Weicheng snow

The ancient man has been yelling the word "wolf" since he woke up, and he seems to be a little out of order. Yi Qingchen asked for a long time, but couldn't find out why, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "No, I guess it's the wolf. I lost my soul in fright, I have to cultivate for a while, asking him is better than asking Shen Sheng."

Shen Sheng smiled weakly and said, "It's useless to ask me. At that time, there was fog in the woods. After bumping into Yeluo, everyone ran away. I fought Yeluo. She is very powerful, but she refused Kill me and want to bring me back to the Valley of Absolute Strings, but then she seemed to see something terrible and ran away."

"There was a lot of fog, and I was injured again. It took me a long time to rest before I could move. Then the fog gradually cleared up, and I realized that everyone was nearby, but the fog seemed to be able to absorb the sound... But Or maybe it was because they were already dead, so I didn't find them at all..."

"As for this old man, I didn't find him until I counted all the dead bodies and found that one person was missing. I didn't notice that he was missing. I searched for a long time, and finally I saw him on the way back. He has been bowing down to a wolf-shaped stone statue on the way, chanting words all the time, and I can't understand their words, I feel like he has been seduced by someone, his head is bleeding, but he also I couldn't hold it back until I lost a lot of blood and passed out, then I got a chance to drag him back together..."

"That is to say, the old man is very likely to see something terrifying in the fog?" Yi Qingchen analyzed like a fellow, Shen Sheng nodded, and Yi Qingchen thought again, "The wolf-shaped stone statue... .Is it the one at the fork after entering along the road?"

Shen Sheng was stunned when he heard the words, and asked in confusion, "Fork in the road? It's not bad to go along this road, but isn't there only one road for half an hour?"

Yi Qingchen held back his voice, and after a long while, he smiled and said, "Maybe I misremembered."

Shen Sheng told everything he knew, but the old man went crazy. After much deliberation, everyone decided to leave the old man in the camp for treatment. We can wait until the next day.

Shen Yi packed a couch for Old Man A in the tent of the male disciples, and entrusted the male disciples to take care of him. Shen Sheng's injury was not serious, and there was no need to send someone to take care of him, so Shen Yi threw him back to himself. I only asked the disciples who were watching the night to look at it occasionally, and if they were out of breath, they would inform themselves and Hua Shenchi again.

Shen Sheng protested against the disparate treatment, but his protest could only be lying on the couch, covered in medicine, humming weakly.

Shen Yi looked at it funny, and Yi Qingchen also thought it was funny, she smiled, and from the corner of her eye, she saw that Hua Shenchi's eyes kept falling on her, as if she had something to say.Seeing Hua Shenchi getting up, as if about to walk over, Yi Qingchen subconsciously took two steps back, backed up to Shen Yi's side, and repeatedly told Shen Yi softly, "Be sure to leave it to him after this matter, remember! "

Shen Yi nodded ignorantly, Yi Qingchen got the promise, settled down, and ran out of the Lingshan camp without looking back, not daring to look back at the expression on Hua Shenchi's face at this time.

In the end, Yi Qingchen escaped to the Dugu family's camp, after thinking about it again and again, the guard appointed to the gate went to inform Mr. Dugu, and Mr. Dugu also received him very quickly. After understanding the reason why Yi Qingchen came here, He was very generous and ordered his servants to set up a tent for Yi Qingchen, and ordered his servants to send a portion of the boiled soup for supper and boiled bath water to the tent.

After everything was delivered and all the servants retreated, Mister Dugu just opened the folding fan, shook it lightly, smiled lightly and said, "You are afraid of seeing him, but you ran to me, and you are not afraid of that person's taste?"

Yi Qingchen stirred the white fungus soup in the bowl, lost his appetite, so he smiled wryly, "It doesn't matter whose fault it was at the beginning, I did get closer to Caizhu, and he did. I didn't trust me for a moment, it was just a trivial matter, it was a misunderstanding, and it passed when I relaxed..."

Mr. Dugu smiled and said, "But you just care about it."

Yi Qingchen sighed, "Yeah, I just thought about it for a moment. I thought about not thinking about it at first, and I wasn't angry at all at the time, and now I regret it. It's my fault that I didn't notice that he actually So uneasy...Ten years ago, he was obviously not like this..."

"The reason why it became like this is all my fault... I should have gone back and apologized to him, but I think it's okay to take this as an opportunity to take the trouble away from him." good."

"Also, the reason why I came to see you tonight, sir, is that I have a lot of questions I want to ask you, and I hope you can enlighten me."

Mr. Dugu smiled and said, "Excuse me."

Yi Qingchen took a deep breath, calmed down, and after a long while, he asked, "Sir, you said about fate retribution when you were in Weicheng, but I actually believed it, because before that, you really said I have a lot of death energy, and recently, my body seems to be getting tired more and more...Sir, can you see the date of my death?"

