A wisp of green smoke curled up from the incense burner.
However, the sweetness that she had felt in the boudoir of Lianzhao from the Wuchang clan the past two days was gone, and was replaced by a subtle bitterness.
It can get into people's hearts and make them calm.
The window on the east side had a narrow slit, and a patch of daylight shone in from outside. Looking outside through the slit, all one could see was a towering building.
It’s not the Wuchang clan, it’s the Guzhonglou.
There was a black jade slip placed upright on the long desk, and a slender white finger was resting on the edge of the jade slip, without moving for a long time.
The gaze that fell on this jade slip was Jianchou's absent-minded one.
She has been thinking about it for a long time.
Today is the sixth day since they were selected to enter the Wuzhong Tower due to their special relationship with "Li Han". There are a total of 103 elite ghost cultivators from the ten ghost tribes. So far no one knows what they were chosen to do. They only received a jade slip like this and were asked to practice according to the techniques on it.
Of course, Jianchou was also practiced.
With her current comprehension and talent, she would be able to perform this magic in just one day, instead of six days.
It is a controlling soul technique.
After the initial practice, one can control some wandering ghosts with blurred consciousness or insufficient cultivation.
This was definitely not good news for her.
and…
It seems that this is not the only bad news.
“Pah.”
The round fingernails painted with bright red nail polish moved slightly and touched the jade slip on the table.
Jianchou looked at it and came back to his senses from his thoughts, but there was no expression on his face. Under his calm eyes, there was a bit of inexplicable and uncertain hesitation.
"Fu, Chaosheng..."
The character "Fu" comes from its original form "蜉蝣", taking the homonym of the first character; the name "朝生" was a casual suggestion she made when she embarked on the immortal path, meaning "although born in the morning, you will not die in the evening".
I heard about her and was named after her.
Known since birth—
To her, even the most evil monster, the mayfly, was just a passer-by on the road of life, and later became a friend; to the other party, she was the person he was most familiar with in the world, the closest old friend to him, and the one he could trust wholeheartedly.
From the very beginning, Jianchou actually didn't think that they, who were so different, would have much in common. Even though they later became close friends due to various reasons, she never thought that some more wonderful changes might happen after that.
After all, Fu Chaosheng is a big demon who has different human nature and hearts.
After all, her personality is not entirely as kind and amiable as she appears to the world.
To some extent, Xie Buchen's evaluation of her was not too wrong.
She is very friendly with outsiders. If someone is kind to me, I will return the favor. It is easy for her to become acquaintances or even friends with people who get along with her.
But if you want to go further, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
So Xie Buchen loves her and hates her at the same time.
But, what's up with this mayfly
Seeing his brows slightly furrowed.
Her intuition told her that something had changed, but she wasn't sure, not to mention that Fu Chaosheng himself didn't seem to notice the changes or clues at all.
"Lord Li Han has issued an order! All 103 people who entered the conscription office must go to the main building immediately! Lord Li Han has something to tell the elders!"
A stern voice suddenly came from outside the house.
All the ghost cultivators living in the surrounding courtyards heard it clearly, and immediately some of them walked out of their rooms, gathered in groups of three or four, and went to the third floor of the building in the center of the net in front.
Jianchou guessed that the Eight Directions Hell Palace wanted to check how their soul-controlling skills were being practiced.
Just half a moment later, everyone gathered in the building again.
One hundred and three people, not one less.
Sitting at the top was still "Li Han" and the three elders.
Jianchou hadn't seen Fu Chaosheng in the past few days. Strangely, she didn't go to Fu Chaosheng, and Fu Chaosheng didn't take the opportunity to find her and discuss the follow-up matters with her. She could understand that she had some things to clarify, but Fu Chaosheng...
Maybe you are busy
She raised her eyes and immediately met the gaze of Fu Chaosheng sitting above her.
Today, Fu Chaosheng was still wearing a navy blue robe. The gloomy and cold look on his face had not diminished at all, and his expression seemed no different from before.
But the moment their eyes met, Jianchou actually felt that he was a little evasive.
This avoidance is not due to any personal feelings, but due to another kind of concern that is not willing to be expressed...
My heart suddenly sank.
Jianchou didn't show any sign of abnormality and bowed with everyone else.
Li Yan, the elder of the Ghost King clan, told them not to formalize, and then, just as Jianchou had guessed when he came, he began to test everyone's practice of the soul-controlling technique recorded in the jade slip.
Most people practice well.
Even though he was limited by his cultivation and talent and had not yet mastered the technique to perfection, he could still perform it generally without any problems.
