old grace

The next day, Xie Qinghe went to Feixian Caolu to bid farewell, while Fu Chuan went to the outer door to give instructions.After the two had made their settlements clear, they agreed to meet at Feiyuanliao. Yun Chao had brought out the Feiyuan they used frequently and flew directly to Xun City.

Xun City is thousands of miles away from Hanshan Mountain. If you want to get to your destination as soon as possible, you naturally choose to fly on the clouds.

Needless to say, Xie Qinghe's flying kite skills are the best in the world.Although Fu Chuan doesn't have much experience, he has the blessing of ascending clouds, and traveling by water may not be first-class. Once the flying kite flies into the sky, he will be able to control the flying kite like a fish in water.

In view of this, Yun Chao, who was neither familiar with how to control a flying kite nor the art of climbing clouds, had no choice but to climb Xie Qinghe's flying kite and accompany him.

Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan didn't say anything, but Yun Chao silently realized that "I'm superfluous".

Especially when Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan brought Feiyuan close to each other, and the two of them were chatting casually with their real energy in the extremely cold sky.Yun Chao thought more than once that he should change places with Fu Chuan - he drove Fu Chuan's flying kite and told Fu Chuan to stay beside Xie Qinghe.

It is clear that Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuanchuan are both involved in the Xuncheng case, but Yun Chao feels that the two of them are talking about love.

Feiyuan flew extremely fast on the clouds, and the three of them set off in the morning and arrived at the outskirts of Xun City at night.

"There's no need to find a place to hide the flying kite." Fu Chuan said with a hint of relief in his tone.

Yun Chao knows the secret of the portable space, and there is no need to hide it in front of him. If the luggage is stuffed in the portable space, Feiyuan can also stuff it in.

Xie Qinghe could also feel the faint excitement and joy of his younger brother.These years he has been practicing in the mountains, and rarely set foot in the world. The only time he went down the mountain was to find the missing Fu Chuan, and the two of them never had the opportunity to travel hand in hand.

Fu Chuan himself has a lively temperament, so he must be looking forward to the new experience of walking the rivers and lakes with him.

As for the matter of investigating ghosts and fallen demons... Xie Qinghe knew in his heart that the younger brother had too much admiration for him. As long as he was still able to manage affairs and make decisions, the younger brother would not be too worried about the situation.Of course, for now, everything is indeed still under control.

Xie Qinghe also knew that he had no chance to go down the mountain.

It's rare for the junior brother to be happy, since he came down the mountain, why not help both public and private?

Seeing that Fu Chuan had put away his flying kite and wanted to collect his own flying kite, Xie Qinghe quickly said, "Let's put them away separately."

Fu Chuan was in love when "every pair of white cranes on the pillowcase should be embroidered", and when cooking glutinous rice balls for Xie Qinghe, they had to be paired and no orders were allowed. He was extremely puzzled by Xie Qinghe's order.Why keep them separately?He didn't talk back, but stared at Xie Qinghe with confused eyes.

"Store separately, it doesn't matter which side goes wrong." Xie Qinghe was psychologically shadowed by the space upgrade.

Junior brother doesn't gossip about other people's affairs, but likes to inquire about his own affairs.Xie Qinghe knew this, so he was not hesitant to share the past with his younger brother: "I suddenly encountered a space breakthrough, and I couldn't get in. When I was young, I took your space and read and chanted in it all the time. Suddenly one day I met Changsheng Grass shape, the space has been sealed for three years—I don’t know it will be sealed for three years. I tried to get in in the first few months, but I couldn’t get in. I didn’t bother to try again later. It’s better to just throw it at hand Year."

"When I arrived in Dragon City, I was trapped in the nightmare circle by the old resentful Demon Lord. I couldn't help but think about going to the Patriarch's space to try my luck."

"Everlasting Grass is still strange when you see me. Ask me, senior brother, why haven't you come here for a long time... This is a strange thing to say. How do I know why it is sealed and not allowed to enter?"

Xie Qinghe took Feiyuan back into the space, since there was no one around, he took Fu Chuan's hand and walked along with him.

