When the devil

A few days after the first emperor passed away, the palace was completely silent. According to the Zhaoyang tradition, those who died of evil spirits were considered unclean, and the soul-suppression was needed instead of the filial piety period. rest in peace.

Although it is said that a country cannot be without a king for a day, but because of the taboo of evil, the prince's succession must wait until after the filial piety, and the queen will listen to the government behind the curtain during this period.

Gu Xiao’s Soul Suppression was carried out by Wei Ling himself. I thought it would be a hard job, but I didn’t expect the whole process to be peaceful and peaceful. When the snow stopped, the winter sun rose again, and the soul infiltrated by the evil spirit was quiet in the city. Like white snow, it melted away silently.

Wei Ling has never seen such a peaceful dead soul.

After the soul sedation was over, he spent some time in the temple with his eyes closed and recuperated until the ends of his hair were blown by the breeze. When he opened his eyes, he saw Xia Zhou standing in front of the golden urn, his black hair was scattered, and the candlelight stained his face. Side profile, I don't know if it's an illusion, but that handsome face is actually softer than usual.

"When did you come?" Wei Ling asked him softly.

"I've been here." Xia Zhou turned his head, and his gentle smile was more clearly reflected in Wei Ling's eyes.

During the soul sacrificing period, it cannot be disturbed. This Requiem Temple is sealed by layers of barriers from the Taili Academy, and even Xiazhou cannot enter and exit freely.

"The queen asked you to come?" Wei Ling thought of a possibility, so he asked.

Xia Zhou looked at him and walked towards him slowly: "Yeah, it's very convenient. In order to let me in, the Taili Court stopped the barrier for at least one stick of incense."

"Let you come in with me?"

"I want to be with you." Xia Zhou knelt down in front of him, reaching out to brush Wei Ling's drooping hair behind her ears.

His hair is so soft.

No matter how you hold it in your hand, you will not get tired of playing.

Wei Ling raised his hand to block Xia Zhou, and the light and shadow fell in his eyes, and the vague feeling of strangeness covered his indifferent expression again.

Xia Zhou finds it funny, he is greedy for the lukewarm aura on Wei Ling's body, whenever this happens, he will think of his seductive appearance that is dazzled with reddish red when he is in love.

"Since I'm here, I just want to ask you a few things."

Xia Zhou admired his face: "Okay, just ask, just ask whatever you want."

Wei Ling: "What is the identity of that monster in Prince You's Mansion?"

Xia Zhou: "It doesn't have to be a monster, it could also be a fairy."

"You didn't see through his identity?"

"No, and I'm not interested either." Xia Zhou sat down cross-legged, with his arms resting on his legs, and his palms dragging his face.

"There are things in this world that you can't see through?"

"There are too many." Xia Zhou smiled: "For example, I can never see through your heart."

Wei Ling sighed, he had been resting his soul in the temple during this time, and the smell of incense was unbearable, maybe because of Xia Zhou's appearance, the emotions that had finally settled down in his heart were churning again.

Gu Xiao died so easily, he never expected it.

What should we do with those grievances and resentments, will they dissipate like smoke, or will they burn like fire.

"..."

Wei Ling stood up, the Soul Suppression was over, and there was no point for him to stay here any longer.

"What's the situation in Yudu City now, the demon formation has not faded, how should the common people appease?"

He walked out while talking, Xia Zhou got up quickly and followed behind him.

"Three days later it will be the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. The monster recruiting formations left in the city will disperse after that day. Now the civilians in the city have been put to sleep peacefully by the sorcery of Tailiyuan. When they wake up, they will only feel I had a very long dream."

"Didn't you say that the enchantment of the demon gate has been revived, and the previous demon recruiting array has been abolished?"

Xia Zhou pondered: "It's not all abolished."

"..." Wei Ling glanced at him sideways, unintentionally entangled, and then asked, "Where are the monsters outside the city?"

