Laws of Spirit Recycling

"Why do they seem to be taking a walk for a while, and then rush to walk quickly." Yu Yan looked at the backs of the two people in front of him curiously, and asked the young man holding an umbrella beside him.

"Rain?" Yu Yan stretched out his hand while walking, "There's nothing wrong with the rain, it's still as heavy as before, and it's icy cold."

As soon as he looked up and found that the target he was following had gone far, Yu Yan simply turned his head and said, "Mr. Fu, let's take a walk in the rain as before."

With a faint smile in his eyes, Fu Jianchi said lightly, "Okay."

The first thing to do when waking up in the morning is to go to the living room to make sure that person is still there. Although there is an appearance amulet, Yao Yu is still worried about the special state of the spirit body. This kind of uncertainty makes him afraid of waking up one day. Wang Xiuyuan just disappeared.

At the moment when I opened my eyes today, there was a little unexpected surprise——Wang Xiuyuan was in the room, a few steps away, meditating quietly, and turned his head when he heard the movement, "Are you awake?"

"Morning." Yao Yu got up, and smiled on his tired face just after waking up, "Did you stay in the room all night yesterday?"

Wang Xiuyuan also smiled and said, "This way you don't have to run to the living room to check without making the bed."

Yao Yu didn't deny it, and opened the curtains with a smile in his eyes. The sun lit up the whole room, and his mood became clearer in the morning, "It rained yesterday, and today is really sunny. I can take away yesterday's Clothes are taken to the balcony—”

"You can also clean up by the way, what's the matter with you?" Wang Xiuyuan noticed that Yao Yu didn't finish what he said just now, and his expression seemed a little strange.

"It's nothing. I suddenly feel very hungry. I'll make breakfast first."

Before turning around, Yao Yu looked again and finally confirmed his discovery... The sunlight from several floors shined directly into the room through the glass windows, and also passed through the abnormal body of the other party. The state of Wang Xiuyuan's spiritual body visible to the naked eye began to change.

But today, it's not even seven days.

"Hello, Mr. Ren, I'm Yaoyuan, the one who took a talisman from you last time." As soon as the call was connected, Yao Yu couldn't wait to reveal his identity.

"I remember, what's the matter, do you need more appearance symbols?" Ren Yijun's voice on the phone sounded a little tired.

"No, it's something more serious. I think only you can help me. Can I ask you to meet at night?"

"I'm working in another place now, and I won't be able to go back until a few days later. I see that you are in a hurry. You can call me to tell me what's going on."

Knowing that the other party was not in the city, Yao Yu felt even more uneasy, "It's the one who I put on the amulet... Soul, this morning I found that his body started to become transparent, but it hasn't been seven days yet, is there something wrong? , will the Appearance Talisman fail?"

"No, as long as you stick it on him, the talisman will be invisible, and ordinary people can't take it off."

"Then why did it suddenly become like this... Mr. Ren, is there a way to solve it? It doesn't matter how high the price is!"

"Except for the possibility of the talisman being taken down, according to this situation, there is only one answer, and that is Lingdun." Ren Yijun paused for a few seconds, and explained in a more concise way: "As the name suggests, Lingdun equals the disappearance of the soul."

"Disappearing?!" Raising his head abruptly, Yao Yu reconfirmed in disbelief: "His soul...is disappearing?"

"Well, after death, the soul leaves the body. Some go to the underworld to reincarnate, and some stay in this world for some reasons. When those reasons are resolved, they will walk on the original yin and yang path." Ren Yijun's tired voice Low and somewhat comforting: "The law of life and death, everyone has their own final return."

"Can't it be changed? There should be a way to keep him here, Mr. Ren, you tell me, no matter how much the price is, as long as he doesn't disappear, it's fine to change back to the same as before!"

