Ming Yi's voice came from behind: "What are you mumbling to yourself?"

Shi Qingxuan's body stiffened, and he said, "I...I...I..."

Xie Lian wanted to help him, but his tongue refused to obey. There was nothing he could do. The friend he trusted the most turned out to be the one he feared the most, and he had always been lurking beside him. There was no one around, and he didn't know what he was going to do. Who wouldn't be scared?

Suddenly, Mingyi tightened his five fingers, and Shi Qingxuan felt a pain in his shoulder, as he was pressed down by him.

At the same time, a pair of pale hands suddenly stretched out from the stream and grabbed Shi Qingxuan's throat.

Water ghost!

Mingyi pressed, but his hand grabbed nothing. He slammed again, and there was a scream in the water, thinking that the thing was broken. Shi Qingxuan fell to the ground, and Mingyi pulled him up, saying, "Are you mentally ill? Why are you washing your face with water from a stream in a black water den?"

“…”

Shi Qingxuan had just used the stream water that had been used to soak the corpse of a water ghost to sober himself up, so he should be feeling a little nauseous. However, he was in no mood to pay attention to these things. Water was dripping from his cheeks and hair, and he looked as wet as a drowned chicken. He was in a daze and just let "Ming Yi" pull him up and follow him.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, everything about this "Brother Ming" reveals a sense of weirdness.

He was a geomancer, so naturally, all the formations that could shrink the earth by a thousand miles were drawn by him. However, this should have been his specialty, but problems frequently occurred.

The four of them were inexplicably teleported from Puqi Temple to Bogu Town, and the teleportation of the wind master and the water master on Black Water Island had problems again. Was it because the teleportation hall had fallen into disrepair? Was there something else at work? Was the mastermind behind the scenes too powerful?

Why think too much? The simplest answer is that Ming Yi did all this!

It was he who saw Wind Master lost when he was taken away by "True Immortal Baihua" for the first time; it was also he who first discovered Wind Master who had lost his magic power; it was he who had always been by Shi Qingxuan's side and knew his fears and actions well; it was also he who knew Wind Master's password and could drive "True Immortal Baihua" to threaten him to open the door of the wine-clearing platform's protective formation with his own hands.

At that time, he smashed the Feng Shui Temple sign with his own hands, but his expression remained unchanged. Perhaps it was because he was eccentric, or perhaps it was because he did it on purpose.

He used this as an excuse to smash his enemy's sign in front of his enemy in broad daylight, and the enemy even had to thank him. How arrogant and bold he was.

Xie Lian had not never doubted these subtle oddities, and he had personally tried to investigate them - those three questions. But he had never imagined that something so daring and incredible could happen: a ghost, disguised as a priest, had been lurking among them all year long!

The dark waters are sinking, always keeping a low profile?

He has been existing in another identity for many years, and of course he keeps a low profile.

At that time, Ming Yi's answer was indeed flawless. That was because he had devoured the White Word Immortal and possessed its ability, and could use it as a minion. The Desperate Ghost King must be superior to it, and of course not restricted by that characteristic. If he wanted to tell the truth, he would tell the truth, and if he wanted to tell a lie, he would tell a lie.

The corpse had nimble hands and feet, which was in line with the identity of a geomancer. Why should it be enshrined in the Netherworld Water Palace? Of course. After all, it was the corpse of a priest. If it was not treated with care and buried hastily, it would not be able to hold the coffin down. Therefore, it could only be treated with great ceremony and enshrined in one's own palace.

However, what made Xie Lian guess his identity was not just this, but the pounce of the beast.

The water master asked why the corpse had a last burst of light? Ming Yi rushed to answer, "As long as something can stand up and block our way, it doesn't matter what it is." But in fact, it's probably not this sentence that really stimulated the real Ming Yi, but the following four words - "Master Geomancer"! Because he is the real Geomancer!

The person pretending to be him stood right in front of them and nonchalantly and deliberately led them in the wrong direction.

Sometimes, Ming Yi deliberately goes the other way, and pushes in the right direction to remove suspicion. For example, he said to Hua Cheng, "You really have a spy in the heavens." But isn't that spy himself? That's why Hua Cheng replied sarcastically, "Didn't you know it a long time ago?" The underlying meaning is, "Why bother pretending?"

However, the term "spy" is probably not accurate. There should be an agreement between the two of them, such as an exchange of intelligence.

Isn't it a win-win situation for the two ghost kings in desperate situations to cooperate? Blackwater has infiltrated the upper heaven and grasped the movements of the heaven, while Huacheng has taken root in the human world and has believers everywhere. In addition to this, whether there is more cooperation is unknown. Junwu sent the "geomancer" to the ghost market to go undercover, which is like a flood flushing the Dragon King Temple and sending thieves into a den of thieves.