Fu Chuan especially likes to hear him talk about the past, and Xie Qinghe doesn't mention it often, he listens with gusto: "Brother Changshengcao can't change his form every now and then, can he? I haven't encountered a time when no entry is allowed, and he often tells me to go more often." Turn around, I can't wait to tie me inside and not allow me to come out."

"Didn't he tell you? You have to study and practice in it, and the world will grow and grow accordingly. You also saw my space when you were a child. It was small and broken, and no one was allowed to reform it. I worked hard at that time. I demolished the small shabby house, thinking about building a more spacious one, and restored it to its original appearance the next day—all for nothing,” Xie Qinghe said.

No matter how good Fu's biography is, his two experiences of being over a hundred years old in magic also made his memory of before the age of five blurred.After being reminded by Xie Qinghe, he vaguely remembered the day when he went to the elder brother to ask for candy in his dream.

"Eldest brother, has it been sealed for three years?" Fu Chuan felt that the elder brother was too unlucky, and the space closure on both sides caught up.

"That's not true. However, the sudden closure for three days also caught me off guard."

"A few years ago, you and I met for the first time in the rivers and lakes. When we went to Anyang City for a few days, we happened to encounter a space upgrade. For three days, we couldn't get in. The uncle was inside, and the money and clothes were inside. I was outside alone with only two One leg..." Looking back on the past, Xie Qinghe only remembered walking alone on the official road, bitterly looking forward to the appearance of the caravan coming and going, and the unfortunate experience of wanting to ride a car and eat, and he couldn't help laughing.

It was this past incident that made Xie Qinghe insist on keeping the flying kites separately, even if one of them couldn't be taken out, at least there was another one in reserve.

Surprisingly, Xie Qinghe clearly shared an embarrassing incident, but Fu Chuan, who was very interested, did not laugh, but fell silent. He held Xie Qinghe's arm a little bit tightly, clasping five fingers with Xie Qinghe, holding it firmly.

Xie Qinghe suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing.

The past event he shared also involved another past event between him and his younger brother.

——When the space was closed, what was left in the space was not only the strength of his walking, the money he spent, the clothes he changed, but also the medicine he had to take every day to suppress the phantom poison.

"If I knew it would make you sad, I wouldn't mention it." Xie Qinghe said softly.

"It's not sad." Fu Chuan's voice was a bit dull, and his speech was not so refreshing and lively, "I didn't think it was anything at the beginning. When I was young, I practiced a lot, and it was common for bones to be broken. It's just... Now that I think about it, it's quite Pity."

Xie Qinghe was wondering why he regretted it, when he heard Fu Chuan say depressingly: "If I would have been sensible at that time... Senior brother would not have to suffer from fractures."

There was an unspoken meaning hidden behind this sentence, which made Xie Qinghe not only shocked, but also a little unbearably moved when he thought about it.

If I had been sensible at that time, I wouldn't have pushed away Senior Brother's hand?

If I was sensible at that time, I would take the initiative to accept the big brother and go to the fish and water with the big brother?

……

At that time, Xie Qinghe was still wearing the vest of "Master Uncle". Not only did he have a very polite relationship with Fu Chuan, but most importantly, he had not completely broken up with Shu Hanyun.At that time, no matter how "sensible" Fu Chuan was, it was impossible for the two of them to really have close contact.

However, Fu Chuan obviously used the identity of today's lovers to measure the strange accident at the beginning of the acquaintance.

What he regretted was not Xie Qinghe's broken arm at all.He regretted that he was many years late and could not comfort Xie Qinghe who was suffering at that time.He regretted that he did not have the position and qualifications in the past, and could not let the elder brother who was tortured by love hurt and phantom poison indulge in happiness.

This kind of thinking has no logic at all, and it does not conform to common sense.However, how can there be any reason to be drowned in love?

Xie Qinghe was softened by Fu Chuan's words, but what he thought was, how old were you at that time?It is impossible for a child with no hair to grow, no matter how sensible he is.

Of course, he also knew that such an annoying truth must not be said to annoy the younger brother.

——When the junior brother fell in love with each other, the senior brother had to accompany him to talk about love.

