Yu Chi Rui stepped on the air with one foot, and his entire body fell rapidly. At the critical moment, he wanted to pull Gong Wei's sleeve, but he didn't pull it. In the strong wind, he fell for half a meal, bang!
The soles of his feet suddenly touched the ground, causing his eyes to turn black, and he finally got up from the ground in a dizzy moment.
I saw a surging long river rushing past, coming from one end of the blood-gray horizon, and whistling towards the other end, with no head in front and no tail behind. A large number of jackdaws on both sides of the bank were startled, and they passed through the sky densely in the croak and screeching, and gradually disappeared into the distance.
"Two or seven dead people crossed the Nai River, and thousands of teams crossed the river." Gong Wei's voice came from behind, saying: "This is the Santu River. After walking along the river bank for two days, we will be able to return to the human world after Xu Bai wakes up."
When Yuchi Rui turned around, he saw Xu Shuangce's eyes were closed, his face was calm, and his head was resting on Gong Wei's thigh.
The bright and splendid light on Xu Shuangce's body has not completely disappeared, it is the relationship between the godhead and the three souls and seven souls. I don't know if it is an illusion, but his outline seems to be more profound and clear than before, even when he is still asleep, there is a faint awe-inspiring aura that makes people afraid to approach easily.
That should be the divinity that is gradually recovering.
Yu Chi Rui stepped forward and sat cross-legged across from Gong Wei, all the events that happened one after another cluttered into a ball in his head, unable to make up his mind for a while, he suddenly stretched out his index finger and stabbed Xu Shuangce's face heavily.
"..." Gong Wei said, "he will wake up if you do this."
The two of them focused their eyes on Xu Shuangce's face together, and saw that the God of the East was breathing slowly, his chest heaving, and there was no sign of waking up.
Yu Chi Rui said firmly: "No." Then he reached out and poked again.
Gong Wei said: "You are very dangerous like this, who knows if he is pretending to be asleep..." Yu Chi Rui firmly poked the third time before he finished speaking.
Gong Wei couldn't take it anymore, so he also stretched out his finger and poked the other half of Xu Shuangce's face. The two of you went back and forth for three or four rounds. Suddenly Xu Shuangce's eyelashes moved and he raised his hand. It happened that Gong Wei didn't have time to retract his fingers and was caught in the palm of his hand.
"..." Xu Shuangce opened his eyes slightly, his eyes were still very scattered, and his voice was muffled and low: "Gong Wei?"
Yuchi Ruizao quickly put his hands behind his back, expressionless, and looked at the sword with awe.
Xu Shuangce closed his eyes and opened them again. The resurrection from the dead left him in a rare confusion of consciousness. He couldn't tell where he was, or even the outline of Gong Wei. He instinctively curled the corners of his lips for a while: "...Okay. You're still alive."
Gong Wei whispered: "Well. You are also alive."
Xu Shuangce nodded, closed his eyes, and fell asleep drowsily.
In the vast wilderness, except for the rushing river, there was no sound. After a long while, Yuchi Rui and Gong Wei swallowed at the same time, and finally looked away from the face of the god of the East.
"I don't know what's going on on the ground now." Yu Chi Rui suddenly said, "Yuanju is still on the ground."
At the mention of this, both of them' hearts sank, and they were speechless for a while. Yu Chi Rui looked at the direction above where Xuan Jinghe had sent them out, and couldn't help asking: "—How can I kill the ghost prince?"
Gong Wei slowly shook his head: "The ghost prince is the evil side of the human heart. Good and evil in this world are fluid and constant, so the ghost prince will never die. The best result is to seal him completely in the deepest part of Huangquan. In the realm of chaos, he uses his divine power to support the operation of Guiyuan, but he himself can no longer wander in the world."
Yu Chi Rui nodded thoughtfully and asked, "What about Ying Kai?"
"… "
The Santu River roared past, and there were tall, slender, rickety trees on the bank, with twisted and sharp branches reaching out to the blood-grey sky.
