But the next scene made me stop laughing, because Bai then dragged out of that heavy-looking bag—a dead body
I was taken aback at first, and then realized that it was wrong.
It's not a corpse, it should be said that it is a "body" that would be better. Because the exposed skin is not like a dead body at all, but rosy and white like a living person. Then it wasn't until Bai took the whole "body" out of the cloth bag that I saw that face clearly, it was clearly Wen Jiubai's face.
This is how the same thing
Before I could close my surprised mouth, there was a gust of wind blowing around me. Surrounded by the sand left by the ruins, I raised my hand to cover my eyes to prevent the sand from getting in my eyes.
After the gust of wind passed, I found that Wen Jiubai beside me was gone, and the Wen Jiubai who had just been lying in the cloth bag sat up with his forehead pressed.
"Thank you so much, Bai." Wen Jiubai frowned and said, his face was not very good-looking, "It's fine to keep me in such a rag bag, did you drag me all the way here?"
"Then, what can I do?" Bai's voice sounded very guilty, "You are so heavy, even if I ask you to carry it, you can't carry it!"
Wen Jiubai stared blankly, rubbed his temples and stood up from the cold ground.
"That, that..." I said dryly, while raising a hand, "Am I the only one here who doesn't know what happened?"
"That's a long story." Wen Jiubai glanced at Bai, then patted the dirt on his body, "This is not a good place to chat, let's go back to the old house first."
Although this is what I said, the old house is obviously devastated now.
The plants in the courtyard, the walls of the house, and the furniture in the house all seemed to have been hit by a tornado. Even the huge old pagoda tree in the courtyard was not spared, as if it had been struck by lightning. It was cut into two pieces, and lay lifeless in the yard.
Wen Jiubai stepped into the courtyard and remained silent without saying anything. I couldn't see his expression from my position, but I could imagine Wen Jiubai's depressed emotions.
Although he never said it, this old house is undoubtedly his brainchild. The warmth like spring all the year round and the scene of flowers blooming are like a peach blossom garden in the dark.
But now...
While I was looking around sadly, Wen Jiubai had already walked into the room with great strides. The plaque on the top of the main house that said "Evil Elimination Pavilion" was also crooked at this time, as if it would fall off at any moment.
"This is really, really tragic." Bai whispered, and followed Wen Jiubai across the threshold and into the room.
Wen Jiubai walked into the room and sat on the corner of the bed. Bai and I also found a decent place to sit down.
"Gu Yu, you must have a lot of questions now, right?" Even though Wen Jiubai was sitting in the shattered wreckage, he still looked like a king, and he didn't feel that it was inconsistent at all, "You can ask, and I will answer you truthfully .”
That's right... Now I still have a lot of things that I haven't figured out at all. However, due to the adventure just now, I have almost forgotten these doubts.
"I don't understand." I said bluntly, "Xu Yingchen, Taoist Ling Xiao told me that he had already killed you. He shouldn't have lied, right? I saw the image of you being killed, And I later found you in the crack of the underworld. So... you must have died once, right? But why now... "
"Well, this question is very simple." Wen Jiubai smiled and said, "I am indeed 'dead', but I can still stand here now because I am 'resurrected'."
I had the feeling of being teased by Wen Jiubai for a moment, and said very displeased: "Don't fool me like a child, what do you mean?"
Wen Jiubai smiled and said: "No, listen to me. It's very simple, I told you a long time ago. People who live and walk in this world are composed of two parts, body and soul, right? ?”
I nodded.
"Anyone with a spirit but no body is a ghost; an animal with a body but no spirit; a demon whose body and spirit do not match."
"Body doesn't match the soul?" I questioned.
"Yes. Let me tell you this, human beings will only have one body in their lifetime, do you agree with that?" Wen Jiubai asked, but continued without waiting for my answer, "As long as human beings are still alive, souls and The body cannot be separated. A person’s life can only be accompanied by the body he was born with, otherwise, he will not be able to survive. But look at me and Bai.”
My eyes turned to Wen Jiubai and Bai who was sitting on the side.
"Is the body we use now different from our original body?" Wen Jiubai asked.
