Qing Ying buried her face in Xie Qingci's arms, feeling the gentle warmth coming from all over her body, driving away the chill all over her body.

But before she could smile, a more intense chill made her stiffen all over.

"Qing Ying?" Xie Qingci noticed something was wrong with her.

She trembled and replied, "It's cold..."

She has wandered around as a dead soul for too long, and the warmth of the living has been gradually stripped from her body. After coming to the Nine Nether, it is more like being immersed in an ice cave.

Before, she only cared about Fu Ti and Xie Qingci's communication and didn't care about it, but now she realized that she was already so cold.

At this moment, she was so cold that even her teeth were shaking.

Xie Qingci also noticed the abnormality of the girl's body temperature, and subconsciously rubbed her back and arms twice, trying to bring warmth to her.

"It's useless." Qing Ying said tremblingly, "It's not about the temperature, it's because I'm dead."

It is still in August, even if the Nine Nether Earth Vessels are special, the temperature will not be so cold that it makes people shiver, she is cold purely because the body of the dead soul is lifeless.

Xie Qingci tightened her embrace, and Qing Ying instantly felt the warmth of a trickling stream, coming from the place where the two touched, like drinking a bowl of hot soup in the cold winter, and the warm heat rising from the heart.

Her trembling stopped instantly, and she was finally able to control her body.

"This is the emotion of the living." Xie Qingci's voice was unhurried, and to her, who was still in shock, it sounded like it sounded from the sky, "The Painted Skin Ghost needs to feed on human hearts because it needs strong emotions to keep its skin alive."

Qing Ying couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "You know all about this."

Xie Qingci said lightly: "There are records in the miscellaneous books I read before."

Miscellaneous books?

The "miscellaneous books" that the senior brother has read is probably more than the scriptures she has studied seriously.

She muttered: "As expected of a senior, the miscellaneous books I read are a little bit better than others."

Hearing the girl's familiar complaints, Xie Qingci couldn't help but softly frowned.

The strange sense of dislocation brought about by life and death and time and space gradually disappeared between the two.

"So don't be afraid, I'm here."

Xie Qingci said softly, "What happened?"

Qing Ying sat down, a little tangled: "The situation is too complicated, I have to sort it out."

Xie Qingci helped her sort out her thoughts: "For example, what happened to me ten days later, why do you have such an attitude?"

Qing Ying hesitated for a moment: "If I tell you about the future, it will change... Forget it, it's okay."

Facing Xie Qingci's gentle and peaceful eyes, she was not afraid of anything.

I just don't want him to go through those dark and hopeless days.

She stopped being entangled, and said directly: "Most of the twelve disciples who accompanied you were bribed by Xie Wuyan and his wife. They will join forces with the evil beast to force you to protect the people. In the end, you sealed the evil beast into your body.Get attacked by them."

Xie Qingci sighed lightly, and did not show much surprise at her words.

"Who can you trust?" he asked.

"Feng Ling can be trusted, but Wen Jing must not be trusted." Qing Ying was only sure about these two people, and she said with a little shame, "At that time, something happened to you, and the head blocked the news. I couldn't find out anything else, except Wen Jing.gone."

Xie Qing said: "It's okay, what happened later, how did you and I... get married?"

Qing Ying put it succinctly: "You were persecuted by the head couple and Xie Tian. I rescued you and escaped all the way back to the ancient sword sect. Finally, I found the Holy Farmer Wood and healed your injuries. We live together and die together... just love each othergone."

Xie Qingci nodded: "Okay."

Qing Ying couldn't help muttering in her heart.

What is the attitude of "good"?

It feels like the senior brother doesn't seem to have that kind of meaning for her... Oh, at this time, he hasn't loved her yet, the two of them just have a closer relationship than their roommates.

Is this the feeling of emotional inequity?

Qing Ying felt a little tingly and uncomfortable in her heart.

No wonder the brother was so obsessed with letting her understand what "love" really meant.

Now she really wants her senior brother to have future memories, and then treat her with genuine tenderness and compassion, not out of pity and sympathy out of noble character.

Xie Qingci asked: "We got married after that?"

