Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Jiang Shu had a pale face, she was only surprised by Jiang Yuanjin's appearance for a moment, and soon there was no other expression on her face.
Her voice was the same as it was many years ago. Even though she hadn't seen her for a long time, Jiang Yuanjin could still feel a touch of kindness when she first heard it.But her appearance has changed too much compared to ten years ago. The originally clear and bright eyes are now replaced by gloomy and indifferent. gone.However, Jiang Yuanjin also understood in his heart that Jiang Shu's temperament was not completely as gentle and harmless as water.She is a bit like her mother, Jiang Yu, who is a handful of water mixed with finely crushed ice cubes. In the water, the flesh will freeze to the bone.
"Jiang Shu." He nodded, took a few steps forward, and stopped.His eyes swept over the person lying on the ground, and an idea popped up in his heart.He tentatively asked uncertainly: "Mei Qiansu?"
Jiang Shu looked at him with a deeper look: "Do you recognize him?"
"I don't know." Jiang Yuanjin told the truth and shook his head, "I just heard some rumors and guesses."
Jiang Shu gave a soft "Oh", and then chuckled: "Is it Jinhua? I remember she was on duty today, and she received you, right? Don't look at her appearance, she is quiet, but she speaks in private. Can't stop."
"..." Jiang Yuanjin didn't know whether to admit the truth or hide it for that little girl, Jinhua.
"Do you believe what she said." There was a hint of amusement in Jiang Shu's eyes, "She must have compared me with Bai Ying. She has a good relationship with Bai Ying, and she must have said a lot of good things to you."
"I never know a person through other people's mouths." Jiang Yuanjin's voice was clear and clear, and a few words seemed to be able to calm people's hearts.He said: "Besides, I have known you for a long time. I have my own opinion on what kind of person you are. Jinhua just met today, and I don't even know Baiying. Some things are passed away after hearing it, don't take it to heart go."
Jiang Shu didn't move after listening, her eyes drooped, she changed the subject of her words, and said, "Did the people from Yongri Palace ask you to come? Jiang Yangli's side, or the head of the sect?"
"I have both." Jiang Yuanjin replied calmly with a composed expression.
The corner of Jiang Shu's mouth twitched very slightly, and a sneer flashed by. "What did they send you here to investigate me? Hehe, what is there to investigate? Isn't the technique of reincarnation and death obvious enough?"
"Sure enough." Jiang Yuanjin was not surprised at all, after all, he had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart, but he did not expect Jiang Shu to admit it so bluntly, with a completely indifferent look.He suddenly felt a little sad: "Can you tell me why you took this step?"
Jiang Shu originally wanted to say a few more perfunctory and sarcastic words, but when she saw Jiang Yuanjin's expression of unfeigned regret, she suddenly didn't want to say anything.Because of her mother's relationship, when Jiang Shu was still in Yongsun Palace, there were very few people who were willing to get close to her, and because of her personality, in retrospect, Jiang Yuanjin was one of the few people who cared about her sincerely.
"Why, why..." Jiang Shu finally had some expression on her face, and she was no longer as alienated and indifferent as a mask.She sighed deeply and closed her eyes, as if thinking about it.When he opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Yuanjin again, his eyes were much calmer. "You all think that this kind of heretical kung fu hurts others and yourself, and the gain outweighs the gain. Why don't I understand it myself. And I not only understand it, but also experience it personally. You probably don't know that the reincarnation and death technique will backfire .”
"You...Could it be..." Jiang Yuanjin was stunned when he heard the words, and took a step forward involuntarily.
Jiang Shu slowly opened one sleeve. The skin under the black fabric was dry and cracked. The most terrifying thing was that there were deep and shallow purple scars on the skin, which criss-crossed like subcutaneous blood vessels. All exposed on the surface of the skin, hideous and glaring.
"This is left after the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation, and it's like this all over my body. Originally, the pain was borne by the person who died for me, but there are more than ten living souls in my body, and it's hard to control them all. One didn't pay attention and made some mistakes, and all the injuries suffered by that person were transferred to me. Look, those with insufficient cultivation were struck twice by the sky lightning, and this is what it looks like." When Jiang Shu said these words, Emotions did not fluctuate in the slightest.She also deliberately raised her wrist and turned it around so that Jiang Yuanjin could see it more clearly.
