Double world undercurrent

Two hours later, a detailed report of the entire incident was submitted to the old wizard.

No one knew the look on his face as he looked through the list of losses.That wrinkled face with a flowing beard was hidden behind a hollow screen, and the whole room seemed to be filled with muffled thunder that was about to explode at any moment.The light that penetrated the gap between the curtains was also stained with dust, and all the warmth was instantly withdrawn. Even the potted plants in the corner shivered.

The overnight tea was bland and tasteless. The old wizard's calloused hands, as rough as old pine bark, held the teacup, stretched out the screen, and poured the tea into the flowerpot. When the subordinates who reported the report saw that the body of the celadon cup was clenched, There are cracks...

It is said that the old wizard asked his subordinates to prepare three letters.

The summer in Yangcheng is hot and humid, and the morning rush hour in the city has been extended by nearly an hour due to the "typhoons and riots" in the past few days.People were working as usual, as if nothing had happened, but when passing some ruins, their hearts were still a little touched.

"The massacre of the city a few days ago was a disaster for them, even if the entire city's memory has been altered..."

"They have been questioning the world. Every time I modify their memories, I have to destroy several witch wands..."

"These mortals love to be smart and try every possible means to exclude dissidents. Do you see how those mortals who they mistakenly thought were aliens were burned on the stake hundreds of years ago?"

"Fear always makes them manic..."

Clusters of invisible phantom beams flashed across the endlessly flowing streets, and some of the Wu tribesmen who had received the order were rushing to their respective gathering places.

Two of them fell back to the ground, walked invisible among the surging crowds, and then teleported to the underground garage of a large shopping mall:
"The alien world has gone too far! Not only did they sneak attack on three of our exorcism training grounds, but they also openly insulted the old wizard and called him an old fool!"

"It's so vulgar..."

After entering the garage elevator, they cast a spell to control the car to descend quickly, passed through the ground barrier and entered the witchcraft space, and talked while saying:

"...I think they have wanted to do this for a long time. Why do they need to find a reason...Fortunately, the magic weapon was not in the exorcism training ground at the time, otherwise it would have been blown up by them..."

"Which magic weapon?"

"It's the Suoluo Witch Drum that is used to temper the blood bluestone! It took us hundreds of years to develop such a drum. The materials used are all unique and cannot be copied. If it is blown up, we will eliminate the alien world. The plan has to be postponed again..."

"Oh, I thought that thing had been kept in the exorcism trial field waiting for debugging."

"The debugging has been completed, and the blood bluestone tempering manual has also been revised. No, I am rushing over to submit it for inspection..."

"You are moving very quickly, but I don't know when the materials will be collected over there. We lost so much equipment today, but we haven't even found a way to defeat them with one move..."

"Don't be so discouraged. Those monsters are too dependent on the environment of the other world. Even a cloud of divine gas can make them choke... I believe that after we get the divine essence sample of the princess from the other world, these problems will be solved. It’s solved.”

"Let's pray that we can get her sample smoothly first... Do you think that the other world dares to take risks and make such a fuss today, and is not afraid of excessive growth of dark energy causing an 'imbalance' between the two worlds? It's just because of those exorcism trial sites After death, the lamp is extinguished and the devil is extinguished. Why is that girl able to be reborn? Wouldn't the Demon King be curious?"

bang-

The elevator finally descended to the bottom...

They came to an underground refinery of the Witch Clan.Here, natural raw stones and agar liquid are mixed in refining vessels and crucibles with different functions, separated by blue marble walls and divided into large and small areas.In the center of the refining field, there are pieces of formed magic weapons, some shaped like ancient clocks, some as light as horseshoe boxes, and those that have just been baptized by "explosion", from the exorcism trial field. Recovered damaged parts.

People from the Wu clan came and went, each performing their duties, counting, repairing, and refining, running around in this barrier with a radius of hundreds of meters.The foam lights at the top of the barrier shine like stars, and the air is filled with the smell of exorcism spells, permeating the independent space extending out at the end of the venue.

