White without phase. The source of plague. A symbol of bad luck.

This "Jue" always wears a snow-white mourning dress, holding a soul-calling banner in his hand, and wears a crying and laughing mask on his face. The so-called crying and laughing mask means that half of the face is crying and the other half is smiling, and it is unclear whether it is crying or laughing. Whenever he is seen somewhere, it means that someone will die soon in that place, and the world will be in chaos.

Xie Lian still remembers the first time he saw Bai Wuxiang. He stood on the tower of Xianle Imperial City, his face covered in black ash and tears, looking down blankly. In the blurry vision, there was only a white figure standing among the corpses outside the city, with his sleeves fluttering, extremely clear. Xie Lian looked down at him, and the white ghost also looked up, looked at Xie Lian, and waved at him.

That crying and laughing mask is Xie Lian's lingering nightmare even after hundreds of years.

Later, others commented on Bai Wuxiang as "a man in white who brings disaster to the world". He was the nightmare of the gods and immortals of the previous generation before the emergence of Xueyu Tanhua. If Jun Wu had not personally killed him, I am afraid that this nightmare would have continued to this day.

However, Ying seemed to have no idea who "Bai Wuxiang" was, and just looked at Xie Lian in confusion. He didn't know whether he didn't understand or didn't know the name. After a while, he suddenly yelled "Ah!" again. It turned out that Xie Lian had grabbed his shoulders unconsciously and held them hard. When he yelled, Xie Lian came to his senses and quickly let go, saying, "I'm sorry."

Ying had been through all kinds of beatings, so it was just a pinch, nothing, so she shook her head. Xie Lian said again, "I'm sorry."

Hua Cheng said in a deep voice: "You are too tired, take a rest first."

As soon as he finished speaking, two girls came in through a small door on the side of the hall, and they wanted to take the boy away. Xie Lian didn’t know what they were going to do, but Hua Cheng said, “Don’t worry. We’ll just take him downstairs to wash him, change his clothes, treat his wounds, and make him presentable.”

The young man was dirty and in a mess, and he must have many other wounds on his body. Xie Lian calmed down a little and said, "Okay. Thank you." The two girls then stepped forward and took the man away. Ying kept looking back, and Xie Lian said, "It's okay, I'll find you later."

After the young man was taken away, Hua Cheng turned to him and said, "Sit down and rest first. Don't see him for the time being. If you want to ask him anything, I will pry his mouth open."

When Xie Lian heard him say “pry open his mouth”, he felt that the wording was a bit scary, so he said, “No need for that. If he can’t say anything, forget it. Just take your time.”

Hua Cheng sat next to him and asked, "What are you going to do with this young man?"

Xie Lian’s face showed fatigue. He thought for a moment and said, “I think I should keep him by my side for now and take him with me.”

Hua Cheng looked like he didn't agree, and said, "Why don't you leave him in the ghost market? I won't give him another mouth to feed."

Xie Lian stared at him and said sincerely, “Sanlang, thank you very much. But…” He sighed, “I said I would take him with me. There is still a lot to do.”

Ying's appearance was horrifying, she had no special abilities, and couldn't even speak clearly. The Ghost Market was indeed Hua Cheng's territory. If he was willing to protect it, no one could hurt the boy, and he wouldn't be left hungry. But in addition to that, the most important thing was to slowly guide the boy, sort out his mind and speech, and make him look normal. Although the Ghost Market was bustling, it was full of demons and all kinds of people, so it was not suitable for that. Apart from himself, Xie Lian couldn't think of anyone else who was willing to spend so much patience to guide the boy.

Xie Lian said slowly, “I am already very grateful to you for helping me find this young man. Now that I have found him, I cannot trouble you any more with the rest.”

Hua Cheng still seemed to disagree, but he didn't say much, and said calmly: "It's no trouble. You are here with me, just tell me if you need anything, and go wherever you want."

Speaking of “go wherever you want to go”, Xie Lian suddenly remembered Lang Qianqiu and Shi Qingxuan who had just participated in the gang fight on the street, and said, “His Highness Taihua is still with you, why don’t I let him leave first.” To be honest, if Lang Qianqiu couldn’t show his Dharma body here, he probably wouldn’t be able to help much.

