The Exorcist

Chapter 47: Stand up again

When Xiaoxia woke up the next day, her whole body ached.

I don't know how much pain Ruan Zhan had accumulated in his heart. I just knew that he held her and refused to let go. At first, he kept shaking, but later, although he calmed down, he still refused to let go. She had no choice but to let him hug her and borrow the help of her. This silent comfort calmed the turmoil in his heart.

At some point, they were tired of standing and lay down on the bed. Ruan Zhan tied her with his limbs as if grabbing a life-saving straw. This was the first time they slept together in this way, because they stayed together all night. Sitting still in his embrace, Xiaoxia felt that all the bones in her body were about to fall apart.

When Ruan Zhan got up in the morning, Xiaoxia was already awake, but in order to avoid embarrassment, she pretended to continue to sleep soundly. She felt that he stood by the bed and looked at her for a while before leaving. And when he walked away, his breathing was steady and his steps were calm. She knew that he had recovered from the unexpected blow.

Last night, I only focused on comforting him and feeling sorry for him, without thinking about him. When I recalled it in the morning, I suddenly felt that this feeling of closeness seemed familiar again, and I had a nympho-like expectation to stay with him like this forever.

And while she was lingering upstairs, immersed in the love between her children, the three men had already started another conversation downstairs, preparing to do serious business.

"Do you have any plans?" Wan Li asked tentatively.

Yesterday, Ruan Zhan's expression when he walked out of the door was really scary. He knew that he had been hit hard. No one would be able to calm down after facing his biological father for many years and knowing the truth, let alone a serious person like Ruan Zhan! After all these years, he thought he was very quick-witted and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Xiaoxia chased him out.

"Of course I have a plan. Otherwise, do you think I like talking to you?"

Although Ruan Zhan criticized him, Wan Li was very happy. This is how they usually talk, and they can't help but quarrel. Now Ruan Zhan has returned to his usual attitude of talking to him, which proves that Ruan Zhan has begun to accept reality in his heart.

"Do you think uncle's matter has something to do with those two demon boys?" Bao Datong asked.

Wan Li was startled, fearing that mentioning the matter so soon would irritate Ruan Zhan again, and wanted to stop Bao Datong, but he didn't have time. He raised his eyes and glanced at Ruan Zhan, and saw that there was nothing unusual about him, so he felt relieved.

Ruan Zhan shook his head, "To be honest, I don't know. He had no external injuries and died no more than two days ago, but when I probed his body, I felt that he was not normal - death, when the soul leaves the body, is harsh and decisive. This It's against common sense." He looked indifferent, as if he was talking about someone else's business, but when he said the word 'death', it still revealed that he was just calming down, but the wounds in his heart were far from healed.

Bao Datong nodded, "I feel the same way. But I wonder if you have ever thought about it. Why did he appear there? And with his Taoist skills, no matter how powerful the two demon boys were, they couldn't easily kill him even if they joined forces. Could it be that they couldn't kill him easily? Are there more powerful monsters? However, there is no monster energy nearby, and there are no traces of monster energy on his body, so why did he suffer? "

Isn't it cheating to die again? However, with Ruan Zhan and Bao Datong's current eyesight, they should not be mistaken. The old man should really have passed away this time.

The three of them were silent for a while, and no one could answer this question. After a while, Ruan Zhan sat down and planned to explain the matter frankly and clearly. In fact, it's a mystery. But the old mystery has just been solved, and a new, bigger mystery has emerged.

"We have to start from the beginning." He suppressed the fluctuating emotions and said slowly, "My father passed away very suddenly, and it was also very strange. When I went home for the funeral, I found that his eyes were blood red. Yes, I also had hallucinations. I saw a man carving a spell on a flesh and blood body and giving my father an invisible object. But I couldn't see the man's face and I didn't know what the object was. But I took it After Sima Nan passed away, my father seemed to know that his end was coming, and he began to make preparations, and then calmly waited for death to come. Therefore, his mysterious death has always been a knot in my heart. After Sima Nan died, I immediately returned to my hometown and killed him with my own hands. My father’s grave was dug up!”

