Chapter 193: You're not allowed to skip a word.
Jiang Luo's spoon in his hand lurched, and he continued to eat his meal uneventfully.
He vomited blood again this morning, and the pain from the vomiting lingers to this day, making Jiang Luo's hands unable to hold chopsticks steady, only spoons.
Jiang Luo eats slowly and intently, because when he's not concentrating, his hand shakes with the aftermath of the pain in his spoon.
His self-improvement would not allow him to show such a weak side to others.
Taoist Master Wei He was excited, "Which mountain range is it?"
Ge Wuchen was dressed in dewy breath, with sludge on the edges of his shoes, and his face was tired, as if he had traveled day and night. He smiled at Taoist Master Wei He, but did not answer, but looked at Chi You.
Yu Guang, the evil spirit, looked at Jiang Luo, but Jiang Luo, as if he had not heard Ge Wuchen's words, ate steadily, as if the bowl of rice in front of him was more important than the mountain range that would keep him alive.
Connecting a few days of uncertainty of joy and anger of the evil spirit's face is visible to the naked eye gloomy down, his fingers of the knife and fork was pressed twisted, the evil spirit put down his hands of cutlery, took a handkerchief elegantly wiped his hands, thin lips hooked up a smile, as if quite interested, ''Yes, where is the mountain range? You should tell Taoist Master Wei He about it. "
Ge Wuchen answered, will be in the hands of the map unfolded in front of Wei He Taoist Master, pointing to the north of a mountain range, said: "Dawu Mountain Dragon Vein, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the dragon vein coiled into a crouching dragon situation, you see how?"
Taoist Master Wei He lowered his head on the map and carefully followed the direction of the mountain range. Mountain is the potential of the dragon, water is the blood of the dragon. In addition to these two things, to see the dragon's vein, we must also look at the mountain's soil, stone, grass and trees, which is the dragon's flesh, bones and hair. In addition to the map, Ge Wuchen also took field photos of Dawu Mountain. Taoist Master Wei He looked at them for a while and slowly nodded, "This dragon vein, I think it can be used."
Ge Wuchen looked toward Jiang Luo, "What does Jiang Shi Zhu think?"
Jiang Luo calmly said, "If Taoist Master Wei He thinks it can be used, then it can be used."
Ge Wuchen looked at his master's darkening face and could only lead Jiang Luo to talk, trying to make Chi You feel better.
In fact, he came back last night, but as soon as he came back, Liao Si told him that his master and Jiang Luo had quarreled. In order to keep his master's mood from getting worse, Ge Wuchen chose to report this news at the time of breakfast, hoping that Jiang Luo would be happier after he got the news about the dragon vein, and make up with his master again.
But he asked a few questions, Jiang Luo either did not answer or just said a few words, his expression has been very cold. Ge Wuchen really can't ask any more questions, in the awkward silence, Taoist Wei He stepped forward and said seriously, "Jiang Luo's body can't be delayed any longer, since we have already found the dragon vein, it's best to set off for Dawu Mountain in the next two days."
The Evil Ghost threw his handkerchief heavily on the table and said with an expressionless face, "We leave tomorrow."
Jiang Luo got up and went back to his room directly after he said that.
He sent the information about the dragon vein of Mount Dawu to Wen Renlian and asked him to take the people from his department to search the information about that mountain to see if there was any danger. After making sure that Wen Renlian had received the message, Jiang Luo deleted the message record and instead searched the internet for information on the science of Da Wu Mountain.
After a while, Ge Wuchen knocked on the door of his room, "Jiang Shi Zhu, would it be possible for the young monk to go in and have a chat with you?"
Jiang Luo lazily said, "Come in."
Ge Wuchen pushed the door open and as soon as he stepped in he saw a glass crumb in the doorway, the break was a vase and it had been here for a few days.
The corner of his eye twitched and he looked up, Jiang Luo was sitting at the table smoking a cigarette, his expression was calm and peaceful, there was no trace of anger or rage.
Ge Wuchen closed the door and walked over, smiling, "Jiang Shi Zhu, I heard that you and your master had a fight?"
Jiang Luo smiled, lightly characterizing the outburst of a few days ago, "On purpose."
Ge Wuchen was not surprised to hear this, but rather expected it. He knew that Jiang Luo was a sensible and calm person who had a purpose in everything he did, and the quarrel before must have been a deliberate attempt to get what he wanted. Ge Wuchen easily believed Jiang Luo's words, and after realizing that the fight was fake, he relaxed a bit and joked: "What did you fight about? It startled everyone else."
Jiang Luo exhaled a mouthful of smoke and said faintly, "A small matter."
