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Xu Xingxing followed Jian Qingzhu out the door.

Jian Qingzhu led him to set off from behind the small courtyard, and walked a small path, which slowly went up, leading to the top of the mountain that was temporarily invisible.

"That black mirage was let go by the two of us, you know." Jian Qingzhu said.

"En." Xu Xingxing responded.

"You have also heard from Qi Qianshan that all the celestial masters now have the certificate of celestial masters, which means, whether they can become celestial masters, who is the celestial master, this speed is actually controlled by the Lingguan." Jane Qingzhu said, "But before the establishment of Lingguan, a celestial master was a celestial master, and he was a celestial master if he had the ability, but it doesn't matter whether he is certified or not."

"Tianshi all attach great importance to the tradition of Taoism, which is completely different from the standards of Lingguan. However, after decades of running-in, everyone has gradually gotten used to this situation. What Lingguan recognizes is the real Tianshi. Do you understand? ?”

"Incorporation?" Xu Xingxing said, "Or recruiting? The difference between the court and the folk arena, right? Boiling frogs in warm water, whether you agree or not, after a long time, the first generation who resisted the most fiercely became the past, and the habit It just became natural."

Jian Qingzhu gave a thumbs up and nodded: "But those who catch ghosts are not very obedient, and the Qi family can be regarded as a talking point in the group of celestial masters, so since there is a spiritual gate, it will be held every few years. A meeting to confirm that no one is going out with the ability of a celestial master to mess around."

Xu Xingxing: "...Another word."

"I didn't go out to do evil." Jian Qingzhu said, "It's equivalent to supervision, but this kind of supervision is established by convention. The word "conventional" is a bit mysterious, because there is no express stipulation of power, then everyone can use you as a wind vane for a long time, of course. Feel free to defy your judgment at any time."

"Yes," Xu Xingxing nodded, "I understand."

"The Qi family is a target of public criticism." Jian Qingzhu.

Xu Xingxing didn't speak, looked up at him, and slowly took a bite of the apple.

Jian Qingzhu shrugged, and continued as if nothing to do with himself: "The celestial masters seem to listen to Lingguan's words, but they all have their own ideas. Since someone wants to make a system, the celestial masters will be incorporated into a controllable system." If there is no crowd, then you have to shoot the first bird. Just right, aren’t you from a family of psychics? The celestial masters are also happy to watch."

"The matter of collecting ghosts in Lingguan kills two birds with one stone. In addition to maintaining the balance of yin and yang, it not only makes some celestial masters get closer and closer to them, but also splits this unreliable group. Qi Qianshan made it clear in the previous few sentences. It's not that he doesn't know that some people are in contact with Lingguan, but he said it doesn't matter, which is to show his position - you can go to Lingguan, but the Qi family must keep the old ways."

"Wait." Xu Xingxing said, "Before there was no spiritual pass, what did the celestial masters do when they caught ghosts?"

Jian Qingzhu didn't answer directly, but said: "Before there were rules, people acted on the basis of so-called morality; after there were rules, morality may be partly integrated, but more often, morality seems a bit redundant. Some people They will hate morality and conflicts of interests, and of course some people will desperately defend it.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xu Xingxing seriously.

Xu Xingxing thought for a while, and asked: "Qi Qianshan means, Lingguan and Qi Family, no, Lingguan and Freedom, the celestial masters can only choose one, right?"

Jian Qingzhu smiled: "I'm enlightened."

"Originally, the balance between the Celestial Master and the Lingguan is very delicate. If you don't want to make trouble, you can maintain it." Xu Xingxing said, "But once the announcement of the Lingguan is released, it is equivalent to breaking this balance. Because this It is forcing the celestial master who catches the black mirage, or even the celestial master who wants to catch the black mirage, to choose between the spiritual pass and the former freedom. Is that so?"

Jian Qingzhu reached out and pinched his chin, leaned very close, and said, "Why do I care so little about you? You are such a clever little ghost."

"Get lost!" Xu Xingxing pushed his paw away.

Jian Qingzhu lowered his head, took a bite of the half-eaten apple in his hand, and said casually: "It's so sweet, there are only a few lovely apple trees on this mountain."

