When the devil respects life as a waste
Chapter 66
The three masters and apprentices sat and discussed the Tao, and the whole afternoon passed in a flash.
In the evening, Jiang Xie got up and said: "I have made an appointment with Ji Yanran and Li Bie, so I can't continue talking with you. The Chuyang Peak demon must be thoroughly investigated. You go to the third floor and rest, and I will investigate clearly." , I will come to find you, and then discuss with you.”
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze to open their mouths, they left gracefully.
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze lived in the Qingyang Pavilion in their previous lives, but they had never entered the twelfth floor.Today they not only entered it, but also lived here, which made them curious.
Xie Lingjun glanced at Shen Zhengze, and found that the other party was also looking at him, his heart warmed, and he couldn't help showing a faint smile.Xie Lingjun smiled, as if lighting up the whole sword room, it couldn't be brighter.
Shen Zhengze looked at it and felt that as long as Xie Lingjun was willing to smile at him, he would be willing to do anything for him without complaint.
"Want to take a look?" Xie Lingjun stretched out his index finger and pointed upstairs, "This attic has thirteen floors. The second floor is full of sword rooms, and the third floor is supposed to be a resting place. You don't want to go to the rest of the place." Want to see it?"
This was Xie Changhuai's former residence. Jiang Xie missed his junior, so he directly closed the building to prevent others from entering it.Now that Xie Lingjun has the opportunity to find out his biological father, he naturally wants to find out.
Moreover, he had a vague premonition that the answers to all the puzzles would be revealed in a corner of this attic.
Shen Zhengze only looked at Xie Lingjun, and also wanted to ask him, but he was dazzled by the other's smile, so he didn't speak first.Since Xie Lingjun invited him, how could he refuse.
"Okay." Shen Zhengze agreed.
Xie Lingjun got up before the other party said anything, and seeing that the other party was still sitting upright, he stretched out his right hand and asked, "Would you like to give me a hand?"
Shen Zhengze was startled again.While he was in a daze, the magic lines on his ears rose again, and a dark red flower bloomed on his earlobe.
Xie Lingjun leaned over, and gently touched Shen Zhengze's earlobe with the tip of his right finger, and finally, it stopped on the magic-binding lock.Wherever the fingertips touched, there was scalding heat, causing his fingertips to burst into burning pain.
"Do you feel anything?" Xie Lingjun asked.He thought to himself, his fingertips were almost scalded, how many times the pain should the other party suffer from being restrained by the magic lock?
Shen Zhengze smiled slightly, and asked calmly: "What do you feel? Should I have any strange feelings? Naturally, I don't feel anything."
Xie Lingjun had various feelings in his heart, his eyelashes trembled, and his fingertips left Shen Zhengze's right ear and retracted.
"Liar," he thought to himself.
Xie Lingjun was amazed at Shen Zhengze's tenacity and calmness. When he saw the other party's refreshing smile, he couldn't help but want to feel sorry for him.But he also knew that Shen Zhengze pretended to be nonchalant, precisely because he didn't want others to sympathize with him.
Xie Lingjun had no choice but to take a deep breath, lowered his eyes and said, "It's nothing. Let's go and have a look."
Shen Zhengze smiled again and said, "Did you just want to pull me up?"
"En." Xie Lingjun replied softly.
Shen Zhengze stared at Xie Lingjun for a long time, and then asked softly: "Can you promise me one thing?"
Xie Lingjun didn't give an answer directly, but said: "What's the matter?"
"Promise me," Shen Zhengze said slowly, "don't ask me again, who do I think you are. You are you, and your name is Xie Lingjun. It is you who won the first place in the rising sun competition; when Chang Xiangsi comes, stop me You are the one who is impulsive; I am shattered, and you are the one who helps me fuse; you are the one who carries me by the sword; in front of Ji Yanran, it is you who speak up to defend me...
"I always think that what a person is called or how he was born is not very important, what matters is what he does. A person is made up of his words and deeds. You are you, and I know you because You did those things.
"So, don't ask me again, who do I take you for. I only think of you as yourself."
"Liar." Xie Lingjun said in his heart, this was the second time he found out that Shen Zhengze was lying today.
But when Shen Zhengze said this, so much, so clearly, and so sincerely, could Xie Lingjun still expose him and continue to force the other party to think about painful things?
Xie Lingjun couldn't help it, so he could only agree indifferently: "Okay. I won't ask you."
Shen Zhengze was relieved when he heard this answer, and the smile on his face became more sincere, and he said immediately: "Thank you... then let's go, I am also very curious about what is in this attic. There are too many things that happened recently, Far beyond my cognition. I think maybe we can get some clues from here."
After finishing speaking, Shen Zhengze finally no longer had any scruples, and directly took Xie Lingjun's hand, letting him pull him up.
The two walked out of the sword room side by side, getting very close to each other.
When I went to the third floor, I found nine rooms, only the farthest room had a cold jade bed, and the rest were wooden beds.And there are tables and chairs in each room, as well as shelves for hanging swords.
There was only one empty room on the fourth floor, which was surprisingly large.In Qingyang Pavilion, most of the rooms are illuminated by jade beads to ensure that the night is as bright as the day.But in this room, it was pitch black, not to mention it was like daytime, there was not even a ray of light.
Xie Lingjun made a trick, and a ball of warm white light ignited at his fingertips.
Shen Zhengze said softly, "Can I ask a question?"
"what?"
Shen Zhengze thought for a while, and then asked: "Who did you learn the formation from, or did you learn it yourself?"
Xie Lingjun's formation was learned from the head of Taiyou Lake after becoming a demon in his previous life.At that time, his sword skills were all useless, and he couldn't use the magic energy with the soul sword at all, so he had to learn the formation method.Formation is as difficult as reaching the sky, and it is because of Xie Lingjun's extraordinary talent that he can learn it all.
Of course, Xie Lingjun would not say these words to Shen Zhengze.
"Is this important?" He said casually, trying to divert the topic, without answering a word.
Shen Zhengze was silent for a while, and said, "Maybe it's very important, maybe it's not important at all."
When Xie Lingjun heard this, he pretended that the other party hadn't said anything, and bent down on his own, stretching his fingertips to the ground.
The first, second and third floors are paved with white jade bricks, and only the fourth floor is paved with bluestone bricks.The color of the bluestone bricks is very dark, some are black and reddish, this color is very unnatural, and it is not naturally formed at first glance.
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze both lowered their heads when they saw the abnormality, and they made the most of it.
Half of Shen Zhengze's face was illuminated by a warm white halo.Xie Lingjun just glanced at him, and was attracted by his beauty. For a moment, he even forgot to look at the blue stone brick, and his eyes stayed on the other person's face.
Shen Zhengze stretched out his hand and wiped it vigorously on the bluestone brick. When he raised his hand, his fingertips were clean and there was no difference.
"It seems that this place has been cleaned," Shen Zhengze said, "and there is no trace left. I heard that Xie Changhuai passed away more than 300 years ago. During the 300 years, the cleanliness here has never failed. It can be seen that Master Xie Changhuai, this junior, really never forgets, and he is deeply concerned about his death."
Xie Lingjun let out a "huh", only feeling that his heart was ups and downs, bumping up and down with Shen Zhengze's words.He endured it for a long time, and finally, after Shen Zhengze finished speaking, he leaned forward and gently kissed the other party's cheek.
Shen Zhengze was caught off guard, and was kissed straight on. His thin and slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and he took a step back, saying, "Don't..."
"It was you who said that you wanted me to kiss you, didn't you?" Xie Lingjun stared at Shen Zhengze leisurely, taking in the other's every move and every subtle expression.
Shen Zhengze murmured: "Back then..."
"Why did you come to seduce me back then?" Xie Lingjun interrupted Shen Zhengze's nearly whispered words, and mercilessly spit out a sharp question.
Shen Zhengze frowned, pursed his thin lips, and refused to speak.What he did was summarized as "seduce" by the other party, which made him very embarrassed.Angry and angry, his right ear became hot again.
