"Pei, Yu, Zhi?"
The man in black repeated these three words softly, his voice hoarse and low, with a hint of strangeness.
The starlight and moonlight fell on his white hair, which was glossy and delicate, like a thin layer of frost and snow. His eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, but the painting was a gloomy and cold color. He thought about something, and seemed to smile, his bloodshot eyes were up and down, and his tone was very light, cutting through the moonlight: "Well, I know you."
Pei Jing frowned. He was on guard when talking to this person. Hearing this, he just said, "Since I have already given you my name, shouldn't you also reciprocate?"
The man in black asked back: "You really want to know who I am?"
Pei Jing said bluntly: "Yes."
The man in black looked at him coldly, his overly gloomy and pale face expressionless, and said, "Later."
Pei Jing was stunned. This was the first time he had met this kind of person, and in this bloody ghost forest, no matter how he thought about it, it seemed wrong.
However, he would not ask too much about the things that the young man in front of him did not want to talk about.
The man in black slowly approached, and as he passed the mountain of corpses under his feet, his expression gradually became colder. His bloodshot eyes looked towards the depths of the forest. Because of his arrival, the entire forest became even more bizarre.
It used to be just eerie and bloody, but now one can clearly feel the fear and violence of the monsters deep in the forest.
Suddenly a strong wind blew by, and the baby's cry like a cat began to rise and fall.
Pei Jing thought to himself: These monsters really don’t know how to live or die.
But before he found the source of the sound, he saw the trees in the forest start to bar their teeth and claws, as if alive. The leaves were oozing with blood, breaking off the branches and flying all over the sky. The land was scarlet, dark and strange, covered with corpses. The blood-red maple leaves wove into brilliant red lights in the air. Although beautiful, they immediately turned into blood and corroded the grass when they fell to the ground.
Anyone who gets touched by these leaves will die. Before Pei Jing could react, he turned around and an umbrella had already separated the red leaf rain and hit him on the head.
He tilted his head and saw the young man's nose as straight as a jade mountain and his profile was handsome and cold.
The surroundings were shrouded in a bloody ominous layer. The night was dark, and the scarlet soil and red leaves turned into rain. The young man had three thousand silver hairs, and his slender and pale hands holding the umbrella became the only bright color.
This scene seems somewhat familiar.
The wind and snow on the Broken Bridge turned into poetry, and the bloody rain in the mountains and forests was like a weave.
Pei Jing whispered: "Thank you."
The man in black robes didn't look at him, but walked forward slowly, red leaves scattered beside him, his robes swept past, blood flowing beautifully. In the forest, ghosts howled and laughed loudly. But under the umbrella, it seemed as if all sounds were blocked, and only the two of them walked quietly in the world.
Pei Jing saw him walking deeper into the forest, so he asked, "You came here late at night to get rid of the demon, too?"
The man in black robe tightened his fingers slightly and said, "No, I came to get something."
Pei Jing was stunned: "The one on the monster?"
The black-robed man said, "Yes."
A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his lips, faint and distant, as vague as the mist in the forest.
"I want to live, so I'm afraid you won't be able to kill that monster."
Pei Jing was stunned for a moment, then his eyes froze and he frowned, "I'm sorry, this demon has committed many evil deeds and killed countless people. I will not let it go today."
The man in black robe expected this, lowered his eyes, and said calmly: "But you are no match for me."
Pei Jing didn't want to argue with him. If an ordinary person said this to him, he would definitely not believe it. But facing this person, Pei Jing's heart sank and he said, "Give it a try."
The black-robed man expected his answer and said coldly, "Is it worth it?"
Pei Jing: "What?"
The man in black robe leaned forward, his temperament as cold as deep snow, and under the vastness, he suppressed the bloody murderous aura. He said slowly, word by word: "You are against me for the group of mortals at the foot of the mountain who have no relatives or friends with you. You should know that if you anger me, I will really kill you."
He raised the umbrella high. The bright moonlight flowed on his fingers. His bones were distinct and strangely white. His eyes, pure as blood jade, were clear and cold.
Pei Jing believed what he said, this man could really kill him, but for some reason, he was not afraid. He had an inexplicable sense of familiarity and trust towards this stranger. Although it was the first time he met him, it felt as if they had met each other a long time ago.
Pressing his finger on Lingyun Sword, the Snow Clothes Swordsman frowned and said, "It's not for them."
