Sick Beauty [Rebirth]

The bitter medicinal fragrance wafted around the medicine house.

A vigorous fire was burning at the bottom of the bronze medicine stove on the high platform halfway up the mountain, and the blue flame rose up, making a crackling sound.

There was a withered and charred willow tree next to the medicine stove, and a few crows stood on the branch, staring straight at the two people passing by one after the other.

Yuan Yongzhi felt the bone-piercing chill from Jianfeng pressing against his vest, and cold sweat trickled down his cheeks drop by drop.

Behind the willow, there is a narrow rock crack.

The light in the crevices was dim.

Ye Yunlan raised his sword and walked behind Yuan Yong, seeing sporadic dark red blood stains on the roadside rock wall, his eyes sank.

This medicine house is full of weirdness.

Did Shen Shu grow up in such an environment?

Walking through the rock cracks for half an hour, the front suddenly opened up.

What is revealed in front of the eyes is a valley in the mountains.

The setting sun shone down, and in the dim red light, there was a lingering smell of blood floating in the valley.

A gust of mountain wind came from nowhere.

Even though it was the warm spring season, Ye Yunlan felt a little cold.

At this moment, he heard an inhuman roar and roar.

He looked where the sound came from, and saw a whole row of prison houses opened up in the rock wall of the backing mountain, there were about dozens of them.

"What's in there?" he asked.

Yuan Yongzhi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and replied honestly: "This...these are usually captured living creatures that are used to refine medicine, such as spirit beasts and monsters. But sometimes, Master will also use it to lock up those who made mistakes in the medicine hut. Disciple, let them here... face the wall and reflect."

It is normal for a master to teach his disciples a lesson.

But it is inappropriate to lock up disciples in such an unknown place.

This valley in the mountain, according to the principles of Feng Shui of the Five Elements, is the place where Yin Qi gathers in Qingyun Mountain. Such a place is prone to evil spirits, and for practitioners, it is easy to have demons.

The matter of facing the wall and thinking about mistakes is to make the disciples reflect on their mistakes, not to destroy the way of life.

"Who is your master?" Ye Yunlan asked suddenly.

Xue Zhong only told him that the head of the medicine house was named Liu, but he didn't tell him the specific name of the deacon.

Yuan Yongzhi wiped off his sweat, and replied: "Family teacher Liu Qing."

Liu Qing.

Ye Yunlan frowned.

It was him.

He still had some impression of Liu Qing.

It's just that this kind of impression was not left by him when he stayed in Tianzong, but after many years, after he came to the Demon Gate, he heard about Liu Qing's deeds.

This person was originally an elder of Xuanhu Peak, the inner sect of Tianzong.

In Tianzong, Xuanhu Peak is also called Medicine Peak, because most of the disciples practicing on Xuanhu Peak are medical practitioners.Liu Qing is a well-known medical practitioner on the Medicine Peak. The "Returning Life Pill" he refined has the miraculous effect of regaining life and increasing lifespan. It is hard to find a pill in the practice world.

As for the reason why Liu Qing was demoted to the outer sect, not many people knew the reason at the beginning. It was later revealed when Liu Qing went mad, fell into the devil way, and rebelled against Tianzong——Liu Qing secretly used living people Alchemy.

Huiming Dan is refined by living people.

So this elixir is not a holy elixir to bring back life at all, but an evil medicine to exchange life for life.

After Liu Qing rebelled against Tianzong, he became the protector of the Demon Sect's Soul Refining Sect. Later, the Soul Refining Sect was destroyed by the Mozun, but this man survived.

Ye Yunlan met Liu Qing once, he was covered in a black robe, never made a sound, and would only faithfully complete the tasks assigned by the Demon Venerable.

Liu Qing finally died in Qianshang Pond.

The soul-eating insects fed by the Demon Lord devoured the soul of the body and died.The death was terrible.

The reason was that he was seriously injured accidentally at that time, and Mozun ordered Liu Qing to refine life-returning pills for him, but he refused.

At that time, Mozun said to Liu Qing: "Since Lan'er doesn't want you to refine medicine for him, you are useless. Go to Qianshang Pond to receive punishment. It just so happens that the soul-eating worm that I raised recently is still missing. Some nourishment."

