Chapter 186: Cherish

The voice was a little trembling, and it seemed to be a little frightened, and it came from the side, it was Lao Hou's voice. Shen Shi and Hou Sheng turned their heads at the same time, only to see that Lao Hou had woken up at some point, and there was still fear on his face, but his eyes were blazing, but he was staring at the monster standing next to Shen Shi, and he couldn't stop watching.

Shen Shi and Hou Sheng were both stunned, Hou Sheng's reaction was particularly great, and he subconsciously took a few steps back, as if he, a powerful monster who could tear skeletons alive, felt extremely scared in front of Lao Hou, an old man who was about to die.

Shen Shi was silent, looking at these two fathers and sons who were almost different from humans and ghosts, for some reason, he actually felt a little bit of empathy. In this world, his only relative is only his father Shen Tai, but he has also been separated from father and son for many years, and he still can't even know if his father is still alive in the world, even if the news that Gu Lingyun said that day, he doesn't know how credible it is.

He sighed softly, walked to Lao Hou's side, helped him sit up straight, and then said softly: "He is Hou Sheng, when he was in Gaoling Mountain, he encountered an ancient ghost with a very strong Taoism, and he fell into a strange spell, so he became this picture of no one and no ghost." ”

Lao Hou's body trembled suddenly, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes stared at the vicious but silent monster, the fear faded away, and at the same time looked at the monster's only half of the human face, looked at the vaguely familiar outline, and the muddy tears slowly welled up.

Shen Shi continued on the side: "I traveled to Centipede Mountain the day before yesterday, and met a group of ghosts in the middle, and when the fierce fight was halfway through, Hou Sheng appeared and stopped those monsters, and after recognizing me, he mentioned that there was no other concern in the world, only you, the old father, were still in Liuyun City, and I couldn't rest assured." It's just that he is like this, and there are countless monks and masters in Liuyun City, so please help him take you out of the city to meet you. ”

Hou Sheng made a few hoarse and indistinct sounds from his mouth, as if he couldn't even speak clearly, Hou Sheng looked a little cringe, as if he was afraid that he would scare his father, but after a while, he saw the old man facing him, slowly stretching out his arms.

A pair of thin, dirty, trembling arms, a fragile but familiar warm embrace.

From childhood to adulthood, just like back then.

The monster let out a trembling roar, crawled forward on its knees, hugged Lao Hou's thigh, and vented his sadness in a voice like a piercing ghost's cry.

The old man was in tears, speechless, but there was relief in his eyes, and he gently groped the monster's head with his thin palm.

Shen Shi quietly watched this sad scene, did not speak, and after a while, he turned his head, walked to the side, quietly looked at this piece of heaven, earth, mountains and forests, and waited silently.

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I don't know how long it took, the choked crying gradually quieted down, a few whispers faintly came, and after a while, footsteps sounded, but it was the monster Hou Sheng who was not a human or a ghost walked to his side.

Shen Shi turned around, glanced at him, and then looked behind him again, only to see that Lao Hou looked sleepy at the moment, and seemed to be extremely tired, he had already closed his eyes and fell asleep, but in his sleep, his extremely aging face showed a faint smile for the first time.

Shen Shi hesitated, looked at Hou Sheng's hideous and terrifying face, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, he ......"

Hou Sheng shook his head silently and said, "He will give me back to Centipede Mountain." ”

Shen Shi was silent for a moment, wondering if Lao Hou could accept the fact that he was living in the middle of a field of undead ghosts, but it seemed that Hou Sheng had already decided, and Lao Hou obviously did not want to leave his son, and as an outsider, he could only nod.

Hou Sheng took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Shen Shi." As he spoke, he took out a wishful bag out of nowhere and threw it to Shen Shi, while saying, "This is the reward we agreed in advance." ”

Shen Shi then caught it, but maybe he was touched by the scene he watched just now, so after hesitating for a moment, he still looked at Hou Sheng and said, "Wait...... Senior brother, don't you really want to go back to the sect to try it, there are many elders and seniors in the sect, and they have great magical powers, maybe they will have a way?"

Hou Sheng shook his head slowly, but said in a low voice, "It's useless." ”

Shen Shi thought about it, it was true, the ghost path has always been weird and out of the way, but there are ghost things in the world, and the monks in the world often attack them in groups, and they have never heard of a cure. Hou Sheng's current appearance, if he really wants to return to the sect, I am afraid that before he can say clearly, he will die tragically on the spot.

Thinking of this, he sighed lightly and said, "Then do you have anything else to say to me?"

Hou Sheng was silent for a moment, his eyes suddenly wandered, and said: "After I came to my senses, I found myself in the midst of many ghost creatures, and I was scared to death, but gradually, I found that those low-level ghost creatures seemed to be afraid of me, and I actually had a power that could command them. ”

Shen Shi frowned, no one had ever said this, but looking at Hou Sheng's expression, it was obviously not casually said, and then, Hou Sheng really continued, saying: "I easily controlled the ghosts everywhere I went, and finally hid in the Centipede Mountain, but at the same time, I also faintly felt as if there was a strange thread hidden in my heart, I couldn't tell what it was, it was like...... It's as if there is something above my head that can control my life and death. ”

Shen Shi's face suddenly changed, and he stared at Hou Sheng, who nodded and said, "I think it should be a witch ghost." ”

"She's not dead, she's still hiding somewhere, and maybe one day, she'll come out again. ”

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Shen Shi's face was not very good-looking, recalling the monstrous ferocity of the ancient ghost creature under the Soul Suppression Abyss that day, and he said that he was one of the murderers who framed her and plotted against her, which felt uncomfortable no matter what.

