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Who will you be with in this life, hold your hand and live together?

Yan Shixun never thought about this problem.

Before that, he didn't care about it.

Those around me, whether it was Li Chengyun, Zhang Wubing, or other Taoist masters, seemed to be single.Or when Yan Shixun knew them, he already had a partner.

Yan Shixun has never seen them change from being single to having a lover, and he doesn't think there is any problem with being alone. He feels that his current state is very good.

He doesn't like to form karma with others, and because of this, he has been walking around the streets all year round to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits. He has seen too many joys and sorrows, so even himself has become cold.

Why waste time looking for love?There are still too many lives and innocent souls waiting for his help, and when you go back to the small courtyard in your spare time, you can spend it interestingly just reading and sleeping. It seems that there is no extra space for the so-called lover.

Although there are occasional feelings of loneliness, Yan Shixun doesn't think there is any problem with it.

People are always lonely, from birth to death, and when they die, they will walk alone.

Yan Shixun has seen too much life and death, he has become accustomed to it, and deeply believes that he will be celibate until death.

However, Lan Ze and Cheng Jing shook Yan Shixun's perception, and what Lan Ze said to him also made Yan Shixun often unconsciously look at Ye Li with complicated eyes.

This ghost... loves him?

Before coming to Changshou Village, Yan Shixun also sat in the small courtyard, and gradually fell into a suspicious and dazed meditation amid Jing Xiaobao's endorsement, repeatedly recalling what Lan Ze had said to him.

Lan Ze said that no matter how well a person hides, when he truly loves another person, a smile and warmth will show from his eyes, and even his temperament will change.

Although Yan Shixun is far superior to Lan Ze in terms of practice, he is very clear that there is a specialization in art. From Lan Ze and Cheng Jing's daily relationship in Haiyun Temple, it can be seen that Lan Ze is proficient in love and far away from love. more professional than him.

——Although when Lan Ze heard Yan Shixun's reason for humbly asking, he was dumbfounded by Yan Shixun's serious attitude of treating love as the truth that needs to be checked.

Lan Ze bluntly said that Yan Shixun was good at everything, but he didn't have the string of love at all.

How can someone call love a "profession"?

However, thanks to Lan Ze's patient explanation, Yan Shixun gradually realized that maybe Ye Li did treat him differently from others.

If we say that before today, Yan Shixun was still hesitating and skeptical, thinking that even if Ye Li was special to him, it should not be love, but more like mutual support and trust between the priests of Haiyun Temple.

But Ye Li's blunt words at this time shattered all the other guesses in Yan Shixun's mind.

Yan Shixun has no consciousness of loving others or being loved by others, but he is good at uprooting the truth from the smallest details.

At this moment, Yan Shixun looked directly into Ye Li's eyes, taking in the solemnity and earnestness in those eyes.

Yan Shixun realized that Ye Li... loved him.

This realization made Yan Shixun's eyes widen, and the slender fingers hanging by his side bent unconsciously.

Mingming Ye Li's body temperature was slightly cold, but Yan Shixun felt a heat spread from his body, even raising his own temperature, his throat was thirsty and hoarse like a flame was burning.

Yan Shixun looked at Ye Li with complicated eyes, knowing that he was waiting for his answer.

However, his brain is like a ball of wool that has been played with by big cats. His originally smooth and clear thinking is tangled into a mess, and he can't make sense of it. Even his language system is messed up. His usual calmness is gone. no deposit.

Yan Shixun rolled his Adam's apple up and down, a smile appeared on his lips when he didn't realize it.

But when he wanted to say something, his thin red lips opened and closed, but he was suddenly at a loss for words.

Ye Li looked at Yan Shixun with good eyes, but he didn't wait for the other party's answer for a long time.

So he tentatively spread out his arms, and with gentle and slow movements, he hugged Yan Shixun into his arms.

The warm and firm body fell into his arms, like this embrace should have been filled by the other party.

Yan Shixun did not refuse.

Ye Li's arms slowly tightened, and then, like a sigh, he slowly approached Yan Shixun's neck, and the breath he exhaled fell on Yan Shixun's ears and neck.

He watched Yan Shixun's ears and neck turn pink, and his eyes were stained with a smile.

