Everyone owes me a favor

The next day, the Hecheng Grand Sacrifice.

From east to west, from north to south, the sound of festival singing fills the city with music.

Just the day before the ceremony, wealthy families in the city invested a lot of money in the ceremony, more than doubling the incense in the city.

The strange disease of the lost soul was cured without any medicine before the auspicious day came. It must have been blessed by the gods to have this happy result.

In the face of such miracles, everyone naturally rewards the gods actively, hoping that the gods will show more kindness and bless the people in the ancient city, so that the blessings of the people in the city will last for thousands of years.

The ceremony was magnificent and splendid, but among them there were very few divine stones.

There are few incense sticks in the temple, and only the old man pinches incense and looks up at the sky to worship, telling all kinds of anecdotes that young people don't bother to hear.

The Shishen Temple, which is more than a year old, welcomes a young pilgrim today when the door is neglected.

It was a young man in Chinese clothes, he looked at most 23 or [-] years old, but he was very generous, and the ten ingots of gold he donated were enough to rebuild the facade of the Stone Temple.

This caused Lao Miaozhu to be very frightened, and he followed and served all the way, because he was too restrained, and almost tripped over the high threshold of the temple gate.

Fortunately, the young master helped him in time: "Old man, watch the road."

Lao Miao Zhu sang, and said shamelessly: "Thank you, thank you."

He grew up in the temple since he was a child, and his father was the previous temple priest. He went up the mountain and entered the rock 20 years ago, and never turned back.

He watched the stone temple decline all the way, but there was nothing he could do.

When he was young, he was also indignant, thinking that people who do not worship the true God are blind; but now, a large amount of incense money is enough for him to be happy.

"Make the statue look better." The young man said, "Although gods are in people's hearts, talking about money is vulgar, but the golden clothes of gods and Buddhas are not bad. Temples that are too shabby, in the eyes of others, are not blessed by gods of."

Lao Miaozhu accepted it gratefully, and bid farewell to him with gratitude.

After leaving the temple gate, Feng Rugu went to the left.

He was traveling alone, Luo Fuchun and Sang Luo stayed in the Qing hall for a long time, and reported to Fengling in detail the information obtained during the investigation of the ancient city, and asked the senior brother to dispatch someone to deal with the matter of the sky cracking as soon as possible.

He was left alone, taking no one with him, and went out to play.

Holding a bong, Feng Ruzhi walked alone on the crowded streets.

The street was bustling like he hadn't seen in ten years, and it was even more noisy and lively than the previous few days.But when he was alone, Feng Rugu had almost no expression on his face, he didn't have the positive interest he had when he was traveling with Ruyi a few days ago, he seemed to be indifferent to everything.

He wandered here and there with no purpose, and no exquisite thing could keep his sight for a moment.

Except for standing in front of a revolving lantern for a while, and reading the whole short story with a sense of fun, nothing can stop him in his footsteps.

When he bent down to look at the lamp, Yi Shangchen and Lian Ruxin walked behind him side by side.

Feng Ruyuan didn't turn around, but concentrated on looking at the little man in the lamp, but Lian Ruxin glanced at him from behind.

He had no expression on his face, and with a faint glance, Yi Shangchen at the side felt that he might be looking at the lamp instead of looking at people.

Yi Shangchen knew that he had caused Lian Ruxin a lot of trouble this time, since he woke up yesterday, he had treated him indifferently, so Yi Shangchen naturally wanted to please him, so he grabbed his sleeve and moved closer to him. In front of the lamp, warmly introduced: "Brother Lianjia, do you know what this is?"

Lian Ruxin knew about it, but now he just wanted to hear a few more words from Yi Shangchen: "I don't know."

Yi Shangchen exaggerated: "Wow, you have really been bored in the mountains for too long, and I will take you down the mountain to walk around from time to time. This is a revolving lantern, which is driven by the heat of the candles inside..."

Yi Shangchen tried his best to please Lian Ruxin, but Lian Ruxin was already distracted, looking at Feng Rugu from time to time.

Feng Rugu, however, was like a real rich man, he lost interest after seeing the lights, spread his fan, and walked away.