"Yeah." Qing Ying said, "If I want to cure my disease, I need to be empowered with a specific ceremony, but in the middle of the ceremony, Xie Tian brought people in the village-this is another matter, anyway weIt was the patron of a village, and those people burned and killed the village, so they had to suspend the ceremony."

Xie Qingci: "The failure of the ceremony caused your death?"

"I don't know." Qing Ying shook her head, her expression was a little dull, "At that time you said that the suspension of the ceremony would not cause any accidents, but you would suffer internal injuries and need to recuperate, and it would be a year before you can do it again. Considering that human life is more important, we both stopped.”

"After the ceremony was suspended, I couldn't move for the time being, so you set up a protective barrier and go back to the village to save people first. I may have fainted from the pain. In short, when I resumed the ceremony, I was already hooked away by Bai Wuchang."

Qing Ying whispered: "Before you leave, let me wait for you."

Before going to Nine Nether, the brother told her to wait for him to come back, but he didn't come back.

This happens every time.

Qing Ying felt that the word "wait for me" was too unlucky, and when she got home, she must tell her brother and never say it again.

Xie Qingci frowned, with a rare expression of seriousness and displeasure—for himself.

His tone was serious and cautious: "I'm pretty sure that I am real."

In other words, this is not an illusion.

"Then what should we do?" Qing Ying pursed her lips.

Everything that is happening now is like a tangled mess, I can't figure it out at all, I can only watch the time go by, but I can't do anything.

"Find the nightmare beast first, and solve the danger of the Nine Netherworld." Xie Qing resigned.

Qing Ying cast a puzzled look.

"Taking everything to pieces, the root of the problem is that they use nightmare beasts to harm the people, so I have to tie my hands and feet."

Qing Ying added: "They also poisoned your food, or did something else, in short, the time for you to cross the catastrophe was advanced, causing your spiritual power to become disordered."

Xie Qingci said softly: "As long as this matter is not resolved, the people will not be safe, and hidden dangers will always exist. This is a conspiracy, and I must face it."

Qing Ying realized: "Even apart from the nightmare beasts, they will take advantage of other hidden dangers..."

Xie Qingci: "So in this process, we can find out the traitors and enemies. If these hidden dangers are not resolved, you and I will never be able to deal with your problems wholeheartedly."

"I understand." Qing Ying's heart finally relaxed a little, "It seems a little easier for you to say that."

Under the dim night, Xie Qingci's eyebrows and eyes were soft.

"So, I'm here."

On a moonless night, he is the brightest and brightest moonlight.

"I'm not afraid," Qing Ying insisted, "I'm just a little upset."

Xie Qingci touched her hair: "It will be fine."

His voice is gentle and firm, like a reliable brother.

Qing Ying knew that she couldn't ask for more.

The senior brother didn't ask too much about the marriage, obviously he didn't care too much about it... After careful analysis, it was only because she picked up on the omissions at the beginning, and the senior brother was grateful that he liked the mediocre her.

She was a little sad in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.

Xie Qingci looked at her and was about to say something when she heard a hurried and anxious voice from the hall: "Senior Brother? Is Senior Brother here? Something happened, come quickly!"

Qing Ying's expression suddenly changed, looking at Xie Qingci, he also became serious.

Xie Qingci got up and said: "You are transformed into a paper shape, and others cannot see you."

This is the unique ability of Huapi.

She exists because of Xie Qingci, and only Xie Qingci can see and touch her.

Senior brother is always so righteous, seemingly indifferent, but gentle in heart.

Now, no matter who he is, he will...

Qing Ying muttered in her heart, her footsteps dragged a bit, and suddenly she saw Xie Qingci who had already walked to the door looking back, and said softly: "Follow me, stay by my side."

He kept an eye on her.

The girl nodded seriously: "Okay

!"

Qing Ying hid her figure, followed behind Xie Qingci, and walked out of the apse quickly.

hall.

The situation is far more serious than everyone thinks.

Xie Qingci asked: "Is everyone here?"

"Done."

Xie Qingci looked under the altar in the lobby. Two disciples were lying unconscious on the ground, while Gold Mountain stood aside with an ugly expression. He was the night watchman in charge of the first half of the night.