Then he heard Liu Qing's trembling voice for the first time, the voice was extremely hoarse and shrill: "My lord! I have been driven by you for so many years, you can't treat me like this—"

Mozun waved his sleeves impatiently, and Dharma protectors from left and right came out and dragged Liu Qing away.

"You said, you have been with me for so many years, but why have you forgotten the rules I set? As I said, I don't like to hear your voice." Throw it into Qianshang Pond, there is no need to fish it out again."

He was seriously injured, and was hugged by the Demon Venerable. Hearing this, he felt that something was wrong, so he grabbed the Demon Venerable's sleeve, and was about to plead for mercy.

However, Mozun raised his hand to pinch his chin, and pressed his fingertips against his pale and bloodless lips. His tone was casual, and there seemed to be sullen hidden: "Lan'er, don't make me angry anymore."

Mozun has always been known for being cruel and violent, but after he was sent to the demon gate, the other party's attitude towards him has always been gentle.

He almost forgot that this person was originally a moody, life-threatening demon.

Even though Liu Qing used living people to refine medicine, death is a crime, but because of such a trivial matter, he was thrown into Qianshang Pond and died of being devoured by thousands of insects, Ye Yunlan didn't understand.

Although Liu Qing is just an insignificant lackey under the Demon Lord's seat, he is just a plaything in the hands of the Demon Lord.

The death of Liu Qing made him feel a little sad for the death of a rabbit.

Without using the life-returning pill, the injury on his body could not be delayed any longer.

The Mozun carried him back to the Demon Palace, passed through the curtains, and put him on the bed.

The lights in the hall were dim, and the Demon Venerable stared down at him, the ghost mask looked extremely sinister and ferocious.

He still couldn't see the other party's expression clearly, and couldn't figure out the other party's thoughts.

After a long time, Mozun suddenly raised his sleeves and blew out those few candles.

The surroundings became completely dark.

The mask was thrown on the ground with a crisp sound.Mozun reached into his clothes, put his palm on the wound on his waist, and asked him coldly, "Does it hurt?"

The wound was just a skin wound, and it had scabbed a little. His real injury was actually inside his body, but he still couldn't help frowning after being touched like this.

"It doesn't hurt." He said softly.

Mozun was agitated by his indifferent tone, and with a little force on his hand, he sneered, "What about now?"

He trembled a bit, smelling a faint smell of blood, and the cold fingertips of the Mozun touched the tender flesh under the scab on his wound.

pain.

He already realized that the Mozun was in a bad mood, but he was also angry, so he just turned his head and said in a more indifferent tone: "...it doesn't hurt."

For a moment, Mozun wanted to crush the person under him.

But in the end, he just slowly withdrew his strength, took a deep breath, and said: "Yesterday someone went to assassinate in the magic palace, why didn't you call me immediately?"

He said, "That man is dead."

"I'm asking you, why didn't you call me?" Mozun said.

Just as he was about to answer, he suddenly shivered all over. He felt that the bleeding wound had been licked by something warm and wet. It was numb and itchy, and he couldn't help but grip the bed tightly.

"I just don't think it's necessary..."

The two white jade rings on his ankles that imprisoned spiritual power had already been taken off by the Demon Venerable, and his cultivation had recovered a lot, so he was still able to handle the assassin's strength.

What's more, yesterday, just spent the night of the full moon.

Every time there was a full moon night, the Demon Lord was in a very bad state, and after the full moon night, he would always disappear for a while, he thought, the other party probably didn't have time to take care of these trivial matters.

"It's not necessary?" Mozun's lips were stained with blood, hidden in the darkness, his voice was cold and deep, "Oh, the immortal always said that he didn't feel pain...then when I come to help you heal later, Just don't cry."

He didn't know how the Demon Venerable was going to heal him, he only felt the weight of the other party being pressed down, and there was a hot touch.

Mozun's tricks are superb, and his body has already been soaked in medicinal baths for many years to be extremely sensitive. In the past, it would not take long for him to soften into a puddle of water, allowing the opponent to do whatever he wants, but today it is different.

