Chapter 27: After playing with it for so long, it's time to return it to its rightful owner.
A roar, a mixture of two distinctly different voices, erupted from the corner.
The head of the Liu family struggled to regroup, his voice a mixture of madness and an even older-sounding tone.
"Xie Yingxuan's bastard! Your Xie family is rotten to the core, from top to bottom!"
"The Xie family deserves to be childless and never be reincarnated!"
Hearing the vicious curses, Xie Xun only slightly furrowed his brow.
Xie Yingxuan?
He remembered that the name seemed to be that of an ancestor from the Republican era.
Could this be the root of the Xie family's four generations of single-son succession misfortune?
Just as Xie Xun was about to press for more details, a lazy, dragging voice suddenly sounded behind him, and familiar black mist began to swirl around him from his ankles.
"Xunxun~ I've finally found you."
There was no trace of urgency in his voice; instead, it sounded like he had just watched a good show, his words full of disdain and mockery: "I have no idea how worried I was about you."
Xie Xun suddenly turned around.
Fu Qinghuai had silently appeared behind him, surrounded by black mist, untouched by any dust.
He tilted his head slightly, his peach blossom eyes scanning Xie Xun, who was covered in blood and in a sorry state, up and down. His gaze was like that of someone rebuking a pet that had run away from home and ended up battered and bruised.
"Tsk tsk tsk..."
Fu Qinghuai clicked his tongue in feigned concern, then lifted Xie Xun's chin without a word, "Xunxun, look at your little face, how did you get hurt like this?"
As he spoke, his brows furrowed slightly, but a bright interest shone in his eyes. "It really...it breaks my heart to watch."
"Next time, you'd better stick close to me. If anything tries to touch you, just call me over. Don't try to tough it out on your own anymore, understand?"
As he spoke, he gently brushed the edge of the wound with his fingertips, causing him to shudder slightly.
The way he said that made it sound like he deliberately slipped out and got himself all injured.
They were nowhere to be seen when we were facing life and death, and now they're spouting these sarcastic remarks.
That's disgusting!
Xie Xun turned his head to dodge, raising his hand halfway to slap Fu Qinghuai away, but due to exhaustion, he trembled slightly, his steps became unsteady, his shoulders swayed, and he almost fell to the ground.
Fu Qinghuai, quick-witted and agile, instinctively half-embraced his waist, his palm firmly supporting the hollow of his lower back, the two breathing so close together.
"...Don't touch me."
Xie Xun's voice was low and hoarse, almost a whisper, his warm breath hitting Fu Qinghuai's neck. It sounded less like a command and more like a reproachful scolding with a trembling tone.
He half-covered his eyes, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a drop of blood from his forehead dripped onto Fu Qinghuai's clothes, but the force with which he pushed him was very light.
Fu Qinghuai's eyes were deep and dark, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly, but his arm around the waist tightened even more.
"Okay, I won't touch it." The devil's voice was sweet as honey, and he was about to tease her a few more times.
The black, smiling Buddha, which had been silent all along, suddenly had its eyes blazing with blood-red light, and the smile on its face twisted and magnified. An invisible force suddenly gripped the soul of the Liu family's patriarch.
"No... Ancestors... No! I don't want to..."
The spirit of the Liu family patriarch let out a terrified scream. He struggled frantically, but his spirit swelled up uncontrollably and roared as he lunged forward again.
Xie Xun frowned, finally realizing who was behind all this.
"It's that Buddha! It's controlling everything!"
His voice was hoarse as he suddenly pushed Fu Qinghuai away with all his might. At the same time, his bloodied hand struggled to turn inward into a mudra, his fingertips trembling with weakness, yet he still managed to forcefully gather a faint wisp of magical power, aiming it at the smiling Buddha.
"It is the source; if it is not destroyed, this thing will be immortal!"
Xie Xun spoke urgently, his eyes resolute, as if he were willing to burn himself to destroy that evil Buddha at any cost.
He looked as if he was risking his life.
Fu Qinghuai was taken aback at first, then he chuckled softly as if he had heard a joke, a slight vibration coming from his chest, his laughter mocking.
"Tsk, Xunxun..."
