"Girl, what are you thinking? Would you like some more spicy sauce? The old man asked with a smile.

Gu Xiangyu came back to his senses, quickly shook his head and said, "No, this taste is too exciting, I can't accept it yet." ”

"Okay, when will you accept coming to me, my popcorn here is free." The old man smiled and continued to make his own popcorn.

Gu Xiangyu was about to leave, she suddenly paused again, turned to the old man and asked, "Why is your popcorn free?" ”

"It's hard to understand, isn't it? I don't know how to answer you, I can only say that this is my interest, when I was a child, I loved popcorn, but I never had the money to buy it, and I missed popcorn at the age when I should have eaten popcorn, so I didn't want others to miss it. ”

Gu Xiangyu felt that the old man's words were very philosophical, and when he thought back on his past, it seemed that he had really missed a lot of things.

In the childhood when you should be taken care of the most, you have no parents, and you are busy saving the common people at the age when you should be in love, and when you finally lose your relatives and friends, and lose everything, you really don't understand what you want now?

"Uncle, can you still come back what you missed?" Gu Xiangyu asked lightly.

"This, it's really hard to say, there are times when you miss, and it is likely that there will be times when you meet the right ones, but how many people can really go back in life? I'm just trying to keep people from missing out on what I'm missing. ”

The old man seemed to be lost in his own contemplation after speaking, he silently lowered his head to process the noodle sauce, and the popcorn in the machine crackled. Another pot of popcorn is out of the oven......

Gu Xiangyu quietly left the small alley and continued to walk on the empty street, recalling the conversation just now in his mind.

The night in Inktown came very quickly. It was already dark at five o'clock in the afternoon.

The street lights were lit up on the road, and Gu Xiangyu was still walking aimlessly, she didn't know when she should stop, or maybe where she should stop.

The night here is very cold, fortunately, Gu Xiangyu's body bones are strong enough, otherwise he will be frozen enough.

Except for Gu Xiangyu on the street, everyone else was wearing thick cotton clothes. There were also many people wearing winter hats and gloves, looking very clumsy.

Gu Xiangyu also noticed this, and he didn't feel cold during the day. But the night was really cold, and there was already ice under the eaves outside, and the windows were full of ice flowers, such a temperature difference. It's really hard for the average person to stand it. No wonder it's so sparsely populated.

"Girl, where are you going? Why don't you find a place to live on this cold day? ”

Gu Xiangyu looked up and saw that the person standing in front of him was the old man he met during the day.

"Uncle, why is it so coincidental, you are closing the stall?" Gu Xiangyu asked with a smile.

"No, it's very cold at night, so I'll close the stall early, if you don't have a place to live, go to my house." My family runs a hotel, and you can choose any room. ”

The old man was very hospitable. Gu Xiangyu didn't know where he was going, so he hitched a ride on the other party.

The old man's name is Xu Shun, he has been running a hotel for more than 20 years, in addition to his wife, a pair of children are doing business in other places, and there are no relatives around them, and the people who are most familiar with them are the guests of the hotel.

"Ah Zhen, I'm back, this is the girl I told you about during the day, she has nowhere to go alone, so I brought her back."

As soon as the old man entered the house, he called his wife out and asked the other party to arrange a place for Gu Xiangyu to live.

"It turned out to be this little girl, ordinary people can't stand your chili sauce, let alone people from other places."

Ah Zhen pulled Gu Xiangyu into the guest room, and said with a smile: "We are all old customers here, they are all good, these rooms on the third floor are relatively clean, you can see for yourself which one you want to live in, just choose." ”

Ah Zhen's people are also very enthusiastic, and they have a temper with Xu Shun, and the couple have never quarreled for decades after they have been married.

"Just this room, auntie, can you swipe your card here? I don't have much cash left. Gu Xiangyu handed the other party a bank card.

"Take it, we don't take your money, even if you really want to give it, then you can give it when you have money in the future, this house is empty and empty, and you live in it to increase popularity."

