Yu Cang did not accept Jiang Ya's request for a duel.

Not to mention that there is no suitable venue for duels here, as the object of "fighting", it is impossible for Gu Jieshuang to watch Jiang Ya mess around.

I saw that she first threw an apologetic look at Yu Cang, and then pulled Jiang Ya into a small alley on the side. didn't hear any sound from inside, and when the two came back, Yu Cang saw Jiang Ya standing behind Gu Jieshuang with tears in her eyes, looking extremely aggrieved.

But it was also quiet.

After Lin Yunqing also came back, Gu Jieshuang took everyone to her home.

This is a two-story bungalow with a small courtyard, Yu Cang followed Gu Xie Shuang to push the door in, and as soon as he entered the house, he suddenly felt cold.

The temperature inside is much cooler than outside.

Yu Cang and the others were okay, after all, they were soul card masters, but the chess pieces with a little less bearability shivered on the spot and hugged their bodies.

Yu Cang was a little puzzled.

This air conditioner is a little too much.

"Defrost, you're back."

A gentle female voice came from upstairs, and then a middle-aged woman slowly walked down the stairs.

She was dressed in very modest clothes, and there were not many wrinkles on her face, but they were all deep. He doesn't look too old, but he has a full head of silver hair.

The woman's face was a little pale, as if she was not in good health.

"Mom! Let me introduce you to it. Gu Jieshuang came to Gu Zhihan's side, "This is Jiang Ya who I told you and wants to come back with me......"

"Hello Auntie! I ......" Jiang Ya was a little energetic, and just as she wanted to behave well, Gu Jieshuang interrupted her mercilessly.

"This! It's my boss...... Of course, I'm also my senior now. ”

"It's Yu Cang." Gu Zhihan showed a smile, "I've heard Xie Shuang mention you many times, so I'm sorry for you to take care of this child." ”

"Hello Auntie." Yu Cang smiled, "I didn't do anything. ”

"And her, her name is Yu Qi'er, she is the boss's sister, and the last one is called Lin Yunqing, who is my classmate...... The boss is busy with the armament overhaul, so he came here with the army, please ask my mother to help arrange accommodation......"

Hearing this, Gu Zhihan's eyes seemed to light up, and there was a little more appreciation in his gaze towards Yu Cang.

She said, "Welcome...... You should be in your own home, just sit down, defrost, you can play with your friends first, and I'll prepare lunch. ”

With that, she smiled and turned to go upstairs.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but since she went upstairs, the temperature in the air has suddenly become a lot more normal.

"Wait a minute, I'll turn on the air conditioner." Gu Jieshuang led everyone to the living room, then turned around and went to another room.

Yu Cang's brows were raised.

Didn't turn on the air conditioner? So why is it so cold, is it ......

Yu Cang tried to extract the entry for the house, and to his surprise, a six-hour countdown appeared on it.

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Cang still canceled the withdrawal.

After all, he had to follow the army into another space in the afternoon, and the opportunity was rare, and he planned to extract it at that time.

As for this, let's talk about it when we come out of another dimension.

Nothing commendable happened for the rest of the day, and after everyone had eaten lunch normally and divided their rooms, they began to wait for the opening of the barracks in the afternoon.

At this time, Gu Jieshuang suddenly found Yu Cang.

"Boss." Gu Xie Shuang poked his head out of the door, "Do you want to go out for a walk?" I'll show you around the neighborhood. ”

Before Yu Cang could react, Qi'er took the first step to hug his arm and looked at him with a begging gaze: "Brother, let's go out for a walk...... It's so boring here. ”

"That'...... Good. Yu Cang smiled.

There are many sycamores planted on both sides of the road in Wuling Village, and when autumn approaches, the leaves of the trees have begun to gradually turn yellow, and it happened that a few days ago it rained a lot, and countless leaves fell to the ground, so that the ground also changed its color.

The chess pieces were still holding the hands of the two, and their big eyes were looking at the road without blinking, as if they were deliberately picking a complete sycamore leaf to settle on.

Of course, outside of this, Qi'er's attention has been focused on the conversation between Yu Cang and Gu Jieshuang, silently eavesdropping.

