The little girl was only six or seven years old, so naturally she couldn't outrun Yin Lizhou, and was soon stopped by him.

The little girl looked at him, and took a few steps back calmly, with defensive eyes.

Yin Lizhou saw her nervousness, squatted down, looked at her level, and smiled, "Don't be afraid, I have no malicious intentions, I just want to ask you a few questions."

The little girl said nothing, as if she didn't hear him, she lowered her head not to look at him.

Seeing that she didn't want to cooperate, Yin Lizhou added, "You can just nod or shake your head."

The little girl still didn't respond.

Yin Lizhou felt a little difficult, but he still asked with the mentality of giving it a try: "Are you afraid of that aunt in the room?"

The little girl lowered her head, and Yin Lizhou couldn't see her expression clearly.But she was still keenly aware that her body paused, and then her fingers tightly grasped the hem of Brocade's clothes.Obviously scared.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Yin Lizhou's eyes fell on her new clothes, and changed the subject, "I heard from your grandpa that this is the winter coat that your aunt Zhou gave you. It's very beautiful."

Hearing this, the little girl felt as if her fingers had been scalded, she let go of the hem of her clothes, and entangled them behind her back.

Looking at her reaction, Yin Lizhou already had a rough guess.But he still looked at her quietly, waiting for her to speak.

After a long time, the little girl finally raised her head, looking at Yin Lizhou with round almond eyes, as if she had a thousand words to say.But I don't know what to think of, just for a moment, he returned to the previous state, lowered his head again, and clenched his fingers again.

Seeing that she really didn't want to say more, Yin Lizhou had to forget it.Unexpectedly, just as she stood up, the little girl suddenly nodded very lightly.

Yin Lizhou was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Why? I heard from people in the town that she is a very good person."

Hearing this, the little girl pursed her thin lips tightly and hesitated for a moment.

Then slowly raised his head to look at Yin Lizhou, his voice was like a mosquito, "Are you really a fairy?"

Yin Lizhou hesitated for a moment, then scratched his head, "It should be about the same."

The little girl lowered her eyes, bit her lower lip with fine white teeth, and continued to ask: "Will you believe me? Even grandpa doesn't believe me."

Yin Lizhou bent down, raised his hand and touched her head with a smile, "Say it, I believe you."

The little girl stared blankly at him, was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look at the main house, then turned around and said quickly: "I'm afraid, I'm very afraid of them."

"They?" Yin Lizhou guided her to continue.

"that is……"

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps.Yin Lizhou looked up and found that it was Shan Mingxiu.

His expression was condensed, although he still managed to maintain his composure, but the anxiety in his eyes poured out undisguisedly, and it didn't dissipate until he saw him.

The little girl was taken aback and immediately closed her mouth.

Before Yin Lizhou could make a sound, he saw Shan Mingxiu strode towards him and grabbed his wrist.

The touch in his hand made him regain some sanity.

Only then did the breathing calm down.

Yin Lizhou froze for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

When Shan Mingxiu heard his voice, his strong composure collapsed, and then he realized what he had done, and let go of his wrist.

"I..." Shan Mingxiu's voice was a bit stuck, "I just heard your cry for help from inside the house."

Yin Lizhou raised his eyebrows, his face was pale, "Master really cares about his apprentice, so if we don't see each other for a while..."

Yin Lizhou's voice suddenly stopped, and he raised his head to look at the main house, "Sounding east and west?"

Shan Mingxiu also understood instantly, and walked towards the house.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the female ghost in red standing beside the bed, pinching Zhou's neck with her slender fingers and lifting her from the bed, obviously trying to kill her.

Zhou Shi had no strength to resist at all, and his complexion was abnormally bluish red due to suffocation.The tongue was unable to spit out, and the saliva continued to flow.

Seeing this, Shan Mingxiu drew his sword and stepped forward to chop Zhou Nian's arm.

Zhou Nian dodged to dodge, his hands were unstable, and Zhou Shi fell to the ground, rolling to the ground with a grunt.

Yin Lizhou hurried over, said "I'm offended", and then reached out to hug her.

