Chapter 484: The Man in the Flowerpot
The outer perimeter of the Qingxin Cottage is shrouded in a circle of radiant magic circles, which carefully gathers the spiritual energy from the ground with a cautious attitude.
You cannot make any mistakes in the Demon City. The Demon Lord is at the top, and there are many major demon families. The lords have divided up the rare oasis in the desert and monopolized the spiritual energy from the sky to the ground.
The weak can only survive cautiously in the narrow cracks, and pick out the meager resources that slip through the fingers of the strong in the yellow sand.
In the medium-sized Chaoqie Sect, Qingxin Xiaozhu occupied the best position in the sect and became the king of the closed world.
Except for Dou Xian, no one from the Chaofei Sect was allowed to approach Qingxin Villa.
Dou Xian's knuckles tapped the magic barrier, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, with a strange tone like the crackling sound of a rattlesnake swinging its tail.
The magic circle was successfully recognized, and the barrier opened to both sides, creating a path.
Hua Chan remained locked in his room for three whole years without leaving the house.
Dou Xian pushed open the door and stepped into the dark room.
Hua Chan heard the footsteps and said unhappily, "You're finally here."
His voice sounded weak and he didn't seem to have a strong opinion, which didn't match the image of a strong and smart person that was rumored to exist.
Dou Xian replied, "I was delayed for a moment by an urgent matter outside. You seem quite down. Are you in a bad mood?"
Hua Chan said: "I've been thinking lately that my life seems to be one wrong step after another..."
Dou Xian pulled aside the curtains and opened the window to let the sunlight in. He interrupted Hua Chan, "Didn't we agree not to talk about the past?"
Hua Chan became excited, and her nose made a wheezing sound when she breathed in the dark.
"But I can't help but think about it!"
Dou Xian was helpless: "Elder Huachan."
Hua Chan cried with confusion in her voice, "I have been wondering why I have come to this point today."
He complained bitterly:
"If I hadn't resold the sect's products to enrich myself, if I hadn't conspired with you to murder the sect master after being discovered, if I hadn't followed your advice and used dirty and despicable means to seek wealth and fame, my life would have been much happier than it is now!"
Dou Xian remained indifferent to Hua Chan's accusations: "Really?"
"Dou Xian, tell me the truth, you really didn't intentionally make me more and more miserable?"
Hua Chan didn't wait for Dou Xian's answer and expressed his suspicions all at once.
"Back then, you were the only one who knew about my reselling of supplies, and it was you who introduced me to this way of making money. How did the Sect Master suddenly find out about my little trick? Did you tell him?"
"Looking back, the Sect Master is such a kind and benevolent person. Even if he knew about my scandal, he would at most expel me from the sect. It was you who kept telling me that the Sect Master wanted to kill me, and out of fear, I did..."
"The sect leader is a fellow disciple of Venerable Liexiao. I shouldn't have killed him. I'm terrified. What should I do? Venerable Liexiao will definitely grind me to dust."
"And now you tell me that I can go to Master Lingshan, the enemy of Master Liexiao. If Master Lingshan doesn't accept me, I can ask his disciples to sell their beauties, steal, cheat, and threaten!"
"I did it! I listened to you and did it! My enemies are growing more and more. I've gotten into trouble with countless people who are more terrifying than the Reverend Dawn! I'm in cahoots with them. I've colluded with the East Family to harm the West Family. I know so many of their secrets. They want me dead every day!"
"And you hid behind me, goading me into carrying out your evil plan. You pushed me out to take the blame, and you took all the benefits. I took all the blame."
"And my Xiaojing, she treated me so well, but you said she betrayed us and forced me to kill her. Ah! I didn't want to kill her, but you pushed her to the tip of my sword, woo!"
Hua Chan became more and more excited as he spoke, and by the end he was insane, with the sound of him slapping his head and face echoing in the room.
"I've been so stupid. I've messed up my life."
Dou Xian then spoke: "Elder Hua Chan, this is wrong."
He pulled open all the curtains and stood in front of Hua Chan, showing no sign of anger.
"I'm just an aide, always assisting you with all my heart and soul," he reminded her. "At every critical juncture in your life, you were the one who made all the important decisions. How come you're now calling me someone unforgivable?"
Hua Chan struggled to lift his heavy head and saw Dou Xian's face in the backlight.
The permanent flattering smile that was engraved on Dou Xian's face disappeared, and he stared at him expressionlessly.
That face that is forgotten as soon as it is seen is impossible to remember, so it can be anyone's face and can replace any malicious face.
The temperature in the desert was very high during the day, but Hua Chan shivered in the warm air.
Dou Xian grinned, a smile that was not quite there: "Elder, has your mind started to blur because you've been in this... form for too long?"
He moved to the side, allowing Hua Chan to see his current appearance clearly through the bronze mirror diagonally opposite.
The bronze mirror reflected a large flowerpot with a pot of raspberries planted on the soil. A brown branch as thick as an arm protruded abruptly from the green leaves and red fruits, with a human head grafted on the top.
There is no body or limbs, only a protruding human head. In order to make it easier to manage, the long hair is combed into a bun and fixed on the top of the head with a hairpin of the same color as raspberry.
Hua Chan's pretty face, however, appeared in such a strange form that it was impossible to appreciate her.
No one in the Chaoqi Sect knew that during the three years that Hua Chan had not appeared in public, she had actually grown into a plant.
Hua Chan suddenly saw her true form. She was terrified by the light and screamed, covering her face with two leaves. "I don't want to see! Cover the mirror!"
Dou Xian did not move, deliberately letting Hua Chan see his current situation clearly.
He forcefully pulled off the dead leaves that had grown in the flowerpot today, one by one, and reasoned with Hua Chan in a tone of disappointment.
"Is it because Elder Hua Chan is in a vegetative state that he is no longer able to think like a human being?"
"I only mentioned the method of reselling the sect's products when we were chatting casually. You failed because of your greed."
"I heard rumors that the Sect Master wanted to kill you. As your friend, I risked my life to tell you immediately. I'm truly loyal to you."
"After you killed the Sect Master, I could have just left, but I didn't. I stayed with you to clean up the mess."
"You are an ambitious man, unwilling to waste your years in the countryside. You took the initiative to ask me for advice, and I racked my brains to help you find a solution. Now that you have carried forward the Taoist tradition, instead of being grateful to me, you turn against me. It really makes me sad."
"Cheating, blackmail, and extortion. If you were an upright person from the beginning, you would definitely refuse to do such a thing, right?"
"After all, you are a person with bad intentions. Why do you want to turn around and be a good person now?"
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