Xia Zhou: "There are not only monsters outside the city, but also the souls of the Eastern Territory. After all, the Taili Court is the emperor's subordinates. Their barrier can still resist the invasion for the time being. However, as the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is getting closer, The monster recruiting array will become stronger and stronger, and the evil spirits it will attract will naturally become more and more difficult, if it can survive this calamity, it will be the best..."

"Gu Xiao is already dead, but the queen has not abolished the monster recruiting array, she wants to make Yudu..." Wei Ling paused, and said in a low voice: "Become the second Eastern Realm."

Xia Zhou was noncommittal, and went along with him: "It's nothing more than a blood debt, not to mention the monsters are all after the emperor. Now that people are dead, they are like headless chickens."

Wei Ling looked back at him: "Where is the demon recruiting formation, can it be broken?"

Xia Zhou met his gaze and smiled softly: "Yes." He leaned forward slightly, and patted his heart: "Kill me, then kill her."

Wei Ling was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xia Zhou was joking, but there was no joke in his eyes, Xia Zhou was telling the truth.

He always said that the most important thing is to understate and tell the whole story.

Wei Ling thought that she would adapt sooner or later, but somehow she fell into the vortex of thoughts.

Xia Zhou: "Did you suddenly understand why the Queen wants me to stay in the Demon Realm?"

If all of this is true, and Xia Zhou really should be left in the demon domain, then——this demon recruiting formation will become an unsolvable formation.

No, there is another way, which is to survive the day of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, and let the demon formation disperse by itself, so that Yudu will be at peace, although this approach is too risky.

Xia Zhou's words——

I don't know the odds of winning against him. Once he dies, the queen will definitely take action, and it is not a good idea to act hastily.

Wei Ling lowered his eyes, he was disturbed by the random thoughts, he turned and walked out the door.

"A Ling, you can't bear to part with me." Xia Zhou was very satisfied with Wei Ling's entanglement, as if he didn't care if the sky fell: "Don't mention how happy I am."

"You can talk about other ways? You can't just watch Yudu become a dead city." Wei Ling was annoyed.

Xia Zhou hehe said: "Are we afraid that we won't be able to defend this ruined city if we cooperate?"

"That depends on whether Da Yao Xia has any bad intentions."

Wei Ling put her hand on the doorknob and was about to push it away, but was held down by Xia Zhou behind her.

"Why do I follow me to the world when I have bad thoughts?" Xia Zhou approached him, his breath touching his ear: "Don't think of me so badly."

"... "

Xia Zhou held Wei Ling's hand tightly, and whispered in his ear, "I can give you my life."

The snow did not stop, and the cold permeated every inch of the air.

The mantras of the magic circle were intertwined into a net, hovering slowly in the sky, and the whole Yu was asleep.

Wei Ling walked down the winding stone steps, with guards on both sides, covered in snow, but motionless like a statue.

In the distance, Gu Xuancheng waited quietly with an umbrella in his hand. Seeing Wei Ling approaching, he slightly raised the umbrella, with the corners of his eyes curved, showing a gentle smile.

"Why are you here?" Wei Ling spoke first, her voice not fluctuating.

Gu Xuancheng leaned forward and moved the umbrella above Wei Ling: "I am exhausted from the soul-suppressing work, and the queen mother asked me to take the master and take a good rest first."

Miraculously, Xia Zhou didn't come to make trouble, he followed behind at a distance, and looked at the guards around him seriously.

Wei Ling said: "No need to rest, I'll go to the city gate to see what's going on."

Gu Xuancheng was not surprised, and continued: "The gate of the city is guarded by the Taili Court, Master, don't worry."

Wei Ling didn't speak.

Gu Xuancheng seemed to understand his intentions, and leaned closer and said: "I know that the people in Yudu City are innocent. From the beginning, I didn't want them to be implicated... Let the Taili Court do everything possible I am the one guarding the city gate, Master, you can trust me."

He said it lightly, as a matter of course, and never changed from beginning to end.