Yin Lizhou knew that Zhou Nian was definitely not Shan Mingxiu's opponent, so he just retreated to the door and observed the movement inside.

There was a slight sound behind him, Yin Lizhou turned his head and saw the little girl following him, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhou Nian without blinking.

Yin Lizhou whispered: "It's dangerous here, go back to your room first."

However, the little girl just glanced at him, shook her head, and continued to watch.

There seemed to be worry in his eyes.

Yin Lizhou felt even more weird, who was she worried about?

Worried that Shan Mingxiu can't beat Zhou Nian?Or are you worried about Zhou Nian?

She refused to leave, and Yin Lizhou didn't persuade her anymore, and walked forward to protect her behind her.

As Yin Lizhou expected, Zhou Nian was indeed no match for Shan Mingxiu.

Soon she was caught.

Zhou Nian's indifferent face showed strong resentment, and he struggled desperately: "Let me go, I'm going to kill her..."

Shan Mingxiu put the Qingming sword into its sheath, raised his hand and put it on her forehead, and then continuously pulled the evil spirit away from her body and entered Shan Mingxiu's body.

Seeing this, Yin Lizhou subconsciously wanted to stop him.There are so many ways to purify her, why did she have to choose this one?

However, as soon as he took a step, he stopped.

Even if Shan Mingxiu ruined his body, it has nothing to do with him.

Yin Lizhou suppressed the irritability in his heart, turned his head, but met the little girl's eyes.

"Brother Immortal, will she die?"

Yin Lizhou hesitated for a while, but still didn't tell her the fact that Zhou Nian had already died, and said, "No, she's just... sick."

After finishing speaking, Yin Lizhou seemed to have thought of something, and turned to look at the little girl, "Aren't you afraid of her?"

The little girl shook her head.

Yin Lizhou thought it was fun.

The little girl is not afraid of Zhou Nian who has turned into a ghost, but she is afraid of Zhou Shi, who is praised by everyone in the town.

"Why?" Yin Lizhou asked her.

The little girl glanced at Zhou Shi in his arms, with a dazed look in her eyes, and whispered: "I saw it before, she was beating her."

Yin Lizhou was stunned for a moment, only to feel that the weird places in his heart seemed to have a direction.However, before he could think clearly, he suddenly heard Shan Mingxiu coughing lightly.

Yin Lizhou hurriedly turned his head, only to see that the evil spirit surrounding Zhou Nian's body had faded away, and only a white undershirt was left on his body, lying quietly on the ground.

The previous resentment disappeared on his face, he looked fair and thin, and he was just a teenager.

Shan Mingxiu's cough had stopped, he raised his hand to pick up Zhou Nian and put him on the bed.

Yin Lizhou walked over and glanced at Shan Mingxiu.Seeing that his face was only a little paler and he didn't cough up blood like last time, he looked away and looked at Zhou Nian on the bed.

"Did you find anything?" Yin Lizhou asked.

Shan Mingxiu raised his hand, a dark red blood bead slowly condensed in the slender palm, which was Zhou Nian's spiritual core.

"This spiritual core is not formed naturally, but seems to be assisted by external forces."

Yin Lizhou looked at his palm.People enter reincarnation after death, and those with deep resentment can turn into ghosts and form spirit cores.The darker the color of the spiritual core, the heavier the evil spirit.

Zhou Nian's spiritual core is rich in blood, almost black.Even though she was unwilling when she died, it was indeed difficult to form such a spiritual core at such a young age.

"You're saying someone's doing it?"

Shan Mingxiu closed his palms slowly, looked at Zhou Nian who was in a coma, "I have to ask her about it."

Yin Lizhou nodded, and put Mrs. Zhou on the bed, and then saw Shan Mingxiu raised his hand to set a barrier.

Then it was dark.When he opened his eyes again, it was no longer the appearance of Mr. Gan's house, but a thick black.

He knew that this was Zhou Nian's spiritual core.

