Green scales

The mountain wind blows gently, there are bursts of forest waves, and the chirping of birds can be heard endlessly.

There is an old tree in the mountains outside the city, which is as thick as three people hugging each other, with dense branches and leaves. Small animals in the mountains often come to play under the tree.

Xia Xinglan squatted aside, raising her hand to shake off the last handful of loess.

Qing Yu said: "Where are we going next?"

"Pei Mansion." Xia Xinglan slowly got up and rubbed his palms.

Qing Yu nodded and didn't say much.

"Let's go." Xia Xinglan finally took a deep look at Xiao Tuqiu and turned around to leave.

To be honest, Xia Xinglan doesn't dislike Yuqin. On the contrary, Xu Yuqin grew up in a happy house, and often needs to cater to his benefactors and watch his words. Therefore, he is very low-key and gentle, with a hint of imperceptible flattery.

Although Qing Yu was by his side, when Xia Xinglan saw Yu Qin's face, he couldn't help but feel some affection. The moment Yu Qin died, it seemed that he had touched the most feared thing in his heart.

In the past, it was because of his hesitation that Qing Yu was on the verge of death.

But... fortunately.

Xia Xinglan let out a long breath, and turned her head to look at Qing Yu, with no hidden affection in her eyes.

However, Qingyu looked thoughtfully at the place where Yuqin was buried, with a hesitant expression on her face, as if she was stumped by something.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Xia Xinglan walked to Qing Yu's side, and followed his gaze.

"I always feel..." Qing Yu said slowly, turned around and walked towards the new grave step by step, and did not stop until she reached the side of the grave.

Xia Xinglan followed closely, "What do you think? Is there something wrong?"

Since Qing Yu is a demon, she is naturally more sensitive than ordinary people. Xia Xinglan has no doubt that Qing Yu must have discovered something.

Qing Yu didn't answer in a hurry, instead she frowned and thought for a while, then raised her hand to attract the demon power, a dazzling white light suddenly appeared in the palm of her hand, Xia Xinglan didn't urge her, but just stood aside and watched steadily.

After the white light passed, countless bright white dots floated from the soil in Yuqin's tomb, like fireflies on a summer night, pulled by an invisible suction force and flew towards Qingyu's palm.

Xia Xinglan was startled immediately, but Qing Yu showed a look of understanding. After all the fluorescent light was absorbed into Qing Yu's palm, Qing Yu withdrew her hand and turned her palm towards Xia Xinglan.

Xia Xinglan looked at the red bead in his palm, frowned and asked, "This is it?"

He knew that demons had inner alchemy, but Yuqin was not a demon, so what exactly was this red bead?

"This is the fruit of Lingshuanghua." Qing Yu explained, with a look of joy in the corners of her brows and eyes.

"Isn't this the fairy grass recorded in ancient books?!" Xia Xinglan was shocked, "It is rumored that this is a kind of fairy grass on the top of Yaochi Mountain. Dead people, flesh and bones, mortals can transform into loose immortals after taking it."

Qingyu's golden eyes stared at the red bead in her hand, she nodded and said: "If the monster takes it, it will be able to survive the nine-fold thunder calamity and ascend to immortality. No wonder Yuqin was able to survive such a serious injury. I thought that what Wuhe and the others wanted was this fruit, but they didn't expect it to be on a mortal."

"If Yuqin has this fruit in his body, why did he die?"

"Because the fruit has not merged with him, someone put the fruit on him, so the fairy fruit can only hang his life, but when he has the will to die, the fairy fruit loses its effect."

Xia Xinglan said: "Then who put this fairy fruit on Yuqin's body?"

The corners of Qing Yu's lips raised slightly, and she said lightly: "Yingge, he is the last generation to guard this fairy grass. After Situ Ling ordered the demon world not to plant this grass, Yin Ge left the demon world lightly."

"I knew, he won't die, he must have hidden somewhere." Qing Yu put the red bead into her bosom with a smile, and stuck the fruit on the palm of her hand through the clothes, as if she could feel the fruit through it. The people who think in their hearts are ordinary.

Xia Xinglan knew that Qing Yu was like a family member to Qing Yu, seeing Qing Yu so happy this time, couldn't help but feel a little pain in his heart, how could Qing Yu accept the fact that Qing Yu had already died?

Xia Xinglan pondered for a long time, looked at Qing Yu's excited side face, but couldn't say anything, but asked sullenly: "Have you been looking for him?"

Qing Yu let out a "hmm" without saying anything, then walked forward quickly, Xia Xinglan still stood there with a complicated expression, Qing Yu said, "Aren't you going?"

"Let's go." Xia Xinglan nodded, and the two left the forest one after the other.

The backyard of Pei Mansion.

Lian Ge sat facing the mirror, humming an out-of-tune tune, only the sound of gurgling water outside the house matched it, but it was even more strange at this moment.

He was holding something as thin as a cicada's wing in his hand, and lying at his feet was a female corpse with a bloody face.

