Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Scale
"You think you've heard of me, little brother?"
Long Yangjun's question was very direct, and it was a state of wanting to know if he was really recognized...... Probably.
"I've read it in the history books. β
Luo Qiu thought for a while and said, the main reason is that Long Yangjun has no plans to go further, and this distance is just outside the range of Luo Qiu's guard.
Long Yangjun nodded, and said melancholy: "The last time Benjun left the crack to go outside, it happened to be the Zhenguan period outside, I don't know where the little brother is now, what year is it?"
"Zhenguan?" Luo Qiu was slightly stunned.
"Not bad. Long Yangjun nodded, and then asked with concern, "I wonder if the little brother has ever heard of Li Taibai's name?"
Li ...... What?" Luo Qiu blinked.
Long Yangjun remembered and said: "Li Taibai, also known as 'Qinglian Jushi', is one of the most talented people this Jun has seen in his life. 'Five-flowered horses, thousands of gold qiu, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and eliminate eternal sorrow and eternal sorrow with you'. β
He seemed to be singing, and his eyes gradually softened, "It is really a great joy in life to mingle with Brother Taibai under the moonlit night, and to drink until you get drunk, at that time...... The moonlight was so beautiful at that time. β
Moonlight isn't really a ghost......
What's your relationship......
Don't put on such a shy face, hey......
I always feel that if I continue to inquire, all modern Chinese textbooks for elementary and junior high schools will be torn off......
"I'm sorry, but I've only read about it in history books. Luo Qiu said indifferently: "My era has been more than a thousand years since 'Zhenguan'. β
Long Yangjun exhaled slowly, and suddenly tears flashed slightly, revealing a lingering sense of grievance, as if there were thousands of knots in his heart...... It's a man!
However, Long Yangjun's sorrow quickly disappeared, and he returned to a bright smile, "The past makes the little brother smile...... But it's almost time, let's take a look at the situation of this Void Elemental Demon. β
"Void Yuan Demon?" Luo Qiu was stunned, and subconsciously turned around, looking at the deep pit left behind by the strange insect after burrowing into the wasteland, "It?"
"Not bad. Long Yangjun nodded, and then said: "The Void Yuan Demon is a unique creature here, but little brother, you can know, how the Void Yuan Demon was formed?"
"I want to hear about it. β
Long Yangjun said: "They are the obsession of all living beings after death. After becoming Void Primal Demons, they no longer have their original thoughts and feelings. Although they have been transformed into another kind of individual, their obsession with life has not dissipated. It's like there's a hole in people's hearts. They desperately need to devour something to fill the hole. However, this void did not belong to the Void Elemental Demons in the first place, but to their individuals in their lifetime, so this void existed and did not exist. Therefore, no matter how much it devours, the Void Yuan Demon will not be able to fill this 'hole'. They can only repeat their instinctive demands and carry out their activities. β
When Long Yangjun finished saying this, in the deep pit in front of him, he suddenly saw a slight vibration, as if something was pouring out from below.
The thick body was like the huge monster that Luo Qiu had seen not long agoβhowever, the body of this thing was covered in fine scales...... It's not a worm anymore.
Like a snake.
However, what was even more bizarre was that the head of the giant snake had turned into Joan's appearance - her body was almost seamlessly connected with the original Void Elemental Demon.
Or rather, the lower half of Joan's body, which was completely transformed into a huge, thick tongue bodyβand at the same time, her arms, her torso, were also covered with fine scales.
"What a filthy soul. Long Yangjun glanced up at this time, "It actually became the dominant in turn." Little brother, you said you were looking for something, but you found this person?"
Luo Qiu looked at the new posture of the sweater Qiao An after fusing with the Void Yuan Demon, and suddenly asked, "Is it also a situation where the devoured True Soul in turn dominates the original Void Yuan Demon?"
