【Ghost White】Floating Lantern on the Other Shore

His face is so bad.

Bai Ze lifted his head from Ghost Lamp's warm embrace, and touched his cheek.

After waking up early in the morning, I found that Ghost Lantern turned into a posture lying beside me and hugging me at some point. Not only my face was leaning against his slightly undulating chest, but my feet were also entangled.

Dare to treat him as a human body heater?The corner of Bai Ze's mouth twitched slightly, although he felt all sorts of awkwardness, but there was nothing he could do about it, the brute force and weight of the other party, whether asleep or awake, were incomparable to him.In addition, the other party seemed to be having a nightmare, with cold sweat all over his body, and he was muttering something in his mouth.

Bai Ze strained his ears to listen, but couldn't hear clearly.I could barely hear a few broken breaths, as if calling someone's name.

Although Ghost Lamp's attitude towards him has always been very fierce, but the doctor's heart is not to mention that he has a gentle personality and no temper.What's more, when the other party seems to be in pain and talks frequently in sleep, he is more worried than personal grievances anyway.With his fingertips, he brushed away the ghost lamp's hair, exposing his sweaty brow, wiped it with his sleeve, and touched his ghost's horn curiously.

He thought that such a cold person would never feel pain, but he didn't expect that person to be lying beside him with a miserable expression and dreaming.

Could it be that you are sick?

Bai Ze wanted to get up and prepare the medicinal materials, but he couldn't move because of the tight hug of the ghost lamp. Even the pulse was forced by his hands behind his back, and then he grasped the big hands tightly around him to measure it.He began to think that maybe his boss was a koala in his previous life, and now he was hugging him like a eucalyptus.

"excuse me."

Just when he was worrying about how to move this guy away, there was a knock on the door, and then he opened a gap and stuck his head out.He is a very old-fashioned and beautiful boy. It should be said that he went to the wrong shed. Why are there people with Ukiyo-e style like this in modern times?

The sight of the visitor happened to meet the eyes of the surrounded Bai Ze, and he quickly glanced up and down the situation in the dark room. After seeing the entangled feet, disheveled clothes, and faces that were very close together, he showed a mother-in-law who saw The newlyweds, who went to bed late, still had a lingering aftertaste of lovelove in bed, with a look of empathy and embarrassment for their daughter-in-law.

"Uh, sorry to bother you, I'll come back later."

Seeing that the man was about to retreat, Bai Ze shouted anxiously at the lowest volume, "It's not what you think, hurry up and pull me out of the arms of this paralyzed koala!"

So with the help of that strange ancient-style young man, Bai Ze was finally able to escape from the grip of the paralyzed koala.

"Thank you! I almost thought I was going to be crushed to death under the quilt." He looked at the helper gratefully, and then remembered that he hadn't asked the name of the person: "Uh... May I ask who you are?"

"Master Shirasawa, I am Momotaro."

"How about I call you Tao Taro-kun from now on?"

Perhaps it was because of the kindness that this person exuded naturally, he had an inexplicable affinity for Momotaro.

Hearing the familiar nickname, Momotaro couldn't help but smile: "Master Shirasawa hasn't changed yet."

Like old friends they haven't seen for a long time, they chatted accidentally.

"Huh? So you're from that Taoyuan Township? No wonder I haven't seen you in hell before." Sitting on a chair, Bai Ze tilted his head and looked at the ancient youth standing by the bed: "Before, I went to a man named Xie He heard about Taoyuan Township there, and he said that I used to live there.”

"Yes, Taoyuan Township is like spring all year round. Compared with hell's year-round heat and lava scenery, it is indeed a good place." Momotaro avoids the past. He can still bring up topics with this level of skill, although he still A bit awkward: "Master Bai Ze wants to go back...uh, to live in Taoyuan Township?"

"Well...," Bai Ze subconsciously looked at the man lying on the bed, and replied hesitantly: "There are many things in hell, I'm afraid of him...they won't be able to handle it, King Yan Mo and the others are taking care of me, if you don't help me deal with it I'm a little embarrassed."

Momotaro showed a knowing smile: "Actually, if Shirasawa-sama hadn't always been entangled with women, he would be considered a pretty good man...probably."

Thinking of the pitifully small salary that Bai Ze gave before and the fact that he threw medicinal materials to boil him and went to Zhonghe Hell to play with girls, the praise in his tone became weaker and weaker.And there should be a lot of girl ghosts in the hall, so he really doubts whether this guy is just here to play with those girl ghosts or really intends to work in hell.

"What, I was originally a suave and suave man in Yushu Linfeng, okay?" Momotaro's complaints made Bai Ze a little harsh, and he said with an unhappy expression: "A serious man will get a lot of points, a lot of cuteness The girls see that I am unable to go to the cafeteria on time every time I am extended my working hours by this evil spirit, so I stuffed some biscuits and candies they made for me to satisfy my hunger."

