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The phoenix in the sky let out a breaking roar, as if penetrating the entire purple-black curtain, the darkness gradually receded, and the white spread from a corner, sometimes I also want to be a phoenix, maybe this can break through the shackles in the night palace. The bells rang in the palace of the night and my memories flooded like a flood. I can't forget that day, when Master said to me worriedly, "The ghosts of the mortal world have alarmed the king, and I may be more than lucky in this battle, so you are here to take care of the night and the palace for me." "That was the last time Master touched my head. In Master's eyes, I will always be a child who will not grow up, and he will not worry about it, so he will use the move to leave.

I never saw my master again, but I saw the king I always wanted to see.

At noon that day, a strange man walked into the courtyard, he was wearing a robe intertwined with gold and silver threads, his long silver hair was tied together, his dark purple eyes were shining, and his eyebrows revealed endless loneliness. In his hand, he held a spirit staff entwined with ice thorns, and the crystal ball embedded in it sparkled.

"Who are you?" I was sitting on the phoenix wood, and when I saw the stranger at the door, I jumped down.

"I am the king. As he spoke, he waved his left hand, and a bone-cold forehead ring kissed my forehead.

"This is the sign of the priests of all ages, and your master asked me to hand him over to you. ”

My voice suddenly trembled: "That.. What about my master?"

The king paused for a moment: "The priest has died for the underworld. ”

All the red on the phoenix wood withered in an instant, falling powerlessly, as if I couldn't face such a reality. "Tomorrow you need to take your master's place, and he will probably teach you how to do it. The king turned and departed, and made a clattering sound in the crimson sea, and the light of the sky was blinding.

When I finally stood in Master's place, reading the Dharma that he had read many times, and was in the center of the council hall holding the Ice Spirit Staff in my hand and looking down on the beings, I felt a chill that I had never felt before. The rules that had been covered up by the Master were finally revealed, and I finally understood why so many people in the Night Hades always disappeared for no reason.

The king's dwelling was actually in the purple and black sky above the palace of the night underworld, and every time I pushed open the heavy black door, I would always see the lonely shadow of the king standing at the window. The king's palace was covered with a barrier of magic, and no one would see him. That day, he was playing with the Yingluo in his hand. "Shenxu, it's time for the ghosts of the mortal world to strengthen the seal again. "Actually, the ghost is not dead, it is a kind of power in the human heart from the inside out, where there is darkness, there will be ghosts, even if ten masters are sacrificed, it will not help. It can only be put aside for decades to strengthen the seal he left behind during his lifetime.

"Shenxu, my life in this life is coming to an end, this is the book of the next life, and when I am reincarnated, you will take it to pick me up. "It's strange that the king's spiritual power after reincarnation is more than ten times stronger than mine, but whether it is sealing ghosts or other big and small things, the priest needs to deal with it.

"I see, King. "I got down on one knee and obeyed all his commands.