Zhuxian Ertianhuo

The next day, the morning light fell.The coffin lid was completely covered on the coffin, and Yan Xiaoan was still lying on the coffin lid and sleeping soundly.Looking at everything in front of him, it was as if nothing happened last night, only Su Zhixin had come out of the coffin at some point, and was quietly waiting by the side.He eats dry food and jerky, and drinks light, almost tasteless sake when he gets thirsty.

Until the sun passes through the sky, it will sink into the West Mountain again.Su Zhixin never left, and Yan Xiaoan seemed to have entered the void in a dream, and he still hasn't woken up.

The autumn wind is bleak, the grass is withered and yellow, and the white clouds are lying before the sunset, and there are pieces of fallen leaves rolled up from time to time.It was getting dark, Su Zhixin had already survived the whole day alone, and now that night was about to fall, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, and unconsciously wanted to get closer to Yan Xiaoan.

Turning over into the coffin, she sat beside Yan Xiaoan, looking at his immature face tenderly, it was so delicate, and felt that if he had long hair, he must be a girl prettier than herself. "Hee hee, then can I call him sister?" Thinking of this, he laughed unconsciously.

He took the green cloth towel and gently wiped his face with sake **, inadvertently found that the color and material of the cloth towel seemed to be the same as his clothes, and upon closer inspection, the cloth towel turned out to be a corner of his clothes.

Yan Xiaoan's eyebrows trembled slightly, Su Zhi was startled, took off the cloth towel and jumped off the coffin, Yan Xiaoan opened his eyes after a while.

"You're awake!" Saying this, he hurriedly stuffed the cloth towel into his arms.

"Uh..." Xu had slept for too long, so he shook his head for a while before regaining consciousness.

"Not good..." Yan Xiaoan shuddered suddenly, turned over with only one hand and got out of the coffin. Almost at the same time, a black light flashed, and a jet-black snake tooth emitting a thick black light was already hanging on his chest, looking at him vigilantly. All around, except for the gusts of autumn wind, the grass and trees are rustling, and only the afterglow of the setting sun is scattered.Nothing out of the ordinary.

Only then did Yan Xiaoan heave a sigh of relief, and Wu Guang put it back in his sleeve in a flash.He looked up at the sun, then at Su Zhixin who was astonished, and said, "How long have I been asleep?"

Su Zhixin was taken aback for a moment before he came back to his senses, raised his head and thought for a while, and said, "About ten hours."

"What?" Yan Xiaoan was startled, frowned, looked around again, and hurriedly asked: "Did anything happen during the period? Or was there someone here?"

Su Zhixin stared blankly at Yan Xiaoan for a long time, then shook his head lightly, "No..no.Yes. When I woke up, you were still lethargic."

Yan Xiaoan was even more puzzled, and looked suspiciously at the intact coffin, and then at Su Zhixin, his brows were furrowed, and he didn't take his eyes off for a long time.Su Zhixin tiptoed to the side, but didn't say a word.

Yan Xiaoan finally looked away, didn't ask any more questions, returned to the coffin, shook his head, feeling the mess inside, then took a deep breath, stroked the bell with his left hand, rested his chin with his right, and fell into deep thought.

Su Zhixin looked at Yan Xiaoan's pensive look from the side, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and lowered his head in silence, as if hesitating to speak.

Yan Xiaoan closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and felt her own pulse under Su Zhixin's gaze, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with her body, but her energy was abnormally abundant, and her mind quickly recovered. Maybe it's because he slept too soundly?Or is there something wrong with your own practice?

Opening his eyes suddenly, Yan Xiaoan seemed to have remembered something important, and hastily touched his chest, took out an envelope, checked it over and over again and found that there was nothing wrong with it, he breathed a sigh of relief, and put it back.But the moment he was about to put it back, Yan Xiaoan vaguely felt that something was wrong, grabbed the front of the envelope, lowered his head and sniffed vigorously, then put the envelope under his nose and sniffed.

