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date="2021-11-14"

title="Chapter Forty-Five"

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series = ["Carven Jade"]

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Qin Yan was also a little strange when asked about this.

Although Shangguan Mingyan was just building a foundation, he was indeed a cultivator. This white jade city could accommodate people like Fu Changling, but it would never accommodate a "fairy" like Shangguan Mingyan. Qin Yan had to rely on the robe and robes that Fu Changling gave him. Pills and words are worried about the Yin Qi leaking out, where did Shangguan Mingyan come from such a heavy Yin Qi, so that the ghosts of his entire Baiyu City have not come out, making it difficult for others to distinguish ghosts?

Shangguan Mingyan listened to Fu Changling's question. He smiled bitterly before saying: "I ate a ghost."

"ate?"

Fu Changling was shocked and looked at Qin Yan. Qin Yan frowned, not knowing what to say for a while.

If someone else ate a ghost, that would be fine, but Shangguan Mingyan used to be such a gentle boy, he actually ate a ghost raw?

Under any circumstance, the things obtained by "looting" are already close to the evil spirits, let alone the cruel act of eating raw.

Shangguan Mingyan saw the shock of the two of them. He turned his head and put a blanket on Yun Yu in the coffin, and said in a low voice: "Senior Brother Yun and I were chased and killed and entered Baiyu City. We were kindly taken by an old ghost. Take it in, this old ghost is the owner of this coffin shop. We thought he was kind, but we didn't expect that he actually wanted to eat us."

Shangguan Mingyan said, raising his eyes to Qin Yan and Fu Changling: "Brother Yun, in order to protect me from being seriously injured, so I chose to eat him."

Shangguan Mingyan didn't say exactly how to eat it, but judging from the expression that Shangguan Mingyan encouraged and supported, it must not be a good memory. Fu Changling turned the fan in his hand, seeming to be thinking something, Qin Yan raised his hand to pass some spiritual power to Yun Yu, drove away the Yin Qi from his body, and the expression on Yun Yu's face finally improved slightly.

"Bring him to the bed."

Qin Yan turned his head to look at Fu Changling, Shangguan Mingyan immediately said: "The Yin Qi here is heavy, so that the immortal qi on his body is covered. If you move it away..."

"It's too dark here too," Fu Changling finally said, untied his robe, put it on Yun Yu, carried him up, and said with Shangguan Mingyan, "If he stays any longer, he will die. This robe is enough. Cover his breath and go to the bedroom first."

Shangguan Mingyan was stunned, then reacted and said hurriedly: "Okay."

Shangguan Mingyan walked ahead and led Qin Yan and Fu Changling into the bedroom. After entering the bedroom, Fu Changling diagnosed Yunyu's pulse. Qin Yan sat aside. Shangguan Mingyan watched Fu Changling diagnose the pulse, administer acupuncture, and get some pills for him. Yun Yu ate it and watched Yun Yu's complexion improved a lot, Shangguan Mingyan let out a sulky breath, took a step back suddenly, and collapsed on the chair.

"are you OK?"

Qin Yan spoke slowly. When Shangguan Mingyan heard Qin Yan's question, he reluctantly smiled and said, "Brother, come, everything will be fine."

Fu Changling looked up at Shangguan Mingyan without a trace, and said slowly, "Isn't there still me? Just hang up with the brother?"

"Yes," Shangguan Mingyan finally showed his first smile when he saw him, "There is also Brother Shen. I am relieved to see that Brother Shen is fine."

"It’s as if I’m doing a bad job," Fu Changling smiled and took the silver needle, and said slowly, "He still needs some medicinal materials. I will go to the ghost market to catch it later. Let’s talk about the situation first. Ming Yan," Fu Changling said. Curious, "Akihiko, you are in the city, you should know a lot, right?"

"I know some things," Shangguan Mingyan asked when Fu Changling saw Fu Changling, and said seriously, "The main thing is that I have the memory of that old ghost."