"Don't be surprised, these are nothing. Didn't I just say that I included twelve souls in my body, and their bodies were sealed by me, so they couldn't return to my own body. Therefore, my body , has become the object they are trying to fight for. Every day, every hour, every moment, I will try my best to control them so that they will not have the opportunity to replace me as the master. As long as my consciousness is enough Strong, they have no possibility."
Jiang Yuanjin understood somewhat, and sighed softly: "However, things always happen by accident."
Jiang Shu was silent for a while, and slowly spit out two words in a hoarse voice: "Bai Ying..." She said this name, which contained many emotions, anger, unwillingness, jealousy, and wished she could bite it into pieces.
"Bai Ying is indeed the most outstanding disciple of the younger generation of Yuqing Palace. Her desire for life is too strong. Sometimes I have to take some measures to weaken her soul to suppress it. It's useless. I just didn't expect that at the end of the Heavenly Tribulation, although her original body was burnt out by the fire of the sky thunder, her soul did not dissipate and remained in my body."
Jiang Yuanjin said in amazement: "Then she now..."
"We live together."
"..."
"Her body is gone. I have no way to let her take the damage and die for me, and I have no way to force her out of my body. As long as I show weakness, she has a chance to replace me." Jiang Shu laughed at herself. With a smile, "The haunted soul is lingering, it's her."
Jiang Yuanjin glanced at her silently, then shifted his gaze to the man lying on the ground, and said, "Then what's going on with Mei Qiansu?"
Jiang Shu lowered her head, and gently covered the man's hand with her palm, her eyes could not help revealing tenderness, that was the only love in her life.When talking about him, Jiang Shu said eloquently: "Qian Su is a very good person, gentle and kind, and treats others with humility. Sometimes he is stupid, indecisive, doesn't know how to refuse, can't figure out his feelings, and can't tell the difference. Show other people's feelings for him. Bai Ying only thinks it's interesting to him, just to tease him. I've told him, but he still often visits her. Really, it's about fighting swords, although I'm not very good at it, but It doesn't have to be Bai Ying, there are so many brothers in the Xiuyang School, are they just a display?" Jiang Shu felt sore, "Since I promised to be with me, how can I think about others in my heart. I'm talking to him about this. After a few quarrels, he finally listened to me and stopped looking for Bai Ying. But then one day, I actually bumped into them together again! And Bai Ying was actually smiling at him and making moves! "Jiang Shu said later, as if thinking of the situation at that time, she gritted her teeth even more, her whole body began to tremble, and her face was full of anger. "It's disgusting! She obviously has someone else, but she is still so ambiguous about Qian Su. At that time, my mind was so hot that I put everything away. There was only one thought in my mind: I want to kill Bai Ying ..."
Jiang Shu was in a state of excitement, suddenly her eyes went blank, she froze for a few seconds, and then slowly covered her face with her hands, as if she was sobbing.Her voice was choked with despair: "But I don't know, I don't know that things will turn out like that...I'm sorry Qian Su, I didn't mean it, I really didn't know what I was doing at the time... Maybe I'm just crazy." Jiang Shu raised her face, her tearful face was full of sadness, self-blame and remorse. "When I woke up, I didn't see Bai Ying, Qian Su fell to the ground, covered in blood, his wounds were all... me, all my moves, all done by me..."
For a while, no one spoke again.In the huge space, there were only sobs in a low voice.
What kind of experience is it to kill one's lover with one's own hands.
While Jiang Yuanjin sighed, a strange emotion inevitably appeared in his heart, which became stronger and stronger, but he couldn't tell others.Waiting for Jiang Shu to calm down, he asked: "Then why did you put him here?" According to Jinhua's statement, Mei Qiansu had been dead for about a year, and the body was well preserved without a trace Signs of corruption.
"It's safe not to go to the ground, do you have other plans?"
Jiang Shu collected her thoughts, regained her indifferent look, and said, "Do you know where this is?"
