Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

"You mean... big brother remembered?!" Feng Qingxue was shocked, "Then why...why didn't he recognize me?" Ouyang Shaogong said unhurriedly: "Qian Shang escaped from the green jade altar, and he must have come here with Baili Tusu. You brothers and sisters are about to meet again. Qingxue asked him the reason for this." "Whether it's an enemy or a friend, it will eventually become Jiao Ming and stay in Penglai...Qingxue, you too..." Ouyang Shaogong smiled at Feng Qingxue, reached out to stroke her hair, but was turned away by Feng Qingxue. open.Ouyang Shaogong's face turned cold, and he put his hand down.

Feng Qingxue took a step back and glared at each other: "Why do you want to turn everyone into Jiao Ming?!" Ouyang Shaogong smiled and said: "Silly girl, it is because of this that I can obtain eternity. I have also fanatically pursued the method of longevity, but those are nothing but emptiness, and all living things will inevitably die. No matter what I have loved or hated, keeping them by my side forever as markers of my memory... This is enough." "...you... are really crazy..." "Crazy? Maybe...God punished me to be alone forever, so I want to compete with fate so that everyone will be with me forever!" Ouyang Shaogong looked at Feng Qingxue carefully, "However, I You can turn Qingxue into Jiao Ming later. Your temperament...is really a bit like her, why don't you...speak a few more words with me."

"...she...who is it?" Ouyang Shaogong turned sideways, the tombstone beside him was round and smooth, he put his hand on it lightly, as gentle as touching a lover.Only then did Feng Qingxue see two words neatly engraved on the tombstone - Xun Fang. "My wife, Xunfang." As he spoke, Ouyang Shaogong closed his eyes, as if he was reminiscing, but when he opened his eyes, his eyes were full of melancholy, "Although you are not Xunfang, you are as tolerant and kind as her, and you will not marry her." People with half-souls look different... That's why Baili Tusu fell in love with you, right? Qingxue, don't worry, you will meet again soon..." He put his hand down and smiled.

"Or, it was the last time we met." Baili Tusu and his party arrived in Penglai, but they couldn't find the entrance. Baili Tusu stood on the embankment watching, Hongyu and Yin Qianshang shook their heads and approached from the north, Fang Lansheng ran from the south, followed by the panting Xiangling. Can't see the way! This barrier has sealed the surrounding area!" Baili Tusu raised his head, and the sky and the earth were separated by a water-colored circle. The five of them were covered in it, and there was a stream of light rising along the circle. The sub became blurred.

Everyone was frowning and thinking hard about the way to Penglai, but they saw a black shadow squeezing in from outside the circle, changing from light to dark, turning into the appearance of a disciple of the Qingyu altar, and saluted with fists together: "Excuse me, Xia Songyin, especially for you Elder Dan Zhi sent a message." Everyone looked at each other vigilantly, but the shadow said respectfully: "The elder is very happy to learn that you all attended the appointment as scheduled. Please go to the palace on the highest mountain of Penglai Kingdom to gather, and he will wait there." Songyin smiled evilly and disappeared Passed away, "The elder also specially explained that he must greet Mr. Yin."

Yin Qianshang couldn't help frowning. "Why, are you kind enough to lead us the way?" Fang Lansheng snorted. Songyin shook her head: "The elders have shown that it would be easy for you to decipher the mystery. Wouldn't it be boring to explain it too clearly?" "Stop talking nonsense! Fuck him for being funny and boring, what the hell is Ouyang Shaogong doing!" Songyin ignored Fang Lansheng's harsh words, and gave another faint evil smile, and then his figure also faded, and disappeared into the barrier in a blink of an eye, "From this journey, I hope you can have fun!" Finally, he left a sentence The sarcasm, the voice has faded away.

Fang Lansheng suddenly had a rosary bead in his hand, and hit hard in the direction where Songyin disappeared, but nothing was hit, and the rosary bounced into the distance. "Damn it!" Fang Lansheng cursed. "Don't worry." Hongyu persuaded, "Ouyang Shaogong's thoughts cannot be judged according to common sense. Now that he has come here, he can only follow his arrangement... Be cautious and wait for the opportunity." On the side, Baili Tusu walked straight ahead, glanced warily for half a week, and suddenly turned his head back, "Who else! Come out!"