His expression was stunned, and after a while, he put the envelope close to his body and fell into deep thought again.

The autumn insects chirped, and the wind tightened a bit.Su Zhixin lowered his head, occasionally sneaking a glance at him.

Suddenly Yan Xiaoan said loudly: "As long as there is no danger, let's go, let's get out of here quickly." Immediately afterwards, he jumped off the coffin lid.

"Where are you going?" Su Zhixin was taken aback.

"Mass Burial Mound!" Yan Xiaoan said firmly, opening the coffin and throwing out the quilt.

"But...but it will get dark after a while, it's not clean there."

"Then you have to go, it's more dangerous to stay." After a pause, he pondered for a while and said: "No matter how powerful the beasts and ghosts are, they are easier to deal with than people. If the Su family finds you, or they decide that you will collect the corpse in the chaos It would be bad for the funeral to wait for us. Although I don’t know what happened, but a lot of time has been wasted, and it must be more dangerous to stay.” He sighed, “I just hope they can react more slowly.”

Seeing that Yan Xiaoan was about to pick up the coffin, Su Zhixin quickly stepped forward, holding the burden, looked up at Yan Xiaoan with concern, and said timidly, "Shouldn't you eat something first? You've been sleeping for so long?"

Yan Xiaoan shook his head with a smile, picked up the coffin, and said, "I don't know why, but I didn't feel hungry after waking up, so I won't eat for now, so hurry up and lead the way." Yan Xiaoan lifted the coffin forward. The chin is used for indication.

Su Zhixin nodded hurriedly, carried the burden on his back and ran to the front to lead the way.

The coffin was very light. Thinking about it, Su Zhixin's family was poor at the time, so Yan Xiaoan didn't have much trouble carrying it.He urged Su Zhixin to speed up his pace, and followed closely behind Su Zhixin, looking up at the sky from time to time, the sun was setting and the sky was getting darker

Su Zhixin seemed to be very timid, following Yan Xiaoan's side, he always looked around cautiously, then took two quick steps, and hid by Yan Xiaoan's side, as if he was particularly afraid of the darkness gradually coming up around him.

Yan Xiaoan wanted to reach out to hold her, but even if the coffin was not heavy, he was not tall enough, so he still needed two hands to carry it. After taking a deep look at her, he suddenly thought: maybe it would be better to talk to her.

He said: "Yesterday when I took you out of the city, I saw an old fellow. His face was dusty, his clothes were worn out and not very clean, and he had a money strap on his shoulder. He was kind, so he gave him my ox cart and ox, so I wouldn't need them in the future."

Yan Xiaoan looked at Su Zhixin and saw that she was listening carefully with her eyes blinking. Yan Xiaoan smiled and continued: "He couldn't believe it at first, but I told him many times and even lied about my My family was broken and I buried the coffin and had to travel north to go to my relatives. It would be a burden to keep it, but he finally accepted it, but he suddenly thanked me a lot, said a lot of good things to me, and told me about the mass burial Gang didn’t say anything at night and didn’t want to go, he invited me to spend the night at his house, of course I refused, how could I bother him.”

Su Zhixin was still listening carefully, but his little hands had unknowingly pulled up Yan Xiaoan's clothes and hid behind him.

"It was only at the end that I found out that he lived in the country and would not come to the city once for a long time. He only entered Luyang City once on August [-]th, and he would not be home until noon the next day when he walked back at night. The bullock cart just happened to be convenient for him," Yan Xiaoan smiled bitterly, "The twist is his dinner and breakfast the next day."

Yan Xiao'an didn't seem to notice the change in Su Zhixin's face, and continued to say to himself: "Some people own thousands of miles of land and are arrogant and lustful, and some still live such a miserable life. What are those people who are admired as immortals doing? Seeking Taoism Longevity? It's just a pointless struggle."