The man in black tightened his fingers slightly and chuckled softly, his meaning unclear: "Why is that? Is it Yunxiao's ancestral precept of slaying demons and eliminating evil, or is it the self-righteous justice in your heart?"
Pei Jing: “… …” A little angry, but couldn’t beat him.
The man in black looked cold again, looking ahead, with a half-smile: "Put away the unnecessary justice, or you will die without knowing how you died."
Pei Jing lost his temper. He became famous at a young age, and his road to cultivation was smooth sailing. This was the first time he was scolded like this, and it was a bit strange to think about it. He didn't know whether to be angry or laugh. Pei Jing didn't want to suppress his nature anymore, and he smiled at him in a snow-white dress and jade hairpin, bright and clear, and said: "Is that so? But I think I will live a hundred years."
The man in black was not surprised at all. He lowered his eyes and said, "I hope so too."
Pei Jing originally thought it was a mockery, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not the case.
His voice was very soft, and there was another kind of emotion in his aloof and cold voice.
What a weirdo.
Red leaves are flying all over the sky, staining the earth with blood.
After Pei Jing realized that he really had no ill intentions, he paused and said seriously: "Perhaps we are just pursuing different paths. Yunxiao has been adhering to the righteous path since its inception. As Yunxiao's chief disciple, I should set an example. Killing demons and eliminating evil is a responsibility and even an obligation. What's more, I am admired by the world. Behind every honor, there should be a responsibility."
Anyway, I am invincible.
Of course, Pei Jing was too embarrassed to say the latter part. After all, he still had to save some face in front of outsiders.
The forest came to an end. The rain that showered the red leaves also stopped. Looking back, it was a quiet and gloomy road. It was no exaggeration to say that there were mountains of corpses and rain of blood. The man in black put away his umbrella, and his sleeves slipped slightly, revealing his pale wrists, like a jade-colored river. After listening to Pei Jing's words, he did not comment and remained silent.
At the end of the forest, a cave appeared, and the entrance of the cave was filled with a layer of strange green light.
The silver-haired man in black stopped, pointed ahead, and said, "Go forward along the cave, it's deep inside."
Pei Jing was stunned, "You're not going in?"
The man in black looked down at him. His face was pale and handsome, and his silver hair was whiter than snow. There was no emotion in his eyes at this moment: "I'll let you kill him."
Pei Jing didn't expect that he would give up like this.
He had prepared for the worst. After hesitating for a while, Pei Jing said, "What exactly do you want? If it's an inner elixir or something like that, I can take it out for you first, and then kill it."
“That’s not necessary.”
He put his hat back on and disappeared into the darkness. He walked back the same way he came, and after one step, he disappeared.
Pei Jing twitched his lips, "Could it be that he was moved by what I said?"
But it's impossible to think about it.
According to this man, they will meet again later.
Pei Jing stood at the entrance of the cave and looked back. The moon and stars intertwined, the blood and soil were colorful, such a weird scene, but because of that person, it played out another kind of romantic scene.
Now, it's time for him to face the ghost.
When I entered the cave, the first thing I smelled was a strong smell of blood.
The road under his feet was also muddy. He took out the lighting beads and illuminated the cave. Bats were hanging upside down on the cave wall, and there was a resistance on the road under his feet that hindered his walking.
In the center of the cave was a pool of blood, and the pool was filled with a bunch of babies who had been raised for who knows how long. They were white and plump, with skin that seemed to break if poked, and they were huddled together like enlarged maggots. Various red streams on the cave walls slowly flowed into the pool.
A woman was squatting by the pool, her hair was very long and black, dragging on the ground.
He was humming a song, but his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and there was something strange about it.
Her hands were stirring in the pool of blood and she didn't notice Pei Jing's arrival.
When she sensed the danger, Pei Jing had already put the sword against her back.
The woman's body stiffened, then she suddenly turned her head 180 degrees and turned around.
She looked strange, without any facial features, and there were dozens of faces densely packed on her head, overlapping and twisted. The moment she turned her head, seven or eight faces on the surface fell off, screaming and biting towards Pei Jing.
Pei Jing didn't even need to make a move. With a stab of his sword, several ghost faces turned into ashes.
When it realized it couldn't win, several faces screamed together, its hair surged, and it wrapped itself into a black cocoon.
Pei Jing said: "Is it useful?"