"Fool, I bit it." Xu Xingxing said.

Jian Qingzhu looked at him: "What's wrong? I gave you the apple, why are you so picky?"

Xu Xingxing was speechless for a while, staring at his lips, then quickly moved away, looking at the apple in his hand, then at him, and finally, like protecting the food, he also lowered his head and took a bite, chewing and saying: "I ask You, which side are you on? You said before that you were recruiting me for Lingguan?"

Jian Qingzhu's shoulders suddenly drooped and said, "I don't know. It depends on your mood."

Xu Xingxing was speechless again, and asked, "Your surname should be Qi before?"

"Ah. I changed my mother's surname later." Jian Qingzhu responded, "What's wrong?"

"No." Xu Xingxing frowned thinking of the scorpion fish in the Qi family's courtyard, "Why do I feel that you are a little happy to see the Qi family going down?"

Jian Qingzhu laughed again after hearing the words: "What a considerate baby, that's what I think!"

Xu Xingxing: "..."

"Is this the end of the meeting?"

"Ah." Jian Qingzhu said, "Qi Qianshan has said everything that needs to be said, and the next thing is to see if anyone can find the black mirage before Qi's family."

"Is the injury on your body that your uncle said has something to do with this villa?" Xu Xingxing asked.

Jian Qingzhu said a little bored: "Can you stop being so smart all the time? You have guessed everything."

"Bah!" Xu Xingxing glanced at him, "It's you who say I'm stupid, and it's you who say I'm smart. After you've said all the good and bad things, what the hell am I going to say?"

Jian Qingzhu laughed happily.

Xu Xingxing asked again: "Then if we really caught the black mirage, what are you going to do?"

"What are you going to do?" Jian Qingzhu asked back.

Xu Xingxing: "Can you not leave this kind of problem to me? I'm not a celestial master."

"To be honest, I really don't know." Jian Qingzhu said.

He looked back at Xu Xingxing with serious eyes.

It was already afternoon, the sun shone through the nearby woods, and was split into strands of warmth, which enveloped the person, making him indescribably comfortable.

Xu Xingxing turned his eyes away and refused to look at him: "You don't even know me, let alone me. I'm a complete outsider."

Jian Qingzhu shook her head: "You are not an outsider."

"Ah, yes, I'm your bait, right? I know." Xu Xingxing sighed, "Let me guess, I have a lot of evil spirits on me, and the black mirage was injured earlier, and no amount of souls swallowed can compare to it." Swallow me alone?"

"Smart!" Jian Qingzhu said, "very conscious of being a food."

Xu Xingxing felt sad in his heart, and asked, "Except for the relationship between my father and your family that I don't understand, did you take a fancy to my evil spirit from the very beginning when you approached me?"

Jian Qingzhu looked at him for a while, put away her smile, and finally nodded seriously: "Yes."

"Oh." Xu Xingxing said.

He turned his head to look at the scenery, and walked through the lower section, which was already full of pine forests. The pine needles accumulated over the years covered the forest, and under the sunshine, the withered color turned golden.

Between the clear interlacing of light and dark, light and shadow are inseparable.

Xu Xingxing felt a little sad in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

It's still my problem. I know what I know, but which pot should not be opened and which pot should be lifted.

Why are you so sensitive like a little girl?

If you know it in your heart, it's over, why do you have to confirm it?

The two of them had been chatting lively, but suddenly fell silent, one walked in front, and the other followed.

I have been climbing the mountain today, and Xu Xingxing still felt his legs were tired at the beginning, and he just felt numb when he walked mechanically, and he didn't know what it would be like when he got up tomorrow.

When the setting sun was still half of the body, the two reached the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain is very open, and the first thing that catches the eye is an apple grove. The apples on the top are very big, and the red ones are hanging, which looks very good under the light.

Xu Xingxing thought about it just now, and felt that not speaking seemed like a cold war, which was very boring, so he said, "Don't tell me that dinner is apples."

"That's not possible." Jian Qingzhu smiled, "Come with me."

They walked along a small path on the top of the mountain, and finally Xu Xingxing saw that the path ended with a flat land, backed by another mountain.