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "You have sworn a heart demon again, can't you say it? You must be blaming me. Why are there so many problems that trouble you? You don't think about it, you only think about it for the sake of senior brother, you will do everything You can do it. But you have to think about these things, whether you are willing to do it or not, this makes you suffer. Right?"
"Yes." Shen Zhengze admitted without hesitation, "Since you know, I don't want to think about these problems at all. Thinking about these problems makes me extremely painful. Why do you still force me to think about them?"
Xie Lingjun said cruelly, "Because I like to see you in pain."
"You..." Shen Zhengze was slightly shocked.
Xie Lingjun saw the other party looking at him, his heart moved, he couldn't help reaching out to hold the other party's chin, and kissed him deeply again.
Shen Zhengze held Xie Lingjun's wrist, but was unable to struggle. He only waited for the other party to let go of him before saying, "Look at this floor tile first, it's weird."
"Okay." Xie Lingjun really loved Shen Zhengze's complex look, and lightly rubbed the other's forehead, finally let go, followed the other's words, and looked at the blue stone brick.
Shen Zhengze let out a long breath, his eyes flickered, and he was greedy for Xie Lingjun's touch, but he didn't dare to think about the question raised by the other party.Under the entanglement, I can no longer think about things related to feelings, so I have to transfer my attention to the floor tiles.
"There are black and red traces on the bluestone bricks, what does this remind you of?" Shen Zhengze asked.
Xie Lingjun replied without thinking: "Magic."
"Yes." Shen Zhengze said, "With such deep marks on the bluestone bricks, it is obvious that being corroded by demon energy is not something that happens every day. I once read the book "Records of Qi Zong", and it said that Xie Changhuai was possessed by demons."
"Qi Zong Shilu" records: In [-], Jiang Xie broke with his junior brother Xie Changhuai, and threatened that they would never see each other again in this life.
Shen Zhengze was like a walking library. After repeating the records in the book verbatim, he continued, "I guess, Xie Changhuai fell into a demon in the [-]th year of Daoyuan."
Xie Lingjun said: "This year is Daoyuan [-]."
Xie Lingjun said this to calculate that Xie Changhuai had fallen into a demon, and it has been 310 years since.
When Shen Zhengze heard this number, he first laughed, and then felt a little sad, and said softly: "The three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the elder brother."
Xie Lingjun sighed and said, "This is really a coincidence."
Shen Zhengze also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. Xie Lingjun had already stated that he didn't want to hear about the elder brother, but Shen Zhengze still mentioned it inadvertently.Only because Shen Zhengze's mind was full of big brothers, no matter what he heard, he would think of big brothers, so he didn't notice it for a while, and said it out.
Shen Zhengze immediately changed the topic: "It has been more than 300 years, but the black and red on the bluestone bricks have not faded. And there are no large-scale formations to prevent damage in this room, and there are only small formations, which are obviously not used for training. of the sword."
A swordsman who loves swords like his life, the place where he spends most of his life, don't need to think too much, it is definitely the place to practice swords.And this room is not a place to practice swords, but there are such deep demon marks, why?
Xie Lingjun said thoughtfully: "Before today, I would have no clue about what happened recently. But after today, I seem to feel that I have some clues."
Shen Zhengze asked curiously: "What?"
Before answering this question, Xie Lingjun asked a crucial question: "What do you think is the most important thing for the power of the Selfless Realm and the Supreme Realm?"
Shen Zhengze felt blessed in his heart, and replied: "Ascension."
"That's right." Xie Lingjun nodded, "So I guess, no matter what the monks in the selfless realm and the supreme realm do, they are all for one thing in the final analysis—that is, ascension."
Shen Zhengze thought of the heart-corroding demon Gu that he killed not long ago, and said in surprise: "Do righteous monks ascend, do they still need demon energy as an aid?"
The Heart-Eating Demon Gu has spirit flowers and Gu worms.In the Changbai Mountains where spiritual power is abundant, it is natural that the spiritual flower parasitizes, absorbs the spiritual power, and then transforms the spiritual power into magic energy through the Gu insects.
The Heart Erosion Demon Gu was hidden in Chuyang Peak's formation, and it had not been discovered for tens of thousands of years because of the balance between spirit and demon.If Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze hadn't disrupted the balance of spiritual power and devil energy, the hidden formation would not have been activated at all.
Before Xie Lingjun was determined to kill the Heart Corroding Demon Gu, the splendid scene he saw gave him a new inspiration.
The Spirit Clan and You Clan, Blue Flowers and Gu, Spirit Power and Devil Qi, these mutually extreme things merge together and complement each other to form an extinct creature like the Heart Erosion Demon Gu.
Both Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze thought at first that this heart-eating demonic Gu was raised in Chuyang Peak by someone with ulterior motives, planning to harm Qingyang Pavilion.
But the Heart Erosion Demon Gu said that they were captured by the master of the Qingyang Pavilion and the head of the Beiming Sect, and were finally imprisoned in the cave.The master of the Qingyang Pavilion would never harm the Qingyang Pavilion, so why did he do this?
After talking with Jiang Xie, Xie Lingjun became more certain of his thoughts - it was for ascension.
"Have you ever thought about it," Xie Lingjun expressed his thoughts cautiously, "after the Great War, why didn't monks ascend?"
Shen Zhengze didn't understand what Xie Lingjun meant, so he shook his head.
Xie Lingjun went on to say: "Because since then, spiritual power and demon energy have been divided into two. Although long before that, the seven grievances in the world began to sink, and fell into the abyss along the high cliff, but it is not as good as it is today. It's so clear."
Shen Zhengze understood a little: "You mean, there has been no cultivator's ascension for more than 8 years, because there is no magic energy in the world, and there is no spiritual power in the abyss? Do you think that ascension requires dual cultivation of spirits and demons to achieve?"
"I don't think so." Xie Lingjun denied, "But after hearing this, do you think it makes sense?"
Shen Zhengze was amused by Xie Lingjun: "It sounds reasonable, but in my opinion, these are fallacies."
Xie Lingjun stretched out his hand to touch Shen Zhengze's face, thinking, Shen Zhengze's sincere smile is so beautiful.
Shen Zhengze glanced at Xie Lingjun.The fact that the other party loves to touch him from time to time is exactly the same as the big brother.
Xie Lingjun stopped, and then said in a serious manner: "You think it's absurd, but in the eyes of others, it may not be the same as absurd. You can't ascend through normal means, are you willing to make a fortune in other fields?"
Shen Zhengze shrugged his shoulders indifferently, ascension or not was secondary to him, and the deepest desire in his heart was to be united with his elder brother forever.If he can become a Taoist companion with the elder brother, even if the sword goes sideways, he will be happy.
Thinking of this, he finally understood what Xie Lingjun said.
In the eyes of those who are determined to ascend, no matter what the path is, they have to try it, and they will not turn back until the end of the road.
Therefore, what seems absurd to Shen Zhengze may not be equally absurd in the eyes of others.And even Shen Zhengze, who thinks that dual cultivation of spirits and demons is nonsense, has to admit that there is some truth, let alone those who really believe in this kind of statement.
"I understand what you mean." Shen Zhengze said.
Before Xie Lingjun finished speaking, Shen Zhengze knew it all.At this point, Xie Lingjun sighed from the bottom of his heart, the two of them should love each other, they are so tacit, so compatible.
Xie Lingjun subconsciously slowed down his judo: "Do you know why I think so?"
Shen Zhengze said: "Besides the heart-corroding demon Gu, do you have other reasons?"
"That's right." Xie Lingjun nodded, "At noon, I asked Master if the Qingxin Jue must be recited silently all the time, and who should recite the Qingxin Jue silently all the time. Do you remember his answer?"
Shen Zhengze recalled a little, and immediately remembered: "The passion in my heart is too strong, and it is easy to become a demon. If it is not a special constitution, it is really necessary, and ordinary people do not need to recite the Qingxin Jue all the time. Master replied this way, that is to say, ordinary people do not need to silently recite the Qingxin Jue And he also said that people with the same body of spirit and demon need the formula of clearing the heart in order to suppress the demons in their hearts."