Ge Wuchen was noncommittal, he tore the Buddha beads in his hand and threw them lightly on the floor, the beads moved by themselves and ran to the four corners of the room. Ge Wuchen said, "Jiang Shi Zhu, our conversation now won't be heard by the master."
Jiang Luo laughed twice instead, ''Ge Wuchen, how come you've gotten dumber even after a trip out? You're being completely redundant. You think he didn't know when you came into my room? Both of his eyes are staring at you, and when you make a move like this, doesn't it make it clear that there is something going on between the two of us?"
But he put the cigarette in his mouth the next second, put away his smile, and said diffidently, "But I don't care. Say, what did you want to talk to me about?"
Ge Wuchen had already prepared himself to deal with it by doing so. He smiled equally calmly and said, "Jiang Shi Zhu, the words you left for your master last time put me in a terrible situation, seeing as I'm so pitiful, why don't you and I just write off our previous grudges? Although I lied to you, you and I both have the same goal."
Speaking, he couldn't help but get a little excited, ''Jiang Shi Zhu, you've done better than I imagined, the master completely can't let go of you. You just had a fight with him and ignored him for a few days, do you know what he's become? Basically anyone can see how annoyed he is! I've never seen him take on such a human side ...... Jiang Luo, you're too good, you've completely taken him under control, in time, you can definitely make him give up on a future like that."
Jiang Luo listens quietly, feet crossed on the table, cigarette butt in his mouth. Ge Wuchen's tone is infectious, but his excitement only emphasizes the calmness on Jiang Luo's face.
There were no windows in the room, only incandescent lights overhead, and Ge Wuchen was propped up on the edge of the table after his excitement was over, his breathing accelerating as he repeated, as if brainwashed, "Jiang Luo, you're the only one who can avoid a future like that."
Jiang Luo suddenly laughed, his smile containing mockery, "You think I can get Chi You to give up the idea of destroying the metaphysical world for me?"
Ge Wuchen nodded.
Jiang Luo shakes his cigarette exaggeratedly, "Don't be silly, Ge Wuchen, it's impossible."
He shrugged, ''My purpose is indeed the same as yours, but the means I'm going to use can be different from yours. I've already absorbed half of the predestined man's power, Wei He The Taoist priest also said that it's possible for me to become a False God even after quenching my body. I can directly use force to suppress him, do you understand? Beat him up until he doesn't dare to turn human society into ghosts again, that's my way."
Ge Wuchen frowned and looked at Jiang Luo oddly, "Suppress by force? Jiang Luo, are you kidding me?"
Jiang Luo pulled up his lips, "Ge Wuchen, while my goals and yours are the same, they are also a bit different. He and I both know that I don't care how many people in the six families he wants to kill, it's up to him how he wants to toss the metaphysical world. This metaphysical world has long been rotten to the bone, he stirred up even more chaos and I have nothing to do. On the contrary, if the metaphysical world is in a mess, we, the Research Bureau, can also take over the situation. I will not protect the six families, even the Da Zhao Temple, after all, people want to take revenge why stop? But if he wants to use ghosts and monsters to rule the metaphysical world to pull the metaphysical world to sink altogether, disrupting the normal social order, then I will take my means."
Ge Wuchen sensed that something was wrong. Jiang Luo's official and indifferent attitude was a bit different compared to before, and he keenly said, "Even by force, the Fated can't stop him, how are you going to stop him?"
Without waiting for Jiang Luo to say anything, Ge Wuchen immediately advised again, "Jiang Luo, as long as you want, the master will definitely give up the idea of destroying the entire metaphysical world to take revenge for your sake, isn't that much more appropriate than using force? I don't mean to discourage you, but the predestined people can't even take him, even if you become a Style God, you can't help him."
Ge Wuchen was a little anxious, Jiang Luo was not sure if his anxiety was real or a feigned emotion, he took a slow drag on his cigarette and asked rhetorically, "Ge Wuchen, do you think I am important to him?"
Ge Wuchen nods his head without hesitation, and says decisively, "You are a unique being to him."
A year ago, Ge Wuchen would never have believed that he could say such a thing. Chi You care about someone? Don't be ridiculous, it's impossible. But a year later, the impossible has become possible, Ge Wuchen said with absolute certainty. He could even guarantee with his life that Chi You cared about Jiang Luo beyond the realm of "important".
It was a deeper meaning that Ge Wuchen didn't dare to think about, but which he had a vague feeling about.
Ge Wuchen has been by Chi You's side for five years. Five years is enough time for him to realize how cruel and dark Chi You's nature is. Chi You's specialness to Jiang Luo succeeds in igniting Ge Wuchen's hope, and Jiang Luo himself may not even know what kind of gold Chi You's specialness to him represents.
