Chapter 31: The Time of Parting
The third watch has passed, and a thick black cloud floats over the red moon in the sky, as if it has been invaded by darkness, and the moon is gradually swallowed up by the black clouds, and the island of Mochizuki is suddenly shrouded in darkness. Sensing that the celestial phenomena had changed, Gao Mang Immortal stood in front of the house, looking at the black moon in the sky, with a grim expression.
"Master, this is the first time that a lunar eclipse has occurred on the island of Mochizuki, and looking at this moon, I am afraid that there is an ominous measurement. Yun Qing's face was full of worry.
Gao Mang's immortal didn't answer, but his expression became more solemn.
Su Mu woke up suddenly for some reason, only to feel that he couldn't calm down in his heart, so he simply sat up and looked out the window, and saw that it was dark outside, which was very different from what he saw today. A figure hurriedly passed in front of his room, looking at the figure, he couldn't help but shout: "Master?" and hurriedly jumped out of bed and ran out of the room, Ling Huayin was no longer outside, only Eluo, who had just stepped out of the door, seemed to be awakened by this sudden strange atmosphere.
E Luo yawned and glanced at Su Mu, and said sleepily, "Looking for your master?" she just went to Situ Yan's. ”
Su Mu looked at Situ Yan's room and saw a faint candlelight lit inside.
"What is the relationship between my master and Situ Yan?" Su Mu asked casually.
"Who knows? Like a friend, but not quite like a friend. Although Eluo's tone was frivolous, she seemed to be slightly unhappy, as if her things had been snatched away by someone else.
Situ Yan was still asleep, unaware of the fact that his soul had left his body. If Ling Huayin hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid Situ Yan's soul would have left this room. Ling Huayin filled all corners of the room with soul sealing arrays, and made an exception to summon the Ink Soul Sword that had been guarded to this day, so that Situ Yan's soul returned to him. It's just that Ling Huayin is not a real body after all, even if she can summon the ink soul, her soul power is about to run out.
"Situ Yan, why haven't you woken up yet, this distracted body is really not as good as your own body. Ling Huayin, who was exhausted, slowly sat on the ground, leaned against Situ Yan's bedside, and muttered to herself.
At this time, Situ Yan was immersed in his own nightmare.
This time the lunar eclipse came suddenly, it was not in his plan at all, he could feel that his strength was rapidly draining, and just as he took out the Soul Gathering Grass, a yellow shadow flashed, snatching the Soul Gathering Grass from his hand.
"What is this?" Ji Rumeng asked curiously as she looked at the Soul Gathering Grass in her hand.
"Give it back to me. Situ Yan's face was extremely bad, and he paused word by word, like a warning.
Ji Rumeng saw Situ Yan's displeasure, giggled twice, and said: "I won't pay it back, who told you to spoil my business last time! Why, this thing won't be your lifesaver, right? I heard the lord say that you are most afraid of the lunar eclipse, it seems to be true!"
Ji Rumeng looked at the sky and stared at Situ Yan gloatingly, "It's not that I can't pay you back, as long as you kowtow to my aunt and grandmother, apologize, and give me your piano, I will return this thing to you." ”
Situ Yan pursed his lips tightly, as if he was brewing emotions.
Ji Rumeng thought that he had compromised, so he took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "The one who knows the times is Junjie, I think you also know ......" Before he finished speaking, Situ Yan suddenly stretched out his hand to him, but Ji Rumeng dodged away.
"Hee-hee...... Grab something, I like it. Ji Rumeng smiled.
Situ Yan was really annoyed this time, called out the lyre, and quickly plucked his fingers on the piano, and the sound of the piano sounded suddenly. Ji Rumeng obviously didn't expect the importance of the Soul Gathering Grass to Situ Yan, and still didn't realize the impending crisis. After several rounds, Situ Yan quickly decided, and Ji Rumeng's soul was hurt, but the sound of the piano was still loud and merciless.
Just as he was about to capture Ji Rumeng, a cloud of black mist swept in, Situ Yan only felt weak, and the body of the piano suddenly slipped from his hand.
A deep voice sounded in his head, as if urging him: "Soul Gathering Grass, I'll take it." ”
After the voice dispersed, Situ Yan suddenly felt a splitting headache, and soon lost consciousness.