Fu Changling nodded. He sat on the other chair, as if boneless, leaning on the armrest lazily, propping his chin: "Tell me, how did you know that the ghost king is in that tower today?"

"I live in the ghost town now as the grandson of this old ghost." Shangguan Mingyan said, explaining his situation first. "This old ghost was the owner of a coffin shop before he was alive. Not familiar. He had a grandson who was a baby when he died and never went out. My brother and I were picked up by him at the edge of the city. When he led us into the city, he happened to be seen by other ghosts. , He explained that I grew up as his grandson, so now I am his grandson."

Fu Changling listened and couldn't help saying: "So the ghost babies will grow up too?"

"No." Shangguan Mingyan shook his head, "The child has only one soul left. After so many years, the old ghost has always hoped that this child can grow up. He tried his best to get Yun Yu and me back. He listened to it. Said that if the flesh and blood of the immortals are eaten, they will be able to supersede them."

"There is such a legend?"

Fu Changling was a little surprised. Shangguan Mingyan responded and slowly said, "If you eat this old ghost, you will have his memory. I calculated his memory. It is about six thousand six hundred years. In other words, six thousand. Six hundred years ago..."

"Eighteen years."

Fu Changling corrected him. Shangguan Mingyan was stunned. Fu Changling said to him, "Have you found that I have grown taller?"

Shangguan Mingyan looked at Fu Changling from next to him, and then he reacted: "Why are you suddenly so much taller?"

"I have been here for eight years."

Fu Changling opened the fan: "One year here, but one day outside, so more than 6,600 years, that is, 18 years ago in Yunze."

This sentence slightly impacted Shangguan Mingyan. Shangguan Mingyan was in a daze, but he quickly reacted and said quickly: "That is 18 years ago, this old ghost was in a country called "Le" originally. The country was once prosperous, and there was a sect next to him called Bailezong, which was also an ancient sect."

Fu Changling looked at Qin Yan, Qin Yan shook his head: "I have never heard of it."

All of Qin Yan's literary examination courses are full marks. He has never heard of it. It may be that Yunze has no records at all. Fu Changling nodded and said, "What then?"

"But one day, the aura of this country suddenly began to fail. From a piece of paradise, it slowly became barren. So their country became smaller and smaller, and in the end there were only hundreds of thousands of people left. Then it declined and became an obscure little sect."

"Day after day, the spiritual energy is getting thinner, and finally Leguo started a severe drought. The drought lasted for nearly two years. Everyone was constantly searching for water and migrating. One day, a strange incident suddenly happened. They suddenly heard that there were thousands of people. The town is gone."

"What is missing?" Fu Changling frowned, "What does missing mean?"

"That city has all become empty cities." Shangguan Mingyan explained seriously, "In the memory of this old ghost, it was a rumor that the whole country was shocked at that time. People who went there to do business suddenly discovered that a city became an empty city. There was no one inside. It seemed that everyone had disappeared out of thin air. The city was empty. There were large pots that were still cooking but the firewood burned out. There were also cloths that had just been placed on the counter. Some rooms had blood. There are also signs of fighting. These signs indicate that the people in this city did not leave suddenly voluntarily."

"It's true." Fu Changling said with emotion, "That must be something terrible."

"You don't have to express so many thoughts." Qin Yan said lightly, reminding Fu Changling not to interrupt Shangguan Mingyan. Fu Changling was a little embarrassed and opened the folding fan, covering half of his face, and said with Shangguan Mingyan: "You continue."

Shangguan Mingyan smiled, looked at the two people, his expression slowly relaxed, and then said: "The people don't know what happened, so rumors began everywhere. Some said that those people had encountered monsters, or that they were evil. Many people were anxious about this and began to burn incense in Bailezong. This shocked Xie Shen, the king of Le Kingdom. He promised to the people that he would quell the incident. He sent manpower to leave Le Kingdom and rushed to Hongmeng Tiangong. Seek help."

"Hongmeng Temple?"

Qin Yan's expression finally fluctuated: "Since there is a sect guarding by the side, why ask for help from Hongmeng Heavenly Palace?"

