Chapter 5: The Fierce God Bears Two Burdens
Lao Wu also noticed this secret, he turned on the flashlight again, and walked straight to the stone statue, before he walked in front of it, he couldn't help but scream, and hurriedly beckoned Qi Lu to come and check.
When Qi Lu came to Lao Wu's side, he also had a shocked look, because this monster stone statue was exactly the same as the monster he had seen when he rescued Lao Wu in the cave, the only difference was that the guy in front of him was much smaller in shape.
Under the reflection of the moonlight, Qi Lu found that the four stone claws of the stone statue were also grasping a person, but it was not a living person but a stone statue like a monster. Qi Lu hurriedly shone the flashlight on the stone man's head, but was surprised to find that the facial features of its face had been chiseled flat, leaving only uneven holes.
"It seems that the guy who carved the stone statue didn't want anyone else to know the true identity of the stone man." Lao Wu said softly.
Qi Lu gasped and moved the flashlight down, taking a closer look at the stone man's entire body, and finally found that he could no longer find any useful clues except for the fact that he could judge that the stone man was an ancient person before the Shang Dynasty from his clothes.
Qi Lu couldn't help but sigh and said, "Forget it, let's continue to hurry and get out of this ghost forest as soon as possible." ”
"Well, it's not worth it to waste a lot of time here." Lao Wu nodded in agreement.
But as soon as they turned to leave, the man's moaning/moaning that they had just heard sounded behind them again, this time so close that it seemed to come from the mouth of the stone statue.
"Who's talking?" Qi Lu turned around and looked at it.
"Hurry up, save me!" The voice said, "Before the dawn of the gods comes, I must atone for my sins!" ”
When Qi Lu heard this voice, he was surprised to find that the stone figure suddenly opened its eyes, and there was a golden light in its eyes.
"Who are you?" Qi Lu hurriedly pressed the golden rainbow sword against the throat of the stone statue to prevent it from turning into a living person and sneaking up on him.
"O mountain god of Kunlun, I have been waiting for you here for five thousand years, quickly free me from the sea of suffering." Its mouth is also revealed as it speaks, and its tone is akin to pleading.
"Do you know who I am?" Qi Lu looked at him with a little puzzled and compassionate. "Tell me who you are!"
"I was condemned to heaven, and Our Lady could not bear to let me sink into the sea of suffering, so she sent down a prophetic parable, telling me that I would be saved by you." The mysterious stone man did not answer Qi Lu's question directly.
"Why should I believe you?"
"In the name of Kunlun, I will never lie to you." The stone man said bitterly, "Rescue me quickly, I really can't bear it anymore." ”
Qi Lu got closer, but he still couldn't recognize the identity of this god based on the stone man's eyes and mouth alone, so he had to look at Lao Wu for help.
"I don't recognize who he is, you can do it yourself." Lao Wu kicked the ball back to Qi Lu.
"Why don't you tell me who you are? Did you have a grudge against me before? Qi Lu asked again.
Shiren raised his head and said in an unusually painful tone: "I do have a little holiday with you, I hope you don't care about the previous grievances, save me from the sea of suffering!" ”
"Well, tell me, how can I save you?" Seeing his pitiful appearance, Qi Lu was a little unbearable.
"Cut off the claws of the stone beast, and I will be able to return to my place."
"Okay, but I warn you, if you lie to me, I promise you won't live to see the sun tomorrow." Qi Lu gritted his teeth, clenched the golden rainbow sword in his hand tighter, and after he took a deep breath, he swung his sword and slashed towards the claws of the stone statue!
The golden light was overflowing, and the four arms of the monster were cut off by Qi Lu and fell to the ground and turned into dust and disappeared with the wind, and a terrible scream suddenly came out of the monster's mouth, and its huge body fell to the ground with a bang, so frightened that Qi Lu and Lao Wu quickly jumped back, and then stared at the ugly creature and smashed it to the ground, stirring up the dust on the ground.
The stone man who had escaped from the trap became taller in Qi Lu's sight, and the layers of stone skins on the surface of his body fell down one after another, revealing a burly figure dressed in black, and the golden light in his eyes was quietly extinguished.
It only lasted for dozens of seconds, and the man disappeared, and Qi Lu suddenly felt like he had been deceived.
"What's the matter, didn't you even say thank you and ran away?" Lao Wu also got angry.
"It's me who is too gullible." Qi Lu regretted it.
"No, I'm not leaving."
Not far away, under the shadow of the big tree, a man's figure walked out, Qi Lu and Lao Wu couldn't see his face clearly, they could only see the eyes in the dark, full of joy and mixed with sadness.
"Thank you." The man said, "I've been waiting for a long time, but you haven't let me down. ”
"Who the hell are you?" Qi Lu's old words are recalled.
"I am a god burdened with sins, but this is not my sin, but the original sin of the Kunlun gods." With that, he lifted the cloak on his head and raised his face.
