In the capital of Dongheng, there are bursts of rain in spring, and the sky is dense and cloudy, dark and misty. In the lakeside building of King Xian's mansion, Bai Ruoyin stood in front of the window with his back to Ruoxin, quietly listening to Ruoxin explain her intentions.

After talking about the cause and effect of the matter, Ruoxin looked up at Bai Ruoyin. Bai Ruoyin's expression on her face was always calm, no sadness, no emotion, like the clear lake outside Xiaozhu, which was unwavering, and people couldn't guess what she was thinking.

Ruoxin bit her lower lip, lifted the corner of her skirt and knelt down, and said, "Ruoxin implores the high priest to find a way to save Guan Jingtian. ”

There was silence again, save for the rustle of the drizzle outside the house on the plantain leaves. Bai Ruoyin stood quietly for a moment, her eyes moved to a pot planted outside the windowsill, she stretched out her hand, moved it in, and gently flicked the dew condensed by the drizzle on the fallen leaves, and then slowly spoke: "Since the corpse and soul officials in the ghost city all said that he was dead, why did you do in vain and insist on the impossible. ”

Ruoxin shook her head, "Guan Jingtian disappeared suddenly, I don't believe he died like that." The High Priest was so knowledgeable and powerful that he knew what the solution was. ”

Bai Ruoyin didn't turn around, but just glanced at Ruoxin sideways, and said lightly: "I can't save it." You'd better go. ”

Seeing that Bai Ruo rejected her because she didn't try, Ruoxin was anxious and disappointed, but she was unwilling to give up. She stood up, walked to Bai Ruoyin's side, and said pleadingly: "High Priest, I know that my request is difficult for a strong man, but Guan Jingtian is the most innocent person in the whole matter, if there is still a glimmer of life, I can't give up." Please give it a try, as long as you can save Guan Sedum, Ruoxin is willing to do anything to repay her, if she really can't in the end, Ruoxin will also die and not disturb the high priest again. ”

Bai Ruoyin's eyelids were half-drooping, and the white fingertips touched the plants on the potted plant, and with a "click" sound, Bai Ruoyin broke off a section of the branch, moved it to Ruoxin, and said: "A plant withers, and people still have a way to revive it, but from the broken branch of the body, how do you let it return to its original position and survive again?" Guan Jingtian doesn't even have a body now, just like these broken branches that have left their roots, even if I can recall his seven souls and six souls, I can't do anything. ”

Qingling's voice wafted in the humid air, cold to the heart.

Is there really nothing that can be done?

"Ayin, what you said is too shocking."

With a low chuckle, the words came from afar, outside the small building, in the spring rain, Huang Fuxian slowly walked towards the hall, and a step behind him, the young attendant held an umbrella for him.

When they got to the hallway, the attendant took the umbrella and stayed outside. The slender figure walked in from outside the hall, Huang Fuxian was dressed in a moon-white robe, with a slight smile on his face, elegant as a lotus, but the evil aura faintly emanating from his eyebrows and eyes was gloomy and crazy.

Glancing at Bai Ruoyin, Huangfuxian turned to Ruoxin, smiled slightly, and said, "Ruo'er, don't come to harm?" ”

Ruoxin looked at Huangfu Xian in a daze, bowed her head and saluted: "I have seen Prince Xian." ”

Prince Xian?

Huangfu Xian's eyebrows were slightly raised, he slowly paced in front of Ruoxin, raised his hand, and touched her cheeks with smooth fingers with a little cold spring rain, slid from his cheekbones to his chin, and raised Ruoxin's head slightly. Looking directly into Ruoxin's eyes, the corners of Huangfu Xian's mouth curled, and he said lazily: "Ruo'er is a lot of estrangement with teachers and students, or is it that the identity of Princess Ning now makes you consciously keep a distance from your teachers?" ”

Ruoxin instinctively struggled slightly, but only for a moment, and then calmed down. The long eyelashes fell a faint shadow under her eyes, and Ruoxin said softly: "Prince Xian once said that since the day Ruoxin went down the mountain, you have broken off the friendship between master and apprentice with me, and Ruoxin does not dare to climb high now." ”

"Really?" Huang Fuxian chuckled, loosened the hand that was clamping Ruoxin's chin, put it behind his back, no longer entangled in that question, and said lazily: "Do you want to know about the Guan family kid?" ”

"Zhongyang." Bai Ruoyin stood by the window and called coldly, she looked at Huang Fuxian, her lake-like eyes with a faint sense of stopping.

Huang Fuxian glanced at her, hooked his lips, and then looked at Ruoxin again.

"Prince Qiu Xian told me." Ruoxin didn't pay attention to Bai Ruoyin's eyes, and asked Huang Fuxian eagerly.

Huang Fuxian raised his eyebrows again, looking at her with a smile.