"Speaking of which." Yu Cang said, "There are still a few days left before the Fire Festival, where did you come from for the holiday?" ”

"I'll come back early, and when the fire festival comes, there will be more people, and the road will be difficult to walk." Gu Jieshuang was walking while helping Qi'er massage his little hands, "Because there is no class anymore, and the boss is not there, the school is a little boring, so I will go home early." ”

"Hmm...... I didn't expect that I would be able to meet you after following the army so far. ”

"I was pleasantly surprised, too." Gu Jieshuang raised his head, looked at Yu Cang's side face, and laughed a few times, "Boss, I haven't told you about my family yet, have I?" ”

"Not really, tell me about it?"

"Actually, I'm not small! Don't let me scare you, boss. Gu Xie Shuang crossed his waist and seemed to be very proud, "Let's go, I'll take you somewhere." ”

Step, step......

After passing through a small alley covered with sycamore leaves, and turning a corner, the eyes suddenly opened up, and an ancient temple with mottled walls entered Yu Cang's field of vision.

An old man dressed in a robe, sweeping the dew-stained fallen leaves on the stone steps beside him, and a fragrance full of antiquity wafted in the air, which made Yu Cang's whole person a lot quieter.

He looked up and looked at the plaque under the eaves.

"Wu Tianzi Temple?"

"yes."

Gu Jieshuang led the two into the temple, and the chess pouted.

The leaves here have been swept away, and she has nothing to tread!

If you don't have a leaf to step on, you'll die...... It's okay, there's a lot of lives left, huh...... Let's pause for now.

Walking into the temple, a tall statue came into view, this statue is very familiar to Yu Cang, and I don't know how many times I have seen it in history textbooks - it is the myth of the sword who traveled 3,000 miles more than 2,000 years ago: Wu Tianzi.

Combined with Gu Jieshuang's previous words, Yu Cang's eyebrows raised, as if he had guessed something, and said, "You don't want to say that you are a descendant of Wu Tianzi, right?" ”

"Uh...... Not really. Gu Jieshuang scratched the side of his face with his fingers, "However, it is also related to Wu Tianzi." Boss, have you heard of Xuan Huangwei? ”

"Well, I heard that it is Wu Tianzi's personal soldier, but he said that he was a personal soldier, but Wu Tianzi used it as an expeditionary force, and Xuan Huangwei has been fighting abroad since its establishment, and it has hardly stopped."

"That's right." Gu Xie Shuang nodded, and looked at Wu Tianzi standing on the altar, "My ancestor is a general of Xuanhuangwei. ”

"Really?" Yu Cang looked at Gu Jieshuang, "I heard that in order to drive the desolate beasts out of the Wu Dynasty, Xuanhuangwei fought everywhere, and the average military age in the team was not even a year...... Defrosting, you can be regarded as a descendant of heroes. ”

"Hmm...... From childhood to adulthood, my mother and elders have all told me this, saying that I am a descendant of Xuan Huangwei and cannot live up to their name. Gu Xie Shuang had a smile on his face, but his tone gradually became complicated, "But ...... By now, the name of Xuan Huangwei has long become a string of words in the history books, even on us, it is more shackles than honor. ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

"You probably don't know." Gu Xie Shuang sighed softly, "Everyone in Xuanhuangwei was personally selected by Wu Tianzi, and Wu Tianzi's standard is only one - that is, human-beast hybrid!" ”

"Half-blood?"

"Right...... A long time ago, spirit beasts were the masters of this world, they were strong and free, stretching their bodies between heaven and earth, but humans could only lie dormant in corners, survive under the wings of some spirit beasts, until the wild beasts appeared in this world.

"After the Ancestral Dragon Emperor opened up the True Dragon Death Land, Wu Tianzi was born, and he wanted to drive all the desolate beasts out of this land, but he couldn't do it with his own myth. So he thought, the spirit beast is powerful, but it will be infected by the wilderness, but people don't have this concern, so as long as an army composed of human-animal hybrids is formed, can't it be invincible in the world?

