When the devil

[Rain in the 39th year of the Zhao calendar]

The weather in Yaoyu is very strange. A few days ago, I was still wearing a single shirt. After a night, it suddenly started to snow. When I woke up at dawn, I saw that the lake was frozen to ice, and the flowers at the bottom of the lake were naturally blooming.

Wei Ling didn't have much appetite, and didn't eat much. When the fox demon brought the medicine, he drank a little, but the medicine was too bitter, and his tongue was numb and tasteless. It took two or three pots of wine to suppress the boring taste.

He had been locked up in this room for nearly a month, Xia Zhou didn't come here much, most of the time he was alone.When it's cold, he only wears a white robe and a large plume cloak sent by Xia Zhou. His long hair falls down and his pale face is covered. Occasionally, monsters will come to talk to him, but he doesn't respond. , every day besides drinking is sleeping.

Xia Zhou didn't take away his Wangchuan Sword, he kept it with him, but he didn't use it much.After drinking that day, he threw the jug on the ground in a mess, and when he was about to go back to the back room, he heard two male fox demons talking secretly outside.

"That's right, although this little fairy is abolished, the Pavilion Master still likes it very much. Let me tell you, don't look at him as cold on the surface, in fact, he is very clingy when the Pavilion Master is around. As long as the Pavilion Master coaxes him, he will be obedient." , look how good-looking he is, and his voice is beautiful, it must be very cool to fuck."

"No wonder, I heard that the mortal emperor also wants him, and feels sorry for our pavilion master every day."

"How dare a mortal rob someone from the pavilion master, not to mention that this is a little fairy taught by Cang Lin, who caused the pavilion master to suffer a lot in the world, but Cang Lin, who died in the sky, paid for it with his life. Without a backer, it will not be a good life in the world."

"Then what is he pulling? Good-looking is good-looking, but difficult to serve."

"Hey, bear with it. The pavilion master has been rampant for thousands of years, and it's not the first day he raises a little beauty. He's tired of waiting, maybe he can send us to play too."

"Is there really such a good thing?... No, but he is a mortal now, and I really treat mortals..."

"Although he became a mortal, he is also a stunner in the world—"

The two male fox demons chatted fearlessly outside, their voices were quite loud, and Wei Ling always ignored their nonsense, but it was too noisy, and he was upset listening to it.

When he came back to his senses, his hand had already touched the Wangchuan Sword, the hilt was cold and slightly pushed out from the scabbard, the white jade pendant dangling from the hilt seemed to have faded under the gloomy light.

"See, see the demon concubine."

The two goblins outside the door suddenly spoke, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps, the little goblins should have been scared away.

Wei Ling let go, put the Wang Chuan Sword back into its sheath, and continued to drink quietly.

As soon as Yinhu entered the door, he saw a room full of jugs, his slender eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his eyes showed disgust.

"Are you giving up on yourself?" She walked to Wei Ling and threw something casually.

The white bottle, with the red stopper, fell coldly on the floor and rolled towards Wei Ling.

Wei Ling glanced at the cold vial, then raised her head to look at the silver fox with the light behind her: "Poison?"

She squatted down and looked into Weiling's eyes normally: "Eat one and it will be like falling asleep, without any pain at all."

Wei Ling smiled: "Thank you."

"I really want to thank me, so I ate it." Yinhu narrowed his eyes: "Don't wait to be abandoned by the Pavilion Master after all the humiliation, the feeling of wanting to die is the most uncomfortable."

Wei Ling sat motionless on the cushion, her fingers turned white from the cold, just holding the jug like this, admiring the pattern on the jug with her eyes down.After a moment of silence, he still didn't touch the bottle of poison. He seemed to be thinking, and said slowly: "Don't worry, I probably won't live long."

Silver Fox remained silent, squatting down beside him and waiting for him to speak.

"The dharma veins are all damaged, the spiritual core is destroyed, my body can no longer maintain the status quo, and I have to pay off the debts left by my cultivation every day. Besides... I have died once, and I was able to survive at the beginning. Swirl the magic power of the whole body." Wei Ling spoke calmly, as if telling a story about someone else.

