in the early morning, yan iris ate breakfast with xuan long safely and steadily, there was no quarrel, there was no cold face, this was a fairly warm practice feast, yan iris gave xuan long food, xuan long bowed his head and ate silently.
after the meal, yan yi asked the palace people to bring some fresh fish cakes in, and he took the kraft paper, wrapped the fish cakes and several other snacks that had not been eaten just now, and put them in a splendid bag and handed them to xuan long: "take it to eat on the road." "
"hmm." xuan long reached out and took it. in fact, he was fully capable of hunting on the way, but the kindness and thoughtfulness of the bird bird still made him feel very warm and reluctant to refuse.
yan yi: "pay attention to safety, go early and return early." "
"hmm." xuan long should go down and turn around to leave.
"wait." the bird bird stopped him.
xuan long turned back to look at yan iris, and saw yan iris walk into him and kiss him on the forehead, xuan long subconsciously closed his eyes, and yan iris's kiss slowly slid down the bridge of his nose and landed on his lips.
xuan long's waist was buckled tightly, and the throat knot slid slightly with the lingering kiss of the swallow iris, and the swallow iris was rarely so gentle that when it was separated, xuan long's heart suddenly gave birth to reluctance.
"go, i'll wait for you in the palace." swallow iris road.
"hmm." xuan long turned around with his baggage on his back, and before he could take a step, he turned back to look at yan yi. "if i come back safely, will i be able to... live in peace. "
yan yi knew what xuanlong was worried about, and there was no miserly smile in his eyes: "i promise you, if you come back safely, i will control my temper in the future, live a good life with you, and will not always lose my temper with you like that." "
xuan long nodded and took a few steps in the direction of the temple gate, and his figure disappeared from yan iris's line of sight.
outside the temple, the dark dragon circled in the air and rushed toward the clouds, all the way north.
......
since the occurrence of demons raging at the border pass, several nearby border towns have not been out of the house in the evening, and xuan long spent three days to the town where the murder had been committed, and at this time walking in the street market, the sky was gray, and there was no shadow of half a person.
occasionally, the cries of crows came from afar, which was quite poignant.
his spiritual power was swallowed up by the small things in his belly, and the long and continuous flight made his body a little overwhelmed, sniffing the strange demon qi in the town, and then suddenly disappeared, and when he returned to the gods, he was already in the wilderness, next to an abandoned and ruined temple that had fallen into disrepair, he hesitated for a moment, stepped in, and prepared to rest here for a night, and then go to look for the fox demon tomorrow.
it rained in the air and fell along the eaves, and xuan long sat down against the wooden door that was too old to see the original color, imagining the splendid baggage, and took out the snack that yan iris gave him and ate it slowly.
three days later, the fish cake was not very fresh in the mouth, lost water, and ate dry throat with discomfort, but the thought that it was prepared for him by yan iris himself made it delicious as ever.
the two fish cakes went down, and gradually became sleepy, xuan long leaned his head against the door, looking at the sky blurred by the rain, thinking about what yan iris was doing thousands of miles away at the moment, but there was a good rest, there could be a serious meal, there could be... think of him like this.
the temple here resembles a courtyard, when xuanlong closes his eyes and falls asleep, a man tiptoes to the ground and quietly falls on the side eaves, his ice blue eyes stare at xuanlong, the moon white robe is windless in the night, the ink hair is flying, and there is no half a drop of rain on his body.
with only a blink of an eye, the man's figure ghostly moved to xuan long's side, slowly crouched down, leaned over to xuan long's ear and blew a breath, laughing: "what are you following me for?" ......"
xuan long frowned slightly, opened his ice green eyes, raised his hand to hit the man, the man reacted very quickly, instantly disappeared on his right side, the figure appeared on his left side, slowly crouched down, propped up his face for a long time to look at xuan long, looked at it: "the human race likes my stunning appearance, coveting my body is just enough, is it difficult for you to be a dragon who is also fascinated by me?" "
then he shook his head, "i don't like dragons, and you're too old." "
the spell struck an empty space and landed on the temple gate, 'banging' and collapsing.
xuan long was not accustomed to the creatures next to him being so close to him, so he cast a teleportation spell to distance himself from him, and looked at the man condescendingly a few steps away, and made up his mind lightly.
"you are the fox demon."
the man's gaze was cold, and his beautiful appearance skimmed the killing atmosphere, the corners of his inner eyes opened extremely deeply, the end of his eyes was slightly raised, and the slender eyebrows and tails flew, cold and feminine.
it was a very different appearance from the terrans, with ice-blue eyes, born so well that it was easy to recognize that it was a fox.
