Chapter 25: Before the War

Every three difficult things, everyone will never mention them.

The day before the showdown, in Goldstone Town, everyone was doing their own thing. But the more you don't mention it, the more it shows that this matter is pressed on everyone's heart, but everyone doesn't show it.

Uncle Bao wandered at the foot of Tietou Mountain outside the town, hesitating whether to see his old friend for the last time. Tomorrow, his lifelong best friend will disappear from this world completely, and if he is still alive, it will be even more catastrophic. He will become a demon, and in essence, it is not the original Ruan Tianyi. So no matter what, he will also lose this only friend; This ordinary, but with an extraordinary heart; This friend who has crossed countless resentful souls and evil spirits, but forced himself into a corner!

The Tao is natural, life and death are also natural, and he should be able to see it. However, people are not immortals after all, and in the face of so many years of friendship, he can't reach that realm, how can he see it?! After thinking about it, he decided to see his old friend again, even if it was just standing far away and saying a few words. How many years of brother, at least say something before sending him on his way.

At the same time, Bao Datong in the town is still cultivating, although Wanli told him to relax a little, but he can't sit still at all, if he goes into battle to kill the enemy, kill demons and demons, he may be very excited, but when he thinks that tomorrow he is going to participate in a human tragedy of cannibalism between father and son, his heart panics. In fact, Wan Li was also very uneasy, although on the surface, he was sitting firmly in a chair, holding a book to read, but he didn't turn a page for a long time, and his mind was not on it at all. Ruan Zhan and Xiao Xia had already gone out, and the two walked in the town arm in arm, happily shopping around every corner of the town, although they didn't say a word along the way, their eyes were intertwined, and their fingers were interlocked, as if every time they looked at each other, they had to deepen the impression in each other's hearts, and they didn't return to the hotel until late at night.

Lying quietly in Ruan Zhan's arms, Xiao Xia's heart was so confused that he couldn't sleep at all. His head was nestled in his chest, and although he listened to his breathing steadily and his heart beating vigorously and regularly, Xiao Xia could still feel the contradictions and struggles entangled in his heart, as if he could touch those complex and painful emotions. What you have to do tomorrow is already difficult for others, let alone Ruan Zhan, one of the parties involved? Although he was here to help his father, although all of this was arranged by his father himself, how could he do it?! And what if, he is really in danger? Is she really going to lose him?

Ever since she knew about it, she had been mentally building up repeatedly, telling herself that he would be fine, and that she would never let him leave like that. She told herself this over and over again, but as the date approached, and as the showdown loomed, the blind confidence she had given herself suddenly collapsed. During the day, she desperately tried to behave normally, and seemed to be confident, but on this cold spring night, when his body temperature and breath gently surrounded her, she was suddenly afraid that this moment was the last good time, and she was afraid that she would lose him from now on.

If he really died, she couldn't go with him. Although she loved him so much, without him, she might not have lived as much as she died, but she could not ignore her elderly parents, and she could not pass on her pain to others in the form of death. Moreover, even if she was martyred, she had neither spiritual power nor resentment, and her soul might soon dissipate, and it would not be possible to accompany him forever. At that time, what will I do? Does she want to learn from Lu Yan, give birth to a child for Ruan Zhan, and then live like Ah Bai marrying a ghost husband? No, she doesn't want to be separated from him by yin and yang, she doesn't love each other with him, but she can't touch each other. She wants to hug him, kiss him, stand with him in the sun, and watch each other grow old. Therefore, she must not be so pessimistic, she must face everything strongly, and she must believe that she is his miracle!

Thinking of this, Xiao Xia gently moved Ruan Zhan's arm on his waist, turned over and wanted to hug him, feeling his truth and warmth, but as soon as he turned around, he saw him looking at her quietly with his eyes open, as if he couldn't even blink, his deep eyes were full of tenderness and affection, which made her eyes suddenly swell with a layer of mist.

"I will always love you." He said softly, his voice rushing from her senses all over her body to her heart, so that she could not say anything for a moment. The newly-built determination with a little ferocity vanished again without a trace, and only an indescribable sadness was felt, as if it were a farewell to her.

