Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits

"This is what the host of Longning Temple told me. I'm not clear about the specifics. Bayi Chinese Network WYW? W?.? 8? 1? Ｚ? W㈠.㈧Ｃ㈧OM" Zhu Xuan shook his head, "If it really is In this way, it is very likely that the beast was aware of my awakening and ran back here to blame. Then I have the responsibility and obligation to reseal this monster and prevent it from messing up. "

"So you're pretty pathetic." Su Xiaoxun showed a sympathetic expression. "Thirty years ago, I was chased and beaten by a beast. After waking up, I have to deal with this mess again."

Zhu Xuan seemed to be hit by this, and even more frustrated.

"You said you were going to seal the beak monster, but, uh ..." Shi Yitong said carefully, "you are quite miserable by it today."

"I know." Zhu Xuan said frustrated. "Since the last time I gave my vitality to my soul, I have lost a lot of power. Now my beast is stronger than before, and now I am Not to mention sealing it, it is already difficult to protect yourself. "

The three of us, you look at me, I look at you, all are silent. Because what Zhu Xuan said was the reality before us. The monster is powerful day after day, but Shirasawa is scarred in the time. But if the beast is left alone, then here will only repeat the same mistakes as 30 years ago, and countless innocent people will die.

Just as we fell into dead silence, a voice suddenly broke the silence.

"So, do you want to drink polenta or sweet potato porridge? There are only two kinds of ingredients in the kitchen, so I will just cook them all—" Xu Yingchen walked into the room with the dinner plate, facing our gaze, He said a little awkwardly, "Is something wrong?"

"No, no, no."

"It's okay, it's okay, we're fine."

"Hey polenta, give me a bowl."

In this way, the day passed peacefully. A few of us have n’t talked much since then, each with our own minds. At 9 o'clock in the evening, we greeted each other and went back to sleep.

But even in the middle of the night, I still couldn't sleep in the bed, so I just climbed down from the bed and reached the third floor rooftop of the hotel.

Although Xu Yingchen's hotel is not large, he intentionally left a very romantic rooftop. I stood beside the fence on the rooftop, and the cold wind disturbed my head, but it made people feel awake and comfortable.

There are no stars in the night sky, only the light of the moon hazes from behind the thick clouds. It looks like it might rain tomorrow.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket, drew my elbow on the railing, and scratched my screen aimlessly.

I couldn't tell myself whether it was intentional or inadvertent, and my fingertips finally stopped at the name of Wen Jiubai in the address book.

Would you like to tell him what happened today?

No matter from which point of view, the matter of Diecui Mountain is out of the scope that we can handle. If we cannot seal the chaotic beast, the consequences may be disastrous ...

When I was in hesitation holding my phone, a clear voice suddenly came from behind.

"It may rain tomorrow. There is not even a star in the night sky."

I turned my head, and behind me was Zhu Xuan, still wrapped in a blanket, looking up at the gloomy sky.

I couldn't help laughing, and said, "I don't see stars almost every day in my hometown. But that's because of air pollution."

"Air pollution?" Zhu Xuan frowned strangely, seemingly strange to the term.

"Yes, because the city is very large, people are building many factories in the center of the city. These factories and cars on the street will emit sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, and some other exhaust gases. So the atmosphere is polluted and the stars are blocked." I looked to the sky and shrugged.

"You mean the sky, covered by humans?" Zhu Xuan raised his eyebrows in disbelief. "Really? Can humans do it?"

I couldn't help but smile, "Yeah, human beings can do much more than you think."

Zhu Xuan seemed to be thinking about the problem covering the sky, so I quickly shifted the topic, "Speaking of it, can you get out of bed already? The wound on my body ..."

"It's okay." Zhu Xuan came to me, untied the bandages around his arm, and then I saw that the location of the wound was now a smooth skin, "I don't have You humans are so vulnerable. "

I was relieved and nodded, "That's good. If you don't get better soon, we will all be tortured to death by our inner guilt."

Zhu Xuan also laughed, "So why are you here? Can't you sleep?"

I nodded and said hesitantly, "It's ... I don't want to sleep so I just came up and breathed."