The independent space is large, with dozens of brown and black wooden doors floating inside, arranged in random directions, each facing different directions.The shapes and carved patterns of each door are also different, and the styles are very different.The door is uniformly numbered in Malay script.

It's so quiet here that no matter how loud the noise is, it can't be heard outside.

Inside a door near the left, at this time, accompanied by the crisp sound of witchcraft dots, mixed with a few soft conversations:
"This way she won't be noticed, and the magic power on her bracelet won't be disturbed. It's hidden and safe..."

A soft female voice said.

The owner of the voice retracted the tip of his staff, picked up the hem of his slim-fitting witch robe and stepped out of the formation. He turned around and looked at the other party softly with a pair of pointed, round and slender fox eyes:

"...Is it still inappropriate? Jiang Feng?"

Seeing the other person looking at her "upgrade" results thoughtfully, she asked.

"It's suitable, this is already... seamless..."

Jiang Feng carefully looked at the divine energy tube in the palm of his right hand. After her "upgrade and transformation", it was perfectly integrated with the texture of the life line and controlled only by thoughts, and said solemnly.

The female refiner raised her red lips and smiled charmingly. She couldn't help but push her curly hair aside, exposing her beautiful shoulder and neck lines. She exuded a refreshing and slightly intoxicating fragrance and continued to say softly:
"This refining technique was invented by Granny Wu at the exorcism training ground in Yingcheng seven years ago. If we talk about the master of witchcraft, she was..."

She looked at Jiang Feng again with burning eyes, but saw that the other person's eyes still only stayed on the lines in the palm of his hand, and did not pay any attention to her "inadvertent reveal" of amorous feelings.

She was a little disappointed, her eyes turned around, and she saw that at this moment, there were blurry shadows under the other party's dark pupils.

The female refiner smoothed her soft and shiny curly hair, wondering if it was inappropriate to bring up the matter of Granny Wu, his late grandmother, at this time, even though the accident was seven years ago...

"Cough cough..."

Just as she was thinking this, a deliberate sound of clearing her throat suddenly came from the other side of the door.

"What's the matter, Xie Da Exorcist?"

The female refiner glanced slightly, her bright eyes instantly turned cold, revealing a bit of impatience, and even her voice returned to a cold tone.

Xie Li didn't care about being left alone. He leaned against the door leisurely, handling the staff to himself. Under his thick black eyebrows, he looked at this side with a joking look:

"Don't you see, Qu Man, I am currently engrossed in that 'big thing', so how can I have the leisure to take in the 'scenery around me'?"

He deliberately added emphasis when he said 'the scenery around him' and winked at her frivolously.He had seen the female refiner's careful and subtle move of lifting her hair.

Qu Man's face was slightly condensed and she stared at him in shame.

chirp——

At this time, a bag of ghost face fragments that had been refined and turned into black powder drew a parabola in the air and fell directly to Xie Li:
"what?"

After he caught it smoothly, he asked angrily.

"You take it to the storage room to register it now..."

Jiang Feng said to him coldly.

"Are you giving me orders?"

Xie Li raised his eyebrows and said displeasedly:

"The superiors sent me here to assist you, not to obey your orders! Don't forget, you and I are at the same level..."

"You are assisting me by taking it to the storage room to register it."

The corners of Jiang Feng's mouth raised in a just right arc, with a calm tone and a tone that could not be argued with.

The two looked at each other with sparks flying for a second.

"cut……"

Xie Li glanced sideways, a hint of disdain slipping from his lips.

"Fine……"

He tilted his head, flipping the powder packet in his hand nonchalantly, his eyes looking up and down, and then continued slowly:
"It just so happens that I don't want to stay here anymore, wasting time... I have a lot of things waiting for me... unlike some people..."

He gradually left without forgetting to say:
"...It's not like some people who only care about idle tasks, and drag their feet until they're done, which brings trouble to everyone!"

After saying that, he disappeared.

"This guy is so arrogant..." Qu Man muttered, staring at the door, then turned to look at Jiang Feng, "Don't worry about him, he's just like that."

Jiang Feng just nodded politely in response and said nothing.