Jiang Yuanjin recalled that when he came in just now, there was an inscription on the wall of the stone gate, which seemed to be "Qing Yuan".
Seeing that he didn't answer, Jiang Shu didn't take it seriously, and said to him: "This is Qingyuan Terrace, Yuqing Palace, or in other words, the place where the spiritual energy of the entire Yuti City gathers. Although the spiritual energy will not leak out, it will still A small amount came up from under the stage, and Qian Su's body was not corrupted because of this."
"Then you are going to..."
"Since only this little bit of exposed spiritual energy can make the corpse invincible, what if I completely open the spiritual vein?"
"You!" Jiang Yuanjin was startled, secretly thinking that something is wrong, "Not to mention how difficult it is, whether it will be successful or not. Do you know that if you do this, if you can't control it, the eruption of the spirit vein will cause an earthquake, and the entire Yuqing Palace may be shaken." It will be destroyed!"
Jiang Shu was taken aback for a moment, hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said mercilessly: "Destroy it, it will be ruined, I don't care!"
"You don't have a good impression of Yongtian Palace, don't you also have feelings for Yuqing Palace?" Jiang Yuanjin was puzzled.
Jiang Shu suddenly smiled, and her eyes became a little colder. "Jiang Yuanjin, there are too many things you don't know."
Jiang Yuanjin remained silent.
"Eternal Day Palace, Yuqing Palace, they are just like dogs. In a place like this, if you are not skilled enough to pose a threat, then others will either sympathize with you, greet you with hypocrisy, or simply treat you as an ant, see They don't even look at you. If one day, you become a stumbling block in the road of others, that person will regard you as a thorn in the flesh, wishing to get rid of it quickly, and do everything possible to pull you down and step on them. Forget it, if you like me, there is nothing to say. But there are always people who want to play insidious tricks, be friendly on the surface, and harm people secretly." The hatred appeared in her eyes again, and she said every word: "Dai Wei, and The elders of Yuqing Palace, together with Jiang Yangli and others, killed my mother. It is because she showed her sharpness after joining Yuqing Palace and blocked their way."
Jiang Yuanjin couldn't help but took a deep breath, still feeling a little shocked in his heart.He didn't expect that the inside story of Jiang Yu's death would be like this, and Jiang Yangli was involved.He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "The reason you forcibly survive the eighth heavenly tribulation is to break the spiritual vein."
"Yes. After the catastrophe, the body and body will change. Even if I don't have as high a cultivation level as you and Jiang Qinghe, within seven days, the remaining energy of the sky thunder will remain in my body. This power is much stronger than before. His cultivation base is ten times higher. I know there are other ways to increase my skill several times in a short period of time, but that is at the cost of my life. I don’t want Qian Su to come back to life, but I have no power to accompany him again. Go on. Besides, the strong spiritual energy in the spirit veins will also help me recover, and I will no longer be this inhuman or ghost. At that time, Qian Su and I will leave here together and go to a place where we can have peace and happiness. Let’s retire together. From then on, the disputes in this world have nothing to do with us..." Jiang Shu said when she retired later, the anger in her voice disappeared, and there was a little more longing.
The more Jiang Yuanjin heard it, the more he felt something was wrong. "Wait a minute, you wait first. How did you know about the spiritual vein? Who told you?"
"It's me." A voice sounded from behind Jiang Yuanjin, with a somewhat familiar coldness.
Jiang Yuanjin turned her head and met Han Zhenqing's expressionless face.
Han Zhenqing didn't have much reaction to Jiang Yuanjin's appearance, she passed by him expressionlessly, and said in a sarcastic tone: "The Dragon Clan is really nosy." She said to Jiang Shu again: "The reminiscence is over. What? If it's over, let's start."
Jiang Shu nodded, stood up and turned her back, walked a few steps towards the edge of the platform, turned around after standing still, and stood opposite Han Zhenqing.
"What are you going to do?" Jiang Yuanjin asked cautiously.
"You'd better leave here, otherwise something will happen later, don't blame me for not reminding you." Jiang Shu still said in a cold tone, "This matter has nothing to do with you, you can return to the Eternal Sun Palace, whatever you want Well, I don't care."