Yin Lizhou stepped up and tried to move forward, but no matter which way he walked, there was darkness in all directions, and he couldn't find the exit, and he couldn't tell the direction.

Why is Zhou Nian's spiritual core like this?

When he was hesitating how to go out, the bell hanging on his left wrist suddenly rang.Then there was the sound of very light footsteps beside him, Yin Lizhou guessed it was Shan Mingxiu, and stretched out his wrist.

Sure enough, he was grabbed by someone in the next second.

"Why is Zhou Nian's spiritual core like this?" Yin Lizhou asked.

Shan Mingxiu pressed his fingers slightly as if he was afraid that he would get lost, and the voice rang in his ear, "The spiritual core is not only the record of its owner's life, but also the projection of his heart. Perhaps what we are now is the most important thing in Zhou Nian's experience. The dark part."

Yin Lizhou nodded, "Then how can we get to the next stage?"

"Keep going."

As Shan Mingxiu said, he continued to walk forward while holding his wrist through his sleeve.Yin Lizhou followed in his footsteps, step by step.

The world in front of him was dark, and his sense of touch became extremely sensitive.Even through the sleeves, Yin Lizhou still felt that the skin held by Shan Mingxiu was slightly hot.

Yin Lizhou tried his best to control it, but his thoughts still spread uncontrollably.

He thought of Shan Mingxiu who panicked just now because of a call for help that he didn't know whether it was true or not, and his heart felt a little astringent.

But he stubbornly refused to reveal it, and just asked jokingly: "Hey, with your cultivation base, I really didn't hear the voice of your apprentice just now?"

When Shan Mingxiu heard the words, his footsteps paused slightly, causing the bell on his wrist to jingle, making clear and crisp sounds.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yin Lizhou smiled and said, "Sure enough... caring makes chaos."

Shan Mingxiu still didn't speak, but kept tightening his grip on the wrist.

The smile on Yin Lizhou's face faded.

In fact, there is really no need to answer.

After all, everyone knows the answer.

But it's self-abuse, so I have to ask.

Yin Lizhou laughed at himself. He was really curious. After he woke up, everyone around him said that Du Xiu was a fool.

But what kind of fool is it that makes Shan Mingxiu worry so much.

What if the last idiot doesn't come back?

Would Shan Mingxiu kill himself again for him?

After an unknown amount of time, a pale light finally appeared in the darkness.

They walked in the direction of the light and found that Qinghuai Town was still outside.It's just that at this time it's white and it's snowing.

Before Yin Lizhou could feel the cold, a burst of heat had already flowed down his palm.

Yin Lizhou consciously moved closer to Shan Mingxiu, and began to look for Zhou Nian.

After searching for a long time, I finally found Zhou Nian, who was about to freeze, under a locust tree by the river.

On such a cold day, she was only wearing a tattered single dress, and she was huddled into a ball, almost buried in the snow.

Yin Lizhou wanted to go forward to put a dress on her, but was stopped by Shan Mingxiu, "It's useless."

It was only then that Yin Lizhou realized that this was Zhou Nian's spiritual core, and what they saw was what had already happened and could not be changed at all.

So they could only stand in the boundless wind and snow, silently watching Zhou Nian being carried by the wind and snow.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and it was almost impossible to see the scenery ten feet away.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of slow footsteps on the originally quiet path.

Yin Lizhou turned around.I saw a stooped old lady, carrying a bamboo basket, approaching them step by step in the wind and snow.

When she walked in front of Zhou Nian, she stopped in surprise.When she saw that the sudden snowdrift in front of her was actually a child almost buried in the snow, she hurriedly put down the basket in her hand, and raised her hand to pat the snow on Zhou Nian's body.

"Girl, wake up, can you listen to me? Don't sleep, wake up..."

However, Zhou Nian had already passed out from the cold, let alone speaking, he couldn't even respond.

Seeing this, the old lady put the basket under the tree and covered it with snow without hesitation.Then he got up and took off his outermost padded jacket, covering Zhou Nian's body.Then he squatted down and picked her up with difficulty.

"Don't sleep! Girl, you'll be warm in a while."