"It's because I dealt with it too strongly." Xie Qinghe hugged Fu Chuan's shoulders, squeezed his hand lightly, and only apologized in a soft voice, "If I knew the relationship between you and me today, I would just pretend to be pitiful at that time, little one. Junior Brother will forgive me."

Fu Chuan was used to his attitude of discussing matters as they mattered, and he was not used to being coaxed so softly all of a sudden: "At that time, I didn't blame you at that time! It was just an accident. Now that I think about it, that night was really not a big deal." What. It's just, it's just... I touched it twice through two layers of clothes..."

Xie Qinghe had no idea what happened that night.

In the fallen dream that was invaded by phantom poison, all he saw in the dream was everything in his memory. When he woke up, he only had the smooth feeling in his hand... and the nightmare sensations such as shock, regret, pain, etc. that were grasped by his wrist by his junior brother.

If he and Fu Chuan hadn't had such a close relationship, he certainly wouldn't have wondered what happened that night.

but.

He and Fu Chuan... already had an intimate relationship without privacy.

Yun Chao heard that the two of them were talking privately, and they were already far away. At this moment, Xie Qinghe made a private gesture, and Yun Chao silently stopped, feeling again that he probably shouldn't be accompanying...or, simply You should leave your ears and eyes on the observatory.

After Xie Qinghe confirmed that there was no one around, he quietly asked: "What did I do to you that night?"

Fu Chuan's eyes widened in surprise: "Eldest brother, don't you know?" Without waiting for Xie Qinghe's response, he touched Xie Qinghe's broken bone several times with his hand, "You poked your arm out without knowing anything? "

Xie Qinghe controlled him with his eyes, he took a deep breath, and said: "I fell asleep at that time too. I was awakened by the movement on my shoulder, and then, the big brother touched my face and my lips, and I Thought you were checking to see if I died in the middle of the night..."

This development also caught Xie Qinghe by surprise.The junior brother was really young at that time, and his thinking was too simple.

"Later, I went down... and pinched my chest. I felt a little weird, so you pinched it again, and Xiao Doudou pinched me and stood up..." Fu Chuan and Xie Qinghe are both old couples, and they can't help talking about the past. I didn't feel shy, but felt that my youthful self was stupid, "At that time, my hands were faster than my brains, and as soon as I grabbed your hands, you woke up immediately."

Xie Qinghe's face turned green when he heard it, and it took him a while to hold back a sentence: "It's not unfair."

Fu Chuan felt that it didn't matter because the two of them had already made up their minds, and their relationship couldn't be compared with ordinary people.If he had never married Fu Chuan, just based on what he did to Fu Chuan that night, it would not be too much to break his arm to atone for his sin.

"At that time, I thought that the sweetheart of 'Uncle Martial' was an immortal concubine, and that she gave birth to a little junior sister for me." Fu Chuan put his arms around Xie Qinghe and smiled a little silly, "Otherwise, why would you pinch my chest? ...Fortunately, senior brother likes men."

Xie Qinghe was in a slightly depressed mood, and his two words made a mess, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "It's not that I like men. It just happens to be men. You are Fucao Niang, and my senior brother only treats you well." .”

The topic of the two people's discussion was twisted again and again. At this time, they began to discuss whether it is better to be a man or a woman. Compared with the two, whether the big brother likes a man or a woman is a complicated question...

Until Xie Qinghe promised: "If you are a boy, you will like a man; if you are a girl, you will like a girl; if you are a bear, you will like a bear."

A hammer is fixed.

Fu Chuan finally laughed out loud.

"The Ten Mile Pavilion is ahead." Fu Chuan looked far and wide, surveying the nearby terrain, "Should we go directly to the city to find the scholar involved, or go west from the Ten Mile Pavilion to find the legendary mountain mansion?"

"It's getting dark, it's not easy to visit people at this time. Go to the mountains." Xie Qinghe had already planned.

Shili Pavilion is the key location for the westbound search for the incident. With their lightness skills, there is no need to search along the mountain road.The places mentioned by the scholars involved in the incident are similar, and the outer disciples of the Hanjiang Sword Sect have also come to check on the spot. The records are detailed and it is not troublesome to find them.