Since Ming Yi began to lurk, there have been only two accidents. The first one was the Fire Dragon Roaring Sky Technique.

The impostor would naturally not have the time to do such a thing. Xie Lian was more inclined to believe that the Fire Dragon's Roaring Sky technique was released by the real Ming Yi when she escaped one of her attempts.

To completely disguise as another person and sneak into the heaven, one must know that person well enough, so the person being replaced must be left alive to dig out details from him bit by bit, including his experience, skills, how to use magic weapons, etc. The fake Mingyi should have been abducted and imprisoned when the real Mingyi had just experienced the tribulation and had not yet ascended to heaven. Otherwise, if the real Mingyi had already come into contact with other priests, the impersonation would be more easily exposed.

It was an accident, so Hua Cheng received the news and had to go back to help his partners deal with the aftermath. And by coincidence, Xie Lian also accepted the mission given by Jun Wu: the ghost market rescue.

I didn’t think so at the time, but looking back, I realized that the operation was too smooth. Xie Lian did rescue the “geographer” from the dungeon of Ji Le Fang, but how did he find the dungeon of Ji Le Fang?

It was because he first saw the ghost-faced man wearing a cursed shackle under Hua Cheng's command, and later he saw this man sneaking around in Ji Le Fang.

The cursed shackle is a humiliation. Most priests who are demoted would want to hide it. Why would the ghost-faced man wear it directly on his hand? Why did he hide it later? In addition to "accidental", another explanation is that he did it on purpose to attract Xie Lian's attention and let him naturally discover the "imprisoned" fake geomancer. In fact, the real Mingyi who sent out the distress signal should have been killed after this. Because it was impossible to destroy the body, but the flesh could not be left behind, which would be equivalent to leaving many clues, so he was turned into bones.

The second surprise was that after being threatened by Baihua Zhenxian, Shi Qingxuan came to Xie Lian for help.

Hua Cheng obviously didn't want Xie Lian to be involved in the incident, so Ming Yi said at the time, "I didn't come here on purpose." Later, when Hua Cheng left at the wine table, he should have gone to meet Ming Yi and ask him what was going on.

Xie Lian did not have the chance to explain all of this to Shi Qingxuan, but Shi Qingxuan must have thought of them all slowly on his own, his hands hidden under his sleeves and trembling slightly.

The two walked side by side, and Xie Lian was wondering where Shi Wudu had gone.

The first person to leave through the gate was Shi Wudu, and the last one was "Ming Yi". He should not be able to do anything to Shi Wudu without Shi Qingxuan, so there are three possibilities: first, Shi Wudu was teleported to another place; second, something else was waiting for him at Shi Wudu's destination, and he had been killed; third, Shi Wudu left on his own.

If it was one or two, there was no reason for Mingyi to continue to act in front of Shi Qingxuan and look for him together. Thinking of this, Xie Lian suddenly heard "Mingyi" say: "Where is your longevity lock?"

Shi Qingxuan didn't react, but Xie Lian was shocked. Mingyi asked several times before Shi Qingxuan said, "Ah?"

"Ming Yi" said unhappily, "Didn't you say that your two longevity golden locks were made of the gold essence of brothers, and they would resonate when their masters were injured?"

“…”

Shi Qingxuan told Mingyi everything, so he knew the use of this treasure. This meant that he wanted to use this golden lock to find the whereabouts of Shi Wudu!

Shi Qingxuan said: "But...but, my injury has healed!"

Ming Yi said coldly, “Isn’t that easy?” He raised his hand slightly. Xie Lian thought, “Does he want to stab Master Feng twice?” Just as he was concentrating on being alert, Ming Yi pressed on the wound on his arm.

The wound that had healed suddenly began to bleed. He said, "Give me the lock."

“…”

Seeing this, Xie Lian couldn’t help but admire it.

Even if it was just a show, it was amazing to do it to this extent. He could completely understand why Shi Qingxuan valued Mingyi as a friend so much.

If this action did not contain murderous intent or ill intentions, such a person would be a friend worth making!

Shi Qingxuan hesitated and dared not move. As long as he handed over the longevity lock, the two golden locks would resonate. Shi Wudu would definitely come to look for it if he noticed. "Mingyi" frowned and said, "Are you scared silly?"

Shi Qingxuan said: "...No! In fact, this, this lock, didn't I tell you? Only when I wear it, it will have this effect."