"it's the fox demon, how?" the man stood up, obviously unhappy, and choked. "aren't you a demon too?"
xuan long looked at him unfazed, "why do you want to kill people?" "
you. the man was amused.
"it's just a matter of the terran stinky daoist coming to catch xiao ye, is it hard for you to change your career to a dragon to descend the demon?"
this fox demon looked no older than 200 years old, and in xuan long's eyes, he was just a newly adult child, and if he carefully calculated it should be similar to yan yi's age, he was extra patient: "if you kill people and commit evil, you will fall into the demon path in the future." "
"stop it in time."
"so what, the fallen demon dao will fall into the demon dao, the kind of evil mortal who can't walk when he sees beauty, little master, i see one to kill one."
"take care of the little master's idle business, and dig your heart together."
"it just so happens that you have a deep path, and if you eat your heart, little master, i am afraid that i will soar into a fairy tonight."
although the fox demon kills people, but has always had its own set of principles, other demons do not offend him, he will not take the initiative to find trouble, so he left this word he flew to leave, xuanlong moved in front of him, blocked in mid-air, in his hand illusion of ink longsword, flashing a dazzling light in the night.
the fox demon narrowed his eyes slightly, seeing that he really wanted to move, he immediately became angry, and his right hand was extended, and a long silver whip appeared in his palm, and he slammed it towards xuan long: "let go!" "
xuan long dodged and appeared behind him, his voice low, "i promised others that i would help him get rid of the evil that harmed people, and if you give up and stop doing evil, i will let you go." "
the fox demon didn't bother to talk to him more, brandished a long whip and wrapped it around him, sneering, "although your dao is deeper than mine, your spiritual power fluctuates so much that you didn't even notice that i was close, i'm afraid i was already seriously injured." "
"i haven't been afraid of anyone yet, and tonight i'll let you, the nosy dragon, taste what it is to be powerful!"
as he spoke, his long whip slammed into xuan long's chest——
if at its peak, xuan long could easily defeat this superficial fox demon, but the fetus in his abdomen was absorbing his spiritual power every day, and it was only a month or so that he felt that his physical spiritual power had been overdrawn for most of it, and he wrapped his long sword wrapped in mana to split the fox demon's spirit whip, wanting to fight quickly, suddenly there was a pain in his abdomen, the blood on his face was suddenly lost, and he subconsciously protected his lower abdomen, and the long whip hit his chest, and the sharp barb on the whip was deeply cut into the body, taking away a piece of cloth and flesh on his chest, and instantly saw blood.
xuan long snorted and fell to his knees.
mistle raised an eyebrow, stared at the blood clot on his silver whip, and was surprised: "don't you dragons all have heart-protecting dragon scales?" how can it be so unbeaten. "
xuan long covered his chest, the only remaining blood on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, warm blood came out of his fingers, and he stood up silently with his sword propped up on the ground.
the dragon scales that protect the heart are gone, and they are no different from the fragile skin of the human race, and they are naturally easily injured.
mistle frowned and looked at his back, "hey, are you okay?" "
"i didn't mean to hurt you, you had to come up and die."
xuan long knew that he would not be able to complete the task that yan yu had given him, so he braced himself and walked towards the temple, he casually found a dirty place to sit down, felt the porcelain bottle from his chest, poured a pill of anti-fetal medicine out and swallowed it, leaned against the wall, and closed his eyes. the rain outside had stopped, and heavy breathing was particularly clear in the dark night.
there seemed to be some warmth between the legs, and the fetus in the abdomen was frightened, and at this moment, there was a lot of noise, and xuan long gently pressed his palm to the abdomen, as if comforting.
xuan long had thought that the fox demon was gone, but he did not expect that a moment later there were footsteps on his side, followed by the sound of cloth rubbing, which should be crouched down beside him.
"you said you helped someone else kill me, who is that person?"
xuan long naturally couldn't tell him the identity of yan yi, and closed his eyes without answering.
mistle stared at the man's heroic face and guessed, "demons will not take care of such trifles, except for the terrans, i have not made any enemies in recent days, so it is the terrans who called you to kill me, right?" "
"......"
"a dragon like you will not be driven by a man, so that person is either gracious to you or has affection for you."
"i guess... you're in love with the terran. mistle slowly approached xuanlong's ear, exhaling hot air, and his voice quality was particularly seductive, as good as the siren chanting on the surface of the water, and mortals would immediately lose their minds when they heard it.
xuan long heard the words, slowly opened his eyes, and turned his head to look at him.
mistle's eyes were cold: "i really guessed correctly." "
"another stupid demon."
so outspoken, xuan long didn't want to take care of him anymore, his body hurt so much, he closed his eyes, he just wanted to sleep well.
the voice suddenly became hoarse.