Xiao Xia stretched out his hand to caress his face, wanting to say something blameful and coquettish, but before the words could be spoken, Ruan Zhan suddenly closed his eyes and seemed to fall asleep in an instant, which startled Xiao Xia.

"Ah Zhan, Ah Zhan!" Xiao Xia pushed Ruan Zhan twice. But Ruan Zhan slept so deeply that he didn't mean to wake up at all.

Isn't there an accident? He has always slept little, and when he sleeps, he wakes up very much, and the slightest movement will wake him up, how can this be at this moment? I touched his chest, and the jump was still steady and powerful. I pushed him a few more times, but he still didn't respond, it was like he had passed out. Is it really too tired, is it really that he is too hard these days and exhausted?

Xiao Xia hurriedly got up and wanted to call Uncle Bao next door to take a look, but before he could sit up, he saw a black shadow flickering in the air, and a figure appeared out of thin air. He was not squeezed in through the walls or through the doors and windows like other spirits, and his posture was ugly, but his posture was graceful, and he appeared instantly.

"Don't be afraid." He said.

Xiao Xia hurriedly covered her mouth and swallowed the scream back into her stomach. She knew who he was? Although she hadn't seen her face clearly, the voice and the feeling told her that the black shadow in front of her was Ruan Zhan's father, Ruan Tianyi.

Instinctively, she reflexively hugged Ruan Zhan, and stared vigilantly at the place where the black shadow was, beware of this old man hurting her sweetheart. But after a closer look, I found that Ruan's father had always been sideways, and at this moment, he turned around and faced her with his back, as if there was no malice.

"I'm not here to hurt him." Father Ruan seemed to know what Xiao Xia meant, and said slowly, his voice containing a smile and relief, "I just came to see him, and also, I am grateful and sorry to you." You, can you put on some clothes first? It's still cold at night. ”

Xiao Xia was startled and realized that she was still naked, although she had been hiding in the quilt and did not come out, she was still ashamed. Looking left and right, I don't know where the clothes were thrown at the moment of passion just now, but fortunately, the wide bathrobe was still there, so I hurriedly put it on, and then turned on a table lamp.

"What's wrong with him?" Seeing Ruan's father turn around, Xiao Xia hurriedly asked, because his image was a little embarrassed.

"Nothing, I just let him sleep quietly for a while. The kid was so tired, he was tired all the time. Ruan's father said and walked to the bed.

All the spirits that Xiao Xia had seen walked lightly, and none of them had ever walked as steadily as Ruan's father, and they couldn't see the slightest difference from humans. Not only that, but he can also make Ruan Zhan, who has strong spiritual power, fall into a coma without knowing it, and his ability is really not ordinarily strong, which is obviously extremely difficult to deal with. This makes Xiao Xia worry about tomorrow's battle again. But she didn't understand what he was doing today. With only twenty-four hours to go until that brutal father-son duel, and tomorrow this time will be a fight to the death, what's the point of this peace now?

I saw Ruan's father standing in front of the sleeping Ruan Zhan, and as soon as he stretched out his fingers, he turned Ruan Zhan, who was asleep on his side, over and made him face up. Then he just stood there dumbfounded, not speaking for a long time, just watching.

"He was like this when he was a child, he was very quiet when he slept," just when Xiao Xia thought that Ruan's father would stand like that for the rest of his life, he suddenly said: "Unlike other children, he can kick the quilt, talk in his dreams, and never lie in bed, when he calls him, he will get up whenever he is called, he will not be coquettish at all, and he is more sensible than adults, but he was only five years old at the time, which is very distressing, isn't it?" ”

Xiao Xia didn't speak, but her heart twisted.

Ruan's father didn't seem to want to hear her reaction, but just said to himself, "In my life, the only person I'm sorry for is him, because when I was about to give birth to this son, I didn't treat him as my own flesh and blood." I just want him to be a killer, a killer who kills me and the demons who can't be crossed. That's a bad practice, isn't it? But I'm not afraid that I will have retribution, but I'm afraid that if the evil qi that has accumulated for many years comes out again, it will be troublesome. They can harm people in various forms, do you remember the pair of demon boys? They are attached to people, live among people, and have hurt many families and innocent people. Those were just two evil spirits that were not very harmful, and if a large number of evil spirits with deeper and heavier grievances roamed the world, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he was born to stop them. Because I was afraid that we would not be able to do anything about each other in the end, after he was born, I didn't even look at him, and asked a spirit to throw him at the door of the family. When he said this, he suddenly stopped, stretched out his hand and caressed Ruan Zhan's face, just like loving the most precious treasure in his heart, so loving and loving, so affectionate, but it was a pity that his hand couldn't touch Ruan Zhan, and he touched it again and again, and every stroke he touched was in vain.

