Yun Qishen

The Xian Yao Sect was filled with a sense of tranquility after nightfall. The fireflies that used to dance in the courtyard at night were nowhere to be seen tonight, and instead a thin mist rose.

Qiu Shan opened his eyes, left the couch, and walked out of the weapon refining room. Jiang Qing, who was sleeping beside him, was awakened and got up dazedly, rubbing his eyes, "Big Brother, why are you going out again tonight... Wait for me, I'll walk with you, don't get lost again..."

Jiang Qing followed Qiu Shan out of the weapon refining room.

"Big Brother?" But just as Jiang Qing closed the door, Qiu Shan's figure disappeared from his sight.

"It would be great if I knew the art of observation at this time... Scary!!" Jiang Qing originally thought about going to find Zi Xin tonight, but when he turned around, he saw the face of a little girl with white makeup and red cheeks.

The little girl had no whites in her eyes, and her eyes were narrowed into crescent shapes. She laughed strangely, and her little white hands swept across Jiang Qing's chest, "Hehehe, little Taoist priest, come and play with me. Hehe~"

"Who are you? Master said that the sect does not accept female disciples..." Jiang Qing wanted to catch the little girl, but the little girl flashed behind Jiang Qing, blew a breath of cold air into Jiang Qing's ear, turned around and ran away with a smile.

Jiang Qing reacted quickly and turned around to chase after him, "Wait, don't run! Stop!"

The fog became thicker and thicker, gradually engulfing Jiang Qing. The little girl kept teasing and seducing Jiang Qing through the thick fog.

"I'm over here! Come on, little Taoist priest, come and catch me..."

Unconsciously, Jiang Qing suddenly saw the magic circle symbol of the forbidden area behind the mountain in the direction he was moving.

Last night, the barrier that was damaged by the evil spirit would take another half a day to be completely repaired, so at this moment, disciples like Jiang Qing who had no magic power could enter at will. Fortunately, the nearby monsters were all dealt with by the evil spirit, and there should be no danger at the edge of the forbidden area before the barrier was repaired, but Jiang Qing was still a little scared.

"Wait, this side... isn't this a forbidden area? No, we can't go any further!"

"Hehe." The little girl's strange laughter lingered in Jiang Qing's ears.

Jiang Qing quickly reached into his arms and said, "I have to send a message to Master... Where is my message?"

The little girl held a green chalcedony-covered herald in her white hand and waved it in front of Jiang Qing. Just as Jiang Qing was about to grab it, she quickly took it back and stuffed it into her arms. "Little Taoist, if you can catch me, I'll give it to you. Come on."

Jiang Qing frowned, his reason told him that he could not chase this strange little girl any further. But when he looked back at the pitch-black darkness and thick fog, he finally chose to chase the girl to retrieve his message.

"Little Taoist priest, you have no choice but to catch me now~ Hehe. If you go back, you might fall off the cliff if you are not careful~" The little girl was jumping in front, and Jiang Qing could only move forward cautiously to catch up.

"I'm over here, over here~"

"Wrong, wrong, it's this way ~ haha."

Jiang Qing stopped walking, clenched his fists and shouted in the direction where the girl jumped away, "Stop teasing me, what on earth do you want to do by bringing me here!"

"What a wooden head! Rigid, no fun at all." The little girl cursed, then appeared and stood in front of Jiang Qing, but Jiang Qing did not notice the girl. Then a pair of slender white hands were on the little girl's shoulders and pulled her away.

A woman in white clothes and with long black hair appeared faintly from behind the little girl, but was still somewhat transparent.

The voice of the woman in white was more normal, with a little warmth. She pulled the little girl away and said, "Okay, Bian Xia, stop teasing him."

The little girl named Bian Xia opened her eyes wide and complained loudly, "I teased him because I thought he was funny. Who made him so stupid and can't stand being teased?"

The woman in white smiled at the girl, "You should remove his illusion first."

"Okay~" Bian Xia pouted and reluctantly swept her hand in front of Jiang Qing's eyes. She then waved away the thick fog and continued to smile strangely at Jiang Qing, "Hehe, little Taoist priest, do you see me now?"