"It's useless, the messenger of the underworld has appeared, I can't intervene." From Yao Yu's words, Ren Yijun also more or less guessed some stories, and said: "The soul lingers in the world, it is the additional time given by God, cherish it and then it will be time for you." Enough, and the fate has been fixed from the beginning, human beings cannot be changed, disappearing does not mean the complete end, for him... maybe it is not a bad thing."

Yao Yu lowered his eyes, looked at the dark stairs going down, and said in a stiff voice, "I see, thank you, Mr. Ren."

"It's okay, the time of the spirit escape state varies from person to person, if you don't want to miss the final farewell, it's best to stay by his side."

"……it is good."

"I seem to have read this book before, and I don't seem to have read it. I don't have any impression..." Yu Yan read halfway, and suddenly closed the book in his hand and stared at the cover to recall.

"Mr. Fu, have you read this book? Can you tell me the outline of the story?"

Fu Jianchi put down the book in his hand, took the one handed over by Yu Yan, and turned a few pages, "This book——"

Wang Xiuyuan approached the study and interrupted them, "I want to talk to you."

"Tell me." Looking at the undead who had gradually started to change form before him, Yu Yan knew what the other party wanted to say.

"How long is it?"

After hesitating for a while, Yu Yan said, "According to your speed, I won't leave tonight."

His eyelids drooped as if blinking, and a shadow was cast on his face, which had gradually become vain: "It will disappear tonight, right?"

Yu Yan never deliberately concealed his answer: "That's right."

Waiting for Wang Xiuyuan to ask the reason, Yu Yan was about to blurt out the soul recovery and processing rules that he had said countless times, but the other party remained silent, only showing a wry smile.

Yu Yan was a little curious and asked, "When did you find out?"

"Just now." Thinking of Yao Yu's flashed astonished expression this morning, Wang Xiuyuan felt complicated and said: "He may have discovered it too."

"Actually, Yao Yu did find out. He went to the celestial master who showed him the amulet, and asked him to help keep you. I heard that he was very anxious on the phone. I think he would be even more sad when he knew the result." Yu Yan He took his hand away from the page, turned his side to Wang Xiuyuan, and said in a formal tone, "What are you going to tell him?"

"If it doesn't happen tonight, it will disappear, I think..." His eyes drifted out of the window, and his voice lowered accordingly.

"Leave without saying goodbye?"

Wang Xiuyuan shook his head.

At this time, there was a sound of closing the door outside, and panicked footsteps approached. Yao Yu appeared at the door, "Wang Xiuyuan."

He didn't even change his shoes. After calling his name, he stood hesitantly at the door of the study.

Wang Xiuyuan's tone was as casual as usual: "Why did you come back at this time?"

"I'm on leave." Yao Yu stared at the people in the room, and sadly found that the other person's figure was lighter than this morning, like a faded picture of a figure, "You..."

"You came back just in time, I want to take you to a place."

The autumn wind is cool, sweeping the dead leaves on the ground, and the branches covering each other above the head are rustling, making the campus look particularly bleak during the holiday.The doors and windows of all the teaching buildings were closed, and there was no one there, like a huge toy box that had been emptied.

There are no tired but youthful faces, no boring but chattering laughter, no groups of figures crossing shoulders, and no feeling of any goodness left in the memory.Looking around, the huge playground was quiet and cold, Yao Yu stopped, "I didn't expect you to bring me here."

"I remember you said that I would like to go back to school to take a look if I have the chance." Wang Xiuyuan walked down from the stands and sat on the steps facing the playground. "It feels like it's more than ten years since high school."

Yao Yu sat next to him: "I don't think ten years is such a long time, because I remember many things very clearly."

Wang Xiuyuan turned his head and looked back, his faint smile was a little distorted.

"Three years is too short." Yao Yu couldn't bear to look at the other party's expression at the moment, and stared straight ahead, "Every day is in addition to class, from morning to night, I found that the time passed quickly when I was a little comfortable. Including that time, the time when you taught me the subject before evening self-study."