Ming Yi asked doubtfully, "Is there such a thing?"

Shi Qingxuan tightly grasped the longevity lock and nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Ming Yi stared at him for a moment, and seemed to give up the idea. He looked down at the wound on his arm and said nothing. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the longevity lock on Shi Qingxuan's neck began to vibrate.

Shi Qingxuan's face changed instantly, and "Ming Yi" reacted very quickly, and immediately walked towards the direction of the longevity lock, saying: "Master Shui is over there."

The resonance of the golden locks indicated that Shi Wudu was injured. But he was unharmed when he entered the gate array, so what could have injured him now?

Xie Lian could sense that Shi Qingxuan was both anxious to go and unwilling to go. They were trapped in the fantasy world of Black Water Lake, with no one else on the island. Pei Ming was outside the world, cutting wood and building a coffin boat to wait for them to return. Shi Qingxuan was just a mortal at the moment, and if Shi Wudu was injured again, there would be no one to help him. How could he escape when he was delivered to his door?

After walking for a while, Shi Qingxuan said, "Ming...Brother, I think there is something fishy going on here. It's best not to go!"

"Ming Yi" asked, "What's the trick?"

Shi Qingxuan said with a stiff face: "How could my brother be injured? The one over there may not be him."

"Ming Yi" was much more reasonable than him and said, "We are now in the territory of the Desperate Ghost King. The Navy Master may not be able to protect himself. No matter what it is, let's go over and take a look first."

Shi Qingxuan couldn't think of a reason not to go. Xie Lian couldn't think of one either, but he watched the situation unfold. As the vibration of the Longevity Lock intensified, the two of them got closer and closer, only to see Shi Wudu lying on the ground, curled up in a mess, holding his abdomen, looking extremely painful. Shi Qingxuan was startled and shouted, "Brother!" and ran over, followed by Mingyi.

Unexpectedly, when Shi Qingxuan approached Shi Wudu, Shi Wudu suddenly jumped up, hugged him and laughed crazily. Shi Qingxuan was hugged tightly by him and was extremely shocked. Only then did he realize that this man had a crooked nose and slanted eyes. He was not Shi Wudu at all, but just a crazy weirdo who wore Shi Wudu's clothes and wore the gold lock!

Before he could say anything, he heard a loud noise, and Ming Yi beside him suddenly fell to the ground, with a black hole the size of a hydrangea on his chest, and blood all over the ground. A figure in white jumped down from the tree, grabbed him and ran away, shouting, "Go!"

Xie Lian took a closer look and realized that this person was Shi Wudu!

Shi Qingxuan said: "Brother?!"

Shi Wudu said in a low voice: "Don't talk and follow me! He is not a good person!"

In a flash, Xie Lian understood. It turned out that Shi Wudu was not an easy person to deal with. As soon as he came out of the gate array and found himself still in the Nether Water Palace, he realized something was wrong. His thoughts were much simpler and more sharp than Xie Lian's. He first suspected that Ming Yi was behind this, so he hid himself so that he couldn't find him, and hid in the dark to see what he would do. He and Shi Qingxuan were probably teleported to different places, otherwise he would have taken Shi Qingxuan with him to hide. After discovering that Ming Yi and Shi Qingxuan were acting together, he pulled a crazy weirdo over, put his coat on him, put on a golden lock, and slapped him, first attracting Ming Yi's attention, and then attacking from the side. He was also cruel and ruthless. In fact, there was no strong evidence to prove how much Ming Yi had done, but when he took action, he was directly aiming for death!

Shi Qingxuan could not help but look back, and when he did, he saw "Ming Yi", whose heart was pierced by a blow, lying on the ground for a while, then sitting up, looking down at the bloody hole with an expressionless face, and slowly standing up.

Xie Lian immediately felt a chill run through his heart from Master Qingxuan. Even if he was a priest, how could he still move normally after being beaten like this? He must be an inhuman being!

The two brothers ran for a while, and suddenly, Xie Lian's hair stood on end, and he shouted, "Be careful!" He pulled the water master, and there was a sharp sound of breaking wind in the air ahead, and a cold light flashed. If Xie Lian hadn't pulled him, the water master would have been killed.

Those invisible people whose figures can only be seen in the reflection in the water!

Shi Wudu cursed, took out the Water Master Fan, and fanned it with his backhand. Seven or eight thin water arrows shot out from the water waves on the fan, surrounding the two people and forming a protective circle. Now, those invisible people could do nothing to them. The two continued to flee, and Shi Qingxuan couldn't help but look back. When he looked back, he was horrified and said, "He... is catching up!"

