The spread out books were full of highlights with highlighters, Xia Qiu crouched on the table and tried to make herself look at them, but the effect was not too obvious, and the winter vacation was not far away after the New Year, but that also meant that the final exams before the winter vacation were also imminent.

She was accustomed to this kind of life shuttling between the human world and the demon world, during the day she seemed to be no different from her peers in school, but at night she was likely to learn sword techniques in Ouyang Ancient Mansion or the demon world.

Although they saw each other almost every day, she and Ouyang Xiaoleng spent less and less time alone, and she didn't know much about everything that was going on in the Demon Realm King City. This kind of life seems to be busy, but the heart is always a little empty, as if you are stuck in the gap between two worlds and do not belong to either of them.

The phone vibrated suddenly, maybe because it vibrated pitifully few times, but it startled her, it was a message from Liu Lingmei, "Look out the window!" ”

She looked out of the window of the room, and at some point it was snowing outside, one by one crystal clear, swirling and falling in the sunlight, and people couldn't help but open the window and reach out to touch the slight coolness.

She replied to Liu Lingmei with the pattern of snowflakes and the smiling face, which she taught her recently, since she got this mobile phone from her father, she has rarely carried it, until Dong Muya told her that it would be more convenient to contact her at any time with her mobile phone, and she began to take it with her. She took a photo and forwarded it to Ouyang Xiaoleng along with the pattern of snowflakes, although he must be in the Demon Realm King City at this time, he should be able to see it when he returns to Ouyang Ancient Mansion.

Almost as soon as she pressed the send button, the phone vibrated again, and she couldn't help but feel a little hope in her heart, could it be that he gave her back? When I opened it, it was sent by Dong Muya, "Regarding the soul separation, I have compiled some information, if it is okay, I will see you in Ouyang Ancient Mansion later." ”

Xia Qiu closed the book and breathed a long sigh of relief, anyway, she couldn't see anything when she sat at home, it was better to take the textbook and ask Dong Muya by the way, she stuffed a few books on the table into her schoolbag, took a thick coat from the cabinet and walked out of the room.

"Do you want to go out? It's almost time to eat! "It's almost time for lunch, and grandma is busy in the kitchen, so she asks when she sees her dressed up.

"Well, it's a bit of a problem to go to the teacher."

"Is that the teacher who has taken good care of you since the beginning of the school year? Invite her to sit at home when you have time! ”

"Okay, then I'll go out first."

It wasn't as cold outside as she thought, and she remembered that when it snowed, it was often not cold, and the snow had fallen in a thin layer, and it made a nice creaking sound when she stepped on it. The people on the street walked cautiously, and the snowball thrown by the child who came out to play in the snow on the side of the road almost hit her, and the child showed the expression of doing something wrong, and did not stick out his tongue mischievously until he saw the smile on her face.

Recently, almost all of the people who went to Ouyang Ancient Mansion were accompanied by Ouyang Xiaoleng, and his absence made her a little unnatural. After several battles after the Rune Crisis, her ability was finally recognized by Ouyang Yong, and she didn't need to be protected by others for the time being.

Walk through the narrow gap between the buildings again and enter the maze path to Ouyang's ancient mansion. The snow here is as good as outside, but the water in the yard is not frosty, the flowers are still open, and the peonies and peonies wrapped in snow and the huge green plants that cannot be named are picturesque. The door of Ouyang's ancient mansion was not locked, Xia Qiu walked in to change her shoes, the hall was empty, she knew that Dong Muya must be nesting in the basement, so she walked down the stairs.

The smell of coffee and tobacco still came out of the underground database, and Dong Muya was crackling and entering a large amount of newly found information into her computer, until Xia Qiu walked up to him, and there were still heavy dark circles behind her eyes when she raised her head.

"Summer and Autumn!" She let out a long sigh of relief, stopped typing, and smiled tiredly.

"Teacher!"

Xia Qiu smiled, curious if Dong Muya would be as empty and helpless as herself at some point because she felt that she didn't belong to any world, she felt that she would definitely not, because she was so busy with all her heart and soul at all times, as if she was a tireless machine.

"Remember the internet weirdo who sold me the information of the Feather Crane Immortal before? He finally provided me with some clues, and I followed the clues he gave me and really collected a lot of information about the soul separation. As soon as she talked about the things she was most interested in, Dong Muya instantly came back to life.

"Before the New Year, there was a relatively clear soul separation, as if it saw what was about to happen in the same space, and successfully prevented it from happening." It was the first time that Xia Qiu had told others that she had predicted that Liu Lingmei was in danger that day.

"Why haven't I heard you say that before? Well, let's take a look at the information I found first. ”

Dong Muya clicked on a folder on the computer, opened one of the files, and then pushed the computer screen in the direction of Xia Qiu, "There are also some people in our world who have the ability to leave the soul, but here it is more called lucid dreaming or soul detachment, in most cases, people are still awake in their sleep, and they can make the soul leave the body and walk freely." But your situation is very special, you can see what is happening in other time curves through the soul detachment, both in the past and in the future, and if you can control this ability well, it will become very remarkable. ”

"The Feathered Crane Immortal said that everyone has their own way to control the soul separation, but I haven't found a way that suits me."

"Every time you leave your soul, it may seem unconscious at first glance, but in fact it is not, the first time you are attracted by the Black Fire Purgatory by the Silver Moon Lake; The second time is because you are afraid that the person who appeared in the Tibetan Bird Terrace before you may be your enemy; The third time was to be curious about the true face of the feathered crane immortals on the other side...... I think every time I was guided by the subconscious. ”

"Well, the most recent one may have been because I was worried that Reimi would be too tired and dangerous, so I ......"

