The Great Sorcerer

Qingyi and other wizards who originally planned to rescue Wu Xian near the Great Wilderness Temple, but were trapped by the Ligu army, felt the world spinning for a while, and their bodies were stretched and twisted, which was the familiar feeling conveyed by the enchantment.However, at the next moment, the eyes suddenly became clear.I saw a broad Milky Way wandering past overhead, and I could vaguely see the bursts of waves pushed out by star clusters.The moonlight sprinkled the blue water, covering the whole land. An ancient temple stood quietly under the moonlight. The red walls were mottled, and the moss color spread on the stone steps. It seemed to be an abandoned ancient temple.

Hu Jiu opened his eyes, and immediately saw the young man sitting leaning on the steps in front of the gate of the ancient temple, looking up at the starry sky with his head slightly raised.

For a moment, time seemed to freeze between the nine-tailed fox and the young man.The sound of the wind whistling past the ears became so slow.Five years of time flowed through it, turning into an invisible long river, separating the two of them on both sides of time.

Is it a dream?The person he had been looking for for five years had just appeared in front of him.It seems the same as before, but it seems completely different.Is it really the same person?Or was it just another futile dream of his?

The familiar name rolled in his throat, but it was so difficult to pronounce it on his lips.

At this time, the young man who was sitting idle suddenly turned his head sideways, his emerald green right eye met the silver blue eyes of Nine Tails.Black hair fluttered silently around his cheeks, and that pale face carried a somewhat familiar Canaan smile.

"A Shuang."

Those two simple words shocked Hu Jiu's whole body.In the next moment, there was a flash of silver light, and the silver fox had already embraced Canaan in his arms.Canaan's eyes widened slightly, as if he was a little surprised by Ah Shuang's actions.His figure was a little stiff, but feeling the tightness of the man, as if to confirm his authenticity, he still slowly put his arms around Hu Jiu's waist.

Ah Shuang had never shown such intense and real emotions to him.Canaan wondered a little bit, if such a hug requires such a price in exchange, is it worth it?

After a while, if Canaan hadn't whispered in Hu Jiu's ear, "Have you hugged enough?" Hu Jiu still couldn't recover.He greedily sniffed the breath of Canaan's body, the familiar sweet smell of figs, he never thought that he would miss it so much.

But after hearing Canaan's somewhat alienated question, he finally let go of his hand and stood up.He stared at Canaan and asked in a low voice, "Where did you go, the color of your eyes...what happened?"

Canaan listened to him quietly, but didn't answer directly, but said lightly, "Aren't you going to see your deer cry? He seems to be about to pass out."

Hu Jiu was taken aback, only then did he realize that now is not the time to reminisce about the past.When he turned his head, he saw that Lu Ming's face was pale and he was on the verge of falling.When his body was about to collapse, Hu Jiu finally managed to let the young wizard fall into his arms.

Canaan watched Kyuubi leave her side in an instant, just like five years ago.Whenever something happened to Lu Ming, he would definitely be the first to give up on him.

It's really strange to put your hand on your chest, you obviously don't have a heart, why do you still feel distressed?

At this time, Qing Yi looked at him from afar, with a bit of surprise on his cold face, "Canaan! You are not dead!"

Nagata Xianglu and others who were teleported here also surrounded him one after another. Hanshang stared up and down at him in disbelief, as if he was looking at a person crawling out of a grave.

Facing the astonished crowd, Canaan still had that half-smile expression, "Yes, I'm not dead."

"Where were you captured by Li Gu that day?" Nagata also asked, "Why did you suddenly appear today? You sent us here?"

Canaan looked at him, the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to fade slightly.Facing the gaze of the green right eye, Nagata felt a shiver creep up his spine like a snake for some reason.

"Yes, I sent you here." Canaan said, "If everyone is dead, how can we take back the Wuxian tribe?"

This simple sentence moved all the wizards present slightly.Using enchantment to teleport so many people at the same time is difficult even for a wizard who is proficient in enchantment, and he, a young wizard who is only in his 20s, is not even specialized in enchantment. How did he do it?

