[Gu Jian III] The Days I Worked in Xuanyuan Hill

"Master Wu Yan, all the demons have been wiped out. It's just... two people died in the battle of Wuzhitang."

Huai Xi bowed respectfully in front of him, speaking in a calm voice as if the person who died in battle was a stranger.This is not surprising. After encountering such news of death in battle more than a dozen times in a row in a few months, it is difficult for even him to feel fluctuating in his heart.

No, it should be said that since the demise of Xiling, his heart no longer has any fluctuations.

"Give it a good burial," he said.

Huai Xi did not leave, he stood where he was, as if hesitating for a moment, and continued: "Master Wu Yan, go forward, it is a human village, they..."

"What to do, don't you know?" Wu Yan interrupted him.

Huai Xi paused, then lowered her head: "I understand."

"Go back and tell Si Wei, I'll go find her later."

When Huai Xi left, Wu Zhi Tang was finally left alone.

No, there is no Witch Hall anymore. From the moment Xiling City was destroyed, the sacrificial hall that carried their painstaking efforts for thousands of years has disappeared, and what remains now are only a group of walking corpses determined to take revenge on the world.

Wu Yan sat alone for a long time, until the sunlight pouring in from outside turned blood-red, and then she moved slightly.He raised his hand to pull the mechanism on the chair, and a door opened silently on the stone wall behind him.He stood up from the chair and walked slowly through the door.

The passage hidden in the mountain wall is not completely dark.In the gabions hanging on both sides are living phosphors, and the faint light illuminates the way forward.In fact, for him, he does not need such light to see the road clearly.The reason why these bugs are placed is only because the person inside is a coward who is afraid of the dark.

The blue light shone coldly on the sarcophagus in the center of the cave.The sarcophagus had no lid, and he could clearly see the face of the person lying inside, with his eyes closed and his expression peaceful, as if he was about to jump up and shake his fist to vent his anger in the next second.

But he remembered, when he saw her for the last time, how those eyes widened hollowly, and when the last light in them disappeared, there was still a daze of not seeing the waiting person.

She asked, "Where's Jinyun?"

Yes, what about Jinyun?

Where was he when they needed him?

"Do you hate him?" Wu Yan asked softly.

"I hate Jinyun for not arriving at the first time, and I didn't even see you for the last time."

The voice is like a bird with broken wings, struggling to fly but unable to fall to the ground.Shen Shen did not get any response.

"At that time, he should have been in Jilong, right? He gave up on you, and also on Xiling."

"Master, friend, lover... He gave up all of them, just for the sake of Ji Xuanyuan's so-called world and righteousness. Heh, this is the person you chose. When you put all your trust in him, did you ever think of this day?"

The face in the sarcophagus was still calm, with a natural stupidity, just like when he saw her for the first time.

Seeing her for the first time... what was it like?

Wu Yan thought that he would have to recall for a long time, because the impression she left on him at the beginning was really weak.But he didn't expend much effort, that scene seemed to be waiting there in an instant—among the gray warrior slaves, the one with a particularly innocent and blank expression looked like a stupid dog sticking out its tongue. Baji looked at him.

No, the person she was looking at at that time was also Jinyun.

She never looked him in the eye several times.

She is the kind of person who can mingle with the same single-celled people wherever she goes. She is cheerful, enthusiastic, and has an innocence that does not match her status as a warrior slave. Not long after she had a bear, the soldiers around her faintly appeared. centered trend.Although in the eyes of those people, she is just a teenager with some stunted looks.

—Yes, boy.Although she seems to be particularly concerned about her gender, the temperament she exudes is a kind of stupidity that transcends gender.

At that time, he just stood in the distance and watched coldly, assessing the danger she might bring.

Gu Changning was very strange.She is said to be a war slave, but her teeth are neat and her hair is black. Under the newly formed scars, there is white and tender skin that has not been harmed for at least 20 years.Even a little girl raised in Xuanyuanqiu would not have her innocent and clean temperament.Coupled with her unparalleled strength and natural immunity to witchcraft... how could such a person suddenly appear in Xuanyuanqiu without making people suspicious.

He was like a hunter hiding in the dark, casually watching that guy swaying his enthusiasm everywhere, and when she showed her feet, he would kill her with one blow.

But after observing for a long time, Wu Yan began to doubt her guess—maybe, is this person really as stupid as she showed?

He said he could help her prove her gender, so he obediently cooperated with him in conducting witchcraft experiments; when his life was threatened, he just beat him up; Sometimes he will come to rescue him without hesitation.

Like the sun, it only knows how to radiate its own light and heat unscrupulously, completely disregarding whether others want it or not, so it fills people's arms so enthusiastically and tyrannically.

When Wu Yan realized that he cared a little too much for her, it was already time to be warmed by the heat.She was so straightforward and unreasonable in sending warmth, so that when he was shocked by this, his heart began to feel slightly hot.

Wu Yan confirmed that she was not a spy. If such a fool could be an undercover agent, maybe Xuanyuanqiu would be able to wipe out the Three Realms with little effort.Well, since she is innocent, she is now considered a member of Youxiong's clan, powerful and pleasing to the eye, Xiling and Youxiong have already had a marriage precedent, can't he show a little kindness to her?

For example, during the Harvest Festival, give her a flute.