The two agreed on the itinerary, and Fu Chuan turned around to look for Yun Chao: "Do you want to wait for Brother Yun Chao?"

Xie Qinghe has always been fond of Yun Chao.Yun Chao used to be a great demon, but after changing his fate against the sky, he became an impeccable body, and his superb swordsmanship is unrivaled in the world. There are almost no masters in this world who can defeat Yun Chao. Xie Qinghe is not worried about him having an accident.

However, looking back at this moment, looking at the empty road, Xie Qinghe didn't feel Yun Chao's existence.

——Even if he ordered Yun Chao to evade, it was impossible for Yun Chao to evade three miles away.

Clank.

The Hanjiang sword ring worn by Xie Qinghe turned into an ancient sword, hung in the air for a moment, and flew towards the way it came.

There was no need for Xie Qinghe's greeting, Fu Chuan had already jumped up, and was closely following Xie Qinghe's back.He has just practiced cloud ascending technique in this world, and his light body technique is far inferior to Xie Qinghe's.Xie Qinghe held his hand, and he felt the wind under his feet, his body as light as a cloud, and he had a lot of feelings.

At the beginning Xie Qinghe taught Fu Chuan the Climbing Cloud Technique in the world of enchantment, but he could only pass it on orally, and he couldn't teach it in person without self-cultivation.

Today he finally supported Fu Chuan, and Fu Chuan immediately felt the beauty of being taught by the gods.

Between the rabbit rising and the falcon falling, the two chased Hanjiang Jianhuan and flew out for five miles.He has already deviated from the way he came from, crossed a piece of farmland, turned over half a hill, and got into the deep mountains and old forests.Seeing some scribbled marks along the way, Fu Chuan wanted to identify them, but Xie Qinghe pulled him away in a flash: "The mark left by Yun Chao, he is in front."

After chasing into the mountains and forests, there are towering ancient trees, smog and miasma, and the sword ring of the cold river hangs in the air, but it no longer flies around.

Xie Qinghe raised his sword formula, the sword ring flew back to his fingers, and the female did not move.

Fu Chuan carefully observed the surrounding environment and found nothing unusual.He thought it was because his cultivation level was not enough, so he didn't dare to say anything casually. Since he couldn't understand, he should obediently stay by the elder brother's side and listen to his orders.

Xie Qinghe also scanned all the old forests in a radius of ten miles. There were no mountain spirits and wild monsters here, only a few wandering ghosts.Now it is so clean that only snakes, insects, rats and ants are left.

"It's gone." Xie Qinghe said.

Only then did Fu Chuan realize that he was not mistaken, there was really nothing weird here.He walked around the place where Hanjiang Sword Ring stopped, and said, "Brother Yun Chao's mark also came here, did he suddenly disappear here?"

Xie Qinghe thought for a moment, formed seals with both hands, and opened the underworld in a flash.

When he was in Su Shijing's enchanted world, he saw Elder Tan use the long-lost Yang Chi Yin Way technique, so he easily deciphered and mastered this type of spell and improved it.At this time, the yin world is opened out of thin air, and the barriers of the yin and yang worlds are broken, and everything you see is yin soil.

Fu Chuan took a step closer to him, somewhat unable to understand the environment in front of him: "Brother, is this... an illusion?"

Everything in front of you is overlapping, there are vicissitudes of life, there are green brick alleys, there are ruined walls, there are deep mountains and old forests... All the scenery is mixed together, there are strange fish swimming in the water, and there are burdensome people. Vendors walk through the streets, some starve to death in the shabby houses, and there are bouncing hares looking for food under the trees...

Xie Qinghe shook his head and explained: "This is the Yin world. Only time passes in the Yang world, and the time in the Yin world also dies."

Volts understands in seconds.Afterwards, he confidently grabbed Xie Qinghe's sleeve.Time stops in the underworld and everything overlaps. First, he is not familiar with this place, and second, his mind is not strong enough. What if he gets lost?Don't you want to be a living ghost in the underworld?

Xie Qinghe smiled slightly, glanced left and right, picked up a dead branch from the ground, murmured a word, gently wrapped his palms around one end of the branch, and a cluster of bright and quiet purple light ignited on the top of the tree.