Canaan didn't intend to explain at all, and said to himself, "This is Da'a Mountain, which is five hundred miles away from the Wuxian tribe. It's not far from the Wuxian tribe, but it's very safe. It's wronged you to settle here temporarily."

However, Xiang Lu shouted at this time, "When the Wuxian clan is in danger, how can we sit here and wait? We should go back and fight Li Gu to the death!"

When he said this, several other wizards also followed suit, shouting angrily that they wanted to go back to avenge Wu Xian and the dead people.The blood-soaked young wizards seemed to have not recovered from the tragic atmosphere just now. They were suddenly sent to a safe place by Canaan. They felt a little inexplicably anticlimactic and almost unwilling.

Canaan looked at them quietly, with a mocking look in his eyes, as if he was watching a monkey play with contempt.His eyes made Hu Jiu feel a little perplexed, never had Canaan show such a sharp look, it really doesn't look like that young man with low self-esteem.

"Stop arguing!" Qing Yi suddenly shouted, and immediately stunned the young people who were eager to kill back to the Wuxian tribe.The three elders Han Chan, Wu Xiang and Mo Qi who were rescued from the Wuxian tribe also reprimanded the young wizards.It is an irreversible fact that the Wuxian clan has fallen. Going back rashly will not solve any problems, and will only increase casualties.The current plan is to find a place to settle and heal the wounds first, as Canaan said, and then find a way to take back the Wuxian tribe.

Canaan watched the commotion around for a while with an expression of watching a play, then turned around, stepped over the dilapidated threshold, and walked into the temple.Hu Jiu looked at him, picked up Lu Ming, and followed him.When passing by the gate of the temple, he saw a name vaguely engraved on the dilapidated and dilapidated plaque: Jialan Temple.

Stepping into the gate, in front of you is a square courtyard surrounded by three pavilions.In the center is the two-story main hall, on the right is the three-story Buddhist scripture building, and on the left is the double-story Zen building where monks once lived.Simple tiled roofs, some of the faded red colonnades have been covered with green vines, and the mottled white walls have been covered with moss marks.However, the yard and the corridor in front of the pavilion are very clean, and it seems that someone often cleans them.On the cobbled ground, there are two paths formed by large boulders, one connecting the meditation room and a stone well, and the other leading to a peach blossom tree planted in the northeast corner of the garden.It is now the season of April, the tree is not tall or big, even a little dwarfed, but the flowers in bloom are scarlet like blood, and even the leaves are covered in the sea of ​​flowers like red clouds, with a bit of disregard. All the sad taste.At this time, the moonlight was thick, sprinkled on the top of the tree crown, and one could see that in the burning flower color, there were rain-like petals falling down, spreading layer after layer of poignant beauty on the ground.The aroma of peach blossom permeated the whole yard, and after smelling it for a long time, one would have the illusion of being drunk.

There are two silk paper lanterns lit in front of the three buildings. The lanterns don't look new, but they are definitely much newer than other places in this temple.

Canaan went to the well, picked up a bucket of water, and then went to the peach blossom tree, scooped up the water with a gourd ladle and poured it under the tree roots one by one.As if he didn't see Hu Jiu, he concentrated on doing his own thing.When Hu Jiu hesitated for a moment, not knowing where to put Luming, Canaan said aloud, "Use the meditation room, I've cleaned it."

Hu Jiu glanced at him, then followed what he said and entered the meditation room on the left.At this time, the rest of the wizards also came in one after another. Canaan looked at them and silently pointed to the meditation room with the door open.

Qing Yi walks towards him.And Canaan looked at his former master, the beautiful mentor who led him on the road of summoning, and suddenly laughed like a teenager.

"Master."

"Canaan, where have you been all these years? We all thought you..." Qing Yi asked.After she heard the news that Canaan was kidnapped and disappeared by Li Gu, she thought that Canaan was dead, and she was sad for a long time because of this, Yu Qilin accompanied her for a whole day before gradually recovering.However, she never thought about going out to search, never thought that Canaan might still have a chance of being alive.

Life is alive, how many people really care about your life and death, will go all out for your safety and run around?All most people can do is shed a few sad tears for you when they hear the news of your death.

Each of us, to most of us, is just meaningless existence.

