A nasal passage?
Martyr?
Cast Taoist?
These were words that Chu Qingxiao had never heard before.
He looked at Fan Yuanwu with a focused look on his face, wanting to confirm whether what the other person said was true.
But it's hard to do.
First of all, he doesn't have the ability to see into people's hearts.
Secondly, Fan Yuanwu was a man of great power. Apart from his brother, who was neither human nor ghost, he probably had no weaknesses.
Such people are unpredictable.
"Then what is his purpose?" Chu Qingxiao asked.
Fan Yuanwu shook his head: "I don't know."
"He didn't tell me much. He just said that when the time comes, I will naturally get the answer I want."
"They also said that Yuan Wen is only temporarily surviving in this state, but if he wants to truly come back to life, he still needs an opportunity..."
After saying this, Fan Yuanwu paused and fell silent.
"And you think that opportunity lies with me?" Chu Qingxiao asked with a strange expression.
Fan Yuanwu said nothing. It was obvious that even at this time, he still hid some secrets and did not want to reveal them to Chu Qingxiao.
"When I followed Brother Fan here just now, I happened to overhear some of the conversation between Brother Fan and Yuan Wen. I heard Brother Fan say that you want to understand why I came back from the dead?"
"He also said that he wanted to take back what belonged to Yuan Wen." Chu Qingxiao didn't care about Fan Yuanwu's attitude, but continued.
"But Brother Fan, have you ever thought that I didn't die at all, and I don't have the ability to come back to life. I only survived because of some luck and the protection of the Song commanders."
Chu Qingxiao's ability to say this actually showed enough goodwill.
He wanted to tell Fan Yuanwu not to use crooked ideas on him, nor to give him a reason to kill him.
Chu Qingxiao didn’t have many old friends.
This is probably one of the few people in the world who can make him soft-hearted.
Fan Yuanwu was a smart man, and he heard the implication of Chu Qingxiao's words.
But he sneered and said: "Chu Qingxiao, you hold my handle now. You know that I don't dare to do anything to you anymore, so you don't have to tell me this hypocritically."
"The two of us brothers fell into your hands because of my poor calculation. I am willing to admit defeat."
"If you want to kill or behead me, I have nothing to say..."
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he shook his head.
He probably understood that Fan Yuanwu might have experienced some things in these years. His way of thinking about people's hearts already had his own logic, and Chu Qingxiao had no intention of changing his thinking.
It was enough for him to make sure that Fan Yuanwu would not dare to cause trouble for him again. As for other things, he had no intention of taking care of them.
Thinking of this, Chu Qingxiao couldn't help but feel a little unmotivated.
Before coming to Tianxuan Mountain, he had full of hope to meet his old friends.
But everyone he met disappointed him more and more.
In the past, when they were studying in the academy, Mr. Luo taught them a word called "things are right and people are different."
At that time, he just felt bored.
He always thought that he and the people he cared about would always be like this.
but……
The reality is that people are inevitably mundane after all.
He looked back at Fan Yuanwen and said, "That's it for now. Brother Fan can take care of himself."
After saying this, he turned and left.
"ah!!"
But at this moment, Fan Yuanwen suddenly let out a painful wail.
His body fell to his knees, and black lines gushed out from his gray spirit body. From his arms to his shoulders, from his feet to his dantian, they continued to spread all over his body. His eyes turned red, and there was a pattern on his body. A faint black aura continued to overflow, and as this aura overflowed, Fan Yuanwen's spirit body became thinner at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye.
Fan Yuanwu naturally felt something strange about his brother immediately, and he hurried forward.
But a figure came to Fan Yuanwen before him, stretched out his hand and pressed Fan Yuanwen's chest.
Fan Yuanwu was shocked when he saw this, and almost subconsciously wanted to stop it.
But there was another meal at that time.
He felt a force pouring into Fan Yuanwen's body from Chu Qingxiao's body, and with the influx of this force, the terrifying runes around Fan Yuanwen were fading away, and the slightly blurred spirit body gradually solidified. .
Obviously, Chu Qingxiao was helping Fan Yuanwen.
Fan Yuanwu was stunned and stood there with a strange expression on his face.
Just like that, a full half-quarter of an hour passed.
Chu Qingxiao finally withdrew his hand, and Fan Yuanwen also recovered from the pain.
When Fan Yuanwu saw this, he finally let go of his hanging heart, but Chu Qingxiao was sweating profusely. It was obvious that his actions just now consumed him greatly.
Fan Yuanwu also realized this. He stood there in a daze, not knowing how to face this old friend for a while.
After about ten breaths, Chu Qingxiao calmed down, looked up at Fan Yuanwen, and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
Fan Yuanwen was stunned for a moment, looking at the familiar face in front of him, the fear that had just filled his heart diminished a lot at this moment.
He nodded dumbly.
Chu Qingxiao then stood up and looked at Fan Yuanwu: "Has a situation like this happened to Yuanwen before?"
Fan Yuanwu didn't trust Chu Qingxiao, but he was particularly concerned about his younger brother.