See, his beloved ghost exorcist isn't completely indifferent to him.

Ye Li originally wanted to be the first to speak, but at this moment, Yan Shixun's eyes that had been shattered by water waves suddenly became sharp again.

From the angle of Yan Shixun facing Nancun, he happened to see the changes in the village.

In the originally quiet and peaceful village, in the courtyard next to Grandma Nan's house, an old woman pushed the door and came out.

Her actions were sneaky, and her rolling eyes looked around nervously, as if she was worried that her movements would be seen by the neighbors next to her.

And in her arms, holding a whole bundle of quilts, she tiptoed towards the three-way intersection.

Yan Shixun looked over Ye Li's shoulder and frowned at the old woman walking towards the direction where he was standing.

Together with her movements and the quilt in her arms, Yan Shixun felt strange.

All of a sudden, like a flash of lightning splitting the mind that had just returned the ball of wool, Yan Shixun suddenly opened his eyes wide and realized what was in the old woman's arms.

baby!

Where is the quilt, it is clearly a simple swaddle.

The old woman hurried to the three-way intersection, still murmuring in a low voice: "I don't want to, but who made you a girl. Remember the suffering in this life, and don't come to our house in the next life. Come again I even threw you to death, you have to tell other people when you go back, don’t come to our house if you are a girl doll, you understand..."

As she spoke, the old woman threw the swaddling baby to the intersection with a nervous expression.

Yan Shixun immediately realized that this is a tradition that is gradually disappearing in the southern regions, and at this point in time, it is obviously still being used by Nancun.

According to the ancient and decadent tradition, if someone gave birth to a baby girl and didn't want it, they would throw the baby girl on the road with a lot of traffic outside, and let the passing pedestrians and carriages crush the baby girl to death, crushing the baby girl into a ground meat .

In this way, the baby girl who knows the pain will be afraid of this family, and when she goes to reincarnate, she will tell other souls that the family will kill the baby girl who is born.

In this way, no baby girl would dare to be reincarnated into this family, so this family could give birth to a boy as it wished.

Obviously, from what the old woman said, she wanted to treat the baby girl the same way.

Yan Shixun didn't have time to say anything to Ye Li, so he pushed him away, then quickly ran towards the old woman with his long legs, and subconsciously stretched out his arms, trying to catch the baby girl before it fell to the ground.

Seeing Yan Shixun's actions, Ye Li let him go kindly.

He knew that Yan Shixun was so anxious that he even forgot that this place was still in a dream.

Whether it is an old woman or a baby girl, they all happened 20 years ago, and now they are just redisplayed in front of Yan Shixun's eyes.

It's like a rerun of a slide show.

No matter how anxious you are, how can you enter the scene that has already happened and change the established facts?

Yan Shixun's palm was quickly approaching the swaddling baby that was thrown high and then fell down. He stared at it with bated breath, fearing that he would miss the swaddling baby if he didn't measure the landing point well, causing the baby girl in the swaddling baby to fall to the ground and get hurt.

However, the baby was getting closer and closer to Yan Shixun's palm, but when he subconsciously raised his hand to catch it, it passed straight through his palm, and fell heavily on the ground with a "pop!".

Yan Shixun froze in place.

Like a mass of air that doesn't really exist, but is projected in swaddling form.But how can a person catch something that doesn't exist?

Yan Shixun looked down, and then he found that the baby girl in the swaddle was pale and bloodless, and had obviously died a long time ago.

From the very beginning, what the old woman brought out was a dead body.

Yes.

The tradition of Nancun, corpse sacrifice.

The villagers will enshrine the dead bodies of their family members to the "gods" in Nanming Mountain, so as to beg for other things they want.

And this old woman obviously wanted to use the baby girl's body in exchange for the next time the family gave birth to a boy.

Before Yan Shixun came back to his senses, he suddenly heard a low and angry shout.

"What are you doing!"

The familiar voice made Yan Shixun subconsciously look sideways at Ye Li, but Ye Li just shook his head lightly, then pointed behind him, motioning him to look back.

Yan Shixun's mind, which was messed up by Ye Li's blunt words just now, quickly returned to normal operation, returning to his usual calm and rational state.