He thinks Xie Li is right, he messed up that thing and dragged everyone down.If it weren't for the fact that he failed to quietly obtain Gu Xiaoxing's divine essence sample, the other world would not have used this as an excuse to confidently destroy their exorcism trial grounds, even if those trial grounds themselves were " Illegal construction site”.

This is the first time such "fire friction" has occurred since the two worlds signed the "Peace Contract".What the other world did today was not only a demonstration and warning to them, but also a way to contain them, hoping to extinguish their rising momentum.However, in view of the current situation, even if the Witch Clan is extremely angry, they have to be patient and careful, and cannot really break up with the Demon King.After all, they still have to face a common enemy.

Regarding this, as well as the subsequent arrangements for the clan, the old wizard has issued relevant instructions to the secret groups of various ministries.In short, their plan to destroy the entire demon race remains unchanged for a long time.

Nowadays, the three exorcism trial fields privately built by the Witch Clan have been damaged to varying degrees, which has hindered the implementation of their plans to a certain extent, and has even affected their suppression of monsters that appear in the world.While the Demon King severely punishes those who are escaping illegally, he seems to turn a blind eye to the evil monsters in the world. In terms of hypocrisy, he is really worse than others.

Jiang Feng thought like this in his heart. He glanced at the various magic weapons "rescued" from the exorcism trial site in the formation pool, and seemed to see the exorcism trial site that was reduced to ruins in Yingcheng seven years ago. .That time, it was because of an accident during a trial.

In that accident, he lost the relative he loved and respected the most in his life - his petite and hobbling grandmother with gray braids, but always with crooked eyes, tough and smart.

Grandma had rescued him when he was only three years old from the killing monster, rescued him from the stiff and cold support of his parents, and raised him by herself, but she died in the accident seven years ago. .

"Grandma Wu" is the honorific title given to her by the younger generations of the same clan. Whether it is her knowledge of witchcraft, her lifelong achievements in exorcism, or her awe-inspiring and upright character despite her extraordinary talents, she is famous. Family history is the reason why he has become a century-old venerable member of the Wu clan.

However, in Jiang Feng's eyes, she will always be that kind, stern and respectable grandma. She is the guide on his way of growing up, and she is an old relative who he never saw for the last time, and who always regrets in his heart.

"Only with mutual strength and shared interests can we coexist for a long time. However, there is no eternal reciprocal relationship in the world. The existence of demons is a hidden danger after all."

This is a view that Jiang Feng has been immersed in since he was a child. He used to disagree with it until his grandma devoted her whole life to the cause of exorcism and sacrificed for it. It was not until he saw the last words that his grandma prepared for this that he finally understood it. Wake up and understand the meaning of what they are running for.

That day was the real turning point in his life.

Jiang Feng watched Qu Man copy and describe the formation using the refining skills he had learned, and the stumbling figure who was bent over his desk doing trials and studying all night long ago came to mind.Grandma’s will will be passed down from generation to generation and will last forever.

However, in the past two days, because of his compassion and the interference of objective factors, he failed to do that well.Jiang Feng knew in his heart that his unbearable feelings towards Gu Xiaoxing were a disguised form of cruelty to his fellow witch clan members.

For some things, he had actually made a choice a long time ago, and his belief was constantly strengthened and firmed over and over again...

Even some things that were lost at first seemed to be found unwillingly, gnawing at the closed door of his heart.

He saw Quman waving his staff gracefully and gently raised it, summoning a strengthened sigil witch card from the refining pool:

"Wear this, it can resist a high multiple of mixed damage..."

She blinked her charming fox eyes, opened her red lips and said to him.

Qu Man seems to be very concerned about his safety. Recently, when they meet, she often wants to leave him some "private goods" to protect him. He feels that she is a little too concerned and even crosses the boundary.

The fragrance on her body was like a silent drizzle, drifting closer as the witchcraft card in her hand was handed over, but Jiang Feng straightened slightly and kept his distance. He only shook his head slightly and refused:

"You'd better keep it for yourself...thanks."

He immediately turned around and walked towards the door, everything seemed so natural.

The silence behind him was like falling snowflakes, and for just a short moment, he was stranded on the other side of the door.

