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"...This has nothing to do with affection."

"In terms of going your own way, you are surprisingly consistent." The smile on the corner of Chi Xiao's mouth has completely faded at some point. If his messy clothes are ignored, he is no different from the high priest Tianji in the main temple in the past , "This seat has been framed by you, the teacher and the student, and you finally backed down for the sake of the overall situation? What is your insignificant morality?"

Yue Jinye was stunned for a moment, recalling that Chi Xiao was indeed made into a puppet for the convenience of his work in the lower realm, so he didn't make any excuses, but remained stubbornly silent.

Chapter 44

The early morning sun is a gentle knife, prying Xie Yi's tightly closed eyelids, he blinked twice in a daze, and found that the girl was squatting in front of him with great interest and looking at him, with long braids The tip hung beside his face, so close that he could touch the black and soft hair with a slight movement.Xie Yi smiled uncomfortably: "Morning."

"Ah!" The girl was taken aback suddenly, her cheeks were slightly flushed, "Are you awake?"

Stretching, Xie Yi supported the tree roots and sat up: "Sorry for keeping you waiting."

"It's all right," the girl waved her hands again and again, and then took out a delicate leaf package from behind, "I went around, these fruits should be eaten by ordinary people, would you like some now?"

There are a few juicy and heavy wild fruits in the package, exuding a faint fragrance.Xie Yi thanked him, took out one and wiped it on the lapel of his clothes: "Shall we enter the village soon?"

The girl shook her head, with slight sadness on her brows: "Today, Zhuliang Village's evil energy is getting stronger, you haven't learned Taoism, you should wait until noon to go in..." She glanced at Xie Yi uncertainly, The voice became weaker, "...how about you don't go in, I don't want to see more people get into trouble..."

Xie Yi stuffed a mouthful of the fruit, and hurriedly used his tongue to carve a narrow path between the teeth and the flesh: "No!"

"Hey, don't worry!" Seeing his flushed face and puffy cheeks, the girl was worried and funny at the same time, but she didn't know whether she should go up to give him comfort or laugh enough to avoid it. Take your breath away.

Xie Yi raised his head and poked his neck, spent a lot of effort to swallow the contents of his mouth, panting and emphasized again: "I must go in!" He immediately realized that his tone might be too much. He was strict, so he slowed down his speech and explained to the other party, "Since the goddess has lived in the mountains for a long time, she should know that it is not a good thing for the demonic energy to linger for a long time. If it leaks and spreads, the consequences will be disastrous. Now I am willing to do my part for this, and please the goddess. "

The girl lowered her eyes, and her slender eyelashes covered her changing emotions. After a long time, she finally calmly replied: "Okay."

The sun is gradually rising, and the bright sunlight gently soothes the war-torn land, bringing some precious warmth to the hearts of the displaced and cold.Xie Yi stood on the edge of the cliff, and the strong mountain wind blew his clothes, but he couldn't blow away his heavy thoughts——As far as he could see, the place where Zhuliang Village used to be was emitting a ferocious miasma, as if he had been stimulated by hormones. The nourishing giant man-eating vines grow in the depths of the quiet mountain forest with their teeth and claws open.The seal placed by the Goddess of Wushan precariously intercepts the direction of the vines, preventing them from growing in all directions.Every time the branch formed by the black mist slapped the seal, Xie Yi's throat tightened a little, and the complex emotions of five flavors rolled and stirred in his chest, which even he himself could hardly distinguish.

"It's time, let's go."

Xie Yi carefully put on the protective clothing, checked the switch of the blocking agent spray bottle repeatedly, and then vigilantly followed the girl's footsteps.

The sand under his feet gradually changed from dry and soft to wet and sticky. Xie Yi's thick-soled leather boots stepped into it, and there was always a subtle and disgusting sound of puffing.The fresh air in the woods no longer exists, replaced by foul and unpleasant miasma.The closer to the village, the more serious the situation.He carefully examined the surrounding environment, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab a handful in mid-air.

"What's the matter?" The girl was keenly aware of the weak airflow generated by Xie Yi's waving hand, and turned around to ask.

"It's the spores." Xie Yi looked at the small trap in his palm solemnly, "It's not just the so-called 'demon energy' that is raging here."

The girl obviously didn't quite understand: "Steamed buns can also be cultivated to become fine? Then come out to harm people?"

Xie Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This 'spore' is not the 'bun'. I can't explain it clearly for a while, so let's talk about it when I get out. Goddesses should protect their mouth and nose to avoid being invaded."

"Don't worry, I'm a fairy!"

The two walked for about an hour, and the surrounding black fog became thicker, and the visibility suddenly dropped to half a meter.However, the girl's steps were still light and agile, Xie Yi gradually felt a little strenuous, and just about to remind her, the girl stopped suddenly.

