Chapter 21

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Ning Chen refused to admit it. He also knew that he couldn't continue this topic, so he pulled Xie Tingyun and left quickly. He pushed Xie Tingyun forward gently and said, "Let's go. Stop talking so much nonsense."

Xie Tingyun was pushed forward, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Master Demon, so are you..."

Ning Chen was completely furious and said angrily, "Shut up! I've already told you it's not your fault, but you're still asking! Why are you still asking!"

Xie Tingyun couldn't help but smiled softly.

Ning Chen was furious: "Try to smile again."

Xie Tingyun was not afraid of him getting angry. For the first time, he thought Tian Xiao was particularly interesting. He coughed lightly and said, "Actually, what I want to ask is whether you are afraid that they will get hurt."

This was obviously a step given by Xie Tingyun, but the angry cat refused to answer all the questions Xie Tingyun threw at him: "Who are you trying to trick?"

Xie Tingyun said in bewilderment: "I didn't mean to deceive you. You were the one who denied it first."

Ning Chen: “…………”

Ning Chen couldn't stand it anymore.

Ning Chen didn't want to clean up the mess he had encountered, so he stared at Xie Tingyun with cold eyes and said, "Let's just turn the page on this matter and don't mention it again."

Xie Tingyun said, "...Okay, okay, Master Demon."

Ning Chen thought this was just a perfunctory response, and insisted on regaining his dignity as a great demon: "What are you doing, Xie Tingyun, are you trying to coax a child? Do you think I won't attack you?"

To attack means to suddenly appear in the darkness, press Xie Tingyun against the door when he is not paying attention, and threaten him, and ask to borrow his natal sword.

Xie Tingyun thought about it and it was hard to say that this was not a fight. So he said in a good-tempered manner: "I never thought so."

Ning Chen: "Then shut up and go your way, why are you talking so much nonsense."

Xie Tingyun looked innocent and continued walking forward resignedly.

He thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go back to the village chief's house and take a look."

Ning Chen nodded coldly: "Okay."

Although the old man's family was deeply hostile to the arrival of Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun, they never harmed them and even treated their injuries, saving Xie Tingyun's emergency.

What happened tonight was too frightening for the big cat who only knew how to pick fights. They were busy hiding from ghosts and didn't notice it. Now that they were safe, the two of them came to their senses. Among the pile of unknown ghosts, they only saw the village chief and his wife, but never saw Achao.

Now when I go back to the village chief's house, I can take a look at what's going on inside the village chief's house and see if that little brat is still there.

Ning Chen said, "So, these ghosts are the villagers who picked up people at the village gate during the day?"

Xie Tingyun nodded, "Not sure, but I guess so."

However, if even the village chief and his wife had become like this, that lively little brat would probably be in danger.

Only after the two of them had walked a long way and made sure that they could not catch up did Ning Chen stop the pressure from the great demon of the Silent Realm.

Xie Tingyun's memory was really good, so good that Ning Chen was amazed. The roads in Pingjing Village were not simple, with narrow alleys that twisted and turned, and one road had six or seven exits. Xie Tingyun walked in once and could actually remember how to get back.

This is something Ning Chen really admires.

Ning Chen has never known the way since he was a child, but fortunately he is very relaxed and can go anywhere, so there is actually no need for him to know the way, and he has been doing this for many years.

They returned to the village chief's house and stood in front of the door.

Perhaps it was because of his different mood. At this moment, Ning Shen climbed up the high wall swiftly. He looked inside and felt that the village chief's house was like a huge black hole. He never knew when he would turn his head and see the village chief's miserable, lifeless face coming towards him again.

Xie Tingyun also climbed up, sheathed the Chengfeng Sword and wore it on his waist.

He glanced at Ning Chen, who was frozen on the high wall and no longer moving. He didn't know what he was thinking about, and a faint smile flashed across his face. He didn't say anything to Ning Chen, but just flipped down first.

Ning Chen, who saw all of Xie Tingyun's expressions clearly, said: "..."

Damn, this is a mockery, right? ! !

Ning Chen suddenly got on top and also rolled over, catching up with Xie Tingyun.

He raised his hand and pressed Xie Tingyun's shoulder, then said with a smile and gritted teeth, "What are you laughing at?"

Xie Tingyun returned to the guest bedroom first. He pushed open the door carefully, and a stream of spiritual power flowed out from his fingertips. It swam around inside according to the owner's wishes, and finally returned intact, which meant that the spiritual power was not in danger for the time being.

Xie Tingyun tilted his head to look at Ning Chen's hand that was tightly holding his shoulder, then walked inside. He looked around and sighed softly, "I didn't. I just wanted to laugh, not at you. Could it be that the Demon Lord has already forbidden others to laugh?"

Ning Chen was very unreasonable: "Yes, that's right, it's not possible."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

I'm used to it. I'm really used to it.