Mozun noticed his resistance and indifference, and suddenly bit his shoulder, very hard.

The canine teeth were grinding through the cloth, as if trying to tear him apart, he said hoarsely, "What are you making a fuss about, huh?"

While speaking, several cold and slippery things entangled themselves.

He closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Liu Qing..."

"Sure enough, you are angry with me because of today's matter." Mozun said in a deep voice.

He frowned and endured the strange feeling all over his body, "Liu Qing didn't make a big mistake..."

"But you don't know," the Demon Venerable sneered, "I let him end his life in the Qianshang Pond, which is actually a kindness to him."

He bit his lip, forced tears from the end of his eyes.

Mozun's tone suddenly turned gentle, "Are you afraid that I will treat you the same way I did to Liu Qing?" He no longer bit his shoulder, but held his lips, like a very hungry wolf dog, in a vicious way. hunting.

The faint smell of blood blended between the lips and teeth.

"But you are completely different."

"Elder Immortal, as I said, as long as you stick to me," Mozun breathed softly into his ear, "I will never do this to you."

He didn't believe it.

On the one hand, the world recognizes that Demon Lord has a perverse temperament and unpredictable moods, on the other hand, since he was sent to the Demon Gate by Chen Weiyuan, his last bit of trust in human nature has been lost.

Mozun's actions continued.

He thought that the other party was just angry and wanted to play tricks on him, but he didn't expect Mozun to really start healing him.

He is the furnace of the Demon Lord.The top-level furnace was cultivated after years of soaking in medicinal baths softened the bones.Everyone in the Demon Sect regards him as the demon king, but everyone in the Xianmen regards him as a traitor and a scum.His reputation is notorious and his status is extremely humble.

He always thought that the reason why Mozun loved and cherished him was because his body still had some value left.

But now, Mozun injected his cultivation base and spiritual power into his body to heal his physical injuries.

But in this case, Mozun has become his furnace instead.

He didn't expect Mozun to heal him in such a way.

He was in pain from the Demon Lord, and he frowned, tears streaming down his face.The injury in the body is getting better.

"You said you are not afraid of pain. But Immortal Elder, you have to remember," Mozun hugged him, kissed away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and whispered in his ear, "In this world, only I can love you."

"No one can get around me and touch you—unless they step over my dead body."

He had long since disbelieved in the promises of the world, and did not take Mozun's words to heart at that time.

...But Mozun really did what he said.

He always remembered that even at the moment when there was no way out and no hope for survival, this person... was still protecting him.

Ye Yunlan stopped.

"Your master Liu Qing, where is it now?" He asked Yuan Yongzhi.

Yuan Yongzhi's forehead was dripping with cold sweat again. He wondered why Ye Yunlan asked this question, and said vaguely: "Master...Master, the old man made some mistakes during retreat, and he is recovering from his injuries."

Ye Yunlan already had a guess in his heart, and the tip of his sword pressed against Yuan Yongzhi's vest, "Tell the truth."

"You can't touch me!" Yuan Yongzhi suddenly raised his voice, "My master was originally the elder of the medicine peak of the inner sect, and many elders of other peaks rely on the elixir refined by my master. If you hurt me, even if you are the elder of the inner sect Sect disciples will also be severely punished!"

Ye Yunlan ignored the threats in his words, and only said: "Liu Qing is not recovering from his injuries."

In the previous life, Liu Qing betrayed Tianzong, think about it carefully, that is what happened in the past few years

Contacting Yuan Yongzhi's secretive attitude, Ye Yunlan suddenly looked sideways at the room that made the strange noise, and said calmly, "He's gone mad. Is he the one locked here?"

"How do you know?" Yuan Yongzhi turned pale with shock, "Only the disciples of Yaolu know about Master's insanity... That's right, did that bastard Shen Shu tell you?"

Hearing the word "evil animal", Ye Yunlan's eyes darkened slightly.

"I'm telling you to watch your mouth well, don't be indiscriminate and bark everywhere." Thinking of the purpose of his trip, he temporarily put Liu Qing's matter behind him, and sent the long sword forward, "Tell me, Shen Shu Where are you locked up?"

A tingling pain came from the vest, which shocked Yuan Yong.

