In the dark night, Xie Lian’s pupils instantly shrank into two tiny dots, and he trembled as he said, “…It’s you?!”

White without form!

Xie Lian was horrified, and he jumped up. He tried to draw his sword but missed. Then he remembered that all his swords had been pawned. Even the branch he had used as a weapon had been cut off. In other words, he was now powerless and unarmed, but he was facing this thing!

A few years ago, after the fall of Xianle, Bai Wuxiang disappeared from the world. Xie Lian had never looked for him, nor had he thought about looking for him. He just hoped that he would disappear silently and never appear again. Who knew that this thing would suddenly appear in front of him today!

The figure in white slowly approached him. Xie Lian felt a chill in his heart. He couldn't help but take two steps back, but then he realized: I can't retreat! There's no point in running away!

He snapped, "What do you want to do?!"

Bai Wuxiang did not answer, but continued to walk closer with his hands behind his back. Xie Lian's hands and feet, as well as the white air that came out of his lips, were trembling.

He forced himself to recall the faces of the more than thirty priests, some mocking, some indifferent, and some laughing, as well as Mu Qing's profile when he turned away. Suddenly, he forgot his fear, shouted, and chopped up with a palm!

However, before the palm strike reached him, a sharp pain came first. The opponent had anticipated Xie Lian's move, got behind him first, and kicked him in the knee!

too fast!

Xie Lian’s knees had already fallen heavily to the ground with a thump, and this horrifying thought popped into his mind.

This thing's movements were actually faster than his thinking!

The next moment, Xie Lian felt something even more terrifying—a cold hand with five fingers spread out covered the top of his head!

He screamed, and the hand exerted a little force, lifting his head and body together. Xie Lian had no doubt that with the power of this thing, as long as the five fingers were closed, they could directly crush his skull, turning his head into a bloody mess of flesh and bones in an instant. He also had no doubt that Bai Wuxiang was going to do this next step after grabbing him!

Xie Lian gasped in confusion, thinking he was doomed, and closed his eyes tightly. Unexpectedly, the thing behind him had no intention of continuing to exert force, but instead restrained its murderous aura and sighed softly.

After this sigh, the other party did not move for a long time. In the dead silence, Xie Lian opened his eyes little by little.

The will-o'-the-wisp fires in the sky were dancing wildly with joy. Each flame was a ghost watching the fun and laughing. However, many of the will-o'-the-wisp fires seemed to be frightened by something and did not dare to approach the two of them. Only one will-o'-the-wisp fire with an especially bright flame was hanging above them, using its own flame to violently hit the person behind Xie Lian. No one knew what it was doing, but no matter how you looked at it, it looked like a gnat trying to shake a tree.

Suddenly, Xie Lian’s body stiffened.

Bai Wuxiang actually hugged him.

Xie Lian knelt crookedly on the ground, held in a lifeless embrace by a pair of cold but powerful hands.

Bai Wuxiang also sat down without knowing when, and murmured: "Poor, poor. Your Highness, look at what you have become."

As he murmured, he stroked Xie Lian's head, his movements gentle and compassionate, as if he was stroking a wounded puppy or his own seriously ill and dying child.

Under the moonlight, the half smiling face that matched both sadness and joy was hidden in the darkness, leaving only the half crying face, as if it was sincerely crying for Xie Lian.

Xie Lian shrank stiffly, and the man in white behind him raised his fingers and wiped away the dirty mud on his face.

In his actions, Xie Lian actually felt a strange kind of kindness. It was like being in the arms of his best friend, the most familiar relative. His shivering body miraculously regained some warmth.

Unexpectedly, in such a situation, the thing that gave him such kindness and warmth was such a strange thing.

Xie Lian let out suppressed sobs and trembled even more violently. The will-o'-the-wisp flew to his chest, as if trying to warm him up, but it was unsure if it could help him dispel the cold, so it didn't dare to get close.

Bai Wuxiang helped him wipe off the mud on his body and said, "Come over to me."

“…” Xie Lian said in a trembling voice, “I…I…”

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly stretched out his palm and attacked Bai Wuxiang's mask!

The surprise attack was successful, and the mask was knocked high into the air by his palm. Xie Lian had already jumped several feet away, and the fear he had just shown was gone. He shouted angrily in a deep voice, “Who wants to go to your side, you... monster!”