In the past, Tian Xiao was also so unreasonable when he came to pick a fight. He had seen many outrageous reasons. There was even one time when Tian Xiao's reason was that he was in a bad mood that day, so he wanted to spar with Xie Tingyun.

Anyway, the reason is not important. What is important is to make Xie Tingyun unhappy.

Recently, Tianxiao has suddenly become abnormal. His emotions fluctuate more frequently, he talks more, and he gets angry easily. He always likes to quarrel, talk back, and go against Xie Tingyun. If he wins, he will show off in front of him proudly. If he loses or cannot win the argument, he will be stubborn and start to unreasonably tell others to shut up.

Xie Tingyun didn't know if this was Tian Xiao's new way of finding faults, but... well, it didn't do much damage, and it was very different from before. He even thought it was quite fun.

After all, who doesn't want to tease a big cat that is arrogant, stubborn, very proud and easily gets angry?

I'm so angry that I want to chase someone away, and it doesn't hurt.

In the past, if there was a fight with Tian Xiao, both sides would always return with injuries.

However, I heard that the demons need to return to the demon world to soak in the blood pool every once in a while to consolidate their own cultivation realm and improve their talents. The demons at this stage will be weaker than usual. After this stage is over, their talents will be enhanced and their strength will be restored.

The stronger and rarer the talent is, the more severe the strength will decline during this stage. Conversely, the more the talent will be enhanced after leaving the blood pool.

He remembered that Tianxiao's talent for plundering was very rare. Could it be because of this reason that he has not been so radical and extreme recently?

If this is the case, then Tian Xiao's recent behavior becomes understandable.

But when Xie Tingyun thought about the fact that he and Tian Xiao were from two opposing tribes, his smile faded a lot.

never mind.

After all, it was only a short-lived peace. When they left Pingjing Village and returned to the world of cultivation, they were still enemies on opposite sides.

At that time, they will each go their separate ways, and one day they might once again fight with all their might to take each other's life.

There was nothing unusual in the guest bedroom they stayed in. It was the same as when they left and when they came back.

Ning Chen turned around and looked at the room where the village chief and his family of three lived. His damn curiosity came back again.

Although we know that the village chief and his wife are most likely still out there as ghosts, there is still Ah Chao who doesn’t know what’s going on. Has that little brat also become a ghost?

Why has this village become like this?

Everything was fine during the day, everyone was talking and laughing normally and interacting normally, there was nothing unusual at all.

Ning thought about it for a long time, and finally went out, found a low wall to use as a foothold and jumped onto the roof.

He deliberately restrained his breath and movements, and landed on the eaves almost silently.

Xie Tingyun noticed Ning Chen's action and said to him through voice transmission: "What are you going to do?"

Ning Chen said, "See if that little brat is in there."

After saying this, Ning Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he had also used telepathy.

After being integrated with the original owner's memories for a long time, some things seem to have become natural to use.

For example, it was not until now that Ning Chen suddenly realized that he had easily jumped onto a roof that was more than two meters high.

Xie Tingyun didn't notice this. After listening to Ning Shen's thoughts, he thought for a moment and said, "Tianxiao, come back and see what it's like tomorrow, okay?"

Ning Chen was a little surprised.

Xie Tingyun explained: "The ghosts we just saw cannot be alive. If Ah Chao is dead, he can only be one of them. If he is alive, I am worried that something will happen if you open it like this."

According to what Ah Chao said during the day, he was going to collect herbs for his father and go back to treat his father's leg.

But the village chief has become like this, what is there to do to cure him?

Those herbs were picked by Ah Zhao, and the medicine he gave them was also real, but the person who was supposed to be cured had already died.

In addition, in a remote village full of dead souls, there was a living person among them, and they were communicating and interacting normally. All the "ghosts" behaved normally during the day. It was absolutely impossible for Achao not to notice it.

In this case, Achao's existence and stance become intriguing.

In any case, as long as it is daytime, the souls of the villagers in Pingjing Village should turn back into normal people. At that time, even if they want to escape, it will be safer.

After listening to this, Ning Chen stood there quietly for a while, thought about it and agreed, so he came down.

Ning Chen could instinctively perform actions such as transmitting sound and flying to the roof, but releasing his spiritual consciousness might involve different souls, so Ning Chen was a little clumsy. When Xie Tingyun was explaining it, he had already tried to use his spiritual consciousness to explore the situation inside, but for some reason, he could only see darkness and nothing else.

I don’t know if it’s because Ning Chen is not familiar with the operation or because of some unknown reason that he can’t see it.

What Xie Tingyun said makes sense. The village chief's home is equivalent to a blind box. It is essentially the same whether you open it now or tomorrow. Perhaps they can get more information tomorrow.

Moreover, Ning Chen actually didn't really want to experience the ghost sticking to his face again. If he lifted the tiles and found that it was the village chief and his family of three with lifeless pale faces stuck on them and staring at him, then Ning Chen might really accidentally lift the whole village up.

