Chapter 38: In a sense, they are quite compatible
At the moment when the spiritual power was reversed,
Xie Chengjin had already confirmed that Xie Yanyu did not come at all, but a puppet came.
However, this doll is made exactly like her, a little too realistic. Just looking at it, you can't see anything unusual. Only when you reach out and touch it can you feel that something is wrong.
But when he noticed something was wrong,
This puppet is already trying to seize his inner elixir.
He had no choice but to fight back and forcibly cut off the puppet's magic, but he also suffered backlash. Although his inner elixir was not taken away by the puppet, he was injured. His spiritual power was flowing backwards, making it difficult for him to move. He had to stay here to practice qigong to heal his injuries.
And the vengeful ghost noticed him,
Treating him as "food", it poured its spiritual power into him and began to devour him.
Fortunately, his cultivation was high enough, so even if the resentful ghost was using its spiritual power to devour him, he could still hold on for a few hours. However, he was already injured, and being devoured by the resentful ghost at this time made his injuries even more serious, so that his consciousness became a little drowsy, so he had been closing his eyes and trying his best to conserve his strength.
Later, when he noticed Xie Yanyu coming, he opened his eyes.
at the moment,
He covered her mouth with his hand and could feel the touch of her lips, warm and soft.
Her breath was soft and continuous, and it also fell on his palm. The temperature was hot and moist, and it made his palm curl up.
Xie Chengjin's expression remained calm and indifferent.
He looked down at her.
Her touch was vivid, completely different from the stiffness of the doll. He could clearly feel that she was alive.
But the more this happened, the more he couldn't suppress the feeling of disgust that rose in his heart. She was always like this. When he thought she was docile and obedient, she showed her cunning face covered with thorns. When he thought she was quiet and fragile to the point of being half dead, she suddenly became alive.
His hand loosened around her lips.
He didn't know how she got the doll. There was some evil aura on the doll, and he didn't know what she was planning. But he didn't want to ask her about this at the moment. At this moment, he wanted to move his hand to her neck and strangle her to death.
But even thinking like this,
A moment later,
He still withdrew his hand.
You can't kill her now.
The formation outside used to destroy the resentful ghost's dantian has not been completed yet, and there are still two steps to go. Right now, the resentful ghost's spiritual power has fallen on him and is digesting him as food, making it inconvenient for him to move, so now only she can go out and continue to complete the formation.
He looked at her coldly for a long while.
Then he whispered, "You suddenly appeared here, and the resentful ghost hasn't noticed yet."
Although Xie Yanyu had only been there for a short while, she had already guessed the general situation.
Although she was a little confused and didn't know why Xie Chengjin came into the palace, she could see that the resentful ghost was using his spiritual power to devour Xie Chengjin. He covered her mouth to prevent her from moving because he was afraid that she would be noticed by the resentful ghost if she made a sound.
Now I hear him say this,
She wasn't too surprised. She nodded at him and lowered her voice, almost whispering to him: "Is there anything I can do?"
Xie Chengjin said calmly, "Go out from behind the Buddha statue. There is a formation just west of the courtyard gate."
He was silent for a moment before he said, "Stretch out your hand."
Xie Yanyu stretched out his right hand.
Xie Chengjin said, "Left hand."
As soon as these words fell,
Xie Yanyu hesitated for a while and did not immediately extend his left hand to him.
She felt a little guilty.
Because she still couldn't figure out whether Xie Chengjin recognized her or not.
He still looked as cold as ice. Except for the moment when he lost control in the house, until now, she could not see any emotion in his expression. But according to his personality, he did not expose her directly, so he probably did not recognize her.
But if she stretches out her left hand,
Even if he didn't recognize her before, it would be hard to say if he saw her left hand.
Because her left hand was wrapped in gauze starting from the base of her palm, although her sleeves were very long, if she lifted them up, at least the base of her palm could be seen.
Xie Yanyu looked at him, thought for a moment, and then asked, "What are you going to do, sir?"
Her tone was still very natural when she asked this question.
It didn't sound like she was testing him, but rather like she was asking casually because she was concerned about his plans.
But Xie Chengjin knew she was testing him.
He rarely tries to figure out what others are thinking, because other people's opinions are not important to him.
At this moment, it was almost ridiculous for him to be able to guess what she meant. It was nothing more than that she was guilty and afraid of being discovered by him. Even if she behaved perfectly, he knew her too well because of those dreams.
His eyelids began to twitch again, and he almost laughed out loud at her cautiousness.