The pale face of sorrow and joy fell to the ground, and the ghostly lights in the sky seemed to be frightened and suddenly lost their order, dancing wildly and screaming silently. Bai Wuxiang covered his face and laughed softly.

Xie Lian's hair stood on end when he heard that smile. He asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Bai Wuxiang snorted and said, "You will come to my side."

His tone was firm. Xie Lian didn’t understand what he meant. He said in disbelief, “Which side are you on? You destroyed Xianle and you want me to go to your side? Are you crazy? Are you sick?”

He would not curse, even when he was extremely angry he would only say those few words, otherwise he would use the most vicious and venting words in the world to curse this thing. Bai Wuxiang laughed, covered his face with his hands, raised his head and said: "You will come. In this world, no one except me will truly understand you, and no one will accompany you forever."

Xie Lian was terrified, but he still retorted, “Get lost! Stop talking nonsense so self-righteously. Do you think there is no one if you say there is no one?”

A ball of will-o'-the-wisp flew to his side, moving up and down, as if nodding in agreement. But there were such evil things everywhere, so Xie Lian didn't notice this one.

Over there, Bai Wuxiang said in a gentle voice: "Oh? Is there anyone? There was someone before, do you think there will be someone again in the future?"

“…”

Xie Lian asked, “What do you mean? What are you hinting at?”

Bai Wuxiang did not answer. He turned around with a cold smile and seemed to be about to leave.

He whispered, "I'll be waiting for you here, Your Highness."

Xie Lian certainly couldn’t let him go like that, so he said, “Wait! Don’t leave! What did you do to them? Did you touch my father, the king, my mother, and Feng Xin?!”

He chased after him and reached out to grab the figure in white, but the other person flicked his sleeves and grabbed a ball of ghost fire with his backhand.

He didn't attack Xie Lian specifically, but Xie Lian felt a terrifying force coming at him, and he flew high into the air and crashed into a tree. With a loud bang, the tree that two people could hug together was broken by his body!

In the past, Xie Lian would not even frown even if he knocked over ten trees like this, but now he was a mortal, and after such a collision, his bones seemed to fall apart. He fell heavily to the ground and fainted.

At the last moment before he closed his eyes, he seemed to see the figure in white reaching out a hand, holding a burning ghost fire in his palm, and said with a smile: "Ghost, tell me, what is your name? This is so interesting..."

When I woke up, everything was gone.

Xie Lian was upside down, his chest and mouth were filled with the smell of blood. He was dizzy for a long time, and suddenly he rolled to his feet, mumbling: "...Father! Mother! Feng Xin!"

He remembered what happened before he fell into a coma, and did not dare to delay for a moment. He ran for dozens of miles and finally returned to the hiding place of the king and others late at night more than 20 days after he packed his bags and left.

Xie Lian was extremely anxious and terrified, fearing that Bai Wuxiang had already killed his relatives and friends. When he returned to the shabby house, he pushed open the door and shouted without even taking a breath, "Father! Mother! Feng Xin!"

Fortunately, the house was not as miserable as he had imagined. Even the things were not in disarray. It was still the same as before he left.

Xie Lian ran for dozens of miles with wounds all over his body. His throat was dry and about to smoke. He felt relieved a little, swallowed his throat, and continued to walk in, saying: "Feng Xin! You are..."

As soon as he pushed open the door, his throat got stuck. Feng Xin was in the room, and when he saw Xie Lian coming back, he asked curiously, "Your Highness! Why are you back?"

However, Xie Lian did not look at him, but stared at the person opposite him. Opposite Feng Xin stood a man in black.

It's admiration.

Mu Qing turned around and saw him, pursed her lips, and her face was not very good. Feng Xin walked around him and came to greet him, saying: "Didn't you go to practice? How is it going? I thought you were going to be away for several months. You came back so early, is there any major progress?"

Xie Lian stared at Mu Qing and asked, “Where is my father, the emperor, and my mother?”

Feng Xin said, "He is asleep in the room and has already laid down to rest. Why are your clothes so dirty? What happened to your face? Who did you fight with?"

Xie Lian did not answer. He was completely relieved to hear that his parents were safe and sound. He asked Mu Qing, “Why are you here?”

