It is night, above the Huai River.
The houses on both sides of the Jiankang strait were brightly lit, and the Feng family set out a painting boat and held a banquet on the boat to wash away the dust for Xiang Shu and Chen Xing who returned to the south of the Yangtze River. Chen Xing and Xie An sat on the side of the screen, staring at the map of the thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River.
"The Department of Exorcism will be rebuilt," Chen Xing said, "I have no objection, but from now on, what kind of position the exorcists will stand on, they must think clearly, whether to accept the Hu people, presumably it should be indistinguishable from each other.”
"That's right," Xie An said, "I have never dared to open it, and I will wait for you to come here because of this issue. After all, you know that as a senior brother, it is not convenient for you to say many things to Your Majesty."
When Chen Xing heard this, he completely understood why Xie An had been waiting. When he came back to lead the exorcists, he must be Xie An, no matter what he did, he must consider the intention of the emperor Sima Yao.
But Chen Xing is different. He can refuse the revived Exorcism Division to serve the royal family and become one of the many official offices of the Jin Dynasty. In other words, as long as he doesn't buy it, Sima Yao can't do anything about him.
This is also what Chen Xing is most persistent in. Otherwise, with the current situation in the world, Hu and Han are fighting endlessly. Let the exorcists with spells go to the battlefield, cast spells, and bomb the army everywhere, where is the law of heaven? Besides, winning the battle is not the end. Three hundred years ago in the Han Dynasty, the exorcists flew in the sky and escaped the earth in their heyday. They were omnipotent, and their power became more and more powerful.
"This is the first principle." Xie An said, "Since you have made an agreement with the demon king, then the battle between the human race and the demon race can be slowed down."
Chen Xing said with an "um", nodded and said, "But I think that what Chongming can manage is limited, and the task of collecting demons is ultimately necessary, but as long as the demons and humans do not commit crimes, everyone should be in the Shenzhou University. Peaceful coexistence on earth, we must not be slaughtered."
Xie Anlue pondered and replied: "Okay, senior brother will re-order the exorcist law accordingly, and give you another day for your review."
Chen Xing knew that he couldn't get rid of this position. As the first great exorcist after Wanfa's resurrection, he should have restored order in the world, but with his temperament, he should only take care of the exorcist in a short period of time. , and when completed, the throne will be passed on to the right people.
After discussing the details, the feast was held, and everyone came over to drink, Chen Xing still sitting beside Xiang Shu. Everyone pushed the cups for a change, and all they talked about were other things, and Wang Ziye and other issues.
"You guys..." Feng Qianjun looked at Chen Xing and Xiang Shu, and found that the way the two of them got along today was a little different from before.
Xiang Shu was a little restrained in front of Chen Xing, and his eyes followed him at any time.
"Not bad." Xiang Shu seemed to know what Feng Qianjun wanted to ask, and replied, putting one hand on Chen Xing's shoulder and saying, "Drink, I can finally have a good drink."
Feng Qianjun said, "Come on, I'll give you a toast!"
Gu Qing poured the wine, Xiang Shu naturally knew what Feng Qianjun meant to toast, so he raised his glass and drank it. During the banquet, everyone said goodbye to each other, but Chen Xing still had many thoughts in his heart, and he was somewhat absent-minded.
Xie Anchao said to Chen Xing, "Little Junior Brother, I think I might also need to find a Dharma protector."
"Do you know what the Dharma protectors do? Just protect the Dharma." Chen Xing was dumbfounded.
Xie An said: "The protector is the one who protects the exorcist, isn't it? I let Qianjun be my protector, but he doesn't want to. As for Tuoba Shaoxia, although his martial arts are so poor..."
"Don't!" Feng Qianjun's expression changed on the spot, and he didn't want to have "that kind of relationship" with Xie An at all.
Xie An: "???"
Tuoba Yan smiled and said, "I'm fine, what do the Dharma protectors need to do?"
"Uh," Chen Xing said, "like me and Xiang Shu... this is like Zheng Lun and Bi Hui. Can you? Senior Brother Xie has a family after all..."
Tuoba Yan's smile solidified.
Xie An: "It doesn't have to be like yours."
"You'd better think about it, Senior Brother," Chen Xing advised in a low voice, "If you don't say anything else, your body can't stand it."