So it's really because of the girl...Momotaro looked at the man in front of him who boasted of his infinite charm without saying a word.He is quite familiar with this guy's lust, as expected, no matter how many times he has been reincarnated, he still has this deadly character.

"By the way, I almost forgot the business." Momotaro walked to the side of the ghost lamp, took up his hand and was about to feel the pulse: "It was King Yan Mo who asked me to see the situation of the ghost lamp. The situation of the ghost lamp is not very good recently. He's a little worried."

Hearing this, Bai Ze jumped up from his chair, and followed him by standing beside the bed to look at the ghost lamp that was still sweating.

"I took a pulse just now, it seems like he's lacking energy and blood?" Bai Ze spoke first, and asked Momotaro whether his deduction was correct: "However, why is he lacking energy and blood?"

"this……."

Momotaro also didn't understand that Lord Ghost Lantern's body should be filled with the blood of the divine beast. Unless a large amount of blood was shed at one time, judging from the powerful self-healing ability of the divine beast and the original strong physique, it is due to the qi and blood. Insufficiency and illness are unlikely.

"In addition to the lack of energy and blood, it must have been a long time since I didn't have a good rest, so I fell down suddenly." Although Momotaro was a little puzzled, he still tried his best to summarize the cause: "Anyway, I will go back later to prepare some energy and blood deficiency. The medicines are brought to you. Do you need to teach you how to cook those Chinese medicinal materials?"

"No, I learned this when I was still in the other world." Bai Ze asked with a frown, and his tone couldn't hide his worry: "Momotaro-kun, do you know that there is a place in hell that needs to shed a lot of blood? Otherwise, how could he?" What about the lack of energy and blood? This is too strange."

"Master Bai Ze..."

Both Momotaro and Bai Ze were taken aback by the sudden voice, and when they both looked back, they realized that it was Tang Gua and A Xiang who had been standing there at some time.Bai Ze, who wanted to fly up to get close to Ah Xiang, was frightened by their serious expressions.

"That...Although Mr. Ghost Lantern warned us not to say it, I think we should let you know." Tang Gua hesitated and said, "Didn't you take that medicinal bath every night?"

Bai Ze looked at Tang Gua in bewilderment, not understanding why he suddenly changed the subject to this matter.

"Yeah, what's the matter? I asked you before and refused to say who sent me to take the medicine bath. At that time, I didn't understand why there is such a thing to hide?"

"Do you know why the water in that pot is red?"

Bai Ze shook his head, thinking with a bewildered expression, indeed, he had never thought about this matter carefully before, after all, the work in Hell was heavy, and after soaking, he simply regarded it as a kind of enjoyment while he was busy. They all feel very energetic.

Thinking about it now, except for a few Hell herbs that he doesn't know very well, no matter how he looks at it, it is impossible for the Chinese herbs that he knows to cook that red blood color.

"Master Ghost Lantern said that because your soul is still not stable, so he used the blood of the beast in your body as medicine to strengthen your soul. Every night, I watched Master Ghost Lantern slit your wrist and bleed a big tank of blood. At the beginning, the wound The healing rate is very fast, but in the last few days I don't know why the healing rate has been getting slower and slower."

The ghost lamp's blood contained the power of a divine beast, so he speculated that if he used his own blood as a medicine, it might be able to fuse with Bai Ze's meager spiritual power.Although it is impossible to return to the nine-eyed appearance when it had divine power, it is still very effective in stabilizing the soul and strengthening the body.

Tang Gua lowered her head and looked uncomfortable: "So I think I still have to tell you that Lord Ghost Lantern did these things for you, although...although you may not have anything..."

"I remember" was interrupted by Ah Xiang's soft voice before he could say, "Lord Bai Ze, Lord Ghost Lantern often borrows a place from me to take a nap recently, maybe because he is afraid that going back to the room will disturb your rest. Could you please Can you help me persuade Lord Ghost Lantern to go back to his room to rest after he wakes up?"

"Perhaps the slowing of his wound healing is related to the degree of weakness of the body. The loss of a lot of blood in the past few days, coupled with the fact that he has not had a good rest for the past few days, will also have a certain impact on the body." Momotaro followed Axiang's words and analyzed. : "Traditional Chinese medicine is very particular about self-cultivation. If you are weak, you need to rest properly and take care of yourself through traditional Chinese medicine and diet. If you ignore minor illnesses, the damage you will suffer in the long run cannot be underestimated."

"Momotaro is really reliable."