I don't know how long it has been, a string of crisp bells sounded from far and near, and in the purple mist, Situ Yan vaguely saw a woman dressed in red riding a mirror demon slowly walking towards him. As the woman approached, everything around her froze froze, Situ Yan touched the lyre on the side and stared at the visitor with a wary expression. The woman stopped not far from him and jumped off the back of the mirror demon, looking at him with a seductive smile on the corner of her mouth.
There was no murderous aura on the woman's body, and the exhausted Situ Yan relaxed his guard and stared intently at this cold woman. It was not that I was impressed by the woman's slender figure and stunning beauty, but that a sense of familiarity inexplicably rose in my heart, as if I had known this stranger for a long time.
"Situ Yan?" The woman's voice was as beautiful as her laughter, like a yellow warbler out of the valley, sweet and crisp.
Situ Yan didn't answer, he carefully recalled the woman's information in his mind, but he still couldn't find anything.
"My name is Lin Ge, and we knew each other a long time ago, but probably you have forgotten about it, so let you think about it. The woman smiled sweetly, and came to Situ Yan in the blink of an eye.
I don't know if it's because of the other party's powerful magic or because of the woman's inexplicable words, Situ Yan didn't move, waiting for the woman to make the next move. Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly hugged him, and Situ Yan instinctively wanted to push him away, but his body seemed to be under a spell and couldn't move at all.
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. I only heard the woman whisper in his ear, and then clasped a hand with his, the purple light in his eyes flashed, and Situ Yan only felt that his palms were hot. The woman quickly let go of him and smiled wickedly at him, "Hopefully we'll see each other again soon." With that, the woman turned and walked away.
By the time Situ Yan's body was able to move, the woman had already returned to the mirror demon's back.
"Wait!" Situ Yan shouted at the woman, wanting to catch up and ask questions, but suddenly felt that all the strength of his body was drained, only to see the woman look back at him, and then gradually disappear into the purple mist.
After meeting this woman, Situ Yan has been having some strange dreams. After waking up from the dream, he suddenly sat up from the bed, his head was splitting, and when he glanced at it, he saw Ling Huayin holding a cyan sword leaning against his bedside, his eyes closed, his legs crossed in a meditative posture, and the room was also full of arrays. Situ Yan immediately understood, and hurriedly climbed down from the bed, held Ling Huayin's shoulders and shook them for a while, and shouted anxiously: "Ling Hua." ”
Ling Huayin still didn't react, Situ Yan noticed that her soul power was weak, so he injected his spiritual power into Ling Huayin's distracted body, and withdrew all the arrays in the room, and then reached out to take the sword in Ling Huayin's hand, but just after touching the hilt, Situ Yan's body stiffened, a purple light faintly flashed in his black eyes, and his hand involuntarily clenched the hilt of the sword. A faint voice in my heart said to myself: Kill her.
Situ Yan was taken aback by his terrible thought, and his eyes suddenly returned to clarity, and he put the sword aside like a hot potato, and then leaned Ling Huayin against him, holding her hand firmly. After a while, Ling Huayin woke up and turned around.
"Situ Yan......" Ling Huayin saw that Situ Yan was fine, so she sat up straight, and subconsciously distanced herself from him.
Situ Yan smiled at Ling Huayin and said, "It's good that you're awake." ”
"Am I asleep?"
Situ Yan looked at her unusually gently, and nodded: "In order to prevent me from distracting my soul, you consume too much soul power, and your body is too tired." ”
"You ......" Ling Huayin suddenly remembered what Gao Mang Immortal said, and looked at Situ Yan and stopped.
"What's the matter, you seem to have something to say to me. Situ Yan asked with a smile.
Ling Huayin leaned on the edge of the bed with her knees and said, "In the inn of the Void Land, I had a dream about where I came from, and then I suddenly remembered a lot of things. ”
Situ Yan looked at Ling Huayin with some surprise, then moved to the side, sat next to Ling Huayin, and asked, "Can you talk to me?"
