Dusk has arrived, and the golden sunset shines on this ghostly gray forest.
Night fell, and because he didn't know how long the battle between the two "soul bodies" below would last, Xu Yuan took Ran Qingmo back to the carriage to wait.
But when they returned to the previous tree-lined avenue, there was no trace of the carriage.
After some careful exploration, I discovered that the Flame Hoof carriage had led an unknown person to a stable in the woods.
Xu Yuan subconsciously thought it was Xu Changge who did it.
After all, there are no other living things in this ghost mist except the demon ghost who calls himself the old man. However, after seeing the carefully prepared fodder and dried fruits waiting for the horses in the trough, he immediately gave up this idea. Dismissed.
Xu Changge may be able to drive a horse, but leaving it to Xu Changge to prepare horse food obviously doesn't fit the picture.
Pulling the mahogany handle of the car, Xu Yuan shook his head:
"The horse ingredients are well prepared, but this ghost old man still has such leisurely elegance."
"Thank you, Third Young Master, for your compliments. This old slave has been leading horses and driving for the Prime Minister all his life. Apart from killing, this is the only skill he has left."
"."Xu Yuan.
A hoarse voice like the bark of an old tree suddenly sounded, and Xu Yuan's movements suddenly froze as he pulled on the mahogany armrest.
There was a moment of silence,
The voice of the old tree bark continued to come from behind, dull and weird:
"If you scared the Third Young Master, please forgive me."
Xu Yuan gathered his thoughts and slowly let go of the armrest, but what he caught in his peripheral vision made his heart beat slightly.
The stable here is very simple. It is just a wooden shed built on top of a few simple wooden pillars. It has good ventilation and a wide view. You can see the twisted and gray woods around it.
But at this moment,
The originally relatively bright forest around him was being swallowed up by some kind of seeping black mist at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Within a few breaths, everything around him seemed to disappear out of thin air and became pitch black.
And Ran Qingmo, who was standing one meter next to him just now, has also disappeared. Apart from the stable, there is only a physical soul standing quietly beside him.
But it's not the appearance of Gui Qi, but the soul of a saint, with the black soul ring still on his fingertips.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.
From the beginning to the end, he didn't care about the life or death of the saint's remnant soul.
Although the remnant soul of the saint has lived for tens of thousands of years, he may not necessarily know as much useful information as he does.
What Xu Yuan really cared about was that the remnant soul of the saint could protect him from the beginning to the end.
After all, no matter how strong Ran Qingmo is, he can't be integrated with him.
If she really encounters some strong enemies and fights him, he will only become Ran Qingmo's flaw. While fighting, she has to worry about the aftermath of the battle so as not to shock him to death.
As a portable grandfather, the remnant soul of the saint can possess and fight.
Full AI manual control, you don’t have to worry about being shocked to death by the aftermath.
The perfect bodyguard.
But Xu Yuan was actually planning to use profits to tie up the saint's remnant soul.
He clearly knew what kind of birdman this saint's remnant soul was, and he also knew what this saint's remnant soul wanted.
But now it seems that Xu Changge has other ideas, and Xu Yuan doesn't know what the elder brother wants to do specifically, but now it seems that Xu Changge wants Mr. Ghost to directly eat the remnant soul of the saint, and then he can occupy the magpie's nest again. It comes to protect him.
But the problem is,
Damn it, is it really reliable?
Although the remnant soul of a saint is unreliable, it can at least be bound through the logic of interests, but existences like ghosts are born to destroy.
The situation in front of him caught Xu Yuan a little off guard, and thoughts flashed rapidly in his mind.
Was this also planned by the elder brother?
That shouldn't be the case, right?
Let him face a second-grade Yin ghost as soon as he is introduced to the seventh-grade pulse quenching. The strength is not that high, right?
But if it wasn’t for that big brother’s plan
hiss.
Xu Yuan quietly operated the technique and carefully considered his words:
"Are you Mr. Ghost?"
The saint's soul now had no whites of his eyes at all, and his eyes were filled with extremely rich black. His voice was still as dry as ever:
"Third Young Master, there is no need to be nervous. You are still an old slave for the time being."
Xu Yuan silently dispersed the skills.
A monster of this level really doesn't need to make any excuses if he wants to kill him, but what does the other person mean by this?
"temporary?"
"Um."
"here it is?"
"This is the ghost realm created by the old slave with the source soul of the saint."
"Saint Yuanhun. What about Luo Daofan?"
"Temporarily suppressed by the old slave."
"You didn't swallow him up?"
"Of course there is none." Gui Qi answered knowingly.
Xu Yuan paused and said hesitantly: "Then from now on, you will share the same soul?"
He knows that the body in this world can be shared by two souls, but whether the soul body can be shared touches his cultural desert.
Gui Qi was silent for a moment, his voice without any ups and downs:
"No, the old slave will disappear soon."
Xu Yuan's pupils shrank: "Dissipate? Didn't Xu Changge let you swallow the soul of the saint?"
The corners of Gui Qi’s chapped lips seemed to move, but in the end he just shook his head slightly:
"I want to protect the Third Young Master when he travels around the world, and I want to continue leading horses and driving for the Prime Minister, but I may not be able to do that as a ghost."
"If the eldest son hadn't arrived a month ago, the old slave would have turned into an irrational ghost. Even if he locked his soul with a secret method, he would have reached his limit today."
silence.
In the dark ghost realm, Xu Yuan took a few breaths quietly and asked softly:
"But if that's the case, what's the purpose of doing this?"
"For the soul fusion."
As he spoke, Gui Qi slowly turned his eyes, raised his hand and pointed at his soul body:
"If successful, this saint will be loyal to my prime minister's government."
The rough voice of Gui Qi resounded: "But the old slave is incompetent and failed. But don't worry, Third Young Master. Although he cannot be loyal to the Prime Minister, the old slave has engraved the thought of protecting you in his mind." among.”
Xu Yuan was startled when he heard this.
Use your life in exchange for an ideological stamp?
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and now he finally understood what Xu Changge wanted to do.
But looking at the extremely calm Gui Qi in front of him, he changed his mind and became silent.
Even if he turns into a ghost, his loyalty remains unchanged.
After a long silence, Xu Yuan whispered:
"Mr. Ghost, you came to me specially. Do you want me to bring something to my father?"
He remembered what the other party had asked him to do in the cave just now.
Gui Qi nodded slightly:
"Um."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath:
"You tell me, I will tell you the truth."
"Thank you, Third Young Master."
Gui Qi bowed his head and bowed solemnly, his dry and withered voice trembling:
"Gui Qi is incompetent and is unworthy of the Prime Minister."
After saying that, Gui Qi slowly stood up straight.
Xu Yuan was silent and counted:
"That's all?"
"Stained with the blood of my comrades, the old slave has no words to say."
Gui Qi shook his head.
After that, the soul ring took off from his fingertips and flew to Xu Yuan.
And the next moment,
The ghost realm disappears,
A rickety shadow that was about to dissipate separated from the almost solid soul of the saint and floated into the sky.
The setting sun is like blood, just like before Jiazi.
The rickety old man stood among the mountains and forests, and knelt down in the direction of the Imperial Capital for the last time.
(End of chapter)
