【Shuangxuan】Self-knowledge

It has been more than a month since He Xuan left with his family.And for more than 30 days, he never came to see Shi Qingxuan again.

Shi Qingxuan thought more than once: The reason why I was so sad on the day of parting, maybe it was because I had a premonition in the dark - I felt that He Xuan's turning back that day was the last look I left for myself, and that day Once you leave, it becomes the farewell of this life.

Although Shi Qingxuan didn't shed any tears after the ghost king left, he was still depressed a lot.Shi Wudu also noticed that although his younger brother was still kind to others on weekdays, he hadn't smiled happily for a long time.

Seeing Shi Qingxuan's description of being thin, Shi Wudu was so anxious that he wished he could emaciate for him.He tried to comfort the other party at first, but with little success; in a hurry, he simply reprimanded He Xuan and tried to vent his anger on his younger brother, but Shi Qingxuan just stopped him with a wry smile, and then became even more depressed.

No matter how disgusted he was before, Shui Hengtian would rather He Xuanneng go back and wander around in the store now, it's better to be an eyesore than to make Qingxuan sad.He even asked his younger brother about He Xuan's psychic password, planning to go to Jiangnan to find someone himself.Shi Qingxuan knew that his elder brother was thinking for himself, but he didn't want to tell, so he just shook his head and said:

"Since Mr. He has left, it must mean that our debts have been paid, our sins have been redeemed, and everything is settled. He took his family to the south of the Yangtze River, and he must start his own life. If I disturb him again, wouldn't it be Want to ruin his family's An Sheng again?... Mr. He has always been very kind to me, and I am satisfied that he can reminisce about an old relationship. He never owed me anything, I was just wishful thinking..."

"What wishful thinking! Qingxuan, you don't know! He said that he is..."

Shi Wudu almost said the confrontation between him and He Xuan in the restaurant that day, but he swallowed it back—even if Qing Xuan knew that the black water ghost had vowed to "sincerely" What about words?It won't change anything at all, but it will make him even more sad.

Shi Qingxuan even guessed what the unspoken second half of the sentence probably meant, but he only thought it was the casual words that his brother said to comfort himself, so he didn't ask any further.Instead, he pulled out a smiling face and promised Shi Wudu that he would cheer himself up.

A few days later, Shi Qingxuan really cheered up as he promised before, and his complexion gradually improved.Seeing that his younger brother finally recovered from the sluggish state, Shi Wudu also said that he was finally able to let go of He Xuan, and finally felt at ease.But Shui Hengtian didn't know that the reason why Shi Qingxuan worked so hard to add meals was precisely because he couldn't let it go - all He Xuan left him, except for two notes and half a box of ointment, was the only life.He cherishes everything related to the ghost king, and the grease notes are well kept, so this life must be treated with care.

However, cheer up, the love of forbearance and no regrets has long been deeply rooted in my heart. As long as this life is still alive, Shi Qingxuan will continue to miss He Xuan, and the sadness will not stop the raging spread in my heart.When he was busy during the day, he could ignore the absence of a figure in black in the shop; but at night, when everything was silent, Shi Qingxuan was lying alone, and the empty and cold pillow reminded He Xuan all the time The fact that has left.

It's not that he didn't have expectations, he also imagined that the window of the bedroom suddenly opened, and a black mist floated in from the outside, and after landing, he condensed into the appearance of a black water mysterious ghost.But how many times, Shi Qingxuan sat by the bed and waited until the oil in the window was dry and the lamps were dimmed, and the fight outside the window was turned around, He Xuan never came.He was disheartened several times, but he still wanted to dig out a little spark from the embers. Thinking of He Xuan's kindness to him, he insisted on rekindling the faint hope in his heart again and again.

But on this night, Shi Qingxuan managed to fall asleep, but dreamed of a group of red candle luan tents, and He Xuan had already chosen another person to sleep with; Passing by him, he was actually a stranger and never recognized each other again.

Waking up from the dream, Shi Qingxuan felt that most of his pillow was wet, and after a long time, his soul was still uncertain.He was terrified by his heart-wrenching grief in the dream. He burst into tears for a moment, and a bit of decisive courage "short-term pain is worse than long-term pain" was born in his heart.So he put on his clothes, went downstairs in the dark, took a jar of wine from the cellar in the backyard, and took two wine glasses.After returning to the room, lit the lamp, sat down at the table, and filled both glasses.One was in his hand, and the other was placed on the vacant place across the table.