Shangguan Mingyan shook his head: "The people don't know the king's thoughts. They only know that after a while, many immortals suddenly came."

"Save people?"

"Do not."

Shangguan Mingyan's eyes were cold: "They set up an enchantment and drove everyone to one place, and then every day, they sent people to form a team and walked into the deep mountains that they designated. They didn't know what was in the mountains. , The people who only knew that they went never came back. People in the whole country were panicking, and the king and the national teacher were missing. Then one day, the earth moved and the mountain shook, suddenly there was a fire on the other side of the mountain, and then the immortals They all flew into the sky and disappeared."

"They set up a barrier, and everyone can't get out. Xie Shen appeared again. He made all the people wait and said that someone would come to rescue them."

"But you didn't come back?"

Fu Changling brought some uncertainty, Shangguan Mingyan nodded: "No one came back to rescue them, but one day, a lot of monks suddenly came to the sky, and those monks drew a lot of formations in the sky, and then the formations fell. This old ghost When he woke up again, everyone was like him and had become a ghost. Xie Shen became the king of ghosts, and the first order issued by Wanguya was, if you encounter a cultivator, kill you."

"So," Qin Yan said slowly, "It is the immortal cultivator who killed them."

Shangguan Mingyan didn't speak, Fu Changling opened the folding fan in his hands, and slowly said: "This matter, in fact, was quite a sensation in the fairy world back then."

The two listened to him and looked over together. Fu Changling said calmly: "Lin Chen, do you remember?"

"Lin Chen who refines veins with people?"

Shangguan Mingyan showed a shocked expression.

Fu Changling nodded.

This was a big case that shocked the immortal world. Eighteen years ago, the Patriarch of the Lin family was in a small array on one side and trained with people in order to make a breakthrough. heard that she massacred nearly a thousand people. Then she was hunted down by the immortal world. Captured alive and brought back to the court, where he was sentenced to execution.

This case was too sensational, but the personnel involved were all Mixin. Whether it was the Patriarch of the Lin family among the four major families, or the sorcery of refining veins with people, it was not suitable for public discussion. Therefore, the fairy world tried to block all relevant information about this incident, whether it was the person named Lin Chen or the specific incident of the incident itself. It's just that the case is too big to cover all of it, so for so many years, some people still know that there was such a thing back then.

Linking Lin Chen to this incident, the three of them suddenly changed their expressions.

If Wanguya was indeed an unjust case created by Lin Chen, it would mean that Lin Chen used humans to refine his veins and slaughtered not a thousand people at all, but nearly 100,000 people.

"absurd……"

Qin Yan couldn't help but utter an angry voice, Fu Changling's expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "So, what happened back then, it is very likely that Lin Chen instructed Bailezong to cultivate veins with people, so Xie Shen didn't even think about taking refuge in Baile. Zong, instead, took refuge in the Hongmeng Temple, and Lin Chen, as the Patriarch of the Lin family, intercepted the news halfway. In order to kill the people, she took the action personally, but the matter was still noticed by Yunze's high-level officials, and finally she died. The end. And the people of that country died with hatred, and it became a cliff of ten thousand bones."

Fu Changling's tone is very light. He rarely is so serious. Qin Yan couldn't help but glance at him. Shangguan Mingyan listened quietly and couldn't help frowning, "But, this old man has no memory of his death, he is not a miserable death, right? Have so many people in a country become ghosts?"

These words stopped Fu Changling, and Shangguan Mingyan continued: "Moreover, when did Yunze know about Lin Chen? Lin Chen was blocked once in the middle, so everyone was waiting for that person to save them and stop her. Who is this person?"

When Fu Changling heard this, he suddenly remembered a person, hesitatingly and slowly said: "There is one person, I guess it is possible..."

Qin Yan looked over, Shangguan Mingyan also looked at him, Fu Changling hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I'm not sure yet, I'll think about it."

Shangguan Mingyan hesitated, he wanted to say something, and finally said: "Then leave it alone, I will continue to say what I know."

