Wenying's igloo seemed extremely spacious for one person, but it would be different if it accommodated so many people. At night, Mr. Shuangyue was not prepared to stay here any longer. She decided she had stayed long enough and now it was time to get out of the way. Anyway, for the six realms of impermanence, it doesn’t matter whether you sleep or not. The snow house was left to Xie Zhe and Han Zhang, while Wenying took Jiao Mo to Grandma Fox's cave to rest. The cave sounded really crude, and Xie Zhe was always worried that it would be unfair to Jiao Mo, but Han Chang also insisted that the cave where his grandma lived was the warmest place in the world, so he did not continue to argue. Maybe the fox has his own tricks. Anyway, for Jiao Mo, the person involved, it doesn't matter where she rests. She said that she has lived under various difficult conditions over the years.
Early the next morning, they were woken up by a rapid knock on the door.
It's Akatsuki.
Hanshang is still sleepy. He had not had a good rest these days, but this warm and family-like cabin made it rare for him to regain a peaceful night's sleep. He yawned, and as soon as he opened the door a crack, Xiao squeezed in against him.
"Something happened," he said urgently, "Jun Shuangyue and I were patrolling the night and found someone coming to the mountain. There were three people in total, and one of them was from Death Shadow Pavilion. They were walking in this direction with a clear goal. We I was worried that something would happen, so I came to inform you. Don’t worry about me, Lord Shuoyue has already gone to tell you."
After hearing the words "Miaoying Pavilion", both of their heads were mostly awake. They packed up in a hurry and went to a hillside to wait. This is the path Xiao estimated the three people must pass through. Akatsuki turned around to find Shigetsuki-kun so that the two could join the girls.
There are no roads on such a mountain, and all they are guarding is an empty snow slope. After a while, the three visitors appeared. The moment they saw them, Xie Zhe and Han Zhang's ideas were immediately fulfilled. Such a reunion is really exciting, but this excitement cannot be linked to joy at all.
"It's you."
Brief words came out of Xie Zhe's tight mouth. In an instant, his body tensed up and his hand unconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword. Han Chang's eyes also became sharp, and he looked alert and ready to draw his sword at any time.
In comparison, She Ji seems much more relaxed, at least on the surface.
"Oh, don't be in a hurry to wield the sword." He stretched out his palm and pressed it down, with a sincere and comforting look, "We don't have any blood feud, do we? There is no need to shout and shout as soon as we meet. kill."
Indeed, their relationship is not a life-and-death relationship. If they have to fight, it can't be said to be a good thing. However, it was difficult for Xie Zhe to weigh it so calmly. Such a confrontation reappeared like yesterday, burning him from the memory of pain to his heart at this moment. It was the last time he fought against this person that he had to let Ling Hu leave and go alone with Mi Yin...
If it weren't for She Ji who wanted to snatch Wan Gui Zhi and fight with them, Ling Huan would not have fallen off the cliff with Mi Yin, causing Mi Yin to disappear. Ling Huan would have been troubled by the mutated hands and immersed in grief and self-blame; if If it weren't for such troubles, they might not have gone to Dailuan City at that time and met Wuyonglan, and she wouldn't have been abducted by the evil messenger of lies. If it weren't for She Ji, would something like this happen? In any case, at least these changes will not occur in such a tragic form today. Moreover, the last time they met, the other party's malice was blatant, and it was difficult for Xie Zhe to find any reason not to be afraid of, or even hate, this monster.
She Ji could see his unfriendly eyes and his hand that was still on the sword. Of course he understood the reason for all this.
"I have also heard about many things that happened after we separated last time. Unfortunately, I will not go into details. However, I really have nothing to do with you this time." She Ji turned slightly sideways, blocking the child who was poking his head behind him, and narrated in a calm tone, almost as if he was being frank, "What I'm looking for is Yun Waijing. Ah, maybe you will be a little surprised, why am I still here after so long?" I've been busy with this matter...if my collaborator hadn't been too slow to get the news, I should have found this thing long ago. Fortunately, nothing will delay me now...unless you must make trouble over nothing."
The woman behind him looked at him sideways, seeming a little contemptuous, but she didn't complain. He smiled and said the understatement of the threat. Xie Zhe's eyes widened and his fingers unconsciously moved on the hilt of the sword. Based on what happened before, does this monster have the nerve to say that he is making trouble out of nothing? Considering the bad nature of this series of things, let alone beating him up, even if it was true, it would be excusable.
Unexpectedly, it was not him or any of She Ji who took the lead in attacking.
"Why are you staring? It's because the eyeballs are too big to hold. Do you want me to dig them out for you? Look at your attitude. Do you still want to be our enemy? You don't even think about how much you weigh. "
If these words were spoken by an adult, he would probably be able to draw his sword directly without much hesitation. But it is really ridiculous that such sharp-tongued words come from a child. Xie Zhe was briefly stunned. He stared at the little boy in front of She Ji with his hands on his hips. He felt angry, inexplicable and unreasonable at the same time. He was the little guy who came down to look for She Ji when we were in Xueyan Valley last time. If it hadn't been for him interrupting the discussion, I'm afraid their duel with She Ji would not have ended so easily.
