Yu Hongchen

That person was Shang Lixing's youngest sworn brother Qi Huan.That day, under the wall of thousands of shadows, he was punished by Shang Lixing for being bewitched by a black-robed man disguised by Xie Liuchen and made a mistake. Ruyi and others searched for his whereabouts on the border, but they found nothing.Although Shang Lixing was worried about him, he guessed that Qi Huan was over 300 years old anyway, and even though he was impulsive and willful, he would not be easily bullied, so he didn't take this matter to heart. Seeing that he came back intact , I was very pleased for a while.

"What are you doing there?" Shang Lixing saw him standing blankly by the bushes, beckoning, and said with a smile: "Come here and let the elder brother take a look at you, why haven't you sent a message back after more than a month? Do you know how much we have?" worry about you."

"Brother," Qi Huan took a step back instead, "I'm so born, don't worry."

Shang Lixing said: "Well, I know, come and let me have a look." Qi Huan hesitated on the spot, still refusing to take a step forward.

Shang Lixing was in the dark, and Qi Huan was secretive, so he couldn't see Qi Huan's face clearly at the moment, but his mind was so sensitive, seeing Qi Huan shrinking his shoulders, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Why do you keep hiding?" In the tree pile? Come here!"

Qi Huan froze, and called "Big Brother" again, and then walked over slowly.

He walked extremely slowly, not at all as cheerful as he usually saw Shang Lixing, and it was just like this that Shang Lixing felt even more suspicious.

As he walked out of the bushes, a face gradually appeared in the night, Shang Lixing vaguely saw that there seemed to be something painted on his face, distorted, like a bug, and said coldly: "Come here again!"

Hearing this, Qi Huan took a few steps forward.Shang Lixing saw him more clearly now, took a few steps closer, squeezed Qi Huan's shoulders tightly, and said in a voiceless voice: "You...what happened to your face? Who hurt you?"

It turned out that there were several deep red bloodstains on Qi Huan's face, which were all over the place, and the original white and tender face was scratched beyond recognition. Shang Lixing suddenly saw this painted face, and his heart suddenly became angry.He tried his best to wipe off the blood on Qi Huan's face, but he couldn't wipe it off no matter what.

Qi Huan lowered his head and replied in a very low voice: "I don't know..."

Shang Lixing withdrew his hand and looked at Qi Huan quietly.That day Qi Huan was instigated by Xie Liuchen to commit the wrong thing, and he didn't know what happened to him during the month of disappearance, and he came back with injuries all over his body.Shang Lixing felt a little more guilty, but he was determined to thank Liuchen to the end, no matter what he said, it was impossible to tell Qi Huan the true identity of the man in black.After thinking up to this point, his voice softened a lot, and he said softly, "Have you seen Bai Xuan?"

Qi Huan lowered his head: "No... I'll come to you as soon as I get back..."

Shang Lixing took a few steps back and said, "That's not okay, I'm going to see Bai Xuan tomorrow."

Qi Huan said: "Brother, are you going to punish me?"

Seeing that he was injured like this, Shang Lixing dared to punish him again, and said softly: "Well, I won't punish you."

Qi Huan fixedly looked at him and said, "Brother, will you dislike me because of this?"

Shang Lixing's heart skipped a beat, he quickly changed the subject and said, "It's getting late, you should go back first."

Qi Huan still said in a very low voice: "I want to sleep in your room."

"What are you messing around with?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Shang Lixing turned his face uncomfortably, and quickly stepped into his yard, "You have your own room in the headquarters, and Bai Xuan often sends someone to take care of it, and the room is fairly clean .”

Qi Huan followed closely behind him: "But...but I'm afraid..."

Shang Lixing didn't hear anything all the way, and walked straight to the door of his room, Qi Huan chased after him like a gust of wind: "Brother..."

Shang Lixing pushed open the door of his room, but before he could take a step, the figure behind him rushed into the room before him, Shang Lixing said helplessly: "Since you are so persistent, then I'll go to sleep next door." When he went to the door, he heard Qi Huan call "Brother" hastily in the room, and he said outside the door: "Follow me to see Bai Xuan tomorrow morning, let her show you."

The room became inexplicably quiet, and I don't know if Qi Huan heard it, but Shang Lixing didn't dare to stay any longer, after finishing speaking, he immediately walked quickly to the room where Xie Liuchen lived in the past, his steps were so fast that he almost fled up.

The room was dark, and he didn't bother to light a candle, and threw it on the bed, feeling the overly familiar atmosphere, and felt that his heart gradually became more stable.

He thought sadly in the dark: "It's better to make clear to Qi Huan earlier about my matter with Junior Brother Xie, so as not to let him misunderstand any further."

Qi Huan has been clinging to him since the beginning. At that time, Shang Lixing was afraid that if he continued to entangle him, there would be many misunderstandings, so he was assigned to guard the border, but he never made it clear.But now that he has someone he likes, he can no longer allow Qi Huan to misunderstand him like before.