"Is it because of the beast?"

I nodded.

After listening, Zhu Xuan lowered his eyes, and whispered, "I'm sorry. It's because I don't have enough power that you will be affected by me, and the residents of Diecui Mountain will also be affected."

"What? Of course it's not your fault." I smiled. "It's the evil monster called cricket that is responsible for the trouble. You've been trying to protect people."

"No, this is indeed my fault. It is my responsibility to guard the beast. It is my origin and I have the obligation to guard it. In fact, the last time I defeated it, I should have cut it out, But I didn't do that. These are all my faults. Whether it's the dead man in Longning Temple or the bones of the beast's mouth we saw on the mountain today, these lives should be recorded on my head. " Zhu Xuan murmured.

Even at a distance, I can feel a strong sadness from Zhu Xuan's body. The two feelings of sadness and remorse are intertwined, burning into ashes after the explosion of fireworks.

"But you must, love him very, very much," I mumbled.

"You mean me?" Zhu Xuan smiled bitterly. "Yeah. Sometimes I feel that I have stayed with my uncle for a long time. Even I have become like a human being. I have become selfish and selfish. Great, in order to save someone who doesn't know if he can be saved, now he has sacrificed so many other lives ... "

"But you don't regret it, do you?" I blurted out.

Zhu Xuan looked at me with a bit of surprise, "Why do you think so?"

"Right?" I insisted.

"... Yes." Zhu Xuan surrendered, admitting, "I think if I were given another chance, I would still do that. I just love him so much. And he deserves to live on, and his Life deserves something better. I may be really too selfish. He wants to avenge his family, but I have n’t realized his wish. I hope he can live, even if it ’s just my selfishness, but as long as I want Now, he may be happily living in any corner of the world, and I can motivate myself to continue living in this world, or else ... "

"... It's too lonely in this increasingly difficult human world." I mumbled.

Zhu Xuan looked at me in surprise, "How do you know what I want to say?"

Then I realized that I had just said what I thought in my head. Facing Zhu Xuan's surprised look, I smiled and changed my posture to lean on the railing.

"Well ... sometimes, I can see something," I said.

"What do you see?" Zhu Xuan asked.

"I don't know. Sometimes it's a dream, sometimes it's a scene that comes to my eyes, and sometimes, just like it was just now, it's an emotion." I looked at Zhu Xuan, his face looked so immature, but his eyes were so The vicissitudes of life are only eyes telling how long the person in front of me has walked in the world.

"mood?"

"Well. Someone told me later that this is called resonance. I can resonate with many people—not even humans. Sometimes I can see their past, what they experienced, and how happy and sad they are. , Sad, hopeless. "I lay on the railing and looked at Zhu Xuan." Like a book, I can sometimes peek through a few pages and then know a short story in their lives. "

"So, have you seen my book?" Zhu Xuan asked with a smile.

"Yeah, that's why I know what you were thinking about. I also know how deeply you have affection with the yelling boy." I grimaced.

"How many people have you seen ... or a monster story?" Zhu Xuan asked.

"I don't know," I mumbled. "Some people, there are female ghosts, there are cat monsters, and even evil parasitic souls."

Suddenly Zhu Xuan's expression deepened. He looked at me with an unknown emotion in his eyes.

"Then you must be very brave," Zhu Xuan whispered. "These stories are not what an ordinary human should bear. Knowing these emotions and stories, you must be very painful."

It was then that I realized that the emotion in Zhu Xuan's eyes was something called sympathy.

"Pain? No, no, I have no pain. You are too exaggerated." I laughed twice. "I just may be a bit more sensitive than other people. I know a little more about the story. My life. And many times those stories are interesting. "

"So what's your story?"

The sudden sentence of Zhu Xuan made me fail to respond, "What?"

"What about your story?" Zhu Xuan looked at me seriously and said, "You have seen so many people's stories, then what kind of story is your story? You and your friends are here, Not for homework, right? "

Yes, Zhu Xuan is not a fool. He is alive. Who knows the 10,000-year-old beast Bai Ze, of course, we can see our lies at a glance.