Chapter 307 Jinjiang
In the tense battle that made everyone nervous, no one expected such an accident.
At first, the official person in charge only vaguely saw a humanoid thing passing through the air, but he did not realize what it was. He was just wondering how the evil ghost that was swallowed by the giant beast could still have an intact body?
But soon, Li Chengyun's exclamation attracted everyone's attention.
Senior brother.
The Taoist priest paused for several beats before slowly realizing who Li Chengyun was calling.
——Li Chengyun is the oldest among all the existing Taoist priests in Haiyun Temple. Even many respected Taoist priests have to respectfully call Li Chengyun "Uncle Master".
Li Chengyun is the last disciple of the old abbot of Haiyun Temple, and the youngest one.
And his only surviving brother...
It was Taoist Master Li from Haiyun Temple.
He is regarded as the backbone and mainstay by all Taoist priests and even special departments.
As long as Taoist Li is still here, all Taoists will never lose hope or lose their way.
He is the symbol of Haiyun Temple and even all the ascetics. He can unite all the ascetics regardless of their sects or grudges to fight against evil together.
A single call will attract responses from all directions.
But now, this Taoist Priest Li...
Everyone present raised their heads in a daze, looking upwards because of Li Chengyun's inappropriate exclamation.
Even Ye Li frowned and looked over.
He knew the importance of Li Chengyun to Yan Shixun, and he also knew that even if Yan Shixun did not recognize Haiyun Temple and had no intention of using Haiyun Temple's origin to gild himself, Yan Shixun still recognized Haiyun Temple.
Especially this Taoist Priest Li. Because of his presence, he went against the crowd and protected his son Yan Shixun behind him, so no one dared to criticize Yan Shixun.
Even though Ye Li didn't pay much attention to the human world, he knew Taoist Li.
And now, the old Taoist priest who is falling from a high altitude, with white hair and beard but eyes closed, who else could it be but Taoist Priest Li.
Yan Shixun also subconsciously lowered his head because of Li Chengyun's voice, and was shocked when he met that figure.
It’s really Master Li!
But... why did Taoist Li appear here? And how could he be swallowed by the giant beast without knowing it?
Yan Shixun frowned slightly, thought for a few rounds, and immediately made a decision to temporarily give up further attacks on the giant beast and give priority to rescuing Taoist Li.
No matter why Taoist Li appeared here, given his current unconscious state, if no one else came to help him, he would fall down and would surely die.
Yan Shixun knew very well that this was a deliberate trick of the old Fengdu, just like it was taking the countless lives of the human world as hostages to threaten him.
But seeing the trap and doing it or not are two different things.
Even though he knew it was a trap, he had to take action because the other party was Taoist Li.
As Yan Shixun thought this, he had already adjusted his posture to dive down, ready to pull Taoist Li back from mid-air.
But at this moment, Li Chengyun's voice came from below.
"Xiao Xun, you are not needed here, just do your job!"
After the initial shock, Li Chengyun immediately calmed down and quickly formed a plan in his mind: "Leave the matter to me, and just pretend you didn't see anything."
Yan Shixun and Li Chengyun looked at each other from a distance and understood what their master was thinking.
Although his heart was heavy, he could only sigh silently, nodded solemnly to Li Chengyun, and turned his attention back to the giant beast, preparing to take its life while its strength was weakened and deal with the two remaining giant eyes.
Li Chengyun, on the other hand, formed seals with his hands flexibly and chanted talismans quickly. The talismans that borrowed power from the gods in the four directions were responded to by Ye Li, and power surged in continuously.
He quickly glanced at Ye Li, and a smile appeared in his eyes because of Ye Li's tacit and close cooperation. Then, his face became serious, and he immediately exerted force on the black mist ghost energy under his feet and rushed straight into the air.
Li Chengyun stepped on the formation and walked up to the blue sky. In a few breaths, he had quickly approached the falling Taoist Li. He stretched out his arms and made a gesture to catch Taoist Li.
Just at this moment, Taoist Li seemed to sense his own crisis and slowly woke up from his coma.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he found that there was a ferocious beast and an ominous black and red sky in his sight. It was obvious that he was no longer in the deserted village.
In his ears, there was the sound of whistling wind, and he could vaguely hear a familiar voice exclaiming, as if it was worried about his condition.
Taoist Li was puzzled and wondered where he was.