Seeing that Xie Lingjun had reached this point, there was no need for him to say any more, so he reminded: "Do you know who in Qingyang Pavilion silently recites the Qingxin formula all the time?"
Shen Zhengze was terrified, and said in a trembling voice, "I... I don't know..."
Xie Lingjun laughed, and called Shen Zhengze a "liar" in his heart, and continued: "Yes, you have only been in Qingyang Pavilion for dozens of days, how could you know this kind of secret? If there is a soul and a devil in one body, always silently recite the formula of pure heart , and it will never be leaked, how did you know it?"
Xie Lingjun was told by Jiang Xie not to leak this matter, but Shen Zhengze was so close to him, it was impossible not to guess something.And judging by his expression now, it seems that he has thought of it.
After Xie Lingjun finished speaking, he felt that he was a bit too much and teased him too tightly, so he raised his hand and scratched the tip of the other person's nose, and said in relief: "It's all my random guess, there is no evidence at all. Don't think too much, relax, okay? "
Shen Zhengze grasped Xie Lingjun's hand, nodded and pretended to be calm: "Yes, it's all your wild imagination."
Xie Lingjun looked at the clasped hands with a half-smile.
Shen Zhengze calmly let go, and forcibly brought the topic back to this room: "Look at the bluestone floor tiles, there used to be monsters living here for many years. But this is not a place to practice swords, which means that this monster is not Xie Changhuai himself."
"Yes." Xie Lingjun affirmed, "My guess is that monsters were once raised here. And Xie Changhuai's reason for raising monsters should be the same as the reason why the Qingyang Pavilion master raised the heart-corroding demon. I guess they want to cultivate both spirits and demons. To break through the shackles of not being able to ascend."
Seeing that Xie Lingjun's gaze finally moved away from him, Shen Zhengze immediately felt relieved from the invisible pressure.
Xie Lingjun concluded: "It's no wonder Master wants to seal off this attic. Once someone guesses it, then Xie Changhuai's fame will be lost."
When Xie Lingjun said this, he became more and more curious about his biological father, wanting to know what kind of person he was and what he did before his death.
"Let's go up and see," he said.
Shen Zhengze nodded.
The two came to the fifth floor again.
The stairs in this attic are wide, but when stepping up, Shen Zhengze always felt that Xie Lingjun was squeezing towards him. When he reached the fifth floor, Shen Zhengze was already caught by the escalator by Xie Lingjun.
Shen Zhengze pushed Xie Lingjun shyly: "Can you go over?"
"What?" Xie Lingjun said frankly, "I walked well, why do you keep avoiding me?"
Shen Zhengze: "..."
The jade beads by the stairs shone on Xie Lingjun's face, Xie Lingjun slightly lowered his head and looked at Shen Zhengze, his eyes were clear and clean while speaking.Shen Zhengze didn't want to say anything anymore, and he seemed guilty of talking too much.
The two walked in the corridor on the fifth floor, but found that there was not a single room on the fifth floor that could be opened.
Shen Zhengze asked: "You are familiar with formations, can you solve this formation?"
Xie Lingjun was about to be amused by Shen Zhengze, and immediately said seriously: "You think too highly of me, what does it mean to know the formation? The formation is as difficult as the sky, even if you ask Wen Huaijin, he doesn't dare to say that he knows the formation. I It’s just superficial learning. The formation here is too difficult, how can I solve it?”
Shen Zhengze just wanted to praise Xie Lingjun, but when he was refuted by the other party, he felt humiliated and murmured softly: "Do you understand each other in business? You have to refute this, it's really dead-brained."
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "Speak up, people are by your side. If you want to blame me, you need to be careful not to hear me?"
"You are so kind." Shen Zhengze smiled slightly.
Xie Lingjun was choked up, frowned, reached out and touched his forehead, and let out an "oh".After a while, he finally said, "I finally know one thing."
Shen Zhengze was aroused to be curious, but he was afraid that the other party wanted to hurt him, so he struggled for a while, and asked: "What?"
"Why do others always think that good words are more pleasant than bad ones."
"Why?" Shen Zhengze didn't expect such nonsense, and was a little disappointed.
Xie Lingjun turned his head, looked directly at Shen Zhengze, and said, "I'm happy to hear the good words." After saying this, he ignored Shen Zhengze, turned around and walked upstairs.
Shen Zhengze froze in place, and after thinking for a while, he finally realized what Xie Lingjun meant—Xie Lingjun was happy when he heard the words "You are so kind".
After Shen Zhengze figured it out, he clenched his fists tightly, with mixed feelings, and he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. "Wait for me, don't go so fast." He calmed down quickly, and quickly followed Xie Lingjun.
The sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor... until the No. 11th floor, they are all the same as the fifth floor, no matter how many rooms there are, they are all blocked by formations and cannot be opened.
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze walked to the No.12 floor, almost giving up hope, but unexpectedly, they pushed open the heavy wooden door.
"Squeak—"
The ancient and piercing sound of pushing the door sounded in the quiet night, like a mysterious symbol and prophecy.
The moment the two entered the door, the wooden door closed automatically, and there was a loud bang, hitting the two of them heavily.The room was originally pitch black, but with the sound of closing the door, the huge jade beads instantly lit up the whole room.
"This is—" Shen Zhengze exclaimed.
The height of each floor of this attic is different. When it reaches the No.12 floor, it is more than ten feet high.And this one-hundred-acre wide house is densely packed with books.
Shen Zhengze loved books very much, and immediately wandered in the sea of books.
Xie Lingjun followed behind Shen Zhengze, and judged: "Xie Changhuai should be a very egotistical person."
"Why?" Shen Zhengze stretched out his hand, his fingers slid across the rows of yellowed books.
Xie Lingjun shared his opinion: "Qingyang Pavilion has seven collection pavilions, four of which are in Qingya Academy, and three are in Qingyang Pavilion. There are all kinds of books, from ordinary classics to ancient books restored after being lost, Even banned/books, everything is complete. But Xie Changhuai built a private library."
Shen Zhengze also remembered: "There is a Xuanjian Hall in Qingya Academy, and the swords inside are collected over 10 years, but Xie Changhuai was still not satisfied, and created a room for hiding swords on the third floor."
Xie Lingjun asked: "If our guess is correct. Xie Changhuai raises monsters and prepares to cultivate spirits and demons, then what kind of books should be rich in the library?"
Shen Zhengze said: "Books like "Monster Knowledge" definitely cannot satisfy Xie Changhuai. What he wants to read must be extremely dangerous forbidden books."
Xie Lingjun took Shen Zhengze's hand and signaled him to stop.
Shen Zhengze is now used to Xie Lingjun's movements, so he let the other party pull him.He turned around, looked at Xie Lingjun, and waited for him to speak.
Xie Lingjun said: "Imagine, if you were Xie Changhuai, there would definitely not be so many banned/books you want to read, so why did you build a library?"
Shen Zhengze suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "If I were Xie Changhuai, I must have built such a large library to hide the few books I value in this vast sea of books."
After hearing this, Xie Lingjun suddenly fell into silence.
Shen Zhengze was very confident in his answer at first, and felt that this was the correct answer, but with Xie Lingjun's silence, he suddenly became less sure.
Shen Zhengze touched his nose with his free hand, and said in a muffled voice, "I guessed wrong, or did I guess incompletely?"
"You guessed right." Xie Lingjun frowned.
Shen Zhengze couldn't figure out Xie Lingjun's thoughts, and seeing the other party's uncertain appearance, he felt very uncomfortable, so he withdrew his hand and plunged into the sea of books again.
Xie Lingjun stood behind Shen Zhengze, walked for a while, suddenly stretched out his left hand to wrap his arms around Shen Zhengze's waist, and touched Shen Zhengze's ear with his right hand.
Xie Lingjun asked hoarsely, "Is it hot?"
Shen Zhengze didn't feel anything at first, but as soon as Xie Lingjun's hand touched his ear, he felt that his right ear was about to burn.He didn't know if this was Fu Mosuo's normal reaction, or if he had become strange because of Xie Lingjun's actions.