"Senior Brother Feng Ling brought Senior Sister Bai Lu back after escaping, and then he passed out after explaining the situation to me. Now Wen Jing is treating them." Gold Mountain paused and told what happened to Feng Ling and the two of them. "Senior Brother Feng Ling, Bai LuOne day, I saw an evil spirit preparing to devour a young child, and beheaded the evil spirit, but was besieged by the people of Nine Nether, saying that he disrespected the gods."

"Immortal?" An unknown disciple yelled angrily, "There are only evil spirits in this Nine Nether City, where are the immortals?"

"More than that, Senior Brother Feng Ling didn't want to hurt people, he wanted to explain clearly, and inquire about information by the way, but those troublesome people couldn't communicate at all. They recruited the priest, and the priest was able to drive away evil spirits. And when the priest came, he had already captured Senior Sister Bai LuIn the end, Senior Brother Feng Ling tried his best to escape back with Senior Sister."

The lobby was silent for a moment.

Everyone knows Feng Ling Bailu's strength. Bailu is considered middle-class, but she comes from the lineage of a craftsman, and she has never lacked magic weapons for protection.And Feng Ling is one of the most powerful under Xie Qingci - they are all the proud sons of Guigu Sword Sect, and their strength is outstanding.

But even Feng Ling couldn't please the Nine Nether priest?

Xie Qingci said calmly: "The City Lord's Mansion of Nine Nether is nothing special."

During the daytime, he looked around the whole city from the top of the city lord's mansion, and he knew that the people living in the city lord's mansion were all weak mortals.

"Then the Nine Nether is managed by priests?" Someone speculated, "There should be some explanations for how much people respect priests."

"I guess they're some demagogic little sects."

"How could Senior Brother Feng Ling not be able to defeat them?"

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and they couldn't agree on what to do.

They were from famous families, and they were all upright. It was the first time heard the words of the priests, and they could only be considered as unreliable miscellaneous families.

It was Xie Qingci who ended the dispute.

"The post of priest, in ancient times, was once flourishing overseas in Japan." His brows were calm and indifferent, "They enshrine the spirits of all things as [gods], monks as [priests], and sign contracts with specific sacrifices to drive away evil spirits."

Gold Mountain was surprised: "Brother, how do you know?"

Xie Qingci said indifferently: "Read more books."

Everyone was speechless, the brother's extensive knowledge and knowledge are recognized by the whole sect.

Someone muttered: "The descendants of Japan, why are they in Nine Nether?"

"This is where the problem lies." Xie Qingci ordered, "Wen Jing treated the wounded, the four of them took turns to watch the night, and at Yinshi everyone got up to investigate."

"Yes." Everyone responded.

The night was gloomy, and everyone had different expressions. When Xie Qingci told the origin of the so-called priest, everyone knew that this matter was definitely not as simple as exorcising evil spirits.

After making the arrangements, everyone went back to their rooms to prepare for the next day's battle.

apse.

There was silence all around, and the dim moonlight shone through the broken windows.

Xie Qingci gave up the only bed in the house to Qing Ying.

"Good night."

Qing Ying took off her outer shirt and folded it up, thinking that Xie Qingci would practice as usual, but she didn't expect his complexion to change slightly, and immediately walked out of the house.

She wondered: "Brother? Where are you going?"

Xie Qingci misunderstood her question: "I won't go far, just watch the night outside the door."

Qing Ying:?

She was wondering, but found that Xie Qingci's eyes were subtly drifting, and she refused to look directly at her no matter what.

Qing Ying realized in her heart that she already regarded it as normal for the two of them to have the same cough room, but the senior brother would be shy.

She disagreed: "But if you go out like this and be seen by them at night, it will definitely feel strange."

Xie Qing resigned: "Then I will go to the main hall to change people to watch the night."

"What about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow?" Qing Ying slightly frowned

Say, "And you're safe leaving me alone in the house?"

What she said was an objective fact, Xie Qingci had no way to refute it.

But.

Xie Qingci looked away.

Even though she said they were married, she was already his wife.

Even if she showed very close dependence on him.

But... what she admired was him who would live and die with her afterwards.

Now that the two have experienced this adventure, most of the events of living and dying together will be rewritten, and there will be no such marriage at all.

Xie Qingci lowered her eyes slightly, Qingying's heart was pure and she had no desire for fame or wealth.Everyone has desires, especially when facing him, but Qing Ying has no thoughts about him.

