Chapter 60

"Li Jinglong!" The man's rough voice said angrily, "Where are you going now?" It was followed by a series of heavy coughs.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Jinglong said hurriedly.

The two teenagers sat side by side in the corridor. The weather was extremely hot.

"I have to go." Hongjun replied.

"Go?" Li Jinglong did not come back to his senses for a moment.

"Move." Hongjun said sadly.

"But I haven't learned any spells yet!" Li Jinglong said anxiously, "You promised to teach me!"

Hongjun's eyes were filled with guilt as he looked up at Li Jinglong. Ever since he could remember, his parents had never stopped moving. When he was four, they left Huayin for Luoyang. When he was five, they moved from Luoyang to Xiangyang. When he was six, they moved to Shandong. When he was seven, they moved to Chang 'an …

… Everywhere they went, his mother would exhort him not to play with other children. Hongjun could only stay at home every day, lost in thought as he read his father's medical books.

The nine year old Li Jinglong was the first and only friend he made last year.

"Where are you moving to?" Li Jinglong said, "I'll have my father move too. Let's go together!"

"There's a monster in my body." Hongjun did not dare to look at Li Jinglong. He kicked his wooden clogs and answered.

Li Jinglong was silent for a moment.

Hongjun turned his head and said, "They want to kill me."

"Who?" Li Jinglong asked.

Hongjun shook his head. He did not know the identity of the other party. He only knew that his father was always injured and his mother always cried and held him in her arms. Because of him, the family spent countless sleepless nights.

"I'm an inauspicious person." Hongjun replied, "If the monster in my body comes alive, you will also die."

Li Jinglong looked at Hongjun quietly. Hongjun was unusually calm and said, "I will remember you, Li Jinglong."

He got up to leave, but Li Jinglong stopped him.

"I'll wait for you outside Jincheng Lane tomorrow night." Li Jinglong said, "Let's meet again before we leave."

Hongjun was a little surprised. He turned to look at Li Jinglong, thought for a moment, and replied, "I will return the book to you."

Hongjun climbed over the fence, only to hear someone shouting from the other side.

"Hongjun!"

Hongjun stood there in a daze for a while, and for some reason he started to panic. He walked back to his room. Suddenly lightning flashed and thunder rolled in the sky, a flash of light blinded him.

"Hongjun!"

Hongjun looked around, and the scenery seemed to have changed. He was now in a small alley, and his consciousness before entering the dream kept returning.

He grabbed the book Li Jinglong lent him and heard people shouting "Hongjun!" "Hongjun!"

Li Jinglong's voice shouted in front of him, "Hongjun — —!"

Hongjun started to run, and Li Jinglong was waiting for him at the end of the alley.

"Li Jinglong?" Hongjun said. Li Jinglong reached out to grab him, but Hongjun suddenly felt a burst of fear and avoided his hand.

"Believe me! Hongjun! "

"When did I lie to you?!" Li Jinglong anxiously said, "Follow me!"

Li Jinglong grabbed his hand and dragged him into the alley. At the end of the alley was a wooden door that was half closed. He pushed it open and brought Hongjun into the front yard that was overgrown with weeds!

"This is …" Hongjun said blankly, "Li Jinglong! What are you going to do? "

Lightning flashed. Hongjun slowed down and found that he had walked into the courtyard of the Exorcism Department. In the courtyard, a golden array flickered. In an instant, tens of thousands of golden rays of light shot out and trapped him in the center.

"Let me out!" Hongjun threw the book to the side and shouted.

The young Li Jinglong stood in the front hall. Behind him, there was a warrior in golden armor that shone with golden light.

"I've brought him." Li Jinglong panted violently. "It's him!"

Hongjun roared, "You lied to me!"

The warrior said in an old and low voice, "Tianma, the catastrophe in the future will be caused by you. Even if I kill innocent people today, I must end your life …"

The warrior held a golden sword, and the array rumbled loudly, spewing out white flames!