A thick black air floated in his eyes.

He rolled his eyes slowly, and said, "Senior brother, it's not because of my indiscretion. I'm afraid senior brother doesn't know, that evil... There are evil and ominous things on Shen Shu's body, which will affect the luck of practitioners. In the past few years, It is because of him that the disciples of Yaolu suffered a lot. He was locked up here facing the wall to be punished, and he deserved it.”

A ball slid down from his sleeve and was pinched in his palm, "So senior brother, I want to advise you, it's better to avoid Shen Shu... Otherwise, senior brother may not even know how he died in the future." have no idea."

Yuan Yongzhi thought that since he said this, Ye Yunlan should hesitate. After all, the most taboo thing for a cultivator is to affect his luck. Unexpectedly, the other party just said in a cold voice, "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Yuan Yong choked, and suddenly heard the sound of broken porcelain in the distance, and then saw Ye Yunlan passed him, walked quickly to the end of the rock wall, and stepped into a prison cell.

It was the cell where Shen Shu was imprisoned.

Yuan Yongzhi suddenly heard the sound of long swords colliding, and his heart skipped a beat, he also followed, only to find that the cell door was wide open.

The setting sun had already entered the western mountain, and in the dim light, the scene inside surprised him.

The ground was covered with fragments of medicine bowls, and his junior brother Xu Ze was lying on the ground, unknown to him,

But Ye Yunlan held that beast in his arms.

The animal was covered with blood, its clothes were torn from the whip, and chains were hung on its thin wrists, and it lay on Ye Yunlan's shoulder as a pillow. His long hair hung down, revealing his pale cheeks.

It looked a little pitiful.

When Ye Yunlan first came in, she saw Shen Shu curled up in the corner of the wall in the darkness, and a disciple was about to strike Shen Shu with a sword.

Without thinking too much, he drew out his sword and rescued Shen Shu.

Seeing him coming, Shen Shu got up staggeringly, fell into his arms, clutched his clothes, his body trembling, and called him in a low voice: "Xianjun."

Like a frightened animal.

His white clothes were wet with blood. He hugged the bruised young man in his arms, feeling a slight pain in his heart, and said, "Tell me, what happened? Who did the injuries on your body?"

The person he gave his life to save was injured like this again just after he didn't put it in front of his eyes for a while.

Shen Shu said hoarsely: "Senior Brother Yuan locked me here, beat me with a whip, and said he was punishing me for going out without permission...Senior Brother Xu asked me to drink medicine, but if I refused, he would kill me."

After hearing this, Ye Yunlan suddenly turned her head to look at Yuan Yongzhi, and said coldly: "That's what you said, Shen Shu was only punished here facing the wall? It's not that you guys used torture privately and murdered your fellow disciples?"

Murdering a fellow sect is a serious crime in Tianzong.

Yuan Yongzhi didn't believe it at all, and subconsciously said: "Impossible! I taught him the truth with a whip, but Junior Brother Xu has been waiting for this beast to test the medicine for several days, how could he kill him on purpose? What's more, the chains on his body are broken, That is a chain made of black iron, even if it is chopped with a sword, it will not be broken in a short while-"

"Testing medicine?" Ye Yunlan caught a word in his words, and Shen Lie's eyes were even worse, "You...forced Shen Shu to test medicine?"

Using living people to test medicine is the same as refining medicine with living people, which is a taboo in the Taoist sect.

Liu Qing committed similar things but was only demoted to the outer sect because the "Hui Ming Pill" he refined was related to many elders in the sect. If it was Yuan Yongzhi, he would not be so lucky.

Yuan Yongzhi's expression changed.

It was hard for him to take the position of the head of the medicine hut, and his buttocks are still warm, so this matter must not be known to outsiders——!

I saw Shen Shu raised his head from Ye Yunlan's shoulder to look at him again, his eyes were treacherous and sullen, revealing a hint of sarcasm.

"Senior brother Xu cut off the chains on me..." His voice was still weak, "Senior brother Xu said that it would be too cheap to just kill me, and it would be more interesting to play cat and mouse..."

How could Xu Ze say such a thing!