"It might be easier not to focus your attention on the soul detachment itself, but to notice what you need to accomplish with the soul detachment."

Dong Muya's simple words suddenly made Xia Qiumao pause, she was indeed too entangled in the soul separation itself, which made this matter difficult, maybe as Dong Mucha said, focus on the answers she wanted to rely on the soul separation, and everything might be solved.

"Oh, by the way, Momiji said that Mochizuki was sent to a place called Hidden Song to deal with some affairs, and let you practice swordsmanship with Xiao Leng next week, and, how are you preparing for the final exam?"

"To be honest, it's a real mess, I don't know why I can't read anything in the books, I used to think that learning was a very simple thing, but now it has become difficult."

"It's your heart that's no longer at peace, I can understand that!" Dong Muya said as she pulled out a stack of papers clamped with a clip from a pile of documents on the table, "These are the key points of study that will be tested in the exam, well, in short, do your best." ”

Xia Qiu took it and nodded gratefully and said, "Hmm! ”

No homeroom teacher would have such a relaxed attitude towards the students' homework as Dong Muya, but she cared so much about her other things, and in order to help herself find information about the soul departure, I don't know how much time she should have taken up to rest.

"Are my dark circles particularly bad?"

Dong Muya noticed that Xia Qiu had been staring at her eyes and asked.

"Haha, indeed."

"Looks like I'm going to have to take a hot shower and catch up on my beauty sleep."

Walking out of Ouyang's ancient mansion, the snow on the street was thicker, but the air was surprisingly good, and the advice she got from Dong Muya made Xia Qiu's mood better, but she didn't know what was happening in the demon world at this time.

Yinsong is located in the northeast of the royal city of Yongchuan, and it is a city that has gradually become prosperous in the demon world in the past hundred years. To be precise, it is a large mountain, and it was once used as a military factory for the demon world due to the abundance of a rare metal similar to steel in the cave in the mountain. After Ouyang Xiaoleng succeeded to the throne, he reconsidered the importance of Hidden Pine with Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Hongye, and later appointed a close prince in the royal city, Ghost-faced Scorpion, as the lord of the city, and used Hidden Pine as a place to provide weapons for the army in the royal city.

Unexpectedly, just two days ago, there was a heavy blow there, and the princely ghost-faced scorpion was also killed, and only one of his retinue escaped desperately and returned to the royal city. According to those who had fled, their attackers were well acquainted with the terrain of the numerous caves in the Hidden Pine, and first blocked the entrance to the cave at night, then launched the first round of attacks with fire and poison gas, and finally rushed into the cave to kill all the miners and ghost servants who were still alive. The leader of the group was fish-like but multi-armed, tailed, with spears in both hands, shields in one hand, and staff in the other, and he was extremely vicious, and he did not seem to react to the poisonous gas in the cave. In addition to the powerful demonic power, the spell is also extraordinary, which can control people's consciousness and make the guards of the princely ghost-faced scorpion kill each other.

If they were not mistaken, it was none other than Yaksha, one of Qingyun's most powerful men, who attacked there, and if it was him, then there could only be two reasons for them to occupy the Hidden Pine, one was to cut off the source of weapons for the royal city's army, and the other was that they were most likely forming their own army.

Since only one person escaped, no one knew what happened to Yin Song later, and Ouyang Hongye had to discuss with Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Xiaoleng to send Mochizuki to lead a few soldiers to investigate the situation. Hidden Pine was a city they had to keep no matter what, and if it was already occupied by Qingyun's men, it would inevitably start a fight.

Although they tried their best to prevent the spread of the news, the atmosphere of fear once again shrouded the sky over the royal city, and rumors spread around the Chenji Palace. Ouyang Xiaoleng was sitting on pins and needles in the Yuheng Palace, and instead of staying in the palace and waiting for news from Mochiyue, he wanted to kill Yin Song in person and force Qingyun's subordinates to tell his whereabouts. Thinking that the Princely Ghostface Scorpion he had just appointed had been killed in such a short period of time, his anger had reached its peak, and hatred seemed to consume his entire heart once again.

Although Mochizuki has not been to Hidden Pine for many years, he has a particularly deep memory of that place, and Hidden Pine's former city lord Knife Lance is a close friend of him, that is a character is also as tough and cold as steel, and it is difficult to contact in the eyes of the living, but after getting acquainted with it, he found that he is actually cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and his Moon Shadow Knife was personally created for him by Blade Lance with a very rare piece of iron stone.

When Hidden Song was attacked by Qingyun, Mochizuki was wandering in the human world, and then returned to the demon world, only to hear that Dao Lance chose to commit suicide because he resolutely refused to build a weapon for Qingyun, and I also heard that before he died, he ordered that he would rather blow up the entire cave with gunpowder than leave it to Qingyun. Mochizuki only smiled bitterly when he heard this, and sighed that he really echoed the smelly and hard temper of the knife lance, and he sprinkled a pot of turbid wine in the northeast direction of the royal city, which was regarded as a worship to the brother who used to drink and talk happily.

I didn't expect to return to Hidden Pine again, after so many years, and now that the scene of the slaughter of the city has been repeated here, Mochizuki rarely has hatred. When it comes to hatred, he only hates that he once insisted on wandering around, and failed to fight side by side with his brother Tingyue and good brothers like Dao Lance at critical moments, and he always felt that he had an unshirkable responsibility for their deaths. In his eyes, the hidden pine is the knife lance, the knife is the hidden pine, and the recapture of the hidden pine is to recapture the will left by the knife and lance.