He remembered that he should have died in a deserted village.
When Taoist Priest Li decided to use his own body as a guide, and his flesh and blood that had been gleaned from the great principles of heaven and earth, to ask for help from all living things, he had already prepared himself for death.
But he didn't hesitate at all.
The ending was just as he expected.
Taoist Priest Li had no regrets and faced his death with an open mind.
What Taoist Li did not anticipate was the destination of his soul after his death.
Judging from the past situation in the southwest, the souls of the dead would stay in the southwest. Even if the ghosts were in power now, the worst possibility was that the soul would be scattered.
Taoist Priest Li closed his eyes with a smile.
But he soon discovered something was wrong.
Because his consciousness sank into a dark abyss.
There were ferocious ghosts everywhere, wailing all the time to express their despair and resentment, which intertwined into a noise in his ears and even shook his determination to follow the Tao.
It seemed that even he himself was infected by this despair.
Taoist Priest Li groped in the darkness for a long time but did not see any light. It seemed that this was a place abandoned by ghosts and light. No matter how the souls howled for help, there would be no response.
The unknown darkness will make people feel fearful and uneasy until the fear reaches its peak and drives them completely crazy.
But Taoist Priest Li remained calm and rational, and was even able to pay attention to carefully identify the source of the sounds in his ears and the vague whispers of the ghosts.
He finally realized that he must have fallen into a hell where evil spirits were imprisoned.
This made Taoist Priest Li feel puzzled. After all, based on what he knew about the Southwest, this land could be described as a no-man's land in metaphysics. Since he was a child, when Fengdu was still walking on earth, no one in the Southwest had ever seen the figure of Fengdu's ghost.
The underworld officials even bluntly stated that the southwest was not under their jurisdiction.
Nowadays, times have changed, the road has declined, the situation is getting worse, and there is no need to say more.
Otherwise, the ghost exorcists in the southwest would not have known the serious consequences of destroying people's souls, but would still grit their teeth and use wooden sculptures with living mouths and eyes to exorcise ghosts.
If it is neither Fengdu nor the underworld, then where should it be?
Before Taoist Li's question was answered, he suddenly found a ray of light pouring down from above.
It fell right in front of him.
Taoist Li looked up in surprise, only to see a crack spreading rapidly at the top of the abyss, and not-so-bright light pouring down from above.
Although it was dim, it was still enough to dispel the darkness around him, allowing Taoist Li to see clearly the hideous and terrifying ghost faces beside him.
...and, a bloated and huge beast.
The first thing that caught Taoist Li’s eye was the giant beast’s huge eyes which were entirely white.
The bluish-white, unfocused hole would make anyone stared at by it feel fear involuntarily, not knowing how to respond or even run away.
But before Taoist Li could figure out what the giant beast was, he discovered that the "ground" under his feet was shaking.
When he looked down, he realized that the ground he had been standing on was not real.
——It was clearly the body of a giant beast with ghostly faces.
The next moment, the giant beast opened its bloody mouth, and the foul smell of blood rushed to the face. The entire abyss, along with the evil spirits in the abyss, were swallowed up by the giant beast.
Taoist Priest Li was caught in it and lost consciousness.
When he opened his eyes again, he was already falling in mid-air. The feeling of being suspended in the air without any support made his soul feel uneasy instinctively.
Taoist Priest Li calmly recalled his previous memories.
Then he saw, just above his field of vision, a familiar face appeared from the top of the giant beast's head and looked down.
Yan Shixun!
Taoist Li was shocked.
Before he could completely escape from the chaos of death and figure out why he saw Yan Shixun here, a voice with a faint smile came from the side.
"I haven't seen you for many years. You seem to have aged so fast. I almost didn't recognize you."
The voice was warm and gentle, with the calm confidence of someone who could remain calm no matter what crisis they faced.
But it made Taoist Li's eyes gradually moisten.
"... Junior brother."
As soon as the word "Senior Brother" came out, Taoist Li already knew who the person next to him was.
——His youngest and favorite junior brother whom he hadn’t seen for ten years.
What followed was a gentle force that gently dragged Taoist Li's body, wrapped him up, and quickly relieved the impact force accumulated from the fall.
When Li Chengyun brought Taoist Li to the ground, Taoist Li had already landed safely without any danger.
