In the Feng family's courtyard, candles swaying, and Wei Xingzhen and Feng Yan sat opposite each other.

This night, she recounted the stories she heard from the Dragon tongue as thoroughly as possible.

Feng Yan put down the cup in her hand.

"Probably...that's it."

Wei Xingzhen pressed his elbows against his knees, and his crossed knuckles pressed against his forehead, thus covering most of his face.

He didn't say a word and pretended to look at the teapot in front of him.

He had imagined such a thing as "telling everything in the past to Feng Yan" in the past countless times, but it really happened. He had a little difficulty raising his eyes to look at Feng Yan's eyes for a while.

He never thought that one day his identities would be exposed so thoroughly in front of Feng Yan.

Even if he secretly ran to someone's yard to listen to the piano, he was discovered...

What would A Yan think?

"So..." Feng Yan tilted his head slightly, "You are the Venerable Sanyan I met in the mountains when I was young?"

His eyes fell and he answered in a low voice, "Yes"

Feng Yan smiled, "That's it..."

She looked at Wei Xingzhen's calm eyebrows and eyes. Although he blocked his cheeks at this moment, he sat there as if nothing had happened, but half of the earlobes exposed outside had already burned... red.

Feng Yan also lowered her head and pretended to look at the teapot in front of her.

She sighed and said softly, "What should I do?"

Wei Xingzhen's throat moved and said for a while, "What should I do?"

"Can you look up and look at me?" Feng Yan asked.

Wei Xingzhen was slightly stunned, and even his breathing was condensed in the present moment.

"Is that OK?" Feng Yan asked again.

Wei Xingzhen frowned, took a deep breath as if he had made up some determination, and then raised his head.

When his eyes met, he suddenly realized it again - because Feng Yan was sitting opposite him, looking at him like before.

The candlelight swayed gently on the side, making it difficult to tell whether it was a dream or a reality.

"In the last life," Feng Yan looked at Wei Xingzhen seriously, "Are you also lying to me that you are a grown-up mountaineer on Daizong Mountain?"

Wei Xingzhen gently pinched his eyebrows, "...well."

"After you wake up, have you returned to your birthplace?"

"Yes," Wei Xingzhen nodded again, "When I woke up, I lay in Youdu Mountain... How did A Yan know?"

Feng Yan smiled—Sure enough, she guessed well before.

"So why did Xingzhen suddenly become an official this time?" Feng Yan turned his mind and asked softly, "The officialdom is really not fun for you."

Wei Xingzhen shook his head, "Some secrets are passed down by word of mouth, so you can't turn them into the pile of papers. Only by dealing with people can you have the opportunity to explore."

He whispered, "Stand high, many things are convenient to do."

Feng Yan understood, "...to save me?"

Wei Xingzhen nodded, "To save you."

He looked at Feng Yan, "This time A Yan doesn't have to hide it from me anymore. We... we can go together..."

"Actually, when I just learned that the curse was a living sacrifice, I was also shocked," Feng Yan whispered, "But since I knew that your kung fu was so outstanding in my previous life, I decided to face it alone... I think my aunt should have given me a condition that I can't refuse."

Feng Yan thought for a while, "Although I don't know what's the reason for it-"

"Can Ayan promise me something?"

"What?"

"No matter what the reason is, this time, don't lie to me again."

Feng Yan smiled, "This requirement is so harsh. Promise that a person will never lie to him is... a lie, right?"

Wei Xingzhen tightened his sleeves.

Feng Yan looked elsewhere and said slowly, "But now... I can indeed tell you some guesses, such as the fact that I disappeared inexplicably before."

Wei Xingzhen on the opposite side immediately raised his ears.

"When I was seventeen years old, I begged Lord Yin to take me out of Chang'an, but failed." Feng Yan whispered, "This matter is not a secret... But later, in order to completely dispel my desire to run away, my aunt took me to Changling on Daizong Mountain.

"Under Changling, there is a galaxy where wild spirits gather. Every daughter of the Feng family's daughter was marked on the star track. It was then that I truly realized that even if I really escaped from Chang'an at that time... I would never be able to live a life of returning to the garden and living in the countryside.

"But it was almost that time. I made up my mind that even if I didn't fulfill my wish the day before my life, I would never be buried in the ancestral temple on Daizong Mountain after my death - of course, this requires some skills and patience, but I have time to think about this matter-"

The speculation in Wei Xingzhen's mind had jumped for several levels, and his eyes were slightly bright, "Is it possible... the formation that A Yan opened in Liufu Garden at that time was not the one used by the Feng family's sacrificial priests?"

Feng Yan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, has Xingzhen guessed it?"

She whispered, "The formations of the Living Man Sacrifice are mostly exquisite. Sometimes a few strokes are slightly changed on the formation, or the positions of the talismans can lead to completely different results.

"I know that in the future, I will never be able to escape the fate of all the Feng family daughters, but such a boring life is really not necessary to drag the life of an innocent person to continue it...

“So I thought at the time that I lived to be twenty-three in my life.

"I probably had this belief in my previous life."

Wei Xingzhen frowned, "What kind of formation was A Yan used on the mountain at that time?"

"Have Xingzhen heard of 'The bright moon shining on me'?"

Wei Xingzhen thought for a long time, but finally shook his head.

"Hahaha," Feng Yan laughed, "Of course you haven't heard of it-because I secretly figured out this formation myself."

“…”

Feng Yan said again, "I have been collecting formations that can keep the corpses of the sacrificers alive over the years, and I have found more than 200... But the wishes they point to are too sinister. If I really exchanged my own death for the realization of one of the wishes, I might feel guilty and dying with my eyes closed...

"So I have specially thought about a new formation - no matter when and where the person who was given the sacrifice was at that time, after the formation was activated, people can be sent back to the place where they were born. This formation must not take effect at night, so I called it "The bright moon shines on me."

Feng Yan whispered, "If you are really a mountain citizen born on Daizong Mountain, Longshi should find you soon and tell you the truth about the Feng family's curse - then you will know that I am a bad person who betrayed you.

"Am I that easy to cheat?" Wei Xingzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, "You used the illusion I taught you to deceive me, and I realized it when I woke up."

Feng Yan looked back at Wei Xingzhen's heart, "I heard that the most difficult thing to deceive among the five senses is touch. If you can deceive you at that moment, it should... it really hurts, right?"

"But how did you make a sacrifice contract with me? I...can't promise you something like this."

Wei Xingzhen looked at Feng Yan and waited quietly for this question that he had always been a little confused - the contract between the recipient and the sacrificer could not be initiated unilaterally by either party, and both parties must have reached an agreement on a certain issue.

Feng Yan whispered, "I should have asked you...a question like 'Would you like to take me back to your hometown to see'? If you answer yes, then the contract... will be established."

Wei Xingzhen was stunned there.

A Yan...has she asked such a question?

Even if he asked about such a small matter, he would never remember it...

"But I'm really a little curious about this issue now."

Feng Yan stared into Wei Xingzhen's eyes, "...If you have the chance in the future, will Xingzhen take me to Youdu Mountain to take a look?"
Chapter completed!