Hanging in the shape of a shadow, drink in the summer night.Shi Qingxuan pretended that the old man was still by his side, facing a cup of thin wine, recalling every detail of getting along with He Xuan.From the Heavenly Court to the South China Sea Ghost Domain, and from the imperial city to the bed in this house... Whether it's my best friend Mingyi or my enemy Heishui, it's him who makes me feel free and at ease, and who makes me shudder and heartbroken. It's also him; it's him who makes himself a fish out of water and emerges from a desperate situation, and it's him who makes himself a little low-key and happy.It was he who aroused the secret love that he had been going for a long time ago, and it was he who gave himself the stubbornness that he would not turn back even if he was scarred by the south wall.Looking back at the past, in the past few hundred years, I have actually been occupying him all the time; when I was a god, I had to cling to him, and after falling into the mortal world, I had to have indistinct entanglements with him.Now that he was finally able to get away and leave, he should be thankful for him, and he couldn't keep delusional thoughts, otherwise he would be hurting himself.The longer the night and the more dreams, there should be a limit to wishful thinking.Even if some thoughts cannot be broken, they must not be allowed to grow wildly in my heart like vines.

Thinking of this, Shi Qingxuan pretended to be free and easy with a chuckle, and raised his sleeves to the cup of wine that no one held on to:

"One wish for your father to protect the heaven and the earth, longevity and happiness..."

"The second wish will make the wife and sister Jin Zhilan's heart, a good marriage and a good son-in-law..."

Every time he said a word, Shi Qingxuan drank a glass of wine.After relieving the burning feeling in his stomach, he filled the third cup for himself:

"Once you have a home, you will meet your closest relatives. Qingxuan three wishes to congratulate your brother and his family on harmony, and the whole family is in the same boat..."

"Xuanhuang is mighty, and the water is far away and the mountains are long. Qingxuan Siyuan Hexiong is not chaotic, safe and sound..."

"The past is far away, so I don't dare to look forward. Qingxuan knows that his grievances have been paid off, and he dare not be extravagant. This is the last wish, but I hope that you and I will get rid of the past and be safe..."

After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes and drank the fifth glass of wine in one gulp.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a slight sound from the window, and felt a summer night breeze blowing in.Almost at the same time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded:

"Based on these few words of congratulations, do you want to send me away?"

Shi Qingxuan's heart shook, and he opened his eyes in disbelief.I saw He Xuan sitting across the table, holding a wine glass in his hand, looking at himself, wearing the same black shirt he wore when he left.

"Young Master He!" Shi Qingxuan's eyes turned red all of a sudden.He put down his wine glass with trembling hands, his voice was almost stunned, "You're not...you're not..."

"What am I not?" In He Xuan's eyes, there were three points of anger and two points of helplessness, and the remaining five points were full of guilt and concern.He also drank the wine and put the cup on the table, "Do you really think I will leave you behind and just leave like this?"

"Then, over a month..."

"...I have been in the northwest for more than a month," He Xuan frowned, obviously thinking of something unpleasant, "Huacheng asked me to defend the formation again."

Then, the ghost king told Shi Qingxuan in detail what he had encountered in the past month.It turned out that he sent his family to the south of the Yangtze River by water that day, settled them down and bid farewell to him, left two clones to look after them, and prepared to return to the imperial city.Just as he was about to draw the Shrinking Thousand Miles Formation, he suddenly received a psychic from Huacheng.For some reason, there was a lot of noise in the psychic formation. He Xuan only heard him hurriedly say "Come to Yumen Pass", and the psychic was forcibly interrupted.When he communicated with Huacheng again, the psychic formation was dead silent, and it was impossible to connect.Thinking of what Huacheng said before about the chaos caused by the demons in the northwest, and the destruction of the psychic array, He Xuan felt that the other party had encountered a major event and was in a bad situation, so he didn't dare to delay, and quickly drew the array and went to the northwest.

When we arrived at the border, we saw the changing color of the wind and clouds, flying sand and rocks.But He Xuan only heard the sound of crying ghosts and exploding spiritual power, but he didn't even see half a ghost.After ascending to a high place and looking down, only to find that the entire edge of the Qilian Mountains is shrouded in a faint spiritual light, and someone has actually set up some kind of formation here.He quickly found the entrance to the formation at the top of the Qilian North Range.Butcher Zhu from the Ghost City was standing guard there. When he saw He Xuan, it was as if he had seen a savior, and shouted that their city lord had been waiting for a long time.He Xuan entered the formation, and found that the surrounding scenery was the same as outside the formation, but there were gods, gods, ghosts and ghosts in a mess everywhere in the sky and on the ground.The sound of ghost horns and the impact of spirit currents he heard just now came from this formation.