Under the eyes of everyone, the same shadow turned into a slightly sad woman and walked out timidly.The woman has long flowing hair and wears a bead pendant on her forehead. She is actually a woman named "Xun Fang" whom she has seen in the sea of ​​thunder clouds. "...Xunfang?" Hongyu asked in surprise. "Stay away!" Fang Lansheng said sharply with a rosary in his hand, "Are you a ghost or Jiao Ming?" Xun Fang didn't answer, but looked at Hong Yu with a look of astonishment: "How do you know my name?" "It really is Xunfang..."

"You, you are not in the Penglai natural disaster..." Fang Lansheng warned. "Penglai natural disaster... Did you listen to what Shaogong said?" Xunfang said, "I...I didn't die. At that time, Shaogong...husband left Penglai to find someone who can save the soul, and left me alone But I haven’t returned for a long time. I was very worried about my husband, and I left Penglai to go to the Central Plains to look for him. I never thought that soon after, a natural disaster would strike and the Penglai Kingdom would be destroyed... I would lose some memory when crossing the soul, or survive with some disordered memories After coming down, when my husband saw the miserable state of Penglai, he was in grief and grief, and he thought that I had already died..."

"What do you intend to do by showing up here?" Baili Tusu asked. "You... are you going to find Shaogong, right? Can you take me to meet him?" "Take you with me...it's ridiculous! Why? If you want to see him, go by yourself! Ouyang Shaogong is our enemy, not our friend!" Fang Lansheng refused. "I... I know that my husband has done many wrong things all this time, Xunfang doesn't ask you to forgive him... I just want to see him and advise him not to go on like this..." When everyone heard that Xun Fang actually wanted to persuade Ouyang Shaogong, they couldn't help being puzzled.