Sure enough, "Ming Yi" was about twenty feet behind them, walking slowly. Although it looked like he was "walking slowly", every time he took a step, the distance between him and the two people in front of him instantly narrowed a lot, as if he could catch the back of their clothes in another seven or eight steps!

Shi Wudu did not look back, but fanned his fan once, and 20 to 30 extremely sharp dragon-shaped water arrows shot out from the fan, which were clearly condensed from water, and made a sound like a steel blade breaking through the air; he fanned again, and the number doubled; after fanning a few times, more than a hundred water arrows flew towards "Ming Yi" at the same time, encircling from all directions. If one arrow missed, it would definitely be pierced with a transparent hole and chilled to the core. However, "Ming Yi" actually grabbed the first water arrow that arrived with his bare hands, and pulled it like a rope. The water master fan was actually pulled out of his hand!

As soon as the fan left his hand, the flying water dragon arrows in the air immediately turned into a drizzle and fell down. Shi Wudu suddenly stopped and looked at his hand in disbelief. In more than a hundred years, this was the first time someone had pulled the water master fan from his hand. He knew he couldn't escape, so he looked back and saw that "Ming Yi" was also walking towards them steadily with his hands behind his back.

He seemed to be undergoing some subtle changes. With every step he took, the changes became more pronounced. His originally snow-white face became even paler, as bloodless as Huacheng's. His eyebrows became sharper, and the contours of his eyebrows and eyes became deeper. Of course, he became more gloomy. The originally plain black robe hem quietly developed a water wave pattern embroidered with fine lines in an inconspicuous corner, flashing a mysterious silver light. When he walked in front of the second Feng Shui master, although his face was still roughly the same, he was already a completely different person.

The Earth Master was not a martial god who was weak in martial arts and magic, but the man in front of him was obviously seriously inconsistent with these two points. Shi Wudu asked cautiously: "What on earth are you?"

Ming Yi seemed to find it funny, and squinted his eyes and said, "You are on my territory, and you still ask me what I am?"

"..." Shi Wudu said: "Black Water Mysterious Ghost?"

"Ming Yi" looked at Shi Qingxuan, but Shi Qingxuan didn't react. Shi Wudu said, "Have you always been a geomancer? Or..." Before he finished, he also reacted and said, "I see."

But what he realized was that the black ghost had been lurking in the Upper Heaven. Shi Wudu said, "You and I have always kept to ourselves and governed our own territories. I don't want to come to your territory this time. Why don't we both take a step back?"

"Ming Yi" said: "It turns out that there are times when water dares not cross the sky."

Shi Wudu was arrogant by nature, and a hint of displeasure flashed across his face when he heard this. Although he had to bow his head under the eaves and with his brother by his side, he was unwilling to lose face, and said, "If the timing and location were not wrong, I might not be afraid of you."

Ming Yi took another step forward and said grimly, "Shi Wu Du, look at who I am?"

Shi Wudu frowned slightly and looked at him. He had seen the face of the Earth Master several times before, and he didn't understand what he meant, so he said, "Who do you want me to say it is?" He paused, thinking that he was hinting that he should not reveal his identity, and said, "It doesn't matter who you are. I swear in the name of my water master, as long as it does not affect my two brothers, what you want to do has nothing to do with me..."

Before he finished speaking, Ming Yi said coldly, "Shui Hengtian is indeed a noble man who forgets things easily. You looked through the birth records and lists of so many people in the mortal world, and went through untold hardships to find someone as unique as me. How come, after just a few hundred years, you have forgotten what I look like?"

Hearing this, Shi Wudu's face twisted little by little.

This kind of "seeing a ghost" expression that usually appears on mortals' faces was the first time it appeared on his face. Shi Wudu's pupils shrank to a very small size, and he blurted out: "You're still alive?!"

He Xuan said coldly: "I'm dead!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly raised one hand, put four fingers together, and lifted it upwards. Xie Lian felt a sharp pain attacking his head. It turned out that Shi Qingxuan had fainted due to the influence of his execution field.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Lian slowly regained consciousness along with Shi Qingxuan. Before he even opened his eyes, he felt something rubbing against his body.

He slowly opened his eyes and found that there were seven or eight hairy, smelly heads. A group of crazy weirdos surrounded him, grinning foolishly and touching and scratching him. Xie Lian was still calm because he judged that his life was not in danger at the moment, and although these weirdos were a bit dirty, they were not a threat. Shi Qingxuan was shocked and tried to push them away, but he heard the rattling of iron chains, and his hands and feet were cold and unable to move. He looked up and found that he was handcuffed to a mottled wall with several large iron chains as thick as wooden sticks, and his arms were hung high.