"Not hot." Shen Zhengze replied again.
"Let's go, this room is very weird, let's go back to the third floor to rest." Xie Lingjun hugged Shen Zhengze, preventing him from taking another step forward.
"What's the matter with you?" Shen Zhengze was puzzled, "We finally came here, and we were able to find some clues, why did we give up halfway?"
Xie Lingjun noticed that the temperature of his fingertips dropped sharply, so he replied: "It's nothing...do you like this place very much?"
Shen Zhengze nodded: "I like it very much. The books here are very rare, and you may not even be able to see them in the Seven Great Library Pavilions."
Xie Lingjun paused and said, "It's fine if you like it."
Shen Zhengze broke Xie Lingjun's hand, broke free, and glanced back: "What's the matter with you? Is the magic lock ugly? This thing is like this. When it restrains my demons, it will become hot. There is nothing to make a fuss about. "
"Yes, there is nothing to make a fuss about." Xie Lingjun repeated softly. After saying this sentence, he seemed to have convinced himself, and walked with Shen Zhengze again.
The door they came in was in the middle, so they naturally walked around in front of the middle row of bookshelves.
Walking to the bottom, Xie Lingjun asked: "There are so many bookshelves, where do you think Xie Changhuai will put the forbidden books?"
Shen Zhengze thought for a while, and quickly replied: "Put it in the most difficult place to find."
"Which place is least likely to be found?"
"The corner, but not the most corner." Shen Zhengze said while thinking, "It's best to put it in a very high place, so high that no one will take the initiative to look at it. Or put it in a very low place, so low that Others are unwilling to bend down. I think, if I were to display them, I would hide them in the sea of books like this."
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "Not only."
Shen Zhengze smiled and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Xie Lingjun asked: "What is the basis for us to find books?"
Shen Zhengze: "If I want to find forbidden/books related to spirits and demons, I will first look for books related to the catalog, such as "Ten Thousand Demons", "Ten Fang Monsters", etc. If there are still no books in these books, then I can only follow the Here comes the title."
"That's right." Xie Lingjun said slowly, "When we look for books, we first determine what we want to find, and then guess which books these things will exist in. The most convenient way is to look at the classics included in the catalog. If the book is not in the records, you can only browse through the titles one by one to see if there is any content you need."
Shen Zhengze nodded, indicating that Xie Lingjun was right.
"But..." Xie Lingjun said slowly, "We don't know that book, and it is very troublesome to find it. We have to look for the title. But Xie Changhuai obviously knows where the book is, so there is no need to look for the title."
When Shen Zhengze heard this, there was still something he didn't understand, and continued: "You mean, he will disguise the book so that others can't see the original appearance of the book."
Xie Lingjun nodded: "Not bad."
Shen Zhengze felt a little discouraged when he thought of this, and said: "Yes. If Xie Changhuai really has hidden books related to spirit demons, after the master breaks with him, he will definitely investigate this library thoroughly. Start from the fifth floor , all the way to the No.11th floor are sealed off. But this library is open, indicating that there may be no forbidden/books here..."
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze could explain the matter completely and clearly with just a few words, and they had a tacit understanding when going back and forth.
Xie Lingjun was satisfied with Shen Zhengze's intelligence, and his tone became a little more relaxed: "In other words, there may not be no banned/books here. It's Xie Changhuai's disguise of books, which escaped Master's detection."
Shen Zhengze felt quite helpless: "Since even the master can't be found, let alone us?"
Xie Lingjun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "That's right! So let's stop wasting our efforts and go back to the third floor to rest. This place is really weird, I think you need to pay more attention."
Shen Zhengze thought the same, although he was very nostalgic for the rare classics in the room, he still obeyed Xie Lingjun's words, and finally walked out of the library side by side with each other.
When the wooden door was pushed open, there was another old harsh "squeak", the sound was elongated and amplified in the quiet night, and it seemed to run over the two people's spirits, making people feel uncomfortable and uneasy.
When going downstairs, Shen Zhengze looked up at the No. 13th floor, and asked: "It's a pity, there is still the last floor, don't you really want to go up and have a look?"
Xie Lingjun said unhurriedly: "Tomorrow, don't be in a hurry."
When the two went upstairs, Xie Ling was next to Shen Zhengze; but when they went downstairs, Xie Ling was behind Shen Zhengze, neither far nor near.This made Shen Zhengze a little disappointed.
"Why are you walking behind me?" Shen Zhengze asked puzzled.
Xie Lingjun said: "This way we can see more clearly."
Shen Zhengze didn't understand why he could see more clearly this way.Is it because standing next to him, you can't see him, but standing behind him, you can see him completely?
Xie Lingjun was already taller than Shen Zhengze, and when he went downstairs, he walked behind him, so he had to lower his head to see him.
At this time, Shen Zhengze had already gotten used to the scorching temperature of the Binding Lock, so he didn't feel any difference.
The magic lock can suppress the demons.For the demons, it is a deadly spiritual treasure. Xie Lingjun was killed by the magic lock and Liu Shaoqing's chest-piercing sword in his previous life.And for the orthodox monks who wantonly breed with demons, this can also be a life-saving magic weapon.
Once the Demon Binding Lock is used on a monk of the righteous way, whenever the demons breed, the lines on the Demon Binding Lock will climb to the monk's body to lock the opponent's demons.
Xie Lingjun was standing beside Shen Zhengze before, ignoring the magic-binding lock that had been shining with a faint light.But when he stood behind Shen Zhengze, he saw flirtatious patterns all around the other's ears.
Shen Zhengze was wearing a plain dress, and the high collar perfectly covered the pattern on his neck.
The exposed ears, with patterns rolling and climbing continuously, spread and grew on Shen Zhengze's body like some living thing.
Walking to the third floor, Xie Lingjun figured out another thing, and said, "Let's go to the room at the end of the corridor, there is a cold jade bed there."
The cold jade bed can suppress inner demons.
I don't know what purpose Xie Changhuai bought this cold jade bed in the first place.But Xie Lingjun is really grateful to his father now.
No wonder Master has been closing the building, but after Shen Zhengze's accident, he opened the attic and let the two of them live here.
Pushing open the wooden door, the bone-piercing cold air hits the face.
Shen Zhengze logically said that he was a cultivation base of the world, so he shouldn't be chilled by the cold, but he shuddered firmly, and frowned: "It's so cold here, do we really want to stay here?"
"Yes." Xie Lingjun stepped over the threshold and stepped into the icehouse-like wooden house, "If you feel cold, you can hug me tightly."
Shen Zhengze laughed: "Stop joking around."
The closer he got to the cold jade bed, the more painful the biting coldness made Shen Zhengze feel.Shen Zhengze, who was very tolerant, finally couldn't help but say: "It's really too cold."
Xie Lingjun sat on the cold jade bed, and after spontaneously exercising his kung fu, he felt warmth all over his body, and the cold jade bed couldn't penetrate his body at all.
Hearing Shen Zhengze's words, he didn't talk about his own situation, and echoed softly: "Yes. It's really too cold, and it's undoubtedly torture to use it to sleep. But are you afraid of this little pain?"
Shen Zhengze sneered, immediately pushed Xie Lingjun away, and lay down on the bed: "You underestimate me."
Xie Lingjun felt infinite pity in his heart, all of which surged at this moment.
Shen Zhengze is strong, undefeated, and can recover from injuries in the blink of an eye.But now, he was lying on the cold jade bed, his teeth chattering from the cold, but he still resisted to make any noise.
Xie Lingjun was lying beside Shen Zhengze, reaching out to wrap his arms around Shen Zhengze.
"What are you doing?!" Shen Zhengze was surprised by Xie Lingjun's actions, and asked unexpectedly.
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "I'm very cold, I want to hug you to keep warm."
Shen Zhengze let out an "oh".If he believed Xie Lingjun's words at first, but when he felt the other person's scorching body temperature, he suddenly understood Xie Lingjun's intentions.
Shen Zhengze was speechless for a moment.
