There is such an ancient castle, which is located in the north of Greenland, where there is snow all year round, almost the limit of high latitudes that can be reached by humans. Facing the bay, the castle is built on a lonely cliff with a curved mountain wall in the background.

Even the most daring tourists have rarely been to the cliff area. According to the design of the fort, it was a small back garden.

Since 2016, the castle is no longer on the tourist list in Greenland. When asked by a tourist, the guide would regretfully explain that the castle had been sold to a wealthy man who liked the scenery very much. Now that whole area is privately owned. I can't even look at it, let alone go play.

It was none other than Xu Changqing who bought the castle. He has too much money to use up now, and if he gives a casual order, countless people will break his legs.

At this moment, in the corridor deep in the castle, a little lantern is shining slightly.

In the corridor in the dead of night, Ah Xue and Xu Changqing walked one after the other. Xue pushed open the wooden door at the end of the corridor, and in front of her was a delicate glade. The blades of grass shimmered blue, and the broken shadows of the moonlight spread coldly through the branches and leaves of the ancient banyan tree. A slender white waterfall hangs down from the mountain wall in the distance and flows into a clear stream. An old brown wooden house was built by the stream. The sleek porch, golden knockers and maroon wooden doors were all spotlessly clean. The dark cyan octagonal chandelier under the eaves swayed gently, exuding a warm bright yellow luster.

The golden knocker twisted at a unique angle in Ah Xue's hand. Xue tapped it lightly on an inconspicuous wooden tumor on the door, muttering a few words in her mouth. She let go of the knocker, and the maroon wooden door opened silently back. The small living room was empty. Xue walked past the fireplace and turned up the stairs. The second floor was a large empty room with nothing but a door leading to the balcony.

The handle of this door is strange, made of semicircles of white crystal and obsidian. Xue twisted the obsidian half upwards, pressed it down, and pushed the door open. A strong wind poured in from behind the door, blowing her hair and flying. Looking out of the window next to the door, it should be a balcony outside. But in front of Ah Xue was a black stone avenue that stretched straight out. It is made of giant obsidian stitches, and the pavement is carved with a magnificent epic in Yin script.

Xue stepped onto this black stone avenue. The ghostly statues that stood on both sides of the road stared at her silently. The wind was strong, and the sky was completely different from what it had just been, the kind of bottomless darkness above the clouds. Looking from both sides of the avenue, there is a huge sea hanging in the air below. Behind Ah Xue, the door of the balcony stood alone at the end of the avenue. Behind that door, the lights of the harbor in the distance were faintly visible.

Xue walked towards the depths of the Black Stone Avenue, and through the clouds, a majestic floating castle became clearer and clearer. The huge black door is made of steel, and to the left and right of the doorway stand the burly mechanical golems of ancient giants. As Xue passed through the Black Gate, the mechanical golem bowed respectfully and saluted her. Their muffled metallic sound echoed through the air:

"Welcome back to the kingdom of God, master."

Stepping into the kingdom of the gods, this magnificent and majestic castle turned out to be hollow, running up and down, and there were no stairs at all. Looking up, countless doors surround the inner wall; Looking down, countless machine slaves are busy around the giant furnace that flows with flames. They operated all sorts of unnamed machines, and the grinding sound of gears snapping together could be faintly heard.

Behind the black door is a short corridor, and at the end of the corridor is a quiet piece of silvery-white round metal. Xue walked over to it and held up a finger. The metal plate rose softly, sending her to a beautifully decorated iron door. She pressed her hand on the jewel armrest of the iron door and pronounced a word of unknown meaning. The iron door slid open in both directions, revealing a white stone staircase that spiraled upward.

The stairs are long and at the end is a spacious living room. There was a door on the left and right sides of the living room, and Ah Xue hesitated for a moment and pushed open the right side.

Behind the small door was an unimaginably tall giant cyan temple. Although there were no windows, the soft white magic flames on the four walls illuminated it. Twelve tall gray stone pillars are evenly spread out in a ring, with a solid stone floor in the center. The stone pillars fit perfectly with the ground. It's like hollowing out the middle of a large stone and chiseling the outer wall into a stone pillar. The pillars were scattered up against the dome and became interlaced fan-shaped ribs. A gorgeously symmetrical diamond-shaped pattern is formed between the ribs.

The wealth illuminated by the white demon flame, even the emperor will probably go crazy when he sees it.