Mr. Dugu was silent when he heard the words, and then smiled and said, "Although the exact date is not clear, it can be seen that the Yintang between your brows is dead and dignified, and I'm afraid it will be soon."

Yi Qingchen smiled in relief, "I really can't go back this trip..."

Mr. Dugu didn't say a word, but Yi Qingchen said there alone, "The closer I get to the southern border, the more vain my footsteps are, and I often lose my mind... After all, half of the soul in this body is not mine. If I die, this half of my soul will return to his body, right?"

Mr. Dugu nodded, "It is reasonable to say so."

Yi Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Mr. Dugu thought it was a little funny, "It's still some time before you die, son, you seem to be someone who is ready to lie in the coffin."

Yi Qingchen laughed twice when he heard the words, "Sir, you are joking, in fact, I am also quite afraid of death, but since I can't escape no matter what, I can only try to convince myself."

Drinking the white fungus soup and honey in the bowl, the sweetness still lingers on the tip of the tongue, but I don't know what it is like in my heart. Seeing his state of mind, Mr. Dugu asked, "Young master, what else do you want to ask?"

Yi Qingchen came back to his senses and said to him, "I want to go to the village tonight."

Mr. Dugu chuckled when he heard the words, as if he had expected it, "It seems that Mr. Yi has also noticed the corpse aura in the village?"

Yi Qingchen wasn't sure if it was the spirit of corpses, but felt that the village was very gloomy. Since the marrow cultivator used magic, the sky hadn't seen the sun for a long time. Without the sun, the shade-loving plants would grow wildly. Moss can always be found in dilapidated old houses, and Caizhu's aunt's house is even a little damp.

Thinking of this, Yi Qingchen couldn't help asking himself, "What's going on in this village?"

Mr. Dugu didn't answer, but said, "If there's nothing wrong, I'll go back and rest first." Yi Qingchen got up and sent Mr. Dugu out of the tent, and stared at the latter's back thoughtfully for a while, feeling mysterious And Xuan, this person seems to know everything, but he is unwilling to say anything, and he doesn't know whether he really understands, or because of his status, he has to pretend to understand if he doesn't understand.

When Mr. Dugu's figure disappeared from sight, Yi Qingchen turned around and went back to the tent, took off his shirt, wiped his body with hot water, and after everything was tidied up, he lay back on the couch for the rest of the night. Plan to close your eyes and rest.

"Actually, I don't think it's necessary to do this..."

When he opened his eyes again, the long-lost Boundless Sea of ​​Tranquility appeared in front of him, with the scent of flowers mixed with the faint breeze, and Zhenzhen stood there, half of his face covered by the cloak, with an unclear expression, "Why don't you explain clearly?"

Yi Qingchen didn't quite understand what Zhenzhen was talking about, but she was curious why she appeared in his dream after so many days, so he asked, "Miss Zhenzhen, why are you here again?"

Zhenzhen heard the words, and sighed helplessly, "After Weicheng met Mr. Dugu, he made a deal with him. I will go to find the whereabouts of something for him. He will protect you for me for a while. Now the thing has been found." , I will come back to look for him, and when I pass by, I see you falling asleep, so I will take a look first..."

There was a strong wind, and the tranquil sea set off ripples, and the ripples passed by the bottom of the feet, Yi Qingchen was a little hard to stand still, Zhenzhen looked down at the sea, and said lightly, "Young master's heart is very chaotic."

Yi Qingchen was stunned when he heard the words, as if he understood something, "Is this an illusion in my heart?"

Zhenzhen nodded and said, "Exactly...the illusions in everyone's heart are different, but most of them have only one scene, either a city, or a desert, or a mountain, or water, my son. But the mountains are connected to the sea, and the sea surrounds the mountains, so one person can see two landscapes."

Yi Qingchen heard this, turned around to look at Shuangjiang Peak behind him, and said thoughtfully, "It must be because of the other half's fascination."

Zhenzhen didn't give an answer, but asked again, "Is it worth it to care about that person, but to hide it from him and make unnecessary sacrifices?"

Yi Qingchen said in a low voice, "It's worth it... After my death, the soul will return to his body, and he can continue to live as an ordinary person again."

Zhenzhen sighed a little, "Not all good intentions can be accepted, and forced sacrifice will only make the passive accepting party suffer. I have felt this way since a long time ago... I hate self-righteous self-sacrifice, Support each other to go on, isn't it good?"

The more Yi Qingchen's heart wavered, the more turbulent the waves on the lake became, and she disappeared after she really said this. Yi Qingchen only felt that she seemed to be thinking of a very unpleasant past because of her own affairs, and those words were not complete. He said it for himself, but it made sense, and Yi Qingchen could understand it very well.