"So, Wu Tianzi gathered all the mixed bloods in the world to form this Xuanhuang Wei, after the expedition began, Xuanhuang Wei was seriously injured, Wu Tianzi then ordered to encourage intermarriage with spirit beasts - anyway, at that time, the surviving spirit beasts could only rely on us to survive, and there was no way to resist Wu Tianzi's orders." Gu Xie Shuang turned his head and looked at Yu Cang with a smile, "Me too...... Human-animal hybrids. ”

Yu Cang was silent and did not speak.

He had already guessed this.

After all, his first inherited entry [Bloodline: Frost Wings] was obtained from Gu Jieshuang.

It's just that at the time, he didn't know what that meant.

"It sounds like Wu Tianzi's approach is very successful." Yu Cang hesitated a little, "But...... It depends on what you mean, this human-beast physique is ...... to you now. Isn't it bad? ”

"It's not bad." Gu Jieshuang turned around and came to Yu Cang's face, "The human-beast hybrid will make our meditation speed very fast, and as long as the card deck is properly chosen, the combat effectiveness will be much higher than that of the same level, but the price is - our lifespan will be very short, I have nothing to complain about this, there are pros and cons, I also enjoy the benefits, and I should always pay the price." ”

"Lifespan ......" Yu Cang's eyes moved slightly, as if he realized something.

Wuling Village...... It seems that I have not seen the old man indeed.

The only one is the old man who swept the floor just now at the entrance of the temple.

And Gu Jieshuang continued: "My father died when I was very young, and so did my other relatives, and now, only my mother is still alive, but the blood conflict in her body made her suffer from a very serious Gu's hypothermia - this incurable disease named after us even by name, which will irrepressibly lose people's body temperature, and even affect the surrounding environment in the late stage, and finally die irretrievably in the extreme cold." ”

"Sister......" Qi'er held Gu Jieshuang's hand with both hands, and her tone was very distressed.

"I'm fine, chess, I can live for a long time." Gu Xie Shuang touched the girl's head, "Mother, she is only forty-two, but she is already full of gray hair - in fact, mother is already considered to have a long life in the village, and more people will end their lives if they don't even live to be twenty-five." ”

Yu Cang was silent: "...... Is there no cure? ”

"Nope...... At least not yet. Gu Jieshuang paused, "But I heard that during the period of Wu Tianzi, the hybrid of humans and beasts was not like this, our ancestor, Gu Qianshan, one of the commanders of Xuanhuangwei, seemed to live to the end without illness and disaster, but after the death of Wu Tianzi, something seemed to be missing, which caused the hybrid to become what it is now." ”

"Any clues? I might be able to help find out. ”

"Thank you, boss~ But it's impossible." Gu Xie Shuang sighed, "It's all just speculation, whether the lost thing exists or not...... Moreover, I am not dissatisfied with the way I am now, after all, this bloodline has indeed made me the best among my peers. ”

Gu Xie Shuang pulled a strand of hair behind her ear, and a smile appeared on her face.

"I'm not done yet...... Didn't it be said in the history textbook that after the death of Emperor Zulong, the Desolate Heavenly Realm was shattered, and countless alien space fragments were scattered in the territory of the Yan Kingdom. After Wu Tianzi drove out all the desolate beasts, he disbanded the Xuanhuang Guard, and ordered them to retreat to the mountains and forests, taking care of the nearby space debris, and preventing the desolate beasts from escaping out and harming the world...... This is the origin of Wuling Village.

"In fact, there are still a lot of ~ Wuling villages in this mountain, because there are a lot of space debris here...... But now, with the army here, we don't need it much. Gu Xie Shuang smiled, "It is precisely because of this that my mother will agree to send me out to school, otherwise, I will have to stay here until the death like everyone else in the village, at most I will join the army, but I will not leave too far." ”

"It's also good to keep up with the times." Yu Cangdao.

"yes...... But sometimes I think that it would be better for me if I were like before, after all, I only live to be twenty-five or sixteen years old, and if I stay in the village forever, in the blink of an eye, my life may pass like this...... But now, I'm out there and see a bigger, better world. ”

Gu Xie Shuang closed his eyes and took a deep breath, still with a smile on his face: "Just ...... I'm a little unwilling. ”

Yu Cang was silent.

He didn't know how to comfort Gu Jieshuang.

