【Xue Xiao】Desolate City Crossing

Daoist You Ming was the last one to step into the tent, and sat down under the gaze of everyone saluting. He slightly tilted his head and nodded. Behind him, a young disciple stepped forward and reported to everyone: "The concealment spell set by the evil spirit has been removed, and the ice lake has been measured. , this ice lake is roughly circular, 21 feet deep and 150 feet in diameter, and it has been surrounded by three hundred evil-suppressing charms."

Half of the [-] talismans were set by Daoist You Ming and his disciples. The speed and strength of the talismans are impressive.

Hearing this news, everyone whispered and the atmosphere was uneasy, and the one with the most serious expression was Xiao Xingchen.

No matter how powerful and numerous the monks are, none of them can go down the huge ice lake. If Shi Wusheng has been hiding in it, what should he do?The protective spell he left on Xue Yang's body could only last for a few days, and it was not a long-term solution. Unexpected changes could happen at any time under the invisible icy lake.

At this time, someone came up with a bad idea: "Isn't there a soul-scattering grass? Throw all the soul-scattering grass from Shi Wusheng's plantation into the lake and see if they can come out!"

Xiao Xingchen was concerned, he broke out in a cold sweat, and was about to speak, when his arm was held down, Wei Wuxian shook his head slightly at him calmly, and then a gentle disciple of the Lan family refuted the idea for him: " This fellow Taoist may not have been to the plantation yet. The area of ​​the garden is insignificant compared to the huge ice lake. Even if all the harvest is put into the lake, it is a drop in the bucket. What's more, the soul-scattering herb is cultivated by Shi Wusheng. They must have an antidote or a spell. There is no way to fight against the soul-dispersing grass, this method will not work."

These words were well-founded and well-founded, and everyone understood it as soon as they heard it, Xiao Xingchen reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief.

But the monks couldn't come up with a feasible solution after all. Most of their ghost-hunting techniques and magic weapons need to be close to the ghosts to be effective, and they are useless against the ghosts hiding in the frozen lake.

Daoist Youming sat in the first seat, thinking silently, and when everyone calmed down, he said, "I have a way to do it, but I need a hundred monks to help me." He glanced around the tents, "Including those who are patrolling outside, there are only six people here. Ten monks, I hope each family will send more support."

Xiao Xingchen couldn't hold back anymore, he stood up and raised his voice to ask for advice: "Senior You Ming has any magic tricks, can you tell me first?"

His eagerness to look for Xue Yang in the past few days has been seen by many people. He entered the frozen lake to check the situation at the bottom of the lake and failed to recall the paper figurine to protect Xue Yang. There have been some rumors among those monks who wanted to befriend him but were neglected. Rumors and suspicions that they have an affair with ghosts.The real You Ming has been catching ghosts for decades, and hated evil like a vengeance. At first, he admired Xiao Xingchen a little bit. Hearing that Xiao Xingchen protected the evil spirit Xue Yang, it was a pity. When he saw that it was him who asked the question, he said indifferently: "Wait When people get together, I will explain it myself."

Seeing that the highly respected Daoist You Ming also had such an attitude towards Xiao Xingchen, everyone had a deeper prejudice in their hearts, thinking that Xiao Xingchen only had a good name, but he was bewitched by an evil spirit and was in vain as a monk.

Someone had a bad tone: "Yeah, why worry? Could it be that you don't trust Daoist Youming?"

Someone gloated: "If Taoist Priest Xiao Xingchen is in a hurry, why don't you come up with an idea?"

Some people even pointed out otherwise: "He is not in a hurry to get rid of stones without life."

Reverend Youming remained silent, while Hanguang Jun Lan Wangji, who was second in status, glanced at some people who spoke too much, and sealed their mouths with the Lan family's silence technique.People who have mastered the silence technique find that they cannot open their mouths, deeply feel that being treated in such a way under the watchful eyes of the public makes their faces dull, so they quietly and silently swallow their sulking breath.

After discussing, all the monks walked out of the tent, whether it was intentional or not, they all enthusiastically made friends with Song Zichen, who was obviously alienated from Xiao Xingchen, as if to set off their indifference and contempt for someone.But Song Zichen was not as enthusiastic as they imagined, and entered his tent after a few perfunctory greetings.