With his cloth shoes firmly stepping on the ground transformed from ghost energy above the abyss, Taoist Li quickly adjusted his posture and stood steadily beside Li Chengyun.
The Taoist priest and other official officials who saw this scene from a distance all breathed a sigh of relief.
The Taoist priest was about to laugh, but the next second, a sudden voice made his smile go back.
"Goudan! I knew I would see you again, hahaha. It's been so many years since we last met, but you don't seem to have changed at all? Oh, people who don't know would think you were dead."
Taoist Priest: “…………”
The official person in charge was choked by his own saliva, his face turned red, and he quickly turned his back and coughed.
The onlookers were shocked by Master Li's unusual way of greeting, but the two parties didn't seem to care and were even a little happy.
Taoist Priest Li held Li Chengyun's shoulders with both hands, and looking at his junior fellow apprentice brother's gentle and handsome face who was still as elegant as before, he couldn't help feeling relieved and proud.
When Li Chengyun heard this name that was too old, he did not react too much and still had a smiling and good-tempered look.
"However, you have changed so much. In my memory, you should have been a handsome young man. How come your hair and beard have turned gray in the blink of an eye? Is there too much trouble in Haiyun Temple? You look like you are hundreds of years old. Maybe you haven't done your Qi training well."
Li Chengyun nodded with a smile, looking like he was reminiscing about the past. He raised his voice calmly and said, "I still like the time when I called you Brother Erzhuzi. Brother Erzhuzi, you were greedy and took too much of the freshly baked pancake. Not only did you get burned and screamed but you refused to let go, but you were also chased up and down the mountain by the master for several laps. I remember clearly how you screamed and got spanked by the master."
Li Chengyun's clear and gentle voice was so penetrating that it could be heard clearly throughout the entire battlefield.
After these words were spoken, the whole audience fell silent.
Everyone: “…………”
No one dared to speak first to break this slightly awkward situation.
Even the Fengdu ghost soldiers were secretly looking over here, looking at this highly respected human exorcist in amazement, they never expected that such a thing had happened in the past.
Ye Li even raised his eyebrows. He was caught off guard and amused by this kind of thing. A smile appeared in his eyes.
He couldn't help but think of Yan Shixun.
When they were in the small courtyard in Binhai City, Jing Xiaobao, who couldn't memorize the book, was chased and spanked by Yan Shixun while crying. It was exactly the same as the experience that Taoist Li had described by Li Chengyun.
It seems that spanking is a tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation...
Taoist Priest Li’s master beats Taoist Priest Li, Taoist Priest Li beats Song Yi, Song Yi beats Lu Xingxing... Oh, and there’s also Yan Shixun who beats Lu Xingxing.
Looking at it this way, it seems that only Li Chengyun doesn't have this habit.
No, it should be said that it is because Shi Xun is too outstanding and there is absolutely no fault of his.
The corners of Ye Li's lips curled up, and when he smiled, he looked proud of Yan Shixun.
However, official leaders and others do not have the deep and calm state of mind like Ye Li, who does not show his emotions on his face.
Everyone looked dumbfounded, staring at Taoist Priest Li with dull eyes. They could never imagine that this old Taoist priest who was trusted by everyone had once had such an overly lively youth.
Everyone: The contrast is too great...
Especially for Taoist priests who are younger, when they hear about the embarrassing things that happened to their respected elders when they were young, they want to laugh but have to consider etiquette, so they have to hold it back, but they still occasionally let out a few "pu" and "pu" laughs.
His face turned red and he looked extremely tired.
As for the person involved, Taoist Priest Li: “…………”
He looked in disbelief at his junior brother's handsome face so close to him, and it took him a long time to swallow hard and find his voice again.
"Well, there's no need to bring up such a distant past, Junior Brother."
Taoist Priest Li tried to smile: "Actually, it's not my fault. It's just that the aunt who was in charge of cooking back then was such a great cook. The pancakes she made were the best in the world. I was not like that back then. Well, I was still growing up, so it's understandable that I ate a few more..."
Taoist Li, who was full of energy when facing everyone, even the abbot of Haiyun Temple could be beaten without mercy, and was calm even in a desperate situation, inexplicably felt short of breath when facing Li Chengyun.
Especially when Li Chengyun was still laughing.
For some unknown reason, Taoist Li felt somewhat guilty.
As a result, the voices became smaller and smaller.
