Raising ghosts is risky

Although they were sitting face to face, Xing Zhan found that Song Youxuan was not staying at home, and seemed to be immersed in the few words with Cang Minghai. Even Fei Cui seemed listless, lying motionless on the table.His pale face was bluish because of exposure to the sun, and Cang Minghai's relentless departure made Song Youxuan sad. Although his face was calm and unwavering, the sadness in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Xing Zhan made him a cup of tea and asked, "Boss Song, do you know Cang Minghai?"

Hearing Cang Minghai's name, Song Youxuan finally came back to his senses, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Yes, that was... a long, long time ago..."

"Could it be that you are the senior brother in his mouth?"

Song Youxuan's eyes suddenly burst into dazzling brilliance: "He mentioned me?"

"Uh..." Xing Zhan coughed a few times in embarrassment, "Yes, yes."

Song Youxuan realized that he had overreacted, so he took a sip from his teacup to cover up his emotions.

"I'm afraid it's just a casual talk, but..." He smiled, and the joy came from his heart. Although it was very faint, it gave people a sense of happiness.It's as if even a drop of water in the desert is so precious that it needs to be held in the palm of your hand, even if the word "brother" comes from that person's mouth, it is enough to make him ecstatic.

Xing Zhan couldn't bear to be disturbed, but felt sad. What kind of conflicts did they have that made them go away after life and death, and what kind of feelings made Song Youxuan look at each other from a distance even if he couldn't see anyone?

"Cang Bo found a book that recorded ghost faces, so I went to ask him, and he told me about his master's school." Xing Zhan said.

Pain welled up on Song Youxuan's brows instantly: "So you know everything."

"I almost know something about you and Cang Minghai... What's going on?" Xing Zhan half-spoken, he didn't feel embarrassed to say that Cang Minghai didn't seem to want to see you at all.

"I probably know which book you found." Song Youxuan sighed, recalling the past, his face still covered with a touch of happiness, "Ming Hai and I worshiped under the master when we were young, and I entered the mountain gate half a year earlier than him, so he called I called Senior Brother, but in fact he was the most gifted and the most cultivated in our generation. We were about the same age, practiced together, played together, went in and out together, and had a strong relationship. Until we were in our twenties, Something happened to the teacher's school."

"Since you have experienced the destruction of the sect together and become survivors, you should have a deeper relationship. Why did you... and..." parted ways?

Song Youxuan dejectedly: "I won't go into details of the accident, I think you all know it. After we escaped by chance, we were helpless and depended on each other. At that time, our relationship was indeed extraordinary, but we soon discovered that there was something wrong with us. abnormal."

Scourge of the poison!Xing Zhan glanced at the back of his hand. Although it was covered by his sleeve, he could still see the festering sore from the gap.

Sensing Xing Zhan's gaze, Song Youxuan lifted up his sleeves generously: "That's right, it's this one. The one on my hand is fine, but mainly on my body. There are countless sores all over my body."

"The Cangminghai?"

"It's the same, but his cultivation base is deeper than mine, so he should suppress the poison of divine punishment in his body, not as serious as mine."

"So he's wearing gloves to cover it up?"

Song Youxuan smiled again, as long as he thought about things related to Cang Minghai, he felt good: "My junior brother is good-looking, and scars will inevitably be left after the sores subside. It is human nature for him not to be seen by others."

It sounds like a very common sentence, but when it comes out of his mouth, it is a little more ambiguous.It seems to be talking about a treasure of my own. I want to protect it tightly so that no one can touch it, but I can't help but want to show it off. The continuous affection is inadvertently revealed.

"But why didn't I see you get a sore before?"

As soon as this question was asked, Song Youxuan's face changed suddenly, embarrassment, pain, remorse, all kinds of complex expressions were mixed together, he clenched his fists, and the sores on the back of his hands oozed pus because of this action.

Shuiyue's family gradually had more guests, and the noisy voices added popularity to the quiet tea house. He hesitated, looked at the world, and let out a long sigh of relief: "This is also what Ming Hai hates me so much now. reason."

Song Youxuan said eloquently: "My cultivation level is not as good as his. When the poison of the scourge broke out, I couldn't suppress it for a long time. The painful sores were unbearable, and the ulcers could be seen in many places. I was tortured by it day and night, and the pain was unbearable. At that time, I was almost on the verge of life and death. Maybe it was my lack of determination, and I couldn't bear it in the end, so I found a way out."

"What kind of out-of-the-way method?"

Song Youxuan's face turned red, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm ashamed to say it, I found a female cultivator among my fellow practitioners, hoping to suppress the poison of heaven's wrath through the method of dual cultivation."

Xing Zhan coughed awkwardly.