"Well... you were originally a nine-tailed fox, and Bai was a weasel." I said uncertainly.
"What weasel! They said it was a ferret, ferret!" Bai jumped up all at once, but of course I ignored him.
"That's right." Wen Jiubai continued, "The body we are using now is transformed by magic. In other words, we are using a body that does not match the original one, but it is still safe. Living in this world. Is this hard for humans to imagine?"
I nodded, it is indeed so.
"However, we are the same as human beings, the soul and the body are still closely related. If we leave the body and only the soul is left in the world, we will gradually lose our minds and become terrible evil spirits." Wen Jiubai said, "So, you The video of me being killed is real. I was indeed killed by Xu Yingchen at that time."
The more Wen Jiubai talked, the more confused I became, and hurriedly interrupted him, "Wait, but you are standing in front of me now, and you are not a ghost, you are flesh and blood—"
When I said this, I suddenly froze, as if I understood something.
Could it be...
Seeing my expression, Wen Jiubai also smiled.
"That's right, it's exactly what you think. The body I'm using now is not the same body that was 'killed' by Ling Xiao."
I couldn't help but widen my eyes, "But, how did you do this?" It's really incredible.
"I've already said it's very simple." Wen Jiubai said with a smile, "The one he killed was a puppet."
"People, puppets?"
"Thanks to your trip to the future, telling me that I will die one day in the future. Don't look at me like this, but I am a very selfish person." Wen Jiubai said with a smile, "So I know the news of my death Afterwards, I will definitely try my best to find a way to save myself. Therefore, during the period before you told me of your death and Ling Xiao came to your door, I have been making dolls that are exactly like me. "
I was surprised: "Can it be done?"
Wen Jiubai nodded, "It can be done. Using pork fiber, dog's heart and rabbit's blood, plus black magic, you can create a flesh and blood body that is almost exactly like me. However, Ling Xiao is a very smart person , if I just hid aside and used spells to manipulate the body, he would instantly realize that it wasn't me. Therefore, I chose to preserve the original body, and the soul entered the puppet I made, so that he could truly " Kill 'me once."
From Wen Jiubai's words, I gradually understood the cause and effect, and couldn't help being surprised by Wen Jiubai's boldness.
"But, you are really killed like this! If I hadn't gone to find you in the crack..."
"Then I'm afraid I'll really die." Wen Jiubai said with a smile on his face.
"You are so crazy!" I squeezed these words between my teeth, my heart beating violently with fear, "It was the same when I escaped from the crack just now! We almost died there! "
However, Wen Jiubai didn't care about it at all, "That's why it's called dying and living later. If I don't use this method, then I will definitely die in Ling Xiao's hands, and your death will not be too far away. No, If that lunatic, maybe even more terrible things will happen."
I was literally speechless. This guy, obviously he himself has experienced life and death twice, why can he speak so calmly
Maybe seeing that the atmosphere between the two of us was too stiff, Bai quickly jumped out to smooth things over: "Well, well, no matter what, you two came back safely anyway, this is a gratifying event things, right?"
My gaze turned to Bai, and only then did I realize a problem.
"Speaking of it, Bai, why do you keep the appearance of a human now? I thought it was very strange just now, haven't you lost all your demonic power?"
Unexpectedly, Bai frowned and shook his head, "Well, I don't know either. It is logically so... But I don't know why, there seems to be some strong evil spirits around here, so I easily I can transform into a human form."
"Is that so..." I murmured, could it be because of Ling Xiao? After that bastard took Ruyi, did he do something shameful
correct!
Thinking of Xu Yingchen, I suddenly remembered a very important question. It is obviously very important, but I completely forgot it after I ran away.
"That, Wen Jiubai." I suddenly shifted and kicked, and looked at Wen Jiubai, "I have another question to ask you. This is what Xu Yingchen said to me. Although I know what he said is not very credible, but Just in case, I still want to ask you."
"Huh?" Wen Jiubai responded, looking in my direction.
"That's right, he said that the one who sealed you was not him, but... me." I asked with a puzzled face, "What does this mean?"