96 Masks
Lin Tianman, who was still dissatisfied with Long Thirteen's name just now, sat on the edge of the rock, she didn't want to get married and have children like ordinary women, but she still hasn't met a boy who makes her heart move, for a girl like Lin Tianman who takes my "self" very seriously, the four words "rather lack than abuse" can be said to have been exerted to the extreme in her.
The rule of the Holy Land is that you can't intermarry with people from the outside world, this is to ensure the innocence of the bloodline, but there are so many people in the Holy Land, there are only tens of thousands of people in total, and two thirds of them are women.
At least in the past 100 years, she has never met a boy who can be regarded as a real liking.
Because there is more meat and less wolves, and the female snail clan pursues monogamy, most adult female snail girls, if they want to marry themselves, they have to marry the born little boy first, Lin Tianman never doubts the rules left by the ancestors, but occasionally feels a little helpless.
A young and beautiful girl in the prime of life actually wants to marry a child, and when the child becomes an adult, the girl will also become a young wife, so will she marry a husband or a son?
This sounds ridiculous, but it is indeed a problem that exists now in the female snail tribe, of course, there are many girls of the female snail tribe who choose to die alone like Lin Tianman, but women are always women, and genes determine that they need the protection and companionship of men.
So Lin Tianman sometimes envy her second sister Lin Tianqing, although she looks like a on the surface, but at least she dares to fight for what she likes, it's like a pair of sisters going to the street and seeing a pair of good-looking high heels, one doesn't even dare to take a look at it because the price is too expensive, and the other picks up the stone next to her, smashes the glass, and snatches the high heels inside.
Lin Tianman is the former, and Lin Tianqing is the latter, so she can always get what she wants.
Born in the descendants of the gods, this sounds so beautiful, but because of the bitterness of the rules, a few people can understand, but since the beginning of the 90th century, there have been many female snail girls who have been influenced by foreign cultures and pursued free love secretly run out of the holy land, some of them are lucky, maybe they will find someone they love and start a family, and if they are unlucky, they will be brought back to the Holy Land, and then imprisoned for a lifetime, spending the rest of their lives in a long prison life.
But after Lin Tianman became the great elder here, this phenomenon decreased, although it was still clearly stipulated that the female snail clan was not allowed to combine with humans, but most of Lin Tianman's attitude was still free-range, perhaps because he felt empathy and didn't want other clansmen to end up like her, all in all, the female snail clan who ran out over the years, except for Lin Qing'er's important sacrifice, the holy land almost turned a blind eye.
Lin Tianman thought about this, and was a little in a trance, and I don't know if it was because she had just experienced something that she thought she would not experience in this life, or because she was suddenly a little curious, what was the outside world like to cultivate a cheeky hooligan like Long Thirteen, all in all, her heart couldn't be calm, and she was even a little unwilling.
Until a voice interrupted her thoughts.
"He's lying, there's no way the gap can teleport him here directly, and unless he crosses the Black Sea and gets the approval of the Water Dragon God, he'll only end up being food. ”
This voice is a little immature, but the owner of the voice is not a child, to be precise, her appearance looks like a child, but in fact she is only ten years younger than Lin Tianman.
Lin Tianman looked at the voice, it was none other than her little sister Lin Tianlan who said this, Lin Tianlan has been very talented in hiding her breath since she was a child, and no one has been able to find her since she was a child, so it is reasonable that Lin Tianman did not notice Lin Tianlan's appearance.
Lin Tianman looked at his little sister and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"I made the gap in the cave, and it doesn't matter to me who falls down, but I didn't expect that I was so lucky, it was my most hated Dragon Thirteen who fell into that gap, but what I didn't expect was that this guy was luckier than me, and Lord Water Dragon God would actually spare his life. Lin Tianlan said truthfully, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.
From the conversation between the two, it can be heard that the three elders of the female snail clan knew about the existence of the black snake in the cave, and Lin Tianlan even planned to kill Long Thirteen by the hand of the black snake, so there was that gap.
As for the reason, Lin Tianman, who was familiar with her little sister's personality, quickly understood, and she sighed and said, "I know you hate them, especially Long Thirteen, but I told you, we need their strength, so we must cooperate with them." ”
Lin Tianlan showed an innocent smile, but what he said was not innocent at all: "I know what you mean, but if you can't even withstand the trial of the Water Dragon God, how dare you make me believe that they can defeat that guy called the Night Emperor, since I was a child, my mother told us how terrifying that guy was, I admit that I did that, half because I hated them, but the other half I was testing them." ”
"Sharp teeth and sharp mouth, the clan rules don't look at how skilled you are at memorizing, but this is a set of crooked principles. Lin Tianman said with a wry smile helplessly.
Lin Tianlan jumped in front of Lin Tianman, and then leaned over to play in the water and said casually: "I hate clan rules, I don't know why the ancestors made those strange decisions, but I hate these rules and regulations from the bottom of my heart." ”
"No rules, no rules, sister. Lin Tianman said as a matter of course.
