The years I was in the human world

Baili Changqing landed in front of Lu Zhouxue, his sword-like eyebrows slightly furrowed, and his eyes moved back and forth on the latter. He saw a sense of déjà vu in Lu Zhouxue's cold face, and he hesitated and said, "Yu Zhao?"

"Zhu Huang Yuzhao has gone, and I am Xue Feng Lu Zhouxue." Lu Zhouxue answered. Baili Changqing was looking at him, and he was also looking at the other person.

Baili Changqing is surrounded by sharp sword energy, he stands like a green pine, his face is as handsome as jade, and judging from his appearance alone, he is indeed worthy of the title of the first master of the righteous path.

"Yu Zhao is dead? What's going on?" Baili Changqing felt the breath of his disciple on Lu Zhouxue, but when he used his spiritual power to investigate, he found that the person in front of him had a completely different soul from Yu Zhao. Even though he had practiced Taoism for many years and had a wide range of knowledge, he had never encountered such a situation.

Lu Zhouxue shook his head. He said nonchalantly, as if he was watching a fire from the other side of the river. "It is recorded in the archives: The disaster in Dongshan was caused by Yu Zhao. He was imprisoned in Fenghuangtai for a hundred years and died of exhaustion."

"What happened to the Dongshan disaster?" Baili Changqing looked at Master Mingjing sharply. He had only been in seclusion for a few decades, but he didn't expect to be in such a situation when he came out. "How did my disciple Yu Zhao die?"

It seems that the evidence is solid and irrefutable that Yu Zhao colluded with evil spirits to turn the entire Dongshan into a den of ghosts, but he could never stand in front of the Supreme Elder. Therefore, when Baili Changqing asked about it, Yaoguang did not act arrogantly and unscrupulously as before, but stood behind her father quietly and let Master Mingjing explain.

Venerable Mingjing stroked the white beard on his chin, first expressed his apology for not disciplining his disciple for the Grand Elder when he was in seclusion, and then explained Yu Zhao's crimes with pain and regret, in even more detail than what was recorded in the documents.

Baili Changqing was full of doubts at the beginning, but his face was expressionless at the end. After Master Mingjing finished speaking, he sighed and pretended to comfort him: "Changqing, no one could have predicted that Yu Zhao would do such a thing. Her current fate is also her own fault. You must not be too sad."

Naturally, what Venerable Mingjing said could not convince Baili Changqing. He knew his disciple and knew that she would never do such a thing. However, the entire Zhongting, including the most respected Master Lingzhong and Venerable Mingjing, all agreed that Yu Zhao's crime was unforgivable, which left him with no position to uphold justice.

Lu Zhouxue coldly watched the so-called powerful people in Zhongting working together and colluding with each other. She couldn't help but sneer. The voice was not loud, but it was enough for Baili Changqing to hear and look over: "Do you have anything to say?"

Where Baili Changqing couldn't see, Yaoguang's expression twisted briefly, and Master Mingjing also frowned, looking at Lu Zhouxue warily, fearing that he would not be able to control his mouth and say something he shouldn't. Although they handled the situation perfectly, it was always better to have less trouble than more.

Master Ling Zhong didn't react at all. He just glanced at Lu Zhouxue indifferently. The look in his eyes was exactly the same as the one he gave Lu Zhouxue that day when he admonished Lu Zhouxue to "be a good person."

"Don't look at me like that. I don't accept threats." Lu Zhouxue said. As soon as he said this, the eyes that fell on him became more aggressive. However, provocation was a provocation, and he was not stupid enough to directly dig out the injustice in Yu Zhao's memory. Not only would he have no evidence to prove himself, but he might also get himself involved.

After all, one of the main reasons why the people in the Final Court did not take action against him was that he was not Zhu Huang Yuzhao. They were not sure whether he would meddle in other people’s affairs. Once these people knew that he wanted to overturn the verdict, trouble would ensue.

"I don't have much to say, I just think that what Master Mingjing said is really nice. No one knows how much love and hatred are mixed in it." Lu Zhouxue raised his eyes and looked at Baili Changqing indifferently. The latter also looked at him. He curled the corners of his lips very slightly, as if he was mocking, but also like a pure sigh, "After all, Zhu Huang is dead, and there is no evidence."