The next day, Shang Lixing wanted to take Qi Huan to see Bai Xuan, but Qi Huan didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, so he hid in his room and refused to open the door desperately.

Shang Lixing tried to persuade him a few times, but Qi Huan kept repeating: "I'm not going! I'm not going!"

Shang Lixing stood outside the door and said with a straight face: "Be good, show Bai Xuan the injury on your face!"

Qi Huan's voice came from the room: "No, I won't go! I won't go!"

No matter how patient Shang Lixing was, he really couldn't stand Qi Huan's unpredictable temper. He said angrily, "Qi Huan, don't be too willful, I don't have time to spend here with you!"

The tone of his words was a bit heavy, and he didn't feel it right when he said it, but it was a pity that he had already said it, and it was absolutely difficult to take it back. As soon as he finished speaking, there was an endless crackling sound in the room, obviously the little ancestor was taking the business again. The objects in the room were out of breath.

Shang Lixing's chest heaved violently, and he was so angry that he didn't even want to say anything. He thought that Qi Huan would be more sensible after coming back from the ordeal, but he didn't expect that he would still be so stubborn. If he had known last night, he shouldn't have How easy it is to forgive his sins!

He walked out of the courtyard with a sullen face, and walked all the way to Baixuan Medicine House, where there were already a few casual cultivators waiting for those undercover demons from yesterday.

Shang Lixing's face paled slightly, and he nodded lightly to the greetings from the casual cultivators.

A casual cultivator said: "Miss Bai Xuan has already prepared inside." Shang Lixing calmed down and said, "Okay." Just at this time, Bai Xuan walked out gracefully in a yellow dress: "Master ,I'm ready."

Following Shang Lixing's order, several casual cultivators escorted the undercover demons who were in a coma into the medicine hut, placed them in the middle of the open space, and quickly stepped back.

A circle of scarlet talisman was drawn on the open space, and the incense was lit. Shang Lixing and Bai Xuan looked at each other, and sat face to face with several undercover demons. In the sea of ​​consciousness of several people on the ground.

"Soul Search Dafa" was originally a set of evil skills that harmed the consciousness. Shang Lixing got this set of skills by chance in the past. In order to better dig things out of the mouths of the undercover demons, he spent three months with Bai Xuan. Three days and three nights to study the magic circle, improve it, and make it a set of exercises that can search for the memory of the sea of ​​consciousness without harming the consciousness. 300 years ago, the human race was able to defeat the demon race, and it also had a contribution to the "soul search Dafa" in it. The practice of "Searching Soul Dafa" has extremely strict requirements on talents. In the whole Qiushuimen, only Shang Lixing and Bai Xuan have learned it, and performing this set of exercises requires a lot of real energy, so it is easy not to use them. Every time you use them, Both of them need to work together, Bai Xuan cast spells and Shang Lixing protects them.

Even with He Qi's help, Shang Lixing refused to sit still, so he asked Bai Xuan to cooperate in mobilizing the "Soul Search Dafa", to see if he could find a way to open Yunshan from these undercover demons.

During the process of casting the spell, the expressions of the two changed several times, and finally their eyes were focused on the figures on the ground.

After waiting for an hour, she finally finished performing the exercise. Beads of sweat had gathered on Bai Xuan's forehead. She silently looked at the undercover demons on the ground, her eyes filled with misty mist that could not be dispelled.

Shang Lixing on the opposite side also frowns silently.

Bai Xuan panted softly, "Master, what do you think will happen?"

Shang Lixing bowed his head and pondered, puzzled and said: "The world of spiritual consciousness is blank, and it is usually found on dead people. Could it be that they are already dead?" At this point, even he felt that such a statement was too unbelievable, Shaking his head with a wry smile.

Bai Xuan was also puzzled and said, "I've never seen or heard of such a situation, unless..."

Hearing her words, Shang Lixing seemed to have some insight, and asked, "Unless what?"

Bai Xuan said: "Unless their Sea of ​​Consciousness world is not under their control at all."

Shang Lixing frowned: "Their behavior is beyond my control? This saying is new."

Bai Xuan's expression was a little dazed: "I remember hearing from the head of the sect that under the wall of thousands of shadows, there were sea beasts hitting the stone wall, but their behavior was out of their control. I suspect it was manipulated by someone with a heart."

Shang Lixing pondered, "Do you think it's the same person?"

Bai Xuan said: "Bai Xuan is just making a bold guess."

Shang Lixing nodded and said: "Assume first, if there is such a powerful person who can not only control the monsters under the sea, but also the undercover sea consciousness of the demon race, his cultivation must be unfathomable. How did the clan decline to this day?"

Bai Xuan said embarrassingly: "The sect master is right, it is Bai Xuan who thinks too much."

Shang Lixing shook his head with a smile and said, "No, no, no, what you said is very reasonable. It's very good and bold to have such an idea, but it still needs some evidence to support it."

Bai Xuan also laughed. She stood up, cleaned up the curse paper on the ground, and said, "The sect master, do we need to arrest a few more people to search for the soul?"