After a long silence, Gong Wei finally said in a low voice: "Actually, I have a responsibility to Kai. Many years ago, when he was still insane, I made him attract the attention of the ghost prince."
Yu Chi Rui: "Huh?"
Gong Wei sat cross-legged on the high bank of the river, looking at the thick gray fog on the vast river, he took a deep and heavy breath for a while, and said, "This matter started tens of thousands of years ago... Not long after she was born, her mind is still very young, she is very ignorant of the world, and her growth rate is much slower than Qu Xie."
Yu Chi Rui frowned and said sternly, "Why?"
"what?"
"Why are you so much slower than the ghost prince?"
"..." Gong Wei blinked his eyes and said: "Longevity, good and evil are like this. Human nature is born with ignorant evil, and it does not need education or guidance. The primitive cruelty is engraved in everyone's survival from birth. Instinct. But kindness can only be found in the day after tomorrow. Cang Lin knows etiquette and food and clothing and knows honor and disgrace. The same is true."
Yu Chi Rui rested his cheeks in one hand, and after thinking for a while, he seemed to have gained something, and nodded "uh".
"The gods in the upper heaven are divided into two types. One is the transformation of heaven and earth, which is far away in the void, and lasts forever. For them, the human world is just a drop of water in three thousand worlds, and the reproduction and death of human beings are only one The process of dripping water from falling to drying up; the other is that mortals are promoted to immortals and gods, and they are also respected in status, but they cannot last forever with the world. When they reach a certain level, they will be transformed into all things, wandering too vainly, and they will leave the heaven forever. ."
"Therefore, the heavens are vast and cold, and I often change my form to play in the lively world, trying to figure out and observe the various states of the world."
Gong Wei paused for a while, as if he was caught in some kind of long-standing memory, and said softly: "It was nine thousand years ago, when I was wandering in Qingqiu by chance, I met a group of foxes, and I was listening to them complaining to me about priests. Fierce and poor food, I suddenly bumped into two young monks. The foxes fled everywhere, and the first time I looked back and saw them, I knew that their fates were very unusual, and they were the ones that could soar in the future. ."
Yu Chi Rui couldn't help but ask, "Ying Kai and Xu Shuangce?"
"Yes, that was their first life as mortals, the very beginning." Gong Wei's lips curled up slightly: "I still remember the first time I saw Xu Bai, he was so good-looking, It's just... It's really a bit fierce, and it lifts my tail upside down."
"Ow—"
As soon as the little fox in midair turned around, he was about to bite his wrist when he opened his mouth, but the young cultivator was even more discerning. Four eyes facing each other.
"Shuangce, what's wrong?" A clear and gentle voice came from behind, and then another young monk stepped forward and said in surprise, "Little fox?"
The young Xu Shuangce was not as tall and daunting as he was later. He was born with cold facial features, deep and handsome eyebrows, slightly raised eyebrows, and always looked sharp and unforgiving, staring at the little fox in front of him without saying a word. cub.
Gong Wei was held by him until he could only curl up his limbs, and wanted to turn his body into a human form, but he felt that it was too much trouble to explain, and he was hesitating whether to just disappear and escape, and suddenly felt that the strength of his tail was loosened, and Xu Shuangce was holding his neck in one hand. , into his arms.
"It's a fox demon." Xu Shuangce said coldly, "Bring it back to the Cangyang Sect as a mattress."
"..." Ying Kai couldn't help but lose his words, "That... Shuangce, although every demon must be eliminated, it's just a very small fox. I think it's okay?"
Xu Shuangce said, "How can you let the evil spirits bring disaster to the world." He didn't say much. He held the dazed little fox firmly in one hand and went straight forward.
Ying Chenyuan and Xu Shuang went out of the same family, they were about the same age, and they both worshipped under the largest Cangyang sect in the world. However, Ying Chenyuan was outstanding in talent and had impeccable conduct, and was the heir to the inner sect since he was a child; Xu Shuangce was also outstanding in talent, always doing his own way, and was a well-known thorn in the entire Cangyang Sect.