"Aren't you from here?" Xiangling asked, "Why do you still want to stay with us?" "Hmph, there's no guarantee that it's not because of ulterior motives and intentions to harm people!" Fang Lansheng pinched his rosary and said, "It might be a monster sent by Ouyang Shaogong! What kind of conspiracy is he playing!" "No, I really won't harm you." Xun Fang shook her head and said softly, "As a native of Penglai, I have my own way to go back, but now Penglai has become a demon island, and I can't find a husband by myself It's..." Her voice was sad, "I know some Penglai spells, and I can open the passage there for you." "Where is such a cheap thing in the world? I don't know if you have a way to open the passage, but I think you must have a way to make us all unlucky." Fang Lansheng said. Xun Fang stopped arguing, but was helpless with Fang Lansheng's guess. She raised her head and looked at everyone silently.Hongyu seemed to believe it. Although she didn't say anything, when she turned her head to look at Baili Tusu, her eyes were full of inquiries. Baili Tusu suddenly walked up to Xunfang: "Your Lady opened the passage with a spell, and we will enter Penglai together." Fang Lansheng said in surprise: "What, do you really want to take her with you?! You have thought clearly!" Baili Tusu shook his head and said: "There are many dangers along the way, so there is no need to worry about this one." Xunfang's sad face finally showed some joy, and Baili Tusu nodded slightly to her.Xun Fang stretched out a hand, closed her eyes lightly, as if there was a formula in her mouth, and opened her eyes again, the light streaks in the whole circle suddenly brightened and then disappeared. The field of vision finally became wider, and the road ahead was winding and deep. "From here, it is just a blurred illusion. At the end of the long road, there is the real Penglai Kingdom." Several people walked past Xunfang one after another. "You go first!" Fang Lansheng, who was last in line, said bluntly. Xun Fang smiled politely and walked in front of Fang Lansheng. A group of people arrived in Penglai, but they saw that the leaves and trees were flourishing here. At first glance, it looked like a deserted island. Every few steps, it was full of rubble and broken walls.Huge stone pillars fell to the ground, and the short arches were broken into pieces. Every trace of people seemed to have been trampled by a pair of invisible hands, and everyone felt desolate. In a blink of an eye, Xunfang had already come out of the crowd, with a melancholy expression, she walked quickly to the left, then turned to the right, as if she had found the palace of memory, but the palace has been turned into ruins, and she almost cried bitterly. "The Penglai Kingdom in the past must have been a picturesque, beautiful and peaceful paradise on earth." Hongyu said to the crowd who stood still and watched Xunfang. Xun Fang finally stopped, and sighed: "Once upon a time, this was our most beautiful hometown..." She didn't turn her head, as if she didn't want everyone to see her sad, "However, natural disasters came suddenly, the earth shook and the rocks cracked. , Houses collapsed, no matter how many generations of foundations, all turned into barren land and died overnight..." "Look, Jiao Ming!" Everyone looked along Xiangling's pointing, some Jiao Ming, who had apparently devoured the corpses of people, were drifting away in the daylight. On the contrary, Xun Fang's expression changed the fastest, from melancholy to shock, but she immediately became sad: "This Jiao Ming originated from Penglai's ancient method of rebirth, but after all, it is the wishful thinking of mortals. By my great-grandfather's generation, the classics have already been passed on." Seal it up, so that future generations will not be able to open it again...My husband...he must have turned the corpses of the Penglai people into..." Xun Fang was so sad that she couldn't speak, she just closed her eyes and shook her head . Everyone followed Xunfang forward, and more and more graves came into view.At the beginning, they were just scattered around the ruined walls, but as the people went deeper, the number of tombs gradually became denser, until they walked up a high slope, and there were stone tablets erected all over the mountains and plains, which was surprising in awe. There was only one grave with a few flowers in full bloom. Xun Fang stopped, seeing her name engraved on the tombstone, and finally couldn't help crying: "This is...my grave...this is my favorite flower ..." Hongyu stepped forward and gently took Xunfang's arm. Xun Fang slowly wiped away the tears on her face: "I know that in your hearts, Shao Gong is a very cruel person who has done many outrageous things..." "Yeah, cruel... His heart is colder than a thousand years of ice!" Fang Lansheng said, "Everyone is played around by him! Like a fool!" "But... the Shaogong I knew was once a very gentle and lonely person..." Xun Fang was reminded of a long time ago, "When I was fifteen years old, I left Penglai without telling my parents and went to the Central Plains. Playing. One