I suddenly raised the token: "Ghosts of the Ghost Realm, obey my orders."
There were ghostly howls between heaven and earth, and countless undead spirits appeared. The water of Fengling River roared again, and it surrounded Lin Jingyuan and others like a Nujiang River besieging a city.
Lin Jingyuan was surprisingly calm and said, "Seventh Ghost King, I was defeated by you this time, and I accept the defeat wholeheartedly. If we are lucky enough to meet again someday, we will compete against each other!"
Seventh Shuilan said in a cold voice: "The reputation of the Lin family's witch is indeed well-deserved. I, Seventh Shuilan, have learned my lesson. If we meet again someday, I will kill you!"
Lin Jingyuan smiled faintly and said, "See you later."
Seventh Shuilan and Lin Jingyuan asked and answered each other. Even if I held the ghost domain token in my hand, I couldn't attract their attention. More importantly, the two of them seemed to regard the ghost domain as a place where they could come and go freely. Even if the dead souls roared and the river water surged, they didn't cause the two of them the slightest fear.
After Lin Jingyuan took Sun Xiaomei and Jie Jingwen back several steps, a huge demon shadow rose up from the ground behind her. The human-headed puppets surrounding Lin Jingyuan suddenly accelerated, and visible pressure surged out of the demon shadow. Without Miaokong's leadership, the human-headed puppets only rushed out less than a meter before they exploded into flying sawdust under the pressure.
Miaokong, who was a hundred meters away, seemed to have known this would be the result and didn't even raise his eyelids.
The demon shadow in the distance turned around and embraced Lin Jingyuan and the other three in its arms, rushing straight towards the roaring Fengling River.
"Stop her!" I roared, and the waves of Fengling River rolled ten meters high, overwhelming the flying demon cloud. A moment later, the demon cloud and the huge waves collided in the air, and the ten-meter-high huge wave split in two, and the rolling demon cloud broke through the ban. After the Fengling River roared unwillingly, it slowly subsided.
Ye Jin punched the wall hard: "Damn it, she ran away!"
Seventh Shuilan said calmly: "If the demon girl Lin is so easy to be caught, she is not worthy of being called a demon girl."
I turned to look at Seventh Shuilan: "Since you can enter and exit the ghost realm freely, why bother with so much trouble?"
Seventh Shuilan shook her head and said, "You are wrong. Lin Jingyuan and I can come and go freely because we both used the same method - find a coordinate and enter and exit the ghost domain according to the coordinate. Otherwise, we would have to grope our way in little by little, and the price we paid might not be less than yours. My coordinate is Xiao Baitang, and Lin Jingyuan's coordinate is herself."
Seventh Shuilan said, "Just like Lin Jingyuan used the demon to break through the air just now, it was actually a desperate move. There are indeed masters of controlling demons in the art of magic, but the real big demons will not be easily controlled by people, even if they have reached the level of a land fairy. I'm afraid Lin Jingyuan will have to pay a big price this time, and he may have to lie dormant for a long time."
Seventh Shuilan's statement should be correct, the big demon behind Lin Jingyuan is not trivial. Big demons have big demons' pride, and will not bow their heads easily. Sometimes, even if they explode their bodies, they will not leave any valuable things for the warlock, let alone surrender and pledge allegiance easily.
Although Lin Jingyuan seemed to have escaped unscathed this time, he actually suffered a great loss.
"Let's go too!" Seventh Shui Lan took a few steps and realized that I didn't move, so he turned back and asked, "You don't want to leave me in the ghost realm, do you?"
"No, at least I don't have that thought now."
The Seventh Shuilan was mysterious to me, and it was even hard to tell friend from foe, but she never really tried to kill me. Although her methods were not fair this time, she still saved all of our lives. I couldn't just attack her because of some suspicion.
Besides, I don't think I can keep the Seventh Shuilan with just a ghost domain order. Lin Jingyuan was able to leave calmly, so the Seventh Shuilan should have the same ability, and she also has a demon monk Miaokong by her side.
"I just want to find something." I turned around and swept away the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk, and pulled out three blood-red Ghost Eye Gold Coins from underneath it, "Let's go!"
"You have the mind of a child. Are you afraid that I will steal your ghost eye money?" Seventh Shuilan said as he walked forward slowly. "Zhan Wuxiang finally did something good. At least he didn't plan to leave you, the heir of the ghost vein, here with him."
I raised my eyes and looked at him: "You said that the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk is actually a killing trap left by Zhan Wuxiang?"
"That's right!" Seventh Shuilan said, "If I'm not mistaken, Zhan Wuxiang left the killing game to all the descendants of the Half-Life Dao except the human and ghost veins. A sorcerer can only enter the Heavenly Dao Jade Wall when his soul is out of the body. Once the Heavenly Dao Jade Wall collapses, the world inside will collapse. If the sky and the earth collapse, who can come out alive? No matter how powerful the descendants of the Seven Veins are, they can't get out of the Heavenly Dao Jade Wall."
I was surprised and asked, "Then how did you get out?"
