaven from it. Its height does not reach the top, and it goes straight into the clouds.When Li Ying found Wu Xianguo more than two hundred years ago, he also discovered the location of the Shenzhou Ding.It's just that I don't know what is the connection between the two, and after more than a hundred years of investigation, I still have no clue, so I have to treat it as a coincidence.

The outside of Lingbao Mountain is surrounded by poisonous fog all the year round, and living things cannot enter. Only ten days a year, when the poisonous fog thins, people can enter the mountain through the mist. People take this opportunity to go to the mountain to gather medicine and hunt animals.

Therefore, Li Ying made preparations very quickly, just to add two people's supplies to the team entering the mountain.

There were a total of 200 people in this team that entered the mountain. They were all young and middle-aged men and women. They were all dressed up in hunting clothes and carried baskets on their backs.However, Lu Sheng felt it was indescribably weird. When he saw the vines that appeared from time to time under the sleeves of everyone, he secretly speculated that maybe it was because these vines grew on their hands that made people feel weird.

Li Ying handed a package to Xie Rong, and said: "There are [-]-day rations and two bottles of detoxification pills. Take one pill every eight hours after entering the mountain. There are also two cloaks that can block the poisonous fog. Please don't take it off." After giving some instructions, he hurried to the front of the line, and everyone set off for Lingbao Mountain.

The city gate through which Xie Rong and Lu Sheng entered opened again, but the outside of the gate was not what it was when they first came. Ten thousand steps of stone stairs were nowhere to be seen, but in front of them were farmland roads, a peaceful scene like a great king's capital.

Although there are no horses for transportation, everyone walks, but they are all used to it, and there is not a single complaint. There are laughter and laughter all the way, which is a bit like a team going out for an outing.

A young man suddenly quickened his pace, caught up with Lu Sheng, clasped his fists in salute, and said with a smile, "You two, may I ask, are you two from the human race?"

When the two of them entered the palace, they were both dressed in splendid and luxurious dresses. Now, in order to enter the mountain, they had already changed into the hunting suits sent by Li Ying. The two have their own orchids and jade trees, and they are rich and handsome.

Just as Lu Sheng was about to speak, Xie Rong grabbed his arm and naturally walked between the two of them, separating them, before saying, "Exactly, what's your business?"

The young man looked younger than Lu Sheng, but he looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was not yet crowned. His face was smiling and very friendly, which reminded Lu Sheng of Ji Chong. I don't know what's going on now.

Because of the slight resemblance to the old man, Lu Sheng looked at the young man with a softer gaze, which was in stark contrast to Xie Rong's face, which was getting darker and darker.

The young man noticed the coldness on his back for no reason, shivered, looked around blankly, and then said with a smile: "I was born here since I was a child, and I have never seen a human race. I heard the city lord say that the human race is cruel and greedy. If I, Wu Xian, saw the precious elixir, I would hunt and kill it, share it and eat it. Therefore, our ancestors have been sealed in the city for generations, and we dare not go far to experience and walk. Now that I see you, I know that the city lord is lying."

Lu Sheng looked at Xie Rong with an embarrassed expression, but Xie Rong's lips curved slightly, and he said with a smile: "The words of the city lord are not true, but they are discrediting our human race."

The young man's eyes lit up, he punched his right palm with his left palm, and said happily: "Sure enough! Sure enough! If you two have nothing else to do after closing the mountain, can you take me to the human race to meet your city lord? Although the race is different, Wouldn't it be a beautiful thing to be able to get along with each other and communicate with each other if you think about it. My name is Wu Gan, I don't know the two of you..."

Xie Rong didn't listen to his ramblings, and said: "I'm a human race who is always picky. I don't eat salty and elixir medicines for a hundred years. Naturally, I have to raise them carefully. After they are mature, I cook and eat them with the essence of hundreds of herbs and the dew of hundreds of flowers. It is medicinal. If you wantonly hunt and kill regardless of the year, it is tantamount to fishing in a dry lake. Our human race will not do such stupid things. If you are in the human race, you can live a happy life for decades, raising white tender and delicious, Let's talk when the medicine is strong..."

The young man's face turned blue the more he listened, he murmured and didn't know what to say, his steps gradually slowed down, when he got away from the two of them, he immediately turned around and ran wildly, running away faster than a rabbit.

Lu Sheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he watched the young man run away and hid in the crowd. After talking with a few people in a low voice, those people cast a look of fear and even hatred at the two of them, and he became more and more helpless , sighed: "Ah Rong, why are you scaring him?"

Xie Rong said: "This place is neither the human world nor the underworld. Between the heaven and the earth, what are you supposed to be able to survive here for a long time? Baoyang, less dealing with different kinds, take the Shenzhou tripod, and you can find it back to the human world." Once we find the way, we will go immediately."

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, "How would it be if you deal more with other people?"

Xie Rong is not in a hurry, walking in the crowd, but the people around seem to have been hinted, consciously stay three steps away from him, so it looks like a crowded crowd, but actually lives in isolation, not only can't tell the loneliness, but also can say no Completely happy and at ease.He only raised his hand to hold Lu Sheng, and said softly, "Of course I also became a different kind."