Xie An's expression also became unnatural, and Chen Xing said again: "You first look at the books sent from our teacher's door, and then decide?"
"Is this really the case?" Xie An casually glanced at the ancient books at that time, and saw that many of them were stories, so he didn't want to read more and spent all his time studying spells. When he said this, he immediately changed his mouth and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have a law protector, you can rely on yourself. stop!"
"Drink and drink." Feng Qianjun finally waited for Xie An to dispel the idea, and immediately began to persuade him to drink. Everyone laughed awkwardly, and no one mentioned it again.
The crowd was silent.
Xie An sighed and said: "Next, we may have a big battle, but since everything has started anew, and there is a chance to start all over again, I think..." He gestured to Chen Xing.
Chen Xing nodded and said, "We will definitely win!"
Everyone raised their glasses one after another. Although Xiao Shan was absent, he rightly regarded this as an exorcist group that had existed since the time when everything was gone, to the official reunion after the reunion now, and his expectations for the future.
Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu, Xiang Shu pondered, then nodded and said, "We will definitely defeat him."
"Have you found out the whereabouts of Luohun Bell?" Chen Xingchao thanked An.
Xie An shook his head and said, "Wen Che will show up sooner or later, it's impossible for Wang Ziye to remain silent."
After three rounds of drinking, Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu and saw that he was only drinking cup after cup, and his face was already drunk. Tonight, he said less and just kept drinking.
"Stop drinking," Chen Xing said. "You drank a lot today."
Xiang Shu got up and said, "I'm going to the boat to get some air."
Xiang Shu left and went to the bow to sober up. Chen Xing sat for a while, then got up and came to the bow of the painting boat.
Xiang Shu stood in front of the railing, his eyes reflecting the lights on both sides of the strait.
"Father, do you really want to hear my bad ideas?" Chen Xing asked.
Xiang Shu answered the question, and said solemnly, "Do you think this is like a dream?"
When Chen Xing returned to Jiankang again, he suddenly had a lot to say. He wanted to go to the Qiushe with Xiang Shu, go to Kuaiji together, and revisit the place where his mother lived.
Xiang Shu said to himself: "Sometimes, I always feel that this is like a dream. After Dinghaizhu was broken, it gave me a long dream. , God has satisfied me. Xing'er, I know what you want to say."
Chen Xing looked helpless and said, "Do you know? Okay, you say it."
Xiang Shu murmured: "You want me to accompany you well, the three years we have been together again has been a gift from God, life is like a mayfly, and it will die in the morning. It's not easy. In the end, you have to hold the sword again and walk to the sword-forging platform of Ruoergai... "
"Do you think I must think so?!" Chen Xing really lost his temper.
Xiang Shu turned his head and looked into Chen Xing's eyes seriously.
Chen Xing said helplessly: "But okay... This is really like what I would say. I just... um, I just want to... Xiang Shu."
From the day Chen Xing reunited with Xiang Shu until he entered Ju Kun's dream, he never knew that the final victory over Chi You would cost his life. But for some reason, after doing it again, he no longer had the same idea of death as before. Maybe it was because he died once that made him cherish his life more.
Maybe it was because he finally confirmed each other's feelings with Xiang Shu. He just wanted to live a good life, but Xiang Shu was already so scared by him that he always felt that he was going to hold that sword and die heroically.
Chen Xing suddenly felt wrong: "Wait, what's in the river?"
Xiang Shu noticed that, his left hand immediately grabbed Chen Xing's wrist, and the two took a half step back at the bow. He drank a lot of wine that night, and was faintly drunk, which led to a lack of vigilance against the surrounding environment.
A huge dark shadow passed under the boat.
"Not really," Chen Xing murmured, "the exorcists are all on board, will Wen Che come to fight at this time?"
Xiang Shu said solemnly, "Xie An! Feng Qianjun! Stop drinking! Come out!"
Xie An put down the wine glass, and just got up, in an instant, the Huai Shui banged loudly, and a green Jiao suddenly rushed up from the water, and suddenly overturned the painting boat!
"It's finally time for the two of you—" Wen Che said in a cold voice.
On the moonlit night, the green flood dragon groaned, sending out a thick black mist, and instantly flew into the air!