Lian Ruxin retracted her gaze and closed her eyes slightly.

... The heat from the revolving lantern made his cheeks feel hot.

At this time, Yi Shangchen was paying attention to another matter.

He noticed the deserted stone temple not far away.

...It seems that there will be no priests going up the mountain this year.

Even though he knew that Lian Ruxin knew the amount of incense offerings well, Yi Shangchen was not willing to let Lian Ruxin see this scene, dragged Lian Ruxin's arm to act like a baby, and pointed to another temple opposite to the mountain temple: " Brother Lianjia, let's go there. There are river lanterns there."

Lian Ruxin gave a "hmm", looked up at the moon, and immediately lowered her eyes: "Okay."

Yi Shangchen chuckled to himself, grabbed his sleeve, and hurried to another lively place.

They wandered around like this for a whole night, until the midnight approached, and the noise in the city did not stop.

But as the son of the mountain god, Lian Ruxin must arrive at the mountain path before Zishi, untie the barrier, and wait for the person who climbs the mountain to offer stones to arrive.

Even if no one came, he still had to wait.This is Lian Ruxin's responsibility.

It was the first time for Yi Shangchen to experience the three-yearly ritual ceremony, so when he followed Lian Ruxin, he secretly decided to wait with him until dawn tomorrow, and then accompany him to watch the sunrise, and never sleep too lazy .

However, on the mountain road, Lian Ruxin stopped.

Lian Ruxin, who always speaks little, took the initiative to ask: "Today, are you happy?"

Yi Shangchen nodded hastily.

Lian Ruxin: "I am also very happy. Today is the happiest day in my life."

Yi Shangchen smiled, and was about to go up to hold his shoulder, when Lian Ruxin stepped on the stone steps and turned around, covered in moonlight, looking down at him silently: "Thank you."

Yi Shangchen had a playful smile on his face: "You don't have to thank me, just ask me to kiss you more."

Lian Ruxin: "Thank you for accompanying me these two years."

Yi Shangchen turned his back, afraid that the smile on his face would not be able to hold back: "Okay, I won't accompany you. I'm a demon cultivator, so I can't accompany you to pick you up. I'll wait for you under the God Stone."

After all, he started to run up the mountain.

Lian Ruxin called his full name from behind: "Yishangchen."

The dust on the clothes and the ankles felt weak.With his back to Lian Ruxin, he stood on the mountain road, his heart was hot and cold for a while, and the smile in his voice was completely faked: "I caused you trouble, didn't I?"

Practice silently.

Yi Shangchen didn't dare to look at him, but his tone became hasty: "I know I was wrong, really. I will go down the mountain tomorrow, and do a hundred good deeds for a hundred days in a row to make up for my mistakes. The statue is gone, you stay here alone, it's too lonely, one more I will stay with you, can you..."

Lian Ruxin's voice was as cold as ice: "You go."

Yi Shangchen suddenly turned around, and his voice became sharp: "I won't go!"

After shouting, Yi Shangchen felt that this was not an attitude of admitting his mistakes, and his expression softened along with his voice.

"I won't commit any crime in the future." Clothes dust said dully, "Don't drive me away..."

"I didn't say you were wrong." Lian Ruxin pulled her sleeves, her expression was calm, "But the existence of the devil way will cause trouble for the god stone. If you keep yourself safe, you can pay yourself back, but now, I just want to guard the god stone with peace of mind. As for the others... I don't want to do what he thinks."

Yi Shangchen clenched his fists.

...... Divine Stone, Divine Stone.

He is actually not as good as a cold stone that can imprison Lian Ruxin for a lifetime.

He wanted to clench his teeth and force himself to wake up, but when his teeth were biting together, he realized that his teeth were trembling and rattling.

Yi Shangchen could barely hear his own voice: "Since I'm in the way of your duty to protect the god stone, why would you save me? Wouldn't it be better to let me die from serious injuries?"

"You died for the god stone. Even though it was a mistake, I still want to rescue you and return your life. Both grievances and grievances are settled."

"Grudges..." Yi Shangchen murmured, "Is there a grudge between me and you?"

