shadow pool

I am struggling in the dark world, and I don't know what state I am in now, whether I am about to cross to hell or wander in an unknown space.

The darkness makes people more frightening, and the memory images are unstoppable in my mind, from my birth to my demise.The first half of my life was happy and joyful. Although I was often ridiculed behind my back by my clansmen, I was still the high and mighty Young Master of Huangquan Hell. It was not until I met Yanchi that my world changed.However, in this memory of the first half of my life, I can't see any happiness, only endless sadness and pain.

The ridicule of the people, the scolding of my father, and even the cheers of the people when I fell into the sea of ​​the underworld and lead to the human world, all came from my ears clearly, like the sound of ghosts and demons, it was frightening to hear, Trembling all over.

I have traveled far and far with the torrent of memory, from the first half of my life to the second half of my life when I lost Yanchi, pain is always my partner, especially the moment when Yanchi was abandoned by me, it played out in my mind repeatedly, I seemed to be able to see Yanchi with blood and tears, and asked me desperately why I gave up saving him, why I would rather perish with the Soul-devouring Beast than kill Liu Muting.

I can't answer this question for the rest of my life...

I am a sinner, a sinner who has abandoned his father and his sweetheart. I am doomed to die with pain, to perish in the pain of sorrow and despair.

It's just Yanchi, how much I wish I could hold your hand and die with you before I die, so my heart will feel better.However, Yan Chi must not be willing, he may even shake off my hand, because I abandoned him...

Forget it, just let me go down like this, let me go down like this, let me die like this, then I will be free...

"Get rid of the fart! Yingkong, you bastard, hold on to me, if you dare to die, I won't save your smoke pool!"

smoke pool?Can Yanchi still be saved... Heh, Jiuyao, don't waste your efforts, Yanchi can't be saved...

The noisy voices continued to come from my ears, and my body gradually recovered under the spirit of Jiuyao.

I gradually saw the sun.

It turns out that I didn't die...

Jiu Yao said that he saved me with his own spiritual power, I smiled bitterly after hearing that, grabbed his collar with trembling hands and asked, what are you doing to save me, I don't need your help!

Jiu Yao didn't speak, opened my hand, and asked me seriously with a straight face, do you want to see Yanchi.

think!I'm thinking about it like crazy!

But, I can't see it, I can't see it...

"If you want to see it, you have to stand up for me and live a good life!"

I looked at Jiu Yao in amazement, and I seemed to see sporadic hope in his eyes.

Can Yanchi really come back?

"You don't believe me!"

letter.

I said the word with a smile and closed my eyes tiredly.

I'll hold on until I wake up and see the smoke pool.

I was finally able to fall into a deep sleep with peace of mind, no ghosts and ghosts appeared in my dreams, and no painful memories appeared again.

Yanchi also seemed to be resurrected, appearing vividly in my dream.

I have dreamed many, many things, among which there is no lack of time spent with Yanchi.

I went to sleep with a smile and woke up with a smile.

When the sun pierced my eyes, I saw a person who I had been thinking about day and night for several years, standing in front of me intact.

"Yan... Chi..." My voice was trembling, I stretched out my hand in disbelief, and reached out to the person in front of me.Slowly, we are about to meet, we are about to meet...

I suddenly withdrew my hand and looked at the person in front of me in astonishment.I am afraid that the person in front of me is just a bubble, once touched it will turn into a bubble and disappear without a trace.

"Kong, it's me, Yanchi. I'm back..."

Warm hands covered my palms, and the temperature passed along the close palms. I stared blankly at the two hands holding each other, and couldn't believe it.

There's a temperature, it's real, really...

"Yanchi..." I choked up and touched the face of the person in front of me, and followed his eyebrows and eyes with my fingertips.Yanchi is as handsome as when I met him back then, with the same facial features, the same gentleness, and the same unforgettable.

I suddenly pulled him into my arms and hugged him tightly.

I burst into tears, hoarse exhausted.Even if it is a dream or a flash in the pan, I can hug him with my human hands, I am enough, enough!

"Yanchi... Yanchi!" How many years have I waited, how many years have I been crazy, just to embrace him.

I let go of him, held his face and pressed a deep kiss on it.I don't know how to kiss people, my actions were very rude, and I bit his lips a little bit, but the smell of blood made me feel his presence more clearly.

"Yanchi, you are back, you are back..."

Yanchi didn't speak, and kept hugging me and weeping in a low voice.

We crazily embraced and kissed each other crazily, as if we were going to hug each other until the end of time, and we were going to kiss until the sea dries up.

I don't know how long we have been together, but I finally let go of Yanchi after a long time.

My eyes were dim with tears, I wanted to ask Yanchi a lot, but when the words came to my lips, I was speechless.

Yan Chi smiled bitterly, and put his pillow into my arms, slowly telling the story of his resurrection word by word.