Hua Cheng said, "Whatever. I don't care about him."

Xie Lian was still a little curious, so he asked anyway, “There are priests wandering around in your territory, and you don’t care?” Is Hua Cheng really so fearless?

Hua Cheng smiled and said, "You don't know this. Brother, although my place is said to be a turbid hell with demons everywhere, in fact, everyone wants to come and hang out. Even the many priests in your heaven pretend to be disdainful and scornful on the surface, but they secretly disguise themselves and come here to do whatever they want. I have seen a lot. I don't bother to care if there is no trouble, but it's good when there is trouble. They are the ones who crossed the line first."

When he said the last sentence, Xie Lian suddenly felt that there seemed to be something strange about the scimitar on his waist, and he couldn't help but take a look. This time, he was immediately surprised.

It turned out that there was a silver eye carved on the handle of this scimitar.

The pattern of this eye was just composed of a few silver lines, but although simple, it was extremely vivid and lifelike. He didn't see it at first because this eye was originally closed and combined into a line. At this moment, it opened its eyes, and its eyeballs rolled around and blinked twice.

Hua Cheng noticed the strange look on Xie Lian's face, lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Are you awake?" Then he said to Xie Lian, "Brother, this is a curse."

The eye rolled back to Xie Lian again. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Xie Lian felt that the silver eye narrowed slightly.

So he bent down and said to it, "Hello."

When he greeted her, the eye narrowed even more, and the whole eye curved into an arc, as if smiling. The big eyeball turned left and right, very lively, as if it was not a pattern carved on the handle of the knife, but an eye that really grew on a person. Hua Cheng raised the corner of his lips and said, "Brother, it likes you."

Xie Lian raised his head and asked, “Really?”

Hua Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Yeah. Seriously. If it doesn't like something, it won't even bother to look at it. It's rare for Er Ming to like someone."

Hearing this, Xie Lian calmed down a little, and said to E Ming in a gentle voice, "Thank you very much." Then he turned to Hua Cheng and said, "I like it very much, too."

Hearing this, the eye blinked several times, and then suddenly trembled as it hung on Hua Cheng's waist. Hua Cheng said righteously, "No."

Xie Lian asked, “Why not?”

Hua Cheng said again: "No."

Er Ming trembled again, as if he couldn't wait to be unsheathed. Xie Lian asked curiously, "Are you telling it no?"

Hua Cheng said to Xie Lian in all seriousness, "Yes. It wants you to touch it. I said no."

Xie Lian smiled and said, "Why not?" Then he stretched out a hand. Er Ming's eyes suddenly widened, as if he was extremely expectant. Xie Lian wanted to touch the eye, but suddenly remembered, "You can't touch here, it hurts if you poke the eye." So he lowered his hand and gently touched the scabbard twice. Then, the eye completely narrowed into a slit, and trembled even more violently.

As Xie Lian touched it, he felt something very strange. He was a natural animal and he used to touch some furry cats and dogs. When they felt comfortable, they would squint their eyes and keep crawling into his arms. He didn't expect that now, touching a cold silver scimitar, the feeling was exactly the same as touching a dog. It was quite interesting.

After letting him touch him for a while, Hua Cheng stood up with a smile and said to E Ming, "Alright, come back after you finish your work." He then said to Xie Lian, "Brother, rest here. I'll go take care of some small matters and will be back soon."

Xie Lian realized that E Ming had opened his eyes just now to warn Hua Cheng. He thought to himself, "Could it be that Master Feng and Qian Qiu showed their Dharma bodies in the ghost market?" He also wanted to get up and said, "I'll go take a look too."

Hua Cheng gently pushed him back and said, "Don't worry, it's not His Highness Taihua, just a few trash, Yue Chang. You don't have to go."

Since he said so, Xie Lian couldn't insist on going with him. Hua Cheng turned and walked out of the hall. He waved his hand from a distance, and the bead curtain automatically parted to the sides. When he left, the curtain of pearls and jades snapped together again, making a crisp sound.

