I still stand here with Him, overlooking the blue fall, looking down on the floating world. All living beings, but Erer.

Chu Tianyan is considered a native of the Nine Heavens Territory, although his parents both belong to the northern continent. But it didn't matter, more than 300 years had made him almost forget their faces. He traveled from country to country, frequently shuttling the sea routes, seeing the worldly landscapes, and finally felt tired.

He suddenly wanted to see the place where he had lived with his mother, so he went back. The place has changed a lot, and the whole village has moved away because the sea level in the area has risen since some day. He had heard that the island was "alive", and he had not understood the meaning of the phrase before, but now he could vaguely feel that it was breathing slowly, and the sea rose and fell with it, but not so obviously. He moved once when he was very young, he has no memory, he heard from his mother, he moved once when he was ten years old, and then he went out of the island to make a living, and he came back several times, and he moved all of them...... He couldn't remember.

But he was very concerned about where his mother had gone, because two years before she had died, she and a few scattered fishermen had moved back to the beach where Chu Tianyan had lived when she was fifteen. He was standing on the beach, and he should have felt like he was in the position of the dilapidated little bed. They built their houses out of a type of wood peculiar to the sea, which is not susceptible to moisture, but the bedding is always prone to mold spots. Now, when the sea rushes in, the edge hits the tip of his shoe. The reef on the shore is covered with a lot of barnacles, densely packed, which used to be bare, and no one will let go of the delicacy that does not cost money.

Time always flies.

He walked along the shore, slowly on the gravel beach, occasionally picking up some colored shells, like a child. The difference is that he takes it for a while and then throws it back into the sea, as if it were floating in the water, even though it doesn't work on the surface. He has nothing to be nostalgic about, except for ......

He froze.

The fifteen-year-old's quiet place, which had changed his sense of taste, was now flooded by the backwater. The terrain of the past was different from the present, and it could even be said that it was very different, and Chu Tianyan swore that he would never be mistaken...... Although three hundred years have passed.

But from that year on, he was not able to leave the Nine Heavens.

Was the Nine Heavens Kingdom called that in the past?

Some of his memories were blurred or rewritten. Moreover, the people around him are experiencing the same thing, but they don't realize it. Human beings are fragile and unstable creatures that are easily influenced by the people around them, and if there are many people who deny your perception, you will be unsure.

Since that day, even ordinary words have gradually been distorted and deformed, some people can understand them, and some people can't. The same is true of currency, where the gold and silver that used to be used here have disappeared, leaving only minerals that are unique to the region.

If it were someone else, it might be difficult to perceive these changes subtly. But Chu Tianyan lived too long and lived too soberly. Strictly speaking, he is a very ego person, and this ego can keep people awake and affirm what they know in very rare cases. The wharf was abandoned overnight, and only fishing boats that could not cross the sea were adrift on the beach. If you want to ask in detail, they can't say why, it seems that everything is between coincidence and anomaly, just right.

So he found the god of incense, the false god who had given him the incense of rejuvenation.

"You're still alive." At that time, Qianmin seemed to be a little surprised.

"You've got where you want to be."

"You're still alone."

"Tell me how to get out of here."

"You can't leave."

Qianmin didn't tell him much, but just scribbled about the enchantment, which was a bit perfunctory. However, looking at his attitude, it seemed that there was some wonderful big plan going on, and he seemed to be proud, but he didn't want to say more about Chu Tianyan. Chu Tianyan is not a person who talks much, but he can't act according to his own will and is a little irritable.

"Since you're all going to be stuck here, I'll give you a job, right?"

Finally, the incense god said.

After the conversation ended, Chu Tianyan left the Xiangyuan. Over the years, he has long been a person who is at ease with what happens, and even if he is deprived of his freedom in disguise, his unhappiness is only temporary. He has since gained another identity – a messenger of the gods. It's a boring errand. The reason why the incense god entrusted it to him was also a little vague. It seems, related to some kind of prophecy of the incense burner. It's a good thing to stay here, he saw Chu Tianyan's figure in the mirage of the future, Xiang Shen said.

For the next two or three years, life was uneventful. He ran all over this small Nine Heavens Kingdom, and all kinds of people saw and saw each other. The so-called gods are not special, but he feels that some human traits are vividly expressed in them. He doesn't show any respect for those people, and more often than not, he just talks to the acting humans, which is fine. Over the years, he has walked countless times except for the place where the python god lives, but he doesn't even know where Maharaja is.