He handed the ever-refined magic lamp to Fu Chuan, saying: "Hold the light, and you can tell the authenticity from the false."

Fu Chuan saw that the light of this branch was not very bright, and he was a little skeptical before he took it over. As soon as he took the branch in his hand, he found that the overlapping world in front of him suddenly changed wildly—— The deep mountains and old forests are real, and the rest of the vicissitudes of life, ancient cities and small towns, ruined walls...all turned into phantoms.

"Eldest brother, this magic weapon is wonderful." Fu Chuan was full of praise.

Xie Qinghe still took his hand: "This place is not normal, you are behind me. Don't let go."

Fu Chuan nodded obediently: "Yes."

Xie Qinghe led the way, Fu Chuan just followed.

With the help of the ever-burning lamp, Fu Chuan couldn't figure out how Xie Qinghe was choosing his way.There is no passage of time in the underworld, and in the underworld, you can see everything that has existed in the same place since the beginning of the world-far beyond what can be summed up by a few scenes with very different styles.

Everything is happening and everything is stopping.Fu Chuan has never felt the existence of time so clearly.

After following Xie Qinghe for half a mile, Fu Chuan suddenly noticed that the scenery had changed: "Brother, the scenery in the yang world is a real scene, and the scenery in the underworld is an imaginary shadow. What is this fiction...?"

"Shut up." Xie Qinghe pulled him and walked a few steps forward, "Did you see it?"

Fu Chuan tried his best to distinguish between reality and reality, and suddenly found the "mountain mansion" that appeared repeatedly in the files of the outer sect: "This is the place where the scholar bumped into ghosts? Brother Yun Chao is inside?"

Xie Qinghe listened quietly for a while, and said: "This place is quite mysterious. The things inside are between Yin and Yang, and you can detect the living things in the Yang world, and you can also detect the dead things in the Yin world. Breathing technique to cover up traces, you must be careful not to make any noise."

"I know." Fu Chuan has experience in this.

In the past, Xie Qinghe had to hold Fu Chuan's gate of life with his hands to cast spells. Now the two of them are not only close, but also have the experience of dual cultivation. They are very familiar with each other's true essence and spiritual consciousness. Wrapped around it deftly, making it a seamless one.

Fu Chuan also shared Xie Qinghe's five senses at the same time, and heard voices speaking in the mansion.

There was an old man's voice.

There was an old woman's voice.

There is also the delicate and soft voice of the young woman.

……

These rhetoric are all recorded in the dossier of the Hanjiang Sword Sect, and there is only one central idea over and over again.

Lots of money!Only daughter!Recruit!Hurry up!

Fu Chuan sounded quite funny.

According to the case files he has read, it is generally said that the poor scholar who is rich in the family and wants to recruit a wife, who is pulled into a mansion for a luxurious experience, will nod to marry him. After a beautiful and flowery fiancée, most of them will also fall headlong into the gentle village, unable to extricate themselves.

Now there are a lot of men and women trying to persuade Yun Chao in the mansion, a beautiful young lady is not attractive enough, and two coquettish maids appear as side rooms, and the whole room is full of soft-spoken voices, and it is moving again. With affection, but also to lure them with profit, the scene was very lively.

After listening for a long time, Fu Chuan felt that something was wrong, he raised his eyes and exchanged a look with Xie Qinghe.

——Is brother Yun Chao really inside?Why didn't he say a word?

Xie Qinghe put his index finger on his mouth, signaling to be safe and not to be impatient.

The two hid in the dark again and waited quietly for a long time.

The old men and old ladies who persuade marriages in the mansion, and the eloquent ladies and ladies seem to have no temper, and they always speak softly and kindly, sincerely, without any impatience. laughing out loud.

The strange thing is that Fu Chuan can feel Yun Chao's breathing and heartbeat, but Yun Chao just doesn't say a word, like a piece of wood.

He was quite perplexed, and Xie Qinghe could barely restrain himself, but if he was doing things by himself, he would have rushed in to find out.It's hard to lie on your stomach so quietly. When he was confused, Yun Chao suddenly drew his sword——

Fu Chuan immediately turned to look at Xie Qinghe: Aren't you going to help? !