When Jiang Feng left the refining room and walked through the independent space back to the hall, his mind was filled with that "big thing" and his mood was complicated and depressing.Today's series of "operations" in the foreign world did not make him afraid or timid. On the contrary, it made the target deeply carved on his action wall like a knife, but because of this, some inherent feelings in his heart Ethics and morals are also drifting away from him.

He constantly uses reality and reason to suppress those contradictory feelings of guilt, and uses higher "faith" to support his persistence.

But those bits and pieces that had been discarded long ago and came to his door again unwillingly were playing out a shadow play in the depths of his memory more and more frequently and annoyingly.

Those are the whitened past, some old and clear shadows, active in different scenes, echoing the sounds of that time...

"Are you stupid, Gu Xiaoxing? You can't beat me and you run too slowly. You want to catch me and kill me?!"

"I can stop him by taking a shortcut. This bag thief bullies the weak and is afraid of the strong, but he is actually guilty..."

Many years ago, on a street in Yingcheng, a girl with a ponytail and a backpack patted the dust on her school uniform from her bravery for justice, and looked at the boy in front of her with a raised face, wearing the same school uniform.

"What happens after you stop him? Look, he has two helpers..."

I don't know what trick the young man used, but before she caught up with him, he had tied up all three bag thieves.

"If you stop me, I'll...use this..."

The girl mysteriously took out a strong flashlight from her pocket, grinned at him, and joked:
"Blinding their eyes..."

The girl's clear eyes reflected a little starlight, and the boy looked at her and smiled happily...

The floating shadow creates ripples, changing restlessly, and pieces together a vivid past...

It was in a bright and spacious high school classroom. During the noisy classes, the background sound of tables and chairs moving could be heard from time to time.

The girl had a bad cold, and the tip of her nose was blown red. She held her chin in one hand and turned the pen barrel listlessly to read the exercises.

Within 2 minutes, she took out the tissue again, hurriedly covered her nose and turned away from her face, blew it softly, and quickly threw the tissue into the paper tube with the little rabbit printed on it and covered it, as if she had thrown away a treasure. As if, he was afraid that the boy at the same table would see his "miserable look".

"Well..."

The young man approached the back of the chair, glanced sideways, and "coolly" took out a box of cold medicine and handed it to her table.

"This is for me?"

"Well, what else?"

The girl stared at the medicine box, and the corners of her slightly pursed mouth inadvertently curled up.

"Two pills a day are more effective than your antibiotics."

The young man glanced casually at the "cold medicine" that had its own witchcraft, but he was secretly amused by her micro-expression.

"Oh……"

The girl took out another tissue, as if to cover half of her face, turned her dark eyes, and said in a thick nasal voice:
"Thank you..."

"Hey...don't just say thank you..."

The young man also turned around, his clean and fresh face reflecting the early morning sunshine, like a character in an illustration coming to life:
"If you really thank me... then..."

"how?"

"... Just lend me your essay book."

He thought about it.

"No...don't borrow..."

The girl's eyes suddenly wandered, and she shyly stuffed the problem book into her desk, as if she was afraid of being snatched away by him, as if there was some ulterior secret hidden in it.

"What I said...you are so kind..."

She also raised her voice to cover up the shyness and guilt she inadvertently revealed:

"...So it's for this..."

The young man curled his lips and made no excuse, but looked at her abnormal appearance with interest.

In fact, since that day when he "dreamed about Duke Zhou" in his self-study class, the girl strangely stopped lending him the problem books.

He didn't really "dream about Duke Zhou" at that time. He was just closing his eyes and recuperating when he heard the rustling sound of the girl's pen tip on the notebook next to him. It didn't sound like she was writing, but rather like she was painting. She was looking at something carefully. draw……

That was a secret she had never revealed to him. Even though he was curious and had hidden expectations, even if he could actually use witchcraft to "see the answer" by moving his fingers, he had never pried into that secret...

He may be looking forward to the day when she will open that page in person...

