I open a bookstore in the human world

"I heard that you were imprisoned by the Emperor of Heaven, didn't you? Why do you come to the underworld to visit when you have time? Could it be that you sneaked down again?" Xia Lan's tone was not very good, and it really didn't need to be so nice when facing him complexion.

Zhang Fan was not annoyed, and smiled at Xia Lan, "Don't talk nonsense, my father specially approved me to come here to guard my third younger brother to avoid accidents."

Long before Yama of the Nine Palaces went to the human world to ask Xie Daonian, he had already sent a report to the Heavenly Court, and only after getting approval did he dare to come to Xie Daonian.After all, Xie Daonian is also a member of the heavenly court, and he sacrificed himself for the underworld once before. If there is any mistake this time, King Equality may have to die to apologize.

Xia Lan had already received a notice that Heaven would send someone to protect the third prince, but she didn't expect that it was the second prince she hated the most.

But now, the second prince was still standing in front of him with a playful smile on his face, and said, "Don't worry, with me here, nothing will happen to my third brother."

Although Xia Lan wanted to complain about his brashness, she had to admit that among the new generation of heaven, apart from the third prince who was extremely talented, the strength of the second prince should not be underestimated, but the light was covered by his younger brother In addition, coupled with the unscrupulous image of the second prince is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, few people will remember that the second prince was also a well-known general in the heavens back then.

The Heavenly Emperor was going to sit in the Heavenly Court, and the Taishang Laojun and other great immortals also had their own positions. After much deliberation, it was true that only the second prince who was still in confinement was the most suitable candidate.

Xia Lan gave Zhang Fan a blank look, reluctantly made a "please" gesture, and said, "Come with me."

The two passed by Song Lan, Zhang Fan let out a "huh" and blurted out, "Boss?"

Hearing this long-lost voice, Song Lan, who was in a daze, was startled, raised his head, his eyes widened, and said in astonishment, "Zhang Fan?"

Why did Zhang Fan appear here?By the way, he said that he is a person from the heavens, so it is not surprising that he will appear in the underworld.But next to him was Xia Lan, how could these two get together?

As if seeing through what Song Lan was thinking, Xia Lan said calmly: "Everyone should not hide the matter now, let me introduce, this is the second prince of the heaven, Zhang Daofan, that is, the Zhang Fan you knew in the past."

Second prince?Song Lan's pupils shrank slightly, and the shock that couldn't be concealed appeared on his face.He still remembered that Xia Lan said that Xie Dao was the Third Prince of the Heaven Realm in his previous life, that is to say, the two of them...are actually brothers?

Song Lan was still in a daze, but Zhang Fan greeted him with a smile: "Hey, boss, or should we call it 'brother and sister' now?"

Song Lan, who was stunned by the title "brother and sister", finally came back to his senses. His face was as colorful as a palette. He was silent for a few seconds. After all, he still couldn't be as shameless as Zhang Fan, casually calling "brother " said the word.

After learning of Xie Daonian's true identity, Song Lan still felt troubled and fearful about how to face his family members in the future. Unexpectedly, he had already met one of them before that.

He even used Zhang Fan as the boss for several years.

Thinking of this, Song Lan's face changed again and again, trying to recall, he should not have bullied Zhang Fan before, right?In case I really want to offend him somewhere, there is really no place to cry.

Probably because the expression on Song Lan's face was too obvious, Zhang Fan patted Song Lan's shoulder to express his understanding: "Don't worry, brother and sister—forget it, I'll call you boss, boss, the relationship between you and my third brother As for feelings, I have been in the human world for so long. I have seen it in my eyes. I have never seen the third brother care so much about anyone in the past. Don't worry, no matter what others say, I am on your side anyway .”

Song Lan was very moved by what he said, tears rolled in his eyes, and his favorability for Zhang Fan in his heart was soaring.

Xia Lan watched coldly from the side, gave a "sneer" in her heart, rolled her eyes silently, and thought to herself: I really know how to sell favors.

——Song Lan didn't know, but Xia Lan did know that Zhang Fan and Xie Daonian had a very good relationship, and Xie Daonian had helped his brother many times, so Zhang Fan certainly wouldn't object to his brother.

