Two days and nights had passed when Jin Mu went to find Shen Xichen. During this period, he tried to drive out the evil spirit from the black soul, but for some unknown reason, he could not completely drive it out. It may be that Liao Jiafu's soul was unwilling to lose this power and was stubbornly resisting. .
When he came to the mountain temple, Shen Xichen sat silently in front of the mountain god statue. The statue's compassionate eyes were lowered towards him, watching the world suffer. He handed two steamed buns and a bag of water to Shen Xichen. Mu knew that as long as he recovered some spiritual power, he would give it to Suiyu. Without the spiritual power to protect his body, his mortal body would probably starve to death, so he came here with a token of food, and he didn't expect him to have such an appetite.
But Shen Xichen took the steamed bun and took a few bites. He was indeed very hungry. Looking at this scene near Mu, it was a bit beyond imagination. Shen Xichen knew that the prerequisite for saving Ayu was that he could not fall down.
"You've been like this for two days. Is it possible that Miss Ayu has... After all, she is a remnant soul attached to jade. Her ability to survive until now is a blessing from God. Perhaps the meaning of her existence is Just to block that blow for you." Jin Mu raised his head and met the mountain god's eyes. He said this deliberately, but if Shen Xichen could listen to him, it would save him from pain.
"If you are here to say this, you can leave." Shen Xichen said and threw half the bag of water back to him without looking at him the whole time.
Jin Mu smiled and shook his head. After these days, he should have understood his temper and thoughts.
"Maybe you can give me the jade, and we can take turns, and hopefully it will be bigger."
There was no response, just a response. Shen Xichen had closed her eyes and treated him as air.
Seeing him like this, Jin Mu also sat down cross-legged beside him, adjusting his breath and nourishing his spirit. His consumption also required a lot of time to recover. There were thirty-three guards at the black soul, as well as the soul-fixing chain blessed by the spiritual power of Shen Xi and Shen Banxian. , unless the immortal comes in person, no one can solve it.
Shen Xi pondered for two days, thinking through the classics and magic spells he had read since he was a child, but there was no progress. However, he would not give up. Once he gave up, it seemed that someone deep in his heart would die, and he himself did not know it. Is he reluctant to let go of Ayu or the truest part of himself? Even if there is only a little hope, he wants to catch it. It doesn’t matter how many days, months, or even years. Time is the most meaningless to him. Everything else, what He doesn't want to care about Black Soul, the Tong family, or the mission.
After dismissing the curious onlookers of the twelfth group of villagers, Thirty-three stared at the sky speechlessly. Daochang Shen ran away. It seemed that it was related to the girl wearing the jade pendant, but! Why is Taoist Priest Jinmu nowhere to be seen? Now that he is fine, he is left alone to look after his soul. His spiritual power is low and he cannot do anything. He dare not move a step for fear that something will go wrong. Thirty-three sighed. He didn't know how long it would last. Can he still return to the underworld? He missed every day in the underworld.
But this Liao Jiafu was still very stubborn. Whenever he took a step closer to him, he would curse loudly and have a vicious spirit.
After Thirty-Three sat thirty-three feet away from Black Soul and sighed for the thirty-third day, Liao Jiafu seemed to be unable to help opening his blood-red eyes and stared at Thirty-Three.
Thirty-three lowered his eyes and drooped his face, with his mouth open, and the thirty-fourth sigh was about to come out of his mouth.
"Hey, nigger, can you shut up?" The tone was very calm. Thirty-three almost thought he heard wrongly, and the air stuck in his mouth and he swallowed it back.
"Ugh, cough, cough, scared to death, Liao Jiafu, you still know how to speak human language!"
Liao Jiafu's voice was like a switch, opening up Sansan's chatterbox and relieving his loneliness.
"Hey, Liao Jiafu, there are no outsiders anyway. I am a ghost, and I only have a soul. We are half of our own. Why don't you tell me what happened to you during your lifetime? Tell me more. Don’t leave any regrets, and don’t worry, I’m the most strict-mouthed spy in our underworld, and I promise not to leak a word.”
"You deserve to die too, you all deserve to die, why should I be the one to die!"
Liao Jiafu roared angrily, obviously not listening to Sansan's words. His state was more like being immersed in his own world and talking to himself.
But Thirty-three didn't care about his attitude, but just accepted his words as a way to relieve his boredom.