The man's face was covered in scars, and almost none of his skin was intact. The expression in it looked sad and desperate, but it was as clear as a child.
"Bastard!" As soon as Qi Lu saw his true face, he could no longer remain calm, he swung his sword at the man in a scolding voice, but his body only advanced by one centimeter, and he was held by Lao Wu.
"Why are you pulling me!" Qi Lu couldn't control his emotions and yelled at Lao Wu.
"Ah...... Xiao Qi," Lao Wu opened his mouth. "Maybe there's something hidden, let's hear what he has to say first."
Hearing Lao Wu's words, Qi Lu had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart, pointed his sword at the man in black and said sharply: "The bureau you set up in front of you is all so that I can help you escape the punishment of the Emperor of Heaven?" ”
"What you're seeing isn't the truth, I ......" The man suddenly lowered his head and bit his lip.
"Hmph, do you want to excuse yourself with rhetoric?"
Qi Lu wanted to yell at him a few more words, but Lao Wu made a gesture to signal him to control his emotions first.
The man jerked his head up. "It's because ......" he paused, his voice becoming low.
"Is it because there is an unspeakable affliction?" Lao Wu sensed the pain in his heart. "Two, that's right?"
Hearing Lao Wu call out his real name, Er's eyes became a little blurred, as if he was immersed in the memories of the past.
Er Cheng was once one of the Kunlun gods, second only to the five god kings. Because he is the bravest and best at fighting among the gods, after Hou Yi was punished by the gods and demoted to a mortal, the Emperor of Heaven and the five god kings intended to let him take over Hou Yi's position as the god of war.
But just when he was about to become the god of war, he did a great rebellion and let himself fall into the abyss of no return.
Emperor Jun has many princes, and his favorite is his youngest son Yan Long.
Yan Long is gentle and elegant, has a kind personality, and has compassion for all beings in the world. Whenever the gods made a mistake and was punished by Emperor Jun, he would take refuge and intercede, and try his best to save the gods from punishment, so he had a high prestige in the eyes of the Kunlun gods, and even the ancient god Candle Dragon, who was arrogant and unsociable by nature, accepted him as his righteous son and taught him his life's mastery.
Emperor Jun had high hopes for this beloved son, so he made him the crown prince in public at the meeting of the gods held in the Pantheon, hoping that he would lead the gods to a glorious future.
But even the Kunlun gods, and even the omniscient gods of time and space, Taizhang and Zhuhai, could not have imagined that such a prince, who was deeply loved by the gods, died in the hands of a treacherous villain.
Qi Lu still can't forget that sad day, and the whole Kunlun is immersed in grief because of Yan Long's death.
On that day, the snow that had never been seen before fell on Kunlun, freezing the entire sacred mountain, and the biting cold wind whimpered in the dark and dreary sky, as if this sunless day would continue until the end of the world.
Qi Lu, who hurried back to Kunlun after hearing the bad news, learned the truth of the incident from the mouth of the blue bird.
Ercheng has a younger brother named Wei. Jealous of Yan Long's high prestige among the gods, he instigated his brother Ercheng to kill him while the prince was inspecting the world, and later in order to cover up his crimes, the two brothers hid their bodies at the bottom of the weak river that connected to the underworld.
They thought they were doing it without knowing it, but the gods knew about it. Under his grief, Emperor Jun ordered Emperor Jin to arrest the two murderers and imprison them in the Shuzhi Mountain, where they could never come out to harm others.
As soon as he thought of this past incident that made the Three Realms sad, Qi Lu's emotions couldn't be controlled, and at this moment, he saw that he was spitting and spitting, and the anger in his heart could no longer be calmed, he raised his sword again and scolded sharply: "You thief, how can the prince treat you badly, your brother treats him like this, it's just a pig and a dog!" ”
"I have a hard time, I can't say it, I can't say it......" Erzhi had a painful look on his face.
"What can you say!" Qi Lu sensed Er's sinister intentions, and couldn't help but say with hatred: "Back then, Your Majesty once made a heavy oath pointing to the Lechuan River, saying that only when the end of the world comes, will the sins of the two of you have a chance to be washed away. So you're using intrigue to trick me into getting you out, aren't you? ”
Hearing this, Eryi trembled, and raised his chin again, but his eyes showed pride. "I never meant that, on the contrary, His Majesty told me that you would be the one who rescued me from the sea of suffering."
"You're lying!" Qi Lu jumped like thunder, took out the wooden carved blue bird from his backpack and threw it at Er's feet. "You used magic to deceive me, right?"
"I didn't!" The second negative just glanced at the wooden bird under his feet and flatly denied it.
"You still dare to quibble! Death for me, thief! ”
"Stop, listen to me!"
There was no need to wait for his answer, and at this moment, Qi Lu stabbed the sword fiercely at Eryin! Since he helped him escape, only by killing this villain can he make up for all his mistakes.