He directly exposed her coldly: "No need to pretend in front of me. Xie Yanyu."
Xie Yanyu: "..."
Xie Yanyu was stunned for a moment.
Seeing this, Xie Chengjin felt a little impatient again, as if all his emotions would be magnified as long as he was with her. It was obvious that he did not have such distinct emotions on weekdays. He was annoyed and should have asked her to stretch out her hand again. After all, he asked her to stretch out her left hand not to expose her, but because he wanted her to go out and set up the formation, and he had to form a seal on her left hand.
But he didn't want to talk to her anymore.
So he raised his hand and pinched her left wrist with his cold fingertips.
He lifted her sleeves little by little, his movements were so forceful that they even gave people a sense of invasion.
Xie Yanyu wanted to pull her hand back, but he pressed her wrist and turned her palm over.
Then she saw him draw a spell on her palm with his fingertips. His fingers were too cold, and when they moved on her palm, she had the illusion of being pressed by a sharp knife. As he moved, a golden light appeared on her palm.
After he finished painting, he withdrew his hand.
Xie Yanyu was dazzled by the golden light.
She slowed down before looking up at him.
Xie Chengjin closed his eyes, looking as if he didn't want to see her.
He said, "Follow the shape of this talisman and set up the formation outside the courtyard. Then use your spiritual power to guide the talisman out to the center of the formation, and the formation will take effect."
*
Although the puppet did not help to obtain the inner elixir of the resentful ghost, many unexpected events occurred in the process.
But Xie Yanyu felt that the puppet was not completely useless.
At least for now,
She was the one who arranged the formation, and Xie Chengjin was the bait.
The positions were swapped, she was safe and no longer had to take risks, but Xie Chengjin became the one in danger.
Xie Yanyu followed Xie Chengjin's instructions and walked out from behind the Buddha statue quietly.
When she walked out of the yard, she saw a formation.
This formation is almost complete, and only two more steps are needed to make it effective.
These two steps are not complicated and can be completed in about half a quarter of an hour. Including the time for the formation to take effect, the dantian of the resentful ghost can be destroyed within half an hour. With Xie Chengjin's cultivation level, he can at least hold on to the spiritual power of the resentful ghost for another hour.
After Xie Yanyu made this calculation, he did not immediately start to set up the formation.
She glanced into the palace and asked the system: If Xie Chengjin dies here, should I still follow his storyline?
system:【……】
The system asked numbly: [What do you want to do? ]
Xie Yanyu did not answer immediately.
From a distance, she could see Xie Chengjin still with his eyes closed, half leaning against the Buddha statue in the palace.
It's rare that such a cold and hard person would show a bit of pale fragility at this moment.
Xie Yanyu, however, could not feel the slightest pity for him.
She still remembered what he had said just now. He said that he would settle the score with her later. He should have recognized her at that time, or maybe even earlier, when he lost control when they were discussing the plan before, he already knew her identity. But when she thought about it, she still didn't understand why he was so angry, because she came back with Helan Wei. Was this behavior disrespectful and a disgrace to the family to him?
and,
He also knew about the doll.
With his level of cultivation, he should be able to sense the evil spirit in the doll.
He said he wanted to settle accounts with her.
What accounts should be settled? Which accounts should be settled?
Xie Yanyu was a little afraid of him. She was afraid of the power and authority in his hands, which could easily burn everything she had. She was also jealous of him. From the day she entered the Xie family, she was jealous of him. She had to give up a lot of things to climb up the Xie family, but he was born with everything.
At this time,
Looking at his pale and fragile figure in the distance,
Those dark, sharp thoughts entangled her like vines.
She even felt a subtle pleasure—
No matter how noble or powerful Xie Chengjin is, isn't he now just serving as bait for the vengeful ghost?
She can now control his life and death. As long as she moves slower and lets the formation take effect after two hours, he will die.
It was deep night now. She stood in the night in a white dress. Her thick black hair was half draped behind her. Her face was as pale as paper and expressionless. Her eyelashes were slightly drooping, giving her a dark and ghostly look.
There was silence for a moment.
She replied to the system: "If I stand here for a little longer, I can outlast him." If he dies, will this plot line of his disappear?
system:【……】
The system was speechless for a moment.
As a system, its task is to assist Xie Yanyu in completing all the plot lines. If anything threatens Xie Yanyu's life during this period, it will receive an early warning.
When Xie Yanyu proposed to be a bait, it received a warning.
So it actually knew that Xie Chengjin wanted to stand aside and watch Xie Yanyu die tonight.
