Chapter Thirty-One: The Time of Parting
It was past the third watch, and a thick black cloud floated across the red moon in the sky. As if being invaded by darkness, the moon was gradually swallowed up completely by the black cloud, and the island of Wangyue was suddenly shrouded in darkness. I noticed that the sky had changed,
Immortal Gaomang stood in front of the house, looking at the black moon in the sky with a serious expression.
"Master, this is the first time a lunar eclipse has occurred on Moon Moon Island. Looking at the moon, there may be something ominous about it." Yun Qing's face was full of worry.
Immortal Gaomang did not answer, but his expression became more solemn.
Su Mu woke up suddenly for some reason. He felt that his heart was agitated and he couldn't calm down. He simply sat up and looked out the window. He saw that it was pitch black outside, which was very different from what he had seen today. A figure hurriedly appeared.
Passing by his room and seeing the figure, he couldn't help but shout: "Master?" He jumped out of bed and ran out of the room. Ling Huayin was no longer outside. Only E Luo, who had just stepped out of the door, seemed to have been trapped.
I was awakened by this sudden strange atmosphere.
E Luo yawned and glanced sideways at Su Mu, and said sleepily: "Looking for your master? She just went to Situ Yan's place."
Su Mu looked towards Situ Yan's room and saw a faint candlelight lighting up 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 her tone was frivolous, she seemed a little unhappy, as if her things had been taken away by others.
Situ Yan was still sleeping, 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 placed signs in every corner of the room.
After filling up the Soul Sealing Array, he made an exception and summoned the Black Soul Sword, which he had been guarding until now, allowing Situ Yan's soul to return to him. It's just that Ling Huayin is not his true body now. Even if he can summon the Black Soul Sword,
Her soul power is almost exhausted.
"Situ Yan, why don't you wake up? This distracted body is really not as useful as your own body." After exhausting her energy, Ling Huayin slowly sat on the ground, leaned against Situ Yan's bed, and murmured to herself
language.
At this time, Situ Yan was immersed in his own nightmare.
This lunar eclipse came suddenly and was not in his plan at all. He could feel his power draining away quickly. Just when he took out the Soul Gathering Grass, a yellow shadow flashed and snatched the Soul Gathering Grass from his hand.
Gone.
"What is this?" Ji Rumeng looked at the Soul Gathering Grass in her hand and asked curiously.
"Give it back to me." Situ Yan's expression was extremely grim, and every word he spoke seemed to be a warning.
Seeing Situ Yan's displeasure, Ji Rumeng laughed twice and said, "I won't pay it back. Who told you to ruin my business last time? Why, this thing can't be your life-saving thing, can it?"
?I heard from the Lord that you are most afraid of the lunar eclipse, and it seems to be true!"
Ji Rumeng looked at the sky and stared at Situ Yan with gloating, "It's not that I can't return it to you. As long as you kowtow to my aunt, apologize, and give me your piano, I will return this thing to you."
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Situ Yan pursed his lips tightly, as if he was brewing emotions.
Ji Rumeng thought he had compromised, so she took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Those who know the current affairs are heroes. I think you also know..." Before he finished speaking, Situ Yan suddenly stretched out his hand to him
, but Ji Rumeng dodged it.
"Hehe... snatching things, I like it." Ji Rumeng smiled happily.
Situ Yan was really annoyed this time. He called out the lyre and quickly plucked the lyre with his fingers. The sound of the lyre suddenly sounded. Ji Rumeng obviously did not expect the importance of the soul-gathering grass to Situ Yan and was not aware of what was coming.
Crisis. After several rounds of maneuvers, Situ Yan made a quick decision and Ji Rumeng's soul was hurt. However, the sound of the piano still clanked and showed no mercy.
Just as he was about to capture Ji Rumeng, a cloud of black mist swept over him. Situ Yan felt his body was weak, and the piano body suddenly slipped from his hand.
A deep voice sounded in my head, like a reminder: "I'll take the Soul Gathering Grass."
After the sound dissipated, Situ Yan suddenly felt a splitting headache and soon lost consciousness.
I don’t know how much time passed, but a string of crisp bells sounded from far away. In the purple mist, Situ Yan vaguely saw a woman in red riding a mirror demon slowly walking towards him. As the woman approached,
Everything around him stopped. Situ Yan touched the lyre on the side and stared at the visitor with a wary expression. The woman stopped not far from him, jumped off the back of the mirror demon, with a charming smile on her lips.
, looking at him with interest.
There was no murderous intent on the woman's body. The exhausted Situ Yan relaxed his guard and stared at the cold and charming woman. He was not impressed by the woman's graceful figure and stunning beauty, but an inexplicable feeling of familiarity rose in his heart.
It feels like I have known this stranger for a long time.
"Situ Yan?" The woman's voice was as beautiful as her laughter, like an oriole emerging from the valley, sweet and crisp.
Situ Yan did not answer. He carefully recalled the information about this woman in his mind, but still found nothing.
"My name is Lin Ge. We have known each other a long time ago, but you may have forgotten it. Let me remind you." The woman smiled sweetly and came to Situ Yan in the blink of an eye.
I don't know whether it was because of the other party's powerful magic power or because of the woman's inexplicable words. Situ Yan remained motionless, waiting for the woman to make her next move. Unexpectedly, the woman suddenly hugged him. Situ Yan instinctively wanted to push away, but his body couldn't.
It seemed like he was under a spell and couldn't move at all.
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." The woman whispered in his ear, and then she clasped one hand with his. Purple light flashed in her eyes, and Situ Yan only felt the palm of his hand.
He felt hot for a while. The woman quickly let go of him and smiled evilly at him: "I hope we will meet again soon." After that, the woman turned and left.