Lin Tianlan shook her head and said, "But those clan rules also limit us here, no, it should be said, they just restrict you, eldest sister." ”
Lin Tianman denied: "I don't think so. ”
"You're just suppressing yourself, big sister, just admit it, you shouldn't stay here because of those rules, you can have a better life, you are so beautiful, so good, you shouldn't end up alone. ”
Lin Tianlan's tone became mature and said sincerely: "I have known you for a hundred years, and the number of times you have been angry in the past hundred years is only a handful, but Long Thirteen has only appeared for a few days, and it can make you show that kind of emotion, that is the real you, you don't have to disguise yourself because of those rules." ”
Lin Tianman shook his head and said, "You want to say that I have special feelings for Long Thirteen, I am not the kind of person who is happy in time for Tianqing, and the reason why I am angry is not because he is disrespectful?"
"Only if you care about it, you care about the opinions of outsiders, even if it's not Long Thirteen, it's the same if it's another person, don't you think that's really alive, instead of wearing a mask every day, playing the role that the clan wants you to play, noble, rejecting people thousands of miles away, without any mood swings, to put it mildly, what's the difference between us and those woods?" Lin Tianlan asked rhetorically.
Perhaps because Lin Tianlan said what he thought in his heart, Lin Tianman shouted at his sister for the second time in his life: "Enough, your remarks are already very disrespectful to the ancestors, and you are still the elder of the female snail clan, so this is the end." ”
"We're all dying, sister. ”
Lin Tianlan looked at Lin Tianman with red eyes and said: "If the Night Emperor comes, he will kill all of us without hesitation, none of us can stop him, the remaining days are numbered, just these few days, I just hope you take off your mask and be the self you want, is this difficult?"
Lin Tianman laughed self-deprecatingly and said: "When you wear the mask for a long time, you will find that if the mask is removed, you will not even see your face, I don't need to be the most authentic self, what I want to do is the one who can protect this holy land." ”
Lin Tianlan was silent, but looked at Lin Tianman with sad eyes, there was sympathy, self-pity, and fear of death.
Lin Tianman's heart softened, and he stretched out his hands and said, "Come here, my good sister, let me hug you." ”
Lin Tianlan rushed into Lin Tianman's arms without saying a word, and then sobbed in a low voice, there was only one reason why she was suddenly vulnerable, that is, death was gradually coming, because she knew very well that they had taken in those people, plus those previous grievances, the Night Emperor would never give up, and when he set foot in the Holy Land, everyone here would die.
Lin Tianman rubbed Lin Tianlan's little head, then put his chin on her forehead and said, "I promise you, we will not die, we will win this war, we are the descendants of God, so be strong." ”
"I believe you, but I don't believe them, but if you say you need them, I'll fill the gap and won't bother them anymore. Lin Tianlan said obediently.
Lin Tianman thought for a while, then suddenly shook his head and said: "No, since Dragon Thirteen can come out of it alive, and he also deliberately conceals the matter of Lord Water Dragon God, then what we can do is to keep everything as it is, maybe you have a mischievous move, and maybe there will be an unexpected gain." ”
Lin Tianlan was puzzled: "What windfall?"
Lin Tianman replied, "If the prophecy is not wrong, it will be one of the key factors in defeating the Night Emperor. ”
“……”
After Long Thirteen left the holy pool, he went to the main hall, and he also heard what the herald had just said, knowing that Nie Zihan and Cao Zijian and others were waiting for him in the main hall, and they disappeared in the Jade Star Cave for some reason, and it was only natural that they would report this situation to the female snail clan.
Of course, this is also a bit of a conscience of Zhao Guoshi, but if he is a bastard, it is estimated that no one has found out that Long Thirteen has disappeared by now.
When they came to the main hall, Nie Zihan and the others were all startled, because Long Thirteen had disappeared in the Jade Star Cave, but it was indeed a bit strange that this would suddenly appear here.
Cao Zijian asked what happened to Long Thirteen.
Because the matter in the holy pool was too embarrassing, and he didn't plan to explain the matter of the black snake, he made up an excuse casually, saying that he had come out of the gap again.
Hearing this, Nie Zihan and Zhao Guoshi didn't ask carefully, as long as the person came back safely, it was enough, except for Cao Zijian, his expression looked a little puzzled, and he asked, "Did you see Liu Gongjin when you came out?"
Long Shisan blurted out: "Isn't Liu Gongjin with you? Why did you ask me in turn." ”
After Cao Zijian listened, he was even more sure that Long Thirteen had something to hide from them, because Liu Gongjin was staying near that gap, if Long Thirteen really came out of the gap, then he would definitely see Liu Gongjin and appear on the main hall with Liu Gongjin, but the result was not.
Then there is only one possibility, he appeared here from somewhere else, so the question is why should he hide it?
Cao Zijian didn't expose Long Thirteen in person, but after yawning, he let everyone disperse, and he was busy all night tonight, and he would continue to cultivate tomorrow.
Long Thirteen came back safely, and everyone naturally had no reason to continue to stay in the main hall, so they all went back to their own homes and looked for their own mothers, but after coming out of the main hall, Nie Zihan suddenly stopped Long Thirteen, and it seemed that something serious had happened with that expression......