day I lost my way in the woods without knowing it, and I didn’t find a way out until the sun went down... It was a terrible night, and monsters appeared in the depths of the forest. They chased me and wanted to eat me! Just when I thought I was going to die, a boy who looked only four or five years old appeared from the forest, killed all the monsters, and saved me..." "That's right, that's Shaogong who was a few lifetimes ago." Xunfang looked at Hongyu's surprised eyes, and said affirmatively, "After that child killed the monster, he kept silent with his beast-like eyes. I was still very scared... When the blood flowed everywhere, his eyes lost their viciousness, and they were all empty... But I didn't dare to stay in the same place alone, so I had to follow him, walked a long way, Only then did he come to a dark and cold cave, where he lived... "He didn't drive me away. Although he didn't say a word, he gave me the food silently. I didn't dare to sleep, so I just kept my eyes open and hoped that the sun would rise soon. By the moonlight, I suddenly found the stone wall of the cave. There are many words on it." "Words?" Yin Qianshang asked suspiciously. Xun Fang nodded: "Those words tell of a person's loneliness and pain for many lifetimes. I couldn't help but read word by word. The sadness and loneliness hidden between the lines is almost suffocating... The child found that I was reading the words on the mountain wall. Instead, I showed a cold smile... For a moment, I had an unbelievable thought. These words were all carved by that child. Although he looks so young, I just vaguely have this feeling. Feeling, slowly... I secretly made a decision in my heart..." "What decision?" Xiangling asked. "After dawn, I asked that child if he wanted to go back to Penglai with me. I will never forget his look at that time... It was a kind of extreme surprise and disbelief, as if he couldn't understand why I did that. Ask. But in the end, he left the cave with me without saying a word. "When we returned to Penglai, he stayed by my side silently, and gradually grew up, and he no longer showed the terrible eyes of the past. Because the life span of Penglai people is very long, after a few years, he looks like He is older than me. We fell in love with each other unknowingly. Although Penglai people have never had a precedent to marry a foreigner, he and I are still married. He respects his parents, loves his siblings, and is even more caring for me. ... "That was the happiest time in my life. In my mind, there is no better and gentler person in this world than him..." "Hmph!" Fang Lansheng sneered, "Do you know how he disregarded human life later? He killed the living and dug up the graves of the dead and turned them into Jiao Ming! He would spread the disease at will, disregarding human life! In order to get the soul, he forced Tu Su Break the seal! In order to rebuild Penglai, tear apart the space and forcibly pull the ruins of the Sea of ​​Thunder Clouds here, so... how many coastal residents will be killed!" Speaking of this, Fang Lansheng shouted: "He is no longer the kid you knew! Or...you never knew him at all?" Xun Fang closed her eyes, not shocked, but as if she had experienced great helplessness, Ouyang Shaogong's empty and heartless eyes flashed slightly in her heart. "It's useless to talk too much. The sooner you reach the highest palace in Penglai, the more vitality Qingxue will have." Baili Tusu said coldly, and then walked forward.Everyone followed after, only Xunfang stayed where she was, looked at the tombstone sadly for a while, then shook her head and turned to leave. After taking a few steps, a huge gap suddenly opened in the sky, and the surrounding lightning intertwined and flickered. "This..." Xiangling said in shock. "The space is torn apart and the lightning is rushing. It should be the ruins of the sea of ​​thunder clouds that are gradually being pulled into Penglai!" Hongyu frowned. "Ouyang Shaogong, you bastard! You don't care about other people's lives for your own sake!" Fang Lansheng yelled. "If the elders hadn't sincerely invited you, how could you all have witnessed this magnificent scene in Penglai? It would be too inappropriate to utter obscenities right now." Suddenly someone's voice came out of nowhere, and everyone followed the sound, and there was another shadow Gradually turning into the appearance of a disciple of the Qingyu Altar, "Don't disturb everyone's elegant interest in watching the sky in Xiayuan." "Sneaky, what tricks do you want to play?" Fang Lansheng asked cautiously. Yuan Wu didn't answer, but suddenly saw Xun Fang, "Huh? Why is there an extra person?" "Although we went on the same road because of the incident, she is just a weak woman, not someone who helps us." Baili Tusu stepped forward to block Yuan Wu's sight. "Forget it." Yuan Wu said with a smile, "This place is not far from Penglai Palace, Elder Danzhi ordered me to wait for a long time, and give you a slightly interesting gift, I hope you can accept it." "Dark clouds run to the sky!" Just as Yuan Wu finished speaking, the ground began to