He pulled Xie Xun closer to him, his fingers weaving into the gaps between Xie Xun's fingers forming a hand seal, dismantling the almost-formed seal. "Didn't I just tell you to ask me for help if you have any problems?"
Fu Qinghuai paused deliberately, his tone full of mockery, "Why are you silent now, bearing it all by yourself? Are you trying to protect me?"
Xie Xun's heart sank.
He realized that his feigned retreat was a ploy to force him to make a move, but this bastard not only didn't point it out, he deliberately misinterpreted it, making him even more shameless than him!
Xie Xun raised his eyes and glared at him. The beauty's face was filled with annoyance at being seen through, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
He moved his lips, wanting to retort, but found that any explanation would be weak and ineffective, and might even be met with more excessive teasing from the other party.
The two were immediately locked in a tacit standoff.
One gaze was cold and full of warning, the other was smiling and full of amusement.
In that silent moment of confrontation, the two little devils controlled by the evil Buddha transformed into twisted black shadows and pounced.
Xie Xun was unable to dodge Fu Qinghuai's restraints in time, and the little green snake lurking in his chest suddenly shot out. With its mouth wide open, the powerful suction force suddenly swallowed the two little devils that were brought to its mouth.
The devouring happened in the blink of an eye. Its body shone brightly with a dark light, the runes on its forehead lit up, and all its wounds were completely healed!
Then, it flew back to Xie Xun's shoulder, proudly raised its head, and flicked its tongue.
It was a world apart from the way it had been, when it was on the verge of death.
Upon seeing this, Xie Xun's eyes lit up.
He never expected that Little Green would awaken the ability to devour ghosts after this ordeal, a fact also recorded in his great-grandfather's notes:
The serpent devours the ghosts, opening a path to the underworld.
It turns out this wasn't just empty talk!
The scene before them matched perfectly, and Xiao Lü had turned misfortune into blessing this time.
Xie Xun was overjoyed. Wasn't this just like leveling up a pet in a game?!
He could almost see the future where he and Little Green would sweep through haunted houses, petting snakes with his left hand and collecting money with his right.
"What are you thinking about, Xunxun?"
Fu Qinghuai suddenly grabbed Xie Xun's chin, forcibly pulling him out of his get-rich-quick dream, his eyes filled with a mocking smile, "Why are you smiling so ugly?"
Xie Xun: "..."
He slapped him away speechlessly, and was about to say something when the controlled Liu family lord merged with the woman, roaring madly as his face split into eight pieces, each piece filled with dense teeth, and crawled over to tear Xie Xun apart.
Fu Qinghuai shielded the person behind him, his smile unchanged, not even bothering to lift his eyelids. He casually grasped the core of the Evil Buddha and gently pinched it.
"Ughh ...
A shrill scream rang out as the Liu family patriarch, along with the powerful resentment behind the evil Buddha, was forcibly extracted and molded into various shapes like dough.
The sticky sensation intensified the coldness in Fu Qinghuai's eyes.
That's disgusting.
"Wait! Fu Qinghuai, your remnant soul has merged with mine! Killing me will also harm you!"
The aged voice urged urgently, "Cooperate with me! As long as you kill that Xie family brat, the symbiotic contract on your body will dissipate. At that time, you and I will merge and share this perfect soul body. Where in the Yin and Yang realms can't we go?!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Qinghuai paused slightly, his eyes narrowed, and he actually looked like he was seriously thinking.
Xie Xun's heart raced; he couldn't let this devilish thing turn Fu Qinghuai to his side.
However, before he could take any action, Fu Qinghuai's lips suddenly curled into a wicked smile.
"You think you can even maintain a human form, you lump of rotten flesh?"
He scoffed, his gaze mocking, as if looking at a pile of garbage. "If I were to merge with you, should I use your rotting hand or this face cracked into eight pieces? So disgusting, I don't have a fetish for ugly things."
Fu Qinghuai had no idea how malicious her words were. She withdrew her disdainful gaze and looked at Xie Xun's face, her tone instantly becoming gentle and tender.
"But my precious Xunxun is different. He's good-looking and has a pure Yin constitution. What are you?"
After saying that, his gaze turned cold again, and he sneered, "Besides, does a thief who stole my things dare to negotiate with me?"
"After playing with it for so long, it's time to return it to its rightful owner."
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