Yuan Yongzhi suddenly realized that the pitiful appearance of this beast was all a faux pas, and it was just for the sake of setting things up!

He was on fire.

This bastard, who is already under his control, dares to play this hand with him——!

Who is the cat and who is the mouse?

Yuan Yongzhi looked at Xu Ze who was lying on the ground, and his face completely sank. Manic emotions surged in his heart, which almost made him lose his ability to judge.

He thought, since the matter of living people testing medicine has been exposed, there is no need to hide Shen Shu's matter, as long as Ye Yunlanlan can stay here forever - then no one will know what happened in the medicine house whats the matter!

The black energy in Yuan Yong's eyes surged wildly, without hesitation, he poured all the spiritual energy from his whole body into the ball in his hand.

Ye Yunlan felt that the body of the boy in his arms suddenly became stiff, and then trembled slightly.

Shen Shu said hoarsely: "Xianjun... let's go..."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to push him away, staggered back, and shrank into a dark corner by himself.

A gust of mountain wind blew by, freezing cold to the bone.

This is an extremely yin place in the mountains. At this time, the surrounding yin energy is frantically gathering towards this house.Not only the yin qi, but also the ghost aura left by the creatures who died in this valley began to spread here.

The bright moon in the sky was covered by dark clouds, and Yuan Yongzhi was full of madness.

"Yes, that's it... Shen Shu, Master has raised you for so long, now it's your turn to serve our master."

"What did you do to him?" Ye Yunlan raised his sword and pointed at Yuan Yongzhi with cold eyes.

The meaning of endless death and extinction spread, Yuan Yongzhi was dripping with cold sweat, couldn't help but clenched the dark green ball in his hand, and shouted: "Take him down for me!"

An attack suddenly came from the side, Ye Yunlan dodged the blow sideways, his sleeves fluttered, and he saw Shen Shu's face.

Those eyes had lost all their brilliance, they were empty and cold, and what they held in their hands was Xu Ze's long sword that had fallen to the ground.

Shen Shu's state was obviously abnormal.

Ye Yunlan could perceive the living things around him, but Shen Shu at this moment was completely different from his usual perception.

If you really want to say... At this moment, Shen Shu doesn't look like a living person at all.

Ye Yunlan was observing.

In the dim environment, his eyesight was already lacking, but Shen Shu's aura was like a ghost, and the long sword came with a ghostly aura, extremely fast, and it was hard to guard against, but the attacks were chaotic, and there was no set of formed swordsmanship.

Ye Yunlan sideways dodged a sword, and a few black hairs slowly fell in the air.

He frowned slightly, trying to concentrate on watching, but his vision became even more blurred.

He didn't want to hurt the other party, and he was a little restrained when he shot, and he had no cultivation, and gradually became tired of parrying.

Seeing this, Yuan Yongzhi couldn't help being overjoyed.

Logically speaking, Shen Shu's strength should be more than that after the secret technique is activated, but Yuan Yongzhi is so excited that he can't think at all at the moment—the pleasure of holding a powerful evil thing in his hands is so strong, and what makes him even more excited is After taking down the person in front of him, how would he ravage and fiddle with the other person's reverie.

Fear breeds desire more violently.

When this man put the sword on his neck just now, did he ever think that the person he tried his best to meet would actually take him down and send him into his hands?

Yuan Yongzhi only felt the spiritual energy in his whole body flowing excitedly and rapidly, swelled in his meridians, making his body light and light, his heart beating rapidly, and even reverberating in his ears.

Countless colorful and treacherous illusions appeared in his mind, as if he had ascended to the clouds, and everything he had imagined was within reach.

Suddenly, in the dark space, a dim sword light flashed across, Shen Shu's long sword was picked up and fell to the ground with a "clang".

And he also fell to the ground, motionless.

The accident happened so quickly, Yuan Yongzhi's fantasy dream seemed to be pierced by this sword light, and he returned to reality, feeling an unbearable emptiness.

The swollen spiritual power frantically surged through the meridians, and the lightness disappeared, replaced by the pain of the meridian rupture.

Retrograde aura, go crazy.

Yuan Yongzhi opened his eyes wide in horror, but couldn't control the blood gushing from his mouth.