Judging from the floor and ceiling, he should have returned to the Netherworld Water Palace. Xie Lian felt the same as him, with a splitting headache. Just as he was about to say, "Master Wind Master, calm down. I will teach you how to break free of these shackles...", he suddenly realized that he could not make a sound!

Surprised, Xie Lian hurriedly examined himself. He had indeed lost a large part of his magic power. Although his soul could still remain in Shi Qingxuan's body, he could not use Shi Qingxuan's body, and he could not even speak to give instructions. Could it be that the magic power borrowed from Huacheng had been used up?

Impossible. He knew exactly how much mana was needed to perform the Soul Transfer Technique. The mana Huacheng lent him would only be more, never less. Moreover, he felt that his mana was still slipping away, which made him feel strange and anxious. At this time, a hoarse voice from the other side said, "Qingxuan!"

Shi Qingxuan's eyes were blurry. He looked up intently and saw that the person who called him was actually Shi Wudu.

He was not chained, but he was wearing a dirty white shirt, kneeling on the ground. Seeing Shi Qingxuan wake up, he was delighted and seemed to want to come over, but was immediately kicked down by the person next to him and knelt down again. The man stood with his hands behind his back, his expression was cold and gloomy, and his skin was so pale that it made people feel cold. It was the Black Water Mysterious Ghost, or He Xuan.

Behind him, there was an altar with four black and smooth urns standing calmly on top of it. Two torn fans were thrown on the ground. They were the Wind Master Fan and the Water Master Fan.

Father, mother, sister, fiancée.

He Xuan said: "Kowtow."

Shi Wudu stared at Shi Qingxuan and said, "Okay."

He actually knelt down in front of the altar and kowtowed dozens of times to the four urns. After he kowtowed, he stood up slightly, but He Xuan stepped heavily on his head and said coldly, "Did I let you get up?"

Shi Wudu was immediately stepped on by this kick and several orifices of his body bled. He gritted his teeth and said, "...No."

The brother who used to be so proud that he would not even bow his head was stepped on the ground by someone. Although he knew that the retribution he deserved for what he did was ten times heavier than this, blood is thicker than water, and he couldn't bear it after all. Shi Qingxuan said: "Brother..."

Hearing the voice, He Xuan glanced over. Even though he couldn't raise his head, Shi Wudu knew that this was bad news, and immediately shouted: "Shut up!"

After thinking for a moment, He Xuan took the boot off his head. Shi Wudu was terrified, but he couldn't get up, so he whispered: "Qing Xuan!"

He Xuan walked over slowly. The group of crazy people were very afraid of him, and they ran away screaming, but they still secretly looked at Shi Qingxuan, as if they were coveting something on him. Shi Qingxuan was chained to the wall, watching this face that he should be very familiar with slowly approaching, but he felt very strange.

He Xuan squatted down in front of him, paused, and asked, "Is Baihua Zhenxian scary?"

He asked calmly, but Shi Qingxuan's eyes were wide open, his lips were trembling, and he was unable to speak.

The White Word Immortal of the past was already extremely terrifying, but the person who swallowed the "White Word Immortal" was ten or a hundred times more terrifying than the nightmare he had in his youth. And this fear was something he should have endured a long time ago.

Shi Wudu said: "He Xuan, everyone has their own responsibility. It was my idea to use you to avoid the disaster. This matter has nothing to do with my brother."

He Xuan sneered: "Is it irrelevant?"

He stared at Shi Qingxuan intently, and said word by word: "Your brother is a mediocre mortal, but he was able to ascend to heaven and enjoy unlimited glory. He took my fate and enjoyed my godhood. Tell me, this has nothing to do with him?"

This sentence, every word is like a knife, every word is like a knife, every word is like a knife, it is said for Shi Qingxuan to hear, even if Shi Qingxuan knows the whole story, he can't help but lower his head, he just feels that he will never be able to raise it in this life. Shi Wudu forced himself to be calm and said: "You... since you have been by his side, you should know that I didn't lie to you, he can't hide things with his personality, he really didn't know anything from beginning to end!"

He Xuan said sternly: "That's why he's even more hateful! Why does he know nothing?!"

Shi Qingxuan lowered his head even more.

Why can one ascend to heaven by sucking the blood of others and stepping on the corpses of others, while I can enjoy all this with peace of mind and without any burden?

He Xuan added: "You didn't know at the beginning, and you didn't know later?!"

Shi Qingxuan raised his head and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Ming, I..."

He Xuan shouted: "Shut up!"