The dependence and concern she is showing at this moment is also based on that "him".

Thinking of the "he" whom Qing Ying admired and relied on, Xie Qingci couldn't help feeling a little subtle.

However

Qing Ying's words broke the silence in the room.

She asked bluntly, "Are you shy?"

Xie Qingci did not expect her to be so straightforward, and was caught off guard for a while.

The girl's long hair was loose, and she looked at him with clear eyes.

But what she said was not as pure as her appearance.

"I even know how deep your waist is."

Xie Qingci: "..."

Waist ditch.

ditch.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Qing Ying tried her best to ease the embarrassment of the atmosphere, she deliberately smiled brightly: "Our relationship is not so pure anymore."

Xie Qingci: "..."

pure.

clean.

Qing Ying was dying, trying to convince Xie Qingci: "In less than a month, we will sleep together. The situation is about the same as now. It's really nothing."

Xie Qingci: "..."

No matter how dim the night is, Qing Ying can still see Xie Qingci's red ears that are about to bleed.

Brother's blushing is too obvious, it's hard to ignore it.

In the end, Qing Ying could only break the can and said, "You can practice with your eyes closed, it's really inappropriate to go out."

Xie Qingci didn't say anything, immediately picked a place to sit down, closed her eyes and began to meditate.

Qing Ying decided not to tell him that he was not sitting on the wooden stool, but the crooked box.

On the first night of traveling through time and space, Qing Ying couldn't sleep.

Complicated thoughts were floating in her mind, and she couldn't calm down no matter what.

Tossing and turning, she turned sideways and stared at Xie Qingci, who was meditating. Anyway, senior brother practiced seriously, and this kind of gaze could not disturb him at all.

She misses her brother a little bit.

Think about him in the past, and also think about him in the future.

She died suddenly, the senior brother must be very sad, but still hope that the senior brother will not be impulsive or do stupid things.

She was a little worried that her senior brother would anger the people in the village.

Based on what she knew about her senior brother, he would definitely not hurt her, but there was a certain possibility that he would leave the sad place with her bones and hand over the village to Caicai and Su Mu.

But she still hopes everyone is well.

"Love with the blessing of all".

The senior brother never mentioned this aspect, but she felt that the senior brother had never been recognized by the people he cared about, let alone experienced love, so she always wanted to make it up to him...

"Ugh."

Qing Ying sighed, she felt that she had not done many evil things in her life, she was a well-behaved and law-abiding honest person, why did she always encounter bad things.

She stared at Xie Qingci in a daze, and suddenly heard a "pop".

She suddenly came back to her senses, and found that Xie Qingci had not sat firmly on the broken cabinet, and she almost fell over.

Qing Ying:???

Under her weird gaze, Xie Qingci looked straight at the opposite side, quickly pulled the wooden stool, sat down again, then immediately closed his eyes and continued to practice.

Oh, that should be fine.

Qing Ying continued to see people and think about others.

I hope my brother will not do stupid things, don't hurt yourself, and don't feel that I did something wrong...

"What are you thinking?"

She suddenly heard a familiar voice.

—Brother!

She had a pleasant expression on her face, and for a moment she almost thought it was her senior brother who heard her thoughts and appeared before her eyes.

But when she looked up in surprise——

Return to the ancient disciples' clothes.

The temperament of the whole body is clean and peaceful.

It's... senior brother.

When the brightness faded from the girl's eyes, she revealed a somewhat awkward smile.

Xie Qingci asked softly: "When you looked at me, what were you thinking?"

The gentle and peaceful voice floated into her ears like a breeze.

Qing Ying's throat was tight, and he couldn't say anything.

Xie Qingci already guessed her thoughts?

The girl turned her eyes awkwardly: "Sorry, next time you practice, I won't peek."

...not this question.

Xie Qingci said softly: "For me, you and [you] at this time are the same person."

same person.

They are all nominal fiancees and younger sisters who need to be taken care of.

Qing Ying pursed her lips, feeling a little depressed: "I know, I won't think too much about it."

Xie Qingci:?