Xie Lingjun suddenly said:
In the evening, Jiang Xie got up and said: "I have made an appointment with Ji Yanran and Li Bie, so I can't continue talking with you. The Chuyang Peak demon must be thoroughly investigated. You go to the third floor and rest, and I will investigate clearly." , I will come to find you, and then discuss with you.”
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze to open their mouths, they left gracefully.
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze lived in the Qingyang Pavilion in their previous lives, but they had never entered the twelfth floor.Today they not only entered it, but also lived here, which made them curious.
Xie Lingjun glanced at Shen Zhengze, and found that the other party was also looking at him, his heart warmed, and he couldn't help showing a faint smile.Xie Lingjun smiled, as if lighting up the whole sword room, it couldn't be brighter.
Shen Zhengze looked at it and felt that as long as Xie Lingjun was willing to smile at him, he would be willing to do anything for him without complaint.
"Want to take a look?" Xie Lingjun stretched out his index finger and pointed upstairs, "This attic has thirteen floors. The second floor is full of sword rooms, and the third floor is supposed to be a resting place. You don't want to go to the rest of the place." Want to see it?"
This was Xie Changhuai's former residence. Jiang Xie missed his junior, so he directly closed the building to prevent others from entering it.Now that Xie Lingjun has the opportunity to find out his biological father, he naturally wants to find out.
Moreover, he had a vague premonition that the answers to all the puzzles would be revealed in a corner of this attic.
Shen Zhengze only looked at Xie Lingjun, and also wanted to ask him, but he was dazzled by the other's smile, so he didn't speak first.Since Xie Lingjun invited him, how could he refuse.
"Okay." Shen Zhengze agreed.
Xie Lingjun got up before the other party said anything, and seeing that the other party was still sitting upright, he stretched out his right hand and asked, "Would you like to give me a hand?"
Shen Zhengze was startled again.While he was in a daze, the magic lines on his ears rose again, and a dark red flower bloomed on his earlobe.
Xie Lingjun leaned over, and gently touched Shen Zhengze's earlobe with the tip of his right finger, and finally, it stopped on the magic-binding lock.Wherever the fingertips touched, there was scalding heat, causing his fingertips to burst into burning pain.
"Do you feel anything?" Xie Lingjun asked.He thought to himself, his fingertips were almost scalded, how many times the pain should the other party suffer from being restrained by the magic lock?
Shen Zhengze smiled slightly, and asked calmly: "What do you feel? Should I have any strange feelings? Naturally, I don't feel anything."
Xie Lingjun had various feelings in his heart, his eyelashes trembled, and his fingertips left Shen Zhengze's right ear and retracted.
"Liar," he thought to himself.
Xie Lingjun was amazed at Shen Zhengze's tenacity and calmness. When he saw the other party's refreshing smile, he couldn't help but want to feel sorry for him.But he also knew that Shen Zhengze pretended to be nonchalant, precisely because he didn't want others to sympathize with him.
Xie Lingjun had no choice but to take a deep breath, lowered his eyes and said, "It's nothing. Let's go and have a look."
Shen Zhengze smiled again and said, "Did you just want to pull me up?"
"En." Xie Lingjun replied softly.
Shen Zhengze stared at Xie Lingjun for a long time, and then asked softly: "Can you promise me one thing?"
Xie Lingjun didn't give an answer directly, but said: "What's the matter?"
"Promise me," Shen Zhengze said slowly, "don't ask me again, who do I think you are. You are you, and your name is Xie Lingjun. It is you who won the first place in the rising sun competition; when Chang Xiangsi comes, stop me You are the one who is impulsive; I am shattered, and you are the one who helps me fuse; you are the one who carries me by the sword; in front of Ji Yanran, it is you who speak up to defend me...
"I always think that what a person is called or how he was born is not very important, what matters is what he does. A person is made up of his words and deeds. You are you, and I know you because You did those things.
"So, don't ask me again, who do I take you for. I only think of you as yourself."
"Liar." Xie Lingjun said in his heart, this was the second time he found out that Shen Zhengze was lying today.
But when Shen Zhengze said this, so much, so clearly, and so sincerely, could Xie Lingjun still expose him and continue to force the other party to think about painful things?
Xie Lingjun couldn't help it, so he could only agree indifferently: "Okay. I won't ask you."
Shen Zhengze was relieved when he heard this answer, and the smile on his face became more sincere, and he said immediately: "Thank you... then let's go, I am also very curious about what is in this attic. There are too many things that happened recently, Far beyond my cognition. I think maybe we can get some clues from here."
After finishing speaking, Shen Zhengze finally no longer had any scruples, and directly took Xie Lingjun's hand, letting him pull him up.
The two walked out of the sword room side by side, getting very close to each other.
When I went to the third floor, I found nine rooms, only the farthest room had a cold jade bed, and the rest were wooden beds.And there are tables and chairs in each room, as well as shelves for hanging swords.
There was only one empty room on the fourth floor, which was surprisingly large.In Qingyang Pavilion, most of the rooms are illuminated by jade beads to ensure that the night is as bright as the day.But in this room, it was pitch black, not to mention it was like daytime, there was not even a ray of light.
Xie Lingjun made a trick, and a ball of warm white light ignited at his fingertips.
Shen Zhengze said softly, "Can I ask a question?"
"what?"
Shen Zhengze thought for a while, and then asked: "Who did you learn the formation from, or did you learn it yourself?"
Xie Lingjun's formation was learned from the head of Taiyou Lake after becoming a demon in his previous life.At that time, his sword skills were all useless, and he couldn't use the magic energy with the soul sword at all, so he had to learn the formation method.Formation is as difficult as reaching the sky, and it is because of Xie Lingjun's extraordinary talent that he can learn it all.
Of course, Xie Lingjun would not say these words to Shen Zhengze.
"Is this important?" He said casually, trying to divert the topic, without answering a word.
Shen Zhengze was silent for a while, and said, "Maybe it's very important, maybe it's not important at all."
When Xie Lingjun heard this, he pretended that the other party hadn't said anything, and bent down on his own, stretching his fingertips to the ground.
The first, second and third floors are paved with white jade bricks, and only the fourth floor is paved with bluestone bricks.The color of the bluestone bricks is very dark, some are black and reddish, this color is very unnatural, and it is not naturally formed at first glance.
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze both lowered their heads when they saw the abnormality, and they made the most of it.
Half of Shen Zhengze's face was illuminated by a warm white halo.Xie Lingjun just glanced at him, and was attracted by his beauty. For a moment, he even forgot to look at the blue stone brick, and his eyes stayed on the other person's face.
Shen Zhengze stretched out his hand and wiped it vigorously on the bluestone brick. When he raised his hand, his fingertips were clean and there was no difference.
"It seems that this place has been cleaned," Shen Zhengze said, "and there is no trace left. I heard that Xie Changhuai passed away more than 300 years ago. During the 300 years, the cleanliness here has never failed. It can be seen that Master Xie Changhuai, this junior, really never forgets, and he is deeply concerned about his death."
Xie Lingjun let out a "huh", only feeling that his heart was ups and downs, bumping up and down with Shen Zhengze's words.He endured it for a long time, and finally, after Shen Zhengze finished speaking, he leaned forward and gently kissed the other party's cheek.
Shen Zhengze was caught off guard, and was kissed straight on. His thin and slender eyelashes trembled slightly, and he took a step back, saying, "Don't..."
"It was you who said that you wanted me to kiss you, didn't you?" Xie Lingjun stared at Shen Zhengze leisurely, taking in the other's every move and every subtle expression.
Shen Zhengze murmured: "Back then..."
"Why did you come to seduce me back then?" Xie Lingjun interrupted Shen Zhengze's nearly whispered words, and mercilessly spit out a sharp question.
Shen Zhengze frowned, pursed his thin lips, and refused to speak.What he did was summarized as "seduce" by the other party, which made him very embarrassed.Angry and angry, his right ear became hot again.
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "You have sworn a heart demon again, can't you say it? You must be blaming me. Why are there so many problems that trouble you? You don't think about it, you only think about it for the sake of senior brother, you will do everything You can do it. But you have to think about these things, whether you are willing to do it or not, this makes you suffer. Right?"