The old lady was panting behind her back while talking to her while breathing heavily.

"Where are you from? It's icy and cold, why are you wearing so little clothes? Did you get lost? Hey, if that's the case, your parents should be in a hurry!"

No one answered her, and the old lady didn't care.

"Where are your parents? Why didn't they take good care of you? If they saw you frozen like this, they would definitely feel bad."

"My family also has a little grandson. If he wears such little clothes outside, I will definitely feel distressed. Girl, wake up, grandma will make soup for you later."

……

The old man carried her on his back like this, walking and talking all the way.When she got to the door, the old man's back was already wet, and the cold wind made her shiver.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Mrs. Zhou who was guarding the door far away.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou saw her, she hurriedly ran over to meet her, and said loudly as she walked: "Mother, I told you that in such a cold day, Zhao'er is greedy for a while, and the fish is not in a hurry, you... who is that?"

The old man continued to walk slowly into the house with Zhou Nian on his back, "The child I saw on the road, in such a cold day, just wore a single coat and passed out outside."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou yelled, "Poor thing, come in! Come in, mother, let me recite it."

The old lady said: "It's okay, I'll come."

Mrs. Zhou took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped the old lady's sweat, and complained distressedly: "Mother, let me carry it, I think it will make you tired."

The old lady dodged a little uncomfortable, but still handed Zhou Nian behind her.

Then I saw Zhou Shi walked in neatly with Zhou Nian on his back.

Yin Lizhou and Shan Mingxiu also followed behind.

At this time, Zhou's family still only had a small yard with one main house and two side rooms, and Mrs. Zhou carried Zhou Nian to the side room where the old lady lived.

As soon as he entered, he threw Zhou Nian on the bed.

The quilt on the old lady's bed looked thick, but when Zhou Nian was thrown on it, there was still a loud sound.

The old lady wanted to go and have a look, but Zhou stopped her.

She changed her obedience just now, opened her eyes wide, and said angrily as if she was going to eat people: "Why did you pick her up? Who is she? What does life have to do with us? If you pick her up, if she dies here What to do? How unlucky!"

The old lady laughed and said: "The child is frozen, and it will be fine after pouring a bowl of hot soup to warm it up. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, and it can be regarded as accumulating virtue for Zhao'er."

Zhou's voice slowed down a bit when she heard her son, snorted coldly, and said, "It's best to be like this!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at her hand, "Where's the fish?"

The old lady was stunned for a moment, then lowered her voice, "It's on the road, I'll pick it up later."

Zhou gritted his teeth angrily, "Okay, because of such a bastard who doesn't know where it came from, you don't even care about your grandson's illness and want to drink fish soup. Do you think you are a Bodhisattva?"

The old lady comforted: "Don't be angry, I'll go right away..."

"Why are you going? You can still say that you insist on going the first time, but how can you be okay the second time? Why, do you want the neighbors to know that we are not going to treat you harshly?"

"No."

"It's nothing! It's nice to say that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. You just want to make things difficult for me. I'll let you save a life!"

As Zhou said, he strode up to the table and waved it. A Bodhisattva made of ceramics on the table fell to the ground and shattered immediately.

Zhou didn't even look at it, and walked out.

Seeing this, the old lady quickly knelt down and picked up the tiles on the ground with trembling hands.However, there were too many broken pieces, and she couldn't finish picking them up.

This Bodhisattva has been with her for many years.From the sudden death of her husband to the time she raised her son, it was almost a sustenance, but it was broken like that.There was a sudden pain in her hand, and the old lady lowered her head, only to find that a piece of porcelain had scratched her skin and sporadic blood oozes out.

By the time she finished picking up the tiles on the ground, her fingers were already a little stiff

She carefully put away the broken porcelain pieces, sighed, and prepared to see how Zhou Nian was doing.

However, when she turned around, she saw that Zhou Nian had woken up at some point, her small body huddled in her cotton-padded jacket, and her dark eyes were quietly looking at her.

The old lady calmed down, smiled at her, and said softly, "Girl, you're awake."

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