Chapter 45: Bloody Memories
"For a long time? How long is that? Looking at that clear face and listening to the familiar voice, Ding Xiaolan suddenly felt that Qi Lu's words just now made her collapse completely.
"It's been a long time......"
Ding Xiaolan was overwhelmed by this sudden answer, and her expressionless face just stiffened, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" ”
"It's my fault, I should have told you sooner." Qi Lu's language expression has a sense of strangeness, which is clumsy that has never been before.
"Okay, Xiao Ding will talk about something later, I'll invite you to dinner." Lao Wu wasted no time in coming over to pull her, but Ding Xiaolan felt that her feet were filled with lead and she couldn't move a step.
Lao Wu whispered in her ear: "It's not easy for the husband and wife to reunite, don't disturb others." ”
Hesitating, Ding Xiaolan was dragged out of the Kunlun office by Lao Wu, and before going out, she vaguely heard his wife whispering: "Yo, I can't see that you are very popular with girls." ”
"There, don't think about it." Qi Lu's words seemed to be very aggrieved.
Yes, very aggrieved! Ding Xiaolan stomped her foot and said to Lao Wu angrily: "I want to go to the most expensive hotel and eat the best food!" ”
"Oh my aunt, can't I promise you?"
Lao Wu looked like an eggplant and got into the cab. "There is no reason in this world, and the apprentice blackmails the master."
In the hotel, Ding Xiaolan had a lot of dishes in front of her, but she didn't have any appetite, and her hands were playing with chopsticks boringly.
"Hey, I said beauty, order so many dishes, can you finish eating?"
"If I can't finish eating, I'll feed the dogs!" Ding Xiaolan glared at Lao Wu viciously.
"Alas, you can't be unhappy with money when you lose your temper!" Lao Wu cried with a sad face, took out a wine jug and drank stuffy wine.
"Anyway, it's not me who pays for it, I like to waste, what can you do to me!" Ding Xiaolan looked unrelenting.
"Okay, beauty, don't treat me as a bag, what kind of anger are you."
"I ...... I ......" Ding Xiaolan stammered, she didn't know what was going on in her mind, and suddenly remembered that she was eating here, what was Qi Lu doing? Could the dog man and woman be doing that in bed?
Ding Xiaolan's face suddenly became hot, and she tried her best to control herself not to think about it, but the more involuntarily she thought about it, the more she blushed. She couldn't help but touch her face, but she touched the silk scarf around her neck.
As soon as she touched this soft thing, the fire in her heart rose, and she tore it off three times and threw it on the ground, still feeling incomprehensible and hateful, and stepped on it with her feet.
"Huh." Lao Wu chuckled, and then said seriously: "I'm still losing my temper, forget it, I originally wanted to talk about Qi Lu's life experience, but now it seems that I don't need to." ”
"Ahh Tell me about it. "Even if you are angry, you can't resist the curiosity of gossip, this is a common problem of women.
"Aren't you angry, let's talk about it another day."
"Why don't you tell me what's going on with Qi Lu's wife." This sentence seems to be said by biting his lip.
"His wife, her name is Yu Zhen...... "Lao Wu said slowly: "She used to be one of the best beauties in Kunlun Sacred Mountain, and this kid didn't know how to marry her." ”
Ding Xiaolan listened with interest, but Lao Wu stopped abruptly.
"That's it, at least you have to tell me how they met, how a poor boy like Qi Lu hooked up with a fairy."
"Huh?" Lao Wu looked at her with incredible eyes, and only after a while did he shake his head and say, "How did I teach you such a stupid apprentice." ”
"Hey, what do you mean!" It's just that it's sweet that lasts for a few minutes, and Ding Xiaolan is now angry again by Lao Wu's words.
Lao Wu did not accommodate her this time, but said in a serious tone that he had never seen before: "I think you have seen too many stories of "Tianxian Pei" and "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", but unfortunately, many mythological stories are deceitful." ”
"What do you mean by that......" Ding Xiaolan suddenly felt her heart fall again.
"Being able to marry a fairy as a wife can only be done by a fairy."
"No...... What did you say! Like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Ding Xiaolan looked at Lao Wu in a daze, she suddenly remembered what the mirage demon Hu Lei had said that night, he said that Qi Lu was the son of a half-human and half-demon, and now, Lao Wu actually said......
"Lao Wu is right."
A voice suddenly sounded behind Ding Xiaolan, and she turned around to look in shock, only to find that Qi Lu had been standing behind her for some time.
"I beg your pardon, there are some things that I should have told you a long time ago." Qi Lu's words were still so gentle, but there was no longer that familiar grin on his face, and he moved a chair to sit beside Ding Xiaolan.
The two looked at each other like this, and after a long time, Qi Lu turned his gaze to smallpox, his gaze was dodging, but his tone was resolute as never before. "I am indeed a member of the Kunlun gods, not only me, but also Lao Wu."
"No, it's impossible, didn't you say you're a soul crosser?"
"Well, don't you understand?" Qi Lu sighed: "There is no such title as a soul crosser in this world, and there has never been a record of a soul crosser in history, don't you think it's strange?" ”
Ding Xiaolan felt that her brain was exploding, but reality forced her to listen patiently.
"Because the soul crossers are a forgotten race of gods. It is the general name of the Kunlun gods for the descendants of the combination of human gods or demons, and it is also a general name for the descendants of those gods who have lost their divine power. This time it was Lao Wu who spoke, and he had already put down the flask in his hand.