Shang Lihang thought about it: "Well, yes, but it seems that there is not much hope, and it may still depend on the results brought by fellow Daoist He Qi. Let's just wait for the good news from fellow Daoist He Qi."

Bai Xuan sighed, "Now we have to wait."

Shang Lixing thought to himself: "I ordered Ji Qing to spread the news of the revival of the Demon Lord, and I think the Demon Race has already received the news." Then he said: "There is no way that there are only a few people undercover for the Demon Race staying in Nanling. , you send a few monks to the mortal world to investigate secretly, and be careful not to alarm anyone."

Bai Xuan said seriously, "Okay."

Shang Li went out of the medicine hut, and ordered a few casual cultivators who were waiting outside to go in and bring out the Mozu undercover agent, and settled the matter.Then he walked back to his yard.

When he stepped into the yard, Qi Huan had already opened the door and was squatting by the door looking up at him blankly.Shang Lixing still had anger towards Qi Huan in his heart, but as soon as he saw Qi Huan's bloodstained face, most of his anger disappeared immediately, and he sighed: "Why are you squatting at the door, how indecent."

Qi Huan straightened up slowly, and whispered: "Brother..."

Shang Lixing looked at him, thinking that this might be a good opportunity to tell the truth, he entered the room with his hands behind his back, and said to the room, "Qi Huan, come in, brother has something to tell you."

Qi Huan's voice came from behind: "What do you want to say to me?"

Shang Lixing turned around: "Brother spoke too hard in the morning, so I would like to say sorry to you first."

Qi Huan followed into the room and said in a low voice, "It's not the elder brother's fault, it's because I'm too disobedient and always make you angry."

Shang Lixing looked at Qi Huan intently: "Qi Huan, elder brother also wants to tell you that elder brother has someone he likes."

Qi Huan kept his head down all the time, and said in a trembling voice: "I know, it's the person who lived in your courtyard before. I heard them talk about it this morning." I'm disfigured now, so of course I can't compare to a teenage boy."

"Listen to elder brother," Shang Lixing said solemnly: "The word love is always like drinking water. Elder brother has someone in his heart, and he will never be able to pamper you like before. That person... oh, I had a lot of words from the bottom of my heart that I wanted to say to you, but now I feel that all the words are superfluous, and I will leave it to you to comprehend."

Qi Huan's eyes were reddish, and he looked like he was about to cry, but what he said was very understanding: "It's nothing, brother, I've already thought about it, I know, this kind of thing doesn't distinguish first come first served, first come first come first, know 300 I won't be emotional for a year, and I won't be in the future."

"That's good." Shang Lixing finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, smiled slightly, and talked about it: "Tell me, brother, what happened to you during this time."

Qi Huan sobbed softly: "I...I don't know..."

"You don't know?" Shang Lixing felt strange, and asked again: "How did you get out from under the wall of thousands of shadows?"

"Thousands...thousands...thousands of shadows..." Qi Huan murmured and repeated the words "thousands of shadows", and suddenly his whole body trembled. Shang Lixing hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" Trembling, he was speechless, and then suddenly let out a shrill scream, and fell under Shang Lixing's knees.Shang Lixing was shocked for a moment and helped him up.Qi Huan's whole body was ice-cold, and that face that was still fine just now had become pale and pale, against the bloodstains, it was extremely ferocious.

Shang Lixing thought that the experience in the sea had left him with a lot of trauma, so he closed his mouth immediately, and comforted him repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I won't ask, you should rest first."

Qi Huan shrank back and said in a trembling voice, "Sea water... drowns... sea beasts... whirlpool..."

Shang Lixing thought about it: "Sea beasts? Whirlpools? There are turbulent undercurrents on the bottom of the sea. He must have seen something terrifying under the sea? This is not good. We must find a time for Bai Xuan to come and take a look." He lamented With a sound, he finally persuaded the flustered Qi Huan, and stayed by the bedside for a while, seeing Qi Huan gradually calm down, he went out to attend to his own affairs.

It was a very busy day, and it was already midnight when he returned to his yard.When he entered the hospital, he saw that the candles in his room had been extinguished, he thought that Qi Huan had fallen asleep peacefully, so he went to lie down in Xie Liuchen's wing as usual.

Perhaps it was because of thinking day by day and dreaming at night, he heard Qi Huan's words during the day, and had an unprecedented dream that night.On the vast and boundless [-]-mile sea, a familiar figure was floating up and down with the sea water, and there were sea beasts chasing him with bloody mouths and fangs on all sides. The man fled in panic, but was swallowed by the monstrous vortex.

While engulfing, that person's face appeared in sight, and that face gradually changed from Qi Huan to Xie Liuchen...

He was terrified for a moment, sat up in fright, and found that his clothes were soaked in cold sweat, only then did he realize that it was just a dream.

He lay back slowly, quietly looking at the top of the tent, unable to calm down for a long time.

In the dark room, there was a faint sigh: "Junior Brother Xie, where are you now?"