Chapter 23: Departure
Five years later.
In the eastern waters of Borneo, a black cargo ship was slowly heading northwest, and on the deck of this ship, a slender young man in white lay lazily on a pile of cargo boxes.
As if to shield himself from the glare, his face was covered by an old book, and only a strand of white hair was exposed on the spine, which stood out in the slightly curly black hair.
The young man was wearing a short, wide-sleeved gown made by the six major families of Huayang, and the white cloak and slightly exposed undershirt had family crests depicted with gold thread.
The family crest shows a round of burning fire and pierced by thirteen sharp blades, which is a symbol of Huayang's first family, the You family, as the strongest guardian of the continent, and this young man is the You Qianjing who strayed into Chenyuan a few years ago and miraculously survived.
When he appeared in Huayang three years ago, the entire Abyss Realm was a sensation, after all, except for the legendary bard, no one could come out of that place alive.
Almost everyone wanted to know how You Qianjing had escaped after two years in Chenyuan, what kind of situation he had there, and whether Chenyuan was as recorded in the "Cultivation Record".
However, no one could answer these questions, and the "lucky one" who escaped death had amnesia, he forgot all what happened to him, he didn't have all the memories of the past two years, and he only knew that he saw the world Hiiragi as soon as he opened his eyes.
Of course, there are many people who don't believe it, and they can't wait to find out the memories in Youqianjing's head in person, but if they want to do this, Youyun must first pry open their skulls with a lore gun.
As Hui Liye said to You Qianjing, two years is nothing for those who have spent tens of thousands of years in them, but it is a long time for humans with a limited lifespan.
In fact, because of the busyness of practicing karma and the sleep preparation required before the fusion test, a lot of time was consumed to a certain extent, and the two years that Youqian Jing spent in Tiga did not feel that it was too long, and it was Youyun who really made him feel the cruelty of the passage of time.
By the time the two-year period arrived, Youqian Jing had fully integrated the core of the glazed fruit into his body and learned all the karmic paths, and he returned to Huayang in the dead of winter with Hui Liye, who had absorbed enough of the power of the stars and fell asleep in order not to be discovered by "it".
You Qianjing didn't go home first, but wanted to go and see the World Tree Hiiragi Day, who smashed the causal power on him, but he didn't want to see Youyun on the heavenly steps.
The man who had experienced just two years but seemed to be ten years old stood on the prayer platform facing the world tree Hiiragi, carrying a bottle of white porcelain shochu, motionless, letting the wind and snow stain the already white green silk.
He also held a handful of killers in his hand, which was the one that You Qianjing used to save Zhu Tianji's life.
Unlike the Nine Nights Ice Domain's non-hierarchical burials, the common people of Huayang buried their relics in the earth after death, while those of the big family were sent back to the World Tree from the prayer platform where they were born.
Those relics sink into the roots of the World Tree and become nourishment.
You Qianjing had no relics "after death", and the You family tied a puppet under the resolution of the Elders' House and sent it in, which was a resolution that ignored You Yun's thoughts.
Back then, the gate of the Nine Nights Ice Domain was about to be closed after the five-party talks, and they didn't find the murderer, and Youyun was angry and wanted to break into the forbidden area to break the thousand-year-old barrier, and finally was pushed out of the gate by a group of people half-persuaded and half-dozen.
This gate was made of the bones of a space beast that had survived in the age of the gods, and it couldn't even be compared to the thousand-year-old barrier, and once it was closed, even Youyun, who had seven rounds and eight fires, couldn't force it open from the outside.
In the past two years, You Yun has never admitted You Qianjing's "death", but while shouldering the big responsibility on his shoulders, he feels powerless because he can't find his young son, and he has been under great pressure mentally in a short period of time, and he has aged a lot rapidly.
You Qianjing walked over, it was the first time he saw You Yun crying, dropping the wine bottle, crying so loudly and embarrassed, there was no appearance of the lord of everyone.
You Qianjing hugged You Yun, and suddenly found that he had grown up, You Yun was also old, and the broad shoulders that he could once ride were no longer what they used to be and had become thin.
He laughed at his crying nose, laughed and laughed and cried himself.
You Qianjing regrets it very much and at the same time is glad that he has made his decision, to this day he still does not have the faith and consciousness to protect everything, but the cherished family in front of him will never let go.
Ever since the nucleus melted into her body, Youqian Jing has become a frequent dreamer.
Sometimes he would stand on a cliff in front of the abyss, and the abyss would fall behind, and the dark sky would rain blood, and the smell of the fish would be suffocating, and it would only be a momentary loss of consciousness, and he would stumble and fall into the abyss.
Sometimes he would be in the depths of the ocean, where sunlight could not reach, huddled in a bubble that could burst at any moment, and the sound of "puff" water and the hiss of giant beasts in his ears.
At the end of the dream, he could always see a pair of beautiful gilded eyes, which looked at him with sympathetic eyes.
You Qianjing woke up in the hot and humid sea breeze, the golden eyes in his dream and the dark eyes facing him gradually overlapped, and the gray seabird on his chest tilted its head and gently pecked the knotted rope on the pure white cloak.
The discomfort that had remained after waking up from a long dream had not subsided, and You Qianjing moved his somewhat stiff arm, and the old book that had already slid from his face to his shoulder fell completely off the cargo box, and fell on the deck with a loud thump.