It was probably because Chu Qingxiao's help just now made him let down his guard a little, or maybe he saw in Chu Qingxiao the hope that his brother would survive.
Fan Yuanwu didn't hesitate much at that time, and immediately said: "It happens almost every once in a while, once every few months at first, but recently it has become more frequent, and it happens every seven or eight days..."
"he……"
"It seems to be getting weaker and weaker."
Chu Qingxiao was silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked: "Do you know what is going on with Yuan Wen's current situation?"
Fan Yuanwu nodded, but quickly shook his head, seemingly worried.
"There is a powerful divinity in Yuan Wen's body. It is this divinity that wraps his consciousness and allows him to survive as a spiritual body." Chu Qingxiao made it clear at this time.
Fan Yuanwu was shocked and his face turned ugly.
He naturally knows Fan Yuanwen's current situation.
But just like the method he used to deal with Chu Qingxiao at the Seventh Hall Trial, in today's world, people are always wary of the existence of gods. Fan Yuanwen's demeanor will definitely cause trouble if others know about it. , and are even considered to be people who have been corrupted by external gods. By then, not to mention staying in Tianxuan Mountain, even wanting to survive will become a luxury.
"But divinity is an extremely dangerous thing for mortals."
"Once the divinity is out of control, it will become desolate. Even if Yuan Wen does not have a physical body, the desolate divinity can quickly devour everything it sees and condense a physical body for itself."
"Yuanwen's strange behavior just now is because the power that restricts divinity in his body has gradually weakened. I have some methods to help him temporarily strengthen his resistance to divinity, but it cannot last long. If you want to solve it once and for all, the best way is to let him Improve his cultivation, but he is a spiritual body..."
"At least I haven't heard of any method that allows spiritual bodies to practice."
Chu Qingxiao, however, had no reservations and told everything he knew at this moment.
Most of these are things that Fan Yuanwu knows, but just as Chu Qingxiao was unable to completely solve the situation in Fan Yuanwen's body, Fan Yuanwu was also unable to cure Fan Yuanwen's illness.
He did not respond to Chu Qingxiao's words, but still stared at Chu Qingxiao.
After Chu Qingxiao finished speaking, he lowered his head and pondered for a while.
Then he seemed to suddenly think of something and raised his head: "Start a prairie fire."
As he said this, a red aura overflowed from his body, and Liaoyuan's figure suddenly appeared beside Chu Qingxiao. He bowed respectfully towards Chu Qingxiao: "Your Majesty."
The appearance of Liao Yuan caused the expressions of both Fan Yuanwu brothers to change.
Especially Fan Yuanwu, who had seen the methods of starting a prairie fire outside the medicine shop, suddenly became alert.
"I carefully thought about the situation inside Yuan Wen's body."
"In fact, Yuanwen is a god in a sense."
"It's just that he didn't fully grasp the divinity in his body, so he was at risk of being swallowed up by the divinity."
"Mr. Luo once said that it is better to be sparse than to block."
"Instead of trying every means to help him resist divinity, it is better to find ways to help him absorb divinity. Of course, this is just my idea, and this process will also be a bit dangerous."
"Liaoyuan is my friend, well... in your words, he is my symbiotic god. His understanding of divinity far exceeds ours. I just stabilized the abnormality in Yuanwen's body by borrowing his divine power to complete it. of."
"He and I are connected. He just told me this method of absorbing divinity, and he is willing to help. If you are willing, I can let Liaoyuan stay to help Yuanwen absorb divinity."
Chu Qingxiao said, turning his head to look at Liaoyuan.
Liaoyuan naturally understood what Chu Qingxiao meant, and after saluting the two of them, he revealed the method he had sorted out to help Fan Yuanwen.
In fact, it is not a particularly complicated method.
Just relying on Liaoyuan's control over divinity, he guided the divinity out of Fan Yuanwen's body, controlled it within a range that Fan Yuanwen could bear, and allowed him to slowly absorb it.
The process is long and dangerous.
Once Fan Yuanwen's mind is unable to resist divinity, or Liaoyuan's control over the overflow of divinity is insufficient, Fan Yuanwen may be put in danger.
Therefore, when Liaoyuan said these words, both Fan Yuanwu brothers fell into silence.
Obviously, both of them were worried and hesitant about such a risky move.
What's more, apart from these, from their standpoint, they also need to consider whether Chu Qingxiao is trustworthy or not.
"Brother... I want to give it a try." Just when Fan Yuanwu was hesitating, Fan Yuanwen's voice suddenly came.
Fan Yuanwu was stunned and looked at his brother in astonishment.
Because of becoming a spirit body, Fan Yuanwen's appearance has not changed much like that of Chu Qingxiao. Even at this moment, his face still has a bit of childishness.
But his gaze was particularly determined.
"But..." Fan Yuanwu's expression changed when he heard this, and he wanted to say something.
"Brother!" But at this moment, Fan Yuanwen stood up and interrupted Fan Yuanwu's unspoken words. He looked at Fan Yuanwu and said, "Brother, I know you love me."
