The Inquiring Sword at his waist was hot, as if he was suppressing something, Xia Wushuang was stunned, and Lan Lu touched her shoulder and called out twice.
She just came back to her senses.
Its daybreak.
She left the blood-washed village, looked for a random direction, and walked over in a dazed way.
The village next door was moving, and when she arrived, it was already in a hurry, and it was all about moving.
Xia Wushuang didn't need to ask to know the reason. From a distance, he could already hear the noisy voices of people.
"Hurry up - the tide of evil spirits is coming!"
"Where is this going to move..."
"Let's go to relatives..."
"… "
… Evil wave
The one just now, was it called the evil ghost tide
The wave of evil ghosts started to appear after Xia Wushuang was locked up by Gu Peijou, so although Xia Wushuang felt terrifying, he didn't know what it was.
She stood at the entrance of the village and didn't move. A man came out with a heavy burden on his back. Xia Wushuang took a breath and asked the man as if he didn't know anything, "...what are you doing?"
The man was very big, with a savage face and fierce tiger eyes. When he saw her blocking the road, he said in a vicious voice, "Help people move things!"
It was the shoulder.
Xia Wushuang held the two deer and smiled embarrassingly, "Oh, then... can I ask you something?"
The man put down the burden on his back, and there was a muffled sound of "bang". It seemed that the contents inside were not light. He said in a loud voice, "Ask."
Xia Wushuang was a little surprised, she thought that this person would not take care of her.
The man said impatiently, "Do you want to ask or not?"
"Why are they moving?"
The man looked at her with a mentally retarded look on his face, and his voice was not good. "The village in the east is flooded with evil ghosts, and people can't live here. If you don't move, do you want to feed the ghosts?!"
Xia Wushuang hit the snake and followed the stick, and asked what he wanted to ask most: "What is the tide of evil spirits?"
The man looked her up and down and suddenly asked, "Are you from overseas?"
This place is very far from Lingxi Peak, but very close to the sea, so it is no wonder that this shoulder would ask this question.
"... That's right."
That man understood now, although his tone was not good, he didn't have the vicious feeling he had just now, "That's why you don't know anything, this wave of evil ghosts appeared a month ago, and no one knows what it is. things, but wherever they pass, they are all pools of blood, and not a single living mouth will be left."
A month ago...
Xia Wushuang thought of the scene he saw yesterday, and felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.
"It is said that the head of Lingxi Peak made a puppet without authorization, which violated the family relationship, so this punishment was imposed. I don't know if it is true or not... :"
Xia Wushuang's face was covered with a layer of gray.
"Anyway, everyone said that." The man said this, a little wistful, shook his head, and put the heavy burden on the ground back on his back: "I won't tell you, I have to move things away."
Xia Wushuang looked at the man who was leaving, and people left one after another. The villagers' faces were full of wind and frost, and they didn't know where they were ahead. No one paid her any attention.
She held the two blue deer, and stood aside a little blankly, not letting herself get in the way, but also a little embarrassed that she didn't know what to do.
... Gu Peijiu was worried about this before
The turmoil outside is already like this, why is she unwilling to tell herself anything
Xia Wushuang thought of the old man again, she took out the red talisman from her sleeve and injected spiritual power into it slightly.
In an instant, brilliant golden lines lit up on the red talisman, and a harmonious and serene breath came out, with an indescribable feeling of calm.
As if the soul was comforted.
Xia Wushuang looked at the red talisman in his hand, and then glanced at the people who were expelled by evil spirits, as if he had come to a realization.
She left the bustling small village where she was busy moving, and came to a slightly more prosperous town. She found a restaurant and sat down. She didn't drink, but ordered a bowl of tea.
Xiao Er gave her a weird look when she was serving tea. If it wasn't for the high-quality silk clothes on her body, Xia Wushuang would have no doubt that he would drive her out.
But she didn't care about these things for a long time. After the tea came, she didn't move, just listened to the talk of the people around her.
Although the words of the people around are inseparable from Lingxi Peak and the tide of evil spirits, there is also some fresh news.
For example, the king of Chu has already captured the last small country, and he will be able to ascend the throne and become the new emperor on another day.
