Chapter 44: The Stele
Seeing Xu Shanqing's sincere apology, Hyun Gyu put away the red lotus karma fire and couldn't help but hook the corners of his lips.
"That's it, I'm in a good mood today, so I don't care about you. Xuan Gui lifted the bamboo pole, picked off another roast chicken, jumped off the stone wall with a hook, and sent it to Tang Xiaobai with pride, "Give, it's not enough to roast again, the chicken and fire are enough." ”
Tang Xiaobai sighed, took the roast chicken, and his eyes were calm.
This guy ...... Won't you say thank you?" Hyun Gyu looked at her angrily, and was about to open his mouth to quarrel with her.
"Thank you. Tang Xiaobai's faint voice came.
Is this guy just going to say thank you??
"Then what else do you want me to say?" Tang Xiaobai saw his thoughts and asked with a frown.
"Hmph", Hyun Gyu Tsundere turned her head away, indicating that she didn't want to talk to her.
The four of them sat under the stone wall, listening to the roars of the trapped beasts inside the wall, and leisurely ate two roast chickens.
"Can you erect a statue of me now?" Hyungui asked, raising an eyebrow.
I'm still thinking about it. Yan Lian had a smile on her face, "Naturally, you can." Saving so many lives, you are a great merit. ”
Inviting them to eat roast chicken is also a great merit. Xu Shanqing silently added in his heart.
Hyun Gyu nodded with satisfaction, looked at the sky and saw that it was almost dusk, and said busily, "Then let's go, let's go back now, you come and tell them, hurry up and finish talking to us, we have to rush back to the division." ”
"This..."Yan Lian hesitated a little, "but even if they agree, this sculpture can't stand up after only half a day's work." ”
"Hey, it's okay," Hyun Gyu didn't care, "just set it up anyway." ”
"Then shall we leave here?" Yan Lian looked at Tang Xiaobai with an inquiring gaze. Although it seems that this young man's cultivation is more advanced at the moment, she always feels that this young girl is the one who makes decisions.
Tang Xiaobai nodded in agreement, so the four of them got up and planned to return.
"By the way, didn't you say that the Demon Venerable caught the people of the Fire Weary Country back then, and asked them to cultivate an army of scourge fighters for themselves? Why can't they even deal with a dozen scourge fights today?"
Yan Lian replied and explained, "Because what the people of the Fire Weary Nation have is not the ability to fight against the scourge, but the ability to raise the scourge. So once the scourge beast escapes, there is nothing they can do. ”
I see. No wonder the group of fire-weary people screamed when they saw the fire, it turned out that they were deeply affected.
Hyun Gyu said, "But it's okay, now I've caught this group of scourge for them." If you encounter others in the future, you can try to catch them one by one and throw them all into the stone henge. ”
Yan Lian smiled and said, "Actually, there is indeed an unknown secret in this... It's this scourge, but it's actually the people of the fire-weary country who changed it themselves. ”
She said, "The people who are disgusted with fire are pure and good-hearted, born to be happy and know their fate, and do not understand the evil of the world. The extremes of things must be reversed, so it is often the case that some people suddenly become extremely bad because of a bad thought. And those who have become bad will leave the tribe and become fierce beasts. This beast is a scourge. ”
"So..."Hyun Gyu suddenly realized, "The reason why the Demon Venerable captured the people of the Fire Weary Nation back then was not just because they were able to raise Scourge?"
"That's good," Yan Lian glanced at him appreciatively. "And because they're a hidden scourge themselves. ”
Xuan Gui sighed, "In this way, the people of the Fire Weary Nation are indeed a ready-made piece of fat, no wonder they have to be hidden by the God of War." ”
Yan Lian arched her hand and said solemnly, "So please also ask the two Taoist friends to keep this place secret, don't talk about it to outsiders." ”
"It's easy to say", Hyun Gyu didn't care about the promise, anyway, it had nothing to do with him, and he was more concerned about when he would go back now.
"Hey, it's not early, why don't we go back to the God of War Temple, just go to Retan. "Hyun Gyu was afraid of missing the time when the fish arrived.
Speaking of Retan, Tang Xiaobai, who had been pursing his lips and being silent, suddenly remembered something and asked Yan Liandao, "Do you know the stone tablet erected on the stone wall of Retan?"
Yan Lian nodded subconsciously, "I know." ”
Tang Xiaobai hesitated, "Then do you know the origin of the stone tablet?"
Yan Lian pondered for a while and hesitated, "I heard that it seems to have been written by an immortal in the sky. ”
Immortal... Tang Xiaobai was stunned, "I don't know which immortal it is?"
Yan Lian shook her head, "I don't know about this." But I think this immortal should have a good relationship with the god of war, otherwise he wouldn't give it away with a stone tablet. ”
Tang Xiaobai's eyes sank, lowered his eyes and pursed his lips silently.
She has been thinking about the stele for the past few days.
It always feels familiar.
I always felt as if I had seen the man write these four words with his own eyes.
The end of the world.
Tang Xiaobai's ears suddenly heard a sharp buzz, and the world instantly lost its voice.
A man's warm and clear voice sounded.
"Why don't you make a perfect space? You see we're going to get here, there's nothing. ”
"Why don't you erect a stone monument?"
"I see... As far as the four words at the end of the world are concerned, how do you say?"
......
Tang Xiaobai felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember it anyway.
It's just that that's probably a very important person. Otherwise, why would I have such a strong sense of loss haunting my heart, and I will not disperse.
......
"Xiaobai?" Yan Lian's voice faintly came from his ears, vague.
"Tang Xiaobai!" This voice was full of anger, it must be Xuangui's.
"Daoyou?" It seems to be Yan Lian's husband, a man with a clear name.
Tang Xiaobai gradually came to his senses, looked at everyone in a daze, puzzled.
Yan Lian breathed a sigh of relief, took her hand and said worriedly, "You can scare us to death." As he spoke, he suddenly felt as if he had been stunned by something, motionless, his eyes were hollow, and he kept crying, which was strange and scary. ”
?
Tang Xiaobai reached out and gently touched his cheek, and sure enough, it was wet.
She looked down at the water marks on her fingertips, a little startled. This is...... What's wrong?
"I... Ignorance. She whispered, a little uneasy.
"Oh, don't think about it if you don't know. Seeing that her expression was different, Yan Lian hurriedly stopped talking, looked at Xuan Gui, and asked, "Do you think you are going back to the War God Temple or..."
"Back to the hot pool. This time, Tang Xiaobai and Xuan Gui inexplicably unified their voices and said in unison.
......
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"Will there really be fish in this pool for a while?" Xu Shanqing's question came from the edge of the pool.
Hyun Gyu rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to him. He raised his head and shouted to Tang Xiaobai, who was still standing on the stone wall blowing the wind, "Hey, you haven't come down yet?"
Tang Xiaobai turned a deaf ear, still standing in front of the stone monument, contemplating.
A breeze was blowing, and her sideburns were scattered in the wind, and her back was thin and lonely.
Xuan Gui shouted three times in a row without a response, and finally couldn't help but fly to the stone wall, standing next to Tang Xiaobai and complaining, "I said that this stone tablet can be eaten? ”
Tang Xiaobai lowered his eyes and was silent, with a hint of childish stubbornness on his face.
Yan Lian shouted in surprise at the bottom, "The pool is bright, the pool is bright." ”
"The fish is coming, go quickly. Hyun Gyu urged.
Tang Xiaobai clenched his fists and finally glanced at the words on the stone tablet.
I'll find out who you are. She thought silently in her heart.