Cultural Relics Are Not To Be Messed With

When coming down from the building where Li Zhengchang's house was located, Long Ya didn't rush to take Qi Chen straight to Xishi, but walked around downstairs.

Qi Chen was wondering what he was looking for, but at the south corner of the building, he saw an old locust tree with thick branches, but the branch was split in half and tilted towards both sides.And at the root half buried in the soil, there are some dark yellow paper talisman fragments remaining in it.

He looked down at the street lamp carefully, but saw that the patterns on the paper talisman had been destroyed, and the original appearance could not be recognized at all.

Long Ya reached out and took off the remaining fragments of the paper talisman, looked at it in front of his eyes, rubbed it with his thumb twice, seemed to see some eyebrows, then put away the paper talisman, and said to Qi Chen: "Let's go, go to Qu Mountain. There are still many things to do in the future!"

It's not that Qushan Qichen has never been here before, it's just that it's the first time to go up the mountain in such a dark night.

When he heard Long Ya mention this place, he actually already had some ideas in his mind - one of the few gray dots he saw on the map before fell on Mount Qu.Then contact what the old locust tree said in the illusion... In all likelihood, he himself is that gray spot.

Long Ya also said that the gray dot has a similar meaning to the red dot, which means that there is a special person or organization in that position, but it disappeared later.Unless the reincarnated person remembers everything by coincidence and takes up the burden again, the gray dot will light up again...

He was thinking about this in his heart, so that when he was brought to the top of the mountain by Long Ya, he didn't realize it for a while, stared blankly at the ancient building in the night for a long time, and then said something like waking up from a dream: "This almost there?"

"En." Long Ya rarely replied to him with the word "nonsense", and just stood there with him, looking up at the ancient building in front of him with a calm expression.

The style of the ancient building is plain and simple. The first floor is a hall with two side rooms. The second floor is just a pavilion for watching the stars. There is not even a lamp. I don’t know how many years it has been abandoned. Heavy shadows.The only unique thing is that there is a Xun hanging on each of the four corners of the eaves, occasionally shaking gently in the wind.It’s just that it’s probably already broken. Over the years, I’ve never heard these old xun blown by the wind.

"How many years—" Long Ya looked at it for a while, then sighed, "This building is still as shabby as ever."

Qi Chen: "..."

"Don't blame me, it's useless to turn your eyeballs out, I'm telling the truth!" Long Ya said the disgusting words, but his expression showed an indescribable meaning, he paused and then said lightly: "Well, you Lived here before."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the "shabby" ancient building in silence. It was so simple that there was nothing to see on the two floors, but it made him look back and forth for a long time.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze, glanced at the surrounding scene as usual, then raised his finger and pointed to the place near the downhill road, and said coolly: "At that time, you, a mountain king, lived in the whole mountain. Tian Nest is like hatching eggs in this building, and I don’t see it coming out. When was that hut-like hut over there built? Why is it worse than your building? I haven’t seen it when I came back, and that Broken pavilions, what kind of unsightly things are these—can I dismantle them!"

Although he always said that other things spoil the scenery, in fact, he himself is unique in this regard.It's just that after getting along with him for a long time, Qi Chen has more or less caught his temper - he is probably born afraid of sensationalism, and when encountering things that can touch him, he always looks uncomfortable, and he seems to be dumbfounded if he doesn't destroy the atmosphere. It's like not going down.

In fact, it is because I am afraid that others will see his side other than copper and iron...

Qi Chen didn't expose him, and replied following his words: "That house has been there since I can remember. An old man lived in it all year round, and cleaned the ancient building from time to time. The pavilion was newly built for a few years, mainly because of the Qingming here. I have the habit of climbing Mount Qu, but it is always rainy during the Ching Ming Festival, so I built a pavilion for those who go up the mountain to drink tea and rest their feet to avoid the rain."

"Cleaning..." Long Ya crossed his arms and said "oh", finally let go of those two innocent and harmless small buildings, and said to Qi Chen, "Go in and have a look."

After the words fell, he said, "Anyway, you can't remember after reading it."

Qi Chen: "..."

This ancient building has probably never been modified, and everything inside has been kept intact and placed where it should be placed. Qi Chen is not very clear about the layout inside, but Long Ya is familiar with it, as if he has been here countless times. .

He dragged Qi Chen into the first floor, stretched out his hand to touch the hall, but he didn't know what he touched, and the two-bean candle lit up. width.

Qi Chen had an impression of the hanging scroll, because when he was a child climbing mountains with his family, he asked what the ghostly symbols on the hanging scroll meant. Of course, no one could say anything.

"I wrote this?" Qi Chen guessed after knowing the origin of this ancient building.

