"Hahaha......"

The shadow of a human figure shuttled through the mountains and forests, accompanied by a hoarse and ugly laughter.

When the animals that used to live in the mountains and forests heard the laughter, it was as if they heard the roar of the most terrifying monsters, and they fled away from the sound.

Whether it's a bird in the woods or a beast on the ground.

Even the tiger, known as the king of beasts, could only wag its tail and quickly leave the place where the figure was.

Click, click.

The figure had turned into a sickly rickety, worn down to the point that only bones were left with knife-sharp blades on its fingers.

No matter what kind of mountain and forest beast it is, it will be torn into pieces by that pair of bone claws, and then swallowed by the human figure little by little.

Now it was running on its legs of varying lengths, tilting its head and nibbling on a bloody vertebrae in its hand.

Judging by the size of the bones, it should be the size of a tiger or a bear.

Click, click.

Like an after-dinner snack, his sharp black fangs gnawed at crumbs from his bones and swallowed hard.

"Almost...... It's time to go find that stupid fish. ”

The humanoid shadow's stiff back straightened hard, and there was a clicking sound, the sound of bones that had been completely stiffened rubbing against each other.

He licked the last bit of flesh off his spine and threw it into the grass, sniffing hard in one direction.

"I wonder where that stupid fish went?"

The figure has been hiding in the mountains and forests for these days, and it is not until he completely controls this body that he can do anything else.

"Hahaha......"

……

Xia Zhicicada was meditating, slowly swallowing his breath.

Knock Knock Knock –

He opened his eyes, but instead of looking at the door, he turned his head to look at an oil lamp in the corner of the table.

The orange flame swayed gently, and the oil lamp had been burning for most of the night, and there was almost only a small circle of light left.

But with the knock on the door, the flame of the oil lamp flickered violently a few times, and then suddenly turned green.

The green flames, with a creepy feeling.

There was no wind in the house because the doors and windows were closed, but the green flame was constantly swaying from side to side, and the flames were flickering and dimming.

Xia Zhicicada knew that the lights changed color because there were ghosts nearby.

He exhaled slowly, then reached out and scratched his cheek, a somewhat depressed feeling on his face.

"What a ghost......

Xia Zhicicada muttered. He is a spirit official who specializes in subduing demons and subduing demons, and now there are still ghosts who will come to the door, isn't this self-defeating?

Knock Knock Knock –

Maybe it was the ghost outside the door who didn't know that Xia Zhicicada had woken up, and he knocked lightly on the door a few more times, hoping to wake up the people in the house.

"Who? Come in and talk about something if you have something......"

As he was talking, Xia Zhician still raised his vigilance and secretly pinched the Dao Duel, after all, the other party is not a human or a ghost, so it is better to be just in case.

There was a creak, and the house was pushed open.

Hmmm-

Along the open door, a cold wind poured in, and hoarfrost condensed on the windowsills.

The oil lamp on the corner of the table was not blown out by the cold wind, but became a little larger, and the green light filled the whole room.

Of course, Xia Zhicicada is not afraid, he has also seen scenes that are even more terrifying than this, but he doesn't understand the other party's intentions, and it is rare for this kind of ghost to come directly to the door.

And this ghost is not ordinary, without entering the door, the cold wind on his body can make the surrounding objects condense white frost.

Looking up, standing in the doorway was a man with hair dressed in white.

His face was haggard, his face was as pale as paper, his eye sockets were deeply sunken into two black eye bags, his limbs were dry and short, and the white clothes seemed to hang on him.

"Summer ...... Know...... Cicada ......"

Someone, no, I should say it's a ghost.

The ghost stood, word by word, and read the name in an extremely hoarse voice.

A name that he once hated so much, but now it only makes him feel ashamed.

Xia Zhicicada, who was called by name, was indeed a little surprised, he frowned, and carefully looked up and down the ghost in front of him who should have died in vain.

Well, this white dress embroidered with plum blossoms seems to have been seen somewhere.

"Uh, you're ...... Chimei Dao people? ”

The ghost in front of him had almost nothing to do with the neat and handsome Chimei Dao people he had seen before, except that the clothes he was wearing were exactly the same.

Chimei's character Xia Zhician also knows a thing or two, he will never lend his clothes to others, let alone a ghost who died in vain.

So there is only one possibility, the ghost in front of you is Akame herself.

Although Xia Zhician hadn't seen Chimei Dao for a few days, he never thought that the other party would appear in front of him in the form of a ghost.

"Yes, I'm Akamei."

The ghost nodded vigorously, although he pushed open the door of Xia Zhicicada's room, he still stood outside the door, and did not intend to come in.