Another example is that a girl in red at Lingxi Peak fought with the first puppet under Xia Wu's hands.
"… "
Xia Wu shook his hands, and the water in the tea bowl almost floated out.
Clear tea was really clear tea, and there wasn't even a root of tea in it. She took a sip, put the bowl back, ordered a pot of good wine, and gathered a table with the person who was talking.
She took away the depression in her heart and smiled.
"It is said that meeting is a brother... A little girl is not talented, and can't be called a brother with my dear brothers, but the wine should be a part of it."
Xiao Er diligently brought the wine up.
Qianliang's fine wine, Xia Wushuang didn't blink when he clicked it.
At first glance, the people at the table looked like they were mixed up in the rivers and lakes. They had a face full of flesh, but their personalities were also refreshing. Seeing Xia Wushuang's slender figure, beautiful eyes, and hidden inner meanings, at first glance, it was a hidden master of the family. , and the shot was quick and neat. As soon as I came up, I ordered the most expensive wine in the restaurant, so I didn't have any bad thoughts, and they all said: "There is wine and beauty! Good!"
"I can't afford it, I can't afford it." Xia Wushuang smiled, and after parting the drink with you, Fang said, "I just heard the brothers talking about Lingxi Peak by the side... I don't know what happened recently. Misfortune?"
"Oh, it's not that Xia Wushuang." A thin man sighed.
Xia Wushuang is now used to hearing his name from other people's mouths. She even asked with a smile: "What happened to her?"
"I won't talk about this wave of evil ghosts, it may have nothing to do with her, I don't really believe in the rumors of God's condemnation—of course not necessarily, but this person played a good trick for the King of Chu, After conquering the world, turning into a puppet and turning into a dead bone, I really don’t have any idea of it!”
Xia Wuduo took a sip of wine expressionlessly, this was really wronging her, she didn't know it at first...
Forget it, in the final analysis, she should not take out the things she is not sure about.
Just then...
Thinking of the handwritten letter from the King of Chu ten years ago, Xia Wushuang shook his head.
If it was the King of Chu, she at that time... should still do that.
A man next to him smiled and said, "Heroes emerge in troubled times, so Xia Wushuang can be considered a capable person."
The skinny man dried up the wine and sighed: "It's really good wine—that's right, there are many talented people in this world, but the one who dares to be born is the only one in the world."
Another person said coldly: "Ha."
I don't know if I agree or disagree.
Another humane said: "Lingxi Peak has been in chaos these days. I heard that the two people fought against each other, and it is estimated that there is no winner yet."
Hearing that, Xia Wushuang's heart rose, "Those two people are the ones you just mentioned..."
"Yeah, Xia Wushuang's first puppet, Gu Peijiu in white clothes and withered bones, and a little girl in red who are always by her side... I can't think of that little girl who is usually unknown and fights so fiercely."
"Lingxi Peak is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger..."
"… "
Did they actually fight? Xia Wushuang stood up, and the stool fell. Seeing that everyone at the table looked at her, she shyly helped the stool and sat down, "I'm sorry... I have always admired Gu Peijiu next to Xia Wushuang. girl…”
The man who started talking laughed: "It's normal, don't look at it as a puppet, but he is much more famous than others, Gu Peijiu in white clothes and withered bones, who in this world doesn't know? Not to mention the princes and nobles in Chang'an, they are girls like you. , and there are many who like her."
Xia Wushuang was surprised, and only then did he realize that the other party called Gu Peijiu with a nickname: "Ah... white clothes and dry bones?"
No, she can understand Bai Yi, what kind of thing is a dry bone, it's too strange... No, Gu Peijiu, a beautiful girl, is it too inappropriate for a dry bone
"This withered bone is named after her weapon. This girl once used a bone flute to command an army of 30,000 puppets. It is said that the enemy army was beaten overnight... There is also a joke, it is said that her master Xia Wushuang is still in bed. He fell asleep in the room, and the white clothes withered bones conquered thousands of miles of territory for the Chu army overnight. Xia Wushuang was brought back to the house before he woke up. When he woke up, he thought he had a dream of going on an expedition at Lingxi Peak. "Hahaha, it's really funny!"
