Lord Tianshi, please take your seat

A snowflake drifted past and landed on the wall of the tower, but it quickly melted away.

When I looked up, I found that there were light snowflakes visible to the naked eye in the sky, and the early winter came quietly.And Xia Chuyu hadn't seen Zhong Wanning for a long time.

The new Patriarch of the Zhong family, plus he is still a practitioner of the Heavenly Master's seal, there is an endless stream of people who come to pay a visit to the Tianshi's mansion every day.The Zhong family still has hundreds of disciples waiting for the patriarch to take care of them, and it must be extremely hard work.

These news, Xia Chuyu is only hearsay.

Le Zhen has a lively personality, and with Xia Chuyu's backing, no ghost dares to bully him, and soon became one with all the ghosts in the city.

It was rare for Le Zhen not to go to the streets to play today, but came to Xia Chuyu who was watching on the city wall all day.

"Sister Chuyu, it's snowing." Le Zhen floated excitedly in front of Xia Chuyu.

Nodding her head, reaching out to reach for it, the snowflakes fell straight through her hand, and Xia Chuyu's eyes were also a bit lonely.

Seeing Xia Chuyu like this, Le Zhen knew what she was thinking.Since Zhong Wanning left, she has been waiting on the tower every day, staring into the distance in a daze.

"Sister Chuyu, if you miss your lord, why don't you go to her?"

Xia Chuyu shook her head, now that the two of them are in their identities, how should they find her.

If Xia Chuyu really showed up at Zhong's house, how would Zhong Wanning deal with herself? Of course, she knew how Zhong Wanning would choose, but she didn't want Zhong Wanning to fall into that situation.

"Loyalty and righteousness are often difficult to have both. Choosing this thing, you will only get entangled when you want it." Lin Hexiang did not know when she appeared behind the two, and at this moment she was also walking slowly, Looking at the snow falling outside: "It's been several months before I know it, and it's already winter."

Xia Chuyu nodded and said hello: "Senior."

Lin Hexiang responded with a smile: "Emotions are very complicated. You can bear the pain, and you can't bear it."

Hearing this, Xia Chuyu laughed: "Senior, you have guarded this ghost city for several years, and you are enduring the pain?"

But we obviously lost our hearts early on, so why does it still hurt.

Lin Hexiang didn't answer, and looked at an unknown place in the distance: "Many times, I insist on righteousness, but it's just because I can't bear it."

Xia Chuyu bit her lip, feeling sore in her heart, why couldn't she be reluctant.

After exhaling, Xia Chuyu turned around and said, "Senior, I'm going out for a walk."

Lin Hexiang nodded, and grabbed Le Zhen who was about to leave with Xia Chuyu: "Let her walk alone."

Sitting on the wall, Le Zhen nodded ignorantly.

Xia Chuyu was usually scared, and all the ghosts in the city fled in all directions after seeing Xia Chuyu coming.

On the wide street, only Xia Chuyu was left walking silently.Before I knew it, I reached the gate of the city.

The gates of the ghost town are open all year round, because no one dares to enter.

After standing at the gate tower for a long time, Xia Chuyu finally stepped out of the city gate.

Standing on the same spot, looking up, some white snow has accumulated on the top of the city, covering the word "Nanman" somewhat vaguely.

There was a click in the forest, as if someone had stepped on a branch.

"Who?"

Xia Chuyu sounded alert, and swept it away with the wind in her palm.

The familiar white corners of the clothes quickly passed by, Xia Chuyu was overjoyed for no reason, and followed behind.

Zhong's house with white lime bricks in Qingyan, with snow falling on the top of the mountain.

Indoors, Zhong Wanning, who hadn't seen her for several months, had a bit of majesty on her body, which made people afraid to approach her casually.Sitting in front of the desk, there are some opened books in front of him.

There was a knock on the door, and Ye Zhinan also pushed the door in: "Senior Sister, it's snowing outside, I brought you some charcoal fire."

"Yeah." Zhong Wanning put down the book, got up and took the charcoal basin from Ye Zhinan's hand: "I'll do it."

Ye Zhinan shook his head, and when he saw the books scattered in front of the desk, he took the charcoal basin away silently: "I'll let me do this little thing, the senior sister has been busy these few months, it's time to take a good rest."

While speaking, he quickly put the charcoal fire into the stove next to him.