Long Yangjun nodded: "Yes, but this situation generally occurs relatively rarely, after all, the formation of the Void Yuan Demon is not overnight." It is not easy for a newcomer to occupy an already existing one...... Well, judging by the fluctuation of breath, this new Void Primal Demon is almost about to transform into a mature Void Ancestor...... It has just exploded to this extent in the first day of integration, and it seems that its growth potential is very good. β
After turning into the Void Yuan Demon, Qiao An's eyes have changed into snake eyes. The fingers of her hands had turned into sharp blades, and beneath her lips, long fangs were exposed.
"Little brother, can this Yuan Demon be handed over to me?" Long Yangjun suddenly asked.
Luo Qiu cast a puzzled look.
Long Yangjun slowly pulled out the saber on his waist, pointed at the Void Yuan Demon with the head of the snake body in front of him, and smiled: "It's just a small task, each of us needs to bring back some Void Yuan Demon and Void Ancestor...... And this is just a mutant, which can be worth a lot of ordinary Void Yuan Demons, and it can really save a lot of trouble. β
"Oh?"
Long Yangjun chuckled again at this time, turned around and said coquettishly: "The little brother has just arrived, and it is not surprising that he doesn't know many things...... After this is over, you can go to Benjun's residence, and Benjun will solve the puzzles for the little brother. And I also want to have a long talk with you, little brother, to have a good understanding of the customs of the present world!"
β...... Let's take care of it first. Luo Qiu looked at the current Void Yuan Demon with a smile.
Long Yangjun smiled slightly at Luo Qiu again, and then jumped out, the big red robe was like a blooming red flower, and the style of the sword also bloomed at this moment.
It is rumored that Long Yangjun of Wei was a gifted swordsman with extraordinary swordsmanship...... Well, Luo Qiu doesn't know swordsmanship, but he also looked at it twice by the way.
Long Yangjun jumped onto the huge stalagmite at this time, holding his sword independently, facing the Void Yuan Demon with a human head snake body that was dozens of times larger than him, and he was not afraid.
In an instant, the long sword was here, and on the body of the huge Void Yuan Demon with the body of this human-headed snake, hundreds of sword marks were exploding in an instant.
A terrible cry came from the mouth of this human-headed snake-body Void Elemental Demon.
It was difficult for Luo Qiu to find the appearance of the sweater Qiao An in his impression from the face of the current Void Yuan Demon. He just quietly watched the Void Yuan Demon come under the swordsmanship of Long Yang Jun - but he was not completely killed.
It seems that Long Yangjun's so-called grasp alive is true.
The gap between the dimensions, this should be the base camp of the group of transcendents...... Long Yangjun is probably also one of them.
Although he was indeed a little curious about what these transcendents were doing by catching these Void Yuan Demons - Luo Qiu didn't intend to make Song Haoran and Song Ying, who were still in the mirror world, wait too long.
I always feel that with Song Haoran's temperament, something will come out.
......
Boomββ!!
When the huge Void Yuan Demon with the body of a human-headed snake finally fell to the ground weakly, wailing incessantly, Long Yang Jun moved neatly to put the long sword in his hand into the scabbard.
He stroked his hanging sideburns, chuckled, and then opened his five fingers, and a black hole instantly absorbed the fallen Void Elemental Demon.
Long Yangjun smiled with satisfaction at this moment, and then jumped down from the stalagmite, "Little brother, it's really not good to keep you waiting for a long time...... What about people?"
When he landed, where could he still see Luo Qiu?
Long Yangjun glanced around in surprise and found that there was no trace at all...... He didn't even know when the little brother had left.
"It seems that this little brother is really extraordinary. Long Yangjun lowered his head and smiled at this time, and said to himself: "I'm really looking forward to the next encounter, I haven't met such a heart-warming man for a long time." β
As he spoke, Long Yangjun suddenly slapped his forehead with a look of regret: "Oops, I forgot to ask his name!"
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After quietly leaving, Luo Qiu quickly moved to another large suspended wasteland.
When he left, he used some means, probably Long Yangjun couldn't find it.