The frightened seabirds leaped to their feet on his chest, and the shadows cast by them intertwined with the light of the sun, casting a flickering mottle on his face.
You Qianjing raised his hand and rubbed his slightly stinging temples, and brushed away the neglected hair in front of his forehead, the ink-colored broken hair that was already slightly curly became more messy under his play, and the strands of snow-white dull hair were even more eye-catching.
He opened the lid of the silver pocket watch on his chest, but saw that the two hands showed the time as three hours and twelve minutes, but it was not yet noon.
Oh, and I forgot that I couldn't see the time, and the habit was terrible.
You Qian Jing slid the pocket watch back, he still hadn't figured out how to use this time treasure that had saved his life in Chen Yuan, this thing had only been activated once since the Frost Snake, and it was still in front of the Gods-Servant.
Thinking of that encounter, You Qianjing pinched a cold sweat for himself.
Hui Liye had reminded him before falling asleep that it was best not to let the moment activate, being in the abyss realm was no better than Chenyuan, and the abnormal fluctuations in time could be easily captured by the "Overseer".
The Overseer was the name of "it" that they had decided to call after their discussions, because You Qianjing hated the old saying, and he couldn't say anything about the "rotten things" and "bastard things" and other scornful titles.
You Qianjing stroked his chest, where there was now a nucleus embedded in the human bead.
At the beginning, You Qianjing thought that Qianxi would first put the Liren Bead into the core and then let him fuse, but who knew that he didn't do anything until the last bit of the core was absorbed.
The result was that the deity put the bead in his face and said, "Eat it." ”
Is there something wrong with you?
That day, You Qianjing used several six-stage instantaneous dodges to dodge the claws of a thousand devils, and after almost two years of growth, he was half a head taller than this god who was as tall as him at the beginning, but in the end he was caught and pressed into the snow and swallowed the golden bead alive.
At that moment, You Qianjing decided never to eat balls again in his life.
After entering his body, he turned into "water", flowing all the way from his chest to his limbs, and finally all of them burrowed into the core, reforming into a shape twice as small as the original.
When it flowed, it felt like it had been washed from the inside out by ice water.
You Qianjing: You family swearing.
"You kid will sleep for a while, and you will only have soup for lunch. ”
A voice came from above his head that interrupted You Qianjing's thoughts, and he looked up and saw Luo Chenglu sitting on the fence on the second floor with a cigarette in his mouth, the smoke from the cigarette holder did not rise, but floated down, and picked up the book he had dropped from the deck.
You Qianjing smiled: "How come, Lao Luo, even if you are hungry, you will leave a mouthful of food for others, everyone says so." ”
"Hmph, Flim Flam. Luo Chenglu took the book handed to him by Yan Wei and flipped through it casually, "What do you do with this messy wild history picture book?"
"Because it's funny. ”
"Interesting?" Luo Chenglu repeated the word inarticulate with a cigarette in his mouth, expressing his disbelief, "There are really people like you in the six major families, who are interested in this kind of miscellaneous things, and they generally scoff at things other than the official history classics. ”
"It is difficult to say the authenticity of these things written and circulated by people, and the right to speak is always in the hands of the winner in power. The Servant God Division said that it was a wild history, that is, to say that it was an official history, but it was just a matter of stamping. ”
Luo Chenglu glanced at You Qianjing: "You kid is bold, do you know whose territory you are going to be a student now? ”
You Qianjing shrugged.
A year ago, he also blew the head of a squad leader of the Divine Servant Division in Huayang, when he was surrounded and suppressed by more than a dozen people, forced into the valley, and almost exposed, relying on the moment of pause to let him escape.
At that time, You Qianjing just went to the mountain to find materials for You Yun to make wine, and happened to meet the team of the Gods-Serving Division who went into the mountain to hunt the obstacles. In order to prevent the eldest brother who was already in charge of the family from discovering their behavior of secretly soaking in wine and drinking, You Qianjing used the copied miracle to "disguise" and changed his appearance, and changed into ordinary clothes and ran out.
So the captain of the squad with his eyes on the top of his head thought that he was a resident of the mountains, and called You Qianjing to show them the way like a servant.
Of course, the bird is not as retarded as the bird, who knew that the person who was looking for death would raise his hand to beat You Qianjing, he thought he had pinched a soft persimmon, but he didn't know that it was an egg touching a stone.
You Qianjing didn't move half a step, and the 31-style reflex of the karmic path directly bounced the person out, and then turned around and wanted to leave.
But obviously things are not so simple, after the squad leader was ejected by You Qianjing's reflex without strength, there was no injury on his body, and he felt that he had lost face, and roared to give You Qianjing some color.
You Qianjing, who was filled with a dazzling glass core on his chest, said: No, thank you.
The subsequent development exceeded everyone's expectations, including You Qianjing, who was chased and beaten by a team of people for some reason.
Halfway through, the squad leader actually lifted out the heavy karmic cannon used to attack the virtual barrier, which angered Youqianjing, who was being chased impatiently, and directly released a reflective shield to shoot back the karmic cannon that was coming towards him, blowing up the man's head.
Later, I heard that the team leader found a skilled cultivator to take the head back, but because he didn't catch the prisoner, he was furious, and he asked someone to close the mountain and search it for three days and three nights.
As the person concerned, You Qianjing had already returned to You's house and helped his father avoid his eldest brother to make wine and drink.