Ever since Zhong Dan passed away and Zhong Wanning took over as Zhong's family, Ye Zhinan seemed to have grown up suddenly, she had changed from her previous noisy temperament, and she took care of some trivial matters in Tianshi's mansion, and sometimes she saw disciples frolicking They will come forward to reprimand you a few words.

The room filled with charcoal fire began to warm up slowly, Ye Zhinan put together the books scattered on the floor: "I can read these books anytime, if you have time, sister, let's rest first."

While talking, Ye Zhinan was busy with things, because the speed was a little fast, he accidentally dropped a few books.

Just about to bend down to pick it up, Zhong Wanning picked it up first: "I'll take a rest after reading this, you can go to Luo Sheng's side to see if there are any invitations from the past few days."

Speaking of this, Ye Zhinan pouted: "These people from Tianshi's Mansion are really real. They rushed to Zhong's house after gathering. I have never seen them so attentive before."

After finishing the words, he also realized that what he said was wrong, and after seeing Zhong Wanning's expression remained the same, he felt relieved: "Then I'll go and see Luo Sheng, Senior Sister, remember to rest."

After speaking, he closed the door and left.

After returning to his seat and doing the job, Zhong Wanning casually read the book he picked up just now.

This book is the book of forbidden techniques used by Zhong Dangu to activate the mountain protection formation before his death.Seeing the familiar words in the dream, Zhong Wanning's expression darkened.

Flipping back, a familiar pattern attracted her to stop.

The drawing on the book is exactly the style of the Guiyuan Talisman, but it is obviously different. The normal charm has lines in each of the eight directions.But on this picture, the lines in the middle are a few more strokes than the ordinary Guiyuan Fu, destroying the original form.

It seems that in the tomb that Mo Tianchen was guarding before, this spell was pasted on the coffin.

Thinking of this, Zhong Wanning quickly flipped through the pages of the book, and sure enough, she saw another pattern, which was the pattern on the stone wall in the Clothes Tomb.

There is an empty piece in the middle of the formation, and the textures on the edge of the outer circle are criss-crossed, like water, supporting the middle disc.

"Reversal and return to the original formation..." Zhong Wanning murmured out the words in the book.

Reversal and return to the original, after the soul body is nourished and strengthened, it can be sealed in the body of the deceased to protect the body from corruption.And the soul and body return to their place, and they are brought back to life...

After reading this, Zhong Wanning jumped at the table.She had always suspected that Lin Hexiang had passed away for a long time, and her soul body had dissipated long ago (because Zhong Wanning didn't know that the owner of the ghost town was Lin Hexiang), even if Mo Tianchen wanted to revive her, it would be useless without her soul body, why? Still have to work hard on this formation.

Now it seems that Mo Tianchen simply wanted to seal Xia Chuyu's soul in Lin Hexiang's body to preserve her body.Human death and rotting flesh cannot be changed. Even with spells and ice coffins, it can only be maintained for a short time, so Mo Tianchen will practice this method.

After thinking this through, Zhong Wanning didn't dare to delay, and quickly got up to go down the mountain.

Luo Sheng, who sent the greeting card, was just about to knock on the door when he saw the door being kicked open forcefully, and immediately patted his frightened little heart: "Senior sister, this greeting card..."

Zhong Wanning only glanced at it: "Go back first."

After speaking, he flew away.

Seeing Zhong Wanning's disappearing figure, Luo Sheng wondered why this matter was so urgent.

The boots stopped at the gate of the ghost city, and the strong spiritual power around him attracted hundreds of ghosts to circle around.Seeing the black resentment gathered in the sky, Zhong Wanning stepped into the legendary ghost town where celestial masters would stay away.

The celestial master's seal on the forehead began to emit light faintly, and the dust rose from under the feet, and the ghosts in front of the bully were bounced away, and no part of her clothes were stained.

Just when Zhong Wanning wondered why Xia Chuyu's aura was not felt in the city, two spirals of wind began to circle on the ground in front of him, one from the left and one from the right, and when the breeze dissipated, Dan Qing and Dan Shu stood in place with their swords in their arms .

Zhong Wanning was also a little surprised: "Tianshi?"

After taking over as Patriarch, she also studied many sects of celestial masters, and recognized at a glance that the robes of the two belonged to the Lin family.

Before she could open her mouth to ask, a loud and clear voice came from the city tower: "I'm surprised that you, a celestial master, dare to break into this ghost city alone that everyone avoids."

After finishing speaking, Lin Hexiang appeared in front of Zhong Wanning.