Wei Ling turned his face slightly, the extinguished flames in the thin snow fell on his eyes, Gu Xuancheng happened to meet his eyes, it was as indifferent as ever, as if what he tried to explain was empty and formless, falling on Wei Ling's eyes. There was no ripple in Ling's heart.

"My mother and I..." He wanted to continue, "There was some disagreement on this matter, but now that Gu Xiao is doing this... a lot of things have been disrupted, I don't know if it's right or wrong, But... as long as I can stand with you, Master, I can always find a way to resolve the current predicament."

After listening to his stuttering words, Wei Ling asked, "Do you think Gu Xiao did it on purpose?"

Gu Xuancheng said a lot just now, but what he wanted to express was his determination. He hoped that Wei Ling could agree with him and understand him, but Wei Ling didn't seem to care, instead he caught a thorn in his words.

Disappointment flashed in the corner of Gu Xuancheng's eyes.

"Yeah." He didn't restrain his emotions in time, but just continued in his mind: "Now that things have happened, I won't cover up any more. Not all people in the East have the patience to accompany their mother to such a toss. Years ago, many people plotted and wanted to kill Gu Xiao without authorization, but—some gods and ghosts are hiding around Gu Xiao, let alone killing him, it is even more difficult to get close to him."

Xia Zhou followed behind the two, his hearing was better than ordinary people, he could hear everything Gu Xuancheng said clearly.

During the conversation, the three of them had already walked down the stone steps and moved forward along the long road. The thick snow-covered road stretched all the way to the bottom of the mountain. From here on, there were no guards, and there was only silence and falling snow.

"Gu Xiao's soul is very calm, he should have no worries when he died." Wei Ling said: "I thought he was a man of lust, and it would be harder to satisfy him than ascending to heaven. Now it seems that until the end I didn't understand his mind either."

Gu Xuancheng said: "His disease was born. He thought he would not survive, but he persisted until now. Master, you know that the most terrible evil result of Gu Xiao's death is not that evil spirits are everywhere, but that he is still alive at this moment." Once the news of the millions of cavalry fighting against the barbarians on the border reaches their ears, we can only—"

"A dead end." Xia Zhou interjected at this moment, gloating: "No matter who takes Yudu now, the army outside the Great Wall will be a sharp thorn in his chest."

Gu Xuancheng's eyes darkened, as if he didn't like Xia Zhou's voice.

Wei Ling: "So, what are your plans?"

Gu Xuancheng quickly adjusted his expression, he smiled, and said in a low voice: "I am the prince, as long as I wait until the day I take office, all this will not be a deadlock... right?"

Shen Feihuan was awakened by the ear-piercing roar. The fire in the ruined temple had been extinguished, and the charcoal and wood were sticking together damp and black.

He smelled the smell of blood, and looked at the empty weed pile beside him. There was constant noise outside the house, and there was also a strange black air current, which shook the house to pieces of rubble.

He moved his fingers, the pain of being torn apart has not completely disappeared, the wound is healing, the dirty blood cannot stop, and is replaced by new blood and flesh.

Bai Lie gradually lost control, he tried to stop it, but failed, he was killed by Bai Lie more than once, every time he was killed cleanly, with one sword, the death would not hurt too much, but it became extremely difficult to survive.

Its daybreak.

Shen Feihuan rubbed the sticky blood on his arm, his clever peach eyes couldn't see the light, the window was dark and black and white, and the world was chaotic.

He is not impatient, his legs have not fully recovered, even if he is worried, he can only wait obediently, he is thinking about some possibilities, thinking about the meaning of what he has done all the time, but the more he thinks about it, the more empty it becomes, the more he thinks about it. The breathless depression piled up on his heart, it was unimaginable, obviously it was useless, but he was so stubborn that he never thought of letting go.

After a while, the broken door was knocked open.

Bai Lie, stained with blood, walked into the room.