Ah Zhen didn't pick up the bank card, she said with a smile: "Coming here is like going to your own home, if you need anything, just call me, it's still busy below, I'll go first, you can take the key." ”

Looking at the key in his hand, Gu Xiangyu didn't know what to say.

Closing the door, Gu Xiangyu began to meditate on her life, she felt that what she lacked most now was happiness, there was nothing she was interested in, and she felt that life was particularly boring and boring.

Gu Xiangyu also knew that such thinking was undesirable, but he didn't know how to change himself.

When a person does not have any interest, then the person enters a very dangerous stage, emptiness does not equal loneliness, emptiness is terrible, it destroys people's will, hinders people's thoughts, and even influences people's behavior.

Gu Xiangyu is now in this stage, a little like the legendary madness, there is a nameless anger in his body, sometimes he misses the past, sometimes he feels inexplicable pain in his heart, sometimes he wants to end his life, and sometimes he even wants to destroy everything in the world.

Gu Xiangyu wanted to roar loudly, wanting to burst out the anger that had been pent up in his heart for a long time, but there was nowhere to vent.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, there was a knock at the door.

Gu Xiangyu took a deep breath, she really wanted to go crazy when she was alone in the room, and now she is trying to control her emotions and return to the most natural state.

After tidying himself up, Gu Xiangyu opened the door.

"What are you up to? I saw that you hadn't come downstairs to eat, so I brought you food. ”

Ah Zhen was holding a large plate with two dishes and one soup on it.

"What's so embarrassing, you don't have to worry about me, it's really bothering you."

Gu Xiangyu didn't know what to say. She quickly took the plate from Ah Zhen's hand and asked Ah Zhen to come in and sit for a while.

"No, there are guests downstairs. You eat it while it's hot first, I don't know why, whenever I see you, I feel very kind, it's like seeing my own daughter, you're busy, I'll go first. ”

Ah Zhen finished speaking and left the room again.

Looking at the back of Ah Zhen's departure, Gu Xiangyu felt very uncomfortable. She never knew who her mother was, and even if she met Gu Changfeng's father later, she didn't get along with each other for too long.

How nice it would be if life could be all the same? Gu Xiangyu thought so in his heart. She just wants to have a warm family and be happy together every day.

However, this seemingly ordinary wish, Gu Xiangyu has never realized.

It was at this time. The air in front of Gu Xiangyu suddenly distorted. A white-bearded old man walked out of it, and this person was none other than the Sage of Time and Space.

"Senior, long time no see."

Gu Xiangyu politely greeted the other party, in fact, the last thing she wanted to see in her heart was these people.

The old man of time and space knew Gu Xiangyu's thoughts, and he said with a smile: "I'm sorry to disturb your life, but I think it's necessary for me to meet with you." ”

Gu Xiangyu suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, feeling as if something big was about to happen.

"The ghost valley is gone. He may have other options, but he does not want to hurt any of you. He ended his own life, however, the problem was not solved, only one of the two inheritors of the power of the Ghost Valley could inherit it, and completely fused the power of the Ghost Valley, which was the last power left over from the Ghost Valley. ”

After the Sage of Time and Space finished speaking, a golden aura suddenly shot into Gu Xiangyu's eyebrows.

Gu Xiangyu felt as if his body had been hit by a huge blow, and every inch of his skin wanted to crack.

"Haven't you woken up yet?" The Sage of Time and Space sighed with a disappointed expression on his face.

After a while, Gu Xiangyu's body returned to normal, and she asked, "What was that just now?" Is that man really dead? ”

The Sage of Time and Space nodded and said, "That's right, he is completely dead, there will be no such person as Ghost Valley in any world in the future, I envy him." ”

The Sage of Time and Space is telling the truth, he has long wanted to end his life, but because of fate, he can't end himself.

"How did he die? Is the other inheritor you just mentioned the same girl? Why don't you look for her? Gu Xiangyu continued to ask.

"Guigu, fate and me, the three of us went to the big world to stop the attack of the big demon king, but the big demon king was too strong, we failed, Guigu died in battle, now the big world has fallen, only this small world is still resisting, but I don't think it will last long, although that girl has awakened the power of the ghost valley, but the power she inherited is too weak, so I am optimistic about you." The Sage explained.