"Who will die if you don't die? The unlucky ones are the Liao family. They came to have a wedding banquet against your father's favor, but in the end, they took their own lives. Look at how many people you have killed. I'll see you in the underworld later. In front of our Lord Judge, tsk tsk tsk, you won’t be able to live well in the next few lives.”
"Ayang...Ayang? Ayang deserves to die too. How could she forget me... No, Ayang is already dead, hahahaha, then I will avenge her, the Tong family, and then I will The Qiu family, and the whole world, went to bury Ayang with him, hahahahahaha." Liao Jiafu was worried and crazy at the same time, and his expression changes were extremely scary.
"What a crazy soul. What kind of revenge do you want? If you want to take revenge, give yourself a slap in the face first. If you like someone, you will kill her, even her family members will not be spared. Is the love of a madman so terrifying? I If it were Liao Ayang, I might turn into an evil ghost and fight with you."
Thirty-three was so excited to complain that he sat on the edge of the well with his chin in his hands and his legs raised, feeling very comfortable.
"How can Ayang like someone else? I love her so much and I have done so much for her. How could I harm her? Those stinky Taoist priests want to kill me just to separate me from Ayang. Okay, then I will kill them all, hahahaha. In this way, no one can separate us. The Tong family also wanted to separate us before, so I will satisfy them and let them all die. But Ayang can’t let them go, Ayang I know they will be unhappy... What should I do, what should I do... Then I will peel off their souls and swallow them. I want to die, but I can't live. Hahaha, it's so interesting. "
Thirty-three listened more and more to his ears. Which version of the story was this? How could he, a native of Liaojia Village, know so much about the imperial city? Is this what Liao Ayang told him? It shouldn't be. He was deaf and mute during his lifetime. Could it be that he replaced himself as Liao Ayang's deceased husband and regarded himself as Liao Jian?
The more Thirty-three thought about it, the more disgusted he became, "Hey, Liao Jiafu, you lunatic, you are so disgusting!"
When Liao Jiafu heard his name, he suddenly lowered his head and was silent for a long time. Thirty-three felt that he seemed to be falling asleep again. It was a pity that he lacked a soul who could chat. But suddenly Liao Jiafu suddenly raised his head, with veins popping up all over his face, and his eyes were blood red. Two lines of black tears flowed out, his brows were furrowed, his lips were black and his teeth were trembling slightly. Looking at Liao Jiafu like this, even Thirty-three, who had seen many souls who died tragically in the underworld, could not help but feel a little panic in his heart.
Liao Jiafu trembled all over, and the chain made a strong trembling sound. Thirty-three was startled and hid behind the well. Fortunately, he couldn't break away due to the constraints of the chain, so he could only scream at the sky. Finally, he looked at Thirty-three and reluctantly spoke. .
"No, call me, Liao Jiafu!!"
In the mountain temple, Shen Xichen and Jin Mu sat opposite each other in silence for a long time.
Shen Xichen has put the broken jade back together again with his spiritual power. You can't tell that it has been broken unless you look closely. But now the jade pendant is all green and white, not as shiny as before, even the green spot in the center But it's gone. Without Ayu, it's just a dead thing.
Shen Xichen has been staring at the jade pendant for half a day. Jin Mu was also thoughtful, as if he couldn't bear to see him sink like this, so he came to him and said,
"Shen Xichen, if you believe me, maybe I can help you."
This sentence finally made Shen Xichen raise his head and look at him. After a few days of suffering, his eyes were bloodshot. There was a trace of suspicion in his eyes when he looked at Jin Mu, but it passed by in a flash.
"Daozhang Shen, you should have guessed my true identity, right?"
"...I don't care who you are or how you can save her."
Shen Xichen has never completely let down his guard against Jin Mu, but this time he would rather believe that he really has a way to save Ayu.
"The Immortal Clan has an artifact called the Soul-Enquire Candle. As long as it is lit with immortal power, it can gather souls and condense spirits. It was originally an artifact used by the Immortal Clan to save immortal soldiers. I don't know if it will be effective on Miss Ayu, but you can give it a try. Taoist Shen, you can give me the jade pendant, I will go now..."
Shen Xichen silently retracted the hand holding the jade pendant during the middle of hearing, and his eyes returned to indifference. He would never give the jade pendant to anyone. Jin Mu looked at his actions and felt convinced. She swallowed the remaining words she had not spoken and only smiled bitterly. She still couldn't gain his trust.