He couldn't figure out why he suddenly became obsessed.

What is even more incomprehensible is why Shen Shu suddenly fell down - the secret technique was activated, and the filth accumulated in the medicine house for many years has been absorbed by Shen Shu. It can dissolve the filthy aura on Shen Shu, and no one can hurt him.

Ye Yunlan didn't care about Yuan Yongzhi, but walked up quickly to check on Shen Shu's condition.

With the sword just now, he just lifted Shen Shu's sword away, and did not hurt Shen Shu.

Shen Shu fell down by himself.

In the dim light, he saw a large bloodstain under Shen Shu's body.

When he hugged Shen Shu just now, he only saw bloodstains on the other party's clothes. Now that he looked carefully, he found that there was a wound pierced by a long sword on Shen Shu's abdomen, and thick blood was gushing out from the wound .

Was that disciple injured just now?

Ye Yunlan frowned, didn't think about whether Shen Shu would attack again, but just helped him up.

Such a wound must be bandaged immediately, otherwise Shen Shu would lose too much blood and his life would be in danger.

He untied Shen Shu's clothes, tore a piece of material to bandage the wound on his abdomen.

The young man was pale and thin, with many welts and old wounds on his body. Ye Yunlan frowned as he watched,

He let Shen Shu lean on his shoulder, put his hands behind his back, and tied a knot with the wound dressing.Turning his face to the side, he saw Shen Shu's long hair hanging down his cheeks, and a strange mark was revealed on the back of his pale and slender neck.

Ye Yunlan saw the mark clearly, his eyes were slightly stern.

At the same time, there was a sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

It was Yuan Yongzhi who fell to the ground.

A dark green bead rolled out of his hand and rolled to Ye Yunlan's feet.

Ye Yunlan picked up the ball.

It was cold to start with, and Ye Yunlan recognized that this thing was a soul refining pearl before she could penetrate the spiritual power into it.

And the puppet seal he saw just now, Shen Shu's identity is already self-evident.

Shen Shu is a puppet trained by human sacrifice.

Refining puppet is originally an evil technique in the magic gate. It uses natural materials and earth treasures to shape the figure of a puppet, and then engraves it with a forbidden technique to create a weapon to help the master fight.

However, the puppet refined in this way has no spirituality and can only be regarded as an artifact, and its strength is limited by the level of heaven, material and earth treasures, so it is generally not too high, and the things it can do are very limited.

Thousands of years ago, the Soul Refining Sect invented the art of refining living beings.

This technique is kept secret, and the outside world only knows that one of the steps of this method is to torture a highly talented living person in pain and despair for a hundred days, bear endless resentment to death, and then impose a forbidden technique to kill the three souls. The seven soul locks are refined in the corpse.

The puppet refined in this way has spirituality. As long as it can absorb enough filth, it can increase its strength indefinitely until the upper limit of what the puppet itself can carry, but it will not have shackles like humans.

Golems made from living people are divided into three classes: Heaven, Earth, and Human.

The stronger the aptitude of the selected living human bones, the deeper the resentment carried during refining, and the higher the golem's grade.

Even the lowest human-level puppet can reach the stage of transforming gods that can be called a powerful party.

The puppet is not a living thing. If the devil energy is not exhausted, it will be immortal, and it will completely obey the master's order.Therefore, golems were once an extremely sought-after tool in the Demon Sect, and every golem sold by the Soul Refining Sect could fetch sky-high prices.

It's just that the probability of successful refining of golem puppets is also frighteningly low. Sometimes, even one out of tens of thousands of people may not be able to refine it.

In the previous life, since the Soul Refining Sect was destroyed by the Demon Lord, this refining method was lost forever.

"Give me back my things..."

Yuan Yongzhi who fell on the ground suddenly struggled to speak, his face twisted and hideous.

Ye Yunlan said coldly: "Does anyone in the Zongmen know that you secretly colluded with the Demon Sect to refine golems?"

Yuan Yongzhi was startled suddenly, his head cleared up a little.

Golems are the most outstanding weapons in the world, but they belong to the Demon Sect after all.

It is a taboo for people in the immortal way to contact the demon sect. If he is discovered, it will not be as simple as being expelled from the sect.

