Chapter 31: Poking the Ghost Prince to Seek His True Face 2

As soon as the air condensed at this moment, Xie Lian knew. This question might not be the right one to ask.

Although the two of them had been getting along quite happily these days, since he had not shown his true face to her, and had not removed this layer of appearance after revealing his identity, there must be a reason for this, which could not be told to outsiders. Without waiting for his answer, Xie Lian immediately smiled and said, "I was just saying it casually, don't take it too seriously."

Hua Cheng closed his eyes for a while, then smiled and said, "I'll show it to you when I have the chance."

If someone else had said this, it would have been a casual remark, and "there will be a chance in the future" would be the same as "forget about it". However, since Hua Cheng said this, Xie Lian felt that if he said "in the future", it would be "in the future" and he would definitely do it. Instead, he became more interested and smiled, "Okay. Then show me when you think you can do it. Now take a rest."

After tossing and turning until late at night, he had long forgotten about cooking and lay down on the mat again. Hua Cheng also lay down. No one was bothered by why, after each of them had revealed their identities, a priest and a ghost could still lie on the same tattered mat, joking and chatting.

There was no pillow on the straw mat, so Hua Cheng rested his head on his arm. Xie Lian imitated him and rested his head on his arm. He said casually, “You guys in the ghost world seem to be really free. Don’t you even need to report in?”

Hua Cheng not only rested his head on his arms, but also propped up his legs. He said, "Why report? We are all independent and no one can control anyone else."

It turns out that the ghost world is just a bunch of chaotic and disorganized ghosts. Xie Lian was not surprised and said, "I see. I thought you were all united like the Heavenly Court. So, if that's the case, have you ever seen other ghost kings?"

Hua Cheng said: "I have seen it."

Xie Lian asked, “You’ve also seen the Green Ghost Qi Rong?”

Hua Cheng said: "Are you talking about that low-class trash?"


Xie Lian thought, “How am I supposed to answer this?” Fortunately, he didn’t need to answer. Hua Cheng said, “I said hello and he ran away.”

Xie Lian had a hunch that this “greeting” must not be a normal greeting. As expected, Hua Cheng said leisurely, “Then, I also got the comment of ‘Blood Rain Scholar’.”

“…”

It turns out that when he said before that he destroyed another ghost's lair, he was referring to the Green Ghost Qi Rong. And this "greeting" meant a bloodbath. Xie Lian thought that this greeting was really extraordinary, and he touched his chin and asked, "Does the Green Ghost Qi Rong have any grudge against you?"

Hua Cheng said: "Yes. He is an eyesore."

Xie Lian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He thought, could it be that you challenged the thirty-three priests because you thought they were annoying? In the end, he didn’t ask this question. He just said, “There was a priest in the heaven who said that he was of low rank and that the ghost world despised him. Could it be that he really meant it?”

Hua Cheng said: "Really. Hei Shui also dislikes him."

Xie Lian asked, “Who is Heishui?” Then he realized what was going on and asked, “Is it the one with ‘Heishui Chenzhou’?”

Hua Cheng said: "Yes. It is also called Black Water Mysterious Ghost."

Xie Lian remembered that this Black Water Mysterious Ghost was also a “master”, while the Green Ghost Qirong was only a “near master”. He asked with great interest, “Are you familiar with this Mysterious Ghost?”

Hua Cheng said lazily: "I'm not familiar with them. I don't know many people in the ghost world."

Xie Lian was a little surprised and said, “Is that so? I thought you had a lot of subordinates. Then maybe we have some differences in the definition of ‘familiar’.”

Hua Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "That's right. In the ghost world, if you are not 'Jue', you have no right to talk to me."

This was an extremely arrogant statement, but he said it confidently, as if it was natural. Xie Lian smiled slightly and said, "You know it all even if you don't know them well. Your ghost world is pretty good, with only a few big ones. It's not like the heavenly world, where I can't even remember all the priests in the upper heaven, and there are so many people waiting to ascend in the middle heaven." But if he couldn't remember people's names every time, he would inevitably offend them again. After chatting for a while, Xie Lian stopped talking about the difference between the two worlds for fear of getting into a sensitive topic. He glanced at the closed wooden door and said, "I wonder when Ban Yue will come back?"

Thinking of the deafening words "I want to save the people", many chaotic images surged in his mind, but he forced them down. At this time, he heard Hua Cheng say: "That sentence is really good."

Xie Lian asked, “What?”

Hua Cheng said leisurely: "'I want to save the common people.'"

“…”

Xie Lian felt as if he had been hit hard.

He turned over and curled up like a shrimp. He wanted to cover his face with one hand and his ears with another hand, and moaned, "...Sanlang."

Hua Cheng seemed to move closer, and behind him, he said seriously: "Hmm? Is there anything wrong with this sentence?"

He kept asking, and Xie Lian couldn't get over it, so he turned back and said helplessly, "Silly."


Hua Cheng said, "What are you afraid of? I admire you for speaking for the people, whether you want to save them or kill them all. The former is much more difficult than the latter, so I admire you even more."

Xie Lian shook his head in a confused and amused manner, and said, “You have to be brave enough to say it and do it, and you have to be able to do it.”

He covered his eyes, lay down, and said, "Oh, well, it's nothing, what Ban Yue said is not bad. When I was younger, I said even stupider things."

Hua Cheng smiled and said, "Oh? What kind of words are they? Tell me."

After being absent-minded for a moment, Xie Lian smiled as he recalled, “Many, many years ago, there was a person who told me that he couldn’t live any longer. He asked me why he was living and what the meaning of living was.”