"do you know why i killed those people?"
mistle's eyes changed, and xuan long saw the light of water under his eyes, and there was a strong hatred: "because they deserve to die." "
"i once had a twin brother who depended on each other for my life, and we grew up together, cultivated together, and left the fox clan to practice together."
"he fell in love with a mortal, and when the mortal learned of his fox demon's identity, he lied to him that he loved him, and when he fell in love, he mixed the water with the water and tricked him into taking it, and when he appeared in his original form, he ripped off his skin alive."
"my brother's fur is particularly beautiful, snow white, there is no trace of impurities, fluffier and softer than mine, when i was a child i fell asleep on him, as long as he was at his side, i had nothing to fear... because although he is as weak as me, he will protect me even if he fights hard. the corners of mistle's mouth curled up, but there were tears in his eyes.
"but the man picked his skin alive... you know why? "
xuan long was infected by his sadness and felt a little sad in his heart: "why?" "
"because the terran wanted a beautiful fur and made a bib to please his sweetheart." mistle smiled, his eyes mocking. "he was the honorable prince of xi hongguo, and he fell in love with the princess of the dynasty, and ordinary fox skin naturally could not enter the eyes of the princess, so he ordered people to go around hunting foxes." later, i heard the taoist priest say that the fox demon had a beautiful appearance and the most beautiful fur, which was incomparable to that of mortal foxes. "
"at that time, i was living with my brother in xihong, and the prince learned his brother's identity from nowhere, went to the bun shop where he worked every day to buy buns, treated him with courtesy, said he liked him, and wanted to marry him."
"the brother was simple, and the prince was born like a dog, and it wasn't long before the brother fell in love with him, and every day he came home with joy and joy to tell me how good the prince was to him... i still remember that the sunset that evening was particularly beautiful, and my brother said that he was going out to go to the dog prince's appointment, but he never came back. "
mistleto was still laughing, and as he spoke, he couldn't hold back, his voice choked up, and his face was full of tears.
"when he was skinned, he was conscious, and the man just like that when he was awake, he peeled his skin alive, because his sweetheart wanted a beautiful fox skin."
"but what about my brother?" what did my brother do wrong? "
"once upon a time, we also practiced the tao of goodness, and we didn't want to sneak chickens and dogs like other demons, so we turned into mortals, and every day we relied on the money earned by our hands to buy food, and we never stole more than half a point, but what did we get?"
mistle was crying and trembling, xu was alone in the human world for too long, and suddenly found someone who could speak, and he lost control.
xuan long raised his hand and gently touched mistle's head, "don't be sad." "
when he first saw mistle, he didn't hate the man in front of him, he rarely had a good feeling for the creatures next to him, he was comforted so gently, and he cried more and more severely, and when he was wronged when he was a child, his brother also touched his head like this, telling him not to be sad.
trembling and plunging into xuan long's arms, he slammed into xuan long's pain and broke out in a cold sweat, his body stiffened, he endured, and finally did not push the little fox away, allowing him to whimper and cry in his arms.
"when my mother gave birth to us, we died, and my brother and i came to the human world after we couldn't mix with the fox clan."
"knowing this, we will not come... find a place to hide in the old forest of the mountains where there is no one, just eat the fish in the water, catch the beasts on the mountain, if i know that my brother will die, i will not pestering him to come to the human world, whining..."
xuan long hesitated and raised his hand, patting mistle's back, "don't cry..."
he really couldn't comfort people, and mistle stood up straight after hearing the tears in his eyes, and complained, "i'm so pitiful, don't i even have the right to cry?" "
xuan long: "no..."
mistle pounced again, wrapping his hands around his neck and leaning against him.
"later, i took revenge on my brother, killed the dog prince and the ugly princess, pulled out the tongue of the daoist monk who was talking nonsense, and i dug out their hearts and roasted them in front of my brother's grave."
"but what's the use of that... my brother will never come back, i am the only fox in this world, lonely and lonely in this world, and there is no meaning. "
"only when i kill people are the happiest, watching those ugly terrans indulge in me, pulling out their hearts... bloody, how beautiful..."
"my brother died in my arms like that, covered in blood... when i found him at the mass grave, he still had a breath, and he told me not to take revenge, to tell me to live well..."
"but how can i not take revenge, how can i live well..."
"i can't do it, i can't do it..."
gradually, mistle stopped crying, only tears kept flowing, and he talked in xuan long's arms all night, and xuan long patted him on the back like this for a night.
when the sky lit up, mistle found that no matter what he said, xuan long would no longer respond, he was shocked by something, and sat up violently.
i saw that the man's face was miserable, he was already unconscious, and his white robe was stained with half of his blood.