Hongjun kept slamming into the array and shouted, "Li Jinglong —!"

At that moment, time seemed to fly. Li Jinglong's figure gradually became taller, while Hongjun constantly shrank. He looked at his hands in surprise. When he shrank to the age of four, he suddenly grew taller and returned to his sixteen-year-old figure.

"Li Jinglong!" Hongjun shouted.

In Li Jinglong's eyes, the light and fire in the formation were reflected. Meanwhile, Hong Jun's entire body was emitting black Qi. He screamed in pain and madness. The golden light and fire burned his skin, causing his entire body to spurt out blood. In an instant, his hair was disheveled, and he was burned into a bloody man!

"Li Jinglong …" Hong Jun's throat let out a suppressed roar. His heart was spurting out black flames that could almost cover the sky. Meanwhile, the warrior in golden armor withdrew the longsword in his hand, and six types of magical tools that radiated light appeared around him. In the next moment, the magical tools revolved and combined into one, transforming into a huge bow.

Then, the warrior in golden armor floated toward Li Jinglong, and with a "buzz" sound, he merged with him!

"Father … Mother …" Hong Jun knelt within the formation, his face had already been burned beyond recognition by the golden flames, and a terrifying voice wailed out from his throat. "Save me … I … It hurts … Ah …"

Li Jinglong trembled, pulled the longbow, and aimed at little Hongjun in the array.

The next moment, the door of the Exorcism Division collapsed, and the wooden door was washed away by a torrent. Kong Xuan turned into a shadow, rushed into the array, and met the rotating arrow of the warrior in golden armor —

Kong Xuan propped up the Five-colored Divine Light, and rushed up to meet the arrow of the six golden magic tools. But the next moment, the light arrow easily tore the Five-colored Divine Light, and sank into Kong Xuan's chest!

Jia Yuze rushed into the array, her hair disheveled, and hugged Hongjun, who had been burned into charcoal, and let out a heart-wrenching scream!

Kong Xuan roared, "Di Renjie —!"

Kong Xuan rushed to Di Renjie, and couldn't help but look down at the half arrow in his chest.

Jia Yuze shed tears, hugged Hongjun, and stroked his cheek with one hand, and murmured, "Xing 'er … Don't be afraid, it's okay … It's okay …"

"Mother … I'm in so much pain …" Hongjun said in a trembling voice. Then, the corner of his mouth split open, and blood foam came out of his mouth. His throat was blocked by blood.

"It's not painful, it's not painful anymore." Jia Yuze's face was covered in tears, and she murmured, "Burn my soul, scatter my true soul …"

Hongjun's body kept shrinking. Jia Yuze closed her eyes, and tears fell from the corners of her eyes. She chanted an incantation, and her hand emitted a green light, and she pressed it on Hongjun's face. Hongjun's skin healed rapidly, and it kept regenerating, as if he was molting. After the charred skin peeled off, perfect skin was revealed.

As the incantation took effect, Jia Yuze's waterfall-like black hair instantly turned into snow, and her face turned into that of an old woman.

"Di Renjie." Jia Yuze sobbed, "Spare my Xing 'er, what did he do wrong?!"

Kong Xuan's chest was pierced by the golden arrow. He struggled to stand up, but he almost knelt down in the courtyard. Jia Yuze went up to support Kong Xuan, and they knelt down in front of Li Jinglong.

Kong Xuan said in a trembling voice, "Di Renjie, I only have one child …"

Hongjun dragged his shrunken clothes, and his eyes were filled with fear. He looked up at the golden-armored warrior who was holding the sword of wisdom.

"Father … Mother …" Hongjun knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice.

Hongjun slowly raised his head, and his eyes met Li Jinglong's with an ashen expression.

Li Jinglong trembled, and he raised his hand, which emitted a white light.

Hongjun roared angrily, "Father —!"

