Mysterious journey

Burnington Street in the afternoon

The sky was covered with white clouds, without any sunlight shining down, and it was slightly dark.

In the Dolphin Antique Shop, old man Geguo sat lazily behind the table in front of the bookshelf, tilting his head and half asleep, as if he was dozing off.

Suddenly there was a familiar sound of footsteps outside the door.

"Gallon?" The old man opened one eye and asked weakly. "What time is it now? I thought you weren't coming." He pointed to a white amphorae beside the table. "This is your task this afternoon. Take it and take a closer look. Give it to me when you're done. Just identify the content.”

Garen walked in the door wearing a red sportswear. Looking at the old man's lazy look, he shook his head speechlessly. Without speaking, he just walked over silently, holding the amphora on the table.

Suddenly, he flicked his finger and shot out a black line.

laugh!

The black line drew an arc like a flying insect and pierced the center of old Geguo's eyebrows like lightning.

Well!

The old man had no time to avoid it, so he just tilted his head slightly. Unexpectedly, the black line actually went down, pierced into his left shoulder, and stopped immediately. It was a thin black needle.

"Garen, what are you doing?!" The old man stood up from the chair, took two steps back, and pulled out the needle with a sneer, a look of shock and anger on his face.

Jia Lung had a look of astonishment on his face, and suddenly his face turned painful. He staggered back two steps, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, his face turned pale.

"How are you!?" Old Man Geguo was startled, and he quickly walked around the table and rushed over to support Garen. His movements were completely unlike that of an old man who was frail and frail.

"My head hurts so much!!" Garen whispered with pain on his face.

"Damn it! It must be those guys! How dare they...chi!"

Geguo's words stopped suddenly, and he stood beside Garen with his whole body trembling slightly. He lowered his head and looked at the black dagger pierced into his abdomen.

"you!"

Garen sneered, scoffed and pulled out the dagger, twirled it in his hand and stepped back. He just stood there and did not continue to attack.

"If I hadn't pretended to be that boy, I probably wouldn't have been able to deceive you."

He pinched the left side of his cheek and gently peeled off a layer of the human skin mask, revealing a handsome and cold man's face underneath.

"Geguo. Long time no see."

"It's you, Xianflan!"

Old Man Geguo took two steps back, covering his lower abdomen with his hand, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Tell me where the thing is?" Fairy Frank said coldly.

"Things? Haha" Old Man Geguo showed a smile on his face, "You haven't given up yet?"

Sylphran smiled. "I know you are strong, but you can no longer escape after being hit by my Yin Tuo needle. Come on, give me the thing." He slowly walked towards Geguo.

Old man Geguo suddenly chuckled.

"You forgot again. No matter how many times I fight, you will never be my opponent."

"Then give it a try." Xianflan sneered.

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call.

After Galen took a shower, he threw his wet hair on his single bed and took a deep breath. The smell he was most familiar with was on the quilt.

"So tired." He murmured softly. "I went to the martial arts school in the afternoon. I was grabbed by the master and beaten wildly. After I came back from the lesson, my parents grabbed me and complained about the education. Fortunately, Ying'er came back in time to save the siege, otherwise it would have been even worse."

The light in the bedroom was quiet orange, dyeing Garen's white pajamas a light yellow color. The sky outside the window gradually darkened, and it was almost night.

Her parents and Ying'er had just gone out for a walk and thought they needed to digest after eating. Garen was too tired, so he stayed at home to rest.

He lay on the bed, pulled out the small black jade plate, and carefully rubbed the rough surface.

Click.

Suddenly the door was pushed open.

"Brother, what are you doing with the door locked? You're being sneaky." Ying'er walked in with a cup of boiled water.

Garen hurriedly put away the black jade plate.

"Can you please knock on the door when you come in?" He turned over and sat up and asked angrily.

"Why are you knocking on the door? Can I catch you doing bad things if you knock on the door?" Ying'er looked like she had just taken a shower, and her skin was pink all over. Wearing white short-sleeved shorts, revealing a pair of slender white thighs. Standing at the door, his legs were exactly parallel to Garen's eyes.

"Didn't you go for a walk with your parents? Why are you back?" Garen unconsciously avoided the gaze that fell on his sister's lap.

"I didn't go out at all, I just pretended to say this to deceive you, but I didn't expect there was a problem!" Ying'er sneered a few times, "If you don't want your parents to know about your bad things, you must agree to a condition! "

"Conditions? What do I have to be afraid of?" Garen pretended to be tough. He had nothing to hide, and now he just wanted to tease his sister. "What conditions are you talking about?"

Ying'er came over and stood in front of Jia Long, with one hand on her hip in a condescending manner.

"The conditions are actually very simple!" She snorted and sneered, "That's it."

Boom! !

Suddenly there was a muffled sound, followed by a violent vibration.