Lian Ruxin asked back: "It's not a grievance, what is it?"

... After two years of companionship, he actually called this a grievance?

The corners of Yi Shangchen's mouth trembled, and he pointed at Lian Ruxin with a half cry and a half smile: "You...do you have a heart?"

As soon as this question came out, Yi Shangchen was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

"Yes, I forgot! You have no heart, you are drilled out of a rock!"

Lian Ruxin looked at him quietly, not angry or sad, but just looked at him attentively and intently.

Yi Shangchen thought, that's right, it was because of this extraordinarily focused eyes that he misunderstood that Lian Ruxin had other feelings for him.

In the eyes of a son of god like Lian Ruxin, I am afraid that I am just an animal raised by him. I usually tease him, but once it touches the interests of him and his god stone, I can kick him away.

Because he has no heart at all.

Like heart, like heart, if there is nothing but nothing.

Yi Shangchen spread his hands and laughed loudly: "I've stayed here for two years, I'm tired of staying here..."

He faced Lian Ruxin and backed away, waiting for a word to persuade him to stay.

He counted to ten, took ten steps back, and gave Lian Ruxin five steps to keep him.

However, Lian Ruxin just looked at him intently, without expression.

...he has always been like this.

He only has his citizens in his heart, only his responsibilities, and he is just a passer-by in his long life.

What Lian Ruxin said was right, the world hated demons, and he even smashed other people's temples, making a lot of noise. If he stayed, it would only drag him down, and even tarnish the reputation of the god stone.

As a demon, he is not worthy of guarding a single stone.

Thinking of this, Yi Shangchen's heart almost burst, but the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

"Why do you look at me like that?" Yi Shangchen tried his best to ridicule him, "Brother Lian, you don't mean you like me?"

Lian Ruxin looked at him without saying a word.

Yi Shangchen continued: "I like you very much. But don't forget, I am the magic cultivator of the Hehuan Sect. I cultivate with love in the world. I will like many people in the future. You don't have to worry about it."

Lian Ruxin nodded.

For some reason, Lian Ruxin's nod made Yi Shangchen's tears fall straight down.

He thought that he had done a good job of letting go of the cool and unrestrained appearance just now, but because of a single tear, it was completely undone.

He is just a young man in his twenties, and when he set foot on the path of love in the world, he was hit hard. He didn't know if he still had the courage to practice this path again.

At this moment, he only hoped that Lian Ruxin didn't see anything, that he walked in a cool way, instead of being chased away by life.

Closing the failure with a tear, Yi Shangchen ran down the mountain in a panic.

He was born in a terrible age, everyone hated demon cultivators, just like the dust on the sleeves, which could be wiped away with just a flick of a hand.

He escaped in such a panic that he didn't notice that a dozen or so fireflies followed behind him, lighting up their glowing blue lanterns to prevent him from falling down on the mountain road.

It wasn't until his fleeing figure disappeared from Lian Ruxin's sight that Lian Ruxin turned her back, raised her hand to caress her chest, and showed a confused expression.

He doesn't understand.

Those were obviously just ordinary words, but why could they poke him like ten thousand arrows through his heart.

Fortunately, his face was always cold, and he didn't know how to express the painful expression.

At least he was sent away, which is a good thing.

Lian Ruxin waited on the mountain path for a while, seeing that the time for offering sacrifices had passed, she got up, sealed the barrier, and went up the mountain.

When seeing Feng Rugu, Lian Ruxin was not so surprised.

Feng Ruyuan sat on the sacred stone, raised his feet, and stared down at him.

"Mr. Yunzhong." Lian Ruxin straightened up her robe, knelt down, kowtowed and said, "Lian Ruxin did something wrong and deserved to be punished, but I am an extraordinary person in this world, and I am not willing to be punished in this world. I would like to ask for punishment." ..."

"Excuse me." Feng Rugu interrupted him, "I'm only here to ask two things: First, your eyes can see through the difference between immortals and demons, please tell me, what is the man in black like?" people?"

Lian Ruxin thought for a while, and answered truthfully: "His body is stained with devilish energy, but he has a fairy body."

"Secondly, does he have anything to say or something he wants you to bring to me?"