Long Ya glanced at him: "Where do you have such a big face, this pattern is from heaven."

Qi Chen: "..." Where is the promised benefactor? !Can you find a second person in this world who talks to your benefactor like this? !kidding me!

"This ancient building was built by you later. Before you appeared, there was only one boulder on the top of the mountain. On the day you appeared, the sky thunder struck the boulder, creating such a pattern. Later, when you built the building, put This pattern was carved from the boulder and hung in this hall." Looking at the hanging banner, Long Ya explained, "This pattern is actually a word—'soul'."

Qi Chen looked at the unrecognizable word "soul" and said, "You knew me back then?"

"No." Longya shook his head, "I heard you say this later. When you appeared, my body Longya Knife had just been broken and was buried. Where would I know what it was like?"

Qi Chen: "..."

"I haven't heard you mention your specific origin, but only sporadically said a few words about the situation at that time. For a while, there were several versions circulated among the people, and one version can be matched with the ones you mentioned." Long Ya raised his hand. I touched the two candles with my hands, and the candles became much brighter in an instant.

In the flickering flames, he said calmly: "You know the Ying Huo Xing, right? Ying Huo Huo, Li Li Chao Huo, that is an evil star that is the main disaster, and it is easy to cause war when it appears. For example, the one where my body was broken by a knife This was the case in [-]. The war never stopped that year, and then the war stopped. Yinghuoxing did not disappear, but entered the ghost dwelling, which is a sign of the great evil of committing corpses. On the day Yinghuo entered the ghost dwelling, legend has it that The mysterious thunder fell from the sky, and dozens of bolts were struck in one place, followed by years of disasters, countless people died, and corpses were scattered all over the field, responding to the ominous omen. And you, on the day Ying lured into a ghost house , appeared with Tianlei, and that day happened to be twenty-nine, so... everyone thinks that you are the lower realm of the Yinghuo Star, an evil star and evil god, and all the chaos and corpses are caused by you, and whoever gets close to you will be in trouble Eh, committing orphans and widows."

"The evil star and evil god?" Qi Chen felt it was weird but also complicated to listen to other people's story about his past life as an observer.No matter what Longya said or what the old locust tree said, his previous life seemed to be a positive character, so he guessed many possibilities in his heart along the way, but he never thought that he was actually a person who hides from others.

He was silent for a while, then asked Long Ya: "And then?"

"Later? Then they really enshrined you in the way of Yinghuo Xingjun. I'm afraid that if you come down the mountain one day in the mood, they will be uneasy and their animals will not be prosperous. On the twenty-ninth day of each month, there will be On the west side of the mountain, light fifteen lamps and sacrifice one to you."

Qi Chen: "..."

"I've heard you talk about this scene, and it was quite peaceful when you said it, but I would have toppled the mountain!" Long Ya said, paused and said, "But when I came to you later, I saw it with my own eyes. After a few times, those people tremblingly lit lamps on the mountain road, and kowtowed for a long time after lighting, it seemed that people—"

He clicked his tongue and continued, "It's true that I can't argue with them."

"So I was really an evil star in my previous life? Then how could I know you?" Qi Chen was a little puzzled.

"You can't even tell whether the evil star is evil or not, so where can I find the proof for you?" Long Ya pointed to the hanging banner in the hall and said, "It's just that what you are doing is not what the evil star should do. Thing, you told me that this hanging banner is a celestial phenomenon, and it is also a burden for you. The words on it are what you have to bear. All living beings in the three realms are in it. The omen, bearing the title of evil star and evil god, is carrying this kind of thing, it’s not a little bit better—”

Long Ya said, looked back at him, and said mockingly: "You are the number one in the world."

Qi Chen: "..."

"I'm one of the souls saved by your two hundred and five." Long Ya continued, "At that time, my body had been broken for a hundred years, and I was buried in the soil like a pile of broken iron, without any consciousness. At that time, your reputation as a fierce god faded away. According to you, on the twenty-ninth day of each month, you would go down the mountain along the path illuminated by the fifteen paper-skinned white lanterns, and follow the way of heaven to save some souls that should be saved. That old man Tianchangyan, it's finally my turn! My sword spirit and consciousness were awakened by you, and you put together the fragments of my body, and you gave me a life."

"However, in those hundred years, some wicked people tried to dig up my body fragments, so that some parts were scattered outside, so I have been able to find it until now." Long Ya probably thought of his handle again, and his face became black as the bottom of the pot.

"Then what happened later? Why did I—" Qi Chen wanted to say why he died, but now that he was standing here again, it always felt a bit weird to say this word, so he paused and changed his words: "Why did the red dot change?" Gray?"