Lu Sheng thought it was reasonable, and blurted out, "Ah Rong has dealt with demons and goblins since she was a child, and even Ruo Die Ruo Xia, Ruo Song Ruo Zhu are also different...then you..."

After he finished speaking, he consciously slipped his tongue, regretted secretly, and hurriedly said: "Ah, Ah Rong...I'm not..."

Xie Rong only glanced at him, and laughed at herself: "That's right, I was originally a different kind."

Lu Sheng thought he had asked the wrong question, but now he regretted it a lot. Only then did he realize that Xie Rong's hand was extremely cold, like holding a piece of cold jade that would not heat up. He was full of energy and blood, and his palm was warm. When the palm is held in the hand, it is very clear when it is cold and hot.

Lu Sheng suddenly tightened his fingers, firmly grasped the palm that was obviously bigger than him, and said in a deep voice: "You are wrong. Ah Rong is not a different kind, but Ah Rong is not a good person either."

After a while, he said viciously again: "Pretend I don't know that you found the miraculous doctor Jia who treated my sister-in-law."

Xie Rong expected that he would know sooner or later, so she was indifferent, just smiled and said: "Master has a little friendship with him, please go to Jianye for a year or so, it's just a little effort, and I didn't deliberately hide it from you."

Lu Sheng turned to imitate Xie Rong's appearance, turned his gaze at him, and said coldly: "You want to be a bad person, but you can't do it thoroughly... I, I accept your love, I can't beat you now, let you be a bad person , When can I beat you, Xie Rong, when will you stop locking me up."

Xie Rong lowered her eyelids, she didn't know what she was thinking, and slowly replied: "Okay, I promise you. If Baoyang can defeat me within a hundred moves, not only will I not lock you up anymore, but I will be locked up by you instead." , I am also willing."

Lu Sheng suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly became clear, and he didn't expect that there was such a way.

He only needs to think about the beauty in front of him with long black hair, disheveled clothes, and slender wrists and ankles wrapped in black chains. His body is strong and strong, but he can't break free from the shackles. His eyes were cold and sullen staring at him... but he could only let him get whatever he wanted, and do whatever he wanted.

Lu Sheng felt that his throat was dry and his heart was hot. He couldn't help but licked his lips, and clenched Xie Rong's hand even tighter. He said, "Then, then, it's a deal!"

Xie Rong's knuckles hurt slightly from being clenched, but he couldn't stop smiling. He could probably guess that Lu Sheng's thoughts were delusional, but "being thought of by Lu Sheng Xiao" itself was also very sweet, so he said softly: " All right, it's a deal."

He walked along the official road to the towering mountains in the distance, and gradually followed Lu Sheng's pace. The chaotic sky above his head and the green land around him also became bright and bright, like the most pleasant scenery in the world.

This group of people traveled extremely fast, and after walking for about an hour, they entered the range of poisonous fog at the foot of Lingbao Mountain.

The humidity at the foot of the mountain is strong, and the poisonous fog is thick green. Walking in it, it is like walking through the dense green algae in the water. Difficulty, the cloak was immediately corroded when entering.

They took the pills, put on cloaks, covered their heads and faces with special thick cloth, held their breath, and followed the faintly visible path into the mountain.If there were onlookers around at this time, and seeing a row of black-clothed monsters walking in a file in the weird green mist, they might run away in shock.

The previously bustling team became silent, the green mist was heavy, and the black cloak wrapped from head to toe was also stained with a layer of miserable green, until they walked up the mountain road for half a day, the mountain wall gradually became steeper, dense The fog also gradually thinned, and finally disappeared, sinking to the bottom of the feet.

Everyone stood in an inwardly sunken mountain depression, a mountain stream reflected the warm orange light of the setting sun, rushing down from the mountain lively.Only then did Li Ying take off the cloak, and everyone did the same thing, dipping the cloak into the stream water to wash off the green outer layer.It was getting late, so Li Ying came to report: "Sunset is about to come, there are fierce beasts in the mountains, and night travel is dangerous, so we will camp here for a night to recharge our batteries, and tomorrow we will separately collect herbs. Go to the Immortal Cave with the two of you."

Lu Sheng said, "Why don't I go and find out the way? Ah Rong has...that one-legged bird, and I have a hanging pot. It's okay to travel at night. If you can save a night of delay, you can save a night of delay."

Before Li Ying could speak, Xie Rong said, "No need, let's camp for one night first."

Lu Sheng frowned slightly, but Li Ying said happily: "It couldn't be better, it couldn't be better, I ordered people to set up a camp and light a fire, but the wild beasts in the mountains are extremely sensitive and extremely difficult to catch, so I can only wrong you and eat dry food."

Xie Rong said: "Don't worry about it, Taoist priest, you just need to take good care of the Wuxian people as usual, and Baoyang and I will settle down."