But Li Chengyun seemed kind and considerate, and did not expose Li Daochang's guilty conscience. Instead, he nodded and responded with a smile: "Yes, yes."
Taoist Priest Li: ...Why do I feel like there's something else behind what you said, Goudan?
Li Chengyun smiled and explained considerately: "When Brother Erzhuzi sneaked down the mountain to find the children in the village to play with stones and float on the water, he must have been practicing, not playing around, and he was not beaten by the master."
"Brother Erzhu, when you couldn't memorize the scriptures and were chased all over the yard by Master, you must have been considerate of Master and wanted him to stretch his muscles more."
"Brother Erzhuzi..."
"Alright, alright, that's enough, Junior Brother."
Taoist Li quickly covered his mouth with his hands and, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead, he quickly interrupted Li Chengyun from recounting the old stories.
Li Chengyun spread his hands and stopped talking, seeming to be very considerate and helpless about this immature senior brother, Taoist Li.
Others who see this may even doubt which of the two of them is the senior brother and which is the junior brother, and who is the more stable one.
This weird yet harmonious way of getting along left everyone stunned and they couldn't recover for a long time.
Because Li Chengyun liked to travel around, make friends, and visit famous mountains and lakes, he rarely returned to the Haiyun Temple after he refused to take over the temple when he was young.
The last time I went back to Haiyun Temple was a long time ago when I had just picked up Xiaoyan Shixun. I only went back to Haiyun Temple briefly because of his horoscope.
Therefore, among the Taoist priests of Haiyun Temple, few have seen Li Chengyun in person, let alone the way Taoist priest Li and Li Chengyun get along with each other.
As for the special department, they probably only have a vague impression of Li Chengyun through the pride and pride that Taoist Li showed when he talked about Li Chengyun.
It was the first time for everyone present to see this pair of brothers at the same time.
They never expected that this would be the way they get along...
When Li Chengyun saw that Taoist Li had surrendered on his own initiative, he stopped talking and instead asked Taoist Li why he came here.
After the two of them quickly exchanged the information they knew, they both fell silent involuntarily.
"Junior brother, you..."
Taoist Priest Li looked at Li Chengyun with a complicated and painful look in his eyes: "Why didn't you ask me for help back then, but came to Baizhi Lake alone? Don't you trust me?"
Li Chengyun shook his head slowly and asked calmly, "Isn't it the same for you, Senior Brother? You handle everything by yourself. Have you ever asked me?"
Whether it is Taoist Li or Li Chengyun, both of them stand at an absolute height among the ghost exorcists of the time.
One who aged rapidly and almost died on the spot because he understood the world and saw a future with people crying and blood everywhere.
One of them died due to cause and effect because he had a glimpse of the great way, turned the tide when the dead end was sliding into the abyss, and left Yan Shixun enough time to grow.
But for both of them, they would rather carry the heavy things on their shoulders and leave the easy and beautiful future to others.
After the two accused each other for a few sentences, they realized the problem and fell silent again.
Li Chengyun let out a long sigh and closed his eyes to hide the pain in them.
Follow the laws of nature and practice to achieve immortality.
For those who practice Taoism, the more profound their Taoism is, the younger they look, hence the saying "a child's face but white hair".
After learning that Taoist Priest Li had been concerned with the Yin Road for many years and had glimpsed the heaven and earth several times, Li Chengyun finally understood why Taoist Priest Li looked so old even though he was in good spirits.
Both brothers were not of ordinary character. After learning of the pain of each other's death, they quickly put aside their personal emotions and used the information they had on each other to begin a calm and rational analysis of the current predicament caused by Old Fengdu, trying to find a way out.
Although the official person in charge and the Taoist priest were extremely sad when they suddenly learned that Taoist Priest Li had died, they immediately calmed down because of the presence of Taoist Priest Li and Li Chengyun.
With Yan Shixun here, and with the analysis and assistance of Taoist Li and Chengyun, this configuration makes everyone believe that even the ghost way...
Can kill too!
"The power guarding the southwest has been completely unlocked, but if we kill Guidao directly at this time, although the deadlock is solved, there will be another problem."
Taoist Priest Li pondered, "For the creatures in the southwest, once Fengdu takes over, all the ghosts will disappear, but the vitality taken away by the ghosts will not be restored in a short time."
"That is to say, for a long period of time, everyone will be in a state of low luck and weak yang energy."