"My uncle used to tell me, 'People have no long-term concerns, but they must have near-term worries.' I remember he also said together at that time, 'No external troubles, there must be internal troubles.' At that time, I thought they looked alike and wrote them down together. Now I begin to understand a little bit, back then when there were monsters, you ran away and I ran away, people died every day, now that the monsters have returned to the mountain, people still die every day."

Yan Xiaoan sighed, thoughtfully, lowered his head suddenly, and saw Su Zhixin lowered his head, pulling the corner of his clothes, his heart trembled, he almost hit the coffin and killed himself, what did he say about these things?She was in a bad mood!

Yan Xiaoan quickly thought of a way to change the subject, and said, "Do you know where I'm going when I leave home alone?"

Su Zhixin raised his head, shook his head again, and said softly, "I don't know." There seemed to be a gleam in his eyes, "Then where are you going? Qingyun Sect?"

Yan Xiaoan nodded with a smile, and said: "I said yesterday that I'm going to the mountains where the most powerful immortals live, Qingyun Mountain."

"Then you are going to learn Taoism? Are you as powerful as those of the Su family?"

Yan Xiaoan shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm much better than them."

"Then you dare to go to Qingyun alone."

Yan Xiaoan frowned, "Recently, I've been thinking about it. In fact, my uncle is very powerful. He can send me to Qingyun directly. Even if he is worried that they will not be able to go up the mountain directly, he can send me down the mountain, but he wants me to be alone. It's a long way to go."

"Haha, if I can return to my uncle in the future, I should be considered a second-generation ancestor based on his status. Maybe uncle is worried about this, so he let me go again and see more."

"It's great that you have an uncle." It was Su Zhixin's weak voice again.

Yan Xiaoan grinned and said: "It's okay, you still have me, I'll take you to Qingyun Mountain together."

Yan Xiaoan suddenly felt someone tugging on his clothes, and turned around to find that Su Zhixin was stunned in place, looking up at him, his eyes were full of twinkling lights.

"Hurry up and go."

Su Zhixin immediately followed with a smile, looked at Yan Xiaoan and said, "Is what you said true?"

Yan Xiaoan nodded heavily, "Really. By the way, didn't I say that yesterday?"

"That's great," she scratched her head as if she had only heard half of the words through a filter, and said, "But I didn't understand what you just said."

Yan Xiaoan smiled awkwardly, and said: "That's good, that's good, after all, you're still young. And...you can't remember."

"I've already said that I'm not young anymore." Su Zhixin suddenly became unhappy, "I'm only one year younger than you."

Yan Xiaoan didn't seem to notice it at all, and said rather preachingly: "This size can't be judged in this way. Some people who live for hundreds of years are not as good as young people who are dozens of years old, and some people who have traveled all over the world are not as good as some children in remote villages."

"Your uncle told you again."

“…”

Not long after, the two of them came to a small hill. This is the mass grave that everyone hates. Originally, the mass grave was not far from the north of Luyang City, and it was very close to the foot of the mountain that Yan Xiaoan chose last night. There is only one official road separated, diagonally opposite, one is in the east and the other is in the west. After passing the official road, it is enough to walk two sections of mountain road.

The sky is getting darker, the wind is getting stronger, and I can faintly see the small hill leaning against the foot of another high mountain. From a distance, I can see that there are many rocks and few trees on the mountain, and weeds are overgrown. A path winds upwards from the foot of the mountain, and several old trees stretch out. Dead branches, with a bit of desolation in the wind, from time to time there is a shrill cry, and some black shadows are swept up, but it is the black old crow that lives here, facing the desolate world and the desolate mountain, "croaking"

Yan Xiaoan took two steps forward, turned around and said to Su Zhixin, "Wait for me here, I'll be right back." After saying that, he turned around and wanted to go up the mountain.

Su Zhixin grabbed the corner of his clothes again, Yan Xiaoan turned around in surprise, only to hear Su Zhixin timidly say: "Brother Xiaoan, don't go up, let's come back tomorrow, the mountain...is not clean."