"You...... You're confusing me. Ding Xiaolan paused for a moment, and then said, "You just told me that you are a god." ”
Ding Xiaolan couldn't believe what Qi Lu said, every bit of getting along with him in the past year came to mind, if he was really a god, how could he still use charms like a human being, and how he was often embarrassed when he got rid of demons, this couldn't be explained at all.
"My situation with Lao Wu is a bit special."
"No, didn't you say that the gods of Kunlun were all killed in the last catastrophe?" Ding Xiaolan seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw.
Qi Lu suddenly put his mouth to her ear: "Do you want to know the facts, please close your eyes." ”
"Close your eyes?" Ding Xiaolan hesitated, and what caught her eyes was Qi Lu's eyes that were as clear as water, as if they had magical power, and she closed her eyes obediently.
Suddenly, the wind was rolling in her ears, and she had a very strange feeling, as if she was traveling through a sea of clouds, and as if she was walking in the universe. She opened her eyes curiously, but Qi Lu's wide right hand was vigorously blocking her eyes, so that she couldn't see half of the scene clearly.
"Okay, look at the current Kunlun." Qi Lu finally let go of the hand covering her forehead.
Ding Xiaolan opened her eyes hesitantly, her hands shaking slightly.
The sky was black with clouds, and she was in a high mountain that connected the sky and the earth below, and the smell of fish was blowing in her face all around.
Her feet were littered with broken bricks and rubble, and occasionally broken bones of unknown humans or animals were revealed. The whole mountain was covered with charred mud and there was no grass. Only a few charred trees were next to each other, like monsters with fangs and claws.
Everything here is a dead existence, and there is no breath of any living creature except for the three of them. There is no joy and no pain, and even feelings don't seem to exist.
Suddenly, the wind was blowing, and Ding Xiaolan heard distant roars, wails, and many other sounds that she couldn't distinguish. The layers of black clouds that piled up in the sky changed with strange noises, and disintegrated into countless inhuman creatures, some as holy as angels, others with abominable faces.
They fought each other in the sky, and from time to time they were cut off and their legs fell off, Ding Xiaolan subconsciously dodged, but found that these limbs turned into nothingness as soon as they touched the ground.
"This is Ragnarok, the ultimate battle of gods and demons." Qi Lu's voice was hoarse and crying.
Ding Xiaolan couldn't help but shudder, feeling that something was crashing into her body, she hurriedly looked down at her body, but everything was instantly silent, and there were still layers of black clouds in the sky, and there was no movement.
Just when Ding Xiaolan was relieved, the earth underwent a change.
Countless warriors in battle armor emerged from various corners of the mountain, crowded like ant colonies, their weapons fighting against the swarming monsters. The sound of fighting sounded again and again, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood, so strong that Ding Xiaolan couldn't help but want to vomit.
"Please, Qi Lu, take me away!" Ding Xiaolan could no longer control her emotions, and she cried and fell into Qi Lu's arms.
Qi Lu gently closed her eyes with his hand, and the wind whistled. When she opened her eyes again, she found that she was back in her hotel seat, the food was still warm, and if it weren't for the tears in her eyes, she couldn't believe that what she had just seen was a real phantom.
"It's ridiculous, praying for the blessings of the gods all day long, but I didn't expect the gods to be around." When she said this, Ding Xiaolan seemed to hear her voice echoing in her ancient memory, and those bits and pieces of the Kunlun office came to her heart again.
"I'm sorry, we shouldn't have been hiding it from you for so long." Qi Lu's confidence is obviously insufficient.
"Huh." Ding Xiaolan laughed convulsively, feeling like a clown in a burlesque. "I used to believe so much, I believed that I would become a soul master like you, but it turned out that the bloodline had already been sentenced to death."
"No, it's not like that, you listen to me, beauty."
"Need an explanation?" Ding Xiaolan smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I should thank you for hiding me for so long." Because once the truth is known, there is no need for me to stay in the Kunlun office. Because...... I don't deserve it. ”
"No, there's a reason why we're together in the middle of nowhere......"
"Actually, you don't have to leave." A delicate voice sounded beside Qi Lu, and Yu Yu didn't know when she had appeared in front of everyone, and her slender hand was gently placed on Qi Lu's shoulder.
Qi Lu glanced up at her, and stopped talking, but finally lowered his head and remained silent.
"Though human beings are copies of our gods in their own image, they are also among the multitude. Moreover, compared to all things, human beings have the same quality as God, that is, wisdom, which is not something that other living beings have. She seemed to be smiling, and there was an unpredictable look in her eyes.
"The entire universe, as small as your current office, should not ignore the existence of human beings. So you should stay, as long as the demons in this world are still rampant, you should stay and help us. ”
"I ...... I'm tired and I'm going home to rest. I don't know what's going on, although Fei Zhen's words are keeping herself, Ding Xiaolan is extremely harsh when she hears it.
"That'...... I'll send him down. Lao Wu stood up awkwardly and followed Ding Xiaolan.
"Husband, take me tomorrow to pick out some good clothes, I can't always wear your man's clothes to be embarrassed." Fei Zhen gently hugged Qi Lu's waist and was coquettish to him.
"Ah......" Qi Lu was perfunctory, but his eyes looked at Ding Xiaolan's departing back, and he frowned thoughtfully.
Under the dining table, the silk scarf discarded by Ding Xiaolan had shrunk into a ball at some point, turned into a butterfly, and flew away quietly under their noses.