Taoist Priest Li said to Li Chengyun solemnly: "Junior brother, we can make it better resolved and land smoothly."
Li Chengyun immediately understood what Taoist Li meant, and his eyebrows and eyes became serious: "You mean, when the old Fengdu dies, this life will be restored for the people in the southwest?"
Taoist Priest Li nodded.
The two of them turned around at the same time and looked at Ye Li who was standing in the distance.
"Although I have seen this lover beside my nephew before, I never thought that she was the Lord of Fengdu."
Taoist Li bowed slightly to Ye Li in a calm tone and said, "Excuse me."
Ye Li's brows jumped and he quickly returned the greeting.
"but."
The beginning of Taoist Li's next sentence made Ye Li feel at ease.
"Fengdu can only calm death, but it cannot replenish the vitality of the human world for the time being."
Taoist Priest Li smiled slightly: "However, when the Lord of Fengdu comprehends the vitality, perhaps, that will be the time when the Lord of Fengdu can completely replace the Great Dao."
Ye Li chuckled: "I have no interest in becoming a great Dao. I am just... Shi Xun's lover."
Li Chengyun stroked his chin and asked Ye Li thoughtfully, "Have you said this to Xiaoxun? I think if Xiaoxun knew that you could support the avenue but gave up, he might have other ideas."
These words hit the nail on the head for Ye Li, causing him to fall into deep thought.
Li Chengyun smiled: I raised the child, how could I not understand him? Can't I infer the weaknesses of the person who likes my child?
Ye Li was silent for a while, then nodded solemnly to Li Chengyun and said, "I understand."
“No matter whether I will replace the Great Dao in the future, at least today, I will make up for this vitality and obtain the qualifications to become the Great Dao.”
Ye Li's tone was flat, as if this was just the simplest decision.
However, if Dadao could see what happened in the old Fengdu, he would probably cry.
——In order to reconnect Fengdu with the human world, Dadao begged many times, but was turned away every time. The central door of Fengdu was tightly closed, not giving Dadao the slightest face.
However, now, Li Chengyun's few words, coupled with the heavy weight of Yan Shixun, made Ye Li completely change his mind.
After receiving Ye Li's affirmative answer, Li Chengyun nodded with a smile and said, "Then from now on, the human world will be left to the care of the Lord of Fengdu."
“And now.”
Li Chengyun and Taoist Li looked at each other and tacitly understood each other's thoughts.
The two men stood opposite each other, raised their hands at the same time to lift their Taoist robes, and then sat cross-legged on the ground, with upright postures and proud demeanor.
Li Chengyun made seals with his hands, muttered something, and lowered his eyes slightly to look at the power that was gradually gathering in his hands.
The breeze blew up Taoist robe that had turned black after being soaked in blood. He pointed one hand at the ground and glared angrily. Clear talismans came out of his mouth, which fell into the air and formed a golden light around him.
The golden lines quickly spread on the ground around Li Chengyun and Taoist Li, outlining a mysterious and ancient formation.
The two people were chanting different spells, but they were in the same formation, and completely different powers began to blend and circulate.
The breeze gradually picked up speed and turned into a gale, whistling past my ears with a loud noise.
Two different auras circulated around the two people, clearly black and white, blending together, and then separating again.
One yin, one yang, one life, one death.
Based on the power of Yeli, the two most powerful Taoist priests of the time jointly presided over the formation, which enabled the circulation of yin and yang.
From death, life slowly emerges.
Everyone present held their breath, staring in shock at the two Taoist priests' actions that far exceeded their imagination.
The Taoist priest, who was a junior, was even more stunned. He never expected that the talisman he was familiar with would have such tremendous power in the hands of a truly powerful cultivator.
The Taoist priest lowered his head in shame, feeling deeply that he had been shallow and narrow-minded and had failed to truly comprehend the world.
The Tai Chi Yin-Yang pattern that quickly formed in hell attracted the attention of Yan Shixun who was standing on a high place.
After seeing clearly what the two Taoist priests did, Yan Shixun immediately understood that they wanted to transform death into life and lift up all the falling souls steadily and powerfully.
With Li Chengyun and the other man clearing away all his worries, Yan Shixun was completely relieved and no longer constrained by concerns about the countless lives in the southwest.