Xia Wushuang: "…"
Is there such a thing? Nonsense!
Seeing the other party's oath, Xia Wushuang subconsciously recalled... A few years ago... A few years ago, it seemed that this happened. At that time, the King of Chu asked her to help attack a small country called Barbarian. She took Gu Peijiu and the puppet army with her. He ran over thousands of miles, as if he was looking at the enemy's camp outside. Seeing that the other party had no plans to attack, he went back to sleep and planned to talk about it tomorrow.
After waking up, it was naturally at Lingxi Peak.
She also stupidly asked the person next to her: "Hey, didn't we go to the savage war?"
The maid looked at her strangely: "...It's over."
Xia Wushuang: "How did you finish the fight?"
The maid pretended to be angry: "The other party is very despicable, and he actually attacked at night!"
Xia Wushuang thought, night raids are too normal night raids... night raids? !
Xia Wushuang was startled: "Then what?"
The maid said: "I was beaten to tears by the leader Gu, and I lost a thousand miles of territory. Don't worry, you can continue to sleep for a while, it's still early."
Xia Wushuang: "…"
Although that time caused a certain psychological shadow on Xia Wushuang, but ten years have passed, and she has experienced many battles, big and small... Of course, most of them were not experienced by her. She prefers to do some puppet research in the back... Anyway, this If you don't think about the little things carefully, Xia Wushuang can't remember them.
Seeing her thinking hard, the man said in amazement, "Have you never heard of it? It's a bit early, but it's true. In the past ten years, Xia Wushuang has studied the puppet for countless times, and Gu Peijiu has gone out to fight on his behalf."
Xia Wushuang, who remembered what had happened, said embarrassingly, "I believe, I believe..."
"But because no one knows what the name of the flute is, it's just a piece of white bone, so it was named Baiyi Withered Bone."
Xia Wushuang couldn't help but said, "That flute is called Bai Guai."
The man laughed, Quan thought she was joking, "The name of the girl is really good!"
Xia Wushuang: "…"
It's really called White Bone Sorrow.
"We've been chatting for a long time, but I still don't know your name, girl." The man in blue who said "heroes in troubled times" asked her just now.
Xia Wushuangyu said: "I'm not very famous, you can call me Shuang Wu."
System: "...Why don't you call San Wu?"
Xia Wushuang: "That's you."
Knowing what she wanted to know, Xia Wushuang didn't want to waste any more time, she wanted to hurry back to Lingxi Peak to check the situation.
Su Lang had always been at odds with Gu Peijiu. Gu Peijiu had locked himself up before, which would have caused Su Lang's dissatisfaction a long time ago. Now that the fight has started, Xia Wushuang was helpless, but he wasn't surprised.
"Good name, good name." All the men laughed for a while, Xia Wushuang asked, "I don't know where the brothers are going?"
She was looking for a reason to leave, which was also a casual question.
"I heard that the King of Chu will be enthroned in a few days, we are going to Chang'an..." One man was talking, and the other one gave him a wink, his eyes met, everything was silent, the man paused and smiled. Said, "Go to Chang'an to join in the fun."
"So that's it... Then you have to be careful on the way." Xia Wushuang was thinking about Lingxi Peak, and naturally he didn't notice any difference in their expressions. After being polite, he left the wine and walked away after paying the bill.
She led two deer out of the small town.
At the gate of the city, an old man in ragged clothes nestled in the corner, looking unremarkable.
Xia Wushuang saw him at a glance, and simply led the two deer over, looking at the porcelain bowl with a broken horn in front of the old man, and the scattered dime in it, and couldn't help but say, "Do people outside the world like to pretend to be poor? "
The blind old man said, "Naturally, it is not as good as Sect Master Xia's huge sums of money."
Xia Wushuang said, "I also invite you to go to the restaurant for a drink? Just tell me everything you know, and don't let it leak out all day long."
This old man was the blind old man that Xia Wushuang had met before.
The old man shook his head, "The old man doesn't drink alcohol."
Xia Wushuang was helpless, "Okay, then take your two deer away, right? It's not a problem for me to carry them all the time."