Starting from the one with the highest cultivation level, the three elders were all very satisfied.
Jianchou thought that she would also be subject to inspection, but who would have thought that when it was finally her turn, the last one in line, the Ghost King clan's elder Li Yan actually looked at her meaningfully and walked straight past her!
He didn't even check her cultivation progress!
He simply turned around and bowed to "Li Han" who was sitting at the head of the table: "Master Li Han, the inspection has been completed and all are qualified."
"good."
Fu Chaosheng nodded and glanced at the people below.
"Since you are all qualified, there is no need to go to great lengths. After today's inspection, go back and rest. We will set off early tomorrow morning. I'm sure you are all curious about the purpose of this conscription, but His Royal Highness Prince Qin Guang has issued a strict order that we cannot tell you now. You will know everything by then. All of you can leave."
"yes!"
Everyone originally thought that they could set off after the conscription and knew the reason for this incident. Who would have thought that six days had passed before they talked about setting off
Although I heard Li Han say this, I still have doubts in my heart.
Everyone agreed in unison and bowed respectfully to take their leave.
Seeing that Chou was also among the crowd, he made a gesture to retreat.
At this time, Fu Chaosheng said calmly: "Lian Zhao stays."
Jianchou's footsteps suddenly stopped.
The ghost cultivators who left all looked at her with strange eyes at this moment: when Li Han suddenly appeared in front of the Guzhong Tower and said those four words, they felt that their impression of Li Han and Jianchou was completely overturned. In recent days, all kinds of rumors have spread all over the streets and alleys of Fengdu City, becoming a topic that many ghost cultivators have to talk about after dinner. Who doesn't know that Li Han and Lian Zhao are having an affair now
Leaving people alone...
Isn't it obvious that he's going to do that
Everyone took a quick look and then dared not look any further, and they all left.
The three elders looked at each other and laughed like old foxes.
The Ghost King clan elder who had given Jianchou a meaningful look earlier narrowed his eyes even more: "Well, we old bones will not interfere in the affairs of young people. Lord Lihan will examine the situation of Miss Lianzhao's practice of soul control. I will take my leave."
The three elders also left.
Very self-conscious.
The huge hall suddenly became empty, leaving only Jianchou standing in the hall and Fu Chaosheng sitting at the top.
The two looked at each other.
No one laughed.
Jianchou glanced behind him and confirmed that there was no one outside, then he turned back and asked with a frown, "Fellow Daoist Chaosheng has not been seen in the past few days, is there any change in the Eight Directions Hell Palace?"
"Nothing has happened, it's just..."
The so-called hesitation to speak should not have appeared in Fu Chaosheng. However, when he stood up from his seat and walked in front of Jianchou, he showed a bit more hesitation.
After staring at her for a while, he finally said it.
"On the day when the conscription ended, I received a secret order from King Qin Guang from the Eight Directions Yama Palace. From this, I learned what the conscription was for, where we were going, and what we were going to do. Kun and I both thought that our old friend should not go."
"… "
The ominous premonition that had been rising in my heart since I understood the soul-controlling technique finally came to an end at this moment.
Jianchou looked at Fu Chaosheng without saying anything.
She was a smart person, how could she not guess what Fu Chaosheng hadn't said? In this world, what else could make Fu Chaosheng afraid and make him feel that he shouldn't go
Zhong Lanling…
After all, there are more than one.
Jianchou clenched his fingers and slowly closed his eyes. After a long while, he opened them again. His voice was already gloomy and hoarse: "Is it a soul puppet?"
Or rather…
Yashan Soul Puppet.
Fu Chaosheng couldn't answer.
Ever since he learned some accurate news and circumstances, the scene of the battle at Ghost Gate that day when the Yashan people killed the Yashan soul would constantly emerge in his mind, while his old friend went against the crowd at that moment.
Subconsciously, he didn't want Jianchou to know.
So for the past few days, he did not take the initiative to look for Jianchou. He just thought that unless Jianchou came to him to ask, he would think it over first.
It has been delayed until today.
As perceptive as Jianchou was, there was actually no need for him to say anything. Just from these few words and clues, one could infer what they were going to face next.
The face he was wearing quietly and silently returned to its original appearance. On the slightly pale face, a pair of deep eyes were filled with a familiar, old, cold color like moss, locking the vast flow of time into them.
Although there is an evil aura, it is only faint.