Although it knew this, Xie Yanyu didn't know.
She didn't know that Xie Chengjin wanted her dead, so now she wanted to outlast Xie Chengjin not for revenge, but simply because she wanted him to die.
The system had no idea that the plot could develop into this.
It's breathtaking.
You know what, in a sense, these two people are quite compatible, and they both want to kill each other.
The system was speechless for a long time, then said: [No.]
It said: "Even if he dies, the storyline won't disappear. If you want to become an immortal, you still have to complete this storyline. This means that if he dies, you'll never be able to complete this storyline and will never be able to become an immortal."
Xie Yanyu felt a little regretful when he heard this.
She sighed.
She also wanted to get the resentful ghost's inner elixir. Once the formation took effect and the resentful ghost's dantian was destroyed, the inner elixir would definitely fall where the bait was, that is, next to Xie Chengjin.
She didn't want Xie Chengjin to know about taking the inner elixir.
But she couldn't let him die either.
She thought for a moment with a blank expression, and finally decided to stand outside for a while.
Wait outside for a while, until Xie Chengjin is seriously injured and unconscious, then set up the formation, and then go to him and take the inner elixir while he is unconscious.
*
Half an hour later.
Xie Yanyu felt that the time was almost right, so he finally began to set up the formation according to Xie Chengjin's previous instructions.
After setting up the formation,
Not long after, the formation took effect, and a strong golden light shot out from the formation, quickly surrounding the entire courtyard, as if a golden fire was ignited outside the courtyard.
at the same time,
A loud shriek suddenly emanated from the palace.
Then,
The ground began to tremble, the whole house seemed to start shaking, and the surrounding environment became distorted.
Xie Yanyu was shaken so much that he could hardly stand.
After a while of dizziness,
Xie Yanyu steadied himself and opened his eyes again, only to find himself in a mountain forest.
The surroundings look familiar. This is the outskirts of Tiandu City.
The resentful ghost's dantian had been destroyed, so his cultivation was drained away and he could no longer maintain his physical form, and naturally he could not maintain the house that was transformed from his body.
So the entire house began to dissipate. It was a house that appeared on the outskirts of Tiandu City. After the house disappeared, the people in the house would appear on the outskirts of Tiandu City.
Xie Yanyu knew this.
So I wasn't surprised to see the surrounding environment change.
She stood there for a while, then started walking, trying to find Xie Chengjin.
Because Xie Chengjin, as bait, is actually in the dantian of the resentful ghost. After the dantian of the resentful ghost is destroyed, the inner elixir should fall next to Xie Chengjin.
Fortunately, she and Xie Chengjin were not far away from each other.
After walking a few dozen steps, she found Xie Chengjin.
He was at the bottom of a hill.
Because this is a wild mountain, there are dense dead branches all around, the slope is straight up and down, it is quite high, and there is no way down. If you want to go down, you have to jump down.
Xie Yanyu stood on the hillside and looked down at him.
at this time,
His condition was not good. There were several bloodstains on his body. He looked like he was about to faint because he was seriously injured.
Xie Yanyu moved his gaze to the side and looked around carefully, and found that not far from his hand, there was an inner pill surrounded by evil spirits.
This is the inner elixir of the resentful ghost.
Xie Yanyu looked at the inner elixir, then glanced at the dying Xie Chengjin.
She was unhappy, thinking gloomily—
If you want to get the inner elixir, you have to jump down the hill from here.
*
Xie Chengjin's consciousness was no longer very clear.
He could feel that the surrounding environment had changed, from a gloomy Buddhist temple to a barren mountain forest.
He leaned against the tree trunk and knew that he was at the bottom of the hill. From his angle, he could vaguely see the high mountain wall and the vague figure of Xie Yanyu on the hillside.
Even now,
Perhaps because he was in such a bad state, he was half asleep and half awake, and in his blurred consciousness, he could sense her thoughts again.
He vaguely sensed that she wanted him dead.
Xie Chengjin was not surprised by this.
He was rarely in such a state of distress, physically exhausted and mentally exhausted.
He had little strength left and had to lower his eyes. His vision went dark for a while, his five senses became dull, and he could not hear clearly what was happening around him.
The movement on the hillside also disappeared.
I guess she's getting ready to leave.
After all, she wants him dead, so she probably won't care about him.
Xie Chengjin was in such a bad state that his brain almost stopped thinking, but he thought of her unnecessarily. However, at this moment, he suddenly heard another noise.
Next second.
A white skirt passed by my eyes——
Xie Yanyu jumped down... ?
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