Gu Qingchen remembered that there was indeed a ghost when he was a child.
He is a young brother who is as dazzling and warm as fire.
He was still very young at that time, probably at an age where he could not remember much. He could not even remember the appearance of his deceased biological father and mother. However, he could remember the scene when he first met the boy very clearly.
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"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, daddy, mommy..."
In the dark night, the mountain wind howls like the cry of a demon. A little boy huddled in a small cave surrounded by several large rocks, crying softly.
"rustle--"
There seemed to be some noise above the head, and the child immediately covered his mouth, not daring to make a sound. His two round eyes were wide open, staring at the small hole.
Who is it? Are your parents back?
But when my mother left, she said she couldn’t make a sound or move...
"Boom——!"
It was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and the child shivered in fright. A horrified voice could not help but leak out from between his fingers: "Ugh!"
Just a small sound made things outside discover his presence.
In just a moment, the child felt that the only small hole through which light could penetrate was blocked by something.
And in his big frightened eyes, a pair of strange and ferocious green pupils reflected!
"ah!!!"
The little child couldn't stand the screams anymore and tried desperately to shrink back. However, the temporary cave was extremely small and could only accommodate him. There was no way to escape.
His actions only made the huge wild wolf outside even more excited. He kept drilling into the stone cave with his fangs and claws, trying to capture the prey that he coveted, and then tore and devoured it bit by bit. Enter the abdomen.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!!"
The cave was so small that wild wolves couldn't get in, so they started banging against each other crazily. The stone began to sway and could be broken at any time.
The child's heart would shrink with every impact. He held a sharp stone larger than his hand in his arms, biting his lips tightly to suppress his useless cries.
"Bang!" "Ouch!"
After the last violent impact, the cave finally collapsed. The child tried his best to shrink back, clinging to the big rock behind him, tightly clenching the stone in his hand, and staring at the wild wolf that would pounce at any time.
Although in front of that giant wolf, he looked like a small ball.
"Ouch! Boom——!"
The giant wolf let out a howl, and its green eyes brightened a little more. However, the moment it pounced on it, it was knocked away by a ball of flames from nowhere, and fell in the distance, letting out several miserable whimpers. , and then there was no movement.
Dead, dead?
The little boy stared blankly at the giant wolf corpse that was no longer moving. Then his body began to tremble belatedly, and the tears he had been holding back filled his eyes in an instant.
"Hey, kid, weren't you brave just now? Are you scared now?"
"who?!"
Suddenly, a strange voice seemed to ring close to his ear. The child was frightened and quickly turned around holding his "weapon".
The first thing that caught his eye was a fiery red dress, and looking up, he saw a very good-looking brother. The child suddenly seemed to be stunned, staring at this beautiful little brother without blinking.
"Kid, aren't you afraid of me?" The young man seemed to find it strange and leaned down in front of the child.
Why be afraid? The child shook his head blankly: "Don't be afraid, brother, I'm not a ghost."
The boy became playful, raised his eyebrows and smiled mischievously: "I know, you are not a ghost, but I am~"
As he spoke, his appearance suddenly changed, and bright red blood flowed out of his twisted face, which looked very terrifying.
But for some reason, the child didn't really feel that scared at this time. Maybe it was because he felt that the young man in front of him was not malicious, or maybe because the young man had just saved him, but he was actually interested in the "evil ghost" in front of him. A bit dependent.
"Brother Ghost, are you going to eat me?"
The ghost boy did not expect that the child would not cry or make trouble, but instead asked a question seriously. The deliberately hideous and terrifying expression froze for a moment, which was a bit funny: "What will you do if I want to eat you?"
As if something suddenly occurred to him, the child quickly put down the stone in his hand, then reached into his arms to feel around, and finally took out a small oil paper bag.
After opening it, there were two pieces of crystal cake inside, but they were a little flattened and not as exquisite as before: "Don't eat me, I'll give you something delicious, okay?"
"What is this?" The ghost boy looked at the flat pastry with no original shape in disgust. Finally, he pinched a piece and stuffed it into his mouth to save his face. However, as soon as he tasted the taste, his eyes lit up, "It's delicious. !”
The boy ate happily and his appearance returned to his good-looking appearance before. The child was also very happy.