His face was almost ferocious. Shi Qingxuan took a look and shuddered, silent as a cicada. He Xuan stood up suddenly, walked around in the Nether Water Palace, and growled in a low voice: "I gave you a chance!"

Shi Qingxuan closed his eyes and clenched his fists. Xie Lian recalled the extremely angry “Okay. Okay!” in Bogu Town and the scene when Shi Qingxuan wanted to follow Pei Ming to the East China Sea and “Ming Yi” stopped him.

However, every time, Shi Qingxuan chose to help Shi Wudu.

He whispered, "…I'm sorry."

He Xuan stopped and asked, "What does your apology mean?"

The row of four urns was placed right in front of Shi Qingxuan, as if mocking his light apology, which made him feel even more painful and heartbroken, as if he would be beaten back to his original state no matter what he said. Shi Qingxuan said: "...I know it's useless, but I..."

He Xuan said indifferently: "But what about you? You know it's useless, but you still want to try to show your sincerity, hoping to move me, hoping that I can let go of the hatred and resolve the grudges."

Shi Qingxuan said hurriedly: "No! No! I didn't mean that! I just... I just, I, I really feel sorry for you. Really. Ming... He... Mr. He. I know that my brother and I were wrong, and at this point, there is no way to make amends, so..."

He Xuan listened and said, "So?"

At this moment, no matter how many words he said, they were all pale and powerless. Shi Qingxuan tried hard for a while, but he couldn't say any more. He Xuan said coldly: "Go on, why don't you continue. So are you willing to die to atone for your sins?"

Shi Qingxuan was stunned. Shi Wudu couldn't listen any longer and said, "He Xuan!!! I am the culprit, Baihua Zhenxian, but Qingxuan himself is not guilty of death, you..."

He Xuan said: "Who in my family of five is guilty? Who caused the death?"

Shi Wudu choked. He Xuan continued, "Tell me. Are you willing?"

"..." Shi Qingxuan whispered, "I do."

Hearing this, He Xuan sneered. Because Shi Qingxuan lowered his head, Xie Lian couldn't see his expression. Even if he saw it, he probably couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

After a moment, He Xuan walked away with his hands behind his back. Seeing him leave, the group of crazy people surrounded him again. Some held onto Shi Qingxuan's thighs and arms and refused to let go, some pulled his hair, some hooked his neck, all of them had green eyes, as if they wanted to eat him alive. Even though Xie Lian had lived among beggars, he still felt terrified, thinking: "Who are these people? Why did Xuan Gui bring so many crazy people here?"

Shi Qingxuan silently endured the shoving and pulling of these crazy people, not daring to make a sound. He Xuan watched coldly for a while and said, "Do you know who these people are?"

Several skinny claws were rubbing at Shi Qingxuan's face and body. He didn't even dare to breathe, and of course he didn't have time to think about who these people were. He shook his head. He Xuan said, "Rotten life, cheap life, life worse than pigs and dogs, life that drives people crazy."

“…”

A chill ran through Xie Lian’s heart, and he vaguely guessed what he was going to do. Shi Wudu also understood at once, his eyes widened, and he said, “…You?!”

He Xuan stood between Shi Wudu and Shi Qingxuan and said coldly: "Now, I will give you two choices."

He pointed at Shi Wudu and said, "The first choice. You, pick one of these people and exchange your brother's life with him. Then, go back to the mortal world."

Bloodshot eyes crept up on Shi Wudu's eyes, and his shoulders began to tremble. He Xuan said, "Since you like to exchange lives for others so much, I think you are very skilled at this and don't need me to teach you."

This step, if you don't look at the previous cause, is really vicious. Although Shi Qingxuan's original fate was not enough to qualify for ascension, he was also a very comfortable and wealthy idler. Look at these people again, each of them is either suffering from ulcers and diseases, or tortured to madness. Obviously, all of them are people who are entangled in great disasters and calamities. If he were to exchange with them, wouldn't Shi Qingxuan have to fall into the same miserable situation as them? This is a fate that can drive people crazy, and from now on, he will be tortured by endless pain.

This time, Shi Wudu obviously failed to survive the calamity, and the truth about Baihua Zhenxian was exposed, so he was bound to be demoted. After being demoted to a mortal, he could no longer buy back Shi Qingxuan's life. How could an ordinary person who was deprived of his magic power and a person whose life was rotten to the core of the earth live like this?

Shi Wudu took a breath and gritted his teeth and asked, "What about the second one?"

He Xuan continued: "The second one is you."

This time, he was targeting Shi Qingxuan.

He said word by word: "I won't kill you. You, cut off your brother's head right here!"