Gu Xie Shuang opened his eyes, glanced at Yu Cang with a smile, then turned around and came to the statue of Wu Tianzi, clasping his hands together.

"You know, boss, I once made a wish here."

“…… What is it? ”

"I can already see the head in this life, so I want to let this limited life shine! I want to participate in the World Soul Card Master League, and stand in the dueling arena at the top of the corpse of the deceased to be watched by everyone; I want to go to uninhabited and dangerous places, and see how thunder and storms eat away at everything at the ends of the earth; I want to go to Haiting and touch the waterfall and see how it has blessed an entire country in solitude for thousands of years; Go to the Elephant Pagoda to witness the Sacred Sun Temple and see how the second round of the sun is extinguished and rekindled at the top of the tower...... If I could die on this road, not in a hospital bed, I would have no regrets.

"There are a lot of things I want to do, and I've thought about them all, but I haven't figured out which ones to do. Because I kept thinking that if there was such a person, he would one day do something that might not go back, and it just so happened that I had a close friend, a partner, or even a closer relationship with him...... So, I joined him on his journey and witnessed all this with him, and witnessed the end of each other's lives...... You know what, boss, I thought I wouldn't meet someone like that. ”

Hearing this, Yu Cang was a little moved, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

At this time, Gu Xie Shuang turned around, and Yu Cang saw that some crystal broken light had accumulated in her eyes, and he couldn't tell whether it was tears or anticipation for a while.

"The owner...... You know, what you said to me in order to reject it seems to me to be a plus. Gu Jieshuang came to Yu Cang's side gently, "I, like you, can't give a long-term future to a relationship, but I still can't help but want to reach out to others, but the boss can hold back...... Alas, compared to the boss, I'm just a scumbag. ”

“…… You are not, you also have the right to be loved. ”

"Yes, then ......" Gu Jieshuang bit her lip, raised her head, and looked at Yu Cang's eyes, "The boss is willing...... Love me? ”

"I'm ......" Yu Cang opened his mouth and suddenly paused.

He has no experience in how to respond to feelings.

On the other hand, the chess piece was already covering his face with both hands, and his little head was red like a ripe apple.

Oh my God, it's crazy.

That's a good match, isn't it?

I don't know what the brain has made up, and the chess piece's face is now redder than Gu Jieshuang's.

Half-ringing, the girl still didn't hear Yu Cang's response, she withdrew her hands from her eyes, but what she saw was Yu Cang, who was hesitant, and Gu Jieshuang, whose face gradually darkened.

What! What are you doing!

What are you still hesitating about, what is there to hesitate about.

Chess can't see this.

made a decision immediately, and the chess immediately took out the greatest strength in his life and slammed into Yu Cang's back!

"Huh?" Yu Cang, who was thinking about something, was directly stunned, and before he could control his balance, he already felt a fragrant and soft body being held in his arms.

"Ah......h

"Huh?"

"Ahh The chess pieces are dancing with small hands.

Both of them were stunned at the same time.

"That, I'm ......" Yu Cang wanted to get out.

"Don't go...... Let me hold it. Gu Jieshuang hugged her tightly and buried her flushed cheeks in Yu Cang's chest.

“…… Good. ”

Time passed quietly.

I don't know how long it took.

Gu Xie Shuang took a deep breath on Yu Cang's shoulder, took the initiative to let go of Yu Cang, took a few steps back, lowered his head, and straightened the hair on his forehead.

"I see...... I won't bother you anymore, boss. Gu Jieshuang's expression was gloomy, and he was about to turn around and leave.

At this time, Yu Cangyi grabbed Gu Jieshuang's hand.

"Wait!"

Gu Jieshuang's body was stunned, and then he raised his head, looking at Yu Cang with red eyes, not knowing what emotions were contained in it.

Yu Cang said at this time: "Give me some time, I will heal you...... When that time, when your life is no longer bound by anything, can you say the words of love for me again? ”

"I ......" Gu Jieshuang's eyes widened slightly, she couldn't control it anymore, and a smile faded on her face with two tears, "Okay!" ”

……

The chess pieces on the side had red pockets and almost fainted.

Thanks to the hungry clown, Wang__ for the tip!

A little headache, so much first

(End of chapter)