The black gas on his body suddenly erupted again, and layers of demonic shadows rose from the ground. Black waves surged in all directions, and in an instant, the entire city of Chang 'an was destroyed!

The Exorcism Department, Jincheng Lane, Chang 'an, and even the entire Central Plains collapsed together. The people and creatures were all swept into the black gas, and it was as if a powerful hurricane had been set off!

Li Jinglong faced the hurricane and shouted angrily, "Hongjun!"

The black gas hurricane almost destroyed everything. Li Jinglong held the sword of wisdom in his right hand, and his left hand emitted a white light, breaking open the sky and the earth.

"Wake up —!" Li Jinglong roared, and then he pulled Hongjun into his arms. The white light emitted in all directions, and Hongjun's body was soaked.

His soul seemed to be illuminated by the strong light, and the pain came back. He struggled crazily and shouted, "Let go of me —!" "

"He's awake!" Mo Rigen roared, "Chief Inspector! He's awake! "

The white light disappeared, and the world returned to darkness. Hongjun's mind seemed to have been struck by lightning. Li Jinglong hugged him tightly, and he held a pair of flying knives in each hand. He tried his best to raise his head and look at the sky.

His eyes reflected the Milky Way in winter. Mo Rigen's body was covered in wounds, and he stood on the snow, panting. Li Jinglong's hair was disheveled, and his face was covered in blood. He hugged Hongjun tightly and didn't let go.

Liu Fei was lying on the ground, and the house had been destroyed. Several corpses of war horses were lying on the ground, and the ice and graveyard were full of corpses. Li Jinglong stood in the snow, hugging Hongjun. His feet were soaked in purple-black blood.

"You lied to me." Hongjun murmured, and then he lost consciousness and fell into Li Jinglong's arms.

The Grey Wolf carried Li Jinglong and Liu Fei, and Li Jinglong carried the unconscious Hongjun to the end of the valley.

Hongjun had a very long dream. In the dream, Li Jinglong chased after the carriage to send him off, and handed the book to him.

"I didn't wait for the pomegranate to ripen!" Li Jinglong shouted, "Plant it in the courtyard of your new home!"

Hongjun poked his head out, and tears flowed down his face as he said, "We'll meet again someday, Li Jinglong!"

Li Jinglong stood at the end of the alley, and he couldn't stop wiping his tears as he shouted, "Wait for me to learn magic! I'll come to find you! "

"Si Xing?" A man's voice sounded in his ear.

Hongjun slowly woke up, and found that he seemed to have returned to the room in his dream. He blankly looked at the person sitting by the bed, and subconsciously touched the soft and warm quilt beside him.

"You're awake?" The man sitting by the bed said, "You're awake! Quickly invite Elder Li! "

"Where is this place?" Hongjun first raised his arm, and saw that there were no changes to his body. Seeing that it was still the same body, he asked, "Am I still dreaming?"

The man's face was vaguely familiar, and he stared blankly at Hongjun.

"I'm your uncle, Si Xing." The man said.

The door was practically knocked open, and Li Jinglong rushed in like a gust of wind, saying, "Hongjun?"

Mo Rigen also came in, and the Carp Demon followed behind, shouting, "Hongjun! Are you okay! "

"What happened?" Hongjun's head began to hurt again, and he asked, "Where is this?"

Mo Rigen touched Hongjun's forehead, and softly muttered an incantation, and Hongjun's headache gradually subsided. Li Jinglong also came up to touch his forehead, but Hongjun still remembered the dream, and his eyes were filled with fear, and he avoided the touch.

"Si Xing." The man guarding by the bed asked, "Do you still remember me? I'm Jia Zhou. "

Hongjun stared blankly at the man. He didn't remember this person, but his appearance was very similar to his mother in his dream.

"Do you remember me?" Li Jinglong said.

Hongjun nodded, and then looked at Mo Rigen, and nodded. The Carp Demon squeezed its head in, saying, "What about me? What about me?"