After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "Since the Yin-Yang Realm War eleven generations ago, the Ghost King Clan has been studying the art of soul puppets under the orders of the Eight Directions Hell Palace. They use the extreme domain to manipulate reincarnation and forcibly gather the scattered souls of the Nineteen Continents monks who died more than six hundred years ago, splice and repair them, and re-melt them into souls. This is called 'Puppets in Souls, Ghosts in Ghosts', and they want to use this to deal with you. This time, we are summoned to rush to the underworld to awaken the last batch of soul puppets."Μ.166xs.cc
The last batch.
In other words, the previous ones have been completed.
Jianchou suddenly felt a kind of oppressive discomfort, and couldn't breathe. In a flash, he thought of the front line of the Nineteenth Continent: "How is it in Maocheng?"
"We have already conquered most of it, and it is almost certain to be won."
Jianchou was in the Guzhong Tower and had limited channels to obtain information, but Fu Chaosheng was outside and knew everything clearly.
The battle in Maocheng was a real tough one.
Both sides deployed a large number of troops on the second line of defense in this polar region. Whether it was the Nineteen Continents or the Polar Region, they fought with all their might.
But how can they thank the disloyalty
Every formation was broken; every plot was solved. None of the various plots and conspiracies worked. Whether it was advancing or retreating, attacking or defending, everything was within the calculations of the Nineteen Continents.
The Jiyu side was angry and anxious, but they had no idea how to break the deadlock.
The Nineteen Continents had a completely new understanding of the abilities of this Kunwu genius. They felt that he was no less capable than the Taoist Master Hengxu back then, and was worthy of the title of "The Son of Heaven's Favor". In the overall situation, he had even more terrifying abilities.
After some time, I don't know which gossiper first spread the word that he was the Purple Star sign sent from heaven, and was called "Purple Star Taoist Son".
Ziwei is the North Star.
Lord of the Stars.
All dynasties in the mortal world are often referred to as emperors, so they are called "Emperor Star".
"Ziwei Daozi..." Jianchou slowly recited it and laughed after hearing it, "It fits his 'Human Emperor's Way'."
Fu Chaosheng doesn't like Xie Buchen.
Hearing Chou's words, he seemed to think that Xie Buchen was worthy of the title of "Ziwei Taoist", so he frowned slightly.
So he didn't answer.
Jianchou raised his eyes to look at him and asked, "I remember that Daoist Brother Chaosheng swallowed half of his heart by mistake?"
It's not an accidental swallow...
Fu Chaosheng is a demon. As long as he wants, he can devour all living beings in the world, whether they are cultivators from the Nineteen Continents or souls from the Extreme Realm.
It’s not wrong for Jianchou to ask this.
He looked back at her and nodded: "Yes, it is true."
Jianchou asked again: "Do you feel anything strange or wrong from now on?"
She seemed to have asked this question once before.
Fu Chaosheng remembered that he had answered this question once when Jianchou came out of the base after recuperating from his injuries after the Battle of Ghost Gate.
Why ask again
Fu Chaosheng was a little puzzled, but still shook his head: "I didn't feel anything unusual in the past few days. Although there are some strange things in the past few days, it seems to have nothing to do with this."
"… "
There was suddenly a hint of scrutiny in Jianchou's eyes.
She looked at him for a long while, her eyes flickering, but she said nothing, and just walked towards him.
step.
Two steps.
Three steps.
The two of them were originally standing not far away from each other, and although Jianchou's steps were not big, they quickly narrowed the distance between them.
Moreover, she didn't stop until she was close.
At this moment, Fu Chaosheng suddenly felt a sense of oppression and restlessness, a strange feeling that made him uncomfortable.
Faced with Jianchou's approach, he subconsciously stepped back.
In just three or two steps, he had retreated to the armchair at the top of the table. She gently raised her hand and touched his shoulder, then he sat down in the chair.
Jianchou leaned forward slightly, and in an instant Lianzhao's beautiful facial features disappeared. The face that was only a few inches away from Fu Chaosheng was her original face.
Gentle and calm.
But at this moment, the excessive calm seemed to contain a thrilling feeling.
She didn't take her eyes off Fu Chaosheng's face, and just said, "Throw him out."
Fu Chaosheng was stunned for a moment before he realized what she was referring to.
Although he didn't understand the reason, since it was his old friend who spoke, he took off the fish-shaped jade pendant hanging around his waist and threw it out of the meeting room.
With a "pop" sound, it was thrown very far away.
Jianchou didn't even look back.
She placed one hand gently on Fu Chaosheng's shoulder. The delicate embroidery on his navy blue robe felt slightly cool under her palm. Her other hand was on the left armrest. The dark purple lacquer made her fingers look long and white.
The long neck is lowered, which is a posture that makes it difficult to relax.
oppression.
Even invasion.
close.
Too close.