Mu Qing didn't say anything, Feng Xin answered for him: "He came to deliver something."

Xie Lian asked, “What is that?”

Mu Qing raised his hand slightly and pointed to the side. He was pointing at a few clean bags, which should be filled with rice.

Seeing Xie Lian was silent, Mu Qing whispered, “I heard that you are short of medicine. I will try to get some later.”

Feng Xin said, “Okay, then I’ll say thank you. I’m in need of these right now. Priests can’t give things to mortals without permission. You should be careful too.” He moved closer to Xie Lian and whispered, “I’m also quite surprised that he actually came back to help. I was wrong about him before. Anyway…” Xie Lian suddenly said, “No need.”

Mu Qing's face turned pale and he clenched his fists. Feng Xin asked curiously, "What do you not need?"

Xie Lian said word by word, “I don’t need your help. I also… don’t want your things. Please leave.”

Hearing the words "please leave", Mu Qing's face became even grayer.

Feng Xin also noticed something was wrong and asked, "What happened?"

Mu Qing lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry."

Having known Mu Qing for so many years, this was the first time he heard him say these three words, and it was also the first time he saw him apologize sincerely. However, Xie Lian was no longer in the mood to be surprised and said, “Please leave!”

He lost control of his emotions, grabbed the bags and threw them at Mu Qing. The white rice was scattered all over the ground, and Mu Qing was embarrassed by him, but he just raised his hand to block it and still endured it. Feng Xin grabbed Xie Lian and said in shock: "Your Highness! What happened? What did he do?! Didn't you go to practice?! What happened in the meantime?!"

Xie Lian was held back by him, his eyes red as he said, “…You can ask him. I went to practice, why did I come back? You can ask him!”

The noise outside was so loud that the queen who was already asleep in the room was awakened. She came out in her clothes and said, "My prince, are you back? What happened to you..." Feng Xin hurriedly said, "It's okay! Your Majesty, come in!" He pushed her back and closed the door and asked, "What did you do? Mu Qing, what on earth did you do?! Your Highness, did he beat you up with this wound on your face?!"

Xie Lian's breathing became more and more rapid and disordered, and he could not speak at all. Mu Qing said, "It was not me! I did not hit His Highness, I just asked him to leave. Other than that, I did not say a single harsh word, nor did I attack him! They are determined to take that spiritual land. If you don't leave under such circumstances, there will be no end to it!"

"you!……"

In a few words, Feng Xin finally understood what happened. He opened his eyes wide, pointed at Mu Qing, and couldn't say a word. After a while, he bent down, grabbed the cloth bag on the ground, threw it in front of him, and roared, "Get out! Get out, get out, get out!"

Mu Qing was hit in the face by the rice bag he brought with him and took two steps back. The three people in the room were breathing heavily. Feng Xin said, "I was wondering why you suddenly changed your personality? I'm really fucked, this fucking... don't let me see you again!"

Mu Qing said hoarsely, "Yes! I was wrong, I admit it, I apologize! But I want to solve the current problem first, and then talk about other things! If I don't go back to the lower heaven, everyone will be doomed! Your parents and my mother, the three of us, don't know how long we will struggle in the mud! If I go back first, there will still be a chance..."

Feng Xin cursed, "That's all bullshit, stop talking nonsense! No one wants to listen to your excuses, get out of here!"

Mu Qing said, "If we were in each other's shoes..." Feng Xin interrupted him, "I told you to stop talking nonsense! I won't listen! I just know that no matter what the situation is, I will never do the same thing as you. There is no need to switch places. You are just ungrateful!"

Mu Qing's face turned green, and he took a step forward and said, "Your Highness was also forced to rob when you were in trouble. Why can't you put yourself in my shoes?"

Feng Xin snorted, "Huh? Robbery? Who robbed? Your Highness robbed? What the hell are you talking about?"

“…”

Xie Lian suffocated.

Seeing Feng Xin’s furious expression gradually turn into astonishment, Mu Qing realized something was wrong. He turned to Xie Lian hesitantly and said, “You…you didn’t…?”

He also didn't expect that Xie Lian didn't tell Feng Xin about this!

“Aa ...