The shadow of the past lingers in the passing time. The campus and streets of Yingcheng are full of the hustle and bustle of the mortal world. Unlike Yangcheng, since it is the closest city to the other world, there is a transparent haze everywhere. A strange atmosphere.Of course, these are things that mortals cannot feel.

The girl's home was only one street away from the boy's home. Every morning, she would go to school early carrying an oversized insulated lunch box and a nutritious lunch prepared at home, while the boy would almost always step on the bell and cross the street. Entering the classroom.

Ever since that time, after the girl recovered from a severe cold, there would be "little surprises" on the boy's desk from time to time.

Sometimes, there will be an extra carton of milk and a hard-boiled egg on his desk (the girl "excuses" that she can't finish it, so she asks him to help share it); sometimes, after the boy has finished practicing witchcraft hard in the morning, he steps into the front row of the classroom, She would see a box of signature cakes placed "high-profile" on her desk. It looked like a popular item that she had queued up to buy at the cake shop downstairs, and she was practicing "hard" next to her, proudly and shyly. Smiling...

The girl always explained this "act of friendship" with reasonable reasons, openly and with sparkling eyes. The boy often blushed, enjoying this "reasonable act" warmly, happily and doubtfully, and gradually " "Reciprocity", starting from giving the girl a rainbow lollipop that she loved, then using the excuse of compensating for the hand warmer to give her a little rabbit that she couldn't put down, and then...

The boy also enjoyed watching the various expressions on the girl's face when she received the "surprise".

Over time, their desks became a place to witness their "mutual care", and their "interaction and intersection" in and out of class also became a "beautiful scenery" in the class.

The boys' heckles, the girls' envy, and their pointing fingers all gathered around the "super good roommate", and the "natural wind" also blew into the ears of the teachers...

"Friendship" that can help each other and improve each other is a shield for girls to be confident, and their rock-solid achievements and "three good" signs are their tacit protection.Gradually, two shadows of youth appeared on the school playground and on the tree-lined avenue.Girls with weak physiques would often run and jump together for exercise in the evenings, encouraged by the boys.Her wet forehead hair was slightly flowing, and her rosy face was filled with happiness and vitality.

They listened to the songs of that time together, talked about the topics and ideals of that time, smiled at each other understandingly, with "certainty and uncertainty" in their eyes; they walked through the evening of Yingcheng together, watching the romantic flow of the four seasons... …

I don't know since when, the girl's appearance has lived in the boy's heart, her serious appearance, her dazed appearance, her happy appearance, her little appearance of losing her temper at him when he made her angry...like bright red colors. Traces, affecting his heartbeat.

Gradually, his heart was filled with the girl's smiles...

Perhaps the girl, like the boy, also secretly made up her mind at a certain moment to silently keep an unspeakable agreement and wait for the opportunity.Perhaps, this is just the boy's wishful thinking...

They "get close to each other" openly and carefully, humming "hazy songs" in tacit understanding, subtly and vaguely involved. The blackboard behind the classroom witnessed these three years that flew by...

"Have you ever thought about where you will go in the future, Jiang Feng?"

One night before graduation, on the way home after a self-study class, the girl held a few books and turned to ask the boy next to her.

"I……"

The young man looked at her gently. In the distance, the traffic light on the street corner was flashing brightly, which reminded him of his hesitation:
"I've thought about it...but I'm not sure yet..."

He couldn't tell the girl that he was actually a descendant of the Witch Clan hidden in the mortal world. Like other clan members, he participated in controlling and maintaining the operating rules of the mortal world; nor could he tell her that the graduation they were about to face, for him, It not only means the staged choice of ordinary people, but more importantly, it is his choice of the major direction of different witch professions in the future as a newly adult witch tribe member.

In his heart, he was inclined to stay in Yingcheng and devote himself to studying the secrets of the "witch doctor" field. However, his grandmother, who had been at the forefront of the exorcism business all his life, hoped to pass on the legacy and wanted him to specialize in the field of "exorcism". , go to Youzhou to study, where there is a more complete exorcism training system.

"That's right... It seems a little early to talk about this now..."