Yan Xiaoan smiled and said, "We've already arrived here, so how can we back down? Besides, there is the Su family in Luyang City nearby, and there are no ghosts and ghosts in it. Even if the Su family is so useless, there are at most a few ghosts." Little ghost." As he spoke, his face gradually became serious, and he said: "Besides, if my mother is on it, even if there are Jiuyou evil ghosts and hell Shura blocking the way, I will not frown."

After hearing these words, Su Zhixin didn't say anything else, still clutching the hem of his clothes with his small hands, he looked up at Yan Xiaoan in silence, bit his lips tightly, his eyes rolled, and there was a flash of emotion, but more like reluctance.

Yan Xiaoan felt that Su Zhixin was acting strange all the time today, but the top priority now was to collect the body and leave quickly, so he didn't intend to ask in detail.Pointing to the weeds behind the nearby rocks, he said: "You hide in the grass first, if someone from the Su family really finds you, you must hide it and don't move, but it's impossible to think about it."

Su Zhixin loosened the corner of his clothes lightly, but his arms were still in the original position, looking at Yan Xiaoan with indescribably complicated eyes.

Yan Xiaoan walked along the winding path for a few steps, then suddenly turned around and said, "I will be back in no more than two quarters of an hour. If I haven't come back in two quarters of an hour, leave here quickly. Don't come to me. Remember!" After saying that, he went straight up the hill without any hesitation.

Yan Xiaoan's leaving back in sight gradually became blurred in the water vapor, and disappeared in the vast night and barren hills within a moment.

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Thick black clouds covered the moonlight. In the night, there seemed to be gusts of dark wind on the hills, slowly rising, old crows screaming, dead branches swaying, and the sound of "woo-woo" gradually changed from small to loud , passed it on.

A faint mist, like light smoke, rises quietly from the depths of the hill.

When Yan Xiaoan came to the hill, there were deserted tombs everywhere, sloping rocks, overgrown weeds, and a few dead trees, waving to people who came by amidst the howling wind.

The corpse should have been thrown here a few days ago, and the recent weather is not bad, there has been no rain, and the temperature is also very low, so there should be no decay.

In this Luyang City, there is the cultivator's Su family, and there are corpse collectors in the cemetery, and the monsters and beasts have almost disappeared along with him all the way north, so there should be no wild animals and mad dogs nearby, and the corpse should be safe.

Yan Xiaoan was worried and annoyed, if he didn't see Su Zhixin was too sad, he should have taken him away last night, but who would have thought that he slept for more than ten hours for no reason.If the important matter of collecting the corpse is delayed, how should I explain to Su Zhixin?All I can do now is pray that everything is ok.

As God wished, in gusts of gloomy wind, there was a black shadow among the rocks and weeds. Yan Xiaoan approached and saw that it was indeed a female corpse.Turning over, his face was pale, Yan Xiaoan was proficient in medical skills, and couldn't bear to look any further.Vaguely seeing that the once clear and delicate face was somewhat similar to Su Zhixin, Yan Xiaoan breathed a sigh of relief.

Opening the coffin, laying her down gently, looking at her tattered plain clothes like Su Zhixin, thinking about their tragic experience, her nose was sore, her heart burst with regret, and there was also a trace of anger.

Yan Xiaoan didn't dare to delay, she closed the lid, picked up the coffin, and strode back.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, except for the whining of the dark wind, I couldn't hear anything else. For some reason, the mournful cries of the old crow had disappeared.

A white light, like mist and veil, suddenly lit up not far from Yan Xiaoan's side.

Startled, Yan Xiaoan gently put the coffin aside, stopped, and looked at Bai Guang.

The white light was soft, flowing like water, it seemed to be slow but actually rushed towards Yan Xiaoan extremely fast.

At the same time, several white lights suddenly lit up on this desolate hill.

Yan Xiaoan whispered: "Here, there really are ghosts!"