Chapter 23

At this moment, the unconscious Jin Ling suddenly sat up.

In front of the two of them, he closed his eyes and staggered up from the ground. Wei Wuxian wanted to see what he was going to do, but he didn't move. I saw him slowly walk around him, took a leg, stepped into the wall again, and stood back to the place where he had just been buried. Put your hands flat on your sides, even in the same posture as before.

Wei Wuxian pulled him out of the wall again, both funny and weird, just as he was about to tell Lan Wangji that this place shouldn't stay for a long time. Suddenly, he was startled by a furious barking from afar. Since they entered, the black-maned spirit dog sat obediently at the entrance of the hole and wagged its tail, anxiously and pitifully waiting for them to bring its master out. It didn't bark again, but now it growled more fiercely than ever before.

Lan Wangji said, "There is something different outside the castle."

He stretched out his hand to help Jin Ling, but Wei Wuxian picked it up and said, "Go out and have a look!"

The two quickly returned to the original path, and as soon as their short bodies came out of the hole, they saw the black-maned spirit dog with its back to them, facing in one direction, with a low purr from the bottom of its throat. Although Wei Wuxian came over, he couldn't hear the sound the most, and he couldn't help but back up a few steps, but the dog turned his head, and when he saw Jin Ling on his back, he spread his legs and flew over. Wei WuXian let out a scream, and when he was about to throw Jin Ling out, Lan WangJi took a wrong step to block him.

The black-maned spirit dog immediately stopped and tucked its tail again. It didn't stick out its tongue because it had something in its mouth. Lan Wangji stepped forward, bent over, took out a piece of cloth from between its teeth, and returned it to Wei Wuxian to see, it seemed to be a piece of clothing. There must have been at least one person wandering around here, or spied on it just now, and his behavior was suspicious, otherwise the barking of the black-maned spirit dog would not be full of hostility. Wei WuXian said, "People haven't gone far. Chase!"

Lan WangJi said, "No need. I know who it is."

Wei WuXian said, "I know too. The people who spread rumors, let go of corpses, set up puzzle formations, and build stone castles in Xingluling must be the same group of people. There are also those knives. But if you don't arrest Xinglu now, you want to arrest him again. It's troublesome."

Lan Wangji said, "I'll chase. You and Jin Ling?"

Wei WuXian said, "I'll take him down the Luling Mountains and go back to Qinghe to find a place to settle down. We'll meet at the place where we met that Langzhong before."

This conversation went on in a hurry, Lan Wangji only paused for a moment, Wei Wuxian said again, "Go, if you are late, you will be gone. I will come!"

Hearing the sentence "I will come", Lan Wangji gave him a deep look, no more words, and turned to leave, the black-maned spirit dog was busy and wanted to pounce, Wei Wuxian hurriedly screamed: "You Wait wait! You take the dog away! The dog away!!!"

Lan Wangji had to turn back again and gave the black-maned spirit dog a condescending look. It didn't dare to defy it, and followed Lan Wangji behind him, chasing after him, occasionally looking back at Jin Ling. Wei WuXian wiped his sweat, looked back at the group of white stone castles, carried Jin Ling on his back again, and went straight down Xinglu Ridge.

It was almost dusk, and he was carrying an unconscious boy on his back. Both of them were covered in mud and were quite embarrassed. Wei Wuxian went back to the street where Jin Ling was chasing him during the day, found an inn, bought two new clothes with the money he got from Lan Wangji, and asked for a room. He pulled off the crumpled Venus Xuelang family-patterned robe buried in the soil, and tore off his boots, and suddenly stopped.

There seemed to be a shadow on Jin Ling's calf. Wei Wuxian squatted down and rolled up his trousers, and realized that it was not a shadow, but a smudge. And it's not the wounded black, but the evil curse.

The curse mark is a mark made by the evil spirit on the prey. Once it appears, it means that this person has hit something extremely evil. It leaves a mark and will definitely come back to you. Maybe a long time ago, maybe tonight. It can range from taking away the part of the limb with the mark, or it can simply kill you.

Jin Ling's entire leg turned black, and Yu Hen was still extending upwards. Wei WuXian had never seen such dark black marks and such a large spread of curse marks. The more he looked, the more solemn his expression became. He put down Jin Ling's trousers and unbuttoned Jin Ling's middle shirt. The evil curse has not spread to this point, which is a relief.

At this moment, Jin Ling opened his eyes.

He was stunned for a while, his body was naked from the cold wind, he suddenly woke up, got up, blushed and roared: "What are you doing!"

Wei Wuxian smiled, "Oh, you're awake."

Jin Ling seemed to be greatly frightened, he closed his shirt and shrank to the corner of the bed, and said, "What do you want to do! Where's my clothes?! Where's my sword?! Where's my dog?!"

Wei WuXian said, "I was about to put it on for you."

His expression and tone were as kind as that of an old grandmother who wants to add cold clothes to her little grandson. Jin Ling's hair was disheveled, and he leaned against the wall and said, "I'm not breaking my sleeves!!!"

Wei Wuxian was overjoyed and said, "It's such a coincidence, I am!!!"

Jin Ling grabbed his sword beside the bed, and had the virtuous aura of killing him and then committing suicide to preserve his innocence, Wei Wuxian managed to stop laughing and said with a belly, "What are you doing so scared, it's just a joke! You worked so hard to dig you out of the wall, and you didn't say thank you."

In his busy schedule, Jin Ling raised his hand and brushed his messy hair, making it look more decent, and said angrily, "If it weren't for this, you, you, you dare to take off my clothes, I, I, I have already let you. Died a thousand times!"