It turned out that Jiuyao took me to Tianji Island, and with the help of Tian Shi, he used the soul-resurrection technique and the soul-calling flag that he had brought from the Forest of Spirit Qi to bring back the soul of Yanchi.

Summoning soul banners, what a ridiculous fate.Back then, I used the soul-calling banner given by the Soul-devouring Beast to attract the ferocious beast with the intention of killing Liu Muting. Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, this thing that I used to harm people turned out to be Yanchi's life-saving treasure.

I couldn't say it for a while, looking at Jiu Yao, I felt extremely guilty.

"Jiu Yao, I'm sorry." This is my apology from the bottom of my heart.

I have harmed them, hurt them, and in the end they not only helped me, but also saved Yanchi. How can I express my gratitude in a few words.

I wanted to thank Jiu Yao with my sincerest thanks, but Jiu Yao declined. He looked at me meaningfully, his eyes full of complex expressions.

He said: "Yingkong, living for me is the greatest gratitude to me!"

At that time, I thought he was encouraging me because he was afraid of my suicide, so I smiled and replied to him that I would definitely live a good life.

However, when I returned to Huangquan Hell with Yanchi and was reunited with my father not long ago, I didn't know the meaning of Jiu Yao's words.

I am a sinner, a sinner between heaven and earth.

Because of my emotions, I released the Soul-devouring Beast in private, causing countless deaths and injuries in the world. The Emperor of Heaven was furious and wanted to take my life, break up the seven souls and six souls, and never be reborn forever.

When the news came, I was very calm, I had expected this kind of ending long ago, I was willing to die, but I was worried about Yanchi.

The people of the Emperor of Heaven are about to come and take me away, so I don't struggle, I say to my father, let them take me away, I will pay for the crime I committed alone.After I leave, please take care of Yanchi for me.

That day, Yanchi cried until his heart broke, hugged me and kept calling my name.

That day, I hugged Yanchi, and I finally integrated with Yanchi.

On that day, it was only three days since Liyan Pond came back to life.

☆、【Extra Story】·The ending

Unexpectedly, just when I thought my life would be completely over, I was rescued.

My father earnestly begged the Emperor of Heaven for mercy, and Liu Muting, who has become a fairy, also begged the Emperor of Heaven to spare my life.In the end, out of kindness, the Emperor of Heaven spared my life, but I can be spared the crime of death, but I cannot escape the crime of living.

The Emperor of Heaven punished me to be punished by thunder every five days, until my sins were redeemed before I could be exonerated.And I must guard Huangquan Hell for the rest of my life, and I cannot leave the world again.

When Tianlei was under the skin, the pain mercilessly tormented my body and mind. During the whole process, I held Yanchi's hand tightly, trying to vent the pain by relying on the warmth of his palm.

When the punishment was over, I was so painful that I collapsed into Yanchi's arms, unconscious.

I don't know how long I slept before I woke up in a cold sweat, and Yanchi wiped my sweat by my side.

"Kong, are you awake?"

I nodded with difficulty, held Yan Chi's hand, and wanted to say something, but I couldn't speak because the pain hadn't subsided, even my lips were trembling.

"Come, drink some hot water." Yan Chi lifted me up, let me rest on his shoulder, and carefully fed me water spoon by spoon.

Under the warm water, I felt much more comfortable. I greedily inhaled the smell of Yanchi, and rubbed his cheek weakly: "Yanchi, it hurts so much."

Yan Chi held my hand tightly, and smoothed my hair with a complicated expression: "With me by my side, I won't be afraid of any more pain."

"Yanchi..." For some reason, I burst into tears.During those hundreds of years, every time I finished killing someone, I would feel so much pain that I could even see the person I killed in my dreams demanding his life with a ferocious face.Those days were simply a cruel torture.

At that time, I most hope to hear the voice of Yanchi, let him hug me and say "not afraid".

Unfortunately, at that time, it was very difficult for me to even meet him.

I hear it now, but I'm afraid I won't hear it again the next moment.

"Yanchi, will you go?"

Huangquan Hell is full of ghosts, and Yanchi, as a human being, cannot exist here forever.

Yanchi covered my hand and smiled: "You have worked hard for me for many years, so why can't I work hard for you for a few years to become an immortal soul body?"

"Yanchi, you..." I opened my eyes wide in astonishment, unable to believe it.How could ordinary people be able to cultivate the immortal soul? Because it lives forever, ordinary people would have to go through extraordinary ordeals if they wanted to practice it.

Yan Chi didn't care, he pressed my mouth, and lightly kissed it: "If you can do it, I can do the same. I've made up my mind, you don't have to say it anymore. Kong, you are struggling Wait for me for a hundred years, but wait for me for a few more years."

I smiled bitterly, I have been waiting for so many years, so why am I afraid of waiting for a few more years.

Yan Chi smiled gratifiedly, stroked my eyebrows, and brought his lips up...

After that day, I spent a few days with Yanchi, and he lay in my arms, saying that he was conscious when he was inside the soul-devouring beast and could hear my call, but he couldn't express his thoughts.

