Chapter Ninety-Eight: Counting the Stars
The interior of Xuanyuan Ancestor's retreat was very spacious, and after walking through the heavy door, Xiaoyu seemed to have stepped into another world. Everything is extremely simple here, an old man who is dying of wood sits at the head of the bed, and there is a transparent crystal coffin behind him.
Xiaoyu saw at a glance that the person lying in the transparent coffin was Xuanyuan Longpo, who was dying not long ago, and Xuanyuan Longpo at this time had a red complexion, lying peacefully in the transparent coffin, and there was no abnormality with ordinary people.
"Junior Xiaoyu, meet Xuanyuan Ancestor!" Xiaoyu walked into the room, knelt respectfully and saluted to greet Xuanyuan Ancestor.
These are all told to her by her predecessors, after entering the door, ask less questions, no matter what curious things you see, as long as it has nothing to do with what you want, then don't say more. Although I really wanted to know what the situation of Xuanyuan Longpo lying in the transparent coffin was, I thought that Longpo's predecessors were also his own members of the Xuanyuan family, and now was definitely not a good time to ask this.
Xuanyuan Old Ancestor's hands looked extremely old, and there was not even a trace of flesh and blood in the withered ones, compared to the last time he saw Xu Yang. At this moment, the dry hands were fiddling with the rough little wooden sword, and when they heard Xiaoyu's greeting, they slowly raised their heads and asked, "Girl, where did you come from this little wooden sword!" ”
The sound is not loud, and there are some frosted sounds, which make people not very comfortable to listen to, and even have an urge to pick their ears. However, Xiaoyu remembered the explanation of his predecessors when he came, and first glanced at Xuanyuan Chunqiu who was on the side, and only after confirming that there was no one else did he speak: "Those who are fighting in the front are all arrayed in front!" ”
The answer is not so, just when Xuanyuan Chunqiu was very puzzled why Xiaoyu said this inexplicably, Xuanyuan Ancestor slowly got up, obviously this answer successfully attracted the attention of the ancestor.
With a withered face, sunken eyes, and lifeless eyes, he stared at Xiaoyu up and down in large quantities, and asked for a long time, "Which word?" ”
"The first word!" Xiaoyu knelt down and clasped her hands into fists and replied respectfully, she hadn't stood up since she came in to salute.
"How many generations are there?"
"Twenty-sixth generation!"
"A hundred years in a generation, I didn't expect it to be nearly three thousand years...... "The withered old hand muttered while fiddling with the rough little wooden sword, "Since you are here with a token in hand, you must have something to ask for." Say, what do you want to do? ”
Hearing that Xuanyuan Ancestor did not continue to ask, the piece of pressure on the boulder in Xiao Yu's heart was much lighter. Before she came, she memorized a lot of inexplicable things, just to deal with Xuanyuan Ancestor's question, according to the guess of her predecessors, Xiaoyu, a stranger, took the token and didn't be asked for a few hours, it was light. But now it's just a matter of asking a few words, how can this not make Xiaoyu easy.
"Don't dare to deceive the ancestor, Xiaoyu came this time to ask the ancestor for something to save people!" Xiaoyu didn't continue to talk about saving people, but quietly waited for Xuanyuan Ancestor to ask.
Although I don't know why my predecessors made me so cautious, but thinking that what was in front of him was the most mysterious Xuanyuan Ancestor in China, Xiaoyu felt that it made sense to be so cautious.
"Let's just say it, what are you asking for? Ancestor, I don't have any good things here that you can look at, you just say it directly, it's ......" As soon as he said that he was here to ask for something, Xuanyuan Ancestor's tone became a little bad, but it didn't mean that it was because the other party wanted to ask for his own things, but because the other party wanted too little.
For this strange situation, Xiao Yu didn't think about it, but just swallowed his saliva according to what his predecessors had taught, and then boldly said: "Xiao Yu dared to ask the ancestor to give the unicorn heart to save people!" ”
Bang Dang! Bang Dang! Bang Dang!