She looked up and down at the person in front of her. She had tall black hair, straight robes, and a face like a crown of jade. It was indeed worth Xia Chuyu's months of looking forward to on the tower.

"He came to look for her?" Lin Hexiang asked, she was naturally referring to Xia Chuyu.

Zhong Wanning could tell at a glance that Lin Hexiang was the soul body, but seeing the two celestial masters following behind her, she was puzzled.

It could be seen that Zhong Wanning was puzzled, and Lin Hexiang was not too embarrassed: "Let Miss Xia tell you about me."

Seeing Zhong Wanning's slightly bright eyes when she heard Xia Chuyu's name, she covered her mouth and smiled lightly, whether she was still young or couldn't hide what was on her mind: "Miss Xia is not in the city at the moment, why are you here?" skillful."

Zhong Wanning was stunned: "She...is not here."

"I can still lie to you." Lin Hexiang nodded with a smile: "It's probably because you have neglected him for several months, and it is not impossible to run away in a fit of anger."

Such an obvious joke made Zhong Wanning turn her head shyly: "Senior, do you know when she left?"

"I've been walking for a while, do you want to wait for her in my city?" Lin Hexiang looked at the ghosts that gathered in the sky because of Zhong Wanning's arrival while saying this: "Your yang energy is enough to kill me. All the ghosts in this city, I'm afraid it's not right to wait in this city."

Xia Chuyu has a shield amulet on her body, and Zhong Wanning doesn't intend to wait in this city: "Your junior can find it by himself, please trouble senior."

Hearing this, Lin Hexiang still smiled and nodded: "That's fine, then go quickly, Miss Xia is looking forward to your coming every day."

Before leaving, Zhong Wanning took a look at the Danqing Danshu still quietly guarding behind Lin Hexiang, and asked, "Does senior know Mu Xiulin's family?"

Muxiu is another name of the Lin family, and it is also the name of the Lin family's family badge. The Danqing Danshu is behind her at this moment, and Lin Hexiang doesn't intend to hide it: "Naturally, speaking of it, I was also from the Lin family before my death."

Zhong Wanning didn't delve into it, nodded, and took out the forbidden book from his arms: "Senior, please read the Reversal Return to Yuan Formation in this book. After all, what Mo Tianchen did is related to the Lin family."

After handing the book to Lin Hexiang, Zhong Wanning turned and left.

With the departure of the "living yang energy tank", the ghosts circling in the sky began to boil, all screaming unwillingly.

Lin Hexiang pressed her up for a while: "Why are you arguing, the yang energy of others is not for you to absorb."

The deterrent power of a generation of city lords is still enough, the voice fell, and all the ghosts scattered.

But Lin Hexiang looked at the formation in the book, and fell into deep thought: "Reversal and return to the original formation..."

Clothes Tsukauchi

Mo Tianchen looked at the people in the coffin with crazy eyes: "I have finally waited for this day. If it wasn't for the shield amulet that got in the way, I would have succeeded long ago."

As he spoke, he looked aside, Xia Chuyu who had already fallen into a hallucination.

That's right, the corner of the clothes that Xia Chuyu saw at the gate was not Zhong Wanning, but Mo Tianchen's illusion. At this moment, Xia Chuyu was bewildered, and she stood there quietly like a puppet.

Mo Tianchen half-kneeled beside Lin Hexiang's coffin: "Mother, I will succeed soon, after today, you can always be by my side."

After finishing speaking, he snapped his fingers, and Xia Chuyu walked to the stone wall like a puppet on a string.

Mo Tianchen stood up and pointed his fingers at the formation on the stone wall. The dark green light bloomed instantly, and Xia Chuyu's feet formed a semicircle, imprisoning her inside.

A bewitching voice controlled her: "Jie, undo this hindering spell, and you can get everything you want."

Following Mo Tianchen's words, Xia Chuyu put his hand on his abdomen, and the charm gave off a faint golden light, and Xia Chuyu uncovered a corner.

The spiritual power in his hand was still pouring into the half circle surrounding Xia Chuyu, and Xia Chuyu was also being controlled, slowly removing the spell.

Seeing that the Royal Shield Talisman was about to be peeled off, there was a loud noise above his head.With a bang, the familiar scene was repeated.

I saw Zhong Wanning was still holding the spell in his right hand, and he had landed lightly.The hole that was destroyed by Zhong Wanning last time was broken by her again at this moment.

But after all, it was a step too late, the spell had already been removed, and it fell powerlessly to the ground.