Seeing his hesitation, the girl didn't ask any more questions. She just smiled and said calmly:
"...After all, it's not just where you want to go, you'll definitely be there when the time comes, right?"

"Where do you want to go?"

The boy asked the girl with concern.

The girl didn't answer for a moment, her clear eyes were a little stagnant, and then she turned to her arms with a flicker of her eyes. There was a look of hesitation on the collection title book sandwiched in the book.

The signal light across the street turned green, but no one seemed to notice it at this time, and they still stayed at the intersection waiting.

"What's wrong...Gu Xiaoxing?"

The young man took the lead in breaking the silence and said in as relaxed a tone as possible:
"With your strength, you are sure to get admitted to Yingcheng University's top major. Have you... not considered staying in Yingcheng?"

"Have you considered it?"

the girl asked suddenly.

"Ok?"

Her rhetorical question actually moved the young man a little, as if she heard the "undertone" he wanted to hear.

"I mean……"

The girl's flashing eyes dropped to one side again, and it was difficult to capture the look in her eyes at this time:
"...I mean...you can also consider studying at Yingcheng University. As long as you perform normally, there should be no problem..."

"Well, I have considered it..."

The young man said in a low voice.

A trace of joy seemed to flash across the girl's face, but it was only for a brief moment, like a shooting star:
"Then...have you considered the result now?"

Her dark eyes looked at him again.

The young man looked at her almond-shaped eyes like black glass beads, the clear and translucent luster was bottomless, as if there was a voice secretly seducing him at this moment, encouraging him to bravely pluck the "overtone".But...wait...

He still needs to wait a little longer...

He had to wait until those uncertain factors were finalized and solemnly tell his grandma what his heart was and his plans for the future, and then he would tell the girl, tell her... the confession that had been lingering in his heart for three years... …

"Tomorrow, Gu Xiaoxing, tomorrow afternoon, I will definitely tell you... my answer."

The young man said with confidence.

The girl's eyes were condensed, and she was confused for a moment, then she fluttered her long eyelashes, turned around, and her side face with a slight smile reflected the red light of the street corner:
"What...you said it like it was very formal..."

Her shy eyes inadvertently glanced at the topic book in her arms, as if there was a secret that needed to be revealed...

That night, they seemed to have ignored the time. After several rounds of signal lights, they continued to walk through the last intersection together as usual...

The next day, when the young man mustered up all his courage and was about to fulfill the "promise" he made last night, unexpectedly, God actually played a huge joke on him, like a thunderbolt!In an instant, his world seemed to have collapsed!
He would never have thought that his grandmother, a experienced and outstanding exorcist, would have an accident during a routine exorcism trial!

This was an accident. Suddenly, he not only lost his only close relative in the world, but also lost his irreplaceable guide on the road of life!

His grandmother seemed to have foreseen the risks she faced from the moment she founded the Exorcism Trial Field project.She actually made a will for herself in advance, and without any hesitation, she finally dedicated herself to that "great cause"!This shocked the young man!
That day, when his grandma's will was placed in front of him, when the sincere words between the lines appeared before his eyes and touched his heartstrings, he finally understood in spite of his grief: the exorcists plan to exist in the long run and exist in this "peaceful age" I understand the meaning of this, and understand the meaning of them preparing for a rainy day, moving forward with a heavy load, and standing at the forefront behind this "bright world"!

He began to reflect on his choices and whether he should learn to take on that responsibility.In the end, he made up his mind to carry out his grandmother's legacy and carry on her legacy.

However, this also means that he must make some difficult choices, because the exorcist is different from other witch professions such as witch doctors and refiners. This is a road full of dangers and thorns, with a high risk factor, and often requires charging into battle and facing the enemy head-on. Unruly monsters.Under such circumstances, the boy felt that he could no longer promise the girl a future she deserved.

Therefore, the confession that had been lingering in his heart for three years could not be said to the girl after all; the love that had grown lush and lush like a small seedling forest was finally buried in a corner by him with great pain!

An ordinary decision can change a person's life.

"If the demon race is not destroyed, there will be no real peace in the world..."

"Mortals can only be with us for a while. Their journey is too short, but the road for you and me is long and arduous. If you really care about them, then don't interfere too much in their lives and just protect the world..."