The entire building began to shake violently, and a thin, low humming sound came from far to near, reaching Garen's ears, and he felt faintly numb.

"I've been lucky lately," he chuckled softly. After gathering his thoughts, he stood up and sat down at his desk, and began to review the appraisal knowledge he had learned.

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Beside a forest on the outskirts of Huaishan City.

Old Man Geguo stood in front of the burning woods with his belly covered, quietly looking at the scarlet flames inside. The red firelight illuminated his face.

"If the book was still there, maybe I would still be a little wary. But now." A red figure slowly walked out of the woods. It was the Fairy Fran who appeared earlier. There was a bloody cut on the left side of his face, and blood was slowly oozing out.

"Geguo...you have become a mortal and can only rely on these external objects."

"Even if there is no need for sustenance, I... cough cough." Geguo suddenly coughed, and the hand covering his abdomen began to slowly seep blood between his fingers.

"Without power, even the book is lost, the once genius has now fallen into this miserable state!" Xianflan said loudly with his hands wide open, "It's so sad." He used a tone similar to singing. Whispered.

"When you extract your power, who do you want to give it to? To the boy next to you? It's useless. He doesn't have this talent. He is destined to be a mortal. Just time can kill him easily."

"No matter who I give it to, it is my business. As for that book, I have sent it to a place far, far away. A place you will never find." Old Man Geguo breathed and whispered. laugh it out.

"We have lived together for so many years, brother, do you really think I don't know that you gave it to that old woman?" Xianflan smiled.

Geguo's face changed slightly, and he suddenly reacted, but it was too late.

"Sure enough! Haha!" Xianflan laughed, "I was just testing it out, but I didn't expect you to still be so slow to react after so many years!"

He looked at Geguo in front of him, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

"You have placed all your life and strength on others, and you will still be like this even until you die. Do you think I can't see that you don't have many days to live? Put everything you have into the ritual. This kind of Only you can do it."

"I was already a useless person. I just wanted to leave some traces of myself in this world." Ge Guo showed a smile that was uglier than bitter.

Bang!

He suddenly seemed to be hit by something invisible. He flew out, rolled on the ground and hit a tree stump.

"Well" Old Man Geguo covered his mouth tightly, big mouthfuls of blood seeping out from between his fingers and dripping on the muddy ground.

"Why are you always so stupid!! Why! Ah!??" Xianflan rushed over quickly and kicked old Geguo hard in the stomach.

Bang bang bang.

Xianflan kicked her hard, each time harder than the last.

The banging sound was like hitting a leather sack, and it was also very clear next to the burning woods.

"Traces!?" He finally stopped, "A trash like you still wants to leave traces in this world? Dream on!" He didn't know when his expression became extremely ferocious.

"I've decided, I'm going to kill all the traces you left! All!!" He growled, as if he was hysterical. His face was distorted and full of veins.

Snapped.

Suddenly a hand grabbed his boots, and Old Man Geguo raised his head desperately. His face was covered with blood, and he was completely speechless. Mouthfuls of sticky blood kept pouring out of his mouth. He just stared at him with his mouth open, but made no sound.

"You want me not to do anything, right?" Xianflan stopped, his expression instantly returned to calm, and he slowly revealed a strange smile. "Are you begging me? You are begging me, right?"

Old Man Geguo's pupils were slightly dilated, his vision was blurred and he couldn't see clearly at all. He just clung to Xianflan's boots.

"Are you really begging me?" Xianflan smiled more and more wildly. "If you're really begging me, then lick my boots clean."

Snapped!

He stepped on the old man's face.

"Lick it... the former genius... my dear brother, lick it!!"

His face became ferocious again.

The boots stamped hard on the old man's face, again and again.

Suddenly his expression hardened.

The old man Geguo under his feet was actually slowly sticking out his tongue to lick the soles of his boots.

An inexplicable emotion suddenly filled Xian Fran's chest. He raised his head and suddenly felt sour.

"It was my fault. When... Nian..." the old man's voice came intermittently from beneath his feet. "forgive me."

The old man tilted his head, and the last color in his eyes completely disappeared.

Xianflan did not answer, and lowered his head to look at the body on the ground. The cold wind made the woods on one side rustle, and the fire gradually became smaller.

"elder brother."

He knelt down and stayed next to the body, saying nothing.

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At the same time, Gallon was sitting at his desk at home and suddenly felt a heat in his chest.

He pulled out a necklace from his collar in confusion, hanging on it was the book necklace that old man Ge Guo had given him.

"What's going on?" He looked left and right, but found no sign. The necklace was still warm.

Without thinking any more, he stuffed the necklace into his chest again and continued to study the identification cases on the table.

The moment he tucked it back into his collar, a line of text slowly appeared on the surface of the necklace book.

‘Ieng Golia, the third life ritual—sanctuary. ’