Chapter 21: The Sword of Salvation
Everyone has heard stories of one kind or another as children, although some of them are told in order to make the bear child or a disobedient child more disciplined.
When Cobo was very young, Cobo's grandfather told him a story that happened a long, long time ago, so long that almost no one knew when.
After Pangu opened the world, all kinds of monsters appeared in the world, and all kinds of terrifying beings that were originally hidden in the dark side appeared one after another, wanting to snatch the survival territory of human beings.
After Pangu took his Open Heaven Axe and killed it for three days and three nights, most of the demons and monsters died under Pangu's battle axe, and there was only one strongest monster left, in the words of the little monster, the strongest one had never seen his true face, and only a very small number of people had heard his voice.
"It's a nightmare, even though I'm a youkai, I think so. The little monster said.
If the demons are not eliminated for a day, the world will naturally not be stable for a lifetime. Pangu rested for a while and went to the forest where the demon might be, and after some inquiry, Pangu targeted the deepest part of the forest.
The deeper he went into the forest, the resistance around him became greater and greater, and Pangu struggled to walk, so he had to cut off a wrist-thick trunk with an axe and use the trunk to support his progress.
"Pangu, you are so bold. A soul-striking sound pierced from Pangu's body, and the sound was like a stereo surround sound, and it was completely impossible to tell where the sound came from.
"Come out and die, so I can leave you with a whole corpse. Pangu threatened.
Pangu didn't get an immediate response, and after a while, the wind resistance around him suddenly disappeared, as if time had stood still, and the surroundings were so quiet that Pangu could even hear the friction sound of earthworms wriggling under the ground.
"So, you're here to kill me?" the demon in Pangu's mouth appeared behind him. After hearing the voice coming from behind him, Pangu immediately turned around, clenched his battle axe with both hands, and looked at the white-clothed demon in front of him with a defensive face.
"You ......" Seeing the appearance of the demon, Pangu instantly lost his murderous intent. Because the person standing in front of Pangu didn't look like a demon at all, it was difficult for any description of his appearance in the world to describe the impact of the demon's appearance on Pangu.
"You want to say, why do I look like a human?" the demon smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth raised at just the right angle, and snorted softly in response to the occasion without affecting the artistic conception.
"You do look far from what I expected. Pangu didn't know why he was discussing the issue of appearance with such a big demon, maybe he had fallen into the demon's Gu, or it could be that Pangu himself wanted to know why a man who looked like a celestial man was called a demon.
The man in white stretched out his hand and gently tore off his face, under the original perfect face, it was an unsightly tragic image, Pangu frowned instantly, and the hand holding the axe grasped it even harder.
"Actually, you're the first human to see my lineup. As the man in white spoke, a transparent ball of energy appeared in the palm of his hand, and the ball flew to the position of the man in white's face, the ball shattered and turned into foam, and the face of the man in white changed to its previous appearance again.
"Pangu, do you know? Actually, I'm quite grateful to you because you made me who I am. The man in white said with a smile on his face.
"What? What do you mean, what do you mean that I have made you?" asked Pangu anxiously as he took a few steps back.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I have time to tell you this, after all, as an immortal, I'm boring. After the man in white finished speaking, he took a few steps forward, and the distance between the man in white and Pangu was less than half a meter, and when he saw the flickering battle axe in Pangu's hand, the man in white waved his hand disdainfully.
In just an instant, the axe in Pangu's hand turned into dust and scattered all over the ground. As for Pangu, the horror on his face instantly magnified. Every time Pangu defeated the demons, he relied not only on his own strength, but also on his own sky-opening axe. With a sharp weapon in hand, invincible and invincible, until just now, Pangu suddenly lost his inner sustenance and became a little flustered.
Although the man in white was also bare-handed, according to the magic that the man in white had just cast, it would be expected if he suddenly conjured a weapon.
"What the hell do you mean?" asked Pangu eagerly.
After the man in white raised his hand casually, a stone bench was conjured up behind Pangu, and Pangu felt an external force on his body and sat directly on the stool.
"Before you opened the world, the world was full of chaos, and the power of chaos suppressed the demons of time. After you split the heavens and the earth, the forces of chaos scattered, and the demons that had been suppressed returned to the human world. As for me, I took the opportunity to absorb all the power of chaos, which is why I became the most terrifying existence in your mouth. ”
"Speaking of which, I really have to thank you, as a thank you, I have decided not to kill you, as long as you promise me not to ask for trouble, we will not interfere with the river water in the future. ”
In the face of such a provocation from the demon, Pangu directly skipped the doubts in his heart and wanted to get up from the stone bench, but his body seemed to be bound by an invisible force, and Pangu couldn't move.