"Is there any more?" The ghost boy smacked his lips with unfinished content.
"There are only these two pieces left..." The child scratched his head in embarrassment, "Brother, can you take me to find my father and mother? They will buy you a lot of crystal cakes."
The ghost boy was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of the two tattered corpses he had seen when he came here, and then looked at the fair and tender child in front of him with unwiped tears on his face, and he felt unbearable in his heart. Come.
"No, I saved you. You will be my son from now on. As for your parents... I will tell them in my dream."
"ah?"
"Ah what? Just think that your parents don't want you anymore. I will protect you from now on, and the big ghost will protect the 'little ghost'."
"But, I——"
"Where did you buy your crystal cake?"
"...Here, at the sugar shop in Shanxia Town, I -"
"Do you have any money with you? By the way, kid, what's your name?"
"Well, one thing, my name is Gu Qingchen, brother, how about you?"
Seeing that the child's attention was finally diverted, the ghost boy quietly put away the ghostly aura that covered the corpses, and then buried them in the pit: "Me? The lonely ghost has no name."
"How come there's no name?" Little Gu Qingchen held his hand and looked up strangely.
The ghost boy lowered his head and looked at the child who was said to have a fate entangled with him by the old Taoist priest. He suddenly squatted down and grabbed his fair face: "Well... your name is Qingchen, then I will Call it Zhuo Feng.”
"Zhuofeng, Zhuofeng~" Little Gu Qingchen muttered the name, looking very happy.
"Hey, kid, why don't you call me brother?" Zhuo Feng curled his lips in dissatisfaction.
"Because Burning Wind sounds good~ Burning Wind~ Burning Wind~"
"Uuuu Zhuo Feng, run away——!!"
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"Scorching Wind!"
Gu Qingchen woke up suddenly and took a breath. Why was he dreaming about the past again?
"Hey, you called me?" Zhuo Feng walked in with a plate of crystal cakes and asked as he stuffed it.
"Well, I had a dream." Gu Qingchen looked at him in amusement with his mouth full of residue. He stretched out his hand to help wipe it. After wiping it, he began to send spiritual energy to him. "How much did you eat? I will suffer from indigestion later. .”
"I didn't eat much." Zhuo Feng muttered guiltily, gave him a piece of crystal cake, and quickly changed the subject.
"How much official business does your sect have to deal with? You didn't even go back to sleep last night. Instead, you slept here."
"These are all the things that have been piled up before, and they have been dealt with now." Gu Qingchen rubbed his sore shoulders and neck while eating the sweet crystal cake, "I haven't spent much time with you these days. Are you bored?"
Gu Qingchen thought of the scene in his dream where he was forced to use blood to break the ghost spirit contract and cut off his connection with Zhuo Feng, and he secretly made a decision in his heart.
"Who cares about your company?" Zhuo Feng pretended to hum, glanced at Gu Qingchen's tired look, and regretted a little, "Your sect is quite boring, how can anyone sit and watch this and that every day?"
"Well, Yu Zhu and the others are still at ease in the Ghost Valley. The Ghost Lord and Brother Xiao are even more so. They just built a small building by themselves and isolated themselves from the world. They lived a small life..."
Zhuo Feng was really bored these days, and he would chatter endlessly whenever he talked.
Although when Gu Qingchen took over as the sect leader, he voluntarily stayed with him, but he didn't expect that the sect leader would be so busy. How could he break the sect...
Just as he was complaining, Gu Qingchen suddenly stood up and hugged the person in his arms:
"Then... let's elope?"
"Ah?" Zhuo Feng was stunned.
"How about going to a place with beautiful scenery and building a small building like Mr. Xiao and the others?" Gu Qingchen's voice was as gentle and serious as ever.
"Are you serious?!" Zhuo Feng suddenly became excited, "Then I have a more gorgeous building than Ghost Lord and others!"
"Okay~"
"But you really don't care about this sect?"
"No matter." Gu Qingchen kissed the top of his beloved boy's hair, "Zhuo Feng, please save me."
"You said it! Let's go now!"
"Yeah." You saved me, and from now on I only belong to you.
Half a day later, Wang Hu, a disciple of the Xuantian Sect who had received the communication talisman inexplicably, looked at the empty sect leader's hall and the book of succession: "...Huh?"
(over)