——This is Nancun 20 years ago. Everything he saw was a re-projection of what had happened.

The year 20 years ago was called the "ghost year" by many priests and exorcists.

But the one who judges the sin is not the King of Hades who has already disappeared and died.

But Yeli.

The voice he just heard also came from Ye Li 20 years ago.

In a blink of an eye, Yan Shixun smoothed everything out, and he quickly turned around to look back with sharp eyes.

Not far in front of him, Ye Li, who was dressed in black, looked at the old woman with a gloomy face.

All the sins of the soul are invisible under the gaze of Ye Li in black.

The old woman's legs went limp, and she knelt down tremblingly. Although she didn't know who the person who appeared suddenly was, she was almost overwhelmed by the great fear that came from the depths of her soul, and she unconsciously wanted to ask for mercy.

But before the old woman could defend herself tremblingly, Ye Li in black had already looked up at Nancun.

In the eyes of ghosts and gods, the whole village is shrouded in heavy black air, clusters of sins entangle many courtyards, it is the resentment of the dead towards the living, and it also shows the sins of the living.

The Lord of Fengdu was furious.

The originally sunny sky quickly turned gloomy, and the wind howled.

The strong wind passed quickly between the mountains, howling like a group of ghosts crying and wailing.

The sound of chains dragging on the ground came from the depths of the darkness regularly.

The ghost messenger came from Fengdu, following the will of the Lord of Fengdu, to take all the souls of Nancun to Fengdu for trial.

The innocent return to life, while the sinful...

Stay in Fengdu for a long time.

In an instant, the whole Nancun village was full of crying and exclamation.

"What's wrong with you? Talk, don't scare me!"

"Wake up, wake up!"

Every household turned on the lights, but they couldn't resist the darkness spreading under the gloomy sky.

But gradually, the noisy voices in South Village gradually weakened, and in the end, it became a deathly silence.

The wind blows across the village road, and the straw baskets and bones roll over, raising sand and dust.

But there was no one.

All the villagers passed out in their own homes, and their souls were taken away by ghost messengers, one by one, to judge the sins of their lives.

However, there are not many people who can come back.

Yan Shixun saw Grandma Nan, she was the first to push open the door of the courtyard.

Seeing the appearance of the village, and the previous experience of walking through the underworld like a dream, Grandma Nan understood everything.

Her old face was darkened and terribly severe.

Because of the trip to Fengdu, the more pure power of ghosts and gods overwhelmed the top. The original power of the "god" in Nanming Mountain was incomprehensible and self-defeating, and the memory of Grandma Nan who had her hands and feet passively returned to normal.

She thought of the master she met in Nanming Mountain many years ago, the corpses that sank at the bottom of the river, and the never-ending corpse rituals in Nancun.

Grandma Nan looked towards the end of the village road from outside her house, and she saw the tall figure standing silently at the intersection of the three forks.

The man was dressed in black, and his face could not be seen through the extremely low hat.

Grandma Nan knew that this was... the real God.

Trembling, she bowed deeply to the three-way intersection, feeling ashamed that she had been the goddess of Nancun for many years, but she had worked for tigers without knowing it and presided over so many ceremonies.

Grandma Nan made an oath - since this is Nancun's crime, then Nancun should be allowed to end it all.

As a native of Nancun, she has an unshirkable responsibility.

When Grandma Nan got up straight, the three-way intersection was already empty.

The ghosts and gods forgave her and gave her a chance to settle the cause and effect by herself.

And Xiao Nantian had already woken up, rubbed his eyes and walked to Grandma Nan, grabbed the hem of Grandma Nan's clothes and cried out for hunger.

Grandma Nan quickly contacted Nantian's parents who had already left the village, explained to them everything that had happened and now, and handed Xiao Nantian to her parents and sent her out of the village.

Before leaving, Grandma Nan told Xiao Nantian that she must never go near Nanming Mountain and return to Nancun.

She knew very well what kind of formidable enemy she was going to face the master. She led the rest of the Nancun people into the mountain, but never thought that she would be able to come back alive.

And Nantian, as the last Nancun person who witnessed all this, even if she failed to kill Shigong in Nanming Mountain, it would definitely weaken Shigong's power greatly. If Shigong wants to recover, Nantian must inherit the customs of Nancun And the flesh and soul of Grandma Nan to complete the sacrifice again.