tremble, and a sharp neighing came. A winged monster with four hooves came from a distance, stopped abruptly in front of Yuan Wu, raised its front hooves, covered the light source for a short time, and cast a huge shadow. Yin Qianshang frowned, this monster has four hooves and two wings, and it moves extremely fast. It has a beast body and a monster face, and the monster head keeps looking at everyone present, as if it can read people's hearts. "Let it play with all the distinguished guests first." Yuan Wu said, "As for this beautiful new lady, I will tell the master..." Yuan Wu didn't finish speaking, and suddenly knelt down on the ground, clutching his chest. It was Yin Qianshang's extremely fast sword, which was sent from the back, soundlessly, and instantly smashed Yuan Wu's bones. "Young Master Yin...you..." Yuan Wuruan fell to the ground. "I can't let you go back here. Be careful, everyone. Although this monster can't understand human language, it can read people's hearts, and it can even use the weakness of people's hearts to create illusions! Just remember, what you see in the next battle is nothingness!" Yun Benxiao couldn't hold back anymore, he stomped his hooves, stones splashed on the ground, and dark red smoke rose everywhere, isolating everyone. "Mother!" Baili Tusu was the first to shout. Then everyone found their closest relatives and loved ones standing in front of them. "Second Sister..." "Grandpa Banyan?" "Owner?" Only Yin Qianshang was stunned for a moment: "Shao Gong?" Ouyang Shaogong's youthful appearance appeared in front of Yin Qianshang. "Hehe, it's a pity that Shaogong is no longer what you look like, the monster will die!" As he spoke, the giant sword swung down towards "Ouyang Shaogong". That "Ouyang Shaogong" didn't hide, he just frowned lightly and asked, "Qianzhang, do you still remember who saved your life?" Yin Qianshang's sword edge was shaken a bit by this sentence, and the scenes of the year emerged one by one, and "Ouyang Shaogong" in front of him asked again: "Do you still remember where your name came from?" There is a little ripple in front of my eyes, and the illusion is blurred layer by layer. Yin Qianshang saw himself in plain clothes, talking with Ouyang Shaogong at the Qingyu Altar. My tone is not as free and unrestrained as it is now, but it is much more restrained: "Most of my injuries have healed... but I have no clue about the past. I heard from Senior Jitong that you met me in the field of Hengshan and fell unconscious. I went there to read it a few days ago, but I didn’t think of anything. When I read the scriptures in the Qingyu Altar scripture building in my spare time, I felt that all the things mentioned in the book were extremely strange, as if they had nothing to do with it.” Ouyang Shaogong lowered his eyes, and said slowly while playing the piano: "The soft red is thousands of feet, the barren sand in the north is thousands of miles away, the forests are lush in the south, the snow is covering the sky in the west, and the sea is rushing in the east, all kinds of beauty and grandeur can't be said." Exhaustion. Now Xiongtai is in a unique situation, if you want to understand, you have to see it with your own eyes." He looked fascinated, listening to Ouyang Shaogong's piano sound, thinking about the outside world. "Brother, if you have time, you might as well think of a name first, so you can call him well." name? He had a bit of a headache, but he quickly threw away the ignorant thoughts and replied: "I read a book in the scripture building of your school, which said something called 'wine'. The book says 'drunk drinking' Qianshang does not know sorrow', probably drunk can put aside the troubles of the world, so very good." A smile appeared on his always indifferent face: "Let's call it 'Yin Qianshang'." Yin Qianshang... Those are the first memories of this body, piercing into his heart like a sharp dagger.The smile in front of me is not a smile, isn't it the boy from back then?With a soft word from that young man, he revealed his new life's destiny - "Since it is the grace of God, to live again, why don't you live it as you like, so that you can live up to this life?" Live as you please, live up to this life... He almost fell into this illusion.Back then, Ouyang Shaogong was still a young man, but his words had already penetrated the world, his back was lonely, and himself... Past and present, a dream in Jianghu. Let the giant sword split the opponent. "This is not someone you know, these are illusions!" Yin Qianshang shouted. Under such mana-filled shouts, everyone came to their senses one after another, and they had no choice but to close their eyes and slash to cut off the phantom due to their inner demons! After the inner demons were expelled, Dark Cloud Benxiao reappeared, flapping his wings to escape, Fang Lansheng threw the Buddhist beads into the air, and instantly became the size of a millstone, and moved towards Dark Cloud Benxiao, and it couldn't move.Baili Tusu slashed down with his sword, and the monster was decapitated immediately. "It's really something to play with