The Kingdom of the Nine Heavens is like a huge lighthouse, but it is dark and silent. But that's how it exists, the people inside can't get out, and the people outside keep coming in and then there's no news. Chu Tianyan has seen a lot of outsiders, both good and bad, and he doesn't care. One day, a thirty-five-year-old young man visited the god of incense and embarked with him on the road to the country of Wu.

Unexpectedly, they got lost.

This is unprecedented. In the huge dense forest of the Nine Heavens Kingdom, Chu Tianyu had walked countless times, and he knew by heart any water that could be drunk and what food could be eaten here. And the way to identify direction and time, he will never be mistaken. But unexpectedly, he and his fellow youths were like this, and they got lost inexplicably.

"You're not going to lie to me, are you?" Only two days later, the young man complained.

"There's no need for me to lie to you." Chu Tianyan was not annoyed, "The money on your body can't be used in the Nine Heavens Kingdom, and besides, I can't covet anything from you." You and I don't have any conflict of interest when we go to the military country. ”

The young man stopped talking, but he was still suspicious.

But no matter what, they couldn't get out of this strange forest sea. The environment made Chu Tianyan feel unfamiliar, and the resources were surprisingly few. Although the number of those dangerous things has also decreased greatly, there must not be enough food for the two of them to survive. They wandered through the forest for ten days with a limited amount of water and dry food, which they had already eaten on the fourth day. The rest of the edible things that can be found are even more pitiful. For so many days, not a drop of rain fell from the sky.

And as time passed, hunger and hopelessness pushed the two to the brink of collapse little by little.

The young man was full of complaints, but why didn't Chu Tianyan feel irritable? Even if he were immortal, if he were stabbed, or if he died of thirst and starvation, as he is now, he would sooner or later die. Although he has lived for so long, he has not only earned enough money, but even earned a "lot of money" - although it is not in the sense of wealth, but he is really embarrassed to say that he will die. And the young man from the northern continent was full of complaints, and both of them were clearly hungry, and they didn't know where he got the strength to chatter there.

It's a pity that this guy was not lucky. He did not listen to the advice, provoked the beast that should not be provoked, was bitten on the foot, and limped when he walked. Two more days later, the twelfth day, his wound still did not improve, and even strange maggots wriggled in the flesh.

"You can only cut it off." Chu Tianyan said simply, "After they become pupa, it will be difficult to find." Drag it out longer, and the adult worms will burrow into your flesh completely. Now they're just moving around the wound. ”

"No!" The youth shouted, "Impossible! You want me to bleed to death and then rob me of my gold! ”

Chu Tianyan realized that his consciousness had begun to be confused. Because the young man knew very well that gold was of no use here, and no matter how much he complained before, he would not be so emotional and exhaust his physical strength as he was now. This insect probably lays eggs secretly at night at the wound, and only uses its numbing to make people lose their sense of pain, and does not cause insanity. Maybe there was another reason for what drove him crazy, but Chu Tianyan knew that he was the "sluggish" type, and he didn't feel this change.

But I really want him to shut up.

They had all lost water for too long, and their throats were unbearably thirsty. These days, the two of them are always in the same direction, and the plants that store water have been emptied for a long time. But the sky was slow to rain, which made Chu Tianyu's throat as painful as a fire.

In the night, the young man suddenly awoke. He had to get up every once in a while to relieve himself, even though they hadn't replenished much of their new fluids during the day. Chu Tianyan would occasionally be woken up, occasionally not. But now that he's awake - of course, he doesn't want to be in charge of the food and living of this thirty-something man like a nanny taking care of the children, and he doesn't see it every time.

But today, he heard the sound of rustling.

The young man turned his back and quietly nibbled on something. Chu Tianyan's heart tightened, and he felt that he was afraid that it would be bad, because he knew that many people would bite their fingers after losing their minds in the forest sea. Moreover, he had seen the dry bones in the woods, many of whom had cracks in their finger bones that had been bitten by teeth.

He slapped the young man on the shoulder, and the man turned his head in a panic.

The corners of his mouth still hang the scraps of dry food.

“……”

"What a heartless and unrighteous person. I didn't leave you when you were hurt, and that's how you took revenge? So every night in the past, you were ...... too."

The young man was embarrassed and frightened. Chu Tianyan stood up and pulled out the short knife he was carrying with him from its sheath. He was expressionless, not even angry, but that didn't mean he would let him go.

"Wait! I, I just, I still have, you listen to me, I'm not—I, I'll give it to you, my money, and ...... No, no, stop, help! Come on!! Save—"

Blood is also a source of fresh water.