Xie Lian went crazy, picked up something at random and chased Mu Qing out. Mu Qing also realized that he might have made a big mess, and didn't dare to say anything after being beaten several times. But when he ran outside, he saw that the thing Xie Lian used to beat him was actually a broom. His face darkened again and he said, "You can't mock me like this, right?!"

Xie Lian collapsed and said, “Get lost!”

He threw a punch with a sharp force, and Mu Qing was hit by it, barely dodging it, leaving a trace of blood on his face. He reached out and touched it, looking at the blood on his hand, his mood fluctuating, and after a while, he said, "...Okay. I'm leaving."

Xie Lian was trembling all over, and he bent down deeply. Mu Qing took a few steps, but still put the rice bag on the ground and said, "I'm really leaving."

Xie Lian raised his head suddenly, and when Mu Qing saw his eyes, his throat moved, and he no longer hesitated, flicking his sleeves and leaving.

Feng Xin, who was stunned in the room, chased out and said, "Your Highness! Is he kidding me? What on earth is this robbery?"

Xie Lian covered his forehead and said, “…Don’t ask, Feng Xin, I beg you not to ask.”

Feng Xin said: "No, of course I don't believe it, I just want to know what's going on..."

Xie Lian screamed, covered his ears, fled into the house, and locked himself up.

Feng Xin was really convinced that he would never do such a thing. But it was because of this that the situation became the worst!

Xie Lian wanted to run away, to a place where no one knew him, but he remembered what Bai Wuxiang had said, and he didn't dare to go too far, so he could only lock himself in the house. No matter how Feng Xin and the Queen called him, he would not come out.

It was not until two days later that Xie Lian felt a little calmer. When Feng Xin knocked on the door again, he quietly opened it. Feng Xin stood at the door holding a plate and said, "This is what Her Majesty the Queen made for you during the day. She told me to bring it to you."

The thing on the plate was purple and green, which made people terrified. Feng Xin said again: "If your Highness is worried about your life, I will help you solve it. I won't tell Her Majesty the Queen, hehe."

It was obvious that Feng Xin still wanted to ask what the robbery was about, but he was afraid that Xie Lian would lock him up again, so he had to suppress it by force, pretending that nothing had happened and not asking. But he was not good at joking, and the jokes he made were dry and embarrassing.

To be honest, the food his mother cooked tasted terrible, and the more times she cooked and the more attentive she was, the more she progressed in a direction that she shouldn't have been in. Xie Lian had never cooked before, but his food tasted good. It seemed that he could only be explained by his natural talent. Despite this, Xie Lian still took the plate and sat at the table to eat. Anyway, he couldn't taste anything he ate now.

Fortunately, he thought he was doomed that night and that he must have been heard, but according to the situation in the past few days, the king and the queen seemed to be unaware of his robbery. Otherwise, with the king's temper, he would have scolded him. Feng Xin would definitely not tell them, so he could rest assured for the time being.

Thinking of this, Feng Xin suddenly stood up, and Xie Lian woke up with a start, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Feng Xin took the bow and said, "It's time to go out and perform."

Xie Lian stood up and said, “I’ll go too.”

After hesitating for a moment, Feng Xin said, "Forget it, you should take a rest."

Although Feng Xin did not ask any more questions, Xie Lian felt uncomfortable all over. He felt that after Feng Xin knew about this, something between them could never go back. Every word and every look of Feng Xin seemed to have a special meaning, which was worth investigating. Xie Lian shook his head, sighed, and said, "I'll tell you the truth. I don't have the heart to practice now."

Feng Xin had expected this to some extent, and lowered his head, not knowing what to say. Xie Lian said again, “In that case, instead of sitting in the house, why not go out and perform? At least you can earn some money, and not look like a…”

Not like a useless person.

For some reason, he couldn't say the last two words. Perhaps it was because he really felt that he was a useless person, so he didn't dare to say these two words easily.

Feng Xin was still a little worried and said, "I can do it alone. Your Highness, you just had a meal these past two days, so you should rest for a few more days."

The more he said this, the more anxious Xie Lian became to prove himself. He turned around to look in the mirror and said, “It’s okay. I’ll just tidy it up…”

He originally wanted to tidy up his appearance, at least not to look so messy like a beggar or a madman, but he saw an extremely horrifying picture in the mirror.

The man in the mirror actually had no face - because the face reflected in it had a half-crying, half-smiling expression.