Hell Emperor

Chapter 32 Xia Wei - Family

"It's not me... It's not me, don't look for me..."

Faced with the wronged souls crawling out of the blood river, Xia Wei's face turned pale and she covered her ears tightly with her hands, but it was useless. The accusations and disgust of people penetrated all obstacles and went straight into the depths of her mind.

"Xia Wei, it's all your fault. You killed us."

"You are destined to be alone in this life. No one who has anything to do with you will have a good ending. Why do you want to harm us?"

"Disaster, disaster, disaster..."

Behind Xia Wei, Ye Jie stood quietly. The shrill accusations of the wronged souls were actually what Xia Wei was thinking. The more she feared something, the more her inner demon would appear.

Seeing Xia Wei curled up on the ground, helpless and depressed, Ye Jie spoke to her: "Don't be afraid, the death of those wronged souls is their own destiny, you just happened to be here. Even without you, they would still die, and they might even die faster. Their accusations against you are pure nonsense."

"Master..." Xia Wei's expression improved after hearing Ye Jie's counseling. When she looked back at Ye Jie, the number of wronged souls had been reduced by half.

Before Xia Wei could say anything, the familiar voice behind her made her pupils shrink and her expression panicked:

"Xia Wei, don't even think about escaping this responsibility. You are the one who caused our death! If I hadn't gone back to find you, how could I have died?"

"I adopted you with good intentions, but you brought disaster to me. If I had known this, I should have let you destroy yourself!"

Looking back, Xia Wei couldn't help but take two steps back and almost bumped into Ye Jie. She said in horror: "Daddy, brother, Xiaowei didn't hurt you..."

Walking towards her were two figures she was most familiar with, her father Xia Xianshou, and her brother Xia Lin. The two looked extremely terrifying, with blood and tears flowing from their deeply sunken eye sockets, and their hideous and twisted faces, like evil spirits coming for revenge.

After learning about her innate magical power of the lonely star entering her life, Xia Wei couldn't let go of the death of her father and brother, which eventually became her most terrifying nightmare. If she couldn't overcome her inner demons, her future practice would be greatly affected.

Xia Wei turned around and tried to flee, but Ye Jie stopped her at this moment: "Escape won't solve the problem, you should stay here."

Xia Wei was at a loss, looking at Ye Jie with helpless eyes: "Master, what should I do?"

Ye Jie stared into her eyes: "Recall the situation that day, the souls of your father and brother said goodbye to you in person, did they ever blame you? On the contrary, when they learned that you were going to take revenge on the Hengshan bandit, they all advised you to forget the past, let go of hatred, and not to waste your life in vain. Didn't you feel their concern for you?"

"But..."

Xia Wei's defense was immediately interrupted by Ye Jie: "There is no but, even if people become ghosts, the feelings in their hearts will not change. After the people who hate you die, People who care about you will still hate you, and those who care about you will still care about you after death. Even if your father and brother are only souls left, their concern for you will not change at all. "

Ye Jie stretched out his hand and pointed at Xia Xianshou and Xia Lin who were approaching. His unhurried voice was also engraved in the deepest part of Xia Wei's memory:

"There is such an unbreakable emotional bond between family members, like an unbreakable bond that connects each other's hearts. For the sake of family, people can give everything, the cowardly will become brave, and the fierce will become gentle. They are not here to blame you, on the contrary, they are here to care about you. "

Xia Wei was stunned in place. With Ye Jie's comfort, she finally looked at the father and brother who were coming, but saw that their faces changed for a while and became as amiable as usual.

"Xiao Wei, you have to take good care of yourself."

Memories of the past kept flashing back in Xia Wei's mind. Thinking of the bits and pieces of getting along with her father and brother, the two people in front of her gradually overlapped with the father and brother in her memory. The uneasiness and chaos in her heart had gone away, and the only thing left was the relaxation and peace.

Xia Wei finally understood the meaning of Ye Jie's words.

The inner demon gradually subsided, and the whole world calmed down. Whether it was the blood lake under her feet or the broken shells, they all disappeared like bubbles. The whole world was empty, and only she sat in the center of the pure white. Her skin was also reflected as white as snow. On her holy and solemn face, there was also a noble and sacred temperament, which made people unable to look directly at it.

"Hmm..."

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Wei opened her eyes, sat up from the cold ground, rubbed her swollen eyes, and heard the sound of continuous thunder in her ears.

Beside her, Ye Jie was flipping through the books in his hand. Seeing Xia Wei wake up, he put the books away and said with a smile: "Are you awake?"

"Master, Xiaowei seems to have dreamed of you."

Xia Wei smiled with her teeth showing, her white teeth were like the bright moon, emitting a more dazzling light than pearls, and her eyes looking at Ye Jie also showed some lingering attachment.

