10. Guarding the heart (end)

Zhang Longqian remembered that there were two passages leading to the underworld in the academy, one was controlled by the academy to open and close, and the "ghost pool" for entering and exiting the punished ghosts was built in the spiritual research field; And there is another one who is a Taoist in the underworld - that is, those ghosts and the like who enter and exit at will, and their opening and closing are all in charge of the underworld, but where this "ghost door" is specifically Zhang Longqian is not clear.

Looking at the smooth mountain wall that glowed with cold light in the moonlight in front of Bai Qi, although no matter how he looked at it, he felt that it didn't match the "door", but Zhang Longqian still couldn't help but have a guess.

Could it be that the ghost gate is here?

In Zhang Longqian's searching gaze, Bai Qi stepped forward and attached his palm to the mountain wall, and saw that the mountain wall fluctuated slightly like the surface of the water, and then he put away his palm and took a step back.

The mountain wall fluctuated for a moment before calming down, and then, a crisp but cold voice came from inside.

"Who came back so early?"

The mountain wall twisted and shook slightly like real water, and a figure gradually emerged from it.

First the long white hat stretched out, and the words "You are here too" were very prominent, then the dark brown token held in the pale hand, and then the white robe swaying in the wind with the long black hair.

When he completely came out, Zhang Longqian looked at his pale face with a long tongue but a smile, and felt a strangeness in his heart, and couldn't help but let out a surprised sound.

"White impermanence?!"

Hearing this exclamation blurted out, Bai Wuchang turned his head to look at Zhang Longqian, and without opening his mouth, he made a puzzled voice: "Living? Who's this? Saying that, he saw Bai Qi, was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and saluted: "It turned out to be Wu Anjun." Two days ago, you suddenly disappeared, Fan Wusu also said that he would run out to look for you today, but I didn't expect you to come back by yourself, are you okay? ”

Bai Qi looked at Bai Wuchang and seemed to be taken aback: "I'm fine." But Brother Xie, why are you dressed like this? ”

"Wu Anjun just called me safe." As he spoke, Bai Wuchang reached out and grabbed his face, and then took it off in Zhang Longqian's stunned gaze.

No, it's just an extremely realistic mask.

Xie Bi'an under the mask was a thin young man, he frowned, and his pale face looked very melancholy: "No way, if I don't wear a mask and this ridiculous hat, no one will think I'm white and impermanent." Fan Wusu is fine, he has a vicious face in nature, even if he doesn't wear a hat, as long as he shakes the soul chain in his hand, everyone will call him 'Black Impermanence' and obediently listen to him. ”

After saying that, he wanted to put on a mask again, but Bai Qi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "You better don't wear a mask, I've seen this face for so many years, and I'm not used to wearing a mask." ”

Hearing this, Xie Bi'an stopped, he looked at the mask in his hand, thought for a while, and finally nodded and put the mask into his wide sleeves: "It's okay, it's not comfortable to wear." Then he asked Bai Qi again, "Wu Anjun is going back?" ”

nodded, and said in vain: "But before that, I want to trouble my brother to help me get something out." ”

After thinking about it for a while, Xie Bi'an's melancholy face showed a slightly surprised look: "Wu Anjun, you only have one thing, right?" Why take it out? ”

Bai Qi didn't explain, just smiled and said, "Take it out and you'll know." ”

Seeing this, Xie Bi'an didn't ask any further, just nodded: "Wait a minute." ”

After speaking, Xie Bi'an got into the mountain wall, and then drilled back in less than ten seconds, but there was already a long burden in his hand.

Bai Qi took the burden and opened the cyan cloth, revealing a long sword.

The dark cyan scabbard is a simple geometric pattern, the hilt of more than 20 centimeters long is wrapped with a dark silk, the sword body and the hilt are about one meter long, from the oval sword grid can be inferred, this should be the shape of the long sword in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Gently stroking the lines on the scabbard, Bai Qi's gaze looked gentle and nostalgic, and then as soon as he raised his hand, he threw the sword to Zhang Longqian.