With a clang, he dropped a rusty knife on the ground. Shi Qingxuan stared at the knife with wide eyes. He Xuan said, "Then, never show up in front of me again. This way, I can pretend that you don't exist in this world."

The hatred that had penetrated his bones had accumulated for hundreds of years and finally reached its peak. Everyone could see the madness burning in his eyes, and everyone could understand that he was not just talking. After a moment of silence, Shi Wudu said in a hoarse voice: "...I will kill myself. Can I kill myself?"

He Xuan said: "You are not qualified to bargain with me."

Shi Wudu looked at Shi Qingxuan and murmured, "You are trying to kill us..."

Shi Qingxuan was not as desperate as him, and hurriedly said, "Brother! Brother! Let's, let's choose the first one. The first one."

After a while, Shi Wudu calmed down and said, "No. I choose the second one."

"..." Shi Qingxuan was confused and said, "Why choose the second one? Isn't it good for us to all be alive? Brother, let's go with the first one. The second one won't work. I really can't do it."

Shi Wudu said angrily: "Shut up! Don't you know me? I want to lose everything and then watch you become something in the mud. Am I capable of that? You might as well make me die of anger!"

Shi Qingxuan said: "Brother! Forget it... It's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. Besides, actually, think about it, we... We have lived well for hundreds of years, we should... we should..." As he spoke, he seemed to think of how he had lived well for these hundreds of years, and he was too ashamed to say any more.

He Xuan looked at them coldly from the side. Shi Wudu finally got up, grabbed the rusty knife, stumbled to the wall, grabbed his brother's shoulder, and said, "Come!" He then said in a low and short voice, "... go find General Pei and ask him to take care of you."

The knife was terribly heavy and covered with rust. It was difficult to kill a chicken, let alone a person. If such a knife was used to cut off someone's head, both the cutter and the cutter would be in great pain. Shi Qingxuan was so scared that he couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground, saying, "Forget it, brother, forget it! Didn't you tell me that everyone in the world takes care of themselves? How can others take care of us? We have always taken care of ourselves. Don't give me this thing, don't give it to me!"

Shi Wudu shouted: "Qingxuan! Don't be so useless!"

Then, he smiled bitterly and said, "...You know your brother's nickname is Shui Hengtian. Over the years, he has turned over eight hundred waves, if not a thousand. He is my enemy. It's not a big deal if I die. It's all over and it has nothing to do with you. If I don't die but lose everything, it would be worse than death. If I'm not the Water Priest, I can't take care of you at all, and I can't even protect myself. I'm afraid that in two days, our brothers will... You take it!"

Shi Qingxuan was so scared that he almost cried, and said uncontrollably: "No! No, no, no, no, brother, I really have no choice! Don't force me, don't force it on me!!! Help, help, help!!!"

At this time, he actually screamed for help at the top of his lungs. Shi Wudu said, "It's okay! Don't be afraid of Qingxuan. It's better to exchange your life and drain your magic power..."

He Xuan watched this patiently, and suddenly kicked over. Shi Wudu was caught off guard and bleed a few times. He rolled on the ground and couldn't stand up. Shi Qingxuan hung on the wall and shouted, "Brother!"

He Xuan said grimly: "Shut up! Stop showing off your disgusting brotherhood in front of me. No one here will be moved by you!"

Unexpectedly, Shi Wudu vomited blood, suddenly turned over, jumped up, and grabbed Shi Qingxuan's neck. Xie Lian was startled, and felt suffocated, and blood rushed to his face. Shi Qingxuan said with difficulty: "...Brother?"

Shi Wudu bit the blood between his teeth and said, "Qingxuan! I am worried about you in this state! If I die, you will definitely not be able to survive in this world. Why don't you go with your brother!"

As he spoke, his men suddenly exerted force, causing Shi Qingxuan’s eyes to darken and a dying groan escaped from his throat. Xie Lian was horrified: “Is the Water Master really going to strangle the Wind Master to death?!”

Not long after, the pressure in his throat suddenly eased, and a large amount of air rushed in, choking Shi Qingxuan and causing him to cough repeatedly. He finally managed to catch his breath. However, He Xuan was standing beside them, and he broke Shi Wudu's two hands that were pinching his neck with his forearms, and said coldly, "Did I give you a third way?"

Shi Wudu's arms were broken, blood gushing out, but he laughed out loud. He Xuan threw his arms away like discarded objects and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Shi Wudu waved his bloodstained, empty sleeves and said, "I laugh at you for thinking you have the upper hand! Do you feel happy that you have finally taken revenge after enduring for so many years?"