The man in white shook his head and his index finger and said:
"The answer is incorrect. ”
"Let go of me! I want to rid the world of harm!" Pangu shouted, struggling hard, but he couldn't break free from the invisible bondage.
"Hey, when will you humans learn what it means to do what you can?" the man in white sneered again, and deliberately loosened his restraints. After Pangu broke free, he punched the man in white, who stood in place, his lower body did not move, and his upper body easily dodged Pangu's attack.
After several rounds in a row, Pangu couldn't touch the man in white at all, and when Pangu punched for the last time, the man in white stretched out his hand to hold Pangu's fist and said:
"Your turn is over, now it's my turn. ”
The man in white grabbed Pangu's fist as if he was fighting against a producer, and easily threw Pangu to the ground. Subsequently, Pangu seemed to be fighting with the air, and was abused by the air to the point of incompleteness.
"What happened later?" When the young Cobo was lying in his grandfather's arms, his grandfather began to snore, and Cobo had to shake his grandfather's arm to wake him up.
Grandpa picked up the teacup that was placed aside, opened it and looked at it, and when he found that there was only black tea leaves left, he sighed and put the tea aside.
Grandpa picked up Kobo and walked towards the room, "It's not early, it's time to sleep." ”
"But I wonder if Pangu has defeated the demons. Cobb said coquettishly.
"Of course, where else would you come from now?" Even if it is a story of fighting and killing that ordinary children would be afraid of, Grandpa's hoarse but warm voice can make all this very smooth, "Pangu gathered the aura of heaven and earth, forged a sword to save the world, and then killed the demon and saved the world. ”
At the end of the story, after Cobo was carried into the room by his grandfather, he couldn't sleep for a long time. Grandpa's story about Pangu's process of killing demons was too simplistic for Kobo to be convinced. However, it may also be because the story has been handed down for thousands of years, and the specific process has long been forgotten, and only the result of Pangu's victory over the demon is remembered.
Early the next morning, Kebo couldn't wait to pester his grandfather, wanting him to explain everything clearly. However, the story was already very simple, and Grandpa had no way to make it up, so he had to tell Kebo what he knew about the whereabouts of the Sword of Salvation.
According to Grandpa's description, the Sword of Salvation was sealed in a stone by Pangu, the middle of the sword body was milky white, and the blades on both sides were red like half of the blood donation, and only the real destined people could pull out the sword. As for the place where the Sword of Salvation was sealed, no one knew except Pangu. Since ancient times, countless explorers have tried to find the sword of salvation, but they have failed.
Ke Bo didn't expect that after many years, he would encounter this so-called sword of salvation when he was possessed by Xiang Yu and on a mission. Because the appearance of the long sword inserted in the stone in front of him was exactly the same as what Grandpa had described, and the sword was located in this hidden cave, Ke Bo immediately judged that this was the legendary sword of salvation as soon as he saw it.
Since Cobo's grandfather is right about the appearance of the Sword of Salvation, then the Sword of Salvation must also need "destined people" to be able to pull it out smoothly.
However, there was no turning back when he opened the bow, Xiang Yu worked hard to come to this cave, and he definitely didn't want to return empty-handed. After Xiang Yu steadied his horse, he grabbed the hilt of the Sword of Salvation with both hands, and the Sword of Salvation, which he thought would take a lot of effort to pull out, was easily pulled out.
Because of the excessive force, Xiang Yu fell directly backwards and fell to the ground, and after the sword of salvation was pulled out, there was a roar like a tractor when there was an earthquake in the depths of the earth's crust. Before Xiang Yu could react, the ground began to collapse, and Xiang Yu subconsciously grabbed the sword of salvation in his hand, and countless stones fell under the collapsed ground.
When Xiang Yu woke up again, he appeared in a completely unfamiliar place. Xiang Yu was lying next to a small river, holding the sword of salvation tightly in his hand.
As far as the eye can see, the surroundings are almost all green, green mountains, green water, and green meadows. Everything is wrapped in greenery, like a private green space.
Xiang Yu put the sword of salvation on the ground, and after picking up the water and washing his face, the whole person was instantly refreshed.
Because he didn't see the human world or other obvious geographical indications in his sight, Xiang Yu had to carry the sword of salvation and walked into the distance. But unexpectedly, as soon as Xiang Yu started, colorful flowers grew on the grass on both sides of Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu continued to walk, and the flowers continued to appear, forming a path more than one meter wide.
Under the guidance of the flowers, Xiang Yu walked forward quickly, although there was a direction to go, but Xiang Yu didn't know who gave this direction, let alone where this direction was going to take him.