He also said that he has been waiting for me, but not waiting for me to save him, but waiting for me to give up saving him and go back to the right path.

I have been listening silently, not saying a word, only kissing him excitedly when I am sad.

In the past few days, we have talked a lot, happy, sad, and even painful.I seem to have returned to the time when I first met Yanchi, but although the person is there, the feeling is no longer there.

We still love each other, but because I have a human body and my maturity, our relationship is no longer pure.

The once ignorant and youthful feelings no longer exist, and now I am no longer that silly skeleton in Yanchi's eyes, but a real man.

Such a result made Yanchi unable to accept it for a while.He still kept touching my head and sighed that he really missed that silly little skull.

For this reason, I angrily blocked his words with my mouth.

Little Skull is the best memory between us, but after the passage of time, it can only become a good memory.

Later, in order to cultivate the body of an immortal soul, Yanchi asked my father about the cultivation method. Although my father tried his best to stop him, he couldn't resist Yanchi's insistence.

In order to complete the cultivation smoothly and get rid of distracting thoughts, Yan Chi bid farewell to me and entered the secret room to practice.I reluctantly kissed Yan Chi goodbye, and seeing him enter the secret room, I also turned and left.

This is a huge gamble between us, whether we can stay with Yanchi depends entirely on this gamble.

Fortunately, Yanchi won the bet.

In just a few months, Yanchi survived that painful time by relying on his extraordinary ability and willpower, walked out of the secret room, and walked in front of me in a spirit body of the same kind.

We looked at each other for a while, hugging and weeping.

I smelled the same kind of smell in him, Yanchi succeeded, and he was finally able to be with me.

I held Yanchi's hand with a full smile, and I asked Yanchi if he was suffering or not, and if he was tired.

He smiled and said that no matter how hard and tired he is, it can't compare to what I did for him back then.

I didn't say anything, and kissed him deeply.

I thought our family could be reunited, but the reality gave me another blow.

My father is old, because I released the Soul-devouring Beast back then, causing chaos in the Underworld, my father needs to spend more energy to maintain the order of the Underworld.Over a long period of time, the tremendous pressure and the extremely depleted spiritual power have worn down his body.

Decades later, the father finally couldn't hold on and left.

Before leaving, he passed to me the Underworld Hell and his remaining spiritual power, patted my hand and said, "My son, you must be happy..."

I was speechless and could only hold Yanchi's hand tightly without saying a word.

Father Wang left with a smile, but I sent him away crying.

That night, I hugged Yanchi and cried heartbreakingly.

I am a sinner, an unfilial son, and a person who does not deserve happiness.

My royal father was indirectly killed by me. I am so unfilial, how can I have the right to enjoy happiness.

Yanchi didn't comfort me, but only gave me a handkerchief when I was crying so badly, and wiped away my tears.But in a blink of an eye, the handkerchief was wet again by me.

I couldn't sleep all night, holding Yanchi tossed and turned, I kept asking Yanchi if I was a failure, Yanchi didn't answer, just asked me, do you regret it.

I can't even answer.

The word regret has never appeared in my mind. At that time, I only thought that if I want to save Yanchi, I must save Yanchi, and then I was so impulsive.

Yan Chi didn't ask any more questions.

After deeply burying my father, I took Yan Chi's hand and walked towards the throne of the Lord of the Underworld.

I am now the Lord of Huangquan Hell, the king of undead souls, and even the undead souls who laughed at me will submit to me, because I have the supreme right.

I am a sinner and an unfilial son. My sins cannot be redeemed for the rest of my life. The only thing I can do is to protect this piece of hell that I have destroyed.From then on, Huangquan Hell is me, and I am Huangquan Hell.

When I live, it lives; when I die, it dies.

I will live forever here.

I asked Yan Chi if you regret leaving the vast human world and living with me in this dark place.

Yanchi asked me back, do you regret it? Do you regret that because of your own fault, you have been stationed in Huangquan Hell forever?

I held Yan Chi's hand tightly, and met his eyes.

I will not answer this question.

Because the answer to this question is too brutal for me to answer.

I will bear the shameful mark of a felony all my life, and I will not be able to get rid of my crime until ten thousand years, until I am wiped out.

I am a sinner, and I am still an unfilial son. I deserve to spend this life in the pain of sin, and in the condemnation of my conscience.

Fortunately, suffering and happiness are forever.

I still have Yanchi, and he accompanied me through the days of guilt and pain.

I am enough.

The author has something to say: this story ends here completely, and Yingkong’s ending is already doomed in "Xianlu". He is a truly tragic character, because his fault alone caused the tragedy in the world. It also indirectly led to the departure of his father.So while he enjoys happiness, he is also accompanied by physical and mental pain.Therefore, I think that writing here is the best ending. As for his offspring, whether the pain is more than the happiness, or the happiness is more than the pain, it is up to us to imagine.

Below is a picture of the shadow space of a human figure, thank you for the artist Kagura~