The formation on the stone wall is exactly the same as the one in the book, except that the blank space in the middle has been engraved with the Muxiu pattern belonging to the Lin family.

The line of sight accurately caught Xia Chuyu in front of the stone wall, and Zhong Wanning shouted: "Ah Chu!"

Seeing the spell fall to the ground, Mo Tianchen finally smiled triumphantly: "Useless Zhong Wanning, she can't hear you."

After finishing speaking, he ignited the semicircle surrounding Xia Chuyu, and in an instant a dark green flame ignited.But Xia Chuyu, who had fallen into an illusion, didn't move a single bit.

Zhong Wanning was a little flustered, she held the money sword and slashed at Mo Tianchen, wanting to take the opportunity to go to Xia Chuyu's side and bring her out.

However, Mo Tianchen dodged the move, and he took out the Yin-eating Orb: "Spiritual power can't beat you, what about resentment power?"

After finishing speaking, Mo Tianchen held the bead in his hand, all the power of resentment penetrated into his body in an instant, and the strength of his whole body skyrocketed.

Tens of thousands of grievances have been absorbed in the Yin Devouring Pearl, and now all these grievances are gathered together, Zhong Wanning cannot be defeated by herself.

Seeing that the dark green ball was still burning, Zhong Wanning was so anxious at the moment, when she was distracted, she was hit by Mo Tianchen's palm.

"Ah Chu, wake up!" Unable to get close to Xia Chuyu, Zhong Wanning could only shout, hoping to wake Xia Chuyu up.

"It's useless to say it!" After Mo Tianchen finished speaking, he immediately became ruthless, and grabbed Zhong Wanning's money sword with his bare hands, but he didn't scratch the money sword at all due to his resentment. After exerting force, the money sword immediately dropped from his hand .

Xia Chuyu only felt that she had a dream. This dream was so real that she really didn't want to wake up.

When she opened her eyes, she was standing at the door of the Xia Mansion, which had been sealed long ago.

Before she realized what was going on, Xia's father stood at the door and called her: "Chuyu, where did you go to play? You are a girl who goes out all day."

"father?"

Looking at the familiar face in disbelief, he watched Father Xia walking towards him and took her hand.

"Why is this kid ignoring others? The master said you smashed the piano again, right?"

Xia Chuyu grasped this real feeling: "Father, I'm very obedient."

"Yo, I haven't said anything about you yet, why did I start crying." Father Xia wiped away the tears for Xia Chuyu who was dumbfounded: "What's the matter? This is, who bullied our girl?"

Shaking his head, he dragged Father Xia into the mansion.

It is still a familiar environment, everything that is familiar, as if before, is just a dream.

"Chu."

Xia Chuyu, who hadn't gotten used to all this, suddenly heard another voice, still as clear as mint, and when she looked up, she saw Zhong Wanning smiling at herself from the corridor.

The sun was shining on one of her shoulders, and the embroidery of the flowing clouds seemed to be really floating into the sky.

"Wan Lemon."

"What is this for? Didn't you bring the person back by yourself? Why don't you dare to go forward at this moment."

Father Xia looked at Xia Chuyu who was standing there blankly, and joked with a smile.

Glancing at Father Xia, Xia Chuyu stepped forward, and Zhong Wanning held her hand in a timely manner.

This is a feeling that Xia Chuyu has never experienced before. It is a real and down-to-earth touch, and it belongs to the warmth of being alive.

However, she was obviously dead.

She let go of Zhong Wanning's hand and looked back at all of this. There were still her favorite morning glories planted in the corner of the yard, but these should not have existed.

"Ah Chu! Ah Chu!" anxious voices came again and again.

who?Who is calling me?

When Xia Chuyu looked, all she could see was her father who was smiling.

"Ah Chu, wake up!"

The heart-piercing sound no longer resembled the warm spring breeze in the past.

"Night Lemon!"

With a jerk, Xia Chuyu opened her eyes, and finally regained consciousness.

But the moment he opened his eyes, what he saw was Zhong Wanning being knocked to the ground with a palm, spitting out blood.

"Wan Ning!" Xia Chuyu wanted to step forward, but the sea of ​​flames in front of her surrounded her, making it difficult for her to move forward.

Seeing that Xia Chuyu finally woke up, Zhong Wanning smiled, but there was blood on the corner of her mouth. This smile was not very beautiful.

"So what if I wake up, the Royal Shield Talisman has been broken, and I'm about to succeed!"