He said directly, "Jiang Luo, you may not be able to see clearly when you're in the middle of it, but your influence on him is already so great that it's unbelievable to all of us."
He even suspected that Chi You ...... was more than just fond of Jiang Luo.
Jiang Luo didn't even move his eyelashes as he continued without a ripple, "So what kind of person do you think I am?"
Ge Wuchen mused for a moment, "Decisive, calm, impulsive and adventurous."
These two sets of adjectives are completely contradictory, but Jiang Luo himself is a contradictory person. He has been so lucidly on the brink of life and death many times that no one can say whether he acted rationally or impulsively when he did so.
Jiang Luo turned his head sideways and looked at the windowless wall, trying to imagine that there was an extra window on this wall and that he was looking out of it.
Ge Wuchen is right, he is such a person. Jiang Luo's upper level of excitement jumps wildly in his cerebral cortex when facing Chi You, making him always bold and desperate when facing Chi You.
He longs to conquer the evil spirits, and delights in them for their fascination.
But Jiang Luo rarely gets really angry.
But he was real angry when he argued with Chi You.
The fire came so hurriedly and frantically that Jiang Luo could hardly contain himself. In the beginning, he had only used a casual, joking tone to test a question he didn't care about.
Jiang Luo thought deeply about it afterwards, but he couldn't figure out what he was angry about. He texted Wenren Lian and decided to leave Chi You's side after he quenched his body, because Jiang Luo didn't want to see himself lose control again.
That's weird.
He's always insisted on using his strength to get Chi You to give up that kind of thinking, so why did he say something about threatening Chi You with himself that night?
What was he thinking? What kind of feelings did he have? Why was he so impulsive?
Is it possible that Chi You's attitude towards him has made him lose his normal judgment.
And what is Chi You thinking?
He clearly knew what Jiang Luo meant, and he clearly remembered what Jiang Luo had told him in his dream. He knew that Jiang Luo would not care about his revenge on the metaphysical community, and that Jiang Luo would not care about what he did as long as it did not affect Jiang Luo's friends and normal society.
But even though he knew that, knew that Jiang Luo had warned him against the way the ghosts and monsters ran rampant, he didn't want to change anything because of Jiang Luo.
What a normal thing.
The more he thought about it, the more puzzled he became, and Jiang Luo himself didn't know why he was so angry.
How inexplicable.
It was like he was now, and it was amazing that the hardness of a clenched heart still rose from this.
Jiang Luo came back to his senses, he snorted and retracted his legs that were crossed on the table, his cigarette pressed into the ashtray, "Ge Wuchen, how come you made the same mistake as me."
Ge Wuchen : "What?"
Jiang Luo raised his eyebrows and said slowly, "How could an evil spirit give up what he has been aiming for because of his feelings."
"Don't think too much," he advised in turn, "Chi You've been in a bad mood these past few days purely because I argued with him and refuted his face, and he couldn't kill me, so he could only look so hard. There's no reason for me to quarrel with him, it's just because I want to break up the lover relationship with him. Chi You such a dangerous evil spirit, I have to let him wear down his feelings for me, and when he has worn down enough, recognize that I am nothing to him, we two people will definitely break up peacefully, and in the future, well water does not interfere with river water. However, you can rest assured that as long as he commits a crime, I will definitely take care of it in public."
That's right, it's gone when it's gone. Jiang Luo thought.
After saying that, Jiang Luo was a bit disinterested, he lowered his head and picked up the pen on the table, "You've been in here for five minutes, it's time to go."
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Ge Wuchen leaves Jiang Luo's room.
He had just closed the door and taken two steps when his eyes abruptly went black, and he was caught by the black mist in front of the evil spirit in the twinkling of an eye.
There were no lights on in the house, and the evil spirit's figure was even darker than the darkness, his cold, hard jawline outlined in the darkness, his aura so gloomy and uncertain as to be frightening.
"He told you something."
The evil spirit's voice was raspy, containing blood and repressed violence.
Cold sweat broke out on Ge Wuchen's forehead, he had long been prepared to face Chi You, but he was still a bit scared when he was caught off guard.
"Amitabha Buddha, master, Jiang Shi Zhu he--"
The evil spirit interrupts him, and a hideous black mist spreads across the room in an instant, transforming into a single sharp clawed tooth aimed at Ge Wuchen.
The evil spirit said coldly, "Think before you speak, Ge Wuchen, and you are not allowed to skim a word."
Published at: 09/25/2024 05:00