No matter what, with Zhang Fan's guarantee, Song Lan's mood became a little bit better.

Three days passed in Song Lan's anxious waiting.

"They're coming out!" As soon as Xia Lan finished speaking, a figure rushed out quickly.

Song Lan hugged the man who was obviously thinner, rubbing her hairy head against his neck, smelling the familiar scent of the man, her eyes blurred uncontrollably.

Xie Daonian didn't speak, but silently tightened his arms, and patted Song Lan's back rhythmically with his hands. He lowered his head, and his slightly pale lips fell on his forehead, carefully and tightly Pecking lightly. "I'm back, I'm back..." He whispered, repeating these words over and over, his voice somewhat hoarse.

Song Lan sniffed, looked up at him, glanced greedily at his face, stretched out her hand to carefully trace his eyebrows, his eyes, and his high nose, and found that his cheeks were obviously sunken, Really distressed: "You have worked hard."

He responded with a firmer hug.

"Cough cough." Wang Pingping, who was next to Xie Daonian, coughed hard, and reminded the two in a low voice, "There are so many eyes watching, you should be more reserved."

It was only then that Song Lan remembered that not only the two of them were here, but King Pingping, Xia Lan, Zhang Fan, and a group of underworld soldiers, underworld generals, and heavenly soldiers and generals were all there.

There was a blush on both cheeks, Song Lan hurriedly pushed Xie Daonian away, but found that he was not moving like a mountain, Xie Daonian clasped his shoulder tightly, not letting go.

"Let me hug you again." Xie Daonian rested his head on Song Lan's neck, his cheek against his cheek, as if he was holding a lost and found treasure, he was still refusing to let go.

Song Lan's heart softened, and he let him hold her like this, looked innocently at King Equality, and said, "I can't do anything about this situation, why don't you ask the irrelevant people to leave first?"

The corner of King Equality's mouth twitched, but he did as he did.

Only Xie Daonian and Song Lan were left, as well as the second prince of the heaven who was not very knowledgeable.

"We haven't seen each other for three days, haven't you hugged enough?" Zhang Fan's teasing voice sounded behind him, and Song Lan felt Xie Daonian's body tremble.

"Second brother?" Xie Daonian raised his head in disbelief, his eyes met Zhang Fan in the air, his voice trembling.

Zhang Fan was also taken aback, his eyes burst into surprise: "You call me second brother? You remember it?"

Hearing that Song Lan was also agitated, she suddenly looked up at him.

Three days ago, Xie Daonian had recovered a fragment of his memory, but it was far from being able to fully recover his memory.

Xie Daonian hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slowly: "No, but I can already remember a lot of past events." As he spoke, his body shook, as if he didn't stand still.

King Equality said that this was because he forcibly used his own power to strengthen the seal, and some of the lost memories came back because of this, but also because of this, his unrepaired soul was hit again, and his body and spirit were much worse than before.

Zhang Fan also thought of this, his face changed, he hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and asked eagerly: "Are you okay? Is there any discomfort? Don't force yourself, I have a lot of pills here. Why don't you eat a few Ding Ding Hun first?"

Xie Daonian twitched the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to laugh, but he didn't know where he touched it, and he could not help but "hiss", looking very painful.

Song Lan was startled, and the original lingering thoughts were instantly forgotten, and she stared nervously into his eyes: "What happened? Are you injured?"

"It's okay." Xie Daonian waved his hand lightly, signaling to the two not to be too nervous, just smiled, "I drew too much power at once, but it's just a little bit too much, it's not a problem, and my self-cultivation will improve after a while."

Maybe Song Lan could be fooled by his understatement, but Zhang Fan couldn't.His face darkened in an instant, and before Xie Daonian could say anything, his finger rested between Xie Daonian's brows, and his spiritual sense had already penetrated there.

After a while, Zhang Fan withdrew his consciousness, his expression became even uglier.

"What's wrong with him?" Song Lan's voice trembled, her nerves were tense to the extreme, she stared at Zhang Fan's mouth tightly, for fear that he would say some bad news.