Yuan Yongzhi's expression turned pale, and he suddenly changed his words: "These things were all done by that old guy Liu Qing alone, and have nothing to do with our Yaolu disciples... My two senior brothers were punished by Liu Qing because they discovered this matter." Qing kills people to silence him, senior brother, I really didn't lie to you this time!"

"You say you don't know anything about it?"

The method of refining living people is unique to the Soul Refining Sect.

Although Liu Qing will defect from the sect to join the Soul Refining Sect in the future, but now he is still a member of the Heavenly Sect, so it is impossible for him to know how the Soul Refining Sect refines golems, unless he was originally an undercover agent sent by the Soul Refining Sect.

If so, Momen's hand is too long.

At this moment, Ye Yunlan heard a mournful roar from outside again.

Liu Qing's obsession will never be an act of faking.

The blood from Shen Shu's wound oozes from the bandaged clothes, Ye Yunlan doesn't want to think about these trifles anymore.

He took out the sound transmission spirit jade that He Lanze gave him, briefly explained the matter here, and said indifferently: "I have notified the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall to come, if you need to explain anything, you go and talk to the people in the Law Enforcement Hall Bar."

Yuan Yongzhi said in horror: "No—!"

Ye Yunlan stopped listening and only looked at the bright red blood on Shen Shu's wound.

For a golem refined by the method of refining a living person, its blood will turn completely black, and it will lose its body temperature and heartbeat, so it is not considered a living person.

Shen Shu's blood was bright red, so it should be only a half-finished product.

His refining process is not perfect, which means that he is still a person.

He gently wiped the blood from Shen Shu's cheek with his fingertips, and his spiritual consciousness penetrated into the bead.

Inside the bead is a pitch-black space filled with intertwined chains, with a small figure wrapped around the most central chain.

It's Shen Shu.

Shen Shu looks much more immature than now.

This should be the part of Shen Shu's soul that was forcibly pulled out by the refiner before the method of refining the living person began.

That Shenhun looked only six or seven years old, with a pale face, and his eyes were empty and numb, like a lifeless puppet.

If possible, Ye Yunlan would like to destroy the Soul Refining Orb now to release the restriction.

Just doing this will destroy the Soul Refining Orb and this part of Shen Shu's soul together.

The method of refining the living person is so vicious, even if the refining has not been completed, Shen Shu's life is connected to this soul refining orb, which means that it will be difficult for him to escape the control of others in this life.

He held the Soul Refining Orb in his palm, and slowly rubbed it with his fingertips.

He is thinking.

Suddenly, he felt the unconscious boy in his arms move.

He looked down, and saw Shen Shu's eyelashes trembling, and slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he saw Ye Yunlan, a light appeared in Shen Shu's eyes, but immediately, he noticed the dark green ball in Ye Yunlan's hand, his dark pupils shrank, and he instinctively reached out to grab the ball, but Ye Yunlan avoided it. open.

Shen Shu's eyes darkened, he tilted his head suddenly, and asked, "Xianjun...do you even want to use me?"

use.

The word Shen Shu used it very naturally, but Ye Yunlan frowned subconsciously, reached out and touched Shen Shu's head, and explained softly: "Your soul is connected to the soul refining orb, if you destroy it, you will be severely injured, and you may even be killed." die."

Shen Shu tilted his head and looked at him, "Is that true?"

The boy's tone was very light, as if he didn't really believe it, but he really didn't try to snatch the ball anymore, he just raised his head and rubbed his hand, with a slight smile on his pale face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Xianjun is here again!" Saved me once... I'm so happy."

Seeing him like this, Ye Yunlan suddenly remembered the first time he met the other party, and the other party stubbornly asked how to repay him.

——Xianjun, tell me, what do you want?

--what can you give me?

--all.I can give Xianjun everything.

—Including your life?

— including my life.

The soul refining orb in his hand suddenly became very heavy.

Shen Shu's injury should not move violently, and it will take time for the people from the Law Enforcement Hall to come over. Ye Yunlan was afraid that Shen Shu would pass out again, so she was silent for a while, and said, "Shen Shu, tell me about your past."