Hou Sheng had already walked back to Lao Hou's side, gently carried the old man on his back, turned around and walked towards the mountain forest. When he passed by Shen Shi's side, Shen Shi suddenly spoke:

"Take care. ”

The muscles on Hou Sheng's hideous and terrifying face twisted, and he didn't know whether he was smiling or smiling in horror, nodded and said, "You too, but I always have a feeling that we will meet again in the future." ”

Shen Shi raised his eyebrows, Hou Sheng looked at him, and said: "Since I have fallen into this fate, I naturally don't want to come out, my only wish is to support my father for the elderly, if you have something to find me in the future, go to the depths of Centipede Mountain." Unless...... Unless the witch returns, I think we'd better not say goodbye. ”

Shen Shi nodded, agreed, and said, "I think the same way." ”

Hou Sheng glanced at the sleeping father lying on his shoulder, sighed, smiled miserably, and said, "Let's go, anyway, cherish the person in front of you." ”

As he spoke, he walked all the way to the gloomy mountain forest, where phantoms flickered in the mountain wind, and I don't know how many ghosts were hidden in it, and a thick fog drifted in, gradually obscuring their figures.

Shen Shihui turned around and walked towards the way he came, when the two of them came back, they walked alone, the sky was high and the earth was wide, but there was always a bit of loneliness, he walked away, his eyes seemed to be a little dazed, I don't know if he thought of something, after a while, he whispered softly in his mouth:

"Cherish ......"

When he returned to Liuyun City, most of the day had passed, and Shen Shi looked at the sky, so he didn't go to any other place, and went straight back to the Xu family's mansion.

When he returned to the West Garden room, when he stepped into the West Wing, he saw Ling Chunni sitting alone in front of the bronze mirror, as if he was staring at something silently. And a moment later, it seemed that it was his footsteps that alarmed this self-pitying woman, Ling Chunni stood up suddenly, looking a little flustered, and when he turned to look at him, he turned over, but he accidentally knocked down the bronze mirror and fell off the table.

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound, the mirror shattered on the ground and split into more than a dozen pieces, large and small, Ling Chunni and Shen Shi were both taken aback, Ling Chunni exclaimed "ah", and hurriedly squatted down to clean up those fragments.

Shen Shi walked over, grabbed her, looked at her slightly pale face carefully, and said with a little concern, "Are you okay?"

Ling Chunni's lips trembled a few times, his eyes were a little weak in his bright eyes, he stared at Shen Shi deeply, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, with a little sadness and apology, and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, I'm sorry, I was ...... just now."

Shen Shi stopped her words, smiled, and said, "It's just that I broke a mirror, what is there to say, just go back and let someone clean it up." ”

Ling Chunni smiled, but said, "How can I be so squeamish, why do I need to ask someone to do this kind of thing." As he spoke, he got up, but he took a piece of paper from the other side, and then squatted on the ground/Picked up the pieces one by one, carefully wrapped them, and put them aside.

Shen Shi smiled slightly, thinking that she was from a humble background, but she really didn't have the kind of frame that Miss Everyone, and when she walked back, he pulled her to sit beside him, and said, "Chunni, how are you doing today?"

Ling Chunni thought for a while and said, "It's okay, I'll go to the east wing to talk to the Qingzhu girl when I'm free, she is a very good person, and she doesn't dislike my low background, but she doesn't feel lonely." ”

Saying that, she seemed to think of something, suddenly laughed, and said to Shen Shi: "By the way, do you know, Qingzhu's knowledge is much stronger than mine, although she herself said that she has not been to many places, but she can name a thing or two about many places of interest, especially Tianhong City, she also told me about the ten views of Tianhong one by one, what a good person." ”

Shen Shi smiled and nodded at first, but then he was stunned and said, "Tianhong Ten Scenes, have you talked to her about Tianhong City?"

Ling Chunni seemed to realize something, and hurriedly shook his head, "Uh, no...... I didn't mean to, we just had a casual conversation. I know you're on the mountain, and I'm ...... I just wanted to hear it, I don't mean anything else......"

After saying that, she seemed to be a little anxious, her face was not good-looking, she looked very afraid of Shen Shi's anger, and Shen Shi was also taken aback by her somewhat violent reaction, stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

Ling Chunni glanced at him secretly and timidly tugged at his sleeve.

Shen Shi raised his head, suddenly let out a sigh of relief, laughed, and said, "I'm fine, you don't have to be like this." After a pause, he smiled again,

"By the way, I thought about it just now, there should be five or six days before I return to the mountain, although this time is a bit tight, but it is barely enough, or the two of us will go to Tianhong City?"

(In the last few days, I have severe pain in my lower back, I can't sit still, and I barely insist on writing words that feel a little far from my expectations, sorry, I'll adjust as soon as possible.) In other words, Lao Tzu is so young, he won't have any sciatica!!)