Although it is said that there are many strange people here, she is still very eye-catching when she walks around with two blue deer. She Xia Wushuang always pays attention to being a low-key person and doing things with a high-profile.
The old man said, "I can't control the rest, but you must take this deer with you."
Xia Wushuang laughed: "Is this still corrupting me?"
The old man shook his head, "I'm thinking of the common people."
Xia Wushuang: "...Okay, what is the breed of this deer? Can you tell me what it can do? My Lingxi Peak doesn't keep idle things, can you tell me how many pounds it can pull?"
The old man was speechless.
But he still said with a good temper, "The name of this deer is lost, it can lead the lost soul to return to the right path, and it can also suppress evil."
Xia Wushuang pointed to himself, unable to say anything, "...Where do I look like a lost soul?"
The old man said, "I can't see it."
Xia Wushuang: "..." Okay.
"I know you want to ask me about the evil ghost tide." The old man paused and said, "I can tell you, but you must promise me that no matter where you are, you will take these two deer with you."
Xia Wushuang: "I'm a little embarrassed about your condition..."
She can't take two deer everywhere, can she? It's a little weird to think about.
The old man stopped talking.
Xia Wushuang, who wanted to ask the old man about the tide of evil spirits, had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, I promise you."
Only then did the old man speak, "There are rumors in the world that the tide of evil spirits is due to the divine condemnation you encountered as a cultivator by interfering in world affairs without authorization. In fact, this is not the case. Although you have been condemned by heaven, it is not a wave of evil spirits."
Xia Wushuang looked at him in confusion: "... I was condemned by heaven? No, is there really divine condemnation?"
Isn't the scourge a calamity
The old man said slowly: "Look, you are lost."
Xia Wushuang: "…"
"Although this is not your divine condemnation, there is still your reason for it. This shouldn't be divine condemnation, to be precise, it is your cause and effect." The old man's voice became serious, "... You know the evil spirits are formed. what?"
Xia Wushuang said, "Of course it's a ghost."
The old man said, "It can be said that the tide of evil spirits suddenly appeared overnight, and it washed several villages with blood. There seems to be no warning. Where did so many evil spirits who did not enter reincarnation come from this night?"
Xia Wushuang is not stupid. For a moment, he seems to be connected to something, but he is not very sure. His heart beats slightly, "...Where did it come from?"
"It's the puppets you made." The old man's voice was indifferent, "I can tell you that without training, mortals will always be mortals, so their bodies will die, and so will their souls—if they don't reincarnate, their souls will also go perish."
Xia Wushuang's pupils shrank slightly.
"The puppets you make can carry souls, which is truly unparalleled." The old man affirmed Xia Wushuang's craftsmanship, "But you overlooked one point, they are mortals."
"..." Xia Wushuang vaguely had a bad premonition, "So what?"
"The reason why people want to be reincarnated is precisely because the strength of their souls can't keep them in the mortal world." The old man said, "When the soul is just exhausted to the point where it can be reincarnated, it will leave the body and step into the six realms. In samsara, the power of the soul is strengthened through reincarnation, so that they can continue to reincarnate. .
"If the mortal soul stays in the world, everything in the world will continue to consume the power of the soul. Once the best chance of reincarnation is lost, after they cannot reincarnate, there are two endings."
"The first is the soul flying away. The second is the power to turn into evil spirits, devour mortals, and continue to exist."
The old man said, "You let the souls of dying people who should go to reincarnation come back to life on the puppet, which directly makes them lose the best opportunity for reincarnation."
Xia Wushuang stood there, and for the first time, felt at a loss.
"So, the desire for survival of those broken souls turned them into evil ghosts and became the tide of evil ghosts that devoured human souls."
"...You changed the rules without authorization." The old man slowly patted the dust on his body, "But you can't create new rules."
"Think about it carefully, what everyone said is not wrong."
"People cannot be resurrected from the dead. Since you have done it, then this is your divine condemnation."
after a long time.
Xia Wushuang grieved deeply, clenched and loosened the fist in his sleeve, repeated several times, and finally asked, "What should I do?"
The voice was calm and seemed to have no turbulence.