These words hit the ears and the heart, like a bitter medicine and a brand-new guiding light...

"Jiang Feng, please forgive me and accept the change..."

"You still have us...don't be too sad..."

"Cheer up, Jiang Feng!"

Different voices lingered around the package, forming a ball of gray thread. A trace was extracted from it, which was the only colorful figure that will not be forgotten for a long time:
"Jiang Feng, are you okay? You haven't come to school these days. I... everyone is worried about you."

"I'll be fine... Don't worry, Gu Xiaoxing."

He carefully sawed off the soft feathers in his heart, while she stood downstairs without knowing it, holding a magenta umbrella and holding a few title books as usual, standing gracefully in the wind and rain.

"I know you're upset about what's going on at home, and if you need help, I'm... always here."

"I can handle my own affairs... Come on and prepare for the exam, Gu Xiaoxing."

His response made her feel inexplicably empty.

"Actually, I came...to..."

She paused and looked down at the question book in her arms:

"...I want to give you...my..."

Hesitation and shyness flashed in his eyes:
"……mine--"

"——Your what?"

"I……"

She pursed her red lips and clenched the umbrella handle with her slender fingers:
"My... set..."

The muttered words finally fell silent...

She seemed to be still struggling with something, repeatedly brewing courage, ups and downs, but finally sank:

"...At noon that day, did you have anything to say to me, Jiang Feng?"

She raised her bright eyes and turned to ask him, her blushing cheeks like peach petals.

The sudden question poked open the young man's carefully suppressed emotions and went straight to the bottom of his heart.He dared not look directly into her eyes again.

"Oh...I just want to tell you...I plan to go to Youzhou."

He answered as lightly as he could.

"Youzhou? But there seems to be no well-known schools in Youzhou..."

She understood his words simply.

"I went there not only because of going to college...I may stay there for a long time...maybe...I won't come back again."

He pretended to be calm and calm.

"What did you say? Won't come back again?"

The girl was surprised.

"Well... almost."

He said looking away gently.

"But why?!"

"No reason……"

"You can obviously, you can definitely go to Yingcheng University with me! Then... stay together..."

Her reaction was a bit extreme.

"Maybe it's because... that side is more important to me."

He hoped to put an end to this heart-wrenching topic immediately.

“Going to Youzhou is more important to you?”

A breath of silence.

"Yes."

He forced himself to nod.

The girl's expression was very complicated.She was confused, puzzled, surprised, and seemed to be unsure about something. She couldn't believe it and couldn't accept it.She seemed to be digesting something silently, chewing and enduring something alone.

"...That's what you wanted to tell me that day?"

She seemed to be holding on to the last "thread" and asked unusually calmly.

"Yes."

He lied to her again.

The messy wind carried the pouring rain, which slapped on the girl's umbrella and randomly wetted her school uniform skirt.

She seemed to have been struck by a sap, her glistening eyes were shining brightly, and her cheeks were red. She seemed to be feeling sad about something, or she felt something was funny.She raised the corners of her lips and smiled unnaturally:
"Maybe you are right... Maybe, we should all go out and take a look... What a great opportunity. Things at the 'doorstep' are not that interesting after all. Rabbits don't even eat the grass beside their nests... Isn't that right, Jiang Feng ?”

She said these words in a gentle tone, but his heart felt like needles tingling.

"You know I don't mean that."

"Does it matter whether I know or not?"

"There are relationships!"

"what is the relationship?"

"Gu Xiaoxing, actually I..."

He hesitated to speak.The words in my heart are full of ups and downs, but the best way is not to mention a word.

The girl’s shining eyes danced:

"Isn't it just a matter of studying and choosing a school, and changing to a new place on the way... How big a deal is it? You don't have to explain to me your mental journey... Really, you don't have to."

Her bright eyes were like sharp ice crystals, but there was still a sweet and gentle curve at the corner of her mouth:
"...I wish you good luck, Jiang Feng."

She said neither light nor serious words, but his heart was already as heavy as a stone.