"After that, these ghosts were trapped in Wanguya for 6,000...that's the eighteen years of the outside world. They actually wanted to leave Wanguya, but because of their obsession, they couldn't leave. There was a rumor in the ghosts. , Saying that if they eat the flesh of immortals, they will be able to reincarnate. So they have been looking for a way to reincarnate, or a way to leave Ten Thousand Bone Cliffs."

"What does this have to do with Senior Sister Xie?"

Qin Yan listened to Shangguan Mingyan's words, spoke out, Shangguan Mingyan thought, and slowly said: "Wan Bone Cliff can't get out of ghosts, but people can go out. For a long time, Wan Bone Cliff wants to find someone who can go to the cloud. Ze’s people, think of a way to rescue them. I guess they want Senior Sister to fulfill their wish?"

"Isn't that stupid?"

Fu Changling sneered and said, "It doesn't matter whether the senior sister is the daughter of the ghost king or not, it is impossible to sell them her life here. They are all evil spirits, who dares to let them out? The only way is to let them go. Reincarnation, but there are a hundred thousand ghosts here, who can?"

After Fu Changling finished speaking, he suddenly remembered in his previous life that the last hundred thousand ghosts of Wanguya were indeed gone.

He didn't know what Qin Yan did, maybe they killed them all, or they all crossed them. But no matter what, this is beyond the ability of an ordinary monk.

To transform the ghosts, it is necessary to resolve their grievances. It is difficult for one, let alone the hundreds of thousands of ghosts?

Fu Changling sat on the chair, looking down at the small fan in his hand, feeling a little low.

Qin Yan listened quietly. After a long time, he said, "We still need to contact the senior sister sooner."

"Oh, there is a rumor in the city now," Shangguan Mingyan said hurriedly, "Said the ghost king plans to recruit senior sisters, I think he wants to use this method to keep senior sisters."

"Xie Shen's brain is really not easy to use."

Fu Changling was a little bit emotional. No wonder he was deceived by the monks again and again. Did he think that a woman would die after marrying and having a child? Looking at the sword in Xie Yuqing's hand, you also know that if you find a Taoist companion for her, she probably only thinks about Shuangxiu.

"However, since he recruits son-in-law, it will be easier." Fu Changling nodded, "When I go to the competition, I will contact the senior sister."

"I'll go too." Shangguan Mingyan said quickly. After speaking, his face was flushed and whispered, "I...Although my mana is low, I can do my best..."

"You ate a ghost," Fu Changling glanced at him faintly, "This is a felony, and Xie Shen is afraid that he won't be able to spare you."

Shangguan Mingyan's face became stiff, Qin Yan opened his mouth, and was about to say something, Fu Changling immediately laughed: "Brother, let alone, brother, you have cultivation skills, you are not a mortal, it will be difficult to handle after being found out. Think about it," Fu Changling said. As soon as the upper folding fan opened, he said with emotion, "I am the only one who has this qualification."

Qin Yan thought for a while and felt that Fu Changling was right. He nodded, took out a sword spike from his sleeve, and handed it to Fu Changling.

This sword ear is a sword ear with a concentric knot, and the knitting is a bit peculiar. Fu Changling glanced at it and remembered that this is a concentric knot used between Yunze lovers. When the elders used it to set marriage, they would often give it to the two together. Children.

Fu Changling's heart jumped, he glanced at Qin Yan quickly, and then quickly lowered his head.

What does Qin Yan mean to him...

He wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to speak. Qin Yan would not do anything too romantic. Especially in this scenario, this concentric knot must represent other meanings. Fu Changling is very clear intellectually, but he doesn't know. Why, his mind will always go astray involuntarily, thinking about other possibilities.

But he didn't have time to run too far, so he listened to Qin Yan said: "You carry this concentric knot. If it is a special moment, you can say that you are her fiance."

"fiancé?!"

Fu Changling and Shangguan Mingyan spoke together. Fu Changling reacted quickly, holding the concentric knot, and said anxiously, "You mean there is also one senior sister?"