Although he admitted that the old man's face really deserved a beating, but now the old man was an expressionless ghost with a pale complexion and empty eyes. When he came close to him and stared at him, it was still a bit difficult for the devil to resist.

Ning Chen unexpectedly did not confront Xie Tingyun. He just jumped down and walked into the guest bedroom after landing.

Xie Tingyun was stunned for a moment. He also didn't expect Tian Xiao to be so easy to persuade. After a while, he followed him in.

Ning Chen went straight to the floor with a clear goal. She probably thought that sleeping on the floor might be unfair, so the bedding was thicker and softer. Ning Chen knew from the thickness that the floor was not that hard, and might even be softer than the bed, so it was not that unfair at all.

He didn't care about the difference between the floor and the bed. Anyway, the two were separated enough and he didn't have to worry about tripping when getting out of bed. It didn't matter where he slept, as long as he was comfortable.

Ning Chen had ambushed Xie Tingyun in the guest bedroom in advance, so he was familiar with the facilities in the room, but Xie Tingyun was not. As soon as he saw Ning Chen enter the room, he went straight to the floor, was stunned for a while, and then walked towards the bed with mixed feelings.

Xie Tingyun's black robe was already badly torn, so he put it away and cast several cleansing spells on himself until he was completely clean. Then he took off his sword, boots and socks and got on the couch.

The night fell silent again.

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Chen suddenly opened his eyes and got up from the dead body. He turned his head and stared at Xie Tingyun with a pair of dark red sharp eyes, and said, "Son Xie, are you asleep?"

Xie Tingyun was practicing with his eyes closed and his breath focused. Hearing this, he immediately had a bad feeling and said, "Go to sleep."

Ning Chen said, "Are you asleep? That's just right, I'll get it myself."

He said, "Sword, this lord, one month, understand?"

Xie Tingyun: “…………”

It's bad. What was supposed to come had to come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come now.

Ning Chen stood up and was about to come over to take Xie Tingyun's sword himself, but when he touched the Chengfeng Sword, Xie Tingyun raised his hand and held him down.

Ning Chen: "Cheating? Not admitting your mistake? A dignified human saint..."

Xie Tingyun took a deep breath and said, "...Give it to me, I'll give it to you, but...do you have to do it now?"

Ning Chen: “Yes.”

“…”

Xie Tingyun took another deep breath, as if he was preparing himself mentally.

Ning Chen was confused: "There is no outsider here now, I will just take a look and play for a while, no one will see me, how difficult is that?"

Xie Tingyun...Xie Tingyun couldn't say it.

After a long stalemate, Xie Tingyun let go of his hand with great difficulty and said tactfully: "Then you can look at it, play with it for a while, and forget it. Chengfeng recognizes its master, so it's best not to touch it with your hands, otherwise you might get hurt."

Actually, Xie Tingyun had some selfish motives. Chengfeng did recognize his master, but he said so partly because the natal sword was connected to the sword master's mind, and the soul was extremely sensitive. Even the slightest touch of an outsider's consciousness would cause a huge reaction. If someone took a sword cultivator's natal sword in their hands and played with it, the feeling would be no less than directly playing with someone's soul.

Therefore, most sword cultivators don't like to let anyone touch their natal swords. If someone they are not familiar with touches them, they will basically get angry. Some cultivators with particularly sharp spirits find it difficult to accept even a Taoist partner touching them.

Of course, some people also take this characteristic as a hobby between couples.

However, when Xie Tingyun said this, Ning Chen's strange rebellious nature came up again.

The sentence "Don't do...things" always triggers some strange switches in Ning Chen. The first thought that Ning Chen had when he got Xie Tingyun's natal sword was to touch it a few times.

The Chengfeng Sword was placed next to Xie Tingyun's pillow. As soon as Xie Tingyun let go, the sword fell into Ning Chen's hands.

Perhaps because it knew that it had been sold out by its master, Chengfeng Sword did not put up much resistance. It was just a little disheartened and self-destructive. When Ning Chen picked it up, it even secretly hit Ning Chen with its tassel.

Ning Chen: “…”

The silver tasseled sword tassel slammed into Ning Chen's hand, but it didn't hurt at all, it was just a way to vent his anger.

Ning Chen sighed and said, "Why are you throwing it at me? I didn't sell you out. If you want to vent your anger, go find your master."

After all, Ning Chen actually brought the Chengfeng Sword closer to Xie Tingyun, waiting for the Chengfeng Sword to make a move. However, the Chengfeng Sword looked even more aggrieved. It just listlessly wrapped the tassel around Xie Tingyun's fingers and even specially pulled out two tassels to give Xie Tingyun a heart, looking pitiful.

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Ning Chen: “…”

What kind of broken sword is this? It's so useless!