Yun Chao had already rushed out of the mansion, his black figure seemed to have a trace of blood in the sky where reality and reality intersected.

Xie Qinghe's eyes became extremely severe in an instant.

Just now.

Yun Chao forcefully put the drawn sword back into its sheath, relaxed his long arm, and the long sword with sheath flew out.

Fu Chuan raised the ever-burning lantern in his hand, and saw more than a dozen extremely thin and seamless ropes criss-crossing in the sky, but they all intertwined at the same end point in the end.It happened to be the direction that Yun was pointing towards the scabbard.The next moment, the scabbard bounced on the bundle of ropes, and the bones spun around seventeen or eighteen times, tightly entangled together.

Yun Chao had already caught up with his own sword, held the scabbard with one hand, and pulled it hard——

The already dark sky was torn apart like a layer of cloth.

A woman in a gorgeous palace attire had no choice but to let go of the puppet thread in her hand. Her two slender and white hands were stained with blood. She let out a cry of pain and ran away.The black sky is like the road under her feet, and she runs in the void, as if chasing in the garden.

Yun Chao's hand was already on the hilt of the sword.

There was blood in his eyes for several times, and he finally suppressed it firmly.

However, at the moment when the woman in palace costume was about to run out of the sky, he still drew his sword——

The sword light is like snow.

A sword owl head.

The woman in the sky fell lightly, and there was no body, only a gorgeous palace dress and a piece of wood that was glowing with ripe light remained.

at the same time.

A grunt of pain came from the dense forest on the ground, and there was the sound of struggling for life.

Xie Qinghe squeezed the formula with both hands, and the sword ring of Hanjiang flew out, and the dense forest and flowers and trees in front of him retreated three feet away, giving way to an open space.A short and fat figure was crawling on the ground, forced by the sword ring of Hanjiang, not daring to advance an inch.

Only then did Yun Chao discover Xie Qinghe and Fu Chuan who had appeared from the dark, silently raised their swords and stepped forward, knelt down.

Xie Qinghe patted his head: "Good boy."

Yun Chao was once refined into a puppet by Lord Jiuyouming, and he hated the puppet art the most in his life.

However, even though he was poked at the most hated part of his heart and was on the verge of collapse several times, he still kept the clarity in his heart.In the last move, he had drawn out his sword and had murderous intentions, but he was always in a lucid state, never possessed by a demon from the beginning to the end.

Yun Chao carried the long sword back shyly and proudly, stood up and said, "Everyone in the room is a puppet, and the one who manipulates the puppets in the sky is also a puppet. She—" he pointed at the short, fat, ugly woman lying on the ground, "that's the one." Puppeteer."

Fu Chuan had already looked around twice, and said, "Brother, she seems...pregnant."

Xie Qinghe carefully looked at the puppet master's appearance. She has three souls and seven souls, full of blood and kindness. She looks short because her bones are not yet fully developed and she is still young.She looks fat because she has a big belly and is pregnant.She looks ugly because she doesn't have a human face - she has an animal face similar to a tiger or leopard.

With such a beast face hanging, this thing is definitely not human.However, Xie Qinghe didn't notice any ghostly spirit.

"Are you a demon cultivator?" Xie Qinghe asked.

The pregnant woman with a beast face had tears in her eyes, and kept looking at Fu Chuan standing aside, implying a prayer.

Fu Chuan was stupefied by her, he was always emotional, he would be moved when good people cry, and he understands when bad people cry, but moving is moving, understanding is understanding, this kind of emotion never interferes with his decision-making.The most important thing is that this animal-faced woman didn't even cry, just looked at him so pitifully, and he felt an unbearable compassion sprouting.

"What the hell are you? You can control so many puppets, so you can't understand people's language, right?" Fu Chuan asked.

The animal-faced woman was still looking at him helplessly, and suddenly supported her swollen belly, and there were turbulent water stains from under her body.

Both Fu Chuan and Xie Qinghe were proficient in medical skills, and were surprised when they saw this.

Fu Chuan was a little stuttering: "Eldest senior brother, it seems...she is about to give birth? How can this place give birth..."