"What happened to me before...?"

"What happened before you met me. Tell me about your former relatives and friends."

But Shen Shu said: "I... have no relatives or friends. Before... maybe there were, but I have forgotten. I only remember that night many years ago... there was a lot of blood, blood all over the sky, everyone died."

Ye Yunlan didn't ask him which night it was, but just listened quietly.

"I was taken to the mountains, where... there were many people my age. We were locked in a big wooden shed, and every once in a while... someone would be taken away."

"The people who were taken away...none of them came back."

"One day, they took me to a cave. The cave... was full of bones and poisonous snakes. They broke my limbs, dug out my abdominal cavity, put beads...in it, and let the snakes crawl on me As Shen Shu said, he suddenly grabbed the hem of his shirt, "I'm in so much pain, Xianjun."

Ye Yunlan hugged him and said softly: "It doesn't hurt anymore, it's all over."

Shen Shu snuggled into Ye Yunlan's arms, sniffed the light and gentle fragrance of this man, and let out a low "hmm".

He paused, and a gloomy look flashed across his eyes, before continuing: "It was Liu Qing... who saved me. He took me and that round bead out of the cave secretly."

"At first... I was very grateful, but later, I discovered that he didn't treat me as a human being, but as a... animal raised by him."

"He took me back to Tianzong. At first...he was afraid that I would hurt others, so he tied me with a chain. Later, I learned to pretend to be good, and he let me go."

Ye Yunlan quietly listened to Shen Shu's narration, and gently stroked Shen Shu's back with gentle force.

"For so many years, everyone in the medicine hut has treated me like an animal, only Xianjun..." Shen Shu rubbed his cheeks against him, "...Only Xianjun is willing to treat me as a human being. So... I I want to stay with Xianjun."

Ye Yunlan's long eyelashes trembled slightly.

"I haven't picked the golden bell flower for Xianjun yet, Xianjun...can you reward me in advance?" Shen Shu said in a low voice, "Take me back, okay?"

Ye Yunlan was silent for a while, and understood what Shen Shu meant.

Shen Shu wanted him to take him back with him, and then... stay by his side for a long time.

The boy's request was so straightforward, his body was covered with bruises, but he still remembered the flower he promised to break for him.

It's just that from the previous life to the present, he has lived alone for dozens of years.

I have long forgotten what it feels like to have someone by my side.

No companionship in this world is permanent, and everyone will leave in the end.

He once told Shen Shu this, and at the same time he kept telling himself this.

He had already decided to be alone and live peacefully in this life.

just.

He embraced Shen Shu, and saw the mottled old wounds and bloodstains on the young man's body.

A few strands of the other party's soft hair rubbed against his neck, itching slightly.

Shen Shu was lonely and lonely when he was young, and all his relatives were lost.

The disciples of Yaolu regard him as a tool and treat him like a livestock. Although they have fellow disciples, they have no friends. Even because they haven't spoken for a long time, they always stumble when communicating with him.

He should have died in the fire in the secret realm, but was saved by him.

Shen Shu lives because of him.

And even though he was suffering, he was still clean and pure, and he never forgot to repay his kindness to him.

Even the soul refining orb that can manipulate the life of his soul was handed over to him.

Ye Yunlan didn't intend to leave any fetters and worries in the world.

But if it's Shen Shu.

If it's just Shen Shu...

He closed his eyes and took out the blood-stained Jinling flower from his bosom.

"I have received the golden bell flower you picked for me."

Shen Shu's eyes widened slightly.

"I said I would give you a reward." Ye Yunlan lowered her head and looked at Shen Shuchun's bright black eyes, which reflected his shadow.

The other party was so wholeheartedly looking up at him expectantly.

He thought he should respond to this expectation.

So he continued: "...The reward is, after you recover from your injury, I will accept you as an apprentice."

-

The people from the Law Enforcement Hall arrived very quickly.

He Lanze led dozens of law enforcement hall disciples to blast open the gate of Yaolu, and then went straight to the valley in the mountain according to the direction Ye Yunlan pointed.

His face was extremely cold, and he was full of worry and suppressed his heart. However, when he saw the blood on Ye Yunlan's body,