Li Ying left thankfully, and Lu Sheng said coldly, "Ah Rong, what the hell are you planning?"

Xie Rong smiled and said nothing, but specially ordered Li Ying to set up the tent a little far away, and released Bi Fang, ordering him to go hunting.

When the sky was not yet dark, the flamingo with the big palm flew back slowly, grabbing the deer whose head was three or four circles bigger than itself. Lu Sheng had already piled up the firewood. The upper beep beep popped on fire.

Lu Sheng praised him, and with a smile on his face, he went to disembowel the deer and wash it clean. Bi Fang only sighed in a low voice, and silently disappeared into the jade pendant.

Xie Rong did not hesitate to use the four holy beasts to hunt and light fire, just to make her sweetheart smile.As for what to do after making his sweetheart happy, Bi Fang didn't want to think about it or look at it, so he simply hid in Yu Peili.

Although Lingbao Mountain is plagued by poisonous fog at the foot of the mountain, it is beautiful and elegant when it is far away from the poisonous fog.Even the roe deer meat is firm and chewy, and has a strong aroma after being roasted. Li Ying sent a little salt and spices, which was like icing on the cake. Looking around the tent.

Naturally, Lu Sheng ate it heartily, and the depression of the past few days was swept away, but it was a pity that the wine made by the Wuxian people was a bit bland and not enough to drink freely.

After eating and drinking enough, each fell asleep.

He and Xie Rong naturally slept in the same tent.

When he was drowsy, a hand was placed on his waist behind him, drawing circles on the side of his waist gently, and Lu Sheng suddenly opened his eyes.It was only at this moment that Xie Rong revealed his true intentions, and embraced the young man in his arms, with his back against his chest, it was cold in the middle of the night in the mountains, just in time to keep warm.

Lu Sheng grabbed his wrist and whispered, "Ah Rong, there are people outside."

The tent of Li Ying and others was just a few feet away, and they also arranged for people to patrol back and forth. If there was any unusual movement, they would be noticed immediately, which made Lu Sheng angry and annoyed, but he didn't dare to make any big moves.

Xie Rong chuckled hoarsely, and said: "Then keep your voice down." While licking the pinna of his ear gently, the other hand had already penetrated into the clothes, grasping the vitals.

Lu Sheng trembled slightly, then gasped in distress.This touch is familiar and ecstasy, not to mention that Xie Rong has always treated him carefully and skillfully, so he really doesn't have to wrong himself.

It was just that Lu Sheng had to grit his teeth to keep his voice from leaking out, which really made Lu Sheng very unwilling.

So the next morning, when Xie Rong was refreshed and went to the stream to wash his hands, Lu Sheng pulled down the tent with a dark face, and shouted: "Still leaving?!"

Naturally, a few young people were very dissatisfied, but they were reprimanded by Li Ying, so they had to lower their heads and speed up the action of packing their luggage honestly.

The crowd went up the mountain for about tens of miles, and saw that the steep and narrow mountain road spread out in more than ten directions. The crowd was divided into more than ten teams, and after agreeing on the place and time of goodbye, they said goodbye and scattered separately. , into the forest along different roads.

The young man named Wu Gan stood at the farthest intersection, turned his head to look at where Xie Rong and the others were, Xie Rong put his hands behind his back and smiled meaningfully at him, Wu Gan suddenly showed a frightened expression and stumbled Run away.

Seeing this, Lu Sheng couldn't help being annoyed and funny, and said in a low voice, "Ah Rong."

Xie Rong replied, "Yes, Li Ying, let's go now."

Without the encumbrance of those 200 people, the three of them hurried on the road with all their strength, and the rugged and steep mountain road did not slow down their journey much. By noon, the three of them had entered the towering dense forest, with trees hundreds of feet high, dense branches and leaves, covering the sky and the sun, making it difficult to see through the sun. , the forest is dark, as if entering the night.

Li Ying finally led the two of them to a mountain wall entwined with green vines, and pulled the vines away, revealing an old rock wall covered with moss under the vines.

Seeing this, Xie Rong only smiled and said: "This clumsy trick of illusion has dishonored the Shenzhou Ding."

He stepped forward, flicked his sleeves slightly, and the old rock wall disappeared immediately, revealing a hole two people high and four or five people wide.

Under the dim light, the black hole at the entrance of this cave looks like the huge mouth of a beast, exuding a cold air.

Li Ying swallowed her saliva, and said in a low voice: "Just ten feet in, there are monsters blocking the way. After 500 years of poor practice, it is... not the opponent. So I dare not go in."

Seeing him shrinking back, Lu Sheng became proud for a moment. He grabbed the hilt of his sword and walked into the cave, saying loudly, "Don't worry, I'll deal with it! No matter what kind of monster he is, I, my lord..."

His voice was clear and clear, and he pounded the stone wall in the cave and stirred back and forth. Amidst the rumbling sound, a middle-aged man's voice as clear as water and gentle and elegant came in, and he said without hesitation: "Lu Baoyang, you are making noise again. .”