Still, Luo Qiu didn't feel very good.
If the constitution that always attracts accidents is activated after becoming a club owner, then what the hell is the constitution that I have been encountering men who have a special interest in men recently......
However, Luo Qiu soon found the white-clothed Joan who had fallen from the mirror world on this new wasteland.
Much luckier than the sweater Joan, she didn't seem to have touched the Void Yuan Demon after she fell.
When Locho found her, Joan in white was wandering the wasteland alone - she hadn't given up looking for Paul, and she probably didn't even know that Paul had been thrown into the dimensional gap in the end.
Probably this action is beyond the level of normal thinking she can achieve.
Luo Qiu followed behind the white-clothed Qiao An like this, watching her wander for a long distance. Later, the white-clothed Qiao An suddenly stopped leaving and found a place to sit down.
She buried her face in her knees and hugged her legs tightly.
Everything around her was gray, there was no day or night, she was alone.
Later, as if she heard some footsteps, she slowly raised her head and shouted anxiously, "Paul...... It's you!"
To the surprise of the white-clothed Joan, she met the young man who had seen through his true mystery, "You can't ...... anything"
"I guess I didn't wake you up. Luo Qiu came to the white-clothed Qiao An and looked down at her.
There was some dust on his face, which should have been contaminated from this wasteland, and the muddy dust was even more because of the tears, which gelatinized this beautiful face, like melted makeup.
Joan is indeed a delicate beauty, no matter what time and space she is in.
"You...... Were you thrown down too?"
Luo Qiu looked at the white-clothed Qiao An with some surprise...... If it weren't for the confusion of memory, then she should be able to hear the conversation between him and Alayah.
Then, as long as the meaning of the conversation between him and Alayah is understood, it should be clear to Joan in white: that is, it is impossible for Alayah to throw Luo Qiu down on his own initiative.
Seeing Luo Qiu's expression, the white-clothed Qiao An had no choice but to say a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention to you at that time. I saw that Paul was so frightened that I wondered how I could calm him down. β
That is, did not listen at all and did not care.
In her world, in the midst of all that shock, all she could do was Paul.
Luo Qiu slowly squatted down, took out a white handkerchief from his body, and wiped the dirt on her face with his own hands when Qiao An in white was stunned, "Now, is there an answer?"
The white-clothed Joan was stunned.
She didn't know how long she had been wandering in the wasteland, but she felt physically and mentally exhausted, so she reluctantly sat down to rest.
Luo Qiu began to wipe her other side of her face, and the white-clothed Qiao An moved her lips, and looked a little vain.
"It's okay. Luo Qiu said softly: "It's quiet here, and quiet will calm people's minds...... The answer doesn't have to be known. β
"Then Paul ......," she vaguely hoped for something.
"When I came down, I didn't see the child. Luo Qiu said.
The white-clothed Joan breathed a sigh of relief at once, and then curled up again. Although the dirt on her face had been wiped away, she also showed tiredness, and she said faintly, "I don't know what happened to Paul now, will she be nice to him......
"You... Think it's going to be bad?" Luo Qiu suddenly asked.
The white-clothed Joan shook his head, "I don't know, it's just that if it's me......"
She shook her head again, then looked at Luo Qiu and showed a wry smile: "Actually, I've seen quite a few Pauls. β
Luo Qiu looked listening.
The white-clothed Qiao An said softly: "They ...... Some of them had just been born, they were so big, and their eyes hadn't been opened. Some have learned to walk and jump around......"
She subconsciously grabbed Luo Qiu's arm, and her eyes flashed with a brilliance embellished with pride, "They are all excellent, some like to draw, and some like to sing." β
She smiled, "Some of them are Paul's age, they laugh, they walk, they are naughty, they smile at me, they smile at me, they smile at me, they smile ......at me, they laugh at me, they laugh, they laugh at me, they laugh at me,
As if realizing that all this was gone, Joan in white quickly fell silent.