people's hearts." Hong Yuhan said. "It's too much." Xiangling pouted, "Even if it was conjured up, it would still make people sad!" "Hmph!" Fang Lansheng put away the prayer beads, "Anyway, we are about to reach the palace on the mountain! Let's see what else Ouyang Shaogong has, just use it!" The top of Penglai, the main hall. Ouyang Shaogong stood facing the wind, his back like a mountain.The strong wind blew his robe belt, which seemed to reveal a ray of indifference and freshness of an immortal, and also seemed to imply sadness.However, in this quiet breath, the violent power roared like a beast. When everyone stepped into the hall, they were frightened by his back, standing in his huge shadow, holding their swords on guard. The main hall is towering and empty, with clouds flying by on both sides, and there is not a single extra figure in the solitude. "Baili Shaoxia, you've come all this way, but you still have fun?" With his usual smile, Ouyang Shaogong turned around slowly. The smile that once made everyone feel like a spring breeze, is now so hideous and terrifying.He looks down like a king, as if everything in the world is his toy. Urged by Ouyang Shaogong's magic power, Yuheng floated on the high place of the hall, emitting a faint aura.Its power can pass through the dome of the Penglai Hall and fly into the sky, pulling the Penglai ruins buried under the sea of ​​thunder clouds. Directly below the Yuheng is a huge incense burner, with green smoke rising and changing. "Where is Qingxue?!" Baili Tusu stared into Ouyang Shaogong's eyes. Ouyang Shaogong smiled without saying a word, fiddled with the incense wood in the stove with a relaxed expression. Baili Tusu knew that incense burner, it was the Boshan burner that Ouyang Shaogong never left.At this moment it has become a giant, ten times its size. The palaces and towers carved on the stove are just like the Penglai Temple in front of them, and the people who linger in it are the Xunfang couple they saw in the illusion of the sea of ​​​​thunder clouds.All the towers and towers are full of brilliance, as if they have been revived, only a cluster of darkness on the top of the furnace remains. Baili Tusu's heart sank, remembering what Ouyang Shaogong said that day: "This furnace is called 'Penglai', and the next wish is hidden in it...every time the wish is fulfilled, the lotus petals will light up. One layer, in the long days, seeing this light, you will not be depressed." Now his wish is only one step away. "Where is Qingxue?!" Baili Tusu asked again.Sword Sha fluctuated, and he couldn't hold it anymore. "Since you're here, you'll be safe. Why should you be in a hurry?" Ouyang Shaogong just smiled, and turned to Yin Qianshang, "Long time no see, Qianshang still looks the same." "Shao Gong, since you want to catch up on the old days, why not see who comes with us." Yin Qianshang said in a low voice. A slender figure turned out from behind the crowd, and she came strolling like a pond full of lotus flowers under her feet. "...Xun...Fang?" Ouyang Shaogong spat out the name with difficulty in shock. Xun Fang stopped a dozen steps away from Ouyang Shaogong, as if there was an insurmountable gap between the two of them. "Xun... Fang..." Ouyang Shaogong said again.This time, it was no longer a question, but a call to the woman opposite him. He thought that yin and yang were separated by vast distances, but when he suddenly met his beloved, he felt unprecedented surprise, joy, sorrow, and fear in his heart. He wanted to believe what he saw, but he was afraid that the lost and regained happiness was just a vain illusion. "Husband, it's me..." Xun Fang said softly, not completely gentle, "I didn't die in a natural disaster, I have been looking for you in the Central Plains all these years. I have been looking for...for many years..." Ouyang Shaogong strode down the stone steps, staring at Xun Fang, as if he wanted to penetrate the truth and falsehood: "Is it really you..." He holds Xun Fang's face in his hands.His fingers were cold and helpless, but her face was as warm as ever. "Xunfang! It's you, you're still alive!" Ouyang Shaogong growled, and pulled Xunfang into his arms, using such force as to crush her, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry... that time of crossing the soul I was in great trouble, and I couldn’t return to Penglai until decades later, but what I saw was devastated... Xun Fang! You forgive me, I made you suffer a lot, and I didn’t come to pick you up sooner... Now... just come back... just come back..." Xun Fang gently stroked his forehead hair: "Husband, Xun Fang is back, we will never be separated again, okay?" Ouyang Shaogong's eyes were full of ecstasy: "Of course! No matter who or what, I will never let you and me part again..." The lovers who have been separated from each other cuddle up to each other, and there is no room for others in their eyes.Although everyone and Ouyang Shaogong are sworn enemies, they still couldn't help being moved. But the silence of happiness and the joy of reunion cannot change the battlefield of life and death in front of them.