"The strange thing is that before I dug the grave, I found that someone had already touched my father's grave before me. I don't know who took the first step, and I don't know what prompted that person to do this. I can only Then I dug on. The situation in the tomb turned out to be exactly what I expected. My father’s body was gone. Now it seemed that he had faked his death from the beginning. And the person before me must have been a profound person, because I After checking the nearby ground inch by inch, including the inside of the tomb, there were no traces. This means that the person moved things in the air. Maybe it is not difficult to move things in the air, but it is still relatively large at such a distance. Human beings, in this situation, it's very difficult not to leave any trace."

"It's very difficult." Bao Datong nodded and frowned. Unexpectedly, there were still many talented people hidden in this world.

"Actually, I didn't gain anything at all, because I found something in the coffin. It was a crystal knife. The material was extremely pure, even purer than Duan Jin's yin and yang eyes. If it was not set off by other things, its shape would not be visible at all. .My hand was cut at that time, and the blood formed a blood line in the blood groove of the blade, which will not go away for a long time." Ruan Zhan raised his left hand as he spoke. Wan Li and Bao Da looked at it together and found that there was a blood line across his palm. There was a long wound. Although there was no blood, it had not completely healed. "I don't know what the purpose of this knife is, but the place where I cut it has never healed."

"Maybe this crystal knife was given to your father by the person who carved the talisman in the flesh. I think your uncle's previous behavior of cheating death is also a mystery. Otherwise, why would there be hallucinations? Maybe he left this hallucination and crystal knife to you on purpose. , and let you get it in the end." Wan Li said.

"Is it a mortal thing?" Bao Datong asked.

"On the surface, apart from the material and the inability to heal the cut, there is nothing unusual about it." Ruan Zhan paused, "But I always feel that this must be more powerful than the Blood Wood Sword, the Broken Flag, and the Seal of Destruction. It’s just that I don’t know its use at the moment, or it’s not the right time yet.”

"Put the knife aside first, let's talk about the person first." Wan Li interrupted, "Why does Sima Nan know these things? I feel like there is an invisible hand behind you putting you into some situation."

"It's not someone behind the scenes, it must be 'he' who arranged it this way." Ruan Zhan whispered.

Wan Li and Bao Datong looked at each other, knowing that this concealment of blood relationship was very harmful to Ruan Zhan. He could not forgive it so easily. It was good to be able to treat it calmly now. He needed time and unraveling the mystery to completely heal his psychological trauma.

"I'm not defending my uncle, because I don't know the details here, but I think he must have had a last resort reason for doing this." Wan Li said sincerely, "Remember the pair of children who forced us to hide and seek when we were young? ? It was your uncle who saved us after you fainted. He also asked me to swear not to tell you about that incident, saying that he would leave a friend for you. Ah Zhan, I still clearly remember his look at that time. He loved you. Yes, I love you very much, no less than any father loves his son. He must feel more uncomfortable than you when he does this."

"I feel the same way." Bao Datong continued, "What happened yesterday was so sudden that I didn't say anything. In fact, although your father only brought you to my house once, he and my father often meet. His time and space The twisting technique is much better than yours. You can do it with just a wave of your hand, unlike you who have to draw spells for a long time. At that time, I loved to eavesdrop on their conversations. I think that although he is strict and cold in front of you, he is older than me. When dad talks about you, he is very loving. I have seen it with my own eyes. When he talks about you, his eyes will light up."

Yeah? Is what they say true? But why does the warmth in his memory only last once? Since he loves him, why should he be bullied and hurt by the cold and cruel world? Even if he had no choice but to do so, what could enable his father to make such a decisive decision? !

"Don't comfort me." He was extremely upset, but he suppressed the fluctuation in his heart and decided to focus on the 'serious' matters first.

"Why should I comfort you? You are a big man. How can I coax you and give you a kiss?" Bao Datong said helplessly, "But what kind of arrangement is that? Why should he be included? Why him?" ? Why not me? Is it because of your special physique or God’s arrangement? Or is there some unknown reason? "

"I think there must be a very helpless reason. No father in the world would harm his son unless he can't help himself, unless there is no other way. Believe me, my uncle must have good intentions." Wan Li recalled his childhood memories again. At that time, in the deserted garden, Ruan Zhan's father's gentle eyes flickered over Ruan Zhan's body, and his love and affection could not help but be revealed. Maybe Ruan Zhan looked at his son like this when he didn't know it! It may not be a good thing that Ruan Zhan is kept in the dark. It must be very heartbreaking and uncomfortable for him, who clearly knows that the person in front of him is his own flesh and blood, but cannot recognize each other and still maintains indifference and indifference. Easy!