Subconsciously caught it, and then Zhang Longqian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "Wu Anjun, ...... are you?" ”

"This sword will be handed over to you from now on."

As soon as she heard this, Zhang Longqian almost wanted to throw the long sword back in her hand, but she still knew that this was very impolite, so she held up the long sword with both hands towards Bai Qi and sincerely refused.

"This is your saber, and Long Qian doesn't dare to accept it."

"My sword has long since been buried in the tomb with my bones, and now it is probably completely decayed, and this sword was forged by my dear friend to keep my heart in my nose, hence the name 'Guarding the Heart'. Melted by the fire of hell and quenched by the water of Lethe, it has a sinister aura when it comes out, although it is different from the sword I used to wear, but it is also a good sword. Speaking of this, he paused slightly, and looked at the sword in Zhang Longqian's hand with some regret, "It's a pity that I can't play any role in the underworld...... The reason why a sword is a sword is because it fights side by side with its master and goes into battle to kill the enemy, if it is not so, it can only be called decoration. ”

Sighing rather sadly, Bai Qi looked at Zhang Longqian again, and there was no joke in his eyes.

"Instead of making it a decoration in the underworld, it is better to turn into your sword and fight with you."

"But after all, I have never known you in my life, even if the first two encounters are counted, then I owe you a great favor, no matter how I say it, I should repay you, how can I accept your things? And ......" Looking at the long sword in his hand, Zhang Longqian frowned, his eyes were grim, "It's still your sword ......"

For a warrior who fights on the battlefield, what "sword" means is self-evident, Zhang Longqian and Bai Qi are not related, how dare they accept such a heavy thing like this?

Bai Qi smiled softly.

"Everything has its own certainty, and if you think it is unreasonable at the moment, you will understand it later."

Seeing that Zhang Longqian opened his mouth to speak, Bai Qi added another sentence.

"What's more, I won't need it anymore......"

The calm and indifferent tone revealed a hint of complicated emotion.

Zhang Longqian blinked, not quite understanding Bai Qi's words.

Could it be that he has already completed his sentence and is about to be reincarnated?

But in a blink of an eye, seeing Xie Bi'an, who also heard this, his face was full of surprise, Zhang Longqian understood that this was definitely not the case, and Bai Qi's current words and deeds always made her feel weird.

-- It's like "explaining what happened to you."

Although Bai Qi had already died, Zhang Longqian felt this way, and after thinking about it, she wanted to refuse again, but Bai Qi didn't give her a chance to speak at all, and looked straight at Xie Bi'an with a complicated expression and said, "Brother Xie, I want to go back." ”

Xie Bi'an immediately nodded back to his senses, and under the changes of a few seals in his hand, a few rays of light appeared and disappeared into Bai Qi's body, as if he was preparing something. Soon Xie Bi'an withdrew his hand and stood aside, and Bai Qi walked towards the mountain wall, and when he was about to step in, he glanced back at Zhang Longqian.

"Girl, don't be too obsessed with everything, just 'keep your heart', and everything can be solved."

Zhang Longqian couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously looked at the long sword in his hand, which was also named "Shouxin", and the white voice continued to sound, as if he had seen through everything, calm and convinced.

"Everything changes, this is the common sense of the world, if you want to survive in such an irresistible torrent, you must guard your 'heart'. As long as you have always been 'you' and your 'heart' has not changed, then no matter how the outside world changes, you will still remain unmoved. ”

“…… As long as I ...... Or is it 'me'? ”

Zhang Longqian, who didn't understand much for a while, and still had some confusion on his face, his white expression was very solemn, and there was a strange light shining under his eyes.

“…… If it were you, the world might be ......"

The muttering voice was so subtle that Zhang Longqian couldn't hear it clearly, and she didn't even have a chance to ask, so she stepped into the ghost gate and disappeared, leaving her completely confused looking at the long sword in her hand.