Chapter 153: The Tomb Keeper
When Ahri was trapped in the Nine Flame Lotus Array, she thought of this question countless times, why did she believe Jun Muqing's words so easily?
Because they are friends, because he used Yu Ziqing to be one, or because he is the reincarnation of Bai Ji, in the end, he is the reincarnation of the gods, and his nature will not be so bad. Actually, most importantly, because he is a mortal.
A mortal, born only for a few decades, for the immortals, is just a moment, even if the life is extremely exciting, the world is turned upside down, in the eyes of the immortals, it is just like an ant.
Never despise mortals, I can't remember who said this, and Ahri will never forget it again.
She walked for a long time through the cave of the mulberry tree, and everywhere she went, the wriggling roots automatically separated a path, as if to guide her forward. I don't know how long I walked, but the road finally came to an end, and for a moment Ahri thought that he had walked out of the hollow of the tree, with solid ground under his feet and a starlit sky above his head.
It was just a moment of trance, and then I reacted, this is not the real starry sky, because it is too close, even in the stargazing platform of the heavenly realm, you can't see the sky so close in front of you, let alone the mortal world.
There is an inexplicable sense of familiarity in this scene, strange, when did she look at the sky so closely? Every star in the sky represents a divine light after the death of a god, the divine light is formless and substantial, just a void, if the immortal who is not good enough to get too close to the sky, will suck away the mana and disturb the sanity.
Ahri tried to get close to the twinkling stars, and found that they were countless flickering soul lights.
What is this place, how can there be so many broken fragments of souls?
"Is this the ...... Mengjie?" Ahri couldn't help but lose his voice, it is said that there is still the Mengjie beyond the Three Realms, and the fragments of the soul will be recombined into a new soul in the Mengjie. But Ahri had never heard of anyone who had actually seen the Mong......
"No, this is not the Blind Realm. The sudden sound behind him startled Ahri, and he turned his head sharply, and there was a man in white standing in front of him.
"Muhua?" Ahri exclaimed, then changed his mind, "No, you're not Muhua...... Who the hell are you?"
The man in front of him and the tree demon Mu Hua had the same appearance, but the vicissitudes and void between the eyebrows were by no means owned by Mu Hua.
"Whoever you say I am, I am who I am. The man stretched out his hand, holding a blooming white hibiscus in his hand, and inserted a branch into Ahri's hair, and Ahri was stunned for a moment and forgot to avoid it.
"This guest officer, the tea cold book is also clichΓ©, but my fortune-telling is very accurate. β
"You, you...... You're the Hebo!" Ahri suddenly realized, "You got me here!"
"Yes, yes. β
"But who are you, a fairy, a monster?"
The man smiled indifferently, "Immortals or monsters, I can't remember how long it has been, I'm just waiting here for someone." β
"Na Muhua...... Is it your descendant?"
"Why do you ask?"
"You see that you are also a dryad, and you have lived for a long time, you must have children and grandchildren all over the world, to be honest, you and Mu Hua really look alike. β
The man chuckled, "Do you really want to ask this question?"
"No," Ahri shook his head, "I actually want to ask who you are, why did you get me here, why did you turn into a hibiscus demon and approach me, and why did you run away inexplicably? β
The man listened silently, pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Shall I tell you a story?"
"Okay!" What if it's not good?
"Once upon a time, when I was still a human ......"
"You were once a mortal. β
"I don't remember, at that time, the world was in chaos, demons were rampant, natural disasters were continuous, the earth was moving frequently, and the people were struggling to make a living. The world has become hell. And those high up immortals were indifferent. β
"No, if there are demons that endanger the world, there should be a Si Zhan Heavenly God to sweep it away, and I haven't heard of when the demon world is so powerful?"
The man raised his forehead and said, "I said it was a long, long time ago, and if you interrupt me again, I won't talk about it anymore." β
Ahri covered his mouth and motioned for himself not to interject before the man continued.
"Those high up immortals, but they are indifferent. At this time, among the immortal cultivators in the mortal world, a strange woman appeared, she was gifted with boundless mana, experienced many tribulations, and spent thousands of years to eliminate demons. At that time, her mana could reach the sky, and the heavenly realm was afraid that she would shake the heavenly court, so she sent troops to fight against her, and the two sides fought on the banks of the Ruoshui River. β
Ruoshui Riverside...... Could it be that the dream she had was the woman's experience?
"And then?" Ahri couldn't help but ask.
Later, the battle was not won or lost in the end, and the emperor of Donghua came to Zhao'an in person and gave him the right way of heaven and earth, and the woman was influenced by it and became a god. As she was leaving, she remembered that thousands of mortal soldiers had died in the thousands of years of her war, especially those who had died under the sword of the demon magic, the soul was mutilated, and there was no afterlife. She couldn't bear it, so she left a rib, which sealed her own mana, and put it into the extreme yin of the vulture mountain with the bones of those fallen soldiers, to feed those broken souls, thinking that one day they would be sent to reincarnation. And I'm just a grave keeper. β
The story sounds like a good story, but, "The war between the heavenly realm and the mortal world should be a big event, why haven't I heard ......of it?"
"It's a story from a long, long time ago, and I'm afraid your mother wasn't born yet. β
"Then who is the fairy you are talking about?
"Perhaps, but she died a long, long time ago. β
"What's her name?"
"I don't remember...... the man's eyebrows showed confusion, "It's been too long......."
"I don't believe it, you remember such a long story, but it doesn't make sense but you can't remember the name of the main character. Even though he didn't look like he was lying, Ahri was a little unconvinced.
"I'm a grave keeper, and I always memorize the epitaph. I am commanded to guard here, and I will not be able to do so unless it is the command of the Lord. β
"Haven't you been out of here for a long, long time? β
"No......" A faint smile appeared on the man's face, and there was a sudden brightness in his eyes, "I remember that day, the last time I saw her, she was standing here, with the hibiscus flowers blooming in the Vulture Mountain on her sideburns, and told me with a smile, the Qinglin fruit in the East Pole Mountain is almost ripe, and when the time comes, we will take a big boat and slowly ride the wind...... But......" he looked suddenly disillusioned, "but I didn't wait any longer...... Thou shalt look up at the emptiness and darkness in the firmament above thy head, where the full moon which was the brightest of all, the ribs of the Lord were utterly extinguished on that day......"