"Of course it didn't work out in the end. When I wanted to do something, Ming Hai knew that he had barged in. He was furious, cut off my robes, and left a word, vowing to see me again in Huangquan." Song Youxuan regretted, " Later, I also went to ask him to forgive, but he had a strong temper and could not tolerate sand in his eyes, so I never had anything to do with him. I saw him walk into your tea house this morning, and I couldn't help standing at the door for a moment, always thinking Even if you can't see other people, it's good to be closer to him. But I don't want to leave when I'm standing, and I heard you mention Master and the ghost face, so that's it."

Xing Zhan didn't know why, so he sneaked a glance at Gong Mu, but Gong Mu turned his head generously, letting him see enough.

"Cough cough!" Xing Zhan coughed a few more times, "But at that time, your poison of divine scourge flared up, so it was justifiable. Besides, it didn't work out. Could it be that there is no room for turning around?"

After saying this, Xing Zhan clearly felt Gong Mu give him a sidelong glance.

"After all, I have evil thoughts in my heart, and I am ashamed to be with him. A single thought makes a big mistake." Song Youxuan sighed.

It's not easy for Xing Zhan to intervene in other people's affairs, so he can only lament that the world is impermanent and good fortune tricks people.

"You didn't succeed, why did you suppress the toxin?"

"Back then, in order to cure the poison, I took a lot of pills. Ming Hai also found a lot of ways for me. It was very hard. Maybe it was because of this that he hated me even more, thinking that I not only didn't trust him, but went to find someone else. It may be that one of the medicines took effect, temporarily suppressing the poison of the scourge, and after many years of meditation in the martial arts, and rarely using spells, it did not recur."

Xing Zhan nodded clearly, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Then it's because you're going out this time? What did you say you wanted to show me?"

"That's why I came to you. I think you need to take a look at this thing." Song Youxuan took out a box larger than the palm of your hand. The jet-black wooden box was still stained with dust, without any patterns, and the metal The hinges were rusted and blackened, and he lifted the lid and pushed it in front of them.

It doesn't matter if Xing Zhan doesn't look at it, he gasped when he saw it.

Inside the box was a mask with a blue face and fangs. It was nothing but a ghost face!

"This is……"

"This is the ghost mask that my master got back then." Song Youxuan looked solemn and sad.

"But didn't Cangminghai say he was lost?"

"Back when we escaped from the sect, we were all seriously injured. After recovering from recuperation, Ming Hai said he wanted to go back and have a look. I couldn't let it go, so I found an excuse to go to the sect first, and found this." Song Youxuanxu Pointing to the ghost face, "Master is only left behind the demonic back door, and the rest are killed by Master. Seeing that the foundation of the ancestors was destroyed, the master was ashamed, and decided to die for the sect, rescued Ming Hai and me, and ordered us to escape. Go and activate the mountain protection formation, let him stop the master. After the formation is activated, the sect and every plant and tree in it are destroyed, including the master and ancestors. Only the library is protected by another set of formations, so Save most of it, Ming Hai just wanted to get back the collection, when I went ahead of schedule, I saw this mask lying at the door of the Library Pavilion."

Xing Zhan shuddered, why everything was destroyed, but the mask was intact, as if waiting for them to pick it up.Why did it appear at the door of Zangshu Pavilion, and who placed it?

"Master took the ghost face with him after he got it. At that time, in order to chase and kill us, Master was blocked by the ancestor on the front mountain, and there is a mountain away from the library." Song Youxuan also had a face as dark as water, "I was terrified when I saw it. No end, I feel that this is an ominous thing that should not exist in the world, but it cannot be destroyed by various methods, so I have to find a box and bury it deep. Afterwards, I was afraid that it would affect Ming Hai's body, so I didn't tell him. So he didn't know."

Looking at the ghost mask lying in the box, Xing Zhan recalled the first time he saw this mask, his mouth was always open with a sarcastic smile, and his dark eye sockets seemed to be swallowing people.Gong Mu frowned, and the nine-petal lotus between his brows wrinkled into a ball. He strongly felt the evil energy surging in the mask, and the spiritual energy in his body was attracted to stir.

Song Youxuan continued: "I thought it was over like this, but I didn't expect to see a ghost mask at Wang Chunxu's house that day. I thought Master's mask was dug out by someone inadvertently, and he was harming the world again. Destroy the mask Finally, I still couldn't let go, so I went back to the sect. Decades have passed, and the evil spirit on the mask has not dissipated, attracting a lot of wandering souls and breeding many evil things. I spent a lot of effort It was only close to the burial site that year, and because of this, I moved my true energy, which caused the poison of the scourge to attack. After digging out the box, I found that the mask was still inside, and it had not been touched by anyone, so I took it back after thinking twice."

Gong Mu closed the lid of the box with a snap, and covered the box with his slender and strong hands: "Give this to me."

Song Youxuan nodded slowly: "Those who are past should not be dissuaded. If the ghost-masked man can be completely destroyed, it can be regarded as the case of the destruction of the division."

Gong Mu put away the box, thoughtfully, recalling his weird words every time he met the ghost-masked man, could it be that the ghost-masked man is really related to him?