Chapter 7: The Root of All Evil

For a whole day, Huo Xiaolu was in high spirits. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

With red eyes, he observes everything around him like a thief. Under the bed, behind the door, and by the window, they are all important places for him to pay attention to. What happened last night really took him by surprise.

The New Year in the countryside has the habit of visiting the New Year, if it was in the past, Huo Xiaolu would definitely go out early to play, but this year, he is not in the mood.

He sat in the doorway, basking in the warm sun, stretching his legs a little tiredly, his heavy eyelids open, and surveying all the shadows around him. From time to time, neighbors came to visit the door and looked at him curiously, and the uncles and aunts asked him with concern if he was sick, and he grinned and forced a smile: "Sick." ”

No one knew how frightened he was, and his mother only knew that he had a nightmare that caused him to lose his spirits, and he buried the horror he had seen in his heart.

He didn't believe it was just a dream, it felt too real, he really felt like he had walked around the back mountain forest, shuttled through the woods, and had seen those vague shadows. But he didn't know what it meant or what it portended, and he had to look for clues by himself.

But fortunately, he was the only one who was unsettled, and the festive atmosphere did not diminish in the slightest. He looked at everything around him with lazy eyes, silently thinking about his own thoughts.

Until the evening, Huo Xiaolu didn't find any noteworthy people or things, but waited for an unexpected person.

It was just getting dark, and the people who had been busy for two whole days were ready to go to bed early. At this time, Huo Xiaolu heard someone knocking on the door.

Who else will come at this time?

When he opened the door, he saw a pretty girl standing in the doorway with a small suitcase, looking at him with a smile.

Huo Xiaolu stayed where he was all of a sudden, his mouth wide open, but he couldn't speak.

"Why, you won't be able to speak for a few days?" Seeing him look so dumbfounded, the girl laughed.

At this time, Huo Xiaolu reacted, hurriedly took the suitcase with one hand, and pulled her to the house with the other, shouting as he walked: "Dad, Mom, Yi Dye is here!" ”

The second elder in the house hurriedly greeted her, and her mother took her hand in surprise when she saw Yi Ran and asked, "Yi Ran, why did you come after the New Year?" ”

Yi Ran held Huo's mother's hand and said with a smile: "Auntie, I was originally at home to accompany my parents for the New Year, and it happened that they had something to go abroad, and I had nowhere to go, so I came to bother for two days!" ”

Huo Mu's face couldn't help but smile: "It's good to come, it's good to come, it's just idle for the New Year, come here to relax." ”

Hearing this, Yi Ran smiled and nodded, and then turned his gaze to Father Huo: "Uncle, then I'll bother!" ”

Father Huo laughed, waved his hand and said, "Hey, what's the bother, there are too many people!" He also has a good impression of Yi Zhan, and like Huo's mother, he also regards her as his daughter-in-law, and now that people have taken the initiative to come, how can there be any reason not to welcome her.

A few people went into the house amicably, and asked Yi Ran in a low voice while walking on Huo Xiaolu: "Why did you come suddenly?" ”

"What, you're not welcome?" Yi Ran asked in the same whisper, giving him a roll of his eyes.

Huo Xiaolu smiled: "How can you not be welcome, but you should say it in advance, I will pick you up at the station." ”

"That's pretty much it." Yi Ran snorted, "I decided to come here this morning, I originally thought that the station would tell you a surprise, but I didn't expect the phone to run out of battery, fortunately I can still recognize the road." ”

When Huo Xiaolu's parents entered the house, they pulled Yi Ran to ask for warmth again, and hung Huo Xiaolu aside, which made him a little depressed.

But at this time, he was a little tired, Huo Xiaolu's parents went to rest after packing up and arranging a place to live, and threw the two young people in the living room.

When the old couple entered the bedroom, Yi Ran looked at Huo Xiaolu, and there was an unpredictable cunning in his big watery eyes: "Do you miss me?" ”

"Nope." Huo Xiaolu pursed his lips and said deliberately, "I haven't seen you for a few days, how can I think about it so easily." ”

"Humph!" Yi Ran was obviously not satisfied with this answer, but he didn't care.

She continued: "I've heard the Yin Lord say about Auntie's curse, what do you have now? ”

Huo Xiaolu shook his head: "No, since that person can hide from Lin Shen, it will be easy to evade my investigation." ”

"Yes."

After taking a closer look at him, Yi Ran frowned, and asked, "Seeing that your complexion is not very good, and there is a residual yin qi on your body, have you encountered something unclean?" ”

mentioned that Huo Xiaolu's face was not very good-looking, and he told him about his experience last night.

After listening, Yi Ran pinched his chin and thought about it with a serious expression. And Huo Xiaolu has been tossed enough this day, so he simply left it all to Yi Ran to consider.