The little fox Gongwei was carried all the way back to the sect. As soon as the front foot stepped in, Xu Shuang and Ce Yingkai were both brought into the inner hall by the suzerain.
"This time, the two of you went down the mountain to kill the demon. Although you have already killed the man-eating Qingqiu demon fox, the people at the foot of the mountain are quite critical. Do you know why?"
The sect master and several great masters were all listed in the hall. The two young men held their breaths and stood with their hands lowered. Ying Kai said cautiously, "Disciple doesn't know."
Xu Shuangce said, "This disciple doesn't want to know."
The Sect Master was displeased: "Xu Bai!"
Xu Shuangce's eyes were born with a look of contempt at everything: "The nine-tailed fox hides in the mountains, feeds on ginseng, and never goes out to disturb others. The villagers dug the ginseng into the mountains to sell the ginseng. Extinct, still not greedy enough, they smoked the nine-tailed fox's nest with fireworks, trying to force it out, so as to venture into the hole and dig out the ginseng it hid in the nest. Only then did a few villagers swallow it in one bite. From this, it is clear that the nine-tailed fox was the victim, so why did the villagers cry up the mountain to beg me to wait for the demon to be eliminated?"
The suzerain said angrily: "According to what you said, it is the villagers who have committed the most heinous crimes. It's time to apologize to the man-eating demon fox?"
"Not at all."
"Why?!"
Xu Shuangce said: "Those villagers are greedy to dig ginseng because the sky has fallen and the grains have not been harvested, but the exorbitant taxes and taxes have not been reduced in the slightest, so that they cannot eat enough, and take risks. Therefore, the villagers are not seeking for wealth, but for survival. Burning the Fox Cave is excusable."
"..." The sect master gritted his teeth and asked, "In your opinion, what the monks and I should do is not to kill the demon fox, but to fly to the capital with a sword and kill the emperor who set the exorbitant taxes?"
"Not really."
"Why?!"
All the real people shook their heads or frowned, Ying Kai had already winked Xu Shuangce to stop talking, but Xu Shuangce still had no fear: "The exorbitant taxes and taxes have not been reduced, it is because the imperial court is fighting against the barbarians in the north, and it has reached a decisive moment. If the battle is defeated at this time, the whole territory will immediately retreat, and the disaster of the massacre will be in the blink of an eye. At that time, the mountains of corpses will be scorched with blood and bones, wouldn't it be even more murderous?"
The sect master laughed in anger, and said: "I guess you must say next, that the barbarians in the north are also justifiable, because of the drought, the cattle and sheep died of thirst, and they had to invade the south to plunder the money and grain, and it is logical to start a war. .yes?"
Xu Shuangce said steadily: "Exactly."
Everyone in the hall whispered, judging from Ying Kai's expression, he probably wanted to plop down on his knees and beg Xu Shuangce to shut up.
The sect master slammed the case: "Full of sophistry! According to you, what else can I do for monks, close the door and pretend not to see?!"
Xu Shuangce said frankly: "Yes, that demon fox knew that he committed a murder, and originally planned to escape into the old forest in the deep mountains for a lifetime. The cause and effect here has become a closed loop, so the disciple feels that he should not interfere in this matter at all."
The buzzing in the hall had disappeared, and there was only a slight gasp.
The sect master was probably too angry but calmed down, staring at Xu Shuangce and saying word by word: "You think differently, it is understandable, but you must know that if you stand by and watch everything, you are destined to accumulate no merit in this path of immortality, and there is no merit. If you can’t soar, then what is the purpose of your life’s ascetic cultivation?”
Gong Wei had been hiding in Xu Shuangce's robe, lying on his front paws and pricked up his ears to listen to their tongues and guns. He smiled slightly when he heard this, thinking that this sect master was too hard-hearted, and he spread his words and said it clearly.
But I heard Xu Shuangce say: "Master, this disciple will not stand by and watch everything, but the big cause and effect of this world should be left to its nature, and it is not something I can tamper with without my own authorization. Cultivating yourself, you can have a clear conscience, even if ghosts and gods can help me?"