But because of this, Yi Qingchen also understands that he is different from Zhenzhen, and supporting each other to go on is the premise of being strong enough.He originally thought about exterminating the Marrow Sect with Hua Chenchi, going back to Weicheng together, and starting a new life together, so he rightfully thought that he would live with Hua Chenchi.

But all of this is just an illusion that I have painted for myself.

It wasn't until this morning that the uneasiness expressed by Hua Shenchi completely woke him up, allowing him to wake up from the dream of harmony and peace for the rest of his life.Hua Shenchi is far from being as stable, confident, and completely trusting himself as he imagined. He is also very uneasy and afraid of facing everything that will happen next. He also believes in the reincarnation retribution that Mr. Dugu said.

He was never someone who blindly believed in these things, because what Mr. Dugu said was really reasonable, and they all had more or less premonitions as evidence.The uneasiness created by this premonition has been deeply buried in their hearts, pretending that it does not exist.But if you pretend you can't see it, does it really not exist?

They were still restless, but they kept smiling.

Hua Shenchi's uneasiness stems from his feeling that he might leave him at any time.

Leaving in every sense of the word...

And I am far from being as strong as I imagined, strong enough to escape the established fate.

So if he was already doomed, why bother to ask for short-term pleasure and drag him into the water together?Why don't you endure the short-term pain for a while, and do something for him before the time of death comes.

Woke up with eyes open, wiped away the tears from the corners of the eyes, looked at the sky outside the tent, the time was just right, Yi Qingchen packed up the clothes, followed the shadow of the tree, avoiding the sight of all the patrolling guards in the camp, and found the place according to the memory. Route in the village.

Walking carefully along the bushes beside the road to the village, at first there were insects singing in my ears, but gradually, the insects became less and less, and when I arrived in the village, even the insects disappeared, replaced by rustling rustling voice.

Yi Qingchen hid in the shadow of the bushes and looked out, through the gaps in the bushes, he saw an extremely astonishing scene.

It was clearly late at night, but there were still people working in the paddy field, and not just one person, but many, many people. Their clothes were the same as those of the villagers in the daytime. Except for the strange working hours, everything was not abnormal. Feeling strange, Qingchen observed for a while, eavesdropping on what they were saying, and gradually, he noticed something was wrong in these conversations.

One person asked, "Is it really okay to let those people live in the village? Will the little girl who was released that day tip off the news? Why am I so blocked in my heart?"

One person said, "Can you still not believe Caizhu's Gu technique? Didn't you die long ago? Where is your heart?"

The man replied, "Yeah, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot. I've been dead for five or six months, right? Thanks to my luck, I met the Taoist priest before the body rotted, otherwise I should have died now." It's a pile of bones."

Yi Qingchen was horrified when he heard this, the dark clouds cleared, the moonlight poured down, and in the vast paddy fields, countless or complete or broken corpses were holding farming tools and working in their respective paddy fields. Except for their facial expressions, they look no different from normal people, but those corpses with missing arms, broken legs, eyeballs, and guts are a bit scary to look at, but apart from their appearance, their conversations and behaviors are just like ordinary people. Ordinary villagers.

The more Yi Qingchen watched, the more frightened he became, as if he understood why Ruhui was so frightened. If he saw this scene without psychological preparation, no matter how daring he was, he would not be able to accept it, right?

After calming down for a while, Yi Qingchen turned his head to observe carefully. Most of these corpses were very unfamiliar. They should not be the same group of people who worked in the paddy fields during the day, but they should also be their family members.

Among these corpses, Yi Qingchen also found Caizhu's uncle as a matter of course. From this, it can be deduced that Langzhi Village should be a village where people and corpses coexist, and the evil spirit that haunts the village should be exuded by these corpses. As for why it became like this, only the villagers will know the specific reason, but most of them will not admit it, right?

But they said just now that the Gu on Ruhui's body came from Caizhu, which is in line with Yi Qingchen's guess.

The paddy field is blocked by corpses, so it is impossible to pass through it. Yi Qingchen walked around the paddy field and continued to sneak in the village, searching for the location of Caizhu's house with the help of memory, and occasionally looking through the window into the passing stilted building Most of them can only see the normal sleeping villagers. It seems that the corpse collector has basically gone out.

It was not easy to find the stilted building of Caizhu’s family. This stilted building was not big, but it was built on the high ground in the village, surrounded by fences, chickens and ducks were raised in the courtyard, and there was a small fish pond. Qingchen sat cross-legged on the top of the stilted building, quietly watching the moon hanging high in the sky for a while.

It seems that the evil method of the Eating Marrow Sect did not deliberately cover the moon. After all, according to legend, the moonlight has the effect of nourishing corpses, and corpses should like the moon quite a lot.

Hua Shenchi liked it very much.