"I'm fine-"

Xie Daonian wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhang Fan's voice like setting off firecrackers: "It's all like this and you still say it's okay? Third brother, can you stop being so considerate of others? Do you know how bad your situation is now? ? Let me tell you, don’t say anything now, go back to Heaven with me immediately, go to Laojun, he might still have a way to save you.”

"What's the matter with him?" Song Lan was frightened and asked eagerly.

Zhang Fan frowned, staring at Xie Daonian, whose face was as golden as paper, and said in a serious tone, "His soul—"

In the next second, Xie Daonian's warning eyes choked his voice, so he shrugged and changed the subject: "His condition is not very good, I want to take him back to Heaven."

Song Lan couldn't refuse.

***

Xie Daonian returned to Heaven with Zhang Fan, but Song Lan could only stay in the underworld, visiting King Pingping every day, trying to get any news about Xie Daonian as soon as possible, but found nothing.

Seeing that he was anxiously waiting, King Equality persuaded him kindly: "Why don't you go back to the human world first, and I will let Xia Lan inform you when there is any news."

It was only then that Song Lan remembered that he still had tasks to complete in the human world.

The task related to Xie Daonian was originally intended to gather the soul of the third prince, and Song Lan's task of obtaining extra points in the civil service examination had long been forgotten by him at this moment.

He recalled how weak Xie Daonian was before he left that day, and also remembered what Zhang Fan was interrupted before he finished speaking, his eyelids twitched, and he asked anxiously: "Your Highness, Xie—I mean, is there any third prince's soul?" question?"

Facing Song Lan's scorching gaze, King Equality groaned inwardly: In fact, he already knew about his friend's current situation, but Xie Daonian told him not to let Song Lan know, so he worked hard to hide it from him. Also guessed it.

"What's the matter?" King Equality sneered, his mind spinning quickly, thinking about what excuses to use to dismiss him, "It's just that the seal is a bit weak after strengthening, and it will be fine after a while. You should go back to the human world first. , complete the task well, or it would be a waste of time to stay here."

Song Lan was dubious, probably because of her intuition, but she was still uneasy.But King Equality is right, his mission has not been completed, and what he should do now is to return to the human world and continue the mission.

King Equality's words reminded him: If Xie Daonian's soul has a problem, then he returns to the human world and helps him collect the remaining soul fragments as soon as possible, isn't it considered a help?

Thinking of this, Song Lan couldn't sit still, and soon said goodbye to King Ping'an, and hurried back to the human world.

Seeing the direction in which he disappeared, King Equality sighed indistinctly, and finally he was able to remove the deliberately pretended smile and put on a sad expression.

Xia Lan, who had been pretending to be a wallflower and not talking since just now, was watching Xia Lan's eyes, nose, nose, nose, and heart, and finally said: "Your Highness, can this... be concealed?"

As the confidant of King Equality, she also knows the actual situation of Xie Daonian.

King Equality sighed heavily, rubbed his eyebrows, shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's hard to say... It depends on whether you can find the Soul Condensation Orb in the heaven."

"However, it has been 3000 years since the Soul Concentrating Orb fell into the endless sea. How many people have searched for it over the millennia, but they all returned empty-handed. This..." Can this be easily found?

"This is the only way," King Equality said with a sad face and self-blame in his eyes, "Maybe I was wrong, I shouldn't have gone to him when his soul hadn't been fully repaired, and let him exhaust his cultivation to go to hell." Strengthen the seal, but ended up with an unstable soul."

"Your Highness, you didn't decide this alone." Xia Lan couldn't bear it, and comforted her, "The Emperor of Heaven also approved... Besides, the Broken Abyss was in critical condition at that time, if the seal was not strengthened in time, if the monster escaped, There will definitely be a bloodbath in the Three Realms, and the situation will be even worse."

"The third prince saved the world's living beings with his own power. This is a great merit. The way of heaven has recorded everything in the record, and he will definitely protect the third prince." Xia Lanhong said softly with eyes.

"I hope so." King Equality sighed softly.