Canaan couldn’t understand this truth very well.So he didn't tell Qing Yi that he was indeed dead.Even if he is standing here now and can talk and laugh, he is already dead.

"I have been traveling all these years." Canaan said simply.

Qing Yi didn't understand, she glared at the ignorant student with some annoyance, "Traveling? Why didn't you come back to report safety? It's so chaotic outside now, you're worrying your father to death!"

Canaan burst out laughing suddenly, as if he couldn't help laughing.

Qingyi's eyes widened. She didn't understand why Canaan laughed suddenly, and she couldn't believe that Canaan actually laughed.

Canaan quickly restrained his smile.Trying to be serious, he said, "Don't worry, Master, I know what's going on. It's getting late now, you can go to heal your wounds and rest. I'm afraid the elders will discuss with you about rescuing the eight and other ethnic groups in the morning."

It just so happened that there were some commotions in the meditation room at this time, so Qing Yi had no choice but to walk quickly to the meditation room.Before entering the door, she suddenly turned her head to look at the young man standing quietly under the blood-colored peach blossom tree. With the ghostly green eyes on his pale face and the unpredictable smile on his mouth, she suddenly realized that this child , I am afraid that he is no longer the Canaan she knew five years ago.

Everyone gradually settled down.After a night of fierce fighting, everyone was exhausted physically and mentally, and soon fell into a deep sleep.This night was too strange. It was clear that the first moment was a prosperous age of singing and dancing, but the next moment it collapsed before my eyes. Everything I had before was turned into smoke and dust, and all that was left was my life. A moment of rest and sleep.

Hu Jiu walked out of the meditation room, but saw Canaan leaning on the railing in front of the main hall, with one leg bent, and his hands resting casually on his knees.He was staring at the swaying white lantern by the eaves in a daze.After seeing each other again, Hu Jiu found that he seemed to like to sit in a daze like this, and the green eyes were empty, as if he didn't even have a soul.

Hu Jiu looked at him from a distance, feeling a little timid.

His thousand-year-old nine-tailed fox was actually timid against a boy in his 20s.

But he still walked over, and stood silently beside the pillar that Canaan leaned against, looking at the lantern with him and the starry sky spreading beside the eaves.Now the sky in the east has revealed a few traces of water blue, the air has become cooler, and morning is coming soon.

"Have you lived here all these years?" Hu Jiu asked.

Canaan didn't look back, only a voice came, "How do you know?"

"You smell everywhere here."

"Hehe, is my smell the same as you remember?"

Hu Jiu was silent for a while, but still said, "There is a little difference, but the essence is the same."

"Is it……"

Canaan said, turning his head slightly, his green eyes squinting at him, "A Shuang, or Hai Huan?"

Hu Jiu frowned slightly, this was an explanation he owed Canaan, although he really didn't want to explain it.

"My original name was Hu Jiu, and I lived in the dead baby of the Hai family, so I became Hai Huan."

"...So, Ah Shuang doesn't exist?"

"You can continue to call me Ah Shuang. I don't mind."

"Is that why you don't let me see your human form?" Canaan asked with a smile, but there was no trace of sadness in the question. He just stared at the silver-haired and blue-eyed Hu Jiu, and sighed lightly, "You The human figure is as beautiful as I imagined."

Hu Jiu pursed his lips, and finally asked, "Why, didn't you call me?"

Since he is not dead, why not summon him during these five years?This is the question that Hu Jiu couldn't figure out, and it's also the question that he can't let go of.

"A Shuang, you said before that you are willing to be by my side all the time." Canaan didn't answer Hu Jiu's question, but suddenly stood up, turned around, faced Hu Jiu, and suddenly reached out and took off the black blindfold .

A hideous scar crossed the gray eyeballs, and it looked a bit ghostly in the dim light of the early morning.Then he suddenly and slowly pulled open his belt, one layer after another, and opened the front of his chest.

Hu Jiu didn't know what Canaan was going to do, but when he saw the terrible scar on the pale left chest, he immediately felt a groan in his head, and his entire throat was strangled by some kind of force.

Such a scar, what a terrible injury it was.How could anyone survive such injuries?