The next three sounds were Xiaoyu's spontaneous kowtows, and the three knocks fell, leaving a touch of blood on the cold stone slab, and Xiaoyu's forehead also broke a palm-sized wound, which was bleeding slowly. Xiao Yu didn't care about his own situation, staring at Xuanyuan Ancestor expectantly, waiting for the other party to give him a satisfactory answer.
The ancestor hadn't spoken yet, but Xuanyuan Chunqiu, who was standing on the side, was not calm at first. Said okay to save Brother Xu Yang, why did you withdraw from the heart of the Qilin! Moreover, throughout the history of China, there have been countless legends about the Qilin for 5,000 years, but even their guardian family has never seen the real Qilin, and in their minds, this Qilin is just a false existence.
But now someone actually asked the ancestor to ask for the unicorn heart, what is the situation? Is there really a unicorn? But if there really is, why is there no record in the ancient books of the Xuanyuan family, if the Xuanyuan family has a unicorn heart, even if he, the head of the Xuanyuan family, doesn't know, he should have some information, right? But everything in reality shows that this kind of thing is ethereal and completely impossible to exist.
Xuanyuan Chunqiu had already fallen into the tip of the horns of the heart of the Qilin, and Xuanyuan Old Ancestor discarded the small wooden sword more than a foot high with his withered hands, and then grabbed it slowly. This reciprocating cycle gives the impression of spending time there.
"How do you know the heart of the unicorn?" For a long time, just when Xiaoyu thought that what she was asking for was hopeless and was about to speak again, Xuanyuan Old Ancestor suddenly asked in a frosted voice.
"The former character sect is proficient in astrological divination, and there has been an unborn genius. The man calculated this with the ability of heaven and earth, but he also died early because of it...... This matter is a top secret of the former word, and no outsiders know! Xiaoyu explained respectfully.
"You're a former man?"
"It's not!"
"And how do you know?"
"The former word is entrusted by the master!"
"What's the proof?"
"Token as proof!"
After a quick answer, there was a strange silence, but Xuanyuan Chunqiu on the side confirmed one thing - his ancestor should really have a unicorn heart, but where is this thing? He had also cultivated here for a long time, but he hadn't found anything like an animal heart, and he was even more afraid that it was a peerless treasure like a unicorn heart.
I don't know if it's half an hour or an hour. Xiaoyu felt that her legs were numb from kneeling, but she didn't get up, let alone interrupt Xuanyuan Ancestor. This Xuanyuan Ancestor was constantly playing with the rough little wooden sword there, as if he had forgotten the light rain.
Suddenly, Xuanyuan Ancestor said coldly: "No, you go back!" ”
Go back!
These four words were as cold as ice and snow in the polar regions, making Xiaoyu suddenly feel that the whole world was dark. She had thought before she came that she would not succeed, but when it did happen, she realized that she was not ready for it at all.
"No...... Please, Ancestor, if you need something, I can get it for you! I really need the Kirin Heart, as long as you give me the Kirin ...... What are the conditions, do you just mention "Thinking that if he fails, then Xu Yang in the Dragon Group base will die, and he will die because he protects himself, Xiaoyu pleaded like a madman.
Seeing this little girl so out of shape, Xuanyuan Chunqiu on the side kneel on the ground with a pop even though he knew the habits of his ancestor.
"Ancestor, grandson, I don't know if you really have such a divine artifact, if you can really help Miss Xiaoyu, please give me a hand. Everything here is to save people, and the grandson is willing to guarantee his life with his net worth, and asks the ancestor to look at the grandson's thin face and show mercy! ”
Bang Dang!
After speaking, Xuanyuan Chunqiu slammed his head on the ground, and his head was not raised, just waiting for Xuanyuan Ancestor to respond.
"Spring and Autumn, you usually come quickly and steadily, and you also know the temper of the ancestor, why do you want to do this today?" Seeing that Xuanyuan Chunqiu also came out to plead, the ancestor still asked in a cold voice.