——She said she couldn't blow it, and firmly rejected the suggestion that she could teach her, oh, and later forgot that it was given by herself, and forwarded it to Si Wei.

For another example, many girls in Xiling liked it very much when they gave her a small cage filled with phosphorous spirits.

——She really likes it, but Wu Yan suspects that what she likes the most is to put this undead worm into the water for fishing.And damn it works.

Wu Yan began to feel a little weak.He felt that there was a reason why everyone in Xuanyuanqiu thought she was a man. With this kind of performance, even if she had the same figure as Leizu, probably not many people would treat her as a woman.

He decided to wait for a while, find a good opportunity to chat with her, and clarify the matter.According to her personality, if he doesn't make it clear, maybe this person will be single for a lifetime.

But he seemed to be a little bit overwhelmed, because when she came back from Kongtong Mountain, she had already brought a man back for herself very capablely, and she wisely seized the time to announce the news to all the people who fell, obviously knowing that according to her If you don't explain your character clearly, no one may believe this fact.

Seeing his friend and his interesting girl standing together holding hands like brothers, for the first time Wu Yan wanted to greet her with those strange words in her mouth.

He really couldn't figure out what was wrong with Jinyun, and he had no hesitation in getting together with her when he didn't know her gender.If it was because of fighting power and bad intentions, why didn't he choose to be with Rong Dong for so many years? !

Wu Hao felt a tightness in his chest.It's not obvious, but every time I see her carefree and stupid face, it's like a small grain of sand has fallen into the chest cavity, making my heart feel a little dull pain.

This dull pain, after Jinyun fell into the demon realm, gradually evolved into a clearer torture.

Seeing her kneeling out of control on the land full of corpses, seeing her crying in despair and searching in confusion.

Seeing her go through life and death for several years, the innocence in her eyes gradually turned into calmness and firmness, just for that slim hope.

And he seemed to stand behind her every time, watching her back as she ran towards the most dangerous battlefield without hesitation.

She gradually transformed into a strong pillar in the tribe who could stand alone, and Wu Yan gradually realized that maybe all her thoughts were just wishful thinking and futile.

It's not the first day we met, so why don't I understand that once a single-celled person like her recognizes something, she will chase after mountains and seas like Kuafu chasing after the sun, exhausting her life just to embrace that A moment of enthusiasm.

However, she is not the only person Kuafu is chasing every day?

If it wasn't for knowing that there was no hope but still persevering, why would he, the Xiling Ghost Master, rush back to Xuanyuanqiu at the fastest speed every time he learned that she was coming back, and then pretended not to care and said a few words to her casually? , Then she flattered her without sincerity, and continued to watch her run for another man?

Later, Jinyun came back.

Kuafu found the sun she was chasing, and then she turned into a three-legged golden crow, left the earth where she ran, and determined to live in the sky.

So be it.

Wu Yan told herself this in a self-defeating manner—as long as it goes on like this, maintaining the current relationship, being able to fight side by side with her at such a close distance, and seeing her jumping around lively, it seems that it is not unacceptable.

Before returning to the Baishen Sacrifice, he asked Jinyun to give her the bone whistle that he had prepared five years ago—it was what he planned to give her before she went to Kongtong Mountain. Since this idiot didn't want to learn to play the flute , blowing the whistle is always okay, right?

--problematic.

Her stupidity far exceeded his expectations, even when she was in danger of life and death, she never thought of finding someone to accompany her, only when she solved everything by herself, she thought of finding someone to inform her.

Wu Yan looked at the person in front of him quietly, remembering the heart palpitations he suddenly felt at the Baishen Festival.And when he heard the whistle at the foot of Luanyu Mountain, his heartbeat stopped for a moment.

"Hou Zhai betrayed me." He stretched out his hand and gently touched her face.The tentacles are icy cold, this is the effect of the formation to preserve her body.

"He teamed up with Jinyun and looked for me everywhere. Tell me, does Jinyun want to kill me more to save the human race, or do he want to find your body?"

The hand moved down slowly, and the fingertips touched the neck that had stopped beating, and finally stopped on the left shoulder.

There is nothing under the shoulders.

He searched Luanyu Mountain for a long time, but he couldn't find her missing left arm, as if...he searched there for a long time, but he couldn't find her soul.

Wu Hao remembered what she said a long time ago when she was talking nonsense with him - "If you look at the soul directly, wouldn't it be that the old friend who just died met you again with the same soul in a blink of an eye. You were sad and sad before How... how embarrassing..."

It's not embarrassing, because he usually doesn't look for the soul of the dead on purpose, but when he looks for it with his heart, he finds that the person is no longer there.

The soul is scattered, and the ashes are wiped out.

The words spoken, the promises made, all turned into ridiculous bubbles.

Who is to blame?Perhaps, Jinyun cannot be blamed.If you don't blame Jinyun, and if you don't blame him, Wu Yan, who can you blame?

Without Xiling, without her, if he didn't even have hatred, how would he, Wu Yan, survive?

He leaned close to her ear and spoke softly: "I asked you before if you want to go to the country of witches with me. Now I don't want to know the answer anymore."

She was silent, her expression so innocent and hateful.

"You have no choice. Wherever I go, you must be there. Even if I become a human sacrifice and fall into the abyss of sin, you must be with me."