Silver Fox narrowed his pupils slightly and asked, "How much time do you have?"

"I don't know, maybe I won't wait until the day when your pavilion master gets tired of playing."

Wei Ling didn't lie, he had already noticed that his health was getting worse and worse. After so many days, he was still exhausted, and now he lost more than half of his sense of taste. Time is getting shorter and shorter.

The feeling is especially obvious when Xia Zhou is not around.

Yinhu's expression froze, and he stretched out his hand to touch the pulse of Wei Ling's wrist. Wei Ling let her feel it, looking down at that delicate hand.On the silver fox's wrist is a small bracelet with a red rope and a small wooden ornament in the shape of a small white fox.

A gadget that only exists in the world, it looks a little old.

Yinhu didn't notice Wei Ling's gaze, she tried her pulse carefully, and continued to ask after a while: "Have you mentioned it to the pavilion master?"

She spoke anxiously, sounding like she was worried, but she sent poison to Wei Ling just now, so it couldn't be because she was worried about Wei Ling's life.

She was worried that Xia Zhou would know about it.

Seeing this, Wei Ling didn't say much, just shook her head and continued drinking.

Silver Fox stood up and took two steps forward slowly. She was looking at the wine jugs all over the floor, as if she was a little concerned, she bent down and picked up one of the jugs.

"It's all good wine." She said, "The pavilion master treats you well."

Wei Ling took advantage of the wine to talk nonsense with her: "Yes, peerless wine, do you like it? Why don't you come and drink with me?"

Silver Fox snorted coldly, and dropped the flagon casually. The flagon landed on the floor without breaking, and rolled to the corner just like that.

"Selfish and hypocritical. You are no different from those mortals."

She suddenly muttered that Wei Ling was drinking and almost choked on being scolded for no reason.

It was she who said the wine was good, and Wei Ling followed suit, so why did she become selfish and disgusting?

Wei Ling glanced at her and saw that her eyes were a little dull, she must have thought of something else, and was about to ignore it, but saw Yinhu approaching with a menacing look, her eyes seemed to eat him.

"Come?" Wei Ling handed her the remaining wine in her hand.

But Yinhu slapped Wei Ling's hand head-on, and the wine was spilled all over the floor.

"Your apprentice once saved me in the Guo Mansion. For his sake, I advise you to make a quick end before the Pavilion Master returns."

Wei Ling knew that he had accidentally stepped on the fox's tail, but he really liked the jug of wine, watching it spilled all over the floor, not to mention how distressed he was.

"After you die—" Yinhu looked into his eyes coldly: "I will keep your beautiful skin for you, and I will also take care of your apprentice for you. You don't have to worry about the future. I will reward you." You have the best of both worlds."

Xu was drunk, and Wei Ling was amused by her seriousness.

"What are you laughing at?" Silver Fox asked, "Do you think monsters are as ruthless as you mortals?"

Wei Ling shook his head, stood up while propping up the pillar beside him, and pressed down his hand on the Wangchuan Sword. The blade came out of its sheath in an instant, and a cold light flashed, leaving deep sword marks on the floor. The bottle of poison he had was cut in the middle of the sword mark, and the thick black juice flowed all over the floor.

Holding the sword, Wei Ling used the slender point of the sword to pick apart the broken medicine bottle.

In the black concoction, countless tiny worms churned and surged.

"Bone-eating worms, I've seen them. People infected with this poison will have their bones riddled with holes before they die." Wei Ling raised the edge of the sword and handed the black worm lying on the sword to Yinhu. : "Are you being cheated? Or, do you really hate me so much?"

Yinhu tightened his pupils and stared at Wei Ling silently.

"Is it because I told Mochi not to save you that day?" Wei Ling held the sword in his hand, and the black juice and worm carcasses slid down to the tip of the sword at a very fast speed, dripping onto the ground

Silver Fox laughed: "So you still remember."

"It's not that I remember, it's just that I suddenly figured out something." Wei Ling put away his sword and walked out. The feathered cloak he was wearing was dragged on the ground, and he passed the crooked wine bar next to him with his steps. Hu: "The reason why I told Mochi not to save you that day is because you are all demons imprisoned by the Guo Mansion, with seals engraved on your bodies. escape."