When He Xuan found Huacheng, he was fighting an inextricably close fight with an alien fierce ghost who was also in a desperate situation.He Xuan slammed his palm and helped Huacheng destroy the ghost.The ghost king in red wiped the blood stains on his face, said "It's just in time", and before Xuan Gui asked questions, he took the initiative to explain the situation here.It turned out that many great ghosts and demons in the Western Regions united to invade the Central Plains and expand their territories.And the low-level aliens who were captured after wandering around and breaking into the ghost market two months ago were the minions who were released to spy on information and investigate the strength of the legendary ghost king in red.After Xie Lian learned about it, he naturally couldn't ignore it.He came to the Northwest Fortress together with Huacheng, disguised himself as a lurking explorer, and after figuring out the route of the strange ghosts' invasion, he spent more than ten days laying a trap on the Qilian Mountains, which he must pass through when entering the customs. This Qiankun Formation.As the name suggests, the mystery of this formation is exactly the same as that of magic tools such as Qiankun Bag and Qiankun Sleeve, and it can open up another space based on the real world.A few days ago, the strange ghosts of the Western Regions finally couldn't hold back and began to attack aggressively, but almost all of them were drawn into this universe formation and imprisoned by the enchantment, so they couldn't go out and harm the living beings.

However, what Huacheng and Xie Lian didn't expect was that many of these alien ghosts had extremely high morals, and the ghosts under their command were not inferior to Wuyong Wraith, and there were even a few alien ghost kings whose cultivation was comparable to Your Majesty.Fortunately, Xie Lian has prepared for a rainy day, and he has already prepared reinforcements. This is a group of priests in the heavenly court.If this formation is broken, the strange ghosts will definitely cause trouble everywhere, and the priests will also be devastated.Therefore, under the leadership of Prince Xianle and Xueyu Tanhua, the two worlds of gods and ghosts jointly confronted the enemy, and completely suppressed the opponent's previous fierce attacks.

Heishui Xuangui followed Huacheng and flew over a mountain range, and he saw a lot of priests who went to heaven mixed with a group of ghosts.Under the mountains, the priests who are not good at fighting, such as Lingwen Zhenjun and Yu Shihuang, formed a huge circular formation, which was similar to the formation formed in the imperial city.Not far away, Pei Ming, Lang Qianqiu, Quan Yizhen and other Martial Gods, led by Xie Lian, fought with the ghosts of the Western Regions.The two generals Xuanzhen and Nanyang guarded the circle, while driving the wandering evil spirits and seriously wounded ghosts into the circle, and at the same time preventing the aliens from attacking and breaking the formation, they were extremely busy.

Xueyu Tanhua told He Xuan that the reason why he was invited here was that he could help guard the circular magic circle for purifying resentful spirits.Because the number of Valkyries is limited, and they are basically good at melee combat but not good at fighting skills; they have to defend and attack at the same time, it is really lacking in skills and prone to mistakes.At this time, a stronger ghost or god is needed to keep the formation intact.

Speaking of the last, Huacheng did not forget to wear a smile that was difficult to distinguish between true and false, and praised He Xuan.But He Xuan turned a deaf ear to those, frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.Seeing his agreement, Huacheng called "Brother" not far away, Xie Lian immediately understood after hearing the sound, raised his hand lightly, smashed the head of the evil ghost in front of him, and then flew to Fengxin and Muqing At his side, let the two of them go to General Mingguang to help out; then they bowed to He Xuan from a distance to express their gratitude, and then they went to the battlefield.

He Xuan didn't delay, and immediately took the position where the two of Feng Feng were standing just now.At this time, a group of strange ghosts surrounded them, intending to destroy the magic circle.Just now he has seen the environment, and found that the mountain stream under the ridge is the Jiduan River that flows into Mingze; and it is summer, and the river is surging, which is just the right time for the location.He Xuan's eyes froze, and he raised his hand to wave it away, and the flowing water in the river swirled up, forming a tall wall of water around the circle; he pressed his hands down again, and the wall of water immediately trembled and swayed outwards A circle of ring-shaped water blades was released, like a sickle cutting wheat, and all the alien ghosts attacking from all directions were cut into several pieces in an instant.This show, even Xie Lian couldn't help exclaiming "beautiful", not to mention the many priests who have worked with this "Lord Earth Master" in the nearby magic circle.

Heishui Shenzhou thought that he was just a temporary vacancy, and the battle would end in a short time.But who would have thought that after one day and one night, the magic circle was almost filled with resentful spirits, and those alien ghosts killed more and more.Asked about Huacheng, Huacheng only said: "The other entrance of this formation is directly connected to the exit of the ghost world in the Western Regions. Most of the things that come out now are just scraps. When the ghost kings and big demons from their place come out, then Only then can we fight. If the battle goes well, it will take about a month for uniforms and purification..."

He Xuan didn't expect it would take so long, and his face immediately became a little bad.Huacheng thought for a while, took out a grease box from his sleeve, and deliberately coughed twice.He Xuan had no choice but to glance at him, calm down his anger, and continued to defend.But he was thinking about Shi Qingxuan, so he wanted to give a spirit to the clone who stayed in the imperial city, and let him go to the rouge shop to talk to Shi Qingxuan.Unexpectedly, the psychic can't send it out at all.Heishui sullenly asked Huacheng what was going on.