"So in the event of an accident, maybe Senior Sister can protect Brother Shen, then Brother Shen can use this concentric knot to match her identity with Senior Sister, and increase the chances of being saved a little bit. Wonderful!"

Shangguan Mingyan clenched a fist and patted his palm lightly, showing a little smile.

Fu Changling still looked at Qin Yan in shock: "This thing, you... how come you have it?"

"In the past, Senior Uncle Sang Gan hoped that Senior Sister and I would become Taoists in the future, so he gave us this sword ear as a token." Qin Yan replied calmly.

"Why does he have such a good idea?" Fu Changling was shocked.

"Our physique complements each other, our minds are the same, and our Dao minds are similar."

"It's a natural match, double repair is perfect!" Shangguan Mingyan concluded again, Fu Changling couldn't bear it, turned his head and drank: "Don't talk!"

Shangguan Mingyan was stunned. Fu Changling pinched the concentric knot. He held back for a long time. It seemed that many words were about to burst out, but he remained silent.

Qin Yan raised his eyes to look at him, and said calmly: "What's the matter?"

Fu Changling was speechless.

What's the matter?

He didn't know what was wrong.

What should he say? Say you are inappropriate?

People want to make double repairs when they want to make a kiss, it's his shit?

I asked him if he already has a marriage partner, and what did the Xuanji Secret Realm provoke him to do? Later, what did you do to him so nicely?

But they didn't provoke him either, Qin Yan was just a little better to him, but who was he not so good to?

Finally, when he learned that Qin Yan liked him, it was also a little memory he pulled out from the sea of ​​knowledge, and in that memory, when he said that...

Xie Yuqing has been dead for many years.

When Fu Changling realized this, he suddenly felt a little flustered.

He was a little at a loss. He didn't even know for a moment that when Qin Yan suffered for him and fetched the reborn flowers for him, was it just for liking?

At that time, did he like Fu Changling, or...or...

Fu Changling was stunned. Shangguan Mingyan looked at Fu Changling sitting on the chair, and his emotions seemed to fluctuate, but Qin Yan always kept a cold eye on the sidelines. Shangguan Mingyan hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Brother Shen, what can't you think of speak out……"

"It's okay." Fu Changling's mood slowly calmed down. He looked down at the concentric knot in his hand and stood up and said, "Let's rest first. Tomorrow I will ask Zhang Er to inquire about the recruitment situation."

Shangguan Mingyan replied, and then said: "There is no extra room here, only a room next door. I will take care of Brother Yun, Senior Brother and Shen Brother..."

"Let's do it ourselves." Fu Changling smiled, then walked out, turned to Qin Yan and said, "Brother, let's go."

Qin Yan nodded, and Fu Changling led Qin Yan to the next door.

Although it was a room next door, everything was covered with ashes, which shows that no one lives at all. Fu Changling quickly wiped out a stool and said to Qin Yan: "Senior brother, sit down first, and I will clean it up soon."

Qin Yan knew that Fu Changling wouldn't let him do anything, and didn't argue about it. Fu Changling moved very quickly, and within a moment, he cleaned the house. All the bedding in his own spirit pouch was placed in Hantan Cave, Qin Yan took his own and gave it to him, and Fu Changling threw it onto the bed.

The color of Qin Yan's quilt is very plain, the color of moonlight, and the quilt cover sheet made of brocade runs like water on his hands.

If it were in normal times, Fu Changling would probably think a lot, but what he thought at this time made him feel a little sad.

He suddenly wondered if Qin Yan, who was a long time ago,... didn't like men.

Maybe he likes an ordinary man, likes women, likes children, and wants to have a family.

In fact, Shangguan Mingyan was right. Xie Yuqing is so good. If Qin Yan likes her, then they are really made in heaven, and they can't be more suitable. Back then, maybe Xie Yuqing... went too early.

Fu Changling thought this way, and his heart suddenly seemed to be crushed by a huge boulder.