"Really..." Ye Jie maintained the surface of calmness and said inconspicuously, "Then what did you dream about?"

Xia Wei touched her nose: "Well... Xiaowei seems to not remember."

Ye Jie smiled: "The wild geese leave their voices, the wind leaves traces, but the dream is over, but there is no trace. This is what is called a dream. What is true or false in the dream, it is better not to take it to heart."

Xia Wei pursed her lips and glanced away, not knowing whether she had heard Ye Jie's words.

"Now that you're awake, complete the homework that Master has prepared for you and follow me." Ye Jie said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xia Wei's eyes lit up, wondering what kind of lessons the master had prepared for her. The two of them left Leize together and walked back into the Bone Burial Beach, only to see someone waiting for them not far away.

"Brother Jie, I'm here!"

From a distance, Nan Linghe took the initiative to wave to him after seeing Ye Jie. Next to her, squatting on the sand was a wandering spirit with a strange look, white hair and red eyes, poking at the sand with a wooden stick.

When they met, Nan Linghe walked around Xia Wei twice with his big curious eyes open, and asked: "Brother Jie, who is she?"

"She is Xia Wei, my apprentice in the human world." Ye Jie introduced.

Hearing this, Nan Linghe also showed a bit of surprise: "Can ghosts still accept disciples? I thought we couldn't get too involved with living people..."

Ye Jie corrected him and said, "Don't you understand this? Many powerful ghost agents will choose their own contacts in the human world. Matters that are inconvenient to deal with will be left to the contact person."

Nan Linghe didn't understand: "Like what?"

"For example, ghosts have to take care of their living relatives and family members. Not everyone is carefree. Some ghosts even have grandchildren. After they become ghosts, they will naturally want to take care of their family members who are still in the world. This kind of That’s when you need the help of a contact person.”

Nan Linghe nodded as if he understood, and followed Ye Jie's words: "So, every powerful ghost has a very powerful apprentice in the human world."

Ye Jie smiled: "It's not necessary to accept disciples. Recruiting disciples is too slow to achieve results. It also needs to test the apprentice's character and character. There are also cases of teaching apprentices to starve their masters to death. Some ghost missions will directly seek refuge with local powerful people in the human world. , or they were loyal to a prominent family and were willing to be lackeys. In the most prosperous period, every time the children of those families went out, they were escorted by dozens of ghosts, and they were like gods in whatever they did. "

Ye Jie's words were not only meant for Nan Linghe, but even Xia Wei frowned secretly.

Nan Linghe groaned: "Can't mortals not see ghosts?"

"Of course mortals can't see ghosts, but it's hard to say for practitioners. As long as practitioners of the path of ghosts and immortals advance to the second level, they can see traces of the soul. The way of heaven and immortals requires the third level. Earth immortals need three levels. The path to immortality requires four levels. No matter which path of immortality practitioners follow, as long as they practice successfully, they will be able to see ghost differences."

Nan Linghe walked around Xia Wei again, and saw that Xia Wei's eyes were always staring at him, and said strangely: "But she is obviously only at the first level, why can she see me... I understand, she must be hiding strength!"

"...Why don't you give her the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death and look at her file." Ye Jie said helplessly.

Nan Linghe did as he was told, took out the broken page and handed it to Xia Wei, and soon saw all kinds of information appearing on it.

[Book of Life and Death Archives:]

[Name: Xia Wei]

[Rank: Peak of the first-level Qi training realm]

[Kung Fu learned: Soul-Breaking Arrow (little success), Soul-binding Rope (mastery), Cloud Covering Eyes (mastery), Elephant Turtle Hand (beginner)]

[Talented magical powers: Yin-Yang eyes, ice muscles and jade bones, clear sword heart, soaring clouds and ambitions, lone star entering fate, penetrating muscles and veins, invulnerable to all poisons, turning evil into good luck, and rebirth from the fire]

[Yin De: Yang life has not expired and cannot be explored]

"Um?"

Ye Jie took the broken page and looked at it, and was dumbfounded: "How did you break through to the peak of the first level? I remember that you just entered the late first level last night. Also, when did you use the soul-binding rope and Yun Zhemu? Entering the mastery stage? I haven’t even reached this level yet..."

Sensing the surprise and praise in Ye Jie's words, Xia Wei proudly raised her neck, squinted her eyes, and showed a very helpful look: "When Xiaowei woke up, she felt that her heart was as clear as a mirror, and she abandoned all the distracting thoughts of the past. Both the Dharma and the state of mind are broken through naturally.”