"Looking for death!" Xiang Shu was not afraid at all, turned to one side, and protected Chen Xing behind him. Xie An and Feng Qianjun stepped on the bow and rushed out!
Chen Xing said loudly: "Wen Che! You were once an exorcist, so you can find your way back!"
Wen Che sneered, stood on Qing Jiao's head, and said solemnly, "There should be a battle, the Great Exorcist, now that all methods are resurrected, let's see if you can escape the gate of hell!"
Chen Xing put up his heart lamp, Xiang Shu Deng's whole body was radiant, his martial robe burst out, and he flew into the air. A golden shield appeared in his hand, and he swung a shield strike at Qingjiao!
With a sound of "Dang", Jiao's head was beaten and dizzy, deviating a little. Later, Xie An threw out the Gale Wind Talisman and sent Feng Qianjun into the sky. Tuoba Yan rushed out quickly, the Liuyun Zhenxi on his hand flashed light, turned into a long arrow, pulled the long bow, bent the bow and set the arrow, and the arrow roared away!
Wen Che immediately manipulated the Jiaolong to avoid the arrow, but the arrow flew in a circle, chasing after him.
After stopping for a while, Xiang Shu had already flown in front of Wen Che, and Chen Xing shouted angrily, "Broken!"
The next moment, a small falling soul bell appeared in Wen Che's hand, and it vibrated gently.
With the sound of "Dang", in an instant, a phantom in Xiang Shu's body appeared, turned into a human form, and was forcibly pulled out of his body!
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Xiang Shu roared, but another golden light glowed in his body, Zhu Yin Longli appeared, and began to compete with Luo Soul Bell for Xiang Shu's soul!
Immediately, Wen Che turned around and rode the Flood Dragon to hover in the air, dragged his hand to the Soul Bell, tightly sucking and pulling Xiang Shu's Three Souls and Seven Souls, constantly spinning and pulling away!
"Xiang Shu!" Chen Xing shouted.
The Soul Falling Bell in Wen Che's hand rang again, the bell rang throughout the city in the dark night, Xiang Shu's whole body receded, and everyone in Jiankang City was awake! The boat that Chen Xing was standing on had rolled over and kept sinking, and the people on the boat began to escape.
Feng Qianjun flew to the front and slashed down with a knife. Wen Che immediately withdrew the magic weapon, abandoned Xiangshu and turned to face Feng Qianjun, and the soul bell rang again.
With the sound of "Dang", Feng Qianjun fell from the sky together with Xiang Shu as if struck by lightning!
Xie An immediately realized the danger and shouted, "We will fight again in the future!"
Wen Che obviously wouldn't let them go so cheaply. He pressed the head of the dragon to dive and flew to Xie An. Xie An immediately shouted, and the spells were exhausted, while hiding behind Chen Xing.
Wen Che's grievance surged in his hands and flew towards Chen Xing and Xie An. The light in Chen Xing's hand exploded, forming a wave of light, pushing towards Wen Che and the Jiaolong.
Xie An mobilized the river waves and rolled up the entire painting boat, like a giant roaring up with one hand, holding the entire painting boat, and smashing at Wen Che and Qing Jiao. Wen Che's grievances were dispelled by Chen Xing, but he still fought to the death, and with two "dang", "dang", Tuoba Yan and Xie An's souls were taken away together.
"No, accompany, it!" Wen Che's shrill laughter sounded, "Wait for death! Exorcist!"
The river water crashed down, dragging Chen Xing into the river.
"Brother Jun!" Gu Qing jumped into the Huai Shui, hugged Feng Qianjun, and carried him ashore.
Chen Xing went ashore on the river bank, knelt on the ground, and quickly checked Xiang Shu, who was washed ashore by the river.
"Xiangshu! Xiangshu!" Chen Xing anxiously patted the next Xiangshu's face.
The next day, when the sun rises three poles, inside the Exorcism Division.
Xie An, Tuoba Yan, Feng Qianjun, and Xiang Shu lay in a row. Chen Xing was dripping water on the ground, his hair was messy, and his thin clothes were all stuck to his body. Sima Yao looked shocked, opened his mouth slightly, and looked down at everything in front of him.
Sima Wei held his arms and looked down at everyone.
Pu Yang murmured: "How can this be good?"