He made the bed and whispered: "Brother, you go to bed."

Qin Yan was a little strange when he heard this, he couldn't help but say, "Are you not sleeping?"

"I'm fine, I just sit and meditate."

Fu Changling didn't hide his emotions at all, and his voice was dull.

When Qin Yan heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and finally chose not to say anything. After getting up to wash, he lay down on the bed.

Fu Changling turned off the lights, found a futon, and sat in meditation.

However, he couldn't help himself. After enduring it for a while, he finally couldn't help but said: "Brother."

"Um?"

Qin Yan returned quickly. Fu Changling knew that he hadn't slept and didn't think about it. He held it back and then reluctantly smiled and said, "Well, when are you and Senior Sister, when are you going to get married?"

"Nothing."

Qin Yan was decisive and confused Fu Changling. Excitement came from my heart, and a little timid, Fu Changling controlled the joy in his tone, pretending to be surprised, "Didn't Uncle Sang Gan want to make a marriage for you? Jiansui gave it all."

"At that time, the senior sister was not happy, saying that I was short and failed."

Qin Yan spoke plainly, and Fu Changling was overjoyed. For the first time, he felt that it was a good thing for people to look down on Qin Yan, but he was still a bit unhappy.

Xie Yuqing actually looks down on Qin Yan? What's wrong with Qin Yan? In this world, Xie Yuqing couldn't find a second person better than Qin Yan.

Fortunately, Xie Yuqing was blind.

Fu Changling was somewhat fortunate. He secretly rejoiced for a moment, quickly got up, took off his coat, and rolled onto the bed.

After he went to bed, he discovered that Qin Yan had been sleeping inside, leaving half of it outside.

Fu Changling was stunned, and then he couldn't say anything: "Brother, have you always reserved a place for me?"

Qin Yan turned over and said calmly: "You can't sit down all night."

These words were obviously still burying, but Fu Changling felt very happy. He leaned over and said happily: "Brother, are you waiting for me?"

"Sleep."

"You just replied so quickly, did you not fall asleep?"

When Qin Yan didn't speak, Fu Changling felt that his inference was correct. He supported half of his body and continued: "Brother, did you actually feel that I was upset long ago? But you don't know how to coax me?"

Fu Changling talked too much, and Qin Yan seemed to be unable to bear it any more, and he rolled his sleeves up and pulled it over.

It's just that Fu Changling was prepared long ago. The moment Qin Yan waved his hand, he grasped his wrist.

He half propped himself up, slightly taller than Qin Yan, looked down at Qin Yan, and saw the thin anger on Qin Yan's face.

Qin Heng Heng was thin and pale, and now his hair was slightly messy, resting on his face, mixed with his slightly flushed face from anger, showing a stunning beauty.

Fu Changling watched him quietly. His eight years under the cliff has made him a lot taller. He is used to being unruly. His clothes are half-opened, revealing his lean body, which makes him show something unique to youth. The heroic and handsome.

He was born with a pair of beautiful eyes, the corners of the eyes were raised, and he was not serious on weekdays. He smiled slightly, and he was guilty of peach blossoms. Now he is watching something quietly, but he feels a little oppressive.

He covered most of the moonlight, but there was still a bit of afterglow falling, falling on Qin Yan's side body, drawing the curve under the smooth brocade.

Fu Changling shook Qin Yan's hand and couldn't help but force it. He rubbed his wrist, feeling that the skin under his hand was as smooth as the flowing water.

The night seemed to make everything quiet, and it only amplified the sound of his heartbeat, and Qin Yan's accustomed quiet eyes also felt blank for a moment.

Fu Changling lowered his head slowly. At the moment he approached, Qin Yan seemed to wake up abruptly and eagerly backed away, but Fu Changling was chasing him, pushing him directly to the corner, and then before Qin Yan started. , Put his hand gently on his earlobe, laughing as if nothing had happened.

"Brother," he restrained the muffled voice in his voice, "Your ear studs are too eye-catching, I'd better change one for you?"