Xiao Xia understands that he has endured it alone for so many years, and tonight is when he is saying goodbye to his own son, and he vomits the sorrow in his heart. So he remained silent and waited for him to continue.

"But the spirit that helped me came back one day and told me that the couple who had adopted Ah Zhan had not been very kind to him, and that since they had discovered that he had a natural ability, they had begun to want to get rid of him and throw him away like a little stray dog. Only then did I realize that in order to repay my little favor back then, the soul had never left Ah Zhan's side and had been secretly protecting him. If it weren't for him, Ah Zhan might have been thrown somewhere else, and there would be no more people in the crowd, and I might never find him again in the future. At that time, although I was unwilling, I still had to take Ah Zhan back to me. He was only five years old when he returned, and he was a beautiful child, but his eyes were cold, he was wary of anyone and everything, and he looked full of thorns, and he was very difficult to provoke. At that time, I was very conflicted when I saw him, and on the one hand I was happy, because I just expected him to be like this—trusting no one, ruthless and fierce, not having any feelings for anyone, lonely and unscrupulous. In this way, he will complete the mission I have given him, and finally go with me, with these evil spirits, dust to dust, dust to dust. But on the other hand, he is still a child, born in this world, but he can't get anything good, I can be merciful to a very evil soul, why be so cruel to him? I asked myself, what right do I have to have him born and die for me? Although I made this decision when I had no choice, it was too unfair to him, wasn't it? ”

Ruan's father's voice was full of self-blame and contradictions, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Xia, his eyes full of remorse. Natsu wanted to say that he was too selfish, but she couldn't. Everything is beyond the control of manpower, Ruan's father did this wrong thing later in order to do the right thing, and now, his own life is gone, and he is facing the end of his soul. He didn't do it for himself, even if Ruan Zhan was awake now, could he blame his father? There are only four words - helpless.

"I desperately reminded myself not to have feelings for him, that is, not to love him, not to let him love me, and even if he hates me, so that when he is in three difficulties, he will make a decisive move, and he will have a better chance of survival. But I forgot that the nature of father and son cannot be blocked by man. Neither I nor him can be ruthless to me. I don't know when, I love him so much, more than all the doting fathers in the world. Although this child is cold on the surface, he has a fire-like temperament on the inside, which I can't estimate. And when I found out that he and Wanli had become friends, I thought about ruining the friendship, but I didn't do it after all. ”

"Thank you." Xiao Xia said suddenly.

"Thank me for what?" Father Ruan was surprised and looked at Xiao Xia strangely.

"Thank you for not blocking the friendship between him and Wanli, otherwise he wouldn't even have this warmth, it's really pitiful. I wouldn't know him if it weren't for Wanli, so I want to thank you. ”

"Yes, I want to thank you. That's one of the purposes of my visit. Ruan's father smiled, making Xiao Xia feel that he was very kind, "I used to calculate his life before, but I only felt that he was lonely, so I couldn't feel at ease when I faked my death underground. But then he had you, and I could feel his happiness. He loves you more than his life, and although it will be short-lived, he has not come to this world in vain. It's a pity that he can't stay with you, this is where I apologize to you, even if it doesn't work, I still have to say sorry to you. You have given my son warmth and love, but unfortunately because of my relationship, you can't be together, I'm very sorry. Actually, I thought about giving up the plan to let Ah Zhan fight me, but if I became a demon, he still wouldn't survive. Because at that time, I couldn't control my own mind, and I would kill those closest to me, not even you. In that case, let our father and son bear everything, but it will be bitter for you. ”

"No, he won't die, even if he dies, I'm going to get him back." Xiao Xia said firmly to Ruan's father, and also to himself, "You said that if there is a miracle, he can survive, and I will create a miracle for him." ”

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