The old man said, "Are you asking me?"
Xia Wushuang nodded seriously, "Yes, I'm asking you, what should I do."
Even used honorifics.
The old man sighed lightly, "Your existence was originally a mistake."
Xia Wushuang did not speak.
"But you don't have to blame yourself too much." The old man said slowly, "All of this, in the final analysis, is a mistake derived from a mistake."
Xia Wushuang said, "You mean, shouldn't I exist?"
His voice was flat, without any emotion.
The old man did not speak, but he was quite approving.
Xia Wushuang smiled instead, "...You say I'm guilty, I admit it, but I can't agree with this sentence."
"I had no choice when I came here, so I missed the mistake." Xia Wushuang's voice was indifferent, "It's been more than ten years, you came and told me that everything I did was wrong, and the consequences were extremely sinful... This Nothing."
"But." Xia Wushuang said, "You can't deny that I exist here."
The old man paused for a while, then smiled slightly, "I think you should ask me."
"I'm begging you." Xia Wushuang said, "Because I am the one who exists here, I will have emotions and desires, and if I do something wrong, I will feel guilty, so I am begging you—there is no way to atone for the sin I have committed. But at least I want to know how to make up for it later."
"If you can't even be sure of my existence, then whatever I do is meaningless."
"I, Xia Wushuang, never do meaningless things."
After the old man heard it, he was silent for a long time.
"Well..."
"Pfft."
dull sound.
The old man was taken aback.
The man knelt before him.
"Please tell me what to do." Xia Wushuang's voice was indifferent, "I want to know how to restore it."
"… "
The aggressive girl just turned her face and knelt in front of him, and the old man couldn't react for a while.
"I admit my own existence, so I know the sin I committed." Xia Wushuang said, "If you do something wrong, you do it wrong. If you say I don't exist, wouldn't it be an excuse for me to escape? ?"
The old man was speechless for a while.
"... Get up. After all, it wasn't your fault in the beginning."
"You tell me what to do." Xia Wushuang couldn't get up.
"... There is no way to completely solve this." The old man sighed, "But it can be suppressed."
"I'll tell you how to do it. As for how to do it, it's up to you..." The old man felt the repressed manic power in Xia Wushuang's body that was about to break through the bondage. He paused and said, "Is there any spare energy?"
The two lost deer and the power of the soul on the sword are almost unable to suppress the disaster...
This curse is really scary.
Xia Wushuang said: "Tell me, I will definitely do it."
The old man then told her the method.
Xia Wushuang stood up after hearing this, led the deer, didn't say anything, and finally asked a question.
"Can I know who you are?"
The old man shook his head, "Old man, I'm just a nameless priest. Even if you existed more than ten years ago, I swore an oath not to ask about world affairs, so..."
Xia Wushuang knew what he wanted to say.
If the old man hadn't sworn an oath back then and was a born priest, she probably wouldn't have lived comfortably on this continent for more than ten years now.
On this continent, there will be one more high priest who knows heaven and earth and knows reincarnation, and one less talented puppet master.
He paused.
"So, now I only tell you what to do, it's not a birth.... After all, I didn't kill you back then, and I regret it."
Xia Wushuang said: "So, I would like to thank you for not killing you back then."
The old priest shook his head, "Don't say it anymore... If it wasn't for getting old and those things couldn't be done, I would still kill you."
Xia Wushuang said seriously: "Then I will thank you for not killing twice."
elder:"… "
Saying goodbye to the old man, Xia Wushuang looked at the bright sky with an unprecedented heavy heart.
Before she decided to help Chu Shi, she had already thought about all the possible consequences.
But only did not think that these consequences will be so serious.
The scene of the village being attacked by the tide of evil spirits is vivid in my mind.
Xia Wushuang thought of the old priest at the entrance of the village yesterday, and laughed at himself.
The old priest estimated that he was going to be hit by a ghost in that village, so he waited for her there, for fear that she was just passing by and played the flute to attract her attention.
Now... no matter what you want to do, you must go back to Lingxi Peak first.
Xia Wushuang touched the two deer, trying to show a kind smile, but couldn't smile, and finally sighed, "Little babies, follow me home."