As they spoke, the two began to move their hands.
Jiang Yuanjin stood still.His purpose of coming here tonight has not yet been achieved, so naturally he won't just leave like this.It's just that, now that Jiang Shu and the others are here, how can I have a chance... He was thinking, keeping his eyes on the actions of the two of them.Suddenly, a look of astonishment began to appear in his eyes.
In the center of the ground, a swastika print appeared, and the dark green light made it hard to be mistaken.Afterwards, countless swastika marks spread from the original mark, connected end to end, like several thin chains, intertwined on the ground to form an irregular net, covering the entire Qingyuan Terrace in an instant.
"Stop!" Jiang Yuanjin subconsciously shouted.
Jiang Shu turned a deaf ear to it. At the critical moment, she can't listen to anything now.And Han Zhenqing didn't need to listen to him.
The moment Jiang Yuanjin finished yelling, he suddenly became agitated, woke up, and asked himself: Why stop it?Isn't this exactly the purpose of my coming here?
He calmed down, and watched with cold eyes that the Formless Sealing Spirit Formation in front of him was gradually becoming complete.Then, not long after, a Gaolang beast with four ghost chains from the underworld appeared from the center of the formation, still with black-faced fangs, black flames all over its body, and a terrifying low roar.
"Who are you?" He pointed his sharp eyes at Han Zhenqing, "You can't be from Yuqing Palace."
Han Zhenqing didn't speak, and faced Jiang Yuanjin's severe questioning without any fear.
Jiang Yuanjin said coldly: "You lied to Jiang Shu. But what I want to know more is why you can activate the Formless Sealing Spirit Formation? This is simply impossible..."
Han Zhenqing suddenly raised the corners of her lips, and glanced at Jiang Shu casually.The latter couldn't hear their words clearly, but just stared at the fierce beast in front of him, carefully guarding against it, and thinking about how to deal with it.While hesitating, the Gaolang beast suddenly moved and rushed towards Jiang Shu!
Jiang Yuanjin followed her gaze, and saw that Gaolang Beast and Jiang Shu had already fought together.Jiang Shu evades flexibly, strikes fiercely, her moves rise and fall very powerfully, and her inner strength is strong.But Gaolang is not without generality. The black flames that radiate from its body are dreadful and cannot be approached, and it is very agile. The third eye on the back of the shoulder and neck makes its line of sight almost have no blind spots, and attacks from any direction Neither can be hidden.The ghost prison chain is connected with the energy of the underworld, which can make it heal quickly.Although Jiang Shu wanted to cut off its four-way support first, she only got one hand and never found another chance.
Suddenly, a ray of white light with the air of frost hit a ghost prison chain head-on with lightning speed. Smoke, and precisely flew in the direction of Jiang Yuanjin.
He dodged it easily, and the slender shard of ice in his hand did not lose its sharpness, and slashed straight at Gaolang.Unexpectedly, the latter would not dodge or dodge, took a knife, and waved a six-fingered front paw with jet-black sharp armor to greet Jiang Yuanjin.Jiang Yuanjin measured several sides of his body, and when he found the right opportunity, he kicked it in the abdomen, distanced himself from it, turned around and rushed in the other direction in an instant, raised his knife with his full internal strength, and the third chain of the ghost prison was broken in response.
Although Gaolang Beast has the supernatural power of the ghost prison chain to enhance the ability of wound healing, it is not afraid of ordinary sword damage, but when the ice-breaking knife cuts into the wound, the icy air on the blade will also inject into the wounded body, causing a wound. Momentary sluggishness.With this point, Jiang Yuanjin can dodge the attack of Gaolang's claws with ease.But Gao Lang is sometimes fierce and reckless, and even if he insists on eating his offensive, he will spray him with black flames, which makes him inevitably injured and feels a little headache.
Jiang Yuanjin fought fiercely with Gao Lang, Jiang Shu was able to get away here, she stepped back to adjust her breath for a while.For some reason, under the influence of Gao Lang, Bai Ying's soul in her body seemed to wake up again, and she wanted to fight for her body, this time the reaction was stronger than before.Every joint in her body was screaming and aching, the blood seemed to be gushing out of the veins, and her heart beat uncontrollably.She was breathing with some difficulty, trying to move her body to a corner.But the change in the scene before her made her stunned on the spot.