He glanced at Hua Cheng and said, "Do you know how I answered?"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but there seemed to be a glimmer in Hua Cheng's eyes. He whispered, "How did you answer?"

Xie Lian said: "I told him: 'If you don't know how to live, then live for me!'

"'If you don't know the meaning of your life, then just treat me as the meaning of your life, and treat me as the pillar that supports you to live.'"

"Ha ha……"

As Xie Lian thought about it and spoke, he suddenly couldn’t help laughing and shook his head, “To this day I still don’t understand what I was thinking at the time. Why did I have the courage to say something like becoming someone else’s meaning of life?”

Hua Cheng didn't say anything. Xie Lian continued, "It was only then that I could say such words. At that time, I really thought I was omnipotent and fearless. Now that you ask me to say such words, I can no longer say them."

He said slowly: "I don't know what happened to that person later. To be the meaning of someone's existence is already a very heavy thing, let alone saving the world."

There was a long silence in the Puqi Temple. After a while, Hua Cheng said calmly: "It doesn't matter what happens when it comes to saving the common people. However, although it is brave, it is also very stupid."

Xie Lian agreed, “Yes.”

However, Hua Cheng added: "Although stupid, he is very brave."

Hearing this, Xie Lian smiled and said, “Thank you so much.”

Hua Cheng said: "You're welcome."

The two of them stared at the small broken roof of the Puqi Temple for a while, and Hua Cheng said again: "But we have only known each other for a few days. Is it okay for you to tell me so much?"

Xie Lian sighed, waved his hands, and said, “What’s the problem? It doesn’t matter. Even if you’ve known each other for decades, it only takes a day to become strangers. Just say what you want to say. We met by chance, and we will meet and then separate. If we get along well, we will get together, if not, we will separate. Everyone, just be casual.”

Hua Cheng seemed to laugh softly, and after a moment, he suddenly said, "What if."

Xie Lian turned around and asked, “What if?”

Hua Cheng was not looking at him, but at the shabby roof of the Puqi Monastery. Xie Lian could only see the left half of the handsome young man’s face.


He said calmly, "I don't look good."

Xie Lian asked, “Ah?”

Hua Cheng then turned his head slightly and said, "If my original appearance is not good-looking, do you still want to see it?"

Xie Lian was stunned for a moment, and said, “Really? Even though there’s no reason, I always feel that your original appearance must not be too bad.”

Hua Cheng said half-truthfully, "That's not certain. What if I have a green face and fangs, my facial features are disordered, I'm as ugly as a Rakshasa, as evil as a Yaksha, what will you do?"

Hearing him say this, Xie Lian initially thought it was a little interesting: As the overlord of the ghost world, the Devil King of Chaos, who was feared by all the gods and immortals, would he care about whether his true face was good-looking? But thinking about it more deeply, he no longer found it interesting.

He vaguely remembered that among the various origin stories in Huacheng, there was a rumor that he was "a deformed child". If that was true, he must have been discriminated against for this when he was a human being, and it might have started when he was young. Perhaps it was because of this that he was particularly sensitive about his true appearance.

So, Xie Lian considered his words for a moment and said, “Well…”

He said sincerely in the gentlest tone: "Actually, I want to see your original appearance, just because, now we can be considered friends, right? You see, we are like this... Well, since we are friends, of course we should be honest with each other. So, I said I want to see your true face. What does this have to do with whether you look good or not? Of course it's not... Why are you laughing? I'm telling the truth."

When Xie Lian finished his last few sentences, he felt that the body of the young man beside him seemed to tremble slightly. He was stunned for a moment, thinking: "Is what I said really so good that he was moved to this extent?" But he was too embarrassed to turn around to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, after a while, a very low laugh came from the side, which was leaked. Xie Lian felt very depressed: "Sanlang... why are you laughing like this?"

Hua Cheng stopped trembling instantly, turned around and said, "No, what you said makes sense."

After hearing what he said, Xie Lian only felt more depressed and said, “You are so insincere…”

Hua Cheng said, "I swear, you will never find anyone more sincere than me in heaven or on earth."

Xie Lian didn’t want to talk anymore, so he threw Ruo Xie aside, letting the white silk flutter over the two of them. He then turned around, with his back to Hua Cheng, and said, “Forget it, go to sleep. Sleep well and don’t talk.”

Hua Cheng chuckled again and said, "Next time."

Although he had already decided to go to sleep, as soon as Hua Cheng opened his mouth, Xie Lian couldn’t help but continue the conversation: “What do you mean next time?”

Hua Cheng whispered: "Next time we meet, I will meet you in my original form."

There were many things to ponder about this sentence, and Xie Lian should have asked more questions. However, after a night of sleep, he could not hold on any longer and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Xie Lian woke up and stood up, only to find that the room beside him was empty.

Perhaps it was because of the strong wind and sand, Xie Lian felt a slight headache. He stumbled to his feet and walked around the Puqi Temple in a daze. He opened the door, but there was no one outside. As expected, the young man had already left.

However, the fallen leaves had been swept into a pile, and a small pottery jar stood beside it. Xie Lian went out and brought the pottery jar in, and placed it on the altar. During this time, a little yellow sand fell on the table, which turned out to be the sand brought back from the Gobi Desert. Xie Lian closed the door, took off his clothes, and prepared to change. When he was busy untying his belt, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something extra on his chest. Xie Lian raised his hand and touched it, and found that under the curse shackle, there was an extra very thin chain.

The chain was loose, so Xie Lian took it off his neck in one go. It turned out to be a silver chain, and because it was so thin and light, he didn't even notice that there was something on him. Under the silver chain, there was a crystal clear ring.


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