This is the skin he picked off, and the room is filled with a strange fragrance, so strong that it makes people dizzy, but Lian Ge ignores it and covers his face with the piece of skin in his hand.

"Long time no see." Suddenly a cold voice sounded, even the singer paused and turned his head slowly, only to see Qing Yu sitting on the window with arms folded, looking at him coldly.

Lian Ge didn't show a look of panic, but just smiled, as calm as reuniting with an old friend who hadn't seen him for many years, "Are you here to kill me?"

Qing Yu didn't say a word, she just looked at it steadily, then let out a chuckle, and said sarcastically: "Lian Lang, who was lost in the demon world at the beginning, has now become like this. A piece of rotten skin, could it be that he still treats himself like a baby?" Willing to take it off."

Lian Ge turned his head, no longer looked at Qing Yu, but raised his hand to lightly brush the scar on his face, and then continued to use the new skin to stroke his face.

"You dare not take it off?" Qing Yu jumped off the window sill and slowly walked towards Lian Ge in front of the dressing table.

"Why don't you let me help you?" Qing Yu stopped behind Lian Ge, stretched out a pair of jade-like slender and white hands, and lightly touched Lian Ge's jawline with her fingertips.

Lian Ge's complexion changed drastically, his eyes showed fear, and he wanted to escape, but his body was suppressed by a strong force, so he could only sit motionless in front of the mirror, watching Qing Yu's fingertips scratch the skin of his chin.

With a sound of "唰——", Qing Yu raised her hand violently, Lian Ge let out a wailing cry, and bowed her hands tightly covering her face.

"Ma'am?!" The door was slammed open, and Pei Yun rushed in with a panicked expression. He was shocked when he heard Lian Ge's cry just now, and broke in without thinking about anything else.

After Xia Xinglan brought Pei Yun, she stood at the door, but didn't go in. She just stood there holding the Evergreen Sword with her backhand like a door god.

Qing Yu held the torn dough in her hand and watched with cold eyes.

"Ma'am? What's the matter with you?" Pei Yun put his arms around Lian Ge's shoulders anxiously, but Lian Ge covered his face tightly with his hands, bowing his body lower and lower, for fear that Pei Yun would see his face. The beast wailed as if it was dying, and said intermittently:

"Go away, go away."

"I'm not leaving! What's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"

"Your wife is here." Qing Yu gently threw the dough in her hand to Pei Yun's feet.Then with a wave of his hand, Lian Ge was forced to look up and face Pei Yun.

Pei Yun was startled, and unconsciously let go of the hands that were holding onto Lian Ge's shoulders.

This is a completely unfamiliar face, although it is extremely beautiful and almost indistinguishable between male and female, but he does not recognize this face.

Lian Ge's eyes showed extreme panic, sobbing and calling Pei Yun's name continuously, his hands trembling and stretching forward, but Pei Yun avoided it.

"What did you do to my wife?!" Pei Yun looked at Qing Yu who was beside him and shouted angrily.

Qing Yu glanced at Pei Yun, and said leisurely: "Didn't you always want to know who made those skinned corpses in your mansion? Now you should know."

Pei Yun lowered his head in disbelief, looked at the female corpse and the human skin at his feet, shook his head and said, "Impossible...it's impossible."

"Pei...Pei Lang." Lian Ge called softly, and slowly reached out to Pei Yun again. This time, Pei Yun gently held his hand.

Lian Ge looked at Pei Yun crying and laughing, and kept calling his name.

Qing Yu frowned slightly, Lian Ge was already obsessed, his obsession was too much, on the contrary, he became as crazy as he is now, and he didn't have half of his former chic and wanton appearance.

"The people in the house." Pei Yun's eyes were deep, and he paused every word: "Did you kill it? Don't lie to me."

Lian Ge was startled, and slowly lowered his head.

"Is what they said true? Don't be afraid, tell me the truth."

Lian Ge raised his eyes, staring at Pei Yun's handsome face against the light, the breeze was blowing, and the fragrance of flowers was blowing in. At this moment, he seemed to return to the moment when he first met.

In the banquet of hundreds of flowers, he turned into his original body and stood out as the most beautiful and beautiful flower among the group of flowers. All ordinary people rushed to compose poems for him, and everyone looked at him with astonishment and salivation.

There is no such unsocial scholar alone.

"I did it, I'm a demon." Lian Ge laughed, his already stunning face was even more eye-catching at the moment, far better than the mask he had painstakingly tried to mend.

Pei Yun took a deep breath, stood up slumped, and took a few steps back.

Lian Ge smiled miserably, turned his head to Qing Yu and said slowly: "You can do it now, kill me."

"No, I won't kill you." Qing Yu threw a dagger backhand, landed on the ground with a bang, and slid to Pei Yun's feet. "He killed your beloved, and even skinned him to replace him, don't you want to take revenge?"

Xia Xinglan looked at Qing Yu in surprise.

Pei Yun picked up the dagger slowly, choked up and said, "Did you kill him?"