The first sentence is hinting at Baili Changqing, and the second sentence is confusing: Yu Zhao is dead, the matter is over, and he will not meddle in it.

After listening to Lu Zhouxue's words, Baili Changqing seemed to understand something and stopped holding him back. Instead, he turned to Master Mingjing and said, "Where is the document that was recorded back then? I want to see it."

The coming-out ceremony of the Grand Elder ended absurdly because the old case of Dongshan was brought up. Lu Zhouxue still went back under the moonlight. It seemed that Yu Zhao was not as pitiful as he thought. At least her master seemed to want to support him.

But people left with only regrets. No matter whether it was Xiao Jin or Baili Changqing, they arrived too late, and the people who were waiting for their support had already died.

Lu Zhouxue sighed in her heart, and walked past the courtyard wall just like that day. There stood a slender figure under the kapok tree. Seeing that it was him, Xiao Fengzhuo smiled: "Mianmian~"

"You're here again." Lu Zhouxue was not surprised that Xiao Fengzhuo appeared here, and it was even somewhat expected.

"Not very happy, what's wrong?" Xiao Fengzhuo stared at his face for a while, and then said, "Did the Grand Elder embarrass you?"

"That's not the case." Lu Zhouxue shook her head and told Xiao Fengzhuo everything that happened that night, omitting the part where others said something rude. After listening to Xiao Fengzhuo, the smile on his face faded. It was unknown what he thought of. He turned around and looked at Lu Zhouxue seriously and said, "The disaster of Dongshan is right in front of him. With Baili Changqing's character, he will definitely investigate it thoroughly."

Xiao Fengzhuo: "The key point is what are your plans? Do you want to wade into Zhu Huang Yuzhao's muddy water?"

Although Lu Zhouxue did not deliberately hide it, he was still amazed that Xiao Fengzhuo could see through his plan so keenly. He did not answer the question, but asked: "Then do you think I should get involved?"

Xiao Fengzhuo was stunned. He obviously had not expected that after knowing each other for less than half a month, the seemingly cold-hearted Lu Zhouxue would seek his advice. This was no longer the kind of communication between strangers.

At least Xiao Fengzhuo himself would not discuss private matters with Lu Zhouxue. He looked at the latter deeply and suddenly felt that this guy seemed indifferent, but in fact he was just not good at getting along with others. Once he broke into the other person's world, he could easily deceive the person.

Xiao Fengzhuo's heart moved, and he suddenly wanted to test it out, so he pretended to be nonchalant and said, "This is your own business, so feel free to do as you please."

After saying this, he folded his hands behind his head and walked forward lazily.

Lu Zhouxue was naturally confused by his sudden alienation. She stood there in a daze for a moment, not expecting such an answer at all. When Xiao Fengzhuo turned around, he saw a person who looked like a banished immortal standing in a daze in the moonlight. He didn't know if it was because his eyelashes were too long, but shadows were cast on his eyelids, making him look extremely aggrieved and pitiful.

Xiao Fengzhuo burst out laughing, then he ran back a few steps, raised his hand and waved it in front of Lu Zhouxue, and said jokingly, "Why are you standing there like an idiot?"

Lu Zhouxue raised her eyes and looked at him with a look as frosty as snow, frowned slightly and said seriously: "I'm afraid I can't stay out of Yu Zhao's affairs."

His reaction was so cute. He didn't even realize that Xiao Fengzhuo was teasing him, and he was even less aware of the closeness and distance represented by different attitudes and words in communication. Even though the other party might not care at all, he was still telling his plans in a serious manner, just because he felt that they were friends.

"Hmm?" Xiao Fengzhuo's attention was focused on Lu Zhouxue's expression. He couldn't help but secretly pulled a strand of Lu Zhouxue's hair and played with it in his hand. It felt slightly cool, like the finest silk. "You really love that little peacock."

Not only did she become a stepmother, she also took the trouble to take care of the funeral affairs for her biological mother.