"We have arrived."

The dilapidated village was dormant in the dense miasma like a monster, and Xie Yi could only find its trace with difficulty with the help of a bright flashlight.The once-vibrant trees were as black as if they had been splashed with oil, and thick black sap slowly flowed out from the cracks in the bark, exuding a pungent fishy smell.A pillar of the passing pavilion near the entrance of the village was broken, and the carefully carved stone roof was precariously supported by the remaining pillars. The old dust mixed with the spores in the miasma woven a dense dust net under the eaves, and it seemed that there were still hanging Seeing the piece of meat dripping with pus, people don't even want to study its origin.

The bright lights struggled to illuminate the direction Yue Jinye was pointing at, and suddenly, a stone pillar flashing by caught his attention.

Xie Yi slowly adjusted the angle of the flashlight, and returned to the place he just glanced at. When he saw clearly what was under the light, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated——

It was a smooth granite column, and there was a vivid image of a dragon soaring in the clouds carved on the column.There was no pus, no miasma, not even dust—it was so clean that it didn't look like a creation that should appear here.

The circle of light climbed up slowly, and soon reached the top of the column. On the pale archway, the word "Zhu Liang" was like ghost eyes in the depths of hell, staring at him sinisterly.

Although he had expected the tragic situation here before, when he was actually in it, Xie Yi still felt unprecedented oppression.However, before he could calm down, a cold hand pressed against the knuckles of the back of his neck.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

"Who is this seat? It's ridiculous. Who called this seat No. [-] just now? And who called this seat His Royal Highness Tianji?" Chi Xiao looked at Yue Jinye with a face full of sarcasm, "As for what this seat wants to do, just now Isn't that clear enough?"

"I am Xie Yi, but Xie Yi may not be me." Yue Jinye threw out this answer abruptly, "Your Highness Tianji, don't find the wrong person."

"Aren't you Xie Yi?" Chi Xiao's expression became more and more distorted, "If you think delaying time is useful to me, then you probably aren't. After all, in my impression, Xie Yi is not so stupid."

Yue Jinye has been trying to find a solution since he entered the thinking space, but at this moment he was suddenly interrupted by a sudden sharp pain.He knew that he had found a turning point. In order to relax Chi Xiao's vigilance and complete the final blow, he had to fight hard with the other party: "Xie Yi and Shen Ye have an old relationship, but Yue Jinye may not. More than a hundred years, decades In troubled times, it is enough to reincarnate several times in the lower realm. Xie Yi is dead, and I am now carrying the identity of Yue Jinye. As for Xie Yi's old account, I will not admit it, and I don't want to admit it. I want me to watch him kill Netherworld creature, I'm sorry, I can't do it, no matter how many times you ask me, the answer is still the same!"

"Stubborn, you're looking for your own death." Chi Xiao sneered, "Since this is the case, we have nothing to talk about."

"There is nothing to talk about." Yue Jinye stared at the afterimage in front of him with cold sweat, "In the end, you are just imitating a procedure of His Royal Highness Tianji, what leverage do you have to negotiate with me?"

Chi Xiao suddenly changed color: "What do you mean?!"

"Literally. Speaking of it, I have always admired His Highness," Yue Jinye sincerely bid farewell to Chi Xiao, "Your Highness, whether alive or dead, despite his selfish intentions, has always Consider the future of Liuyue civilization. Even if it is made into a puppet, it will try its best to stay behind. Even change its position, just to seek a chance for Liuyue's life—"

Chi Xiao already felt the cracks appearing on the edge of the space, and said with hatred: "Xie Yi, you are fine!"

"Your Highness is absurd, but it's a pity that you and I have different ways, and we will come to this point in the end." Yue Jinye wiped off his cold sweat, and the virtual space built by the code gradually collapsed under his hard work, "Even he can't stop me, Your Highness Of course not."

"Indeed, I'm just an afterimage of Chi Xiao left in the world." Chi Xiao's figure and voice gradually became distorted and blurred, like a frame-dropped image, which made it even more weird and terrifying, "But you think I can't It would be a big mistake to do anything to you."

"Of course, Your Highness Tianji has deep thoughts, I was just lucky in this game." Yue Jinye took a step back, watching Chixiao crumble in pieces with cold eyes.

"Xie Yi, your luck is over. This is just the beginning of Liuyue's settlement with you." At the last moment when the image collapsed, Chi Xiao's voice seemed to be a low and gloomy curse, "Everything I did for you to betray Liuyue Repent!"

"……I do not know."

Yue Jinye closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had already returned to the Hall of Mirrors where the two sides had confronted each other.

The situation in front of him was chaotic and treacherous - on his own side, Yu Qi who arrived later put up a protective shield with a radius of five meters, Ye Hai and Xia