He held his breath, letting his consciousness sink, and all the ghost energy flowed and gathered in his meridians, eventually gathering into a huge force. The moment it gathered in his hands, the ghost energy and yang energy in his body completely blended and circulated, reaching an extreme balance that was impossible to exist.
At this time, the opportunity that Yan Shixun had been waiting for had arrived.
The beast's struggling roars became weaker and weaker, and its heavy breathing and increasing number of rest intervals made its tiredness and weakness look so obvious.
After the source of its power was destroyed by Yan Shixun, the ghost energy in the giant beast's body quickly dissipated outwards and all turned into Yan Shixun's power.
However, when the giant beast wanted to seek new power outside, it was cruelly blocked by Ye Li within the old Fengdu. It was not allowed to harm the lives in the southwest to increase its strength. At the same time, the evil spirits imprisoned in the entire lowest level of hell were also being wiped out at a very fast speed by Fengdu's 100,000 ghost soldiers.
The source of the giant beast's power was blocked by Yan Shixun and Ye Li.
The lowest level of hell in the old Fengdu was originally sealed off in order to force Yan Shixun into a desperate situation. It was a place where one could enter but not exit. However, it was used by Yan Shixun as a means to severely attack the old Fengdu, turning the lowest level of hell, which was originally under the control of the old Fengdu, into the burial place of the old Fengdu.
As the giant beast became weaker, Jiu Fengdu became more and more anxious, desperately trying to rush around in order to survive. Even if it was still alive, it was confident that it could escape again, hiding in a place where no one could find it, quietly waiting for the next moment of rebellion.
However, Yan Shixun would not give it such an opportunity.
In his opinion, the struggle of Old Fengdu at this moment is just a fight of a trapped beast.
When the enemy exposed his weakness in front of him... the outcome of death was already certain, without any suspense.
"Why should a rotten thing like this continue to linger on? It will only annoy people."
Yan Shixun curled up the corners of his lips coldly and sneered: "But it seems that you can't bear it. In this case, I will be a good person."
He tilted his head back slightly, looking down at the giant beast under his feet: "Let me do it..."
As he spoke, the beast panted.
A fierce light flashed across Yan Shixun's eyes.
The time is now!
Yan Shixun exerted force with his feet, immediately stepped on the giant beast's shoulder and leaped high up, like an eagle flapping its wings and flying high.
He stretched out his powerful arms to the side, and his palms gradually clenched in the air, gripping the air as if he were gripping a long sword.
The long sword had been left there when it pierced the giant eye of the beast. Yan Shixun looked unarmed at the moment, as if he had no weapon that could kill the beast.
However, the next moment, the air in Yan Shixun's palm began to tremble violently, and a hurricane swirled.
Life and death, yin and yang, cycled in his palms, and ghost energy slowly took shape in the Tai Chi.
A long sword suddenly appeared out of thin air in Yan Shixun's palm and was tightly grasped by his slender hand.
The corners of Yan Shixun's lips curled up into a smile.
Then, he withdrew the ghost energy that was supporting him from under his feet and let himself fall downwards.
The speed continued to increase, the wind roared, and the power gathered on the sword. The hurricane formed even engulfed the black and red clouds in the sky, connecting the sky and the earth like a tornado, with a magnificent and terrifying momentum.
Even the old Fengdu was stunned for a moment because of Yan Shixun's actions.
It never expected that Yan Shixun could mobilize the power of life and death at the same time.
Under such a cycle, Jiu Fengdu had no way to escape. Even the giant beasts were crushed by such heavy power and could not move or even raise their heads.
However, the smile on Yan Shixun's lips grew wider and wider, and he looked so happy and unrestrained.
“——Kill you!”
The long sword was infused with all of Yan Shixun's strength, wrapped in thunder and lightning, and with a whistling and explosive sound that pierced the air, it was finally thrown by Yan Shixun into the giant eye of the beast, which symbolized death.
Like a bolt of lightning striking from the sky, nothing can stop the swift and powerful sword force.
Deeply sunk into the giant beast's eyes.
Yan Shixun half-knelt on the giant beast's head. He lowered his eyelashes, looked at the eyeball under his feet, grinned and tilted his head.
"Just please, die quietly and completely, okay? Don't come back again."
Yan Shixun looked disdainful, as if he didn't take Jiu Fengdu seriously. To him, Guidao was not qualified to sit across from him and talk with him.