On the stone shelves next to the wall, gold bars weighing about two pounds each are arranged to form a second wall. Countless gold coins were mixed in iron crates, forming their bases. There are about a thousand fine oak chests one foot long and half a foot wide, filled with a variety of precious stones. It can be said that picking out a piece at will is priceless.

Compared to the magical items placed in the center of the hall, these gold jewels were insignificant. Three staves rested against a row of wooden shelves. The bottom one is inlaid with a fist-sized green magic crystal, and its bewitching luster is intoxicating. There is a purple magic crystal embedded in the middle one at each end. If the Enchantress is used to describe the Green Crystal Staff, then the most appropriate word for the Amethyst Staff is the stars.

The topmost one—unexpectedly, this staff looked very ordinary. The head of the wand does not have any hedrons that accumulate mana. The handle of the staff was smooth, and there was not the slightest sign of a spell engraved on it. If it weren't for the fact that the head looked slightly flattened, it was almost a stick.

Ah Xue slowly walked over and picked up the stick, and powerful magic fluctuations immediately spread throughout her body. The name Kiss of Bondage may come from the fact that a powerful soul is bound within the staff. For example, a dragon from the Age of the Gods.

As the Curse Kiss waved in Ah Xue's hand, a huge positive twenty-sided crystal appeared from the sky. Inside the colorless and transparent crystal, there is a mysterious blue flowing around.

At that moment, Xu Changqing could hardly believe his eyes—such a huge fragment of Godhead! No, this can't be described as a fragment anymore, this is a piece of Godhead crystal, containing the essence of infinite Godhead!

"At this point, my job as a facilitator is over."

Ah Xue turned around and faced Xu Changqing with a smile: "I have one last task, which requires your cooperation, are you willing?" ”

"What task?"

"Die by your sword, or rather, please kill me."

"What!"

There was a hint of loneliness in Ah Xue's smile. "I am a servant of God, separated from the crystallization of Godhead. Sleeping for thousands of years, just waiting for the day to be awakened by a qualified Chosen One. I will take him to collect all six thousand fragments, take him to the kingdom of God, and finally, die at his hands. I must return to the crystallization of Godhead, which was predestined a thousand years ago. ”

“…… This, how can this be? ”

"Don't delay," Ah Xue urged Xu Changqing, "Hurry up, draw your sword." ”

Xu Changqing hesitated to pull out the Yellow Spring Moon. Facing Ah Xue, who closed his eyes slightly, he raised his sword several times and put it down several times. "No, I refuse," he said, shaking his head at the end, "it is against my justice to kill someone who has never had ill will toward me." If I do this, my beliefs, my persistence, will become worthless. ”

Ah Xue opened her eyes and looked at Xu Changqing. "You can't become a god until you complete the last step." She seemed to be torturing Xu Changqing's heart, "Being a god is your greatest wish, isn't it?" ”

After pondering for a long time, Xu Changqing resolutely put away the knife. "I'm sorry," he said to Xue, "I can't do it." It is my wish to become a god, but I am not willing to slaughter innocents because of this. As soon as the words landed, he turned and walked towards the door, without hesitation.

A face suddenly appeared in the midst of the huge Godhead crystal. Looking at his face, he looks like a plain middle-aged man. His gaze was firmly locked on Xu Changqing. This gaze has a strange power. Xu Changqing's bones were ringing all over his body. A little bit was twisted and turned back. An emotionless voice echoed in the room, thundering and resounding:

"The Chosen One, who has fused six thousand fragments, how could it be possible for you to leave!"

Under the control of immeasurable and incomparably powerful power, Xu Changqing's hand grasped the handle of the knife little by little. "Zheng!" He pulled out the Moon of Yellow Springs, and pointed the blade directly at Ah Xue, who was standing with a smile. Even if he gritted his teeth and blood flowed from his mouth, he couldn't stop his actions in the slightest.

When the tip of the knife stabbed into Ah Xue's chest, her smile bloomed like a cherry blossom. "I see the tears in your eyes," she whispered, "and I think there must have been traces of me in your heart...... That's enough. ”

"No—"

With a roar of pain, the Moon of Yellow Springs pierced Ah Xue's body.

Seeing blood gushing out of Ah Xue's chest, the intense mental stimulation made Xu Changqing's mind white. He fainted.

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