"Yes." Shen Zhengze admitted without hesitation, "Since you know, I don't want to think about these problems at all. Thinking about these problems makes me extremely painful. Why do you still force me to think about them?"
Xie Lingjun said cruelly, "Because I like to see you in pain."
"You..." Shen Zhengze was slightly shocked.
Xie Lingjun saw the other party looking at him, his heart moved, he couldn't help reaching out to hold the other party's chin, and kissed him deeply again.
Shen Zhengze held Xie Lingjun's wrist, but was unable to struggle. He only waited for the other party to let go of him before saying, "Look at this floor tile first, it's weird."
"Okay." Xie Lingjun really loved Shen Zhengze's complex look, and lightly rubbed the other's forehead, finally let go, followed the other's words, and looked at the blue stone brick.
Shen Zhengze let out a long breath, his eyes flickered, and he was greedy for Xie Lingjun's touch, but he didn't dare to think about the question raised by the other party.Under the entanglement, I can no longer think about things related to feelings, so I have to transfer my attention to the floor tiles.
"There are black and red traces on the bluestone bricks, what does this remind you of?" Shen Zhengze asked.
Xie Lingjun replied without thinking: "Magic."
"Yes." Shen Zhengze said, "With such deep marks on the bluestone bricks, it is obvious that being corroded by demon energy is not something that happens every day. I once read the book "Records of Qi Zong", and it said that Xie Changhuai was possessed by demons."
"Qi Zong Shilu" records: In [-], Jiang Xie broke with his junior brother Xie Changhuai, and threatened that they would never see each other again in this life.
Shen Zhengze was like a walking library. After repeating the records in the book verbatim, he continued, "I guess, Xie Changhuai fell into a demon in the [-]th year of Daoyuan."
Xie Lingjun said: "This year is Daoyuan [-]."
Xie Lingjun said this to calculate that Xie Changhuai had fallen into a demon, and it has been 310 years since.
When Shen Zhengze heard this number, he first laughed, and then felt a little sad, and said softly: "The three hundredth anniversary of the birth of the elder brother."
Xie Lingjun sighed and said, "This is really a coincidence."
Shen Zhengze also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. Xie Lingjun had already stated that he didn't want to hear about the elder brother, but Shen Zhengze still mentioned it inadvertently.Only because Shen Zhengze's mind was full of big brothers, no matter what he heard, he would think of big brothers, so he didn't notice it for a while, and said it out.
Shen Zhengze immediately changed the topic: "It has been more than 300 years, but the black and red on the bluestone bricks have not faded. And there are no large-scale formations to prevent damage in this room, and there are only small formations, which are obviously not used for training. of the sword."
A swordsman who loves swords like his life, the place where he spends most of his life, don't need to think too much, it is definitely the place to practice swords.And this room is not a place to practice swords, but there are such deep demon marks, why?
Xie Lingjun said thoughtfully: "Before today, I would have no clue about what happened recently. But after today, I seem to feel that I have some clues."
Shen Zhengze asked curiously: "What?"
Before answering this question, Xie Lingjun asked a crucial question: "What do you think is the most important thing for the power of the Selfless Realm and the Supreme Realm?"
Shen Zhengze felt blessed in his heart, and replied: "Ascension."
"That's right." Xie Lingjun nodded, "So I guess, no matter what the monks in the selfless realm and the supreme realm do, they are all for one thing in the final analysis—that is, ascension."
Shen Zhengze thought of the heart-corroding demon Gu that he killed not long ago, and said in surprise: "Do righteous monks ascend, do they still need demon energy as an aid?"
The Heart-Eating Demon Gu has spirit flowers and Gu worms.In the Changbai Mountains where spiritual power is abundant, it is natural that the spiritual flower parasitizes, absorbs the spiritual power, and then transforms the spiritual power into magic energy through the Gu insects.
The Heart Erosion Demon Gu was hidden in Chuyang Peak's formation, and it had not been discovered for tens of thousands of years because of the balance between spirit and demon.If Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze hadn't disrupted the balance of spiritual power and devil energy, the hidden formation would not have been activated at all.
Before Xie Lingjun was determined to kill the Heart Corroding Demon Gu, the splendid scene he saw gave him a new inspiration.
The Spirit Clan and You Clan, Blue Flowers and Gu, Spirit Power and Devil Qi, these mutually extreme things merge together and complement each other to form an extinct creature like the Heart Erosion Demon Gu.
Both Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze thought at first that this heart-eating demonic Gu was raised in Chuyang Peak by someone with ulterior motives, planning to harm Qingyang Pavilion.
But the Heart Erosion Demon Gu said that they were captured by the master of the Qingyang Pavilion and the head of the Beiming Sect, and were finally imprisoned in the cave.The master of the Qingyang Pavilion would never harm the Qingyang Pavilion, so why did he do this?
After talking with Jiang Xie, Xie Lingjun became more certain of his thoughts - it was for ascension.
"Have you ever thought about it," Xie Lingjun expressed his thoughts cautiously, "after the Great War, why didn't monks ascend?"
Shen Zhengze didn't understand what Xie Lingjun meant, so he shook his head.
Xie Lingjun went on to say: "Because since then, spiritual power and demon energy have been divided into two. Although long before that, the seven grievances in the world began to sink, and fell into the abyss along the high cliff, but it is not as good as it is today. It's so clear."
Shen Zhengze understood a little: "You mean, there has been no cultivator's ascension for more than 8 years, because there is no magic energy in the world, and there is no spiritual power in the abyss? Do you think that ascension requires dual cultivation of spirits and demons to achieve?"
"I don't think so." Xie Lingjun denied, "But after hearing this, do you think it makes sense?"
Shen Zhengze was amused by Xie Lingjun: "It sounds reasonable, but in my opinion, these are fallacies."
Xie Lingjun stretched out his hand to touch Shen Zhengze's face, thinking, Shen Zhengze's sincere smile is so beautiful.
Shen Zhengze glanced at Xie Lingjun.The fact that the other party loves to touch him from time to time is exactly the same as the big brother.
Xie Lingjun stopped, and then said in a serious manner: "You think it's absurd, but in the eyes of others, it may not be the same as absurd. You can't ascend through normal means, are you willing to make a fortune in other fields?"
Shen Zhengze shrugged his shoulders indifferently, ascension or not was secondary to him, and the deepest desire in his heart was to be united with his elder brother forever.If he can become a Taoist companion with the elder brother, even if the sword goes sideways, he will be happy.
Thinking of this, he finally understood what Xie Lingjun said.
In the eyes of those who are determined to ascend, no matter what the path is, they have to try it, and they will not turn back until the end of the road.
Therefore, what seems absurd to Shen Zhengze may not be equally absurd in the eyes of others.And even Shen Zhengze, who thinks that dual cultivation of spirits and demons is nonsense, has to admit that there is some truth, let alone those who really believe in this kind of statement.
"I understand what you mean." Shen Zhengze said.
Before Xie Lingjun finished speaking, Shen Zhengze knew it all.At this point, Xie Lingjun sighed from the bottom of his heart, the two of them should love each other, they are so tacit, so compatible.
Xie Lingjun subconsciously slowed down his judo: "Do you know why I think so?"
Shen Zhengze said: "Besides the heart-corroding demon Gu, do you have other reasons?"
"That's right." Xie Lingjun nodded, "At noon, I asked Master if the Qingxin Jue must be recited silently all the time, and who should recite the Qingxin Jue silently all the time. Do you remember his answer?"
Shen Zhengze recalled a little, and immediately remembered: "The passion in my heart is too strong, and it is easy to become a demon. If it is not a special constitution, it is really necessary, and ordinary people do not need to recite the Qingxin Jue all the time. Master replied this way, that is to say, ordinary people do not need to silently recite the Qingxin Jue And he also said that people with the same body of spirit and demon need the formula of clearing the heart in order to suppress the demons in their hearts."