"Messenger! Give me back my message." Jiang Qing grabbed Bian Xia's arm and asked for his message.

Bian Xia threw the message in his arms to Jiang Qing in annoyance, "Here, here, here. Why are you so anxious about a broken message?"

After collecting the message, Jiang Qing asked Bian Xia and the woman in white, "Who are you? Why did you bring me here?"

"We..." Bian Xia suddenly flashed to Jiang Qing's ear and deliberately blew, "It's a ghost!"

But Jiang Qing didn't show any frightened reaction, which made Bian Xia feel bored. "What's going on? Why aren't you afraid at all?"

Jiang Qing turned his head to look at Bian Xia's pale face and said, "Because you don't look scary, why should I be afraid?"

"Hehe, you wouldn't say that if you saw my true form." Bian Xia was about to tear off his own face with his hands but was stopped by the woman in white.

The woman in white explained to Jiang Qing, "To be precise, we are a kind of spirit, like ghosts and monsters, but we are neither ghosts nor monsters. We are similar to the souls of you humans, but we are not souls either."

"We survive by sucking human souls!" Bian Xia hooked his finger at Jiang Qing from behind the woman in white. "So, little Taoist priest, do you understand why we brought you here?"

"You want to eat my soul?"

"Yes." Bian Xia put his hands on his hips, "It seems that your wooden head is not so stupid!"

The woman in white then spoke up, "But not now. Although we feed on human souls, we will not actively kill humans to take their souls. But your soul will belong to us after you die."

Jiang Qing was not afraid of death. After all, if he hadn't sent the letter, he would have died long ago. He just had a lot of questions. "Then why...why did you look for me?"

"Because your soul looks delicious." Bian Xia said, "We have been trapped here for more than 200 years. We finally got free after the seal was broken.

But our bodies are very weak, so we need a lot of souls to nourish us. The souls of those monsters yesterday were not enough for the two of us to recover. We had also set our eyes on other disciples here and wanted to use their souls to recover, until we found you. "

"Is there anything special about me?" Jiang Qing didn't think there was anything special about himself.

"You are so special." Bian Xia approached Jiang Qing and poked his heart with his finger. "Your mind is extremely clear, but your body is turbid, and even your fate is full of misery. And such a soul is exactly what we two want the most. It is much better than those ordinary souls."

The woman in white gently pulled Bian Xia back. She smiled at Jiang Qing and said, "We can wait. After you have experienced your fate, we will come to claim your soul. In fact, your master's soul is not bad, but his soul already has an owner, so we can't interfere. In a sense, your master is also a very powerful existence."

They said Mi Zixin was amazing, and Jiang Qing was very happy, because in Jiang Qing's mind, Mi Zixin was so amazing, he knew everything.

Jiang Qing also had some concerns. Would he be the first one to leave Mi Zixin and die in the future? He really wanted to confirm it.

"So...you know when I'm going to die, right?"

Bian Xia replied, "Yes, we know, and we know how you will die, but we can't tell you."

Jiang Qing rubbed his hands together, "I understand this. After all, the secret of heaven cannot be revealed. I... I just want to know one thing now."

"What do you want to know?"

“Will anyone feel sad for me after I die?”

My master must be very sad after my death...

Bian Xia glanced at the woman in white, and after she nodded slightly, she replied to Jiang Qing, "Yes, and many people will feel sorry for you."

"That's good... I thought I would be alone in my life. It seems that I will meet a lot of friends before I die. Thank you for telling me." Jiang Qing looked very happy. It was not a forced happiness but a happiness that came from the heart.

Bian Xia patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, after you die, we two will be with you, hehe. We will be with you forever."

The woman in white approached Jiang Qing and patted his shoulder gently, "Before you die, you will get what you want."

Bian Xia's ears moved. She sensed a hint of danger and hurriedly pulled the woman in white away from Jiang Qing.

"We came to you just to tell you to recognize your own destiny, little Taoist priest. See you on the day you die. Bye~"

After saying this, Bian Xia and the woman in white disappeared along with a thick fog.

Jiang Qing came back to his senses and found that the voice of Mi Zixin calling from behind was getting closer and closer. (End of this chapter)