He Xuan said: "Looking at you lingering on, it really feels good!"

Shi Wudu said: "Really? Then let me tell you, I am also very happy!"

He "grabbed" He Xuan's collar with his pair of broken arms that were bleeding like a fountain, and said, "Because I see that you are so angry, so painful, and so hateful now, and you are so hateful that your teeth are about to break, but you still can't save your relatives. You are still a ghost in the gutter. No matter how much you jump up and down, it's useless, because they are all dead long ago! And I, my brother has lived so long, and has been a priest for hundreds of years. Now even if he can't be a priest anymore and can't live anymore, he still gains, and I win! Am I not happier than you? Hahahahahaha..."

As he listened, He Xuan's pale face gradually changed, as if a ghost fire appeared in the cold wilderness. Suddenly, the air in the room seemed to be much colder. Shi Qingxuan was extremely frightened and said in a hoarse voice: "...Brother, please stop talking. Please stop talking. Brother, my God, what are you talking about? What nonsense are you talking about..."

He Xuan attacked fiercely, grabbed Shi Wudu's neck, and said, "You have no remorse at all!"

Shi Wudu laughed wildly, "Repentance? Humph, that's hilarious! You are the Desperate Ghost King Black Water Sinking Boat, and you are talking to me about repentance? I tell you, there is no such thing!"

Shi Qingxuan screamed, and Shi Wudu raised his head and said: "Everything I have today, I fought for myself. I fought for things I didn't have, and I changed the fate I didn't have myself! My fate is in my own hands!"

It was the first time Xie Lian heard the explanation of "my fate is determined by myself, not by God". He was stunned even though his scalp was tingling. As if he had been opened up by Shi Wudu's righteous and refusal to admit his mistakes, He Xuan also laughed. Seeing his face becoming more and more terrifying, Shi Qingxuan collapsed and said, "...Brother, I beg you, I beg you, please stop talking, please. Shut up. Help me..."

Shi Wudu's arrogance did not diminish in the slightest, and he said, "Qingxuan, brother will go first and wait for you downstairs. Hahahahahahaha..."

Before he finished speaking, He Xuan put his hand on his forehead and grabbed his hair. Shi Qingxuan was so scared that his soul flew away. The iron chain clanged against the wall. He said, "Brother Ming! Brother Ming! I'm sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry! It's all our fault, it's my fault! My brother is like this because of me. My brother is crazy. He is crazy, can you see it? I... I... you... you..."

She wanted to beg for mercy, but she couldn't. She could only kowtow to him with her eyes. He Xuan looked at him slowly, and after a moment, he seemed to remember something, calmed down a little, and stopped moving.

Seeing this, Shi Qingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had grasped a glimmer of hope, and tears finally rolled down. However, before the tears had time to fall to the ground, He Xuan's cold voice rang out: "You called the wrong person."

After saying that, he suddenly raised his hand and twisted Shi Wudu's head off his neck!

“Aa ...

Shi Wudu's head and body were separated, and blood spurted out from the jagged gap in his neck, splashing onto Shi Qingxuan's body and face. Shi Qingxuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and screamed like crazy.

The sight of a headless corpse standing still was very interesting, and the crazy people were so happy that they went crazy and started circling around it, leaving a large circle of bloody footprints with their bare feet. They spun around and clapped their hands and cheered: "Yo yo yo! Dead, dead!"

"Dead, dead! Hehehehe!"

Shi Qingxuan screamed for who knows how long, until his soul seemed to have flown away, and who knows when he finally stopped. When Xie Lian regained consciousness, he had been sitting on the bloody ground for a long time.

He Xuan was standing not far in front of him, holding Shi Wudu's head with wide-open eyes in one hand, looking down at him condescendingly.

After a while, He Xuan said calmly: "Do you have anything to say?"

“…”

Shi Qingxuan stared blankly at the row of urns on the altar in front of him, as well as the two broken fans on the ground. After a long while, he said in a stammering voice, "...I want to die."

He Xuan said coldly: "You wish."

Then, He Xuan stretched out a hand to him, and Shi Qingxuan closed his eyes.

At the same time, Xie Lian’s soul was suddenly pulled out and thrown high into the air!

When he fell, he opened his eyes and found himself limp in the arms of a man in red. Hua Cheng gently pinched his jaw with one hand and kissed him deeply. No wonder Xie Lian felt that the power supporting the Soul Transfer Technique suddenly dropped sharply. It turned out that Hua Cheng used this most efficient and effective method to absorb all the power he had just lent to Xie Lian and successfully summoned Xie Lian's soul back into his body.