23 | The hope of the resurrection
The demon was staring at the painting on the wall at this time, and Shen Qi smiled and asked, "What do you want, so focused?" ”
"I wonder if I've actually been here." Demon Dao.
"Of course, we've lived in this village together."
"Valley Master, do you agree?" The demon hesitated, but still asked.
"He agrees that you go see him first." Shen Qiji said.
"Now?"
Shen Qiji nodded.
"Then please lead the way ahead."
"Okay."
Shen Qiji himself didn't expect that the demon would agree to come with him so easily, and he didn't even ask the valley master how he replied.
He didn't use a word of his rehearsal for this.
"Don't take him with him yet, and I'll come back to pick him up if necessary." Shen Qiji looked at the grass mat and said.
"Well, let's go."
After a short time, Shen Qiji brought the demon to the grass hut where Youyan was: "Go in by yourself, the valley master is waiting for you." ”
The demon glanced at Shen Qiji, didn't say anything, pushed the door and walked in.
The room was dark, but it was much larger than Shen Qiji's one, and the furnishings in the room were richer, with many strange furniture that the demons had never seen before.
Before the demon could take a closer look, a faint male voice came from the shadows in the corner of the room.
"You're a goblin?" Yu Yan stepped out of the shadows.
"If everyone isn't lying to me, then I am." The demon said.
"Interesting answer, I like it." Youyan's face was revealed from the darkness, and the young appearance surprised the demon a little.
"I'd rather not be so funny if I could." The demon shrugged.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Of course I wouldn't say that if I remembered who I was."
Youyan laughed and continued, "Don't you want to know why I'm looking for you? ”
"You always have your reasons, just as I have my reasons."
"So, if I want to continue to dominate this conversation, I should ask you why you're here first?"
"I have a request for you, and if you are willing to help me, I will naturally reciprocate." The demon said.
"You're wrong." Yu Yan's voice froze, "If I need something from you, I can keep it for myself without your consent. ”
"So, I don't have anything left to repay you." The demon stated calmly.
"That's right, to be exact."
"But I still have a request for you, what should I do?"
"I'm a person, although I'm sometimes quite unreasonable, but I'm the most reasonable." Yu Yan said like a tongue twister.
"Anyway, you're amazing, and it's all on you." Demon Dao.
Youyan laughed: "You are really a very interesting girl, I am a little reluctant to kill you." ”
"Am I supposed to be glad?"
"It doesn't have to be so early, everyone has a lot of things that they can't give up, but everyone has to learn to give up." Yu Yan said expressionlessly, "After all, I have long been the one who was abandoned. ”
"Sometimes, having can make people stick to the rules, and giving up can make people pursue a stronger self." Demon Dao.
"In response to what you said, I decided to give you a chance to say what you asked me for." Whispering.
"I want you to help me save someone."
"Saving people is the doctor's business, and I am only responsible for killing people."
"If you don't save him, how can you kill him?"
"He's dead, why should I kill him?"
"Maybe you can tell me the answer." Demon Dao.
"Interesting conclusion." Youyan chuckled, "If you want me to say that the purpose of saving a person and killing him again is nothing more than two, let him change the way of death or change the person who killed him." ”
"And what if you want him to be killed twice by the same person in the same way?" The demon asked rhetorically.
"I didn't expect you to be more ruthless than me." Youyan was a little surprised.
"So you agreed to help me save him?" The demon asked.
"Of course......" Yu Yan paused and said quietly, "No. ”
"However, if you really want me to help you save someone, that's fine, but you need to make a gamble with me."
"What's the stake?"
"You win, I promise your request, and if you lose, give me something from your body." Whispering.
"But didn't you just say that anything on my body, you can take it anytime you want."
"As I said, I'm a, a very reasonable person."
"Deal, what are we betting on?" The demon readily agreed.
"I'll make the rules."
"Please."
"Just bet on the one thing I don't want to do." There was a hint of sly expression in Yu Yan's eyes, and he said faintly.
The demon groaned for a long time, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "I bet you will not save my friend." ”
Youyan was stunned for a moment, and said expressionlessly: "Very good answer, no matter whether you win or lose, I have to save your friend." But don't forget, this answer also pushes you to a corner. ”
"I have no chance of winning in the first place, even if I lose, it's a big deal to exchange a life for a life, even if I pay him back." Demon Dao.
"In that case, then I will do your thing." Yu Yan said coldly, "I won't kill you, but I will take one thing from you." ”
"So, I won the bet." Demon Dao.
"Maybe." Yu Yan said slowly, "Don't you want to know what I'm going to take from you?" ”
"What could be more important than life?" The demon asked rhetorically.
"I'm going to take your face."
"I guess that's why you're looking for me, right?"
"You're smart."
"Can I ask you one last question?"
"Logically no, but I know what you're trying to ask." Youyan said calmly, "You come out." ”
Before the words fell, a black mist floated out from behind him, and the black mist dissipated, revealing a miserable white face.
"Do you remember me, you?" He asked in a hoarse voice.
The demon frowned and said with emotion: "I can't even recall the best memories now, let alone you?" ”
"But it doesn't matter, I'll lose my face soon, and I'll probably be as ugly as you are."
"Alright, you can go down." Yu Yan said coldly.
With a submissive expression, the face re-disappeared into the black mist and retreated into the shadows.
"He's an old man of yours, and he's almost stepped into Lethe on one leg." "I saved him, and he told me that there was a girl who was very beautiful and what I liked. ”
"So you've been looking for me ever since?"
"Yes, but not in a hurry." "I've already answered your question, so I'll give me your face." ”
The pain of being burned by the flames instantly crawled all over the demon's cheeks, and she gritted her teeth to keep herself from crying out. The whole face was distorted as if it was melting, and finally when all the same feeling was gone, the demon saw that Yu Yan was holding a milky white light in his hand.