Ah Xiang admired it from the bottom of her heart, she is indeed a good material who has been studying Chinese medicine with Mr. Bai Ze since thousands of years ago.Presumably, in the past thousand years, not only did he not slack off because of Lord Bai Ze's departure, but he improved himself even more.

"Hmm... so... so he lost his blood because of me?" Bai Ze had no idea that it was his own fault that this guy would suddenly weaken. Think... he hates me?"

Ah Xiang replied with a smile: "Some people like to bully the people they like, although I'm not sure if Lord Ghost Lantern is just like that."

"So this guy doesn't actually hate me?"

"Maybe you should ask him this question?" Axiang pointed to the earrings on his ears and asked, "By the way, the earrings on your ears were often seen playing with Mr. Ghost Lantern. I don't know when I didn’t see him take it out from the beginning, did he return the things to you?”

Ah Xiang gave a big reminder, but unfortunately Bai Ze didn't understand.

He touched the copper coin tied with a red thread by his ear, shook his head and replied, "No, this is a gift from a big brother I met when I was young."

Ah Xiang sighed in her heart, Master Bai Ze was still as dull as before.Sometimes I am really anxious for Mr. Ghost Lantern, but these two people seem to be cooking in a slow fire, and others can only worry about it on the sidelines, but they can't help at all.

Their minds were still unable to communicate a thousand years ago, and she did not hope that it would still be the case a thousand years later.In the past few days, Mr. Ghost Lantern borrowed a place from her to take a rest. Although she felt sorry for him getting more and more haggard, there was nothing she could do.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Momotaro-kun, why don't I go to Taoyuan Township with you first to get blood-enriching medicinal materials? Save the time of going back and forth, and I can cook it when I come back."

Bai Ze felt very guilty when he learned that the medicinal baths he took every day were ghost lamps using his own blood as medicine. He has been alone since he was a child. How he treated him before, he will keep these thoughts in his heart.

What's more, now that the ghost lamp is still lying on the bed, he doesn't know whether it's a coma or a sudden sleep, no matter what he has to go to Taoyuan Township himself, and bring the medicinal materials back to cook as soon as possible.

"Okay, then I will trouble Miss A Xiang and Tang Gua to take care of Lord Ghost Lamp during this time."

After Momotaro nodded to the two standing by the door, he led Bai Ze across the junction to Taoyuan Township.As soon as you step into Taoyuan Township, the scent of spring blossoms immediately spreads through your nose, and you feel as if you are moved by a tourist returning to your hometown, and the scenery you see on the road has an indescribable sense of familiarity.

"Hey, Momotaro-kun." Bai Ze looked at the hut not far away, with the signboard of the full moon of bliss on it: "The man named Shiro said, I used to live here."

Suddenly a gust of wind blew up, messing with Bai Ze's hair.

Momotaro turned his head and replied with a smile: "Since you think so, it might as well be so. I, like Lord Ghost, think that it's good if you can come back, and you don't need to worry about that. It's just that Master Ghost's expression is a bit distorted. "

Maybe not a little, but a lot!The corner of Bai Ze's mouth twitched. Is this reserved way popular among people nowadays?Or is it because Ghost Lantern is lying on the bed now that the description of him has become milder?But he didn't know that the ghost lamp really restrained a lot, otherwise, according to the previous way of getting along, he would probably be in danger of being hit or his finger being "Barus" every time he spoke.

After thinking for a while, Momotaro went on to say: "If you want to know something, Miss Axiang also said it just now, you'd better ask him directly. After all, this is between you and him, if you can't remember You don’t have to be too forceful. I don’t think Lord Ghost Lantern intends to force you.”

It means that no matter what Bai Ze asks again, he will not give any answer.But after hearing the answer, Bai Ze was even more confused, so after hearing Momotaro's meaning, he was related to the ghost lamp before. If you want to know the past, you have to find the ghost lamp?

But it doesn't look like I want to tell him when I look at the ghost lamp, and every time I show a little favor to the other party, the reaction is very big, and it is difficult to communicate.Getting along with the ghost lamp, no matter in the past or in the future, is a very difficult task for Bai Ze.

What is certain now is that if you want to know the past, you will never get an answer from the ghost lamp.So, what should he do better?

"Forget it, don't think about it for now. It's not too late to talk about it when that guy wakes up. Momotaro-kun, please hurry up and prepare the medicinal materials for me." Bai Ze rolled up his sleeves: "Let me help too, let's make a comparison together quick."

He decided to put this matter aside for the time being. Anyway, there are many ancient books in the room and library of the ghost lamp, and maybe he can find clues from those ancient books.

When preparing medicinal materials, Momotaro taught him some medicinal materials unique to hell and heaven, and gave him some freshly picked peaches.When he was about to leave, several rabbits ran to Bai Ze's feet and dawdled a few times, showing a reluctant look.