Grandma Nan asked Nan Tian to stay far away, not only to protect him, but also to prevent the revival of Master Nan.

On the other hand, the trial of the soul has not stopped.

After seeing that most of Nancun were covered in unforgivable sins, Ye Li 20 years ago was extremely disappointed in the world. In a rage, he expanded the scope of the trial to the entire vicinity of Nanming Mountain.

Although the other villages were in a better situation than Nancun, half of the souls were left in Fengdu because of their sins.

All of a sudden, the supply of coffins in the entire Nanming Mountain area was in short supply, and at the end of the sale, it was not even possible to wrap one's body in straw mats.

Dead bodies litter the fields, and the dead rot in their homes.

Seeing Grandma Nan who had recovered her memory, and seeing the situation near Nanming Mountain, Shigong had a vague guess in his heart.

What he had been dreading all along finally happened.

Ghosts and gods... have noticed Nanming Mountain.

If the ghosts and gods are allowed to investigate, then everything he has done in Nanming Mountain for many years will be in vain.

However, although the master was flustered, he still managed to hold his ground.

After all, his hard work for so many years is not in vain. Even if he is not a god recognized by the world, he has already touched the boundary of the world.If the god of Nanming Mountain is discovered, the power is weak, and there is a high possibility that he will be defeated by him.

After all, the avenue of heaven and earth has collapsed, and the gods must have been weakened.

Master felt that at that time, he could instead step on the god's corpse and become a new god, forcing heaven and earth to recognize him.

The teacher is full of ambition.

He killed Grandma Nan and others who could not compete with him in Nanming Mountain, and became part of his power.Then I saw the black figure that followed.

Twenty years ago, Yeli gave Grandma Nan a chance to make amends. Grandma Nan's death was due to the sins she had committed, so Yeli would not intervene.

But after Grandma Nan died, Ye Li would not let go of the master who pretended to be a god in Nanming Mountain.

Therefore, after Grandma Nan died, Yeli appeared in front of the master.

Master is still eager to see the scene of the death of the god, expecting everything to go according to his plan.

However, the Master, who is not recognized by the world, does not know that even if the Dao was safe and sound a hundred years ago, among all the gods, Ye Li is still the most special one.

After the Dao collapsed, Ye Li became the last remaining ghost because of his uniqueness.

Even Dao couldn't do anything to Ye Li, and the [-] Yin soldiers in Fengdu under Ye Li's command.

What's more, a master who gains power by evil means?

Master Shigong was completely defeated, he fled in a panic and begged for mercy, shaking like chaff under Yeli's terrifying and tyrannical coercion.

But just when Ye Li was about to kill Shigong, Shigong's figure collapsed into a field of chrysanthemum petals and disappeared.

Ye Li sensed the world, but was shocked to find that no matter whether it was Yin and Yang, life or death, there was no figure of Master.

Master seems to have evaporated out of thin air.

Ye Li searched for Nanming Mountain to no avail, so he blocked Nanming Mountain, so that even if Master used special means to escape, he would not be able to escape from Nanming Mountain, and would not have any impact on the outside of the mountain.

Then, Ye Li, who had lost his last hope in the world because of the sins of the villagers near Nanming Mountain, turned around and left Nanming Mountain.

He walked silently in the world, and finally settled in a small town, sitting on the edge of the market, watching the lively fireworks in the world with cold eyes.

Ye Li wanted to see the human world for the last time, and then return to Fengdu, never to step into the human world again.

But he didn't expect that at that market, he met a young boy named Yan Shixun...

Yan Shixun watched everything replay in front of him like a slide show, until finally, all the scenes disappeared, leaving only darkness in the dream, leaving him and Ye Li alone.

And he couldn't recover for a long time.

Ye Li didn't speak, he stared at Yan Shixun fixedly, waiting patiently.

Yan Shixun pursed his lips, slowly raised his eyes, and looked at Ye Li.

Ye Li was already ready to meet Yan Shixun's questions and stop him, such as asking him why he didn't save Grandma Nan, or why he took away the souls of those guilty villagers...