"But over the years, since mother left, you have always been the one taking care of me."
"When you were in Wuling City, you suffered a lot just to treat me."
"After arriving at Tianxuan Mountain, in order to contain the divinity in my body, you also tried every means to buy me the Forbidden God Stone from various channels. For this reason, you catered to me, and I don't know how many looks you received."
"Brother! I don't want to drag you down anymore, so just let me give it a try! Maybe, this is the opportunity that person mentioned at the beginning?"
Fan Yuanwen's tone was sincere and determined at the same time.
Over the years, he probably felt that he had dragged Fan Yuanwu down. Fan Yuanwen almost never raised objections to Fan Yuanwu's decisions. This was probably the first time that he wanted to do something so determinedly.
Fan Yuanwu was a little uncomfortable. He looked at his brother in front of him and suddenly realized that although Fan Yuanwu looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, in fact, he was over thirty or close to thirty like himself.
He has his own thoughts and his own thoughts.
For him, respecting his decision may be more important than letting him continue to hide under the gutter and survive.
Fan Yuanwu was stunned for a moment, and after a short period of silence, he finally nodded.
…
As Chu Qingxiao said, helping Fan Yuanwen absorb divinity is a very troublesome and long-term task.
Liao Yuan estimated that he would stay with Fan Yuanwen for a long time.
He is connected to Liaoyuan mentally. As long as Liaoyuan does not leave Tianxuan City and Tianxuan Mountain, if Liaoyuan really encounters any trouble, Liaoyuan can also inform Chu Qingxiao through the perception of his mind. Chu Qingxiao is not worried about what trouble Liaoyuan will encounter.
But when leaving, Fan Yuanwu suddenly offered to see him off.
Chu Qingxiao could see that the other party seemed to have something to say to him, so he did not refuse.
The two walked side by side on the streets of Tianxuan City.
It's kind of funny to say that.
Although Fan Yuanwu was the same age as Chu Qingxiao when he was in Wuling City, because he had to take care of his younger brother since he was very young, Fan Yuanwu's life was extremely difficult, so he was shorter than his peers.
Now, twelve years later, Chu Qingxiao still looks the same, but Fan Yuanwu has grown a lot, probably because of overwork, but the man in his early thirties actually has some white frost on his temples.
"I didn't expect that after more than ten years, you are still the same."
"I'm not living a happy life, but I'm still thinking about others." The two walked in silence for a long time, and Fan Yuanwu suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.
Chu Qingxiao smiled mockingly upon hearing this: "It's not that I haven't changed, but it's just that for me these twelve years, I've been spinning in circles."
"Perhaps if I had come to Tianxuan Mountain back then, I would probably have made some compromises."
Chu Qingxiao's words made Fan Yuanwu pause. He suddenly turned to look at Chu Qingxiao and asked seriously: "Don't you really hate us?"
"If we had persisted a little longer, maybe Wuling City wouldn't have..."
Chu Qingxiao stopped when he heard this and turned his head to look at Fan Yuanwu: "Do you think it's possible?"
Fan Yuanwu was stunned again, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face.
Chu Qingxiao seemed to see through his mind and said: "You don't have to blame yourself."
“People don’t need to be ashamed of things that are beyond their abilities.”
"Not only do I not hate you for this, on the contrary, I am grateful that you are alive."
"It's just that I have my own way to go, and I have to seek justice for them. I just hope that you won't become an obstacle on this road."
"It's not that I can't handle you, but..."
"I don't want to go to war with you."
Chu Qingxiao's words were very straightforward and conceited at the same time.
If Chu Qingxiao had said such words to Fan Yuanwu before today, Fan Yuanwu would probably have found it funny, but at this moment, he took it for granted.
He suddenly realized: "So, you helped Yuan Wen because you didn't want me to go against you because of Yuan Wen's troubles. You wanted to solve my worries so that I wouldn't stand on your opposite side?"
Chu Qingxiao nodded, not denying this thought.
"I only have a few of your old friends in this world."
"I wish you all were alive if I could."
"It's not because I miss my old relationship so much, but because the world with you alive makes it more like a real world to me..."
"So, you don't have to be grateful to me. Everything I do, to a certain extent, is just for myself." Chu Qingxiao said softly.
Fan Yuanwu stood there and pondered for a long time.
He knew that this was probably just Chu Qingxiao's excuse to maintain his dignity.
He knew him too well.
Kind to the point of being soft-hearted.
He wanted to say something more, but when he raised his head, he found that Chu Qingxiao had already stepped towards the front of the street.
Fan Yuanwu wanted to stop him, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back before they came out.
At that moment, he suddenly realized.
He seemed to have nothing to say to Chu Qingxiao.
Twelve years ago, different experiences had already created a natural chasm between the two.
He retracted his raised hand and just looked at the young man's retreating back with a complicated expression, thinking about the past where he had chatted with him in that hometown where peach blossoms were like fire.
Fan Yuanwu suddenly felt desolate in his heart.
he murmured.
"Want to buy sweet-scented osmanthus wine..."
"It's not like..."
"Youth Tour."