Hongjun confirmed that he wasn't dreaming, and lightly tapped the Carp Demon a few times with his index finger. The Carp Demon jumped onto the bed, and Hongjun stared at the unfamiliar man by the bed.

"Do you remember him?" Li Jinglong asked seriously, "He's the governor of Guazhou, Jia Zhou, your mother's older brother."

"That's not right." Jia Zhou said, "Xing 'er, shouldn't you be nineteen this year? Your appearance is exactly the same as Kong Xuan's, it's really strange … "As he said this, Jia Zhou actually laughed.

Hongjun remembered that day in the carriage, Yang Yuhuan had told him that his mother had a brother, and his grandfather was once the deputy provincial governor, and his mother's uncle's family stayed in Hexi.

"Yes, you and my mother … look very similar." Hongjun scrutinized Jia Zhou's face. Jia Zhou was already over forty years old, and when he heard this, he laughed, wiped his tears, and held Hongjun's hand, which was full of calluses from military training.

"Why are you only here now?" Jia Zhou asked, "After your parents died, who raised you? When I heard that your parents were gone, I even sent people to ask around … "

Hongjun's expression changed in an instant, and he sat in a daze for a while, then looked up at Li Jinglong. Li Jinglong saw that his expression was not right, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Hongjun was at a loss for a moment, and Mo Rigen said, "He's probably tired, let him rest for a while."

The Carp Demon observed Hongjun, saying, "His complexion is too bad."

"Uncle and nephew should catch up first." Li Jinglong said understandingly, "Hongjun, rest well. Call me if you need anything, I'm staying in the East Wing. "

Hongjun did not speak, and Li Jinglong gave Jia Zhou a look. Jia Zhou nodded, and Li Jinglong and Mo Rigen left.

The Carp Demon said, "I won't disturb you, Hongjun, just pretend that I'm not here."

As it spoke, the Carp Demon went to the corner and entered a small wooden basin.

Hongjun and Jia Zhou were left in the room. Hongjun thought for a while, and wanted to get out of bed, but Jia Zhou said, "Don't move, you haven't eaten for a few days."

Jia Zhou went out to give orders, and a servant came in with rice soup.

"Your name was given by Uncle." Jia Zhou said, and fed Hongjun the rice soup. Hongjun said, "I'll do it myself."

"Be careful, it's hot." Jia Zhou said.

Hongjun took the bowl, and his mind was filled with the things in his dream. When he faced Jia Zhou, he could not stop thinking about that dream. When he saw his Uncle who looked like his mother, it reminded him of his mother who hugged him in his dream.

He drank the rice soup in big mouthfuls, and felt that his strength had returned a bit. He looked at Jia Zhou and said, "My mother is Jia Yuze."

"Your father is Kong Xuan." Jia Zhou said with a smile, "He's a miraculous doctor who can bring people back to life."

Hongjun gasped lightly, and reached out to touch the edge of the couch. Jia Zhou took out the jasper peacock plume from under the pillow and said, "Your Elder brought you to Yumen, and asked someone to find out …"

"We actually reached Yumen?" Hongjun said in surprise, "We ran so far? I chased Lu Xu all night, but we still haven't reached Zhangye … "

"You seem to have encountered many things on your way." Jia Zhou replied, "Don't be anxious, one thing at a time, tell me slowly." At this moment, there was a military report outside. Jia Zhou got up and left, telling Hongjun to accompany him as soon as he was free, and then left temporarily.

In the side room, Li Jinglong wanted to lie down, but the moment he turned his body, he grimaced in pain.

Mo Rigen sat behind the desk, looking at the falling snow in the courtyard.

"I keep feeling that Hongjun is not right." Li Jinglong said, "The way he looks at me, it's like he just woke up from a nightmare."

"I've already called him back from the dream, so you can at least find him now." Mo Rigen said anxiously, "Lu Xu's whereabouts are still unknown."

Li Jinglong comforted him, "Jia Zhou's scouts have already been sent out to search, and Liu Fei is also looking for him. Nothing will happen."