Wang Xiuyuan squinted his eyes and looked at the teaching building behind the playground: "In high school, the number of days for you to make up lessons was less than a month, and we didn't seem to have much time to be friends. When we get along...it's better to get to know each other better these days. .”

Yao Yu lowered her head: "I've been very happy these few days, maybe it's wrong to say that, but I really hope you can stay for a while longer."

His eyes were full of unwilling begging, and he was slowly surrounding Wang Xiuyuan's bloodless heart, as if he was about to fall if he looked at him one more time.

"When it's time to go, I still have to go. There are high school graduations, and friends also have differences." Wang Xiuyuan felt the other party's low emotions, tried his best to conceal the sourness in his heart, and said in a casual tone: "I asked for leave to see me off, thank you."

The pale golden light turned to warm yellow without knowing it, and a thick and thick color spread on the playground, like a gorgeous stage under the spotlight.This empty and huge stage with no one presents every dim light of the afterglow. On the opposite side, only two people who are about to part are quietly watching.

"By the way, there is a question I've always been curious about." Wang Xiuyuan tried to divert the other party's attention, "During the high school sports meeting, why did you suddenly give me a Band-Aid? Before that, we didn't seem to know each other at all."

Yao Yu's eyes were slightly red, and he tried to pull himself together with a listless look. He quickly glanced at Wang Xiuyuan: "I don't know, I happened to have a Band-Aid in my pocket at that time. I saw you running so hard to finish the race. When you came back, I put it on The band-aid on my leg fell off, so I didn't think much about giving it to you, although... I regretted it the moment I handed it to you."

Wang Xiuyuan's eyes flickered: "Afraid I won't answer?"

"You have so many friends together, maybe you won't notice my movements at all, and as you said, although we are in the same class, we are usually strangers. I'm afraid you won't be able to remember my name when you see me."

"So, thanks to the training before the sports meeting, I didn't accidentally fall during training, and my legs would not be injured."

"I remember the time I was injured and you were still No.1. When the name Wang Xiuyuan was heard on the radio, the whole class was erupting. Everyone was happy for you, and so was I."

"Remember what I told you?" Wang Xiuyuan stared at the bright red track with deep eyes, "I like basketball and long-distance running. One is to hit the jump and the other is to keep reaching." He raised his hand and put it in his sight On the track, "The feeling of running and running in a predetermined direction makes me feel very refreshed and safe. I don't need to worry about anything, I don't need to think about anything, I just need to repeat the action. This is who I was at the time. , the purity of effort that I think."

"Wang Xiuyuan..." Yao Yu murmured, his voice was inaudible, but the expression on his face could no longer be controlled.

"What's the matter, with a bitter face?"

Yao Yu stretched out his hand to grab the other's arm, but before touching it, he lowered it sadly, "Stop talking."

"Can't you say the last farewell?" Wang Xiuyuan always had a smile on his mouth, comforting and gentle.

"Maybe there is a turning point. I know a very powerful master. He must have a way. He gave me the Appearance Talisman. Why don't we go to him now and let him cast spells to help you stay." It was anxiety, Yao Yu tried to make a final struggle.

"It's useless, we still have to go this way in the end." The smile on Wang Xiuyuan's face disappeared, and he looked at Yao Yu with an infinite warmth similar to Luoxia.

"These few days are the most relaxing moments in my ten years, you let me let go..."

Tears slid down and merged into the blurred steps, Yao Yu lowered his head, unable to continue to face the other party's weak and shapeless body.

Wang Xiuyuan reached out his hand to touch his bowed head, but it stopped on top of the other's head.If there is any regret, it is the hands that cannot be touched, no matter how close they are, they cannot hug each other. There is no distance between them, and they can even overlap, but it is like parallel spaces under the same place, and they will never meet. to speak of.

It is also this invisible gap that constantly reminds Wang Xiuyuan that they are two worlds.