"How...how could this be..." The whispered question was quickly blown away by the night wind.Hu Jiu stretched out trembling fingers, as if wanting to touch the somewhat thin chest.

But in the next moment, the skirt was closed again.Canaan looked at him, smiling.

"I am like this, do you still want to be by my side?"

"What the hell is going on? What did Ligu do to you!!" Hu Jiu's brows were tangled, his calmness finally collapsed, he felt a strange emotion completely controlling him, he was angry and distressed, all the time It hurts.He was so angry that he wanted to burn the sky up. He hadn't felt such painful and futile emotions for many years.

His anger was not only aimed at Li Gu, but also at himself.

But Canaan was still calm and persistent, saying persistently, "Answer my question, Hujiu."

Hu Jiu didn't notice that Canaan's name for him had changed, and he closed his eyes in pain, not understanding why things would develop like this.He clearly wanted to protect, but he always made mistakes, no matter what he did, it was wrong.He no longer knows how to protect what he wants to protect.

"Yes, I said I would stay by your side. No matter what you become, I will stay." He was silent for a long time, and finally said so.

Canaan's white lips curled up slightly, and she smiled quietly.He seems to love to smile more than before, but it's always a faint, ghostly smile, which makes people unable to touch and guess.

"I'll ask you again." Canaan deliberately slowed down his speech, "Are you really willing to always be by my side, no matter what I become?"

But this time Hu Jiu answered much faster, her tone was flat but firm, as if she was trying to make up for something, "...yes."

"Okay." Canaan smiled more and more satisfied. He took a few steps forward, suddenly stretched out his somewhat dry and pale index finger, and lightly tapped the red blood contract on the nine-tailed fox's eyebrows.

"I command you in the name of your lord,"

Hu Jiu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the young man with the point between his eyebrows in surprise.At this moment, the smile on the face of the young man who had insisted on not giving him any order was pale, but it revealed boundless evil spirit, showing his white teeth, like the smile of a devil crawling out of hell.

"From now on, you will be loyal to me, and you must not disobey me. You must not leave me. I want you to live entirely for me."

This was Canaan's first order to him. A burst of scorching pain quickly spread to his whole body along the blood deed. The sharp pain almost made him groan, and his body was also suppressed by a powerful force, unconsciously He bent one knee and knelt in front of Canaan.That is the power of the contract, coercive and domineering, once it is disobeyed, it will suffer pain like a broken tendon.This order was almost the first order given by every wizard after catching a spirit beast, but Canaan added his own order after the order not to be disobeyed.

Only at this moment did he suddenly understand that his previous freedom was only bestowed by Canaan.But from now on, this kind of freedom finally no longer exists.

Hu Jiu didn't understand why Canaan gave him such an order at this time, and why he suddenly broke his long-standing insistence.His astonishment fell into Canaan's eyes, but it elicited a low, mocking laugh.Canaan slightly raised the jaw of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and looked at the pair of silver-blue eyes that were so beautiful that it made his heart ache, "Why are you looking at me like this? Didn't you say that you will always be by my side? You are mine Demon, I have let you go for a long time..."

The burning pain on Jiuweihu's body continued, covering him like a net.He asked in a low voice, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"It's nothing, I just don't want to be forgotten by you at the critical moment." Canaan let go of Nine-Tails' jaw, and turned to stroking the silvery long hair.Such frivolous actions made Kyuubi very uncomfortable.But Canaan's words sounded plain, but they always had a bit of desolation, and vaguely made him see the lonely and timid boy before.He was confused, what happened in Canaan?

"Xiao Jiu, I'm going to give you the first mission now. This mission is related to the future of the Wuxian tribe." Canaan suddenly raised his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the increasingly bright sky.

The lingering pain in his body was gradually disappearing, Nine-Tailed Fox gasped for a moment, and finally stood up.The feeling on his body was the same as usual, but he knew that from now on, he would truly become a slave of Canaan.

He suddenly felt uneasy.

"What mission?"

Canaan withdrew his gaze, and the first ray of light in the morning was shining in his crystal-clear green pupils, revealing a somewhat demonic aura, "I want you to kill Luming."