Stone of Other Mountains

After Duan Chen made the bed, he turned his head and saw Xun Faxue frowning, standing by the half-closed window in white clothes, outside was the deep night, bottomless.His eyes were not focused, he seemed to be thinking about something, seeing him like this, Duan Chen didn't dare to lie down on the bed first, and stood aside obediently.

Looking at it from Duan Chen's point of view, he could only see half of Xun Faxue's back and half sideways, at the junction of light and darkness, faintly shadowed, occasionally a breeze at night gently brushed his hair, but he didn't know To tug at someone's heartstrings.

Duan Chen thought in his heart that he admired his master very much. If his master was not willing to save him back then, he would have died in some corner now.Since he joined the teacher's sect, Xun Faxue has always treated him with sincerity, even after he became a useless person, the master never abandoned him, this kindness, Duan Chen knew that he would never repay it in this lifetime.

He originally wanted to follow Master to practice hard and become stronger, so that he could protect Master in the future, but he realized later that Master is so powerful, so there is no need for him to protect him, not to mention that Master is very likely to become a god in the future. When the time comes, when the time comes...

When Duan Chen thought of this, his heart began to ache. Thinking that Master would leave him and never see him again, or even forget him, he felt very unwilling and painful.

In getting along day after day, even Duan Chen himself didn't know when, that admiration changed, it was no longer pure admiration, but more, mixed with selfishness.

Xun Faxue stood for a long time, but he didn't know if he had recovered, he frowned and walked slowly to the bedside with his head down, undressed himself and lay down, as if he couldn't see Duan Chen at all.

Duan Chen originally wanted to call him, but thought that the master must be tired after driving for several days, so he obediently shut up, watched Xun Faxue lie down before taking off his clothes, and carefully occupied the bed on the bed. Turned a corner and shrunk into a ball.

Unexpectedly, just as Duan Chen lay down and prepared to sleep peacefully, Xun Faxue next to him suddenly sat up, a little surprised and said: "Who are you?" After seeing Duan Chen's innocent and confused face, he rubbed his face hard Rubbing between his brows, "I'm sorry, Aye, I was too focused on being a teacher, and I forgot about you." While talking, he moved inside, Duan Chen gradually stretched his hands and feet knowingly, and extinguished the candle with a wave.

"Master, don't worry too much. Check everything slowly. Since someone did it, there will definitely be clues."

Duan Chen's words were soft, with a certain comforting effect, Xun Faxue was unexpectedly relieved, and fell asleep peacefully.In the dark, behind his invisible back, Duan Chen carefully held up a strand of his hair, lightly tapped the tip of his nose, and put a contented smile on the corner of his mouth.

At dawn the next day, Xun Faxue suddenly sat up from the bed, the sensitivity of a cultivator made him catch a hint of threat in the air.Duan Chen also seemed to feel something, and immediately sat up.

"What's the matter, Master?" Duan Chen looked at Xun Faxue nervously, but Xun Faxue just got out of bed silently, walked to the window, and opened the closed window slightly.

The streets were still deserted, and there was no one there.It is only the time of sunrise, but it is generally dark at this time in winter, so it is inevitable to turn on the lights.But the streets that Xun Faxue looked at at a glance were not only desolate, but also gloomy.Even if everyone was too frightened to go out by the walking corpse, it wouldn't mean that there was no lamp.

He sniffed the sticky air carefully, and there was a vague stench mixed with the smell of soil.He set a bar on the door with his backhand, and then jumped out of the window.Although Duan Chen didn't know why, he also jumped down obediently.

Xun Faxue walked to the door of a house, and instead of politely knocking on the door like yesterday, he broke in directly.After entering the house and searching it from the front, there was no one there.

"Master, what's going on here?" The two searched several houses along the street, but there was no one there.

"When you return to Lin'an, are you sure there are still people here?" Xun Faxue frowned and asked.

"Of course, although there are few people, there are definitely some. I also stopped here and drank tea with my fellow disciples."

"From the time you left until we came, someone has turned this place into a ghost city."

Duan Chen swallowed, and asked, "Which store...?"

Xun Faxue pondered for a while and said, "It's either an illusion, or a walking corpse, a high-level walking corpse."

The corpse that has been refined into a high-level walking corpse can act like a normal person, eat, sleep and talk, but it has no body temperature and breathing, so although it is exactly the same as a normal person, it dare not get too close to people.

After thinking about it this way, Xun Faxue turned around decisively and went back to that inn.

As soon as the door was pushed open, the old man who served them yesterday was drinking something mushy at the table, Xun Faxue couldn't tell it, but he keenly caught a trace of bloody smell.

"You guys are back, where did you go early in the morning?" The old man raised his head and grinned miserably at them, Duan Chen suddenly felt the cold wind blowing behind him when he saw them.

Xun Faxue frowned and felt bad, without too much hesitation, he threw out his saber—Calling Soul, and went straight towards the old man.He didn't hide either, he endured the blow and was firmly nailed to the wall.It was clear that the cold sword passed through his heart, but he seemed to feel no pain, and looked at the long sword shining with cold light on his chest suspiciously.

Duan Chen looked at the thrown long sword in surprise, the silver-white sword tassel hanging on the hilt was still shaking slightly.A flash of joy flashed in Duan Chen's heart, and he quickly calmed down.

On the other side, Xun Faxue didn't hold back any more, and pinched the tactic in his hand, the soul-calling sword emitted a snow-white light, instantly twisting the walking corpse into flying ash.

Then the two explored carefully, but did not find the little girl.In a room that looked like a women's boudoir, Xun Faxue picked up a worn cloth tiger and said in a deep voice: "She may be the only living person here."

"Master, what should we do next?"

Xun Faxue gently put down the cloth tiger, and said: "The people behind the scenes may already know that they have been exposed, either the people of Xuzhou know something, or they just want to make a quick decision." Has been trembling non-stop summoning souls.

Soul-calling sword, as the name suggests, can summon souls.It has a slender sword body, and the silver hilt lining the sword body is even more chilly.His soul-invoking feature lies in the long gourd-shaped hollow in the middle of the sword body. In fact, there is a mirror of life and death inlaid there, but it is invisible and intangible. Only the sword master can manipulate it to summon souls, see life and death, or peek into the past.

Xun Faxue silently recited the incantation, and the summoning soul buzzed excitedly, the mirror of life and death appeared, he put the sword in front of his eyes, and aimed at the opposite cloth tiger.

Duan Chen naturally knew what Master was doing, and silently stood aside to help him protect the Dharma. Suddenly, a black shadow flickered in the corner of his eyes, and his heart constricted suddenly.

"Master!" Duan Chen patted the black shadow aside, and quickly supported Xun Faxue's tottering figure. His shoulder was injured, but he still didn't stop his movements, and insisted on gritting his teeth.

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