"Be nice to my face." The demon said weakly.
Yu Yan picked up the ball of light and put it in front of his eyes to look at it carefully.
"It's really beautiful, every detail is so flawless, it's a masterpiece of creation." Yu Yan couldn't help but admire.
"You're complimenting me, but I'm just more upset."
"You'll get used to it, and it's not bad to live in the shadows." Whispering.
"How I will live in the future, I won't bother you." The demon said, "I've paid for it, it's time for you to make good on your promise." ”
"Don't worry, I'll count." With a wave of his hand, the light in his hand slowly floated to his chest, and then merged into his body.
"Take me to him, and I'll keep my promise." Yu Yan said and threw a black veil to the demon, "It's up to you whether you wear it or not." ”
The demon hesitated, but finally picked up the veil and put it on his face.
After the two went out, Shen Qiji was anxiously pacing back and forth at the door. Seeing the demon come out, he was visibly relieved.
"I've seen the valley master." Shen Qiji said respectfully.
Youyan glanced at him, then at the demon on the side, revealing a smile that was as secretive as it was deep.
On the way back to Shen Qiji's residence, he approached the demon and whispered with some concern, "Demon demon, why did you suddenly think about wearing a veil?" ”
"I think it would look better." The demon said.
"Wherever you are, the way you look now always makes people feel weird."
The demon raised his hand and touched his face through the veil, and found that his entire face, except for the mouth and eyes, was as smooth as a hard-boiled egg that had been peeled off.
Because there is no nose, the whole veil is attached to the face, no wonder it makes Shen Qiji feel strange.
The demon held his forehead, worrying about how to round it, only to realize that he didn't even have eyebrows.
"Because I lost a bet with Gu Master just now and had my eyebrows shaved off, that's why you think it's strange." The demon said.
After being reminded by the demon, Shen Qiji noticed that she did not have eyebrows. So I didn't think much about it and agreed with the statement of the demon.
The three of them came to the thatched hut of Shen Qiji, and whispered: "Qiji, you go and carry out the demon's friend." ”
Shen Qiji said yes again and again, and entered the house alone.
"He was your husband, don't you remember?" Youyan asked the demon Dao.
"That's what he told me, too, but with the way I look now, he probably doesn't want to admit it." Demon Dao.
"Don't you want to know how you met?" Youyan asked.
"Do you have a way to remind me of the past?" The demon asked.
Youyan didn't answer, and at this time, Shen Qiji also walked out with Pujia on his back.
"You put him next to the River Styx, and it's none of your business here."
Shen Qiji hurriedly did so, looking at his back, and said to the demon: "I don't have a way to awaken your memory, but I can let you see his memory." ”
"It's also a ghost cultivator, and you shouldn't be unfamiliar with the exercises of searching for other people's memories."
Demon Heart: No, I'm a stranger.
But she also knew in her heart that in this matter, Youyan had no reason to lie to her.
"Wait until you revive my friend, let me see his memory." The demon hesitated for a moment, and finally said.
"Why should I help you?" Youyan asked rhetorically.
"Because you're not a bad person." Demon Dao.
Yu Yan was stunned for a moment, the corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly, and he walked towards the River Styx without saying a word.
"Whether I'm a bad person or not, it's not up to you to decide."
"But it's not up to you." The demon said, "You have to do it." ”
"And did you know that I killed a lot of people?"
"Now I know."
"And do you still think I'm a good person?"
"At least you're not too bad when it comes to me."
"I took your face."
"But you'll save my friend." The demon looked at Youyan's somewhat stiff back and continued, "I know, in fact, you can take my face without doing anything for me. ”
"Or like you said, you're still a reasonable person."
"I'm just too confident that you can't win that bet."
"You're right, but you're leaving the decision to me."
Youyan was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "I will let you see his memories when I revive your friend." ”
"Thank you." The demon said, walked over to Youyan, and stood side by side with him.
You Yan didn't say anything, he flicked a finger, and Pu Jia's body slowly rose.
"The wounds on his body don't look like ordinary blades." Yu Yan frowned rarely.
"It's the wound left by the Immortal Killing Blade." The demon said truthfully.
"Do you know that under the blade of killing immortals, it is difficult for immortals to save?" Yu Yan said coldly.
"Yes."
"The killing qi contained in the Immortal Killing Blade will not only make the wound unable to heal, but also tear the soul to pieces. Therefore, there is only one fate if you are pierced by the Killing Immortal Blade, and that is to scatter your soul. ”
"But I know you must have a way to save him." Demon Dao.
"Why?"
"If you couldn't save him, you wouldn't have told me so much."
Youyan snorted coldly: "Even if you're right, if you want to save him, you really can't find a second person in this world besides me." ”
The demon breathed a sigh of relief.
"But I have to say, you're lucky." Youyan turned his face sideways to look at the demon and continued, "It's not that you chose to come to me, but because you were the one who killed him with the Immortal Killing Blade. ”
The demon was puzzled, and Yu Yan continued: "Your realm is much lower than him, and you can't stimulate the killing qi contained in the killing immortal blade at all, he is only burned by the killing qi wrapped around the surface of the blade, although he is dead, he is not scattered." ”
After talking about it, he snapped his fingers again. A drop of crystal water slowly rose from the River Styx into the air, and under the demonic gaze, it floated down to a wound on Pujia's chest.
"The waters of the River Styx contain the purest death energy, and using death energy to eliminate the killing energy that lingers on his wounds is the only way to save him now."
"And I, on the other hand, am the only one who can invoke the waters of the River Styx."