Xiao Xingchen spent five restless days, and Suiyun Snow Mountain finally gathered a hundred outstanding ghost-hunting monks. When everyone asked again, Master You Ming was not a fool, and announced with a voice like a bell: "Five days later, on the night of the full moon, Build a ghost formation, and turn the entire ice lake, including the water and ghosts, into nothingness."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.The ghost-subduing array is a technique used by all monks to catch ghosts, but the range of this array is limited. Generally, it can cover a person's foothold, which is enough to catch ghosts and suppress evil. If it can cover a room, it is considered a high-level monk. Living in a wealthy family's house is even rarer in the world, and the real Youming actually said that he would use this technique to cover a huge ice lake!

Xiao Xingchen was startled by other things.Any souls in the Fugui Formation will be scattered, so what will Xue Yang do?

As soon as the words were asked, the monks all looked sideways.

"Xue Yang?" A disciple under Master Youming frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand such a question, "Xue Yang is also an evil spirit, so naturally we should get rid of it together."

The people in the tent had different expressions, waiting to see Xiao Xingchen's reaction.

Wei Wuxian was thinking about it, Xiao Xingchen was so angry that he suddenly stood up, his self-cultivation prevented him from roaring in public, but every word he said was powerful: "Xue Yang did something before he was alive. A lot of evil, but if he hadn't dug out the Hebi dungeon this time, if he hadn't provided clues, how could you have known about the existence of this scourge before Shi Wusheng gathered three human pills? And the Ice Lake Camp, if he hadn't been with him I have a soul sensor, and I don’t know how long it will take to find it! After taking advantage of it, you just treat him as an evil spirit, and plan to get rid of him with Shi Wusheng?!"

Master Youming's disciple retorted blankly: "He did this to avenge his own personal revenge, and he didn't really intend to contribute to the world. Xue Yang harmed countless people during his lifetime, and after his death, this incident can barely be regarded as a crooked one. One merit, that's not enough. Because of him, he gave up encircling and suppressing Shi Wusheng and hundreds of other evil spirits, Shi Wusheng is old and cunning, once he escapes, it will be difficult to find traces, and in the future he will become a demon and wreak havoc on the world, how can one evil spirit be able to cover the casualties at that time?"

Xiao Xingchen argued: "I'm not trying to persuade you to give up the siege of Shi Wusheng, I'm..."

"Xiao Xingchen!" Song Zichen, who was sitting in the corner, stood up and stopped his friend, and he couldn't help but pull him out of the tent, "What's wrong with you? Are you going to disobey the world for Xue Yang?"

Xiao Xingchen resolutely asked: "Defy the people of the world? Zichen, why did we say we wanted to establish a sect different from the aristocratic family? Could it be to conform to the people of the world? They got Xue Yang's help to find Shi Wusheng, but they turned against Xue Yang in the blink of an eye. Yang didn't have the slightest thought, even if Xue Yang and I didn't recognize each other, we couldn't agree with such actions!"

A few days ago, Song Zichen believed Wei Wuxian's words, thinking that Xue Yang and his friends were really connected in soul, both prosperity and loss, and reluctantly let Xue Yang go for a while. In recent days, he saw Xue Yang trapped in a frozen lake, and Xiao Xingchen was fine. Knowing that words were an expedient measure that day, he added another point to Xue Yang's anger at bewitching his friends. He said coldly: "At least in this matter, they are right. Xue Yang is also an evil spirit, so we just get rid of them together! Regardless of Xue Yang No matter how much Yang treats you differently, if you don't take revenge on him, and prevent me from taking revenge, it's considered the best of humanity, don't be obsessed with it!"

Xiao Xingchen said sadly, "Do you also think that I miss Xue Yang only because Xue Yang treats me differently? Zichen, he knew he was wrong. He has suffered more than a thousand times of backlash, and he has also suffered for three whole years. Ri Lingchi, I don't ask you and the world to forgive him, but I only ask to give him a chance to be reincarnated. All the people he killed were reincarnated, and he took the initiative to help cross, why not give him a chance? That Shi Wusheng and his attributes Now, not only killing people but also destroying souls, Xue Yang was also tortured under his hands, I can't watch Xue Yang completely lose his vitality after finally reforming!"