Xie Lian sat on the black jade couch for a while, remembering that the young man was shy, and since he was now somewhat calm, he decided to go and take a look. He stood up, passed through the small door that the two girls had left, and saw a flower garden. There was a vermilion corridor running through the flower garden, and it was empty. Xie Lian was thinking about where to go, when he saw a black figure flash by.

The figure behind him was the masked young man who had brought Ying here just now. Xie Lian remembered the curse on his wrist and was still quite concerned. Just as he was about to call out to him, the figure had disappeared. Thinking back to the man's movements, he seemed to be afraid of being discovered. Xie Lian stopped talking and followed him silently.

After going around the corner where the man disappeared, Xie Lian leaned against the wall and looked over quietly. The man was indeed moving very quickly and paying attention to his surroundings. It seemed that he was very alert and did not want to be discovered. Xie Lian thought, "This man must be San Lang's subordinate. Why would he be so sneaky when he is in San Lang's place?"

The more he did this, the more Xie Lian felt that this man might have bad intentions, so he hid his body and followed him. The masked man turned around and around, and Xie Lian followed him three or four feet behind, holding his breath. Turning into a long corridor, at the end of the corridor was a gorgeous door. As Xie Lian followed, he thought to himself: "If he turns around now, there will be no place to hide."

Unexpectedly, just as he thought this, he saw the masked man suddenly stop and look back.

When the man paused, Xie Lian knew something was wrong. In a hurry, he raised his hand slightly, and Ruo Xie flew out, circled around the wooden beam above a few times, and lifted him up high, sticking to the top.

The masked man looked back but didn't see anyone, nor did he think to look up carefully, so he finally turned around and continued walking forward.

However, Xie Lian still didn't dare to put himself down so quickly. He kept his posture against the ceiling and moved forward lightly and silently. As he moved, he felt like a gecko. Fortunately, the masked man didn't walk for long before stopping in front of the gorgeous door. He didn't need to move any further and could only wait and see what happened.

There was a stone statue of a woman beside the gate of this small building. She was very graceful. Of course, from Xie Lian's angle, the only thing he could see clearly was her round head and the round jade plate in her hand. The masked man stopped in front of the gate. Instead of opening the door, he turned to the statue of the woman, raised his hand, and threw something into the jade plate. Hearing two crisp "ding-dong" sounds, Xie Lian thought to himself, "Dice?"

He had just heard this sound many times, and he would not forget it for a long time. It was the sound of dice falling on the bottom plate. As expected, the masked man removed his hand and took a look inside. In the jade plate were two dice, both with bright red six points.

After throwing the dice, the masked man put away the dice and opened the door. The door was not locked. After he entered, he just closed the door casually. Xie Lian did not hear the sound of locking or bolting. After waiting for a while, he floated to the ground like a piece of paper, folded his arms and studied the door.

Logically speaking, this room didn’t seem big, so whatever the masked man did inside should have made some noise. However, after he went in and closed the door, there was no sound at all in the room. Xie Lian thought for a moment, then raised his hand and pushed.

Sure enough, after opening the door, the room was empty except for a table and two chairs. It looked like an ordinary, gorgeous little room. The furnishings in the room were clear at a glance, and there was no possibility of a hidden passage.

Xie Lian closed the door and looked thoughtfully at the stone statue of the maid beside him. After a moment, his eyes turned to the jade plate in her hand.

It seems that the secret lies in this jade plate and the two dice.

Xie Lian thought, "This room is still locked, but it's not a real lock, it's a magic lock. To open it, you need a key, or a passcode. You need to use the dice to throw two 'sixes' on this plate, and only after you open the door will you see the real destination."

However, if he was asked to throw out two "sixes" on the spot, this was absolutely impossible in the world. Xie Lian could only sigh at the house, walked around in front of the door for a while, and then turned back. After walking for a while, he suddenly stopped and thought to himself: "How did I get here just now? "

Ji Le Fang was originally large, and he followed the masked man around for a long time, and he even got dizzy. He walked around aimlessly for a while, but didn't meet anyone. Just as he was about to sit down and think for a moment, a tall man in red came towards him.