After finishing speaking, Mo Tianchen directly activated the formation on the stone wall.

Zhong Wanning waved her sleeves, taking advantage of Mo Tianchen's passing, without the slightest hesitation, went straight through the sea of ​​flames, and stood beside Xia Chuyu.

The hot flames scorched the two of them, Xia Chuyu frowned and blamed, her voice choked up: "Are you stupid, why did you come here like this?"

"Because it's you."

These words are not like her, they are not frivolous and explicit, but they are heart-warming.

Wrapping Xia Chuyu's waist with one hand, he wrapped the person in his arms, blocked the flames with his body, and brought the person out.

Standing still, Xia Chuyu was a little worried: "Are you okay?"

Shaking his head: "Nothing."

Looking at Zhong Wanning's unchanged face for thousands of years, he was still a little puzzled, because he had clearly heard a muffled groan just now.

Before she could ask any more questions, Mo Tianchen's resentment attacked.

Xia Chuyu captured it out of the corner of her eye, and raised her hand to counteract the attack with strength.

Looking at Mo Tianchen again, the dark lines had already climbed up his face, it was hopeless.

"Tianchen, stop."

A voice came, and when Xia Chuyu looked again, she couldn't help saying happily: "Senior."

Lin Hexiang stood still and nodded at Xia Chuyu.

Looking at Mo Tianchen in front of her, Lin Hexiang's heart ached extremely: "It's me, the mother, who is sorry for you."

A familiar face appeared in front of his eyes, but Mo Tianchen smiled presumptuously: "This is an illusion, don't try to confuse me!"

Xia Chuyu shook her head: "Mo Tianchen, this is your mother, it's not some illusion, take a good look."

Lin Hexiang walked to Mo Tianchen's side: "My child, I am your mother."

"Impossible, my mother is already dead!" Mo Tianchen retreated, shouting at Lin Hexiang.

Lin Hexiang nodded: "Yes, I'm already dead. So Tianchen, don't let this obsession weigh you down."

Mo Tianchen grabbed Lin Hexiang's hand: "No, no, I've found a way, as long as, as long as there is this reverse return to the original formation, your body will not rot, and you will not die."

The negative reaction became more and more serious on him. Seeing that Mo Tianchen was about to go mad, Lin Hexiang had tears in his eyes: "My child, promise mother, I will never go down this wrong path again in the future."

After finishing speaking, she raised her hand and touched Mo Tianchen's forehead.

"Over the years, I have stabilized the soul body with mental methods, and the spirit body is pure, which can just relieve your backlash."

As if sensing something, Mo Tianchen resisted a little: "I don't want it, I don't want it! You abandoned me back then, and now you are going to abandon me again, right?"

Lin Hexiang pursed her lips, her own child missed his growth, and abandoned him in front of his eyes again and again.

"Tianchen, I'm sorry, but my mother hopes that you can let go of your obsessions and live a good life." As she spoke, she accelerated the speed of purification: "I wanted to sacrifice the array back then, but I just didn't want your father to leave. On a road of no return."

"Speaking of which, you father and son have similar temperaments, they are both so paranoid." Saying this, Lin Hexiang couldn't help laughing: "Mother really loves you, my child."

After saying this, Lin Hexiang exerted a little force in his hand, and Mo Tianchen passed out.

Turning around, she looked at Xia Chuyu who was standing supporting Zhong Wanning: "Miss Xia, can I ask you something."

Xia Chuyu nodded: "Senior, you are too serious, so just say it."

"This child has done many wrong things and hurt you, but as a mother, can I ask you not to kill him?"

Glancing at Mo Tianchen who was fainted on the ground, and then looking up at Zhong Wanning, under Lin Hexiang's expectant gaze, Xia Chuyu nodded: "Okay, I promise you."

After getting the answer, Lin Hexiang smiled in relief: "Okay, I'm relieved now."

Lin Hexiang's body began to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye, Xia Chuyu was a little taken aback: "Senior, you..."

Looking down at the body that had already started to disappear, Lin Hexiang shook her head: "Don't be sad, the road has come to an end, you always have to leave."

As she spoke, she looked at the two standing shoulder to shoulder: "In this world, there are always coming and going, so life is endless."

After the last word was finished, Lin Hexiang disappeared before the two of them. The people who had guarded the city for decades did not leave even a trace behind.

"senior!"

Xia Chuyu watched the dissipated light and shadow, unable to calm down for a long time.