Xuanyuan Chunqiu, who was kneeling on the ground, did not raise his head, and said directly: "Don't dare to deceive the ancestor, the person saved by Xiaoyu is also the life-saving benefactor of Chunqiu." The last time the Blood Demon Demon Monk attacked, it was this person who rushed to help my Xuanyuan family regardless of his own safety, this person's ancestor, you have also seen it, it is the person named Xu Yang! Please also ask the ancestor to give you a divine object for the sake of your relationship with this person! ”
"Please give the Qilin heart to the ancestor!" Xiaoyu also knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
The room was quiet again, and the two kneeling on the ground didn't see it, and Xuanyuan Old Ancestor's deep and dark eyes suddenly ignited a flame, and they were extinguished again in surprise, as if they had never appeared.
"Well, that person's ancestor has some impressions, he is indeed a good child......" Xuanyuan Ancestor seemed to recall the situation when he met Xu Yang, and then said, "What happened to that child, you and I will tell you slowly." ”
Seeing that things were still turning around, Xiaoyu told Xu Yang about his participation in the operation and being injured by the blood clan, and also told the diagnosis of Xu Yang by his predecessors. After listening to these things again throughout the whole process, Xuanyuan Chunqiu was also in a cold sweat.
Now Xu Yang can be said to be in danger, and the situation is very urgent, but in the face of Xuanyuan Ancestor's unhurried and unhurried character, the two of them have no way at all.
Hearing the whole thing, Xuanyuan Ancestor still had a cold expression, but the hand that was as dry as a branch put down the rough little wooden sword, and opened his own sheets, and a huge rosewood box appeared underneath.
The box is more than 1.5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 80 centimeters high, and the outside is exquisitely made of rosewood, depicting the dragon nine son pattern and the above, lifelike and fascinating. The moment the box appeared, Xuanyuan Chunqiu and Xiaoyu seemed to hear a rhythmic pop sound in the entire room.
Poof! Poof! ……
The rhythm is very distinct, powerful and powerful, it sounds like a person's heart is beating, but this voice is even stronger. Although the rosewood box did not move, both of them knew that the item in it should be the legendary unicorn heart.
"Get up, you two, this is what you want!" Xuanyuan Old Ancestor's frosted voice spoke again and said to Xiaoyu, "You can take the things, but this token is going to be confiscated!" You go back and tell the current generation first, the grievances and grievances are clear, and they are like strangers! Spring and autumn, send off guests for me! ”
Xiaoyu and Xuanyuan Chunqiu did not open the inspection, after all, the identity of Xuanyuan Ancestor was there, no matter what was in this box, people would not bully a junior and a grandson of their own. After all, the name of Xuanyuan Ancestor is loud everywhere.
The rosewood box is indeed too big, and it should contain a beating heart. Although I don't know how Xuanyuan Ancestor managed to preserve a heart, but this is no longer important to Xiaoyu, as a power ability, Xiaoyu walked to the bed and saluted Xuanyuan Ancestor respectfully, grabbed the box and left!
She's afraid! She was really afraid that the ancestor would regret it, and she would miss the opportunity to save Xu Yang at that time. I succeeded, I really asked for something that could not exist in this legend, Xiaoyu didn't care how this thing came about, as long as she could save Xu Yang, it would be enough.
Xuanyuan Chunqiu originally wanted to go up to help Xiaoyu, but when he saw that this little girl easily lifted the rosewood box and left, he could only help a little more, and the two of them left the ancestor's retreat room like this.
After the two left, the heavy door closed directly. The old ancestor changed from an old man who was about to rot wood to a young and handsome young man in a few breaths, where is there still a little old man.
Looking at the direction in which the box was moved, Xuanyuan Ancestor laughed loudly and uncontrollably: "Hahahaha! It's finally coming, the day is finally coming. The heavens and the earth will no longer be able to shut me up, and the world will be completely surrendered to my feet...... Once, you took everything I had. Now, let your children and grandchildren pay the price! Hahaha, the final moment is coming, I see how long you can keep me in lock!? ”
The young Xuanyuan Ancestor spoke a little incoherently, and was also full of disgust for this world, and from his mouth, it could be heard that the place he was staying in now should be a cage for him, not a place for retreat and cultivation. Unfortunately, only he could hear these words......