Fu Chaosheng felt that if he blinked slightly, he could touch her drooping, thick and long eyelashes.
Dry mouth.
The body is tense.
I didn't even know why I was holding my breath and didn't dare to move.
He tried to speak: "Old friend..."
However, when the voice came out, it was a little hoarse and trembling.
Jianchou blinked slowly, but because his back was facing the light outside, his eyes were dark and revealed nothing.
The right hand on his shoulder had been raised a little.
The slightly cool fingertips touched the side of his neck, triggering an unfamiliar shudder.
The demonic power in the body began to stir again.
Even that day in the Guzhong Tower, it wasn't as strong as it is now!
At this moment, Fu Chaosheng, who was a great demon, seemed to be nailed to the throne, unable to move at all. He could only watch his old friend getting closer and closer...
Her lips were close to his ear.
The breath between breaths floats out with a wisp of bitter and cold fragrance.
But it didn't stick completely and thoroughly.
It stayed there for only a moment, then moved down along his ear, from his jaw to the side of his neck. It was like seeing flowers in the fog, so close yet so far away…
The trembling was intensifying.
A strange feeling began to take over his entire body.
Fu Chaosheng clearly had enough strength to push her away, but at this moment it seemed as if there was another hidden consciousness, unknown to him, controlling and blocking him from the depths of his soul, making him stiff, maintaining his current posture, staring intently.
until…
The lips that moved to the side of his neck moved down little by little, pressing into the distance between the soft lips and his Adam's apple.
Then, slowly stick them together.
"boom!"
It was as if a flood had broken through the levee!
Fu Chaosheng only felt a loud bang deep in his mind, and all the demonic power in his body, no matter how deep or shallow it was and where it came from, seemed to be out of control at this moment!
A hot and boiling breath surged out from somewhere in his chest, sweeping through his limbs and bones at a speed and posture that was unfamiliar to him...
His Adam's apple moved up and down.
The whole body seemed to be on fire!
The feeling of being out of control made him feel an unprecedented fear.
I wanted to retreat again, but there was nowhere to retreat.
Fu Chaosheng didn't even understand what his reaction at the moment meant. He just wanted to retreat at the moment when he saw Jianchou's eyes.
Half light, half shadow, half brightness, half charm.
Her facial features, as delicate as those of Lian Zhao, were stained with calm ice and snow, and there was a hint of silence between her brows. Her eyes were staring at him, as clear as ever, but the depths were obscure and difficult to understand.
Examine and ponder.
There seemed to be some deeper, more obscure emotion flashing through his mind quickly, but Fu Chaosheng only knew a little about human emotions, so it was difficult to capture.
In just a moment, she stepped back.
The oppressive atmosphere was gone, and so was the faint fragrance that disturbed people.
But Fu Chaosheng not only did not feel at ease, but felt uneasy because of her look just now, so he subconsciously reached out to pull her hand away from the armrest.
This time, he should have caught it right.
But as luck would have it, Jianchou lowered his eyes, and at that moment his five fingers gently curled back, just avoiding the target and falling back to his side.
Fu Chaosheng caught nothing.
"… "
Slightly surprised.
He looked up at her and suddenly felt a strange oppression, which made him feel very uncomfortable, as if there had been some subtle changes between this moment and the past.
Jianchou seemed not to notice. He looked at him calmly, his thoughts gone. He only said, "Coroner Wang is not a good person either. But you and Kun don't have any clues. Let's wait until we enter Bafang City and take the heads of these Yama Lords, and then we can find out the truth."
For the first time, Fu Chaosheng didn’t know how to answer.
A voice in his head yelled at him: No, you shouldn't talk about this now! This is not what you want to know!
However, he didn't say it in the end.
Jianchou smiled faintly and said, "I'll go back first. See you tomorrow when we set off."
After saying that, she retracted her gaze, turned around and walked out.
Fu Chaosheng also stood up and stood in the hall, watching her return to her Lianzhao appearance, go downstairs, and soon disappear.
At this time, the fish-shaped black jade pendant that was thrown out earlier flew in from outside, and there was a hint of ridicule in the laughter: "Ah, so fast?"
Fu Chaosheng blinked and didn't respond.
Kun, who had transformed into a jade pendant, realized something was wrong: "What's wrong with you?"
Fu Chaosheng raised his hand in a daze and pressed it on his chest. He felt that the heat and burning sensation that had rushed through his limbs and bones and caused his demonic power to go out of control had disappeared, leaving only the coldness like ash.
I was confused for a moment.
He clenched the cold spot and felt a little pain, so he said slowly: "I think I ate something I shouldn't have..."