The sudden wind and rain fluttered the girl's long hair and sleeves, gradually losing control, and began to roll up the skirt of her skirt wantonly. She freed her hands to smooth the skirt, and in an instant, all the title books in her arms fell away. Got into standing water!
The splashing water stained her leg socks, but she had no time to take care of it for the moment. She just stood there, staring helplessly at the ground, which was originally hidden in the question book and also fell into the water. In the collection book!I was stunned for two seconds!

The girl was in a rare panic!In a daze, she squatted down, tilted her umbrella to one side, and held up the collection book on the ground with trembling hands like holding precious fragments of a gift, and opened the soaked pages with great distress.

At this time, the boy's umbrella covered her, but she closed the page again, as if she was afraid of being seen by him, and the chaotic raindrops slid across her red cheeks.

She seemed to be in a state of collapse, dodging his gaze with red eyes:

"I... I will do it myself..."

The girl choked with sobs, quickly picked up the examination booklet on the ground, and then like a kitten that fell into the water, she got up and ran away messily, her lost figure disappearing in the wind and rain...

That day, the young man looked at the place where she disappeared and stood alone for a long time. For a long time, the rain was heavy...

Later, the girl was admitted to Yingcheng University as she wished.But she did not choose this school. Instead, she went to another city and attended another well-known university-Yangcheng University.

This was indeed beyond the young man's expectation. He did not expect that the world was so big, but she would choose to go to that relatively "chaotic" neighboring city.Mortals only know that Yangcheng is prosperous, bright and connected in all directions, but they don't know that the sinister atmosphere there is also the most suitable for the growth of monsters.Even if the core leader of the Wu clan is permanently stationed there, the alien world generally keeps its word and abides by the "peace agreement", but that area is always a trouble-prone place.

Jiang Feng sometimes even thinks about what would have happened if Gu Xiao had not chosen Yangcheng and encountered all those strange things here that would have awakened his spiritual power.Then can she live her life smoothly?
So, does he want her to be like this, or?
No matter how clear his stance and beliefs are, they cannot obscure his original intention...

Therefore, he tore at his original heart, tore it into pieces, leaving only the part that "should be kept", even if the wound was shocking...

"You're done! This Suoluo Wugu can trap hundreds of old monsters at the same time. It's more than enough to trap a small monster."

"At that time, we only need to follow the steps in this book to temper the blood bluestone... Ha! I really hope that day can come earlier, so we don't have to hold back after being tricked like today. It’s burning.”

The harsh sound dispersed the memories. Jiang Feng left the independent space and carefully put on the witch mask. When he returned to the refinery, he happened to bump into two refiners coming out of the compartment on the left, holding hands. Holding a roll of tempering recipes made of special materials, he was talking with a red face.

"What a coincidence, Leader Jiang!"

They recognized him by his familiar sigil mark and waved hello to him.

Jiang Feng caught a glimpse of a giant magic weapon, shaped like a pot drum, placed behind them in the half-covered compartment.The drum body is about three meters high, with a black lacquer base and densely engraved with evil-suppressing witchcraft inscriptions. The drum head cannot be seen, but it is only known that it should be very wide.He knew that this was what they had "prepared" for her...

"Are you going back to base?"

He asked seemingly calmly, but wherever his eyes swept, he was keenly aware of a slight strangeness.

"Yes……"

The thick-browed weapon refiner on the left said cheerfully:

"Didn't we develop the Dharma manual, so - what's wrong, Team Leader Jiang?"

Jiang Feng alertly signaled him to stop talking, and then - "Whoosh!"

I saw him throwing a light-appearing spell towards the opposite side with lightning speed!
"Chirp!"

Suddenly, a wisp of green smoke curled up from the backs of the two weapon refiners' heads, and then dissipated.At the same time, the slight strange smell also disappeared.

"What happened, Leader Jiang?"

The two weapon refiners touched the back of their heads in confusion, looking confused.

At this time, Jiang Feng's eyes had become sharp and cold, and the expression under the mask was extremely serious:

"Notify the superiors that we must seal this place immediately! Foreign objects are suspected of being mixed in..."