The stars in the sky, the endless universe. This may be a corner of the universe, where you can see extremely beautiful planets of all colors, as well as a variety of magnificent planetary belts changing colors.
Such a scene should exist in the void of the universe, but I saw a figure not far away looking left and right, as if looking for something.
This figure is none other than Xu Yang.
"How is this place a little similar to the place where I first saw my cheap big brother Northeast Sword King?" Xu Yang didn't know why he was here, he had been wandering here for hours, but he found that the scenery around him was unpredictable, and he couldn't touch any of the stars no matter how he walked.
Xu Yang clearly remembered that he seemed to be hit by a ball of blood light in the final battle with Hattori Hanzo, and then the blood in his entire body seemed to be violently gone. He used the inner part of his body to suppress constantly, but he could only suppress the blood in the limbs, and no matter how he operated his body, he was helpless in the position of the heart.
Wait, it seems that I ended up over-depleting inside, and I fell into a coma. Could this be my dream?
Thinking that he might be unconscious in the real world, Xu Yang hurriedly tried to find a way to wake himself up. First, I pinched myself with my hands, but found that although it was very painful, I didn't mean to wake up at all. Then learn to fall backwards and naturally to see if you can stimulate your body's instinctive fear and wake up, but it still doesn't work......
After trying more than ten methods in one go, Xu Yang found that he couldn't leave this bright starry sky, and as a result, he could only wander around here aimlessly.
"I'm not going to be imprisoned here for decades like that hapless big brother, am I?" Suddenly, Xu Yang thought of the scene when he first saw the Northeast Sword King.
It was also a similar starry sky, and the excited expression of the Northeast Sword King when he saw him made Xu Yang unforgettable. Although it is difficult for Xu Yang to accept the character of some middle two middle school students of the Northeast Sword King, considering that a person has not been autistic in that environment, he can be regarded as a hero, and a little flaw in his personality is not a problem.
But if this thing happens to me, it's a bit scary. Xu Yang is not a person who can stay alone and quietly for decades, or how many such people are there in all mankind?
After tossing for a long time, and finding that he couldn't leave this area, Xu Yang simply sat down. That's right, just sit cross-legged in this bright starry sky, and then ...... Start counting the stars in the distance.
This was really boring, and Xu Yang couldn't find anything he could do, so he could only find a nebula belt that looked fairly clear first, and then looked at the light spots one by one and began to count them boringly.
"One, two, three...... One hundred and one, one hundred and two...... Twenty three million six hundred seventy-six, one hundred thirty thousand six hundred seventy-two...... Three six million five hundred seventy one thousand, three thousand six hundred seventy seven thousand and two ......"
Xu Yang didn't know how much time had passed, and he found that he was mentally abnormal when he was counting these stars. No matter how many numbers he counted, there was no confusion, and the stars he had counted would have a line in his mind to distinguish them, and each time he counted them, he would dial one over them, and he could clearly distinguish in his mind which stars in this nebula had been counted.
"Whew...... I was so bored that I counted all the stars in this little nebula! 12,3619,856, it turns out that there are so many stars in this nebula, and it looks like a shining lump from a distance, it is really shipped! Xu Yang, who counted the stars to pass the time, said boredly.
However, after counting the stars this time, instead of feeling tired, he felt a little excited. The reason is that he feels that he has an inexplicable affinity for these stars, and that he has counted so many of them, that he didn't pause at all, why didn't he realize that he had this talent before?
"No, even if I count a star a second, how long have I been here?" With Xu Yang's rough mathematics, he also came up with a terrifying thing, setting up himself to count one star in a second, then he would have to count more than three years of 120 million stars, could it be that he has already passed three years?
If you think about it, these decades are the time for me to count a few nebulae, and think about the feeling of being settled when I count the stars, Xu Yang actually has a touch of pride in his heart!
"Hehe, it seems that the past few decades have been quite good...... Next, find a large nebula and count ......"