Shen Feihuan looked up at him, and saw that his pale gray eyes seemed to have regained some luster, his brows were stained with charm, and his movements hesitated.

"woke up?"

"woke up?!"

The two spoke in unison, and when their eyes met, Shen Fei burst into laughter.

"I'm not waking up." Shen Feihuan moved his legs: "It's called rebirth after death."

Bai Lie sighed, walked up to him and knelt down: "I'm sorry."

Shen Feihuan blinked: "You remember?"

Bai Lie nodded lightly and didn't say much.

Shen Feihuan: "Could it be because of Tianliang that you can regain your sanity now?"

"No." Bai Lie focused on the strangely healing wound on Shen Feihuan's leg, and said, "It's blood. A lot of monsters came outside just now, and I killed quite a few. Maybe he was hungry, like... a long time ago. It's been a long time since I've eaten."

The "he" Bai Lie mentioned refers to Chaos.

During the time when he lost his sanity, chaotic voices kept appearing in Bai Lie's mind. He was like an imprisoned beast, overly hungry for flesh and blood. The strong consciousness was worn away.

Shen Feihuan said: "The loss of control of Chaos is just the beginning. He came to the world without a contract. As time goes by...it will become a huge mass of monster power without an owner."

He usually speaks glibly, but now he is a little dignified, which makes people feel strange.Bai Lie looked up at him, as if he heard that there was something unfinished in Shen Feihuan's words.

Shen Feihuan twitched the corners of her mouth, and smiled bitterly: "Either let him out, and you will be wiped out, or he will eat you away, and then you will be wiped out."

Bai Lie: "How?"

Shen Feihuan felt that he had come to a dead end, but when facing Bai Lie, he could only answer honestly: "We need someone with strong celestial skills to turn him into a demon pill and take it out."

However, it is not an easy matter to refine Chaos into a demon pill. Maybe the demon power has not been sealed, and the mortal Bai Lie will not be able to withstand the magic power——

Besides, if one really refined the demon pill, it would be a torture to take it out. Shen Feihuan didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be.

Only one last possibility remains.

Shen Feihuan hesitated for a moment, seeing Bai Lie still staring at him, feeling helpless, and then said: "The best way is to let the demonic nature of Chaos merge with you, just like... eating the demon pill."

To ask Bai Lie to succumb to the monster, Shen Feihuan was ready to be scolded.

"Let's talk about it later." Miraculously, Bai Lie didn't worry too much, he patted Shen Feihuan's head: "I want to go outside to see the situation while it's stable now."

Shen Feihuan was rubbed by him, but calmed down: "It's best not to go, you have lost your mind for the past few days, Yu has been in chaos, the emperor died, monsters invaded the city, Taili Court—"

"Emperor... what?" Bai Lie's expression froze, interrupting Shen Feihuan.

Shen Feihuan grabbed Bai Lie's hand and said, "Calm down and listen to me."

calm?

Bai Lie's mind was so messed up that he didn't even know how to think, and the light in his eyes that he had managed to find faded away again.

"General Bai." Shen Feihuan turned over and shook Bai Lie: "Listen to me first."

Bai Lie was taken aback for a moment, then came back to his senses a little: "Who did it?"

"No one, the emperor is seriously ill, and he couldn't survive the winter." Shen Feihuan explained with certainty.

Bai Lie didn't quite believe it: "Your Majesty... died of illness?"

"Yes."

"How did you find out?"

"Doctor Zhang said so."

Bai Lie stared at him: "Doctor Zhang?"

Shen Feihuan nodded.

Bai Lie asked again: "You...cause him trouble?"

Shen Feihuan said truthfully: "The Imperial Medical Office is not innocent, I already have the evidence that they tried to frame you."

Bai Lie looked at him and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a muffled sound coming from the ground.

"The man is right below." Shen Feihuan pouted, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes that a little secret had been discovered: "It's a pity that he has become an outcast, I have captured him for so many days, and no one has come to look for him.