Seeing that Xie Lingjun had reached this point, there was no need for him to say any more, so he reminded: "Do you know who in Qingyang Pavilion silently recites the Qingxin formula all the time?"
Shen Zhengze was terrified, and said in a trembling voice, "I... I don't know..."
Xie Lingjun laughed, and called Shen Zhengze a "liar" in his heart, and continued: "Yes, you have only been in Qingyang Pavilion for dozens of days, how could you know this kind of secret? If there is a soul and a devil in one body, always silently recite the formula of pure heart , and it will never be leaked, how did you know it?"
Xie Lingjun was told by Jiang Xie not to leak this matter, but Shen Zhengze was so close to him, it was impossible not to guess something.And judging by his expression now, it seems that he has thought of it.
After Xie Lingjun finished speaking, he felt that he was a bit too much and teased him too tightly, so he raised his hand and scratched the tip of the other person's nose, and said in relief: "It's all my random guess, there is no evidence at all. Don't think too much, relax, okay? "
Shen Zhengze grasped Xie Lingjun's hand, nodded and pretended to be calm: "Yes, it's all your wild imagination."
Xie Lingjun looked at the clasped hands with a half-smile.
Shen Zhengze calmly let go, and forcibly brought the topic back to this room: "Look at the bluestone floor tiles, there used to be monsters living here for many years. But this is not a place to practice swords, which means that this monster is not Xie Changhuai himself."
"Yes." Xie Lingjun affirmed, "My guess is that monsters were once raised here. And Xie Changhuai's reason for raising monsters should be the same as the reason why the Qingyang Pavilion master raised the heart-corroding demon. I guess they want to cultivate both spirits and demons. To break through the shackles of not being able to ascend."
Seeing that Xie Lingjun's gaze finally moved away from him, Shen Zhengze immediately felt relieved from the invisible pressure.
Xie Lingjun concluded: "It's no wonder Master wants to seal off this attic. Once someone guesses it, then Xie Changhuai's fame will be lost."
When Xie Lingjun said this, he became more and more curious about his biological father, wanting to know what kind of person he was and what he did before his death.
"Let's go up and see," he said.
Shen Zhengze nodded.
The two came to the fifth floor again.
The stairs in this attic are wide, but when stepping up, Shen Zhengze always felt that Xie Lingjun was squeezing towards him. When he reached the fifth floor, Shen Zhengze was already caught by the escalator by Xie Lingjun.
Shen Zhengze pushed Xie Lingjun shyly: "Can you go over?"
"What?" Xie Lingjun said frankly, "I walked well, why do you keep avoiding me?"
Shen Zhengze: "..."
The jade beads by the stairs shone on Xie Lingjun's face, Xie Lingjun slightly lowered his head and looked at Shen Zhengze, his eyes were clear and clean while speaking.Shen Zhengze didn't want to say anything anymore, and he seemed guilty of talking too much.
The two walked in the corridor on the fifth floor, but found that there was not a single room on the fifth floor that could be opened.
Shen Zhengze asked: "You are familiar with formations, can you solve this formation?"
Xie Lingjun was about to be amused by Shen Zhengze, and immediately said seriously: "You think too highly of me, what does it mean to know the formation? The formation is as difficult as the sky, even if you ask Wen Huaijin, he doesn't dare to say that he knows the formation. I It’s just superficial learning. The formation here is too difficult, how can I solve it?”
Shen Zhengze just wanted to praise Xie Lingjun, but when he was refuted by the other party, he felt humiliated and murmured softly: "Do you understand each other in business? You have to refute this, it's really dead-brained."
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "Speak up, people are by your side. If you want to blame me, you need to be careful not to hear me?"
"You are so kind." Shen Zhengze smiled slightly.
Xie Lingjun was choked up, frowned, reached out and touched his forehead, and let out an "oh".After a while, he finally said, "I finally know one thing."
Shen Zhengze was aroused to be curious, but he was afraid that the other party wanted to hurt him, so he struggled for a while, and asked: "What?"
"Why do others always think that good words are more pleasant than bad ones."
"Why?" Shen Zhengze didn't expect such nonsense, and was a little disappointed.
Xie Lingjun turned his head, looked directly at Shen Zhengze, and said, "I'm happy to hear the good words." After saying this, he ignored Shen Zhengze, turned around and walked upstairs.
Shen Zhengze froze in place, and after thinking for a while, he finally realized what Xie Lingjun meant—Xie Lingjun was happy when he heard the words "You are so kind".
After Shen Zhengze figured it out, he clenched his fists tightly, with mixed feelings, and he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. "Wait for me, don't go so fast." He calmed down quickly, and quickly followed Xie Lingjun.
The sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor... until the No. 11th floor, they are all the same as the fifth floor, no matter how many rooms there are, they are all blocked by formations and cannot be opened.
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze walked to the No.12 floor, almost giving up hope, but unexpectedly, they pushed open the heavy wooden door.
"Squeak—"
The ancient and piercing sound of pushing the door sounded in the quiet night, like a mysterious symbol and prophecy.
The moment the two entered the door, the wooden door closed automatically, and there was a loud bang, hitting the two of them heavily.The room was originally pitch black, but with the sound of closing the door, the huge jade beads instantly lit up the whole room.
"This is—" Shen Zhengze exclaimed.
The height of each floor of this attic is different. When it reaches the No.12 floor, it is more than ten feet high.And this one-hundred-acre wide house is densely packed with books.
Shen Zhengze loved books very much, and immediately wandered in the sea of books.
Xie Lingjun followed behind Shen Zhengze, and judged: "Xie Changhuai should be a very egotistical person."
"Why?" Shen Zhengze stretched out his hand, his fingers slid across the rows of yellowed books.
Xie Lingjun shared his opinion: "Qingyang Pavilion has seven collection pavilions, four of which are in Qingya Academy, and three are in Qingyang Pavilion. There are all kinds of books, from ordinary classics to ancient books restored after being lost, Even banned/books, everything is complete. But Xie Changhuai built a private library."
Shen Zhengze also remembered: "There is a Xuanjian Hall in Qingya Academy, and the swords inside are collected over 10 years, but Xie Changhuai was still not satisfied, and created a room for hiding swords on the third floor."
Xie Lingjun asked: "If our guess is correct. Xie Changhuai raises monsters and prepares to cultivate spirits and demons, then what kind of books should be rich in the library?"
Shen Zhengze said: "Books like "Monster Knowledge" definitely cannot satisfy Xie Changhuai. What he wants to read must be extremely dangerous forbidden books."
Xie Lingjun took Shen Zhengze's hand and signaled him to stop.
Shen Zhengze is now used to Xie Lingjun's movements, so he let the other party pull him.He turned around, looked at Xie Lingjun, and waited for him to speak.
Xie Lingjun said: "Imagine, if you were Xie Changhuai, there would definitely not be so many banned/books you want to read, so why did you build a library?"
Shen Zhengze suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "If I were Xie Changhuai, I must have built such a large library to hide the few books I value in this vast sea of books."
After hearing this, Xie Lingjun suddenly fell into silence.
Shen Zhengze was very confident in his answer at first, and felt that this was the correct answer, but with Xie Lingjun's silence, he suddenly became less sure.
Shen Zhengze touched his nose with his free hand, and said in a muffled voice, "I guessed wrong, or did I guess incompletely?"
"You guessed right." Xie Lingjun frowned.
Shen Zhengze couldn't figure out Xie Lingjun's thoughts, and seeing the other party's uncertain appearance, he felt very uncomfortable, so he withdrew his hand and plunged into the sea of books again.
Xie Lingjun stood behind Shen Zhengze, walked for a while, suddenly stretched out his left hand to wrap his arms around Shen Zhengze's waist, and touched Shen Zhengze's ear with his right hand.
Xie Lingjun asked hoarsely, "Is it hot?"
Shen Zhengze didn't feel anything at first, but as soon as Xie Lingjun's hand touched his ear, he felt that his right ear was about to burn.He didn't know if this was Fu Mosuo's normal reaction, or if he had become strange because of Xie Lingjun's actions.
"Not hot." Shen Zhengze replied again.
