The droplets of water were ticking down, giving off a musty smell, and if you listened closely, there was the sound of rodents chewing their food.

Xu Changan raised his head and tried his best to open his eyelids that were hanging together.

In the dim candlelight, Qing Jiu was very religiously holding a porcelain bowl, like a calligrapher and painter appreciating a peerless painting, his eyes were shining.

"Wake up?" Qing Jiu's voice was gentle, like a wife waiting for her husband to return. However, his gaze did not take his eyes off the ordinary porcelain bowl.

"Water ......," Xu Changan's dry throat could only spit out the word.

Qing Jiu picked up the porcelain bowl, solemnly wrapped it, and then took out a scoop of water from the bucket and handed it to Xu Changan's mouth impatiently.

Every wriggling of the throat is a new life in Qing Jiu's opinion, how energetic and vital it is...... and the desire to survive.

Qing Jiu smiled, very gently.

Xu Changan drank the water, but his throat was still like fire, and if he wanted to speak, he could only let out two low roars like beasts.

"Don't worry, do you want to speak?" Qing Jiu said, breaking Xu Changan's mouth open and putting in a turquoise pill.

After a long time, Xu Changan was finally able to make a sound.

"Why?"

Qing Jiu's face showed a trace of confusion, and suddenly his face turned to the side, and he pulled Xu Changan's collar and shouted, "I also want to know why!"

After speaking, Qing Jiu laughed, and the echo looked a little terrifying in this gloomy place.

When Qing Jiu calmed down, he immediately changed his face again, and said to Xu Changan quite gently: "Don't worry, you will know everything later, you are tired! ”

After speaking, Qing Jiu really came back with a basin of water, and carefully helped Xu Changan wipe it up.

Xu Changan, who had already taken a bath, was wiped by Qing Jiu, and it was a little bright and moving.

"Tut-tut, if you were a girl, I might be reluctant to make you medicine. ”

Qing Jiu's fingertips swept across Xu Changan's cheeks, and there was a hint of coldness from his fingertips, and Xu Changan seemed to suddenly sober up a lot.

wiped his face, and without waiting for Xu Changan to ask, he sat at the table and added oil to the kerosene lamp, and the flames sparkled violently, illuminating the surroundings.

The sealed space, the damp earth, the moldy air with a fishy smell, you can't distinguish it if you don't smell it carefully, a few rats don't know what to gnaw on the wall, and as soon as the lights come on, they scatter in fright.

"What do you think?" Qing Jiu spread his hands and showed off like Xu Changan quite smugly.

"I dug it up little by little, and with this place, I was able to sustain my life and continue the myth of the village. ”

Qing Jiu's eyes were red, and he licked his lips as if he were looking at the white Xu Changan like a prey.

"I'll let you die, and I'll tell everyone who comes here the truth and what is in their hearts. You know, that feeling of having a secret in your heart is really uncomfortable. ”

"It all started with the man in black. Qing Jiu sat down in his seat and spoke slowly.

"We've been walking around the mountains for four seasons. Although it was depressing, but fortunately, Luo Linger was with us, she was a lovely girl, and all the boys in the village liked her, but ah, she never pretended to be anything to others. It's just that the young boys in the village still like her, and slowly, it caused the dissatisfaction of the girls in the village, and she slowly lost her friends, and only me and her brother Luo Cheng accompanied her every day. ”

"In the beginning, we were all anxious. Later, she told us stories, jokes, and amused us every day, so that we didn't have to work or go hungry, and slowly I began to like this kind of life. ”

But that day, the black-robed man went up the hill and carried a huge stone bed on his back. Ling'er was very kind, and went to tell the black-robed man about the dangers and strangeness of this place, after all, we have been in it for so many years, and it can be said that we know these places well. It seemed that he thought of Luo Ling'er, and a faint smile appeared on Qing Jiu's face.

Unexpectedly, the black-robed man didn't care and still walked forward. Seeing that the black-robed man didn't appreciate it, Luo Cheng and I didn't care much, but Luo Linger reminded the black-robed man repeatedly, but in the end, the black-robed man smiled faintly, leaving only a back, and continued to go up the mountain. ”

"After a long time, the black-robed man returned. He asked us if we wanted to go down the mountain, Luo Ling'er and Luo Cheng were naturally very happy, only I was a little depressed, because after going down the mountain, I didn't have so much time to be with Ling'er. A trace of sadness appeared on Qing Jiu's face.

"We followed the black-robed man, and he really went down the mountain. On the one hand, I am very happy to see my family, but on the other hand, I have a lot less time with Ling'er. However, I am also very happy to see Ling'er and Luo Cheng so happy. ”

Xu Changan knew that the black-robed people in his mouth were Uncle Shi, wasn't it very good that Uncle Shi brought them down? Why did Qing Jiu become like this, sometimes crazy, sometimes gentle, and felt that there were two souls hidden under a pair of skins.

"After coming down, I realized that the outside world has changed, and it is not the world we are familiar with. ”

Qing Jiu didn't have the slightest fluctuation when he said this, it seemed to be as plain and simple as saying "I had egg fried rice for lunch today".

"It doesn't matter if the world has changed, at least Ling'er is still there. However, we didn't expect it to happen. Qing Jiu's tone revealed fear.

"We started to get old, and when we got off the hill, we started to have wrinkles on our hands and wrinkles on our faces. Ling'er couldn't stand it and kept crying. ”

"In the end, the black-robed man gave Luo Cheng and Ling'er two tokens behind my back and let them go to practice. ”

Qing Jiu's expression became hideous again: "But why! Why don't you give it to me, they just watch me grow old day by day, and then die, they go to practice and pursue immortality?"

"It's good that I have it. Qing Jiu took out the bowl and held it in his arms like a baby.

"By drinking blood from it, I can keep my face ageless. Moreover, there will be a surge of energy in the body!"

Qing Jiu gently picked Xu Changan's chin with his hand: "You are different from them, you can draw the same blue light as the black-robed man when you go up the mountain, and the effect will definitely be better." If it weren't for my lack of response, I wouldn't dare to do anything with you, and I can't afford to mess with people in the cultivation world. ”

Xu Changan knew that he was like an elixir in Qing Jiu's eyes at this time, and he was the "medicine" for him to live.

Qing Jiu took out a knife, and under the light, it reflected pieces of cold light, which was extremely sharp.

The blade touches the wrist and the cold sensation is felt. Xu Changan obviously didn't want to accept this feeling in his heart, but at this time, he was so weak that he couldn't even stretch out his fingers, let alone make any gestures of resistance.

Blood flowed down his wrist, and Qing Jiu immediately followed it with a bowl, which made a crisp sound, as if expressing his pleasure.

"Sure enough, your blood is different from that of the others, and you have never heard such a loud voice. Qing Jiu's face flushed, looking very excited.

When there was almost half a small bowl of blood, Qing Jiu glanced at Xu Changan, who was pale, casually helped Xu Changan bandage it, and excitedly picked up the bowl and drank it.

"You ......" Qing Jiu suddenly hugged his abdomen and rolled on the ground.