"Yeah……"

Ye Jie suppressed the shock in his heart and nodded repeatedly. The reincarnation of the immortal was indeed extraordinary. After getting rid of the inner demon, it even came with such benefits. The improvement in her state of mind made Xia Wei look even more dazzling, and her whole body was like an unsheathed sword, exuding a sharp-edged aura.

"With your current strength, even if your level is not as good as mine, it's still easy to beat five of me together. When you advance to the second level, I'm afraid you can beat ten of me." Ye Jie said with emotion. The two of them are gifted with magical powers. The gap is so huge.

Xia Wei covered her mouth and chuckled: "At that time, Xiaowei will protect the master."

Ye Jie patted her head, and heard Nan Linghe take the broken page and asked in confusion: "Brother Jie, is there something wrong on this? One, two, three... She actually has enough There are eight talents! How can someone have eight talents? A first-level reincarnation has nine talents, a second-level reincarnation has seven talents, and how many reincarnations are there with eight talents?

Ye Jie put his hand on his forehead: "Do you want to count again?"

"Huh?" Nan Linghe obediently counted again, and this time he counted correctly, "Oh, it turns out there are nine talents. It seems that she is a first-level reincarnation and entered reincarnation, etc..."

Until this moment, the slow Nan Linghe finally came to his senses and couldn't help opening his mouth: "First-grade reincarnation? How much virtue does that require?"

Ye Jie was not surprised by Nan Linghe's reaction. Even he himself was shocked when he discovered Xia Wei's talent for the first time and reminded:

"Don't tell anyone this news. In addition, don't hand over the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death to others casually. If you lose it, it will be a serious crime. If you need to find out other people's information, just use your Yin De to inquire."

Nan Linghe nodded repeatedly. Since it was Ye Jie's order, she would definitely not talk nonsense. She opened her big eyes and looked at Xia Wei with wonder in her eyes.

Ye Jie introduced to Xia Wei: "She is Nan Linghe, my companion in the underworld. You can call her Uncle He. That is Lu Qian, a mysterious wandering soul of unknown origin. Even the book of life and death has There is no record and we are investigating her identity."

Xia Wei bowed and clasped her fists, respectfully greeting: "Uncle He."

Nan Linghe didn't want to do it: "What, what uncle? I'm a girl... Speaking of it, I was able to become a ghost servant thanks to Brother Jie's help. After all, I am also Brother Jie's apprentice. You, you should call me senior sister.”

Xia Wei glanced at Ye Jie and saw that his head was covered with black lines and he looked speechless, so she changed her words: "Senior Sister He."

Nan Linghe then smiled, took Xia Wei's hand, and said softly: "Junior Sister Xia Wei, it's our first time meeting you. Senior Sister has a gift for you."

When she retracted her hand, Xia Wei lowered her head and saw a small and exquisite sachet in her palm. The sachet was exquisitely made with embroidery to outline the gorgeous scene of spreading flowers. When she held it, she felt as if she was in a sea of ​​flowers. The magical thing is that only the owner of the sachet can smell the sweet fragrance, and others cannot smell it even if they are close at hand.

"That's... the sachet of relics?" Ye Jie was stunned and quickly reminded Nan Linghe, "That's a gift from Aunt Meng to you, worth 200,000 yuan of virtue. How can you transfer a gift from someone else to someone else?" Woolen cloth?"

Nan Linghe put his hands on his hips and hummed: "Aunt Meng gave it to me, isn't it my thing? As a senior sister, this is a gift for my little junior sister. Is there any problem?"

Ye Jie was about to be defeated by her: "The greatest effect of the sachet is to isolate the Book of Life and Death from detecting your innate magical powers. As long as you carry it with you, other ghosts will not be able to use the power of the Book of Life and Death to check your body. Gifted with magical powers. Aunt Meng gave the sachet to you specifically to protect you..."

With that said, Ye Jie took out the broken page from his arms and handed it to Xia Wei. He saw that the column of her natural talents had changed from the dazzling nine talents to the word "none".

"But... if Xia Wei holds the sachet, it's not a bad thing." Ye Jie thought.

From Ye Jie's story, Xia Wei also realized the value of the sachet, and hurriedly said, "Senior Sister He, this gift is too valuable, Xiao Wei cannot accept it."

Nan Linghe tilted his head: "You are Brother Jie's apprentice, and you call me senior sister, so aren't we a family? What else is there to say between family members?"

Xia Wei was stunned for a moment. She froze in place, her eyes were moist, and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly: "Xiao Wei's... family."

She no longer resisted, and after accepting the sachet, she seemed like a new person, with fighting spirit igniting in her eyes, as if all the difficulties ahead could not stop her.

Even Ye Jie couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue after feeling the change in Xia Wei's momentum. Could it be that he said something strange in his dream that caused this?