Ye Li knew very well that the judgment he made as a ghost was correct but rational, but not close to the emotions of ordinary people.

Even if Yan Shixun scolded and resented him, he could still understand.

However, Ye Li made all the preparations, but Yan Shixun did not expect Yan Shixun to say: "So the master should have died 20 years ago, but he appeared just now, and turned into a chrysanthemum again? "

Ye Li was a little dazed.

His slender eyelashes trembled slightly, but when he looked up, he saw only Yan Shixun's serious face.

Ye Li read Yan Shixun's thoughts from his eyes.

——Yan Shixun made the same judgment as Ye Li.

Since the evil cause was planted early, and they wanted to use other people's corpses to get what they should not have, and even mutilated young lives, then the evil results should be swallowed by those villagers themselves.

This is the causal loop.

Sins may not be known to outsiders, or even be regarded as normal because the surrounding environment behaves in this way.

However, heaven and earth are always watching the creatures, silently but impartially recording all sins.

And what is not judged in the world...

Hell sentence.

Yan Shixun didn't think there was anything wrong with what Ye Li did 20 years ago. Although the verdict didn't have such things as warmth and soft-heartedness, it was correct.

Otherwise, how can the grievances of the lives killed by the villagers and the souls who cannot be reincarnated be repaid?

Therefore, Yan Shixun did not raise any doubts.

Not to mention the accusations Ye Li was prepared to bear.

Yan Shixun's expression was normal, but Ye Li's eyes widened little by little, and the brilliance flowed in the long and narrow eyes, like the sun and the moon coexisting in them.

Looking at the beloved exorcist in front of him, he only felt a huge surprise blooming in his heart.

This kind of fit of walking in the same way made Ye Li want to hug Yan Shixun tightly in his arms desperately and never let go.

However, Ye Li still understood Yan Shixun's character.

He knew that since Yan Shixun asked this question, he realized that the master did not die and existed outside the dream, so Yan Shixun would definitely leave the dream to chase after the master and protect the life in Nanming Mountain.

If he hugs Yan Shixun at this time, I'm afraid he will be bored by his beloved exorcist, thinking that he is hindering him from saving people.

So Ye Li quickly restrained his impulse, and nodded calmly: "Yes. Twenty years ago, Nan He escaped trial by such a special means, and just now, he did the same thing again. Escape the dream."

Listening to Ye Li's words, Yan Shixun frowned because of that special method.

But suddenly, he recalled the scene when he met Shigong for the first time.

At that time, Shigong did not exist independently, but tore off the village head's human skin and walked out of the village body.

Maybe... Shigong's special method is to use the existence of others to cover the traces of his own existence.

That's why Shigong will only appear in the annual festival of Longevity Village.

Because except for the ceremonies, he hides under other people's skins!

That's why Ye Li couldn't perceive Master from heaven and earth, because Master simply gave up everything just to survive!

Yan Shixun, who had figured everything out, grabbed Ye Li's arm suddenly.

"We also leave the dream immediately."

Yan Shixun looked at Ye Li with sharp eyes: "Even if Master escapes and the Winter Solstice Festival is not completed, he must be reluctant to see the success he has achieved. Greed is his biggest weakness. He must be in Nanming Mountain now!"

Ye Li lowered his eyes and responded with a smile: "Okay, as you said."

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind rose from around Ye Li's body, violently tearing apart the entire dream world.

And Ye Li took a step forward with his long legs, and hugged Yan Shixun into his arms, preventing the wind blade from hurting Yan Shixun in the slightest.

"Bang!", the dream collapsed.

Everything goes to darkness.

Yan Shixun's eyes went dark, and his whole body seemed to fall into the deep sea of ​​consciousness, falling straight down.

However, he could always feel that Ye Li was always by his side, holding him tightly.

Yan Shixun hooked the corners of his lips. He who had always been tense and cautious in dealing with crises, tried to let go for the first time and chose to trust Ye Li.

Yan Shixun, who has always stood at the forefront of danger and protected others, suddenly felt that Ye Li was by his side...

Very reassuring.

His nerves relaxed and he allowed himself to be completely plunged into darkness.

Yan Shixun knew that Ye Li would catch him.

No matter where you are.