At that time, he touched his head and said: Good boy, let you remember this. I don't know when I will die. This child needs a friend. It's so pitiful to be alone.

"Let's put aside the knife matter and the human matter for now." Ruan Zhan avoided the question. Whether he loved it or not was something that he couldn't mention today. "Let's sum up how many problems there are first." Needs answers.”

"It seems like a lot." Bao Datong scratched his head.

"There are many, but there seems to be a thread that can connect them." Wan Li also changed the topic of father and son's relationship, "First, was Azhan separated from his father since childhood because of a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? Was it intentional to return to his father later? Or was it unintentional?”

"I tend to think that he threw me away and it was his arrangement for me to come back."

"You can't be inclined. Many things are not what we think, and there are deeper reasons. Even what we see and hear with our own eyes and ears may be false." Wan Li overturned Ruan Zhan's judgment, "This matter The truth will not be revealed until the end, and your assumptions are unfair to uncle!"

Ruan Zhan raised his hand, indicating that Wan Li was right and he agreed unconditionally.

"Who is Ah Zhan's mother? When did his father give birth to him?" Bao Datong asked.

Ruan Zhan was stunned. He had never thought about this problem, because after he became sensible, all his memories were of his father. He had never thought about who his mother was? It would definitely not be the mother he had before he was five years old. Although he was young at the time, he still remembered that she was just an ordinary woman. Someone like his father would not fall in love with such a woman. But since when did his father's image in his mind become so great that he felt that secular women were not worthy of him!

"That's included in the first question, don't interrupt, listen to me. Otherwise, it will be confusing." Wan Li corrected the topic, "Second, as a father, why should he treat his own flesh and blood So cold, but why did he teach him all his skills? Is there any purpose for this? If so, did he have a premonition of something terrible? "

"Thirdly, why is A Zhan having trouble meeting San?"

"Fourth, why did uncle fake his death? If he faked his death, why did he let Azhan hallucinate? What was he going to tell Azhan? Who was the faceless person in the hallucination? Later, when Azhan went to dig a grave, who was the first one? Who is the one step ahead? Are they the same person?"

"Fifth, what happened to that crystal knife? Why was it left to Azhan? What is its use?"

"Sixth, how could Sima Nan know these things? What kind of master-disciple relationship does he have with his uncle?"

"Seventh, since you faked your death, why did you stay in the tomb and wait for Sima Nan to reveal the information to Azhan before leaving? Why did you go to Xitou shop after leaving?"

"Eighth, how did he - die? Was it the one who hurt the demon boy?"

"Ninth, when someone is gone, where does his soul go? He is an extraordinary person and cannot be like a mortal. If his soul is alive, does he have left?"

"The tenth and last question - if all this is just a game, what role does each of us play in the game? What is this game? Why is there this game?"

Wan Li finished speaking in one breath, even himself was shocked. It turned out that they had so many things to solve. All these interlocking problems seem to be caused by a situation that was set as early as when Ruan Zhan was born, or even longer. But what is that?

There was another moment of silence.

In the end, it was Ruan Zhan who spoke first, "Don't think about it, let's solve the demon boy's matter first. I came back from my hometown and discovered the mystery of my father's death. I originally thought that the man whose face I couldn't see clearly was the key to solving the problem, so I thought , I will intervene in any supernatural events. Because there are not many people like us in this world. If we often intervene in supernatural events, sooner or later we will encounter them, and the answer to the mystery will be revealed. Although It's a stupid way, but it's also the only way. Unexpectedly, just after I intervened in one thing, I got the news of his death. So I thought, either he was tempting me, or my stupid way was correct, then we will Just keep doing it this way.”

"I hope those two demon boys are not Azhan's father-killing enemies, otherwise some of them will be unlucky." Bao Datong muttered in a low voice, seeing with his own eyes the emotionally hurt man standing up again, although his heart was filled with tears. The scars are still there, but his personality seems to be stronger.