Wei WuXian said, "Don't. It's painful enough to die once. It's alright, alright, put down the sword."

Confused, Jin Ling Yiyan put down the sword.

When he asked the spirit, although he was alive and separated from the body and couldn't remember everything clearly, he vaguely knew that the person in front of him had pulled him out and carried him all the way down the mountain. After being buried in the wall, he was still awake for a period of time, and the fear and despair in his heart were overwhelming, but he did not expect to break the wall and break the fear and despair. His face was white and red, dizzy and embarrassed, and his thoughts were still floating, and he couldn't get the truth. Suddenly, he saw that the sky was dark outside the window, and the stars were faint, and he was shocked. Just as Wei Wuxian bent over to pick up the new clothes scattered on the floor, Jin Ling jumped out of bed, put on his boots, grabbed his outer robe and rushed out of the room.

Wei Wuxian originally thought that he had suffered such a big crime and should have been sluggish for a while, but he didn't know that the young man was full of vitality, and he was able to jump around in a blink of an eye, and then he disappeared like a gust of wind. Thinking of the no-nonsense curse mark on his leg, he hurriedly shouted, "What are you running for! Come back!"

As he ran, Jin Ling put on the muddy and wrinkled robe of the family crest, and shouted, "Don't follow me!" Wei Wuxian chased for several streets, but he was thrown out of sight.

After a bit of searching, twilight came, and the pedestrians on the street gradually became sparse, Wei WuXian's teeth itch for a while, "How unreasonable. This child is really unreasonable!"

As a last resort, just as he was about to give up, a sullen voice of a young man came from the end of the long street in front: "If you say a few words to you, you will run away. Are you the eldest lady? Your temper is getting bigger and bigger!"

Jiang Cheng!

Wei Wuxian hurried into the alley. Immediately, Jin Ling's voice also rang: "I'm not back home okay? Don't miss me!"

It turned out that Jin Ling did not come to Qinghe alone. It's no wonder that Dafanshan Jiang Cheng helped him last time, so why didn't he come this time? It just seemed that the uncle and nephew had a quarrel in Qinghe Town, and Jin Ling went up Xingluling alone. He was in a hurry to run just now, it must be Jiang Cheng who threatened to make him look good if he didn't go back before it got dark.

Jiang Cheng said, "It's okay? It's like rolling in a mud ditch. It's okay? It's not ashamed to wear your school uniform, so hurry back and change your clothes! Say, what happened today?"

Jin Ling said impatiently, "I said it, but I didn't encounter anything. I fell and ran in vain. Ouch!" He shouted, "Don't drag me like this! I'm not three years old!"

Jiang Cheng sternly said, "I can't control you! I tell you that I can drag you even if you are 30 years old. Next time you dare to run around without saying hello, the whip will serve you!"

Jin Ling said, "I went alone because I didn't want people to help me and I didn't want people to take care of me."

Wei WuXian thought to himself, "Let's not mention anything else, it's really good for Jiang Cheng to scold him for being the eldest young miss."

Jiang Cheng said, "So now? What did you catch? Where's the black-maned spirit dog that your uncle gave you?"

He was driven by Lan Zhan to an unknown corner. Just as Wei Wuxian thought about it, two familiar dog barks could be heard from the other end of the alley.

Wei Wuxian's expression changed suddenly, his legs moved spontaneously, and he rushed out like a poisoned arrow. The black-maned spirit dog came running from the other end of the alley, passed over Wei Wuxian, pounced on Jin Ling's legs, and swept his tail with his tail very affectionately.

Since this dog appeared here, it means that Lan WangJi has probably caught the snoopers near the stone castle and went to their designated place for a turn. However, at this moment, Wei Wuxian had no time to think about it.

He rushed right in front of Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling, as well as a large number of Jiang family disciples.

The two sides were deadlocked for a moment, and Wei Wuxian silently turned around and ran away.

He didn't run a few steps, only to hear the sound of zizi electricity, and a purple electric current jumped around his calf like a poisonous snake. A burst of numbness and itching flowed from bottom to top all over the body, and when he was pulled back, he immediately fell to the ground. After that, his chest tightened, and he was lifted by the heart after being picked up by the clothes. Wei Wuxian reacted quickly to search for the spirit sac, but was snatched away one step ahead.

Jiang Cheng carried him, walked a few steps, walked to the door of the nearest store, and kicked open the half-plugged door.

The store was about to close, and suddenly a handsome young man with a beautiful dress and a bad expression came in, with a person in his hand, as if he was going to open his abdomen in the hall, and he was so frightened. Dare to speak up. A student came up and whispered a few words to him, stuffed the money, and he hurriedly hid in the back hall and would not come out again. Without an explanation, several Jiang's disciples dispersed in an instant, surrounding the store inside and out.

Jin Ling stood aside, his eyes filled with hesitation and uncertainty. Jiang Cheng said to him viciously, "Take care of you later, stay here for me!"

Jin Ling had never seen such an expression on Jiang Cheng's face since he could remember. He, the uncle who was in charge of the Yunmengjiang clan of the famous Xianmen family at a young age, was always cold and gloomy, and he was neither willing to show mercy nor to accumulate virtue. At this time, although he was trying his best to suppress the extra expressions, his eyes were terrifyingly bright.

That face, which was always filled with arrogance and ridicule, with a haze on its face, seemed to be bright everywhere, and it was difficult to judge whether it was gnashing of teeth, hatred into the bone marrow, or ecstasy.