Lian Ruxin thought about it carefully again: "I met him twice. One was the first time we met, and the other was when he dragged the corpse. Before leaving, he said that if I can't kill Yun Zhongjun, I can give something to him. Hand it over to Mr. Yunzhong. I left in a hurry last time and didn’t return it, so I’m offering it now.”

He took out a light blue jade pendant with a swastika pattern.

Seeing this jade pendant, Feng Rugu's face suddenly became strange, he grabbed the white tassels tied on it, took it, but didn't pay attention to it, and took it in his arms, without being wary at all.

He jumped off the sacred stone and was about to leave when he suddenly felt stars falling behind him, illuminating his way forward.

Feng Ruyu was stunned, turned around, and saw that Lian Ruxin had exhausted his little bit of cultivation and let a few fireflies follow him.

Lian Ruxin nodded with a calm expression.

This has been a habit he has developed in sending travelers up and down the mountain for many years, and he can't get rid of it: "Mr. Yunzhong, it's easy to go."

Feng Rugu didn't reject his kindness, he waved the soft fan in his hand, chose another mountain path, and walked down the mountain step by step.

Sending off Feng Rugu, Lian Ruxin knelt in front of the divine stone, and finished reciting the entire scripture on the divine stone that he had already heard.

He sent countless people to sacrifice, and now it was his turn.

Lian Ruxin prepaid his wish in advance, so he saved the last step.

Before melting her body and mind into the stone, the last thought that flashed through Lian Ru's mind was very brief, even a little out of date.

--wind.

He still owes him a gust of wind.

……

Yi Shangchen rubbed his slightly red and swollen eyes and walked all the way to the foot of the mountain where there was no one, not knowing where to go for a while.

He came with the wind and was born free, but now he has lost his way forward.

He simply didn't move, wanting to wait for a gust of wind to pass by and show him the direction to go.

He stood on the spot, waiting in a state of confusion, until a gust of wind suddenly blew up from the mountains, pointing to the southwest, but the wind actually rolled up light gray snow, like stone dust.

Flowing wind, returning snow, stone dust.

The dust on his clothes tightened his heart for no reason, and before a complete thought could emerge in his mind, he was already in a state of confusion, turned around and rushed back to the mountain by the same route.

He harnessed the wind and strengthened his energy, and used his superficial cultivation and speed to the extreme, before reaching the top of the mountain within the time of a cup of tea.

Across layers of beech trees, Yishangchen breathed a sigh of relief until he saw Lian Ruxin standing by the stream well-behaved, playing with the cicada sloughing wind chimes hanging on the beech tree with his fingertips, as if nostalgic.

...It's really unfounded.

He is fine, how could something happen.

After going back and forth, Yishangchen suddenly didn't want to leave.

He doesn't care where the wind is blowing.

As long as Lian Ruxin is still willing to remember him, it doesn't matter if he is a little sloppy.

Thinking of this, he let out a breath, and planned to appear from behind the zelkova tree——

At this moment, Yi Shangchen saw that Lian Ruxin took off the wind chimes from the zelkova tree, let them float on the water surface, and drifted away.

Standing behind the tree, Yi Shangchen saw all Lian Ruxin's movements.

After watching for a while, he suddenly felt relieved.

To this person, the affairs of the world are nothing more than floating water and cicadas sloughing off, coming and going with the current.

He was just going down the mountain, and he was already going to deal with cleaning up the traces left by him, and there was no more nostalgia.

Then what are you still suffering from?

...it wasn't worth it.

This time, Yi Shangchen left without hesitation.

He followed the direction of the wind and walked towards the southwest, just like when he came, he walked with the wind and moved with the wind.

When he turned around, the Son of God, who had just been differentiated and conceived from the God Stone and had not had time to name himself in the future, seemed to hear the sound, and tilted his head to look in the direction where Yi Shangchen left, but only saw a lonely and sad man. back.

He grabbed the cicada slough wind chime in his hand, fiddled with it curiously, then put it into the stream and let it float away.

... When he first opened the primordial realm, he only regarded the little thing on the tree as a toy no different from a leaf.