Mo Rigen asked, "What exactly happened that night? Zhao Zilong didn't say it clearly. "

Li Jinglong said, "You can only find out if you ask Hongjun."

Mo Rigen said, "But you won't let me ask."

"Are you crazy?!" Li Jinglong flew into a rage.

Mo Rigen had no choice but to keep quiet. Hongjun had just recovered from his illness, and he still looked a bit absent-minded, so he couldn't press him now. However, Lu Xu's whereabouts were unknown, and Mo Rigen simply couldn't sit still.

Li Jinglong said, "Why don't you act on your own and go out to look for him? Can't you give me more trouble? "

Li Jinglong was like the head of the exorcism division. Mo Rigen was two years older than him, but he had to listen to him.

"What exactly happened to Hongjun?" Li Jinglong frowned and asked.

"He's a half-demon." Mo Rigen answered, "There's an evil aura in his body. I don't know if his adoptive father used some kind of seal to suppress it." As he spoke, he got up and paced around the room, saying, "Looking at him attacking randomly without distinguishing between friend and foe, it's as if he's trapped in a nightmare."

"You can see his dreams?" Li Jinglong asked.

Mo Rigen shook his head, saying, "I can only wake him up. The White Deer can make him fall asleep and enter his dreams."

In the guest room, Hongjun sat behind the table and placed the basin containing the Carp Demon on the table.

"What exactly happened on the way here?"

The Carp Demon said, "Hongjun, you really don't remember anything?"

"Hurry up and tell me." Hongjun frowned and stared at the Carp Demon.

The Carp Demon was a bit hesitant, saying, "Alright, the Chief told me not to tell you. He was afraid that if you heard …"

Hongjun replied, "I won't say a word."

The Carp Demon's expression was mysterious. It stuck its fish head out of the basin and looked at Hongjun before it began to narrate.

It turned out that that night, Hongjun chased Lu Xu and Liu Fei to a graveyard. After entering a small hut, he rested for a while. The Carp Demon did not notice anything strange that night.

However, in the middle of the night, Hongjun woke up as if he was sleepwalking. He slowly walked to the middle of the graveyard. When Li Jinglong and Mo Rigen chased after him, Hongjun was like a marionette. His whole body emitted billowing black aura. He actually attacked Li Jinglong and Mo Rigen!

Lu Xu, dressed in black, floated behind Hongjun in the air. His hands emitted countless strands of silk, controlling Hongjun's every move. As for the "Liu Fei" outside the wooden house, she transformed into a black-clothed woman with a pitch-black face!

Li Jinglong and Mo Rigen naturally rushed forward to save him. The woman in black controlled the cold wind and snowstorm, sweeping across the graveyard and plains.

"Is that the other monster, Mysterious Fairy?" Hongjun asked.

The Carp Demon replied, "I … I don't know."

Mo Rigen and Li Jinglong struggled to deal with the situation. Mysterious Fairy's cold wind was too strong. They could not get close to her at all. There were flying icicles and snowstorm everywhere. Hongjun, on the other hand, was like a demon king in ice and snow, slaughtering everyone.

Fortunately, the real Liu Fei happened to turn around at that moment. She used the Wind Sword to summon the sleeping soldiers in the graveyard. Mo Rigen ignored his frostbite and fought with Mysterious Fairy. Mysterious Fairy was injured and retreated. Then, Li Jinglong used the Mind Lamp to break Lu Xu's control over Hongjun …

Hongjun suddenly remembered that in his dream, he only saw flashes of lightning and did not hear any thunder. Perhaps the frequent flashes of light were the Mind Lamp.

"And then?"

"Then Lu Xu disappeared." The Carp Demon said, "Before he left, he said some harsh words."

Hongjun opened his eyes wide.

"You are destined to die in his hands one day."

"Since the Magic Seed has been found, you can only wait for the next few days to suffer."