The bridge is a structure that connects this side and the other side.

Since ancient times, it has had extremely important and hidden meanings in some arts.

Wei Yuan looked at the time. It was now the time of the day when Yin Qi was the heaviest. The sky was dark and concealed the fox clan elders with fox heads and human bodies. Su Yu'er, being younger, still had a human form and stood beside Wei Yuan, looking at the couple on the bridge with a complex expression.

She firmly believed that fox women were passionate while men were unfaithful, but this view was starting to waver.

Wei Yuan stared at the ordinary-looking young man on the bridge. He was just a soul.

A soul would dissipate after three days, but the most important point was that the souls of ordinary people were not solid enough. Without overwhelming resentment and obsession, they could only persist under special circumstances. Even so, it was not logical for a soul to travel such a long distance to keep a promise after three days.

Could it be the work of evil?

Wei Yuan placed his left hand behind his back and tightly gripped the broken sword.

The elders of the Qingqiu Fox clan also sensed something different.

But the fox woman on the bridge was still immersed in joy. She held tightly onto the young man in front of her, and all the grievances and worries from before turned into nothingness. She happily spoke incoherently, "You finally came. I was so afraid that you wouldn't come to find me. I was really scared."

"No, I won't."

The young man replied softly, "I promised you, so I will definitely come."

"But I have a question, A Yue, you are not human, right? You are a fox immortal..."

Hu Yue seemed startled, her face froze, and her complexion turned pale. But the young man opposite her had a gentle expression. She grabbed his sleeve with her fingers, nodded slowly, and then hurriedly said, "We, in fact, are not much different from ordinary people. I won't harm you."

After saying this, she felt foolish. What was she even saying?

But the young man laughed and said softly, "Then I only have one worry."

"Your lifespan is so long, but I only have a few decades at most. What will you do after I die? You won't do something foolish, right? And after I die, you will be left alone. It's too unfair to you..."

Hu Yue looked surprised, then shook her head forcefully. "No, it won't be unfair."

"Feelings are not determined by time. Even if my lifespan is longer than yours, the time we spend together will be significant, like a box filled with treasures that I can remember well in the future. As long as you are with me, that is enough."

The young man reached out and touched the girl's hair, saying, "Then I can rest assured."

"After I leave, you have to take care of yourself."

Hu Yue treated it as an extension of the previous statement and nodded heavily.

The young man smiled gently, hesitated for a moment, and said, "A Yue, can you marry me?"

Hu Yue was stunned for a moment, her face instantly turning red. She stammered, "Are you saying this now?"

"Can't we wait until later?"

The young man shook his head and said seriously, "Right now."

Hu Ming discreetly looked around, took a deep breath, stood on tiptoe, and quickly kissed the young man's cheek. It was as if she had transformed into a fox, kissing the feeling of the first snowflake falling in winter. The young man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and opened his arms, embracing the girl and gently rubbing her long hair against his cheek. After a pause, he said:

"You should be with the person you love."

Hu Yue's face was red, but in her heart, she thought, the person I love is clearly you. Do we have to say this every time we are together? It's so embarrassing. But she closed her eyes with a heart full of contentment and softly said:

"Mm."

"You should grow old together with him."

"Mm~"

"You should have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy should be the older sibling so he can take care of his sister."

"Mm!"

"You should visit every place in Shen Zhou, admire the mountains and rivers, and teach the children to be kind to others and to study."

"Finally, you should have a happy and fulfilling life with your descendants."

The young man and the girl embraced each other.

The girl's face was filled with happiness, joy, and a smile. With her eyes closed, she responded softly.

The young man smiled and wished her well, but tears couldn't help but fall.

He looked at the many elders of the fox clan in front of him, his eyes filled with pleading. The eldest among them nodded solemnly, and Su Yu'er silently watched this scene. The young man's tears fell on Hu Yue's back, and even though they were soaked through her clothes, she could feel the cold touch. Surprised, she raised her head, but felt the embrace tighten. She heard the young man sigh with satisfaction and say:

"It's so good to meet you."

"I'm sorry."

"What are you say..."

Hu Yue's voice stopped abruptly. The soul she was embracing gradually faded away. Her eyes widened, seemingly unable to accept what was about to happen next. Then, one of the elders gently touched her forehead, and Hu Yue lost her spirit, falling backward and being caught by another Qingqiu Fox elder.

A soldier in black stepped across the bridge, the moon reflecting on the water's surface.

Wei Yuan didn't pay attention to the young man and placed his right hand on his shoulder.

[Exorcism]

............

"The green silk collar, my heart is melancholy. If I don't go, will you not miss me?"

This is the beginning of the story.

When he went out to relax, he saw the girl on the bridge who recited the Book of Songs under her breath. His soul seemed to be captured. The beginning of the story was like a beautiful plot, but fate is often not so kind.

In the scenes Wei Yuan saw, there was a poor family and him being diagnosed with a terminal illness.

On his birthday, his father made him longevity noodles.

The young man added chili and vinegar to the noodles, making them too spicy. Tears streamed down his face, and his tears fell into the noodles. He ate with big mouthfuls and casually talked as if chatting with his father, saying, "Actually, old man, it was close. If it weren't for a little bit, your son could have gotten married."

"She is a very good girl.""I originally thought that I would pester her for the rest of my life."

His voice paused, and he raised his arm to wipe away his tears, smiling.