He was arrogant and wanton, but underneath this arrogance was the absolute power to break all evil with one sword, which firmly supported his confidence.
Standing behind him are all the lives he protected and the ghosts he saved.
Thousands of living beings and ghosts trust him and are willing to entrust all their hopes and strength to him.
The great Dao of heaven and earth, ghosts, gods, and all living beings are with him at this moment.
It was as if countless people and ghosts reached out their hands together, and together with Yan Shixun, grasped the long sword, and used it to kill the evil beasts that disturbed the human world, and together they killed the ghosts with the sword.
The power of the Lord of Fengdu always surrounds Yan Shixun, and faces all life and death crises together with Yan Shixun.
At this moment, the universe was silent.
The entire old Fengdu fell silent in an instant.
There was no sound of wind, no howling of evil spirits, even the dark clouds and strong winds had stopped. The air was shaking violently, as if it was filled with fear or even more so, rage.
Everyone's heart was in their throat, anxiously waiting for the final result.
Yan Shixun raised his eyelashes and looked into the distance at Yeli.
The two of them already knew the outcome of this battle.
After a long period of silence, the giant beast opened its bleeding eyes, finally lost all strength to struggle, and slowly fell forward.
“Boom——!”
Having lost the power of death, the giant beast's huge and bloated body was split into two halves, and the moment it fell to the ground, it scattered into countless pieces of flesh.
Scattered along with it were all the ghosts that were devoured by the beast.
Ye Li and Yan Shixun cooperated well. After the giant beast fell to the ground, he immediately removed the ghost energy barrier, causing the broken flesh and blood to fall into the abyss.
It was raining blood from the sky.
Ye Li raised his eyes and looked at Yan Shixun who was falling from mid-air.
He stretched out his long legs and took big strides forward, shrinking the distance to an inch and making the long distance seem close at hand.
Ye Li stretched out his arms and welcomed Yan Shixun.
Yan Shixun also saw Ye Li standing alone above the abyss.
At the moment when thousands of ghosts were crying and dying, Ye Li became an existence that could not be ignored in Yan Shixun's eyes.
He laughed softly.
The originally tense muscles relaxed little by little, and the exhausted body, after using all its strength to fight the giant beast, dropped all its vigilance and alertness, and fell straight towards Yeli.
Yan Shixun believed that Yeli would catch him.
——No matter what abyss he falls into.
Ye Li's slender and powerful arms passed under Yan Shixun's arms and hugged his beloved ghost exorcist tightly.
At the same time, a huge roar came from the abyss.
All hell was shaking violently.
The flames burned from the abyss and spread rapidly.
And above the raging flames, Ye Li and Yan Shixun hugged each other tightly.
The sound of Ye Li's strong heartbeat reached Yan Shixun's ears, and next to Yan Shixun's cheek was Ye Li's solid chest.
These broad and strong shoulders bring a reassuring sense of reliability.
Even if the sky collapses and the earth collapses, we can still prop up the heaven and earth again and return life to the world.
Yan Shixun lowered his eyes slightly, then smiled softly.
"Ye Li."
He called softly.
A smile appeared in Ye Li's eyes, and his usually deep voice was now filled with tenderness and love: "I'm here."
"As long as you need me, I will always be by your side, Shi Xun."
"If you like this world... I will also love the mountains, rivers and lakes, and support the collapsing road for you."
Ye Li slowly tightened his arms around Yan Shixun, he lowered his head, and the distance between him and Yan Shixun was so close that he could be ignored.
They both saw the deep trust in each other's eyes, and...
Love.
The two looked at each other, the warm and slightly cool breath blending together, and finally gathered into one place, indistinguishable from each other.
He left opportunities for the world time and again, but was disappointed again and again by the deep malice of strangers. Eventually, he lost his tenderness towards the world, and was left with only the indifference of watching from the sidelines.
Ghosts and gods once walked the human world like that, with a desolate heart.
The exorcist walks alone, silently guarding the space between yin and yang. Like a lone wolf, he never shares his joy or sorrow with others, nor does he show his vulnerability and wounds to others, and he is always vigilant.
However, at this moment, the two finally hugged each other.
As a result, all the previous indifferent defense lines collapsed in an instant.
The taste of the apple candy that Ye Li had been curious about was finally known.
——From the lips and teeth of the one you love.
In the flames, the two hugged and kissed.
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