She shook her head anyway, "But, none of them are actually my Paul. I know, I know very well, they... None of them are, they... They all have their own mothers. β
Luo Qiu sat down.
"You know, when you ask me, am I really the mother of this child...... When I was really scared. The white-clothed Joan rested her chin on her knees and looked ahead, "I'm afraid... I'm afraid I won't be able to find it again. β
"That's why you're in front of Paul at the airport?" Luo Qiu looked at Joan, "Because you know that his real mother is not there." β
"I didn't mean to. She looked at Luo Qiu and stopped talking: "I'm just ...... I was just...... It's just that...... I really don't have any intention of snatching other people's children. Because I know the pain of losing a child. I...... I just wanted to see him again, and I always felt, I thought, if on the day of the accident, Paul would have been like me...... The same jumps were made. I've always told myself that, and that's all I can say to myself......"
She was already grieving, and even a little crying silently, like a chop in her throat, "I... I can find it, I will find it...... He...... He was waiting for me all the time. β
"Please give me the answer, okay. Luo Qiu suddenly asked softly.
In a trance, Qiao An, who was dressed in white, moved her lips, "What if...... If I could, I'd rather jump from plane to plane all the time until ...... Until the day I was able to find it. I thought, I'm going to go crazy......, right? Isn't that stupid?"
Luo Qiu looked at her, turned the handkerchief over to a clean place, and then gently touched the tears on her face, "You have jumped in many different time and space, and have seen many children, there is no doubt that if you can be like her, willing to replace one of so many time and space, perhaps, you are already happy, right?"
Joan's lips in white furrowed slightly, trembling.
Luo Qiu's voice became softer, "But you've never done that, have you? Even if the child is more important to you than your life, you don't want to take someone else's child." β
Luo Qiu raised his hand, a faint light flickering in his palm, and then gradually expanded.
In that pale and holy light there was the first form of life...... Although all the five senses are not clearly visible, and the four branches that have grown into them are not very clear, there is no doubt that this is a complete life. β
The white-clothed Joan trembled and stretched out her hand, wanting to touch this small and independent life, but she flinched back before touching.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of the little life's heartbeat, which seemed to overlap with her own heartbeat.
Her tears were still there, but she was still on the spot.
He was Paul, too, but he had never really seen the world, he had only been there. β
Luo Qiu looked at Qiao An at this time: "Time and space are relative, how many time and space you are favored by luck, there will be how many you who are entangled by misfortune." Maybe you're on the unfortunate side, but even so, you don't think about rewriting anything by taking the life of another lucky Joan. You...... For such you, even though fate has made you suffer all this, but at least ......"
Luo Qiu smiled and said, "At least here, there is still a share of your luck...... So, are you willing to accept it?"
"Why ......," she looked at the mysterious young man in a daze.
"Maybe I'm a little freer now. β
As he spoke, Luo Qiu gently pressed the ball of light containing an initial life in his palm to the abdomen of the white-clothed Qiao An.
Little by little, it melted into the body of the white-clothed Joan.
Joan and the boy hugged his abdomen tightly, stunned.
"Go ahead. Luo Qiu waved his hand at this time, "Re-fix the balance between luck and misfortune...... The lucky side has been ruined too much, so let the unfortunate side make up for it...... The world, the world won't do anything to you. β
......
The gray hue in the gap between the dimensions faded from the eyes of the white-clothed Joan at this moment.
As if a projection, the desolate land instantly turned green, and when she came back to her senses, she was already in a peaceful park.
She was sitting on a park bench.
But she suddenly saw a girl with blue hair and blue eyes in front of her...... Alayah.
This is a world where there was Joan, but there was no Joan...... Belongs to the world of Lucky Joan in many time and space.
[Intelligent universal manager Alayah, number 041, at your service.] γ
Dream...... Is it?
She thought.
So she gently stroked her abdomen, and big tears fell, "Really...... Thank you so much. β