The Lingyun Sword swept across, breaking the cocoon made of black hair. The clothes on its body instantly tore apart, revealing that there was no human body inside, but hundreds of faces piled up, some in pain, some struggling, some wailing, and each face was filled with fear. The body instantly broke into pieces and rushed out, with thousands of human faces running around in the cave.
Pei Jing lowered his eyes, and an icy blue light flowed out from the tip of his sword, instantly illuminating the world. His long hair fluttered, his snow-white clothes fluttered, his eyebrows and eyes were clear, and in the vast spiritual power, he looked like an immortal.
"No one can escape."
The whole cave was filled with screams. The cave entrance was blocked, and there was no escape. Thousands of evil faces turned to ashes in desperate howls. When the light faded, thump, only one face did not turn to ashes, and fell down. It fell to Pei Jing's feet, and the evil spirit inside was already dead. It slowly condensed and became a mask.
Dark eyebrows, red lips, rouge. Even though An Anyangyang closed her eyes, she still looked like a beautiful woman.
Pei Jing half squatted down and picked it up. There was a cold aura on the mask that he had never felt before.
"What is this?"
The more you look at it, the weirder it gets.
Pei Jing put the mask into the mustard seed and walked around the cave again.
His gaze returned to the babies, and slowly, he realized something was wrong.
"How come these babies look almost exactly the same?"
There has been no news of any babies going missing near Yunlan City. As the old man in Mutou Village said, there are not many women, so where did so many babies come from
Pei Jing looked thoughtful and cold: "Perhaps, we should ask the person who kidnapped the bride."
Pei Jing walked down the Yunlan Mountains and turned into a young boy again.
When we arrived at Mumu Village, it was already the next morning.
When I entered the yard, the old man was cutting wood. When he saw Pei Jing, his eyes widened.
He put down the knife in his hand, incredulous: "How did you come down from the mountain? You stayed in there all night?"
Pei Jing spit out the grass in his mouth and said with a smile: "Yes."
The old man's face was almost twitching, and he sighed, saying that kids nowadays are really not afraid of death.
Pei Jing suddenly asked: "Old man, when will your second son come back?"
The old man didn't know why he asked this, and he calculated the time in his mind: "Soon, about a month later."
Pei Jing grinned at him, "Okay, I'll come see you then."
The old man was confused: "Why did you come to see me? You are a disciple of the immortal sect, why would you care about my shabby place?"
Pei Jing smiled with an unclear meaning, and glanced at the house behind him: "How rare."
If he guessed correctly, there were many women imprisoned under Lao Er's house, but if the evil spirit appeared in the forest, they would have died long ago. He couldn't alert the evil spirit now, and had to wait for him to come back, after all, he still had some doubts.
After he returned to Yunlan City, it was strange that he was not scolded by the senior brother who brought them here. After asking, he found out that it was Xu Jing who covered for him. Pei Jing liked this kid more and more, and sighed in his heart, they were both new disciples, why was Chu Junyu so ignorant!
When Xu Jing heard that he had spent a night in the mountains, his expression was filled with horror: "How many ghosts must you have seen in there?"
Pei Jing replied casually: "It's OK."
Anyway, the most evil ghost is gone now.
After the monster died, he walked out of the cave, and the forest withered immediately. The blood in the soil evaporated overnight, the soil loosened, revealing the remains, and the strange Ganoderma lucidum also withered. The forest used to be a mass grave, full of ghosts and monsters, and it was full of yin energy. After being used as a home by the monster, the evil spirit became even worse.
Fifteen days passed in a flash.
The Lingzhi that Pei Jing got from the Toad Spirit was enough for his mission. Sitting on the Cloud Crane, he was worried. The matter of the Yunlan Mountains had not been completely resolved, but he had to go back to Yunxiao first.
Tianqian Peak is always deserted, cold and lonely, and even birds can hardly fly over. His return was greeted by peach blossoms in front of the temple gate, and people in white clothes climbed the steps.
Pei Jing returned to the place where he used to live and took out a jade pendant. It was pitch black and transparent, with a big "ghost" character written on it.
This was what he got from Ji Wuduan when he made a bet. He didn't know about the weird things, but as the young master of the ghost domain, Ji Wuduan knew a lot about it.
No matter whether Ji Wuduan wants to see him now or not, he will go to the ghost realm to meet him.
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