Lian Ge nodded, and said softly: "Yes, you can do it, I am satisfied if I can be killed by you."

Pei Yun stared at Lian Ge for a long time with red eyes, Lian Ge stood up with one hand supporting his body, staggering a bit, and approached Pei Yun step by step.

Pei Yun took a deep breath, "Don't come here."

Lian Ge seemed to have never heard of it, and with a smile on his face, he approached step by step until the dagger touched his body.

Lian Ge held Pei Yun's trembling hand, pointed the dagger at his lower abdomen, and said with a smile: "Pierce here, and pierce my inner alchemy together, and I will be out of my wits, and you will avenge him."

Pei Yun's eyes were blood red, and he stared fixedly at the man in front of him. The veins on his neck were bulging, his knuckles were sharp, and he couldn't stab the dagger no matter what.

Qing Yu was not in a hurry when she saw this, she walked sideways to Xia Xinglan who was beside the door, and continued to watch all this leisurely.

Pei Yun was gasping for breath like a trapped animal, but Lian Ge still walked forward step by step, Pei Yun had to be pushed back continuously until his back hit the corner of the table.

Lian Ge paused, the point of the dagger pierced his flesh, and the blood stained his clothes continued to spread.

Seeing the bright red in both eyes, Pei Yun suddenly came back to his senses, and was about to draw his knife back, but Lian Ge suddenly rushed forward with his arms outstretched. Neidan.

Qing Yu and Xia Xinglan were stunned and looked at each other.

Lian Ge wrapped his arms around Pei Yun's neck, like a lover's intimate embrace, "I'm sorry." Lian Ge's voice was weak, and he whispered in Pei Yun's ear.

Immediately the room was filled with the fragrance of flowers, Pei Yun could only feel the body in his arms getting colder, and then the wind picked up in the room, and the bright red blood-like petals swayed to the ground with the wind, Lian Ge's body turned into countless petals and dissipated, Pei Yun looked at the empty Embrace, a little dazed.

"Reluctantly?" Qing Yu said, raising her hand to recall the dagger.The dagger is a magical weapon in the demon world, it can pierce the inner alchemy of the demon, and Lian Ge has no chance of reviving.

Pei Yun looked at his hands in amazement, "He..."

"Dead, the soul flies away." Qing Yu continued, "You took revenge, didn't you?"

After finishing speaking, Qing Yu didn't care about Pei Yun who was stunned, and turned to Xia Xinglan, "Let's go."

Xia Xinglan responded, and followed Qing Yu's pace to leave.

The petals in the room turned into spots of light and dissipated. Only the last one fell down freely. Pei Yun stretched out his hand, and the petals fell gently on his palm.

In an instant, Pei Yun's body shook, everything was silent in his ears, his voice receded like a tide, and his thoughts seemed to be blown into the small pavilion in the middle of the night long ago by the night wind as if turning into these flower petals.

The bright moonlight fell on the river, and he sat alone in the pavilion, simmering a pot of wine and drinking it himself, and there was light snow outside the pavilion.A young man in red stood outside the pavilion, with a white velvet scarf around his neck, which made his face more delicate, and shouted to him from afar: "Hey, do you know how to grow flowers?"

He shook his head blankly.

"Then you go back and study hard." The young master put down these words and turned to leave.

It was just a glimpse in the snow under the moon, so he always regarded it as an illusion when he woke up from a drunken dream.

Outside Pei's mansion, the street was crowded with people, Qing Yu kept frowning, and followed Xia Xinglan forward with a worried face.

"Why don't you go straight away?"

"Today is the temple fair, and it's very lively at night. You haven't visited before, have you? How about I show you around?" Xia Xinglan held Qing Yu's waist loosely with one hand, and stopped the crowd in front with the other to prevent them from accidentally bumping into each other. To Qingyu.

"I don't want to go shopping." Qing Yu said expressionlessly.

"I know you want to." Xia Xinglan laughed, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a sugar figurine stall out of the corner of his eye. In the corner stood a drowsy sugar painting in the shape of a small green snake. Yu coaxed to the stall, pointed to the sugar painting in the corner and said to the stall owner, "Squeeze one like this."

Seeing that there was a business coming to the stall owner, he quickly pinched it with his hands and feet. Not long after, a really cute little green snake was handed over to Xia Xinglan.

Xia Xinglan paid the money, and handed the little green snake to Qing Yu. Qing Yu looked at the silly little green snake with disgust, but still took it away.

"Are you hungry? Let me take you to eat something." Xia Xinglan seemed to be in a very good mood, and talked more, not minding Qing Yu's indifference at all.

It doesn't matter if the demon doesn't eat. Most of the time, he eats for the sake of satisfying his appetite.

Qing Yu originally wanted to refuse, but then she thought that since she came, she might as well give it a try.

"What do you want to eat?"

Qing Yu raised her head and glanced around aimlessly, suddenly saw the conspicuous signboard not far away, and said:

"Wontons."