"Because of you." Seventh Shuilan said seriously, "The remnant of Zhan Wuxiang is in charge of the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk. He intended to give you a chance to live, so he shook you away when the world collapsed. I also took this opportunity to make a move and escaped."
I said in a deep voice: "You don't trust Zhan Wuxiang?"
"The nine disciples of the Half Life Dao have always distrusted each other. What's so strange about that?" The seventh Shui Lan said naturally, "I dare say that except Ning Nitian, no one is not on guard against Zhan Wuxiang. If I hadn't been prepared, I would have fallen into the hands of the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk this time."
The seventh Shui Lan should not have lied.
First, she was still weak. It seemed that she was seriously injured.
Second, I shouldn't have appeared in Zhan Qing's fate trajectory. I should have been thrown into Zhan Qing's fate thread by force. The only one who can do this is Zhan Wuxiang himself. He is the only one who dominates the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk.
I am finding Zhan Wuxiang increasingly difficult to understand.
If I'm not mistaken, he left behind the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk to target the traitor of the Half-Life Dao. But how could he be sure that the traitor would come and enter the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk
It is impossible for Zhan Wuxiang to use the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk to plot against every Half-Life Dao descendant, unless the traitor is himself.
Could it be that the Seventh Shui Lan is the traitor of the Half-Life Sect
When I looked at the Seventh Shuilan calmly, I found that she had no reaction and seemed not to care about my thoughts at all.
I asked tentatively, "Why did Senior Hunchback want to walk into the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk?"
The seventh Shuilan's body trembled slightly: "The hunchback has lived enough. He has lived his whole life for others, and for the people he cannot get. Even he himself wants to know why he lives like this. Entering the Heavenly Dao Jade Disk is just to solve the doubts in his heart."
Ye Jin was puzzled and asked: "Is an answer so important?"
The seventh Shuilan said in a low voice: "An answer is indeed crucial to some people. Once that answer becomes his inner demon, he will never be able to break free from the shackles unless he sees the final result. Rather than doing that, it is better to get what you want before you turn into ashes. Do you understand what I mean?"
"In fact, sometimes I wonder, what's the point of predicting the future? Knowing one or two things that are about to happen every day is also a kind of helplessness. Just like the hunchback..."
Seventh Shuilan seemed to be explaining to us, but I felt that she was just talking to herself. She was not indifferent to the hunchback's death, but had expected it. She could watch the hunchback die, but could not completely let it go.
The Seventh Shuilan, who refused to speak again, walked all the way to the Fengling River before speaking: "Won't you let the river get out of the way?"
I raised the token and shouted, "Seal the Spiritual River, open—"
The surging river water suddenly rolled to both sides, splitting a road in front of us. I was about to move forward, but I heard Xue Ling'er behind me say: "Zhan Qing... No, Wu Zhao, right? Can you... Can you leave the ghost domain token to me?"
When I turned to look at Xue Ling'er, she whispered, "I'm not leaving. I want to stay in the Ghost Realm. If one day you need the Ghost Realm, just tell me and I'll give it back to you right away."
I looked at him and asked, "May I know why?"
Xue Ling'er showed a sad smile on her face: "Aqing will never come back. I should thank you for playing Aqing, allowing me to see everything about him from a third-party perspective. Aqing only has Yuchang in his heart, but I only have Aqing in my heart."
"I risked my life to rush into the ghost realm in order to save Aqing and reunite him with Yuchang. But... I didn't see Aqing's future in the Heavenly Jade. I don't want to go out, so let me stay in the ghost realm!"
I trembled and said, "Aren't you afraid of death? You won't live long here. Besides..."
"No!" Xue Ling'er shook her head and said, "Everything in the ghost realm can be created. I will live well here. Yu Chang once said that wherever he is is the paradise. This is my paradise, even if it is an illusion."
"Woo..." Little Baitang cried, and the body of the Seventh Shuilan was also trembling slightly.
I don't know whether I should hand over the Ghost Domain Token to the other party. It's not that I'm reluctant to give up a token, nor am I greedy for the Ghost Domain. I just feel that taking out the token is equivalent to killing Xue Ling'er with my own hands; but if I don't take it, it feels even more cruel.
The seventh Shui Lan said in a deep voice: "Wu Zhao, use the Xuanming Qi to seal Xue Ling'er, so that her body will not die, and her soul will remain in the ghost realm. If one day she figures it out, she can use my talisman to break the ice and walk out of the ghost realm."
I nodded and raised my hand to seal Xue Ling'er. When her frozen body fell to the bank of the Fengling River, Xue Ling'er's soul stood in front of me again. I handed the token to her: "Take care!"
"Thank you!" Xue Ling'er choked up, "If... I mean if, you have a chance to save A Qing, please let him and Yu Chang be reunited!"
"It is my duty!" I said in a deep voice, "Zhan Qing is Dou Ma's adopted son and also my brother. If there is a chance, I will save him even if it means turning heaven and earth upside down!"
Xue Ling'er smiled and said, "You and Zhan Qing really look alike!"
Seventh Shuilan suddenly said: "I hope they don't have the same fate."
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