"… "
The sovereign inhales, exhales, repeats several times and finally bang! The palm of the hand shook the tea cup on the table.
"Nonsense, stop talking!" The sect master scolded his head and face: "Go back to your house and stop your feet, and you are not allowed to use these words to mislead your junior brothers and sisters!"
Ying Kai frantically gestured behind him, which meant hurry up and hurry up.
Xu Shuangce leaned down neatly and gave a salute: "Disciple retire." Then he turned around and walked out, the action was so big that Gong Wei in his robe didn't catch it, and he slid down to the ground, and fell to the ground with a "Crack!" on the ground.
"Wait?" The sect master widened his eyes in surprise: "What is this?"
Gong Wei immediately grabbed Xu Shuangce's trousers and jumped back under his robe like a lightning bolt, only to hear Xu Shuangce's calm "Oh", and said, "The demon fox cub. Cut the grass and remove the roots, and bring it back to make a mattress."
Sect Master: "You—"
Without waiting for the anger below to come out, Xu Shuangce stepped out of the threshold and disappeared instantly.
"How can such nonsense!" "Let's see how he regrets it in a few years!" "Young and frivolous, really young and frivolous..."
As soon as Xu Shuangce left here, there were discussions in the hall over there. Ying Kai bowed his head and stood up and did not dare to say a word, and finally heard the sect master sigh heavily, and said with hatred for not being steel: "You can't imitate him!"
Ying Kai asked cautiously: "I haven't asked the teacher to respect you yet... Why are the villagers at the foot of the mountain so critical of us? We obviously gave them all the wealth and silk we had."
When he mentioned this suzerain, his anger surged again, and he said coldly: "The villagers want to peel the skin of the nine-tailed fox and sell it for money, so they asked Xu Bai if it was feasible. Xu Bai said it was okay, but if the ghost fox was to be skinned beforehand, To take revenge, he won't go down the mountain to take care of it, he can only suggest to move house immediately after picking up."
Ying Kai: "..."
The corner of Ying Kai's mouth twitched, and the sect master said angrily: "You are still laughing! You are the heir of my dignified Cangyang Sect, and you must not imitate his ignorant appearance!"
Ying Kai quickly said solemnly, "Master is right."
"How many people are looking at you, how many people regard you as a benchmark, how important is the reputation of a gentleman! If you are as generous as Xu Bai, what will the world think of you? What will they think of my Cangyang Sect? Any malicious comments about you are directly related to the Cangyang Sect, and even the face of the Xuanmen Hundred Sect!"
Ying Kai has heard these words thousands of times since he was a child. At first, he was not without doubts, but after many years, he has become a deep-rooted consciousness. He said ashamedly: "This disciple understands."
At least one apprentice is normal. The sect master sighed, and then made a slogan, checked the cultivation progress, and finally waved his hand to let him retire.
Ying Kai gave a deep salute and walked backwards to the door before turning around and stepping over the threshold lightly.
At that time, his appearance was still an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy, gentle, handsome, humble and polite, and there was never a single mistake. Going down to the outer sect, many young disciples, and going up to the inner hall, all the real masters, whoever saw it could not help but secretly praised and gratified.
Except for the wisp of primordial spirit left by Gong Wei in mid-air, no one saw Ying Kai turning around after exiting the door, looking at the direction Xu Shuangce left just now, and sighing softly and enviously for a long time.
That day, Xu Shuangce really went back to the house and started to ground.
He was probably accustomed to confinement, he should read and sleep, and he didn't feel any discomfort. Gong Wei liked the faint scent of white sandalwood on him very much, so he kept lying on his lap and slept. In the middle of the night, Xu Shuangce should rest, and he used magic to summon a plate of braised chicken from nowhere, and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Gong Wei was alert from the moment he smelled the braised chicken, his eyes were bigger than copper bells, and he nodded quickly when he heard the words, saying that you can eat, eat, eat.