"But it's also good. She's so beautiful, she will definitely marry into a good family in the future."

"I just feel a bit unwilling."

In fact, when the young man was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

A Taoist in black robes found him: "You have demonic energy on you, you have been entangled by a fox demon. And your illness is not that difficult to treat, as long as you consume her inner core, not only can you survive, but you can also have the power comparable to a fox immortal. You and I have a connection, I can give you this method, I just need you to do something for me in the future."

Although the young man had long noticed something strange about his girlfriend.

He still watched the Taoist with extreme vigilance, grabbing his phone:

"Who are you?! What nonsense are you talking about? Leave!"

"If you come any closer, I will call the police!"

The purpose of using the ability to drive away ghosts and spirits was to lock onto the Taoist in his memory. Wei Yuan grasped the faint connection, opened his eyes, his pupils turning a light blue color. He raised his hand, and the young man seemed to sense something, looking at Wei Yuan beside him in surprise, and gratefully said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Wei Yuan raised his hand and drew his sword.

In an instant, the wind from a thousand years ago filled the air.

Wind is the flow of energy, not only can it be used to travel with the wind, but it also represents one's aura.

Wei Yuan locked onto the Taoist not far from here.

He stepped forward as the Imperial Wind Commander, with a black spirit cat floating beside him, its limbs stepping on nothingness. In the blink of an eye, they had traveled a great distance. The young man looked at Hu Yue and the elders of the fox demons, not saying anything, just reaching out to touch the girl, thinking of the poem he recited when they first met.

Green, green is the collar, my heart is leisurely. Even if I don't go, won't you come?

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Green, green is the pendant, my thoughts are leisurely. Even if I don't go, won't you come?

The meaning of this poem is that the green color of this spring day is like your jade pendant, I miss you very much. Even if I don't go to find you, won't you come to find me?

I have come to find you.

He smiled as his soul dissipated, but it didn't completely disappear. The last strands of his energy condensed onto a jade pendant, and the elder of the fox clan solemnly placed the jade pendant in Hu Yue's hand.

................

On a crossroad.

Covered in darkness, this was the darkest time of the night, making it difficult to see far with the naked eye. This crossroad appeared even more eerie.

A man placed four bowls of rice at the four corners of the crossroad.

Then he inserted three incense sticks into each bowl of rice.

In his hand, there was another bowl, filled with fresh blood.

Using a brush dipped in blood, he wrote talismans on yellow paper.

Then he placed these four yellow talismans under the four bowls of rice.

He bowed in the four directions, chanting words in his mouth. Finally, he took out a sedan chair made of folded white paper and gently placed it in the center, saying:

"Please, immortal, get on the sedan chair..."

No response.

The man became anxious.

Everything had been normal before. He used the soul of the man to find the Qingqiu fox woman and obtain her inner core. Because of the other party's infatuation, she voluntarily took out her own inner core, and the Qingqiu fox clan had no way to track him through their secret method of hunting down killers.

But when he arrived here, the soul lost control.

Contrary to the spell's manipulation, it did not take away the inner core.

He didn't dare to approach too closely.

Even though he had resorted to these folk methods, there was still no response. At this moment, he couldn't help but resent these unorthodox methods. Although they were easy to cultivate, their effectiveness was questionable. Suddenly, with a whoosh, all the incense sticks on the four bowls of rice broke. The man's face changed drastically, but before he could react, a gust of wind came, and a figure appeared violently in front of him.

A cold light flashed.

The Eight-Faced Han Sword pierced through his shoulder blades, pinning him to the ground.

The man screamed in pain, pulling out a talisman with his left hand. Wei Yuan shouted, "Stop!"

"I understand, kid."

The black cat floated in the air and landed forcefully.

The Yin and Yang energies instantly became clear, and the talisman lost its effect.

"The Chronicles of Strange Beings," the spirit cat and the cat were one, representing Yin and Yang.

Seeing the talisman lose its effect, the man couldn't help but laugh bitterly. He knew he was done for, but he was also determined. He immediately planned to commit suicide, but his body suddenly stiffened. Wei Yuan was on guard against the spell hidden within the Taoist's soul, and when he sensed this change, he looked surprised and turned his head to see Su Yu'er standing on the wall in white clothes, her pupils a strange purple color in the moonlight.

The bewitching technique of the fox demon.

This evil method was affected by the Qingqiu fox's spell, so he lost control and couldn't commit suicide.

Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. The previous evil Taoist had been killed by Wu Liu, and his soul had self-destructed. This time, he was able to capture one of them alive, which was a rare gain. He directly punched the abdomen of the Taoist, who was in a deep coma, with considerable force, and his power entered his body, shaking his blood and qi, causing him to faint.

Then he lifted him up.

It was difficult to interrogate this kind of person using ordinary methods, but with the help of the Qingqiu Kingdom, there was no need to force him. He could make him reveal the information himself or imply it. However, when Wei Yuan returned to the bridge with the heavily unconscious man, the young man's soul had disappeared.

"He turned into a jade pendant."

Su Yu'er said, "That was originally the token he gave to Hu Yue. Now, his last trace of soul has entered it. Although he no longer has consciousness or self, this jade pendant can still accompany Hu Yue."

"But 'watching' her meet someone else, watching her have children, grow old together, is it really worth it?"

The girl, who easily used the abilities of the fox clan, looked at Wei Yuan with confusion and said:

"What is the nature of human emotions after all?"