"See you next time."

Holding hands full of medicinal materials and peaches, it was impossible to reach out and touch the soft fur of the rabbits, Bai Ze replied with a gentle smile to their wishes.

For the next three days, because King Yan Mo asked him to take care of the ghost lamp, he earned three days of vacation for free.In addition to cooking medicinal materials to replenish qi and blood to take care of the ghost lamp, Bai Ze spent the rest of the time climbing up and down looking for the ancient books that the ghost lamp kept in the room.

It's a pity that almost the entire room was searched, but the gains were not great.Most of what Ghost Lantern collects is some traditional Chinese medicine or the method of making poison used in hell torture, or it is a variety of Chinese and Western punishment props explanations, and there are also strange books such as one hundred methods of rope binding...

The ghost lamp's room was already stocked with a lot of sundries, and with Bai Ze's reckless rummaging through boxes and cabinets, it was almost drowned by the sea of ​​books and piles of sundries.

He moved the tripod to stand up in a disheveled manner, ready to take the topmost ancient book.He stretched his arms on tiptoe to get the top book, but he was still short of a fingertip.

"Ha! Got it."

At the moment when he was happy that he got the book, the soles of his feet slipped and his center of gravity became unstable, and he fell backwards, and he was about to fall to the ground.

He closed his eyes reflexively to prepare for the expected pain, but the pain never came, and instead he fell into a warm embrace.

"Can't you be careful? You can't even stand on a ladder. Are you stupid or are you stupid? Or is it because Mr. White Pig is originally standing on four legs, so he can't stand on two legs?"

Is this... a tongue twister?His ghost animal boss really opened his tongue as soon as he woke up.The corner of Bai Ze's mouth twitched, thinking that this bastard, he would call him stupid if he wasn't stupid.

I wanted to scold him back, but thinking that this guy just woke up and helped me so much, I really shouldn't speak ill of him anymore.So Bai Ze forced himself to squeeze out a business smile of "Welcome to wake up ~", this smile was originally only limited to girls, so let's treat it as a special service today!

In fact, the ghost lamp has been awake for a while.While half asleep and half awake, I kept hearing rustling sounds.It had been a long time since no one had dared to disturb his sleep like this, and when he opened his eyes angrily, he saw the man standing by the bookshelf flipping through something, with a serious expression on his face.

Then after flipping through it a few times and finding it wasn't what he wanted, he threw it aside and pulled out the next one from the shelf.Although I was a little annoyed when I saw the book being thrown around like this, but I haven't seen Mr. White Pig look so serious for a long time.Even the dust-stained tip of the nose is hopelessly cute, and I am fascinated by it, and the anger of being awakened has long since disappeared without a trace.

For a long time, the only sound left in the quiet space was breathing, the rustling of that guy looking for things, and the sound of bubbling and bubbling medicine pots in the distance.Bai Ze seemed to be afraid that dust would contaminate the boiled potion, so he even covered the pot specially, water vapor spread out from the gap, and the room was humid and stuffy.

Bai Ze, who was not very heat-resistant, dripped sweat from his chin. He rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead, still keeping his eyes on the scroll.Reflected by the firelight, flickering flames flickered in his eyes, flickering on and off like stars.

If possible, he hoped to keep such a distance and keep watching.

Just thinking this way, it didn't take long before I saw that idiot standing awkwardly on the tripod, trying to reach for the top book, but the book got it, but his center of gravity was unsteady and fell, so he had no choice but to get up quickly to catch the one in hell. Mr. White Pig, who has gained a lot of weight from the delicious food and sweets provided by the girls.

The sarcastic words just slipped out of his mouth naturally when facing this person, just like they did thousands of years ago.

Sigh, why did he think this Mr. White Pig was cute just now?For thousands of years of devoted love to this lecherous cloven-hoofed creature, he has already complained so much that he can no longer complain about his strange vision.

Ghost Lamp sighed in his heart.

If only this guy's personality was half as cute as a snapdragon, but in reality it's as uncontrollable as a wild horse.

Just like now, that guy's foot is still hanging on the tripod, his head is resting on the hard chest of the person behind him, and his arms are still supported by the ghost lamp, and the weight of his whole body is leaning on him. If there is no bone.After hearing his sarcasm, she didn't retort angrily, but just raised her head and smiled brightly at him, even narrowing her eyes like a cat.

It's like the gentle smile that Bai Ze showed when they first met a long time ago, when Bai Ze, who was taking a nap in the tree, looked down at the ghost who came to China to seek knowledge.

Unpleasant as a fool.

But nothing makes him more unhappy than being easily recalled by the people in front of him, staring at his smile like a fool.

After he clicked his tongue and threw him on the bed, he slammed the door and went out.