Silver Fox was still smiling, her thin lips moved slightly, and her voice was sweet and pleasant: "But I escaped."

"Yeah, you escaped, but why?"

The halo embedded in the sky fell into the morning light, and Wei Ling looked into the distance, regaining her gradually clear thoughts from the calm.

Silver Fox stood behind him: "The situation was chaotic at the time, and opportunities can always be found."

"Hmm. No." Wei Ling said: "Even if you are lucky enough to escape from the Guo Mansion, what about Jinchuan City? You are so smart, why don't you help yourself find a way out."

Silver Fox looked at him and didn't answer.

Wei Ling said, "If Xia Zhou is willing to help you, that's another matter."

That day Xia Zhou waited quietly in the boat, and did not participate in the turmoil in Guo's residence. It is rare for him to be so quiet, but the situation was chaotic at that time, and Wei Ling didn't think about it.

Presumably, it was at that time that Yinhu was able to retreat from the Guo Mansion because of Xia Zhou's helping hand.

"It seems that you don't know enough about the pavilion master. I'm just an ordinary fox demon, and I'm even engraved with the seal of the demon seal. Why does the pavilion master help me who is worthless?" Yinhu's voice was hoarse. He gritted his teeth at the words.

"It wasn't just the monsters that went missing that night, but also the Canglin scales hidden in the basement of the Guo Mansion." Wei Ling turned around, the light reflected his outline, and traced along the bridge of his extremely beautiful nose, his eyes glowed. The light, but it is like the inexhaustible heaviness among the clouds.

Yinhu couldn't understand the emotions hidden in it, she was about to say something, but Wei Ling smiled slightly.

"You stole the scales and handed them over to Xia Zhou, everything makes sense."

He should be drunk, compared to his usual cold demeanor, at this moment he is more aggressive than ever.

"It really played me around."

He was laughing, but his expression was full of disappointment and sadness.

【Yutu Xiting Mountain】

There was a lot of snow in the city last night. The sun was shining brightly at dawn, but there was no temperature at all. The white snow was pressed on the branches, and when it melted a little, it all fell down with a clatter.

Xiting Mountain is a garden of the royal family, where the scenery is extremely beautiful. The mountain pavilions built along the way are a touch of human red decoration in the snow scene, like the makeup of a beautiful woman, so beautiful in the quiet room.

This mountain was a gift from Gu Xiao to marry Yue Erzhen when she was 20 years old. She used to be the princess of the Eastern Realm and married Gu Xiao as a link connecting the two countries. After her death, this Xiting Mountain became the only place where Yue Erzhen could haunt other than her residence.

When the black cat appeared, she was sitting alone in the courtyard, playing a game of chess against the empty stone bench.Years have left vicissitudes on her face, flower pendants surround her hair, and that indelible beauty is always lingering in her eyes.

There was fog around, and the maidservants and guards stood still, without any movement.The black cat came down from the eaves and landed softly on the guardrail. The process was very quiet, like the only fluctuation in the frozen time. Yue Erzhen didn't look up, but just reached out and put the black chess piece on the board, and then slowly let go .

"This move is too obvious."

The black cat's figure flickered and turned into billowing smoke. The heavy snow flew around, and even the leaves of the trees were shaking. The frozen maids and guards were still motionless and unresponsive after their clothes were blown.

Xia Zhou appeared in the smoke, he bent down, picked up a grape from the fruit plate on the table, and ate it.

"When you talk about playing chess, everyone knows that the ultimate goal is to trap the opponent to death, but you just want to go around in circles and cover up your thoughts in front of discerning people." Yue Erzhen picked up the white chess pieces this time, thinking Looking at the chessboard.

Xia Zhou said "hmm", and hooked his fingers casually, only to hear a "clang", a black and gold box fell out of thin air, smashing the chessboard in front of Yue Erzhen to pieces.

As soon as he snapped his fingers, the box opened, and inside was a bead glowing blue.