Lu Zhouxue did not hear the hidden meaning of Xiao Fengzhuo's words. He was thinking about the subtle relationship between Baili Changqing, Yu Zhao and others. The entire Zhongting Court might be in cahoots with each other, but Baili Changqing might not be the same as them. Judging from that person's reaction to Yu Zhao's matter today, the old case in Dongshan will definitely be thoroughly re-investigated.

Lu Zhouxue has Yu Zhao's memories. Even if he doesn't have a complete understanding of the whole incident, even if the evidence is covered up perfectly, as long as he is an unstable factor, those people will not let him go. Just like when they were in Buzhou Mountain, Taihuang tried every means to silence him, and now Zhongting also wants his life.

The two of them chatted as they arrived at the Phoenix Terrace. Unlike before, Kong Que was not practicing sword skills or sleeping, but hiding again. An uninvited guest was sitting in the hall of the front hall. Because there were no maids in the Phoenix Terrace, and Xiao Fengzhuo and Lu Zhouxue were not there, no one served tea to the guest.

The two men did not deliberately conceal their whereabouts when they came back, and most monks had sharp ears and sharp eyes, so the noise at the door quickly reached the ears of the waiting guest, who took the opportunity to look over.

"It looks like we have guests today." Xiao Fengzhuo raised his eyebrows. He didn't want to deal with other cultivators. He waved to the peacock hiding in the dark and said with a smile, "Why are you hiding? Come here. Brother will take you to the back to play."

Peacock poked his head out and looked at Lu Zhouxue as if asking for her consent. The latter nodded at her gently and said gently, "Go."

Peacock, who was feeling very uncomfortable because of the arrival of the guest, followed Xiao Fengzhuo as if he had been pardoned.

Lu Zhouxue then looked at the man with a cold expression: "Sect Master Ye."

Ye Yunzhou didn't say anything, just stared at Lu Zhouxue's face, with a hint of nostalgia, as if he was looking through him at Yu Zhao in the past. But no matter how Ye Yunzhou looked, he couldn't find any trace of Yu Zhao in Lu Zhouxue, absolutely not at all.

But he was still deceiving himself: "Yu Zhao, you are indifferent now."

Lu Zhouxue looked at him without saying a word. Ye Yunzhou continued to speak: "In the past, you were enthusiastic, kind, and you fought against all the injustices in the world."

"The guy just now must be from the demon tribe. Most demons have ulterior motives. You shouldn't let Kong Qing be alone with him." Lu Zhouxue didn't respond to him. Ye Yunzhou could talk to his heart's content by himself. Or he didn't need any response from others. He just needed to listen carefully.

"Are you done?" Lu Zhouxue thought Ye Yunzhou was talking nonsense and didn't hear what he said at all. As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhouxue said, "If you don't have anything important to say, please go back."

"Yu Zhao!" Ye Yunzhou raised his voice. He grabbed Lu Zhouxue's slender white right wrist and warned in a low voice, "I know what you want to do in front of the Grand Elder today, but you are not allowed to interfere in this matter. If you want to live, don't talk nonsense. Do you understand?"

"Zhu Huang is dead." Lu Zhouxue pried open Ye Yunzhou's fingers and tapped his forehead with his fingertips. The memory of Yu Zhao's death appeared in his mind. His body was exhausted and his eyes only saw the sparse moonlight pouring into the Phoenix Terrace. His heart was filled with resentment and attachment, which turned into ashes burned by the raging fire under the wheel of fate. "I am not Yu Zhao either."

Ye Yunzhou was stunned. Was Yu Zhao so desperate when he reached Nirvana? He stared at Lu Zhouxue blankly and said weakly, "I'm sorry, Yu Zhao, I, I don't know..."

Really don't know? Clearly before Yu Zhao's Nirvana, Kong Que had cried and begged him to go and take a look. He was lying to himself. Yu Zhao could be reborn in Nirvana and would not die. So even if everyone accepted that Lu Zhouxue was not Yu Zhao, he still subconsciously didn't want to believe it.