By the time Situ Yan could 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 he felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body. He saw the woman looking back at him, and then gradually disappeared 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 with a splitting headache. When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ling Huayin holding a cyan sword.
He was leaning against his bed, with his eyes closed and his legs crossed in a meditative posture. There were also arrays all around the room. Situ Yan understood it immediately and quickly climbed down from the bed, supporting Ling Huayin.
His shoulders shook for a while, and he shouted anxiously: "Linghua."
Ling Huayin still didn't respond. Situ Yan noticed that her soul power was weak, so he injected his own spiritual power into Ling Huayin's distracted body, removed all the arrays in the room, and then reached out and took away the magic weapon in Ling Huayin's hand.
However, as soon as the sword touched the hilt, Situ Yan's body froze, a purple light flashed through his black eyes, and his hand involuntarily tightened the hilt of the sword. There was a faint voice in his heart saying to himself: Kill her.
Situ Yan was startled by his terrible thoughts, and his eyes suddenly regained clarity. He put the sword aside as if it was a hot potato, and then supported Ling Huayin against him, holding it firmly.
After a while, Ling Huayin woke up and turned her hand.
"Situ Yan..." Seeing that Situ Yan was fine, Ling Huayin hurriedly sat up straight and subconsciously distanced herself from him.
Situ Yan showed a reassuring smile to Ling Huayin and said, "Fortunately, you're awake."
"Did I fall asleep?"
Situ Yan looked at her unusually gently and nodded: "In order to prevent me from losing my soul, you consumed too much soul power and your body was too tired."
"You..." Ling Huayin suddenly remembered what Immortal Gao Mang said and looked at Situ Yan who was about to speak but hesitated.
"What's wrong? You seem to have something to tell me." Situ Yan asked with a smile.
Ling Huayin hugged her knees and leaned on the edge of the bed, saying: "In the inn in the Land of Illusion, I had a dream about my origins, and then suddenly I remembered many things."
Situ Yan looked at Ling Huayin in 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 war goddess in the heaven. She was transformed from a phoenix and named Lingyin. She fell in love with a priest next to her. Unfortunately, the demons invaded and Lingyin had to rush to the battlefield. Before she left for the battlefield,
, the God of Lingyin used magic to use his own divine blood as the soul, and the snow on the top of the Tianshan Mountain as the body to create a girl, letting her accompany the priest. After the battle between gods and demons, the divine fragrance of Lingyin disappeared, then
The priests also left with her, leaving only the girl created by the God of Spiritual Sound. Unwilling to endure the loneliness, the girl chose to die to get rid of her fate, and the divine blood remained in Daze where the girl died. After a long
Over the years, the divine blood and the spiritual energy of all things gathered together and gradually transformed into human form. This spirit has the memory of the girl's life, and was later brought back to the sect by Elder Yunyang of Dongling Mountain and became his disciple." Ling Hua.
Yin said slowly.
"This girl you are talking about, is this Linghua your story?" Situ Yan asked.
"Shang Lingyin named the girl Ling Huayin, and I not only used her name, but also inherited the divine blood and the girl's memory. Perhaps it was because I was pulled by the divine blood, even in the past
After many years, I have still found the one person that Lingyin God cannot let go of." Ling Huayin looked at the flickering candlelight and said.
Situ Yan stared at Ling Huayin's profile, which was flickering in and out, and asked: "That priest?"
Ling Huayin did not answer immediately, but continued to tell the story: "The priest's body is a cangluan. After the death of the spiritual master, the priest fell into deep pain and self-blame. Soon he lost his life while repairing the heavy damage caused by the war between gods and demons.
The traces of him were lost and no one saw him again. The girl always believed that Lingyin Shang Shen and the priest must go to the same place and never be separated again. This was Ling Yin Shang Shen’s wish and the girl’s last wish.
.However, things went against expectations. The Phoenix died and was never reincarnated, and that priest was no longer the original priest. Do you know where I met him?" Ling Huayin looked at Situ Yan.
Situ Yan shook his head to express his ignorance.
"One day, in order to save a girl who was attacked by a nightmare, I left the spirit-sealing barrier in Dahuang Mountain in desperation. I didn't bring a spiritual power bag with me, so I fell into the hands of the locust tree demon. Then I heard your call
The sound of the piano. And the sound of the piano is the demon-suppressing song played by the priest. Although the appearance of the old friend has changed, many things cannot be changed. Even if you are not the same priest as before, there may be many differences, but I still
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 most in my life."
After listening to this, Situ Yan looked at the mark in his hand and said: "After listening to what you said, do you already think of me as that priest? But I am not him. The spiritual sound god in your mouth is to me
But as a stranger, although the stories you tell are very touching, they are just stories to me after all."
Ling Huayin was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "Except for what you told me, you... can't remember anything else?"
Situ Yan's eyes dimmed and he said: "The woman who left the 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?" Ling Huayin asked softly.
"I have to see her again. No matter what relationship she has with my past, I have to find an answer. Maybe when I remember everything, I can find the real 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 Immortal Chen Luan left, she was so alone and lonely. She finally understood why the girl chose to die alone back then. Some feelings will remain unchanged even if things change and people change.
"Linge is a demon spirit. If you go to find her, I don't know what will happen. I don't want you to take risks. The world is so big, there must be a better way to get the best of both worlds." Ling Huayin suddenly wanted to
Fight for yourself once.
Situ Yan shook his head, showing a rare self-deprecating smile, "The best of both worlds? Maybe, but I can't wait any longer. After experiencing this, I am suddenly afraid that one day I will become a soulless body.
I have no will of my own, no joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, and I am even controlled by others, putting the important people around me in danger that I can't imagine... I have to leave."
"Can we meet again then?" Ling Huayin was in a low mood, but she had to respect his choice.
Chapter completed!