Yue Erzhen said: "Canglin's mana is really powerful, even the 梼杌 of the four fierce beasts will take so much time to turn it into a panacea."

Xia Zhou smiled casually: "Three days and two nights, it won't be long, but I didn't intend to give it to you before yesterday."

One person and one monster, one sitting and one standing, the wind outside the pavilion blows the gauze in the pavilion, and the bead curtains shake and collide softly.

Yue Erzhen finally raised her head, and her rouge lips were pursed into a smile, which made her fade away from the fresh face with a blossoming and brocade-like warmth.

"Why did you change your mind again?"

Xia Zhou took another grape and ate it: "Find someone who possesses the Cang Lin dharma lineage, and engrave a dharma seal on him, plus this panacea, what you want is just a powerful puppet at your mercy... "Speaking of which, he turned his eyes and fell on Yue Erzhen's gentle and smiling face: "Go to Liuli Mountain and pick whatever you want. Now the Taili Academy doesn't have time to stare there. It's a good opportunity."

Yue Erzhen looked up at her, and her hair ornament swayed as she raised her head: "You know who I want, but you avoid talking about him. Don't tell me you really hate him as rumored?"

"His Dharma lineage has been crippled." Xia Zhou said, "You can only choose someone else."

"You disabled him on purpose." Yue Erzhen said, "You don't even want to hand over the panacea until you confirm that he is really disabled."

Xia Zhou was so sweet by the grapes, he had never eaten such sweet grapes: "I'm good at guessing, half right and half wrong, if you can manage Gu Xuancheng well, I won't take away the curse in his body so early."

"I know you didn't intend to hand him over from the beginning." Yue Erzhen pushed the fruit plate in front of Xia Zhou: "Cang Lin should have been captured alive, and he would be more powerful than now if he directly refined it into a panacea, but you killed him. If you leave him, leaving only a few scales, if you really put them on Wei Ling, maybe you will use the excuse of 'this mana can't withstand the erosion of the curse, it will be completely swallowed' to let me choose someone else."

Xia Zhou narrowed his eyes suddenly, and the light was floating, stained with demon red: "Empress, you are too suspicious, since I will appear here, it is because I still miss the realization that you worked so hard to summon me back then, besides— ——From the beginning, what I looked at was not the millions of dead souls, but the little white light that was thrown into the darkness by you and attracted me."

Yue Erzhen: "Based on his cultivation, even if he loses his humanity after taking the elixir, at least I can return the sweet flesh and blood to you intact."

Xia Zhou sneered.

Yue Erzhen: "It's a pity, it's all messed up now."

"How can it be a pity." Xia Zhou said, and his figure wrapped in Xuanyi and robes was once again engulfed in flooding black smoke: "I will come as scheduled on the day of the heaven sacrifice ceremony, and let Gu Xiao die in despair. Your wish has come true, I also took away the 'sacrifice' that I deserved, and our contract was cancelled, which is everyone's satisfaction."

When the voice fell, he resumed his cat appearance, and when he was about to leave, he turned around again.

"Gu Xiao has been ill for more than ten years, you have more chances to kill him, why don't you do it now." Xia Zhou said calmly: "Or, you are too addicted to chess, so you have to compare yourself to lose with him Will you give up if you win?"

"Some people are not afraid of death by nature." Yue Erzhen said regretfully: "He will only be afraid if the things he is obsessed with are destroyed in front of him."

Hearing Yue Erzhen's words, the black cat stared at her quietly. After a while, it seemed to lose interest, jumped over to the top of the pavilion, and disappeared without a trace.

There was a sudden gasp in the ears, the maids stumbled and almost fell, the guards outside the pavilion also turned their heads in a daze, looking at each other to make sure of something.

Yue Erzhen picked up the chess pieces one by one and put them all into the small box that Xia Zhou sent. Only then did the maid realize the mess on the table and rushed over to clean it up.

With a soft "click", Yue Erzhen closed the box, fastened the lock, and handed it to the maid beside her: "Playing chess alone is really lonely, let the prince come to see me later."

The maid quickly bowed her body and took the box with both hands: "Yes."

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