"Let's go, this room is very weird, let's go back to the third floor to rest." Xie Lingjun hugged Shen Zhengze, preventing him from taking another step forward.
"What's the matter with you?" Shen Zhengze was puzzled, "We finally came here, and we were able to find some clues, why did we give up halfway?"
Xie Lingjun noticed that the temperature of his fingertips dropped sharply, so he replied: "It's nothing...do you like this place very much?"
Shen Zhengze nodded: "I like it very much. The books here are very rare, and you may not even be able to see them in the Seven Great Library Pavilions."
Xie Lingjun paused and said, "It's fine if you like it."
Shen Zhengze broke Xie Lingjun's hand, broke free, and glanced back: "What's the matter with you? Is the magic lock ugly? This thing is like this. When it restrains my demons, it will become hot. There is nothing to make a fuss about. "
"Yes, there is nothing to make a fuss about." Xie Lingjun repeated softly. After saying this sentence, he seemed to have convinced himself, and walked with Shen Zhengze again.
The door they came in was in the middle, so they naturally walked around in front of the middle row of bookshelves.
Walking to the bottom, Xie Lingjun asked: "There are so many bookshelves, where do you think Xie Changhuai will put the forbidden books?"
Shen Zhengze thought for a while, and quickly replied: "Put it in the most difficult place to find."
"Which place is least likely to be found?"
"The corner, but not the most corner." Shen Zhengze said while thinking, "It's best to put it in a very high place, so high that no one will take the initiative to look at it. Or put it in a very low place, so low that Others are unwilling to bend down. I think, if I were to display them, I would hide them in the sea of books like this."
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "Not only."
Shen Zhengze smiled and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Xie Lingjun asked: "What is the basis for us to find books?"
Shen Zhengze: "If I want to find forbidden/books related to spirits and demons, I will first look for books related to the catalog, such as "Ten Thousand Demons", "Ten Fang Monsters", etc. If there are still no books in these books, then I can only follow the Here comes the title."
"That's right." Xie Lingjun said slowly, "When we look for books, we first determine what we want to find, and then guess which books these things will exist in. The most convenient way is to look at the classics included in the catalog. If the book is not in the records, you can only browse through the titles one by one to see if there is any content you need."
Shen Zhengze nodded, indicating that Xie Lingjun was right.
"But..." Xie Lingjun said slowly, "We don't know that book, and it is very troublesome to find it. We have to look for the title. But Xie Changhuai obviously knows where the book is, so there is no need to look for the title."
When Shen Zhengze heard this, there was still something he didn't understand, and continued: "You mean, he will disguise the book so that others can't see the original appearance of the book."
Xie Lingjun nodded: "Not bad."
Shen Zhengze felt a little discouraged when he thought of this, and said: "Yes. If Xie Changhuai really has hidden books related to spirit demons, after the master breaks with him, he will definitely investigate this library thoroughly. Start from the fifth floor , all the way to the No.11th floor are sealed off. But this library is open, indicating that there may be no forbidden/books here..."
Xie Lingjun and Shen Zhengze could explain the matter completely and clearly with just a few words, and they had a tacit understanding when going back and forth.
Xie Lingjun was satisfied with Shen Zhengze's intelligence, and his tone became a little more relaxed: "In other words, there may not be no banned/books here. It's Xie Changhuai's disguise of books, which escaped Master's detection."
Shen Zhengze felt quite helpless: "Since even the master can't be found, let alone us?"
Xie Lingjun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "That's right! So let's stop wasting our efforts and go back to the third floor to rest. This place is really weird, I think you need to pay more attention."
Shen Zhengze thought the same, although he was very nostalgic for the rare classics in the room, he still obeyed Xie Lingjun's words, and finally walked out of the library side by side with each other.
When the wooden door was pushed open, there was another old harsh "squeak", the sound was elongated and amplified in the quiet night, and it seemed to run over the two people's spirits, making people feel uncomfortable and uneasy.
When going downstairs, Shen Zhengze looked up at the No. 13th floor, and asked: "It's a pity, there is still the last floor, don't you really want to go up and have a look?"
Xie Lingjun said unhurriedly: "Tomorrow, don't be in a hurry."
When the two went upstairs, Xie Ling was next to Shen Zhengze; but when they went downstairs, Xie Ling was behind Shen Zhengze, neither far nor near.This made Shen Zhengze a little disappointed.
"Why are you walking behind me?" Shen Zhengze asked puzzled.
Xie Lingjun said: "This way we can see more clearly."
Shen Zhengze didn't understand why he could see more clearly this way.Is it because standing next to him, you can't see him, but standing behind him, you can see him completely?
Xie Lingjun was already taller than Shen Zhengze, and when he went downstairs, he walked behind him, so he had to lower his head to see him.
At this time, Shen Zhengze had already gotten used to the scorching temperature of the Binding Lock, so he didn't feel any difference.
The magic lock can suppress the demons.For the demons, it is a deadly spiritual treasure. Xie Lingjun was killed by the magic lock and Liu Shaoqing's chest-piercing sword in his previous life.And for the orthodox monks who wantonly breed with demons, this can also be a life-saving magic weapon.
Once the Demon Binding Lock is used on a monk of the righteous way, whenever the demons breed, the lines on the Demon Binding Lock will climb to the monk's body to lock the opponent's demons.
Xie Lingjun was standing beside Shen Zhengze before, ignoring the magic-binding lock that had been shining with a faint light.But when he stood behind Shen Zhengze, he saw flirtatious patterns all around the other's ears.
Shen Zhengze was wearing a plain dress, and the high collar perfectly covered the pattern on his neck.
The exposed ears, with patterns rolling and climbing continuously, spread and grew on Shen Zhengze's body like some living thing.
Walking to the third floor, Xie Lingjun figured out another thing, and said, "Let's go to the room at the end of the corridor, there is a cold jade bed there."
The cold jade bed can suppress inner demons.
I don't know what purpose Xie Changhuai bought this cold jade bed in the first place.But Xie Lingjun is really grateful to his father now.
No wonder Master has been closing the building, but after Shen Zhengze's accident, he opened the attic and let the two of them live here.
Pushing open the wooden door, the bone-piercing cold air hits the face.
Shen Zhengze logically said that he was a cultivation base of the world, so he shouldn't be chilled by the cold, but he shuddered firmly, and frowned: "It's so cold here, do we really want to stay here?"
"Yes." Xie Lingjun stepped over the threshold and stepped into the icehouse-like wooden house, "If you feel cold, you can hug me tightly."
Shen Zhengze laughed: "Stop joking around."
The closer he got to the cold jade bed, the more painful the biting coldness made Shen Zhengze feel.Shen Zhengze, who was very tolerant, finally couldn't help but say: "It's really too cold."
Xie Lingjun sat on the cold jade bed, and after spontaneously exercising his kung fu, he felt warmth all over his body, and the cold jade bed couldn't penetrate his body at all.
Hearing Shen Zhengze's words, he didn't talk about his own situation, and echoed softly: "Yes. It's really too cold, and it's undoubtedly torture to use it to sleep. But are you afraid of this little pain?"
Shen Zhengze sneered, immediately pushed Xie Lingjun away, and lay down on the bed: "You underestimate me."
Xie Lingjun felt infinite pity in his heart, all of which surged at this moment.
Shen Zhengze is strong, undefeated, and can recover from injuries in the blink of an eye.But now, he was lying on the cold jade bed, his teeth chattering from the cold, but he still resisted to make any noise.
Xie Lingjun was lying beside Shen Zhengze, reaching out to wrap his arms around Shen Zhengze.
"What are you doing?!" Shen Zhengze was surprised by Xie Lingjun's actions, and asked unexpectedly.
Xie Lingjun said indifferently: "I'm very cold, I want to hug you to keep warm."
Shen Zhengze let out an "oh".If he believed Xie Lingjun's words at first, but when he felt the other person's scorching body temperature, he suddenly understood Xie Lingjun's intentions.
Shen Zhengze was speechless for a moment.
Xie Lingjun suddenly said:
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