Or rather, he couldn't get in at all.

Xia Zhicicada's exorcism golden crown was placed on the table next to the bookcase, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was just a strangely shaped crown, and in the eyes of Chimei, who had become a ghost, it was a deadly magic weapon that constantly released dazzling brilliance.

"Did you get killed? Is it a very powerful youkai......"

Chimei's sudden death may be related to what happened here in Jiangcheng, and it is likely that the mastermind behind everything and draining away the souls of the people of Jiangcheng was done.

Xia Zhician asked while stepping down from the bed, picking up his golden crown and throwing it into the sleeve of the black and white robe.

Knowing that it was Chimei, he didn't worry at all.

To put it mildly, the living Chimei may not be able to beat the current Xia Zhicida, let alone the Chimei who has died and become a ghost.

Without the deterrence of the golden crown, Chimei dared to float in through the door.

"I ...... It can't be said that I was killed by someone, but I went crazy myself, and finally ended up in the bleak end I am now. ”

Although the Chimei Dao people floated in, he couldn't touch most of the things in the room, but there was only a vague figure standing in the room.

"I was originally going to go into the palace to find Senior Sister or Master Bukong......"

Chimei sighed, the cold wind in the house was no different from the middle of winter, and the water in the teapot was covered with a thin layer of ice ballast.

Why did he come to Xia Zhicicada?

It's not because he can't enter the Lewang Mansion at all now, so he can only wander outside the door. The periphery of the Lewang Mansion was shrouded in an entire golden aura, and the dead Chimei was completely blocked out.

So he could only come to find Xia Zhicicada who lived in the bamboo forest courtyard of Jiangcheng Station.

"You can't enter the palace...... That's why you came to me? ”

The layout of the palace can't be seen by others, Xia Zhician saw it when he went for the first time, but that barrier can only isolate demons and evils, and it is harmless to ordinary people.

"Yes."

Chimei looked at the person in front of her who she had gritted her teeth and hated, and her heart could be said to have all kinds of feelings pouring out, but there was no previous resentment, but there was more guilt and regret.

"Then do you want me to avenge you, or do you have other plans......"

It was the first time Xia Zhician had seen such a low-eyed Chimei Dao person, as long as this person saw him before, he was arrogant, and he couldn't wait to look at people with his nostrils.

"I was so deluded that I had exhausted all my true qi and essence blood, and finally ended up with a tragic death. I admit it! ”

Chimei's figure was almost transparent, but he shook his head and said that he had absolutely no desire to take revenge, after all, he had chosen to end up like this now, and he couldn't blame others.

But there are some things he thinks he needs to make clear to Xia Zhician, at least let the other party have a defense.

"But...... I don't know how to tell you that there was another me, another me who tricked me into saying ......"

Chimei tried her best to explain everything she had encountered at that time to Xia Zhiciao, but he was already a little delirious about the actual scene at that time, and he couldn't remember many things clearly.

"I understand ......"

Xia Zhician nodded, interrupting what Chimei wanted to continue, although what the latter said was confusing and repetitive, making people confused for a while.

"You know what, it's impossible for a man to strangle himself?"

Uh-Chimei was stunned, he didn't understand why Xia Zhician suddenly said such a sentence without a beginning or an end.

"No matter how much a person squeezes his potential and true qi, he will eventually leave himself a way to live, and it is impossible to squeeze himself to death."

In a person, survival is instinctive, and the choices made by the body are often the most sincere.

"But I ......"

"There is an evil method in the cultivation path that can burn one's longevity and essence blood, but that is only a legend, and it was lost hundreds of years ago."

Xia Zhician gently rubbed his chin with his fingers, he carefully recalled what Chimei said just now, and found a strange point in the middle.

"You just said 'ghost mind'......"

Chimei didn't understand what Xia Zhicicada meant, but she did say it, so she could only nod.

"Hehe, that's so interesting."

Xia Zhician laughed a few times, reached out and rummaged through his mountain of case files, and finally pulled out a volume from it after looking for a long time.

"Xu Zhiwen, the day he killed his adoptive father, he also said that he was confused, and said that he heard another self talking to him."

Syllable!

The case file was thrown to the ground, and as the autumn wind unfolded, the black handwriting on it appeared in front of Chimei.

He ...... Same as me? ”

Xia Zhician grinned, and stepped on the word "ghost" in the dossier.

"I've got you this time!"

……

Early one morning.

"I finally found it, and it turned out that I was trapped here."

A black figure stood by the river, looking at the surging water and the huge fish-shaped figure looming in the water in the distance.

"Hahahahaha......"

The man laughed and jumped down.