Gu Xiangyu sounded a little confused, she frowned and asked, "What's the matter with awakening?" ”

"You are the last inheritor of the Guigu in the big world, the power of the Guigu in your body is very strong, but you have never awakened, although you lost the battle with fate, but you were protected by the power of the Guigu in your body and came to this small world, if you awakened the power of the Guigu at that time, then, even fate, can not do anything to you at all, it's a pity."

The Sage of Time and Space was very sorry, his last inheritor was killed by fate, and the power of time and space entered a dormant period, and did not help Gu Xiangyu, if he could join forces with Gu Xiangyu at that time, he would not let fate be so arrogant.

"What you said has nothing to do with me, I just want to live quietly, whether it's a big world or a small world, it has nothing to do with me, you can leave."

Gu Xiangyu issued an eviction order, and she didn't want to get involved anymore.

"Don't you really want to think about it again? Don't you want to go back to the big world? The Sage of Time and Space still asked with some unrelenting intentions.

Gu Xiangyu sighed and said, "What if you go back?" Things are not people, so people are no longer there. ”

"What if the deceased is still there?" The Sage asked.

"How is that possible!"

Gu Xiangyu was shocked when he heard this, and there was some inexplicable excitement and excitement in his heart.

The Sage of Time and Space looked at Gu Xiangyu's expression and said with a smile: "Nothing is impossible, you have so much power of faith in your body, can't you feel the power of faith?" ”

"Can faith go back in time?" Gu Xiangyu asked in disbelief.

"Although faith can't be done yet, but I can do it, but the world was destroyed too much by you at the beginning, and fate did not create a new world, with my own strength, it is really difficult to completely restore to the previous state, and I need to rely on more strength." The Sage explained.

"You mean there's hope?" Gu Xiangyu asked.

The Sage of Time and Space nodded, but he spoke again: "If we combine the strength of the three of us now, it is very likely to be done, but now that the great enemy is present, we don't even have the power to protect ourselves, so we must unite." ”

"How to unite? Fate is incompatible with me, and we cannot unite at all. ”

"No, that was before, it's different now, and didn't fate save you before? We are now a united front, and I have decided to follow in the footsteps of Guigu, as long as I leave, fate will disappear, and at that time, there will only be the three of you left in this small world, I hope your generation will not have too many entanglements. ”

Gu Xiangyu was stunned and asked, "Do you really plan to do this?" ”

"Yes, Mao Xiaorui is still too immature, I hope you can help him more, this is the source of time and space, please keep it for him, I'm leaving."

After the Sage of Time and Space finished speaking, he disappeared directly into the air.

At this time, Gu Xiangyu had an extra milky white unknown sphere in his hand.

Gu Xiangyu looked at the source of time and space in his hand with a complicated expression, and after a while, he stored this thing in the depths of his eyebrows.

In the world, there are dark creatures everywhere, and they can no longer see their original faces.

"You guy is really not afraid of death, even one person dares to come, it's really a lot of courage! See how I killed you! ”

The Great Demon King's previous hands have turned into one-armed, and with a wave of his hand, the endless darkness envelops the old man in time, which is his usual method, just this dark curtain can trap the other party in it and cannot escape.

"Hehe, I don't plan to run away today, Guigu unloaded one of your arms, I can't be too bad, at least I have to unload one of your legs!"

The space-time sage suddenly went crazy, and the space-time power on his body exploded without reservation, and a large number of space-time barriers froze the dark curtain around him, and then suddenly transformed into a space-time rift, and the next son tore the dark curtain to pieces, and the huge dark curtain collapsed in an instant.

The Great Demon King's face was very ugly, he snorted coldly, and said: "They are all madmen who don't want to die, but don't think that you can defeat me in this way, the endless chaotic world is ruled by me, and you can't clean up your side of the world?" ”

The only remaining arm of the Great Demon King suddenly became extremely huge, grabbing towards the Space-Time Sage like a mountain! (To be continued.) )