Sima Yao said: "Mr. Chen, you said that you are fine, sit on the boat and drink, and then the proprietress of Dongzhe Qianzhuang appeared in a dragon..."
"Correct, it's Jiao." Chen Xing said feebly, "Yes, then use the falling soul bell to take away the souls of Xie An, Tuoba Yan, Feng Qianjun and my guardian."
Pu Yang said in surprise: "Why are you not in danger?"
Chen Xing frowned deeply and replied, "Heart Lamp."
Last time, Chen Xing was very clear that both he and Xiang Shu heard the sound of the falling soul bell, but at that time Xiang Shu was Ding Haizhu, and he was guarded by a heart lamp, and neither of them had their souls taken away by Wang Ziye. , Wang Ziye began to doubt Xiang Shu's identity.
But this time Xiangshu has reshaped his body and is no longer the incarnation of a magic weapon. Even if he is protected by dragon power, part of his soul is still taken away by Wen Che. Whether he can wake up or not is completely unknown. The power of the Falling Soul Bell was too powerful, and all of Xie An, Feng Qianjun and Tuoba Yan were knocked unconscious, what should we do now
Chen Xing said, "I have to find Wen Che and completely recover the Fallen Soul Bell. Mr. Puyang, please take care of the Exorcism Division during this period and take good care of them."
Puyang said, "Do you know where Wen Che is hiding?"
Chen Xing pondered for a moment, the last time Wen Che hid in the sea of flowers from the soul, but this time, he may not return to the original place.
"I don't know," Chen Xing said, "I can only try my luck."
Sima Wei glanced at Chen Xing and said, "I'll go with you."
Puyang said: "With all due respect, Mr. Chen, the situation is very dangerous now, and the corpse may be on its way. Are you sure? It's better as soon as possible."
Without Puyang's reminder, Chen Xing could also feel that the situation was serious, and his side had no fighting power. Maybe Wang Ziye's next plan was to come to their nest. It's even very possible that Wang Ziye has been waiting near Jiankang, waiting for this moment.
The previous Wen Che fled under Xie An's siege, but only deliberately showed weakness. The real purpose was to wait until Xiang Shu and Chen Xing returned to Jiangnan, and then kill them, so that they could catch them all in one go.
After the rest of the people were gone, Chen Xing frowned deeply and knelt beside Xiang Shu, completely distraught.
"I'm sorry," Chen Xing said, "I didn't mean to make you angry... Xiang Shu."
Xiang Shu's hair and eyebrows were all covered with water, and he was wearing clothes and trousers. Chen Xing first listened to his heartbeat, then touched his face, his voice trembling, and said, "I love you, Xiang Shu, as long as you It's alright, I'll listen to you, and I'll do whatever you say..."
"I heard." Xiang Shu replied indifferently, opened his eyes, and looked at Chen Xing suspiciously.
Chen Xing: "…"
Xiang Shu sat up and looked at Xie An and the others beside him.
Chen Xing: "Aren't you faint?"
Xiang Shu: "No, what did you say just now? Say it again?"
Chen Xing: "..."
"You can wake up earlier!" Chen Xing said frantically.
Xiang Shu got on his horse, his clothes were still wet, and he said, "Aren't you going yet? Go save the people."
Chen Xing said, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Xiang Shu stretched out his hand to Chen Xing, pulled him onto his horse, made him sit in front of him, and walked out of the city through the side gate of Jiankang to Kuaiji.
"I'm not sure if there will be a dark line of Prince Ye in the exorcism department," Xiang said. "It's always good to be careful."
Chen Xing: "You... how did you think of it?"
"Xie An's plan." Xiang Shu said, "When Wang Ziye learned about the reconstruction of the Exorcism Division, he would definitely try to obstruct or even destroy it. Wen Che has the Soul Falling Bell in his hand, and he must try to lure him out. He has to go quickly. Kuaiji, take back the Falling Soul Bell, and then turn to deal with Wang Ziye, all in one go."
Chen Xing thought that you guys are so smart. Xie An guessed at the beginning that Wen Che would definitely come to deal with them, and the previous feint was just a cover. And once Wen Che used the Falling Soul Clock to take away their souls, he would definitely underestimate the enemy's carelessness. Xiang Shu also just pretended to be out of combat, so as to attract Wang Ziye and take advantage of the situation to launch an all-out attack on Jiankang.