"Don't get me wrong, I have no intention of taking your jade pendant, but if you want me to lend the artifact, then Taoist Shen needs to help me solve the black soul matter so that I can return to my life. After all, this is why I came to the human world."
"Okay, then I'll kill him." Speaking of Black Soul, Shen Xichen's voice sounded like ice, extremely cold.
"Kill him, understand the matter thoroughly, and let the Tong family bury him with him." Things have become like this. How can Shen Xichen just let go of his hatred. In this case, Jin Mu will no longer advise him. After all, he The purpose is only to eliminate the disaster and restore peace to the imperial city. Then, the Tong family can only admit that they are unlucky. Who made the black soul live and die and touched Shen Xichen's bad luck.
By the time they returned to the Liao family's abandoned house, Liao Jiafu was almost going crazy. Thirty-three was anxiously circling the mouth of the well. When he saw them coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You guys are here. I know something big. Now I don’t have time to go into detail, I’ll go back to the underworld first and wait until I come back.” After saying that, regardless of the strange behavior of the two of them, he returned to the underworld where he was.
"Do you want to wait until Thirty-three comes back?" Jin Mu looked at Shen Xichen and asked for his opinion.
"Why bother, I don't have time to wait for him to come back and tell stories."
After Shen Xichen finished speaking, the golden light reappeared on his body.
Jin Mu watched him walking towards Liao Jiafu and was still amazed at his madness. He directly used the immortal power of the immortal bone without waiting for his spiritual power to recover. This consumption was not like the spiritual power that could be restored. He was using his body to rush for time. , what a madman, just like that man.
Liao Jiafu once again felt the power of oppression. He remembered his fear when he was about to die, and he became instinctively afraid. He kept begging for mercy from that power, "Please, don't kill me. I want to return to Ayang." ..."
But even if he behaved like two different people, he still had to pay the price for his mistakes. Shen Xichen hung his hands above his head, and the black smoke gradually dissipated in the air. This time, it was really destroying him directly. His soul and consciousness gradually returned to normal as the black smoke dissipated, and he recalled what he had done. His shouts were mixed with pain, fear, and regret, but it was already too late now.
Jin Mu looked at the scene in front of him, his heart calm, and he quietly waited for the final outcome. It was time to go back.
"No!! Wait!!" An exclamation came from a completely unfamiliar voice. Shen Xichen's expression did not change, but the strength in his hands suddenly relaxed. He was startled, and as his immortal power stagnated, a gray streak appeared. A shadow appeared in front of him, blocking Liao Jiafu. This was not a human being, but a soul.
"Get out of the way, and you will lose your mind." Although Shen Xichen didn't understand why he suddenly gave up his strength, he didn't intend to stop there.
"Taoist Priest, please stop and give me a chance to explain! Otherwise, kill me too." The female soul's tone was humble, but her voice was tough.
"Chen Xichen, no." It was Ayu's voice again! He wouldn't admit it. He might have been in a trance when he heard it before, but he definitely wasn't this time.
Shen Xichen stopped his hand and the golden light dissipated. He looked around blankly and looked at the jade pendant in his hand. There was no sign of Ayu. But he was very excited now. Although he didn't know what method he used, he could confirm that Ayu was still alive. Just now She must have asked him to stop. This was an opportunity. Shen Xichen looked at the female soul and Liao Jiafu, thinking that it was Ayu who decided to help them in the first place. Maybe he should give them a chance to speak.
On Jinmu's side, he saw a wisp of soul passing by him. He was about to take action to stop it, but was stopped by Thirty-three. He put his hands on Jinmu's shoulders to keep himself standing, sweating profusely and breathing heavily. He looked at Jin Mu and opened his mouth: "Huh, fortunately... fortunately I caught up, my Lord of Hell, no... it's not in vain that I spent most of my spiritual energy to come from the underworld. When I brought her up, I almost used up all the spiritual energy to maintain my body... Whoosh..."
"She? Who is she? What did you do?" Jin Mu pointed at the female spirit, and then back to Thirty-Three. In the peripheral vision, Shen Xichen had already withdrawn his immortal power, and Liao Jiafu was protected by the female spirit behind him. The scene made him feel very angry. How many more times would this damn drama have to be performed? Can it be over? !