"I just want you to avoid those catastrophes, and try to solve your half-dead problem...I don't think about anything else." Qing Ying whispered, "I'm sorry, next time I won't talk nonsense, and I won't think wildly."

Xie Qingci felt that the little girl's mood was a bit wrong.

But it is true that her words, what is the waist, what is the same cough, what is not pure, for her age, it is really a bit ahead of her time.

In Zhibizhai's scriptures, all girls are fifteen years old...

Xie Qingci asked: "Are you sixteen this year?"

Qing Ying:?

"Yes, what's the matter?"

"Speak less, but it's not impossible to say." Xie Qingci made a rigorous decision.

Sure enough, it still bothered the senior brother.

Qing Ying pursed her lips sadly. According to the development of this situation, the senior brother should be able to avoid the encounter in history, but he probably won't like her anymore.

Qing Ying silently turned over and turned her back to Xie Qingci, because she couldn't control the sourness and fear in her heart, and she was worried that Xie Qingci would see her out-of-control expression.

What if the senior brother doesn't have those memories of suffering together and won't love her?

If the future changes... When she goes back, how will she face her senior brother who doesn't love her.

And Xie Qingci, who finally sat on the wooden stool, has not been able to enter the state of practice for a long time.

Why is she turning her back on him?

no other meanings!

That's... Well, in case there are some nightmare monsters such as dream mother birds and whirling demons attacking her, he won't be able to spot her in such a posture in the first place.

The little girl stopped staring at him, but he couldn't control his eyes and kept looking at her.

Suddenly, Xie Qingci heard Qing Ying's dull sniffing sound.

His question sounded in an instant——

"What's wrong? Is it still cold?"

Hearing Xie Qingci's concerned voice, Qing Ying's heart turned into a lemon, and when she twisted it a little, she coughed up sour juice.

"Nothing." She mumbled.

She could not tell her distress and fear at all.

Xie Qingci instantly heard her full of thoughts.

"It's normal to be uneasy, there's no need to be ashamed," he said in a slow voice, remembering that the little girl was a dead soul at the moment, "Didn't I say it many times, I'm here."

Xie Qingci didn't like to repeat the same words, but after she was in trouble, she never tires of it, just to make her feel at ease.

"...But the problem I'm troubled now, brother, you can't solve it."

Xie Qingci: "What's the problem?"

"Don't ask, you can't solve it... I don't want you to be troubled." Qing Ying whispered, "Just pretend that we don't know anything."

Xie Qingci calmly stated: "So far, most of the problems in the world have not been able to embarrass me."

The little girl didn't say a word, she didn't cheer like usual.

Finding that digestion was not working, Xie Qingci let out a "cough".

"Let's talk." He stated helplessly, "Since we met, has there ever been a situation where you had a wish but I didn't fulfill it for you?"

Without waiting for Qing Ying's answer, Xie Qingci made a patch by herself: "Being lazy, playing tricks, and avoiding cultivation is not a matter of fact, it will do you harm rather than benefit."

"You can't fix this."

"what?"

There was a long silence in the room, and the sword cultivator did not urge.

But following the girl's shortness of breath and the longer and longer silence, he frowned slightly, and vaguely realized something.

And Qing Ying's heart was pounding.

That question was like an ant, gnawing at her heart all the time, making her feel numb in pain.

She gave up on herself and said, "Forget it, let me tell you. If there is no answer to this question, I probably won't be able to sleep well tonight."

Xie Qingci's voice sounded in time: "I've been listening."

Qing Ying took a deep breath, she didn't dare to turn around to face Xie Qingci at this moment, and avoided looking directly at his expression.

She spoke cautiously: "Brother, based on your understanding of yourself, you think..."

"If you haven't experienced the same life and death, it means that you have saved your life and sacrificed your life... Will you fall in love with someone?"

After saying this, Qing Ying regretted it.

It's a pity that the cultivation world doesn't have a message withdrawal function.

Damn it, she should turn around so that she can see Xie Qingci's expression clearly now, and when he shows a regretful and embarrassed expression, she can immediately laugh and say, "I knew it, it's okay, I was joking."

In this way, maybe it can still leave a little bit of image in the eyes of the seniors.

Maybe it's been a long time, or maybe it's just a moment.

"If it is you."

"Then I will."

His voice was gentle and firm.