After a long time, Yi Ran asserted: "Don't think about it, someone must be eyeing you, and it is very likely that it is the one who attacked Auntie." ”

Huo Xiaolu asked her, "How do you know?" ”

"The black shadows and those strange sounds you mentioned are very similar to the effect of the 'Weeping Baby Ghost Array', which uses the soul of a baby who died early to confuse people's hearts, and it has no lethal power in itself, but it can erode people's spirits. This kind of thing can't be explained by just dreaming, someone must have done it to you. Yi Ran made his own inference.

After she explained this, Huo Xiaolu probably had a score in his heart, and then asked: "In this case, why didn't that person attack me directly, but use this way to intimidate me?" Also, I didn't find anything wrong with my soul spirit. ”

In this way, Yi Dye's brow furrowed again, and these two points really didn't make sense.

After thinking about it for a long time, she finally got discouraged: "I can't think of it, I don't understand." ”

She grabbed her hair vigorously, and said helplessly: "Forget it, think about it tomorrow, if you really can't ask Nai He or the Yin Lord, it's useless to just rely on the two of us to guess here." ”

Huo Xiaolu didn't want to think about these things anymore, he was a little exhausted now and needed to rest urgently. The two hit it off and went back to their respective rooms to sleep.

This night, Huo Xiaolu didn't have any more strange dreams, and without those messy light and shadow pictures to disturb, he slept very sweetly, especially when he thought that Yi Ran was next door, the smile on the corner of his mouth hung all night.

In the next few days, Huo Xiaolu didn't encounter those strange things again, the person hiding in the dark seemed to have given up, and there were no more moths, so that they could have a good Spring Festival.

Time flies, and before you know it, it's time to go back to school.

Huo Xiaolu didn't have anything to do when he stayed at home, so he simply went back to school with Yi Ran. The two packed their bags, spent a whole day, and returned to Z City.

When I got out of the car, I saw that there were already two old friends waiting for them.

The Yin Lord gave Huo Xiaolu a big hug: "Dear senior brother, did you miss me?" ”

For the two of them, Huo Liuli ignored the affectionate way of greeting, and pulled Yi Ran back to school.

After the two of them put their things down, everyone gathered in the school cafeteria, where they were waiting for them.

There is no doubt that it is what happened in Huo Xiaolu's house.

Nai He asked him: "Xiaolu, did you find anything unusual at home?" ”

Huo Xiaolu shook his head, in the past ten days after the year, he and Yi Ran have been looking for clues in their hometown, but unfortunately they have found nothing.

This was not unexpected, she continued: "It's normal that you didn't find a clue, after all, the other party is also a master. However, I have some eyebrows about the 'Weeping Baby Ghost Array'. ”

"Oh? Do you know who the other person is? Huo Xiaolu asked.

He shook his head helplessly: "That's not true, but I know what's going on." ”

She asked Huo Xiaolu: "You also know the effect of the Weeping Baby Ghost Array, but there is no trace of the erosion of your spirit on your body, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Hearing this, Huo Xiaolu was stunned, but he didn't pay attention to this problem, but now that he thinks about it, this is indeed a bit unreasonable.

He asked tentatively, "Could it be because I have a good character?" ”

The Yin Lord couldn't help but glance at him and explained, "That's because you didn't enter that formation at all. ”

"Huh?" Huo Xiaolu didn't understand at this time, "What do you mean, can you explain?" ”

The Yin Lord continued, "Do you still remember your physique? ”

Huo Xiaolu nodded: "Jin Crow, what's wrong?" ”

Nai He shook his head and said, "It's not this, we're talking about another." ”

"Another ...... Picking up shadows? Huo Xiaolu said with some uncertainty.

"That's right."

Sighing slightly, he said, "Actually, you really just had a dream that night, but you had a real dream. ”

Huo Xiaolu said with some hesitation: "You mean to say that my shadow-picking physique has been effective again?" ”

"I'm afraid so."

But in this way, Huo Xiaolu felt that it was not right: "Then why didn't the things in my dream appear in reality?" ”

As soon as he said this, the people fell silent.

In the end, it was the Yin Lord who spoke: "Actually, maybe it has already happened. ”

Huo Xiaolu's brows furrowed: "Solve." ”

"There's one thing you might not know...... The shadow picking physique is not only dreaming of the future, but also dreaming of ...... Past. ”

As soon as he heard this, Huo Xiaolu's eyes suddenly widened: "You mean, this has already happened?" How come I am not impressed? ”

Yi Ran whispered on the side: "I think it may be something that happened to Auntie......"

Huo Xiaolu was silent for a moment. The other four didn't know what to say, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

"Who the hell is that person, why is he targeting me and harming my family?" Huo Xiaolu's voice was a little hoarse, showing the agitation of emotions in his heart.

Naihe's face showed a hint of pity: "I think, it's because of your physique." ”

"Your shadow-picking physique is coveted by many people, especially those who are not right-hearted, and they will definitely attack you, your mother...... Maybe it's because of the involvement. After a moment's hesitation, she decided to say it.

The Yin Lord sighed slightly: "Greed is the root of all evil, and this sentence is also suitable in the Yin and Yang Realm of Life and Death. (To be continued.) )