"Stop." Lu Zhouxue didn't want to listen to his meaningless self-consolation. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly felt a burning pain at the location of the spiritual seal on her right arm. It was like a ball of fire flowing along the meridians of her body to her limbs. Lu Zhouxue was not prepared and staggered on the spot. She reached out to hold the table next to her to steady herself. She looked up at Ye Yunzhou with a sharp gaze: "What did you do?"

Seeing that he turned pale in pain, Ye Yunzhou reached out to help him but Lu Zhouxue raised her hand to push him away: "Get lost."

Ye Yunzhou was a little sad. He avoided Lu Zhouxue's sharp gaze, but his tone did not allow for argument: "No matter what, I can't let you talk nonsense in front of the Grand Elder."

After Ye Yunzhou finished speaking, he turned and went to the backyard. Lu Zhouxue guessed what he wanted to do in an instant and was about to chase after him to stop him, but her knees went weak and she knelt down in an instant. The familiar pain awakened the fear that she had tried hard to forget in her mind: her skull hit the ground heavily, blood blinded her eyes, and she groaned in pain. Pain from broken bones and flesh came from all her limbs. Someone was whispering beside him, watching his miserable condition indifferently.

His blood-red eyes gazed up at the sky, savoring the feeling of a life worse than death. Broken bones protruded from his knees and elbows, and his severed tendons in his hands and feet lay limp in his flesh and blood like a crawler.

Lu Zhouxue curled up on the ground and whimpered softly, his whole body trembling slightly. He didn't know how much time had passed. There were heavy footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a faint smell of blood. A warm hand gently pressed his shoulder, almost holding him in his arms. Xiao Fengzhuo asked him with concern: "Are you okay?"

As he approached, the smell of blood became stronger. Lu Zhouxue raised his head and stared at Xiao Fengzhuo blankly, like some kind of stressed animal. When he smelled the blood on the other person, he asked before he could recover, "Are you injured?"

"Well, Ye Yunzhou stabbed me. I can't beat him." Xiao Fengzhuo said indifferently. Lu Zhouxue then noticed that his shirt was open, his pants were pulled down very low, and his waist and abdomen were wrapped in gauze. It was obvious that the wound had been simply treated. "He took Little Peacock away. What should I do?"

Lu Zhouxue lowered his eyes and looked at the scarlet mark on his right arm, which looked like a knife wound. There was a hint of evil in it. "I want to go to Dongshan once."

Xiao Fengzhuo was half-crouching beside him, and naturally saw the knife-like mark on his hand. After just one glance, Xiao Fengzhuo frowned: "Demon-suppressing mark?"

Lu Zhouxue turned around: "Do you recognize him?"

"Yes." Xiao Fengzhuo nodded, his face looked serious without a smile, "This thing made by the Ghost King is a kind of seal specially used to deal with the demons. It is similar to the spiritual seal that human cultivators use to control the demons, but it is more vicious and brutal. How do you have this?"

"Originally it was the spiritual seal on Yu Zhao's body. It did not disappear after Nirvana. Just now, when the man named Ye came here, it was awakened again." Lu Zhouxue said truthfully.

"This is not a spiritual seal. I'm afraid someone in your Zhongting has colluded with the ghost den." Xiao Fengzhuo's expression suddenly became strange. Seeing Lu Zhouxue looking at him in confusion, he explained, "The demon-suppressing mark can make the host live a life worse than death, and even abandon morality and honor. The more mixed the demon bloodline is, the stronger the control is. The reason why it is so vicious is that every demon-suppressing mark requires a little ghost as a sacrifice."

Xiao Fengzhuo: "Only an evil ghost full of ghost energy can melt the little ghost into a demon-suppressing mark."

"Ye Yunzhou is the one who suppressed the demon and took away the little peacock. It's obvious that he wants to force you to shut up. Are you sure you still want to go to Dongshan?" Xiao Fengzhuo said objectively, "Bai Li Changqing is Yu Zhao's master. He looks righteous, but he actually practices the ruthless way. He may not protect you if something happens."

Dongshan is one of the biggest dens of evil in the entire cultivation world and is extremely dangerous. Xiao Fengzhuo thought to himself that he never meddled in other people's business, but now that he was kindly reminded, he might as well do a good deed.