Xie Zhe felt somewhat awkward having to draw a sword against such a child. But these two people were so annoying that it was really difficult for him to be calm.
She Ji's seemingly careless eyes flicked between the two parties, wary of the possibility of Xie Ze's sudden attack. In this short moment, the atmosphere was tense.
"Even if you find Yun Waijing, it won't be of much use."
Han Chang suddenly spoke, breaking the stagnant atmosphere and bringing the topic back on track. Although he was also angry, he finally became more rational. He patted the back of Xie Zhe's hand covertly and continued:
"There are indeed rumors that Fu Sangshen is in this realm. But the body of Yun Waijing is not here. How can you use its ability to know the world?"
"Yun Waijing's true body is not here?" She Jiu repeated in feigned surprise, then burst out with a proud smile, "Where did this news come from? His true body has been brought by us."
Xie Zhe and Han Zhang were slightly startled. They looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy. The Yun Wai Mirror as an object was stored in the Snow Inkstone Valley, and everyone knew this. What does She Ji mean by what she said? Could it be that after Lord Shuangyue, Xie Zhe and his party left, She Ji returned to Xueyan Valley and snatched away the mirror body of Yun Waijing?
As the worry subsided, as She Ji finished speaking, the woman behind him walked up to them.
Xie Zhe and Han Zhang had met this person several times before. He was not familiar with him at first, but now he looked at him and felt very strange. The woman's appearance has not changed much from before, except for a few shallow scars on her face, which are strangely neat and parallel to each other, as if they were cut by silk threads. However, her expression and demeanor were very different from before. The soft and friendly smile in the past was gone, like flowers suddenly covering the ice, and she was so serious that she was completely different.
She raised her hand and presented a small, irregular fragment to everyone's eyes.
They didn't know what Ye Xuici had gone through during the time she was separated from her, so that she became like this. But he recognized the thing suspended in her palm. The metal with green traces due to rust was a fragment of a bronze mirror - a fragment of Yun Wai Mirror.
Xiao Liuwu jumped slightly, and with quick eyes and quick hands, he grabbed the fragment into his palm. Ye Xuici did not stop him. Obviously, there was some kind of agreement between them, which led to such a robbery-like move being tacitly approved. Under the watchful eyes of several people, the young boy easily tossed up the fragments and caught them just as they were about to fall with his fingertips. He repeated this over and over again. At the same time, he kept looking at Xie Zhe with provocative eyes and a mischievous expression on his lips. His smile showed unbridled mockery.
"Okay, everyone is here and the things are in hand. Let's stop talking about old times." She clapped her hands and said, "Excuse me, please make way for us to come out. This child's new life is still waiting. He can't wait. When you come here, you also want to ask Yun Waijing something, right? If you know each other better today, everyone can get together easily and form a good relationship. If I am in a good mood tomorrow, I can still use this thing. I'll lend it to you."
After he finished speaking, he reached out to take the child's free hand beside him. Xiao Luwu caught the mirror fragments that fell again, and finally looked at Xie Zhe and the two of them, and warned arrogantly:
"If you guys are wise, you'd better not interfere with my fun. Otherwise, I'm not tired of pushing people down from the mountain. Pushing two more people, maybe it will still be fun?"
Xie Zhe's mind went blank for a moment.
Before he could sort out the intense emotions that suddenly filled his heart, a shadow suddenly shot out of the thorns and passed by Xiao Lianwu. Before they could see who was coming, the child who was so proud just now rolled to the ground, screaming in pain.
"Bastard, beast! Arm, my arm... wuwuwu——"
He clutched the broken joint in pain, and the part of his arm that had been playing with the lens was gone, along with the fragments. What is surprising is that the blood that overflowed from the fracture was a strange blue color. Ye Xuici couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised. I wonder if people with such blood flowing can still be considered human beings? After all, he has also experienced the baptism of so many weird rituals in the Shadow Pavilion. It would be reasonable if he had transformed into something inhuman. Looking at the person who attacked him again - no, that was a white tengu. Its outline almost blends into the surrounding snow. Only when you look closely can you realize how huge it is. It still held half of a limb in its beak, and blood dripped from the broken section onto the ground, dyeing the snow blue.
Its owner didn't know when he was standing beside Xie Zhe and the others - Lord Shuangyue had suppressed silent anger in his eyes. Although no one has elaborated on the ins and outs of everything, she at least understood who was the person who pushed Xue Miyin off the cliff.
"Kill them, She Ji, kill them all!"
The children on the ground huddled up in a ball, clutching their severed limbs in pain, hissing at the cold air and letting out vicious screams.