Only where the other party can't see, he can use his hands to brush along the arc of the face, and the dotted line generally completes the intimacy that surpasses friends. The unfinished emotional expression is the only brilliance in the remaining effective time.

"It's been a long time since I've run long distance, so why don't you run with me once."

Yao Yu raised his head, eyes and eyelashes were stained with tears, he stared at Wang Xiuyuan with eyes full of reluctance, and finally nodded.

"Your movement is not standard, raise your calf."

"Look ahead and wave your hands regularly, otherwise you won't be able to lift your spirits."

"It's almost a lap soon, Yao Yu, hold on."

From time to time, Wang Xiuyuan's guiding voice sounded in his ears. Like a coach supervising the students, he slowed down and ran beside Yao Yu.With the same frequency, the same pace, and starting from the same starting point, they played side by side on the bright runway, as if pouring out all the unwillingness, nostalgia, and unknown emotions in their bodies.

Gradually feeling powerless, Yao Yu's pace slowed down, taking a step with difficulty seemed to exhaust all his strength, and he realized that it was not due to physical fatigue, but because of the people around him.

Wang Xiuyuan's figure became more and more transparent, and it was a blur from the corner of his eye.The slowly sinking heart caught Yao Yu's pace, he didn't want to continue exercising at all, but as soon as he stopped, he would fall into a state of panic.

I want to leave later, I want to never say goodbye, I run towards the red sunset, I use up my limbs and exhaust my energy, besides the endurance that is approaching the limit, there is also the hopeless loneliness below the limit.

"Have you seen the end? It's almost here."

Yao Yu panted heavily, and mechanically repeated the movement of running, sweat sticking to his body, making him feel that the end point that the other party said was far away.

Wang Xiuyuan was encouraging him, "As long as you persevere, you can reach the finish line even if you are alone. This time... I will go first."

Then there was a sentence close to his ear, when Yao Yu realized something, Wang Xiuyuan had already accelerated forward, rushing towards his so-called finish line at a pace so fast that he couldn't see his left and right legs clearly.

"Wang Xiuyuan!"

It was the boy in memory, with clear eyes and firm eyes, and his swinging arms were like wings that wanted to hang in the air. He was flying towards the wind, catching the air vortex.Fading away the turbid colors of the secular world, he becomes light and ethereal, and it is difficult to recognize the edges and corners of the past. Only his own unique spirit remains. He keeps running, as if his soul is about to fly, but his body is disappearing, like a cloud of surging smoke.

This cloud of smoke... as the sky dimmed and disappeared, and the lights of the play retreated, everything was over.

Only the last sentence of the other party still echoed in his mind.

"If there is an afterlife, I hope to be with you for a long, long time..."

The task was completed, Yu Yan and Fu Jianchi walked out of the barrier, now it was time to finish the aftermath, Fu Jianchi walked in the direction of Yao Yu.

"Mr. Fu." Yu Yan stopped him and asked, "Can you... don't erase Yao Yu's memory."

The young man's eyes flickered slightly, "Reason."

Yu Yan looked at the man standing there crying, and said, "It was so hard for them to reunite. This memory must be very precious to Yao Yu. It's not as simple as leaving sadness behind. If it is erased, it will always feel a little cruel."

"You think so?"

This kind of request only happened in rare cases. Yu Yan believed that his superior could understand, so he nodded boldly: "Yao Yu should not be someone who would commit suicide."

In order to prevent human beings from passing on the theory of the soul, Fu Jianchi will use Dream Stealing Beads on ordinary people who have been in contact with the undead in every mission. Another purpose of clearing memory is to prevent the loss of human beings from the idea of ​​being overly sad and committing suicide. .

Fu Jianchi acquiesced to Yu Yan's request, and the two left together.

Before leaving, Yu Yan glanced back, and saw the playground in the night, a person was walking slowly around the track circle, looking for the fragments that supported him to the finish line where another person stepped.