After chopping up a row of fierce ghosts with his fate in his hand, the ghost king in red explained to him: "Actually, there are some flaws in this Qiankun array, and there will be some interference when channeling to the outside world in the array, but it is not impossible. I don’t know what kind of restriction the ghost king has imposed. Now, anyone who stays in the formation can’t channel psychics. Yesterday, when I was in psychic communication with you, I suddenly stopped. That’s why... Speaking of which, when I was looking for His Highness just now, I used Shouting, didn't you pay attention to this?... Oh, no, it's not just Qilian Mountain. Just now, the subordinates of Ghost City came to tell me that the northwest area seems to be affected. If you want to break the restriction, you can only wait for them That leader came out and killed him..."

When he heard that he would stay in the formation for a whole month and was unable to pass the news to the outside world, He Xuan withdrew his mana and wanted to leave.This time, Huacheng stretched the grease box in front of his face, but it didn't work.In desperation, he had no choice but to say:

"Heishui, this magic circle for purification is also the eye of the entire universe formation. If you leave, there will be gaps in the eye of the formation. When the universe formation is broken, the alien spirits will definitely gather in places with a lot of popularity. The imperial city is definitely the first to bear the brunt - if you leave now, wouldn't you be putting Shi Qingxuan in danger?"

For these reasons, He Xuan had to stay in Qilian Mountain to defend the formation.He suddenly heard nothing from him, and it was hard for him to imagine what Shi Qingxuan was going to be like, so his face became more anxious and his mood became worse day by day.Huacheng also knew that he had called him too suddenly this time, and felt a little bit sorry, so he quietly made up his mind to forgive all the money owed by He Xuan after returning to the ghost market.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, the alien ghost finally died, fled, and surrendered.He Xuan guarded the formation for more than 30 days without sleep, and finally left Qilian Mountain after the turmoil subsided, but he didn't even care about a little rest, and rushed to the imperial city without a break.

It was already late at night when we arrived at the rouge shop.The ghost king thought that Shi Qingxuan had already rested, but the light was still on in the bedroom, and he himself was toasting to the empty table with a desolate expression.After watching and listening, he only felt a pang in his heart - this man must have thought that he had abandoned him.

So He Xuan pushed open the window and entered, raised his wine glass after throwing a sentence, and met the eyes of the person in front of him:

"Based on these few words of congratulations, do you want to send me away?"

It was obviously just a small farewell, but to Shi Qingxuan, it seemed like years had passed.After listening to what He Xuan said, he froze by the table, an uncontrollable smile appeared on the corner of his lips, but tears fell down:

"Then...then Mr. He...you come back here, do you want to stay?"

"Otherwise. Where do you want me to go?" His voice was clear and cold, without any waves, but he leaned forward and raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the other party's blushing face.

Shi Qingxuan didn't even dare to blink his eyes as his slightly cool fingertips rubbed against his face, for fear that this was just a wild dream after he got drunk:

"Young Master He... Where are your family members?"

He Xuandao: "I have left my avatars in Jiangnan to take care of them. No matter what, I will keep them safe in this life."

"...then why...why don't you stay there and live with your family?"

"...The past can no longer be recovered. No matter how much I can make up for what I lost, it is impossible to restore the original appearance. Staying in Jiangnan will only add to the sadness."

Shi Qingxuan choked with sobs and lowered his head: "... Mr. He... I'm sorry for you..."

"Now you know you're sorry for me?" He Xuan suddenly raised his eyebrows, his eyes darkened a bit, and he called him by name directly, "Shi Qingxuan, who said just now that the grudge has been repaid?"

"I...I thought..."

"Don't be self-righteous there! Shi Qingxuan, let me tell you, let me tell you what you owe me, let alone this life, even if it is the next life, the next life, you will never be able to pay it back! What do you say about 'the past is gone, everyone is safe' ?”

For some reason, He Xuan was a little excited.When he said this, he stood up suddenly, walked in front of Shi Qingxuan, held up his chin, bent down and lowered his head, and kissed his lips.

Things happened so fast.Shi Qingxuan was forced to look up, and just saw the ghost king's face approaching quickly, and then put something cold on his lips.When he came to his senses, He Xuan had already withdrawn his lips, but pressed his shoulders with both hands, that pale and indifferent face was close at hand.

Shi Qingxuan's three souls and seven souls flew halfway, and looked at each other with wide eyes at a loss.He watched He Xuan open his mouth, and heard him continue the previous words, word by word:

"—Let me just leave you like this? You have a good idea."