Xu Shuangce put the little fox on his lap, tore a chicken leg into strips with his hands, and fed them one by one by himself. It wasn't until the little fox ate that its stomach bulged, and then wiped its face and two front paws with a silk scarf dipped in water, put it on the pillow, and tied it to the head of the bed with a string around the little fur's neck.
The inexplicable Gong Wei: "..."
"You are not allowed to go out and hurt people." Xu Shuangce turned off the light with a flick of his sleeve, and said lightly, "Go to sleep."
Gong Wei: "..."
As long as it comes, it is safe. Since you have eaten other people's braised chicken, don't worry about it so much.
Gong Wei had a good personality, and was interested in this young monk named Xu Bai. He felt that even if he left at this time, he would have nothing to do, so he simply lay down on the pillow and fell asleep, with his fluffy tail brushing Xu Shuangce's nose from time to time.
Until the dead of night, suddenly the window was silently pushed open, Gong Wei immediately opened his eyes and looked vigilantly.
I saw a figure jumped over the open window lightly, and landed without making any sound. It turned out to be Ying Kai!
"Shh—" One person, one fox and four eyes met each other, Ying Kai immediately raised his index finger and made a silent sound, tiptoed to the edge of the bed, cast a sleep spell on Xu Shuangce, then frowned at the string, and said softly to himself He said to himself, "How can you kill me as a mattress?"
Gong Wei wanted to nod when he heard the words, yes, this little fox's fur hasn't grown up yet, how can it be a mattress
However, before he could express his opinion, Ying Kai pinched his mouth and said in a low voice, "Don't cry if you don't want to die, understand?"
"..." Gong Wei nodded while pinching his mouth.
"You are not allowed to hurt people when you go out, and you are not allowed to eat people in the future, understand?"
Miyagi nodded again.
Only then was Ying Kai satisfied. He carefully cut the string and was just about to pick up the little fox and run away, when suddenly Xu Shuangce turned over, his palm fell in midair with precision and ruthlessness, and he firmly grasped it. The little fox's back!
Ying Kai: "..."
Gong Wei: "…"
Xu Shuangce opened his eyes and said calmly, "Why did you take my mattress?"
The two looked at each other, and the young Ying Kai's expression was like being struck by lightning.
"...You can't use such a small fox as a mattress!" Yingkai finally squeezed his voice out of his teeth after a long while, although he stuttered a little because he was caught: "It's so small, it can't harm people, why bother To cut the weeds and remove the roots!"
Xu Shuangce said, "Ying Chenyuan, you actually opened the window in the middle of the night."
Ying Kai stammered even more immediately: "Although it is said that every demon must be eliminated, why, why should you kill innocent people indiscriminately, you are not, wrong!"
Xu Shuangce asked, "Does Master know that you opened the window in the middle of the night?"
"..." Ying Kai grabbed the two front paws of the little fox and didn't let go: "Don't say it anymore, I have to release it, and you clearly said that the big nine-tailed fox shouldn't be killed! Quickly let me go. open… "
Xu Shuangce clenched the little fox's hind paws tightly: "What would Shizun think if he found out that you opened the window in the middle of the night?"
"Xu Shuangce!!"
Gong Wei couldn't stand being pulled back and forth. Just as he was about to transform into a human form, his primordial spirit suddenly moved and he sensed something. Then, there seemed to be a strange fragrance of the other side flower in the air, and a familiar, low and lazy voice came out. Sounds from my ear:
"I said why the divine light on this mountain is so prosperous. It turns out that you have found two fates that can soar."
Gong Wei turned back, no one could see it in the dark night, Qu Xie sat in the air with a smile, with one foot on the other leg at will, looking at Xu Shuangce and Ying Kai with interesting eyes.
"What's the situation, choose one of the two?" The ghost prince held his cheek meaningfully and smiled: "Let me guess, which of the two of them does Tiandao, who represents goodwill and order, prefer?"
The author has something to say:
The memory will last for a few chapters, and explain the details that were only described in the side but not directly explained. After the memory chapter is over, it will be a decisive battle in the world~