“...... Please tell the Master. ”

"Just because the body is not there does not mean that he has disappeared from this world. The dead can never be resurrected, but the Three Souls and Seven Spirits can exist in other ways. Huang Fuxian said with a smile, his half-squinted phoenix eyes with an incomprehensible look, "As long as you have a strong mind, your soul will not dissipate, but will be attached to some things." There is also a situation where he will return to his original form. Ruo'er, you should know this truth. ”

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and Ruoxin unconsciously stroked the Imperial Ghost Black Wood that was stored close to her arms, looked at Huang Fuxian intently, and asked, "What does Master mean...... Guan Jingtian is still in this world. ”

"He didn't live until he was dying, and he shouldn't have died. This time, if he hadn't volunteered, it wouldn't have happened. Huang Fuxian smiled, leaned over, and whispered in Ruoxin's ear: "In this world, everything has a price. It seems that the kid from the Guan family also understands this truth. Now, in order to help you, he can only exist in that form. ”

That form exists......

Looking up at Huang Fuxian, Ruoxin's eyes were full of horror and disbelief.

Ruoxin suppressed the shock in her heart, and trembled to take out from her bosom the ghost Kuroki who had not left her body since leaving the ghost town. The black wood, pure without a trace of impurities, rested quietly flat in the palm of her hand. The cool breeze blew, as if it sounded in the ears.

Ruoxin's throat kept swallowing, she stared at the wood in her hand without blinking, and said hoarsely: "Guan Jingtian's soul is now in this ghost black wood?" ...... That's impossible. ”

Huang Fuxian smiled, and said slowly: "The imperial ghost Kuroki can suppress a hundred ghosts, but there are very few people who can really get it. The reason is that the black wood has no spirit, and it needs to be guided by the soul of the human to become the ghost wood that can suppress ghosts and drive away evil spirits in the mouth of the world. Who would trade their lives for an artifact they would never get? What's more, such a person is not something ordinary people can do, in addition to fate, he must also be voluntary, in order to become one with the ghost Kuroki. ”

Ruoxin held the Imperial Ghost Kuroki tightly and asked in a depressed voice, "Master, did you foresee such a result as today?" ”

"Tianxuan told me." Huang Fuxian didn't hide it, he looked at Ruoxin with a complicated and painful expression with a smile, and said slowly: "The Guan family kid was born with a special physique, and his fate has a deep relationship with the imperial ghost Kuroki. You are very human, and entering the ghost town of Kelan will not affect you at all. Now that he has volunteered to become an artifact that can help you survive, isn't it the heavens that help you? ”

Ruoxin bit her lower lip and didn't speak, her left hand was clenched, her nails were embedded in her palm, Ruoxin felt something slowly seeping out along the palm, clinging to her side, and the viscous liquid silently seeped into the crimson robe.

Huang Fuxian lowered his eyes and swept her slightly trembling hand, and a trace of unknown emotion flashed in his eyes, but after a moment, Huang Fuxian spoke again: "Now that you have collected two complete artifacts in your hands, one is missing, and you may be able to make up for it today." ”

Ruoxin raised her head sharply and stared at Huang Fuxian, who smiled low and asked, "Ruo'er, do you want to meet your favorite junior brother?" ”

A bad feeling spread in her heart, Ruoxin reached out and grabbed Huang Fuxian's sleeve tightly, gritted her teeth and said, "Master, I don't care what you want to do to me, but Xiao Si is innocent, you can't involve him." He now has his normal life, which doesn't affect your plans at all. ”

The black eyes smeared with a strange light, and Huang Fuxian smiled: "What are your plans for being a teacher?" ”

Ruoxin was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "Master wants to restore the Ying Clan's orthodox dynasty. ”

Hearing Ruoxin's answer, the smile on Huangfu Xian's lips deepened a little, he gently touched the back of Ruoxin's head like a child, and said with a smile: "A smart child, he really deserves to be the most beloved apprentice of the teacher." Now that you know, you should know that being a teacher is not a person who gives up halfway. If you want to complete that plan, there are still some things missing, only a good apprentice for the teacher - Ruo'er, you can help the teacher achieve it. ”

Huang Fuxian had a casual smile on his lips, and his eyes met Ruoxin's eyes, his eyes turned lightly, like spring and autumn water, and his phoenix eyes faintly hooked his soul. Ruoxin stared deeply into his eyes, but saw that the ruthless evil aura in it was even colder.

"What do you mean?"

Huang Fuxian did not answer Ruoxin's words directly, but took out a bone bead the size of a dragon's eye core from the tray presented by his subordinates. This bead Ruoxin is very familiar, because it is the same as the non-rosary bead she wears on her wrist, only a little larger than the ones on her hand.

Is it the main heart bead without a rosary?

Huang Fuxian handed the bone bead to Ruoxin, and the evil air in his eyes flowed, "It's up to you." Now this rosary is lifeless, even if it is strung back together, it is still a bone bead that has no effect. Only you can bring the rosary-bead spirit back to its place.

What do you mean?

Huang Fuxian looked at Ruoxin's gaze and never took his eyes away, he clapped his hands and said lazily, "Bring him in." ”

A thin pale cyan figure appeared at the door of the hall, Shang Si held the door frame with one hand and pressed his forehead with the other, the expression on his face seemed to be a little painful and confused.

"Shang Gongzi, please." Rejuvenation reminded behind Shang Si.

Shang Si slowly put down the hand on his forehead, looked up at the hall, his eyes were confused and confused, his gaze swept over the few people in the hall one by one, and finally landed on Ruoxin's body.

He closed his eyes, shook his head a little uncomfortably, and finally looked at Ruoxin again, staring at her intently, and shouted in a complicated tone, "Sister Ah Li......"