There is actually a small house on the edge of the ground, and the eaves can already be seen from a distance.

Xu Xingxing looked around and smiled: "Could it be a public toilet?"

Jian Qingzhu smiled and didn't answer.

Going forward, Xu Xingxing realized that it was really a small house when he got to the front.

The house has two floors, the stairs are outdoors, half of the second floor is the house, and the other half is the roof. A huge stone pillar supports the upper and lower floors, and there are flowers hanging on the edge of the building.

"No one knows about this house. It used to be where the mountain guards of the Qi family lived." Jian Qingzhu said, "The outside is usually covered with blindfolds. I came here yesterday and removed the spells."

Xu Xingxing couldn't help being speechless: "Your family is really rich, and you can build a small bungalow in the valley. Then what? Aren't you going to fight monsters? Why are you here?"

Jian Qingzhu smiled: "Let's go."

Although the sparrow inside is small, it has all internal organs. The first floor has a layout of one bedroom and two living rooms.

"You have the strength to fight monsters when you're full." Jian Qingzhu pointed to the kitchen, "Hurry up, let's cook."

Xu Xingxing was speechless for a while, did he dare to climb the mountain for so long just to cook a meal here?

He already felt exhausted complaining, so he went into the kitchen in silence.

The kitchen is very modern, and there is everything in the refrigerator. He observed that all kinds of pipes should be buried in the ground and taken from the back of the house.

"What the hell am I doing?" He sighed involuntarily.

Jian Qingzhu looked at him at the door of the kitchen and smiled, and said: "Please do me a favor, my injury is not healed yet, I will make it for you when I recover."

"What's the matter, do you have to pay the bill? Are you going to leave after paying? How many meals have I eaten, do you still have to finish?" Xu Xingxing said in a cool tone.

As soon as these words came out, the two fell silent at the same time.

After a long time, Jian Qingzhu said: "The incident happened suddenly two days ago. There is a cave behind the top of the mountain. Some strange things were raised in it, and it is easy to attract things. I cast a curse here and always pay attention to the movement. The morning before yesterday Before I woke up, there was a sudden reaction from Bu's array, and I hurried up here in fear of an accident, without my mobile phone."

Xu Xingxing didn't speak, and he went on to say: "A wild thing came from that cave and stepped on my formation. I fought with it, and it fled into the cave. I guarded it for a day and a night, and then it But it didn’t come out anymore, so I had to set up another formation and temporarily seal it inside.”

Xu Xingxing was chopping vegetables, his voice was steady, and he paused when he heard this: "So you need bait again, right?"

"Yes." Jian Qingzhu said.

Xu Xingxing turned to look at him, and saw that his expression was calm, so he turned around and continued to chop vegetables: "I fucking owe you."

Jian Qingzhu walked up behind him, pressed on him, picked up a slice of cucumber from the chopping board and ate it, and said, "I owe you. You can do whatever you want, and I can do it too."

Xu Xingxing started to get angry again, he threw away the kitchen knife, turned to look at Jian Qingzhu, his tone was very calm: "Jian Qingzhu, let me tell you, are you really flirtatious or fake? Is it fun to flirt with me?"

Jian Qingzhu wronged Baba: "No, I'm serious, I'll give you whatever you want."

"In what name? If I am yours, give me everything?" Xu Xingxing raised his eyebrows, "A neighbor? A friend? Or just a bait?"

Jian Qingzhu thought for a while: "In the name of the people."

Xu Xingxing: "..."

He really didn't want to talk anymore, he was very tired, and after these few words, the anger in his heart dissipated, and he suddenly felt a little sad.

Let the bait be the bait, still expecting the dog to spit ivory?

My own mentality is also a bit strange, and it doesn't matter much.

Originally, I was not his.

The two of them had a peaceful meal, and at the end of the meal, Jian Qingzhu said: "Your hair young Chen Shuang, I saw him yesterday."

Xu Xingxing looked up suspiciously.

Jian Qingzhu thought he didn't hear clearly, and said it again: "I saw Chen Shuang yesterday, when he was guarding monsters in front of the cave."

"What is he doing here?" Xu Xingxing confirmed that he heard correctly, and his throat cracked in shock.

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