Song Zichen was actually very curious about why his friend favored Xue Yang, so he listened carefully to what he said, and after listening to it, he said in silence for a while: "Xingchen, you used to be the worst at arguing."

There was a lot of noise in the tent, and the people inside filed out to return to their tents, or to take turns patrolling with the monks by the lake.

Song Zichen was no longer as angry as before, and said in a calm voice, "At present, there is no other way to encircle and suppress Shi Wusheng, you should follow the public opinion."

When Wei Wuxian came out of the tent, he saw Xiao Xingchen standing alone by the frozen lake, his back in white clothes looking sad and lonely.What Xue Yang did along the way, such as rescuing Xiao Xingchen from the brothel, discovering the dungeon, rescuing more than 20 children from the dungeon regardless of his own danger, and helping Xiao Xingchen to cross his soul, these Wei Wuxian have passed through Xiao Xingchen one after another. Xingchen heard about it, so both he and Lan Wangji were willing to believe that Xue Yang had reformed himself for Xiao Xingchen, but even if he told others about these things now, it would not be convincing. The image is too different.

Wei Wuxian remembered that when he wanted to save the old and young of the Wen family, it was also against the will of the public. After so many years, the Baijia of Xianmen always killed a boatload of people in order to do things conveniently and quickly. The style has not changed at all. Xiao Xingchen's situation is extremely sympathetic and understanding.He walked over and said, "Little Martial Uncle, don't be too anxious, Lan Wangji is still discussing with Daoist Youming inside to see if there is any other way."

"Well, thank you very much." Xiao Xingchen knew that in this situation, their words were more convincing than himself.

Wei Wuxian took a peek at Xiao Xingchen, hesitatingly asked a question that he had been curious about for a long time, and maybe he shouldn't ask: "Little uncle, why do you care so much about Xue Yang now? No matter what price you pay, you have to save him." he?"

Xiao Xingchen was taken aback, apparently he had never thought about this issue, but he had unknowingly changed from the initial hostile state to today's stage. He thought for a while and said, "It's too difficult to save the world. I just want to save Xue Yang."

On the same day, Xiao Xingchen went back to his and Xue Yang's cave residence, feeling even more sad when he saw things and thinking about others, and he never left the shore of the ice lake for a few days.Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji occasionally went to comfort or greet, and everyone else was preparing for the huge ghost formation on the night of the full moon. Dense runes were carved on the ice surface to form a line, gathering from the surroundings to the center, interweaving At one point, when the ghost formation is constructed and implemented, the spiritual power provided by all the monks will be transmitted to this point along the runes, and provided to Daoist Youming for use.

During the period, Xiao Xingchen wanted to use the paper-cut avatar technique to go down to see Xue Yang, but was strongly stopped by Wei Wuxian and Song Zichen.He had gone down once before and was discovered. Now Xue Yang's surroundings are probably under stricter surveillance, and there is no chance to get close again. Going down is useless except taking risks.

On the last day, the monks waited in full force around the frozen lake. Song Zichen even forbade Xiao Xingchen to approach the frozen lake. Strangely, Xiao Xingchen didn't resist fiercely, and stood in front of the tent as if resigned to his fate, looking at the lake from a distance.

The ghost soldiers at the bottom of the lake saw that the time limit was approaching, and launched a round of rush in the evening. Under the leadership of the second hall master, they fought back and tried to rush out of the frozen lake with all their strength. Stardust and others participated in the encirclement and suppression battle, either using weapons or magic talismans, the ghosts with meager cultivation disappeared on the spot, and those injured by the fairy weapons fled in embarrassment.

Xiao Xingchen fought hard on the lake with the disaster in hand, hoping to eliminate as many ghost soldiers as possible, and also hoped to take this opportunity to capture Shi Wusheng. He took a long look at him.

When the full moon was rising, the ghosts in the ice lake were suppressed by the monks forcefully, none of them broke out of the barrier, and retreated to the bottom of the lake with half of their combat power lost.

Silence returned to the ice lake, and the ice surface glowed with a cold silver light under the moonlight.The monks began to check and repair the broken runes on the ice, and the ghost formation method still had to be executed.