Mei Qiansu, who was lying not far away, opened his eyes, slowly sat up his upper body, turned his neck, kept his previous facial expression, and scanned his surroundings mechanically.When his eyes moved to Jiang Shu, he suddenly stopped.
Jiang Shu also sat on the ground, her eyes were level with his, facing each other from a distance, she almost forgot to breathe.
"Qian Su? Qian Su, are you awake? Qian Su!" Jiang Shu became excited. She didn't know what was going on. Although Mei Qiansu looked a little strange, her face was still haggard and lifeless.But she couldn't control so much, her heart was instantly overflowing with joy.She stood up staggeringly, the pain and discomfort on her body were no longer important, she only had that person in her eyes.
She ran towards him and watched him stand up slowly, expressionless.She wanted to hug him and tell him her yearning, admiration, and deep guilt and apology to him.
However, when she touched Mei Qiansu, the man responded with a merciless slap on the chest.Jiang Shu was completely unprepared, and never thought of dodging, so she took the blow firmly.She couldn't help but staggered back a few steps, and couldn't help vomiting a few mouthfuls of blood.
Jiang Shu caressed her chest and raised her head with disbelief on her face.She looked at Mei Qiansu with sadness and pain in her eyes: "Qiansu, are you hating me? Or do you...don't recognize me anymore?"
She was about to step forward again, when Jiang Yuanjin's voice rang in her ears like an arrow piercing the string: "Jiang Shu! Mei Qiansu didn't come back to life, he was just controlled by the influence of the spirit of the underworld! He has no consciousness at all! You Stay away from him, he won't recognize you and will attack you!"
Jiang Shu was in a daze, and it took a while to digest what he said.She murmured to herself in a daze: "No consciousness? No...that is to say, he didn't hate me, yes, Qian Su didn't hate me... Ah!" Jiang Shu suddenly covered her head, her headache was splitting, The body seems to be out of control.
On the other side not far away, Han Zhenqing has been watching all this with cold eyes.
In an instant, something seemed to move slightly in the air, and a faint fragrance mixed in the air.Immediately afterwards, a soft voice sounded, and a smile could be heard: "Hey, although something unexpected happened, the current situation is much smoother than what was planned before."
After waiting for a while before Han Zhenqing answered, the female voice said to herself again: "The aura of the underworld brought out by Gaolang is too strong, and the human world will be affected by it no matter whether it is a living soul or a dead soul. The breath of Jiang Shu's soul essence I've already absorbed almost everything, no matter how unstable your emotions are at this moment, you will definitely not be able to defeat Baiying."
"It doesn't matter. After crossing the catastrophe, the cultivation of this body has greatly increased. No matter it is controlled by Baiying or Jiang Shu, it can kill Gaolang." Han Zhenqing's tone was cold-blooded, with indifference and disdain, "Anyway, in the end, they are all going to die of."
"Heh, ruthless."
Han Zhenqing didn't care, and just said: "You find an opportunity later and kill that kid. I have been preparing for so long, and I don't want to make people do bad things."
"Oh, you treat me like a coolie again." The voice in the air seemed aggrieved and sad.There was a pause, and suddenly the tone of voice became brisk again, with some malicious intentions. "Hehehe, hey, I suddenly thought just now that you don't even have any magic power in your body now. If I let it go at a critical moment and let you be killed by that kid, wouldn't it be interesting?"
Han Zhenqing nodded when she heard the words, instead of being angry, she smiled, and said word by word: "Shen Yingliang, you can try it. But a mere human race, I'm afraid I don't have the ability."
"Hey," the female voice said with a lingering ending, "he is not an ordinary person."
Han Zhenqing said contemptuously: "Wei Cangyu wanted to kill me so much, but what happened in the end? Jiang Yuanjin is just a descendant of a human-dragon. Even if he transformed into a dragon, how can he compare with Wei Cangyu? Put your fantasy aside."
Shen Yingliang let out a "hum", but didn't make any more sound.
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