"A long time ago, there was a noble female god of war in the heavenly realm, incarnated by the phoenix, named Lingyin, she had feelings for a priest around her, but unfortunately the demons attacked, and the god of Lingyin had to go to the battlefield, before going to the battlefield, the god of Lingyin used a spell to take his own divine blood as the soul, and the snow of the dome of the Tianshan Mountains created a girl for the body, so that he could accompany the priest. And after the war between gods and demons, the fragrance of the gods on the spiritual sound died, and the priest also went with her, leaving only the girl who was created by the god of the spiritual sound. The girl who was unwilling to endure loneliness chose to die to get rid of her fate, and the divine blood remained in Daze, where the girl died, and after a long time, the divine blood and the aura of all things gathered together, and gradually turned into a human form. This spirit has memories of the girl's life, and was later brought back to the sect by Elder Yunyang of Dongling Mountain and became his disciple. Ling Huayin said slowly.
"This girl you are talking about, is it Linghua, your story?" asked Situ Yan.
"The god named the girl Linghuayin, and I not only used her name, but also inherited the blood of the god and the girl's memory. Maybe it's because of the traction of the blood of the gods, even after many years, I still found the person who the gods can't let go of the spiritual sound. Ling Huayin looked at the flickering candle flame and said.
Situ Yan stared at Ling Huayin's flickering side face and asked, "That priest?"
Ling Huayin didn't answer immediately, but continued to tell the story: "That priest is a cangluan, after the death of the god of spiritual sound, the priest fell into pain and self-blame, and soon lost his trace in the heavy damage of the repair god and demon war, and no one has ever seen him again. The girl has always believed that the spiritual sound god and the priest must go to the same place, and then never separate, this is the wish of the spiritual sound god, and it is also the girl's last wish. However, it backfired, the phoenix was destroyed, there was no reincarnation, and the priest was not the original priest anymore. Do you know where I met him?" Ling Huayin looked at Situ Yan.
Situ Yan shook his head and said he didn't know.
"One day, in order to save a girl who was attacked by a demon, I left the Spirit Sealing Enchantment of the Great Wilderness Mountain in a hurry, and I fell into the hands of the Locust Tree Demon without a spiritual power bag, and then I heard the sound of your piano. And the sound of the piano is the demon suppression song that the priest once played. Although the appearance of the deceased has changed, many things cannot be changed. Even if you are not the original priest, there may be many differences, but I don't know how to describe my current mood......" Ling Huayin lowered her head and said with some nostalgia: "Lingyin Shangshen and Chenluan Shangxian are the two people I envy the most in my life." ”
After hearing this, Situ Yan looked at the mark in his hand and said, "I heard you say so much, do you already regard me as that priest?" But I am not him, the spiritual voice in your mouth is just a stranger to me, although the story you tell is very moving, but to me after all, it is just a story. ”
Ling Huayin was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Except for what you told me, you ...... Can't you remember anything else?"
Situ Yan's eyes darkened slightly, and he said: "The woman who left a mark on my hand is Lin Ge, I saw her again in my dream, maybe I once knew her...... I think she knows a lot about me. ”
“...... Are you going to find her?" asked Ling Huayin softly.
"I have to see her again, and whatever she has to do with my past, I have to find an answer. Maybe by the time I remember everything, I'll be able to find the true way to gather souls. Situ Yan seems to have made up his mind.
Ling Huayin suddenly felt empty in her heart, just like when the fairy left in the dust, she was so lonely and lonely. She finally understood why the girl chose to die alone, and some of her feelings would remain the same even if things were wrong.
"Lin Ge is a demon spirit, you go to her, I don't know what will happen. I don't want you to go to risk. The world is so big that there must be a better way to get the best of both worlds. Ling Huayin suddenly wanted to fight for herself.
Situ Yan shook his head, showing a rare self-deprecating smile, "The best of both worlds, maybe, but I can't wait, after this experience, I am suddenly afraid that one day I will become a soulless shell, without my own will, without joy, anger and sorrow, and even controlled by others, and let the important people around me fall into dangers that I can't imagine...... I had to go. ”
"Can we say goodbye then?" Ling Huayin was depressed, but she had to respect his choice.
Situ Yan smiled at her, "When Linghua returns to Xianze Palace, I will definitely come to see her off." Believe me. ”