thirty-nine

The morning light is slightly cool, and through the bead curtain, it gently shines into Zhi'er's boudoir.

Xiao Yuan sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, holding Zhi'er's hand, guarding all night.

Zhi'er was curled up in the corner of the couch, her eyebrows tightly locked, trembling slightly, obviously overfrightened, and sleeping unsteadily.

"Xiao Yuan?" Zhi'er suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, and looked at the man beside the bed, her tone as cold as ice.

Xiao Yuan was startled, came back to his senses, and saw Zhi'er's expressionless face, and his heart couldn't help but tingle.

Zhi'er withdrew her cold wrist from Xiao Yuan's hand, but she didn't say anything to scold, Xiao Yuan was also uneasy in her heart, speechless for a while, the two stared at each other silently, and the air around them seemed to have dropped to freezing.

"Poof" Zhi'er suddenly laughed, her eyes lit up again, she opened her arms, and in Xiao Yuan's stunnedness, she threw herself into Xiao Yuan's arms with a look of attachment.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, Zhi'er is now alone, so sad, Zhi'er is the only one left, you are left, you take Zhi'er away."

"Okay, I'll take you away! I will not abandon you. Xiao Yuan hugged Zhi'er with joy as if he had been granted amnesty, but Zhi'er's next sentence knocked Xiao Yuan's heart down the ice valley and became disillusioned.

"There's a bad guy named Liao Yuan who killed my father. In a year's time, are you good at teaching me martial arts? A year later, I will kill Liao Yuan with my own hands and avenge my father. ”

Two lines of tears flowed down from Xiao Yuan's eyes, hugging Zhi'er, his voice choked, and he spit out the word "good" with difficulty.

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forty

Ruoxuan listened and let out a long sigh.

Everyone in the world is cloudy, and the drama sings absurdly, but this mundane thing is still excessive.

Xue Yi is like this, and Xiao Yuan and Cheng Zhier are the same.

"Gao Mansion and Cheng Mansion were seized by the government on the second day, Xiao Yuan and Zhi'er took me and stayed away from that sad place. Settle down in the wilderness on the outskirts of the city, build a thatched hut in the mountains and forests, and live a mountain life. ”

"Although I had long since recovered from my wounds, I could not reassure them, so I stayed with them and took care of them. They didn't put me in a cage anymore and happily included me in their lives again. Occasionally, there is a fierce beast mountain charm in the middle of the night, so he drives it away, protecting the two of them thoroughly, and it can be regarded as a slight revenge for saving his life. ”

"The life after the retreat, is strangely calm and stable, the two sunrise and sunset and rest, although there is no husband and wife, but they also respect each other like guests, and love each other very much. Just ......"

Ruoxuan had already guessed the words: "It's just that the one-year period is coming"

"That's exactly the case, so when I heard the news released by His Holiness, I decided to come here and exchange the news of the 'Emperor's Platform' for the Great Dao Spirit Wine with the effect of resurrection."

"Your Excellency wants to bring that Cheng Cheng back to life?" Hearing this, Ruoxuan frowned and put down the copper cup in his hand.

"His Holiness is wise." The old man in the linen robe stood up and moved.

"No, what has happened has become a fixed number, the avenue is natural, has its own rules of operation, involves a wide range of things, and cannot be tampered with. Besides, judging from the matter of Cheng Zhi'er and Xiao Yuan, not to mention that Cheng Cheng's resurrection is unfair to Xiao Yuan, where should Zhi'er go? For both of them, it's not necessarily a good thing. ”

"What His Holiness said, the little demon naturally understands. But Cheng Cheng's resurrection can at least prevent Xiao Yuan and Cheng Zhier from killing each other! The one-year period is approaching, and the little demon begs His Holiness to fulfill it! The old man in the linen robe bowed down to Ruoxuan and bowed to tears.

"Your Excellency, get up. The two of them are just mortals, and your Excellency is not shallow, why do you want to do such a thing for the two of them? ”

"It's a long story, so we have to start with the 'platform of the emperors'......"

In ancient times, the water gods were bewitched by the slanderous words of the fierce beasts and willows, and harmed the human world with monstrous floods. Dayu rose up to the might, defeated the Gonggong, imprisoned and exiled, and cut down the nine heads of the fierce beast Xiangliu, and turned the bloody depression of Xiangliu into a pool of blood, piled up soil into a platform, gathered the power of the Emperor of the Five Directions, and gave the Great Array of Sealing Demons, and suppressed Xiangliu in it. The gods of the heavenly realm called it "the platform of the emperors".

This is the origin of the "Emperor's Platform", and since then, for thousands of years, all kinds of evil demons with amazing powers have been suppressed one after another. And on the "Platform of the Emperors", there is a golden luan bird cast by Jinze Divine Iron as the eye of the array, which has maintained the normal operation of the Great Demon Sealing Array for thousands of years.

"The Golden Luan Bird, which is the eye of the Great Demon Sealing Array, is the little demon." The old man in the linen robe got up, his eyes were blank, reminiscing about the past.

"The little demon was originally the ornament on the chariot under the seat of Xuanyuan, the head of the Emperor of the Five Directions, and followed the Emperor Xuanyuan to fight in the Quartet in ancient times. After the Five Emperors made up for the Demon Sealing Array to suppress the fierce beast Xiangliu, under the repeated request of King Yu, they arranged me in the middle of the Great Array to maintain the operation of the Demon Sealing Great Array as the eye of the array. ”

"Thousands of years have passed, and the little demon has been favored by the laws of the Great Dao and has cultivated his thinking and divine sense. The little demon knows the weight of his own responsibility, and has always maintained the operation of the big array, and has never left. The 'Terrace of the Emperors' is located in the extreme north of the Stygian Sea, where there is no day, no day or night, and everywhere you can see, there is barren and dead silence, and there is chaos. Since I have cultivated my divine consciousness, I have naturally suffered from the torment of loneliness and despair for thousands of years. ”

"That kind of lonely torture continued until ten years ago, when the 'platform of the emperors' changed."

"On that day, as usual, I instilled the divine power left by the Five Heavenly Emperors into the Great Array to maintain the operation of the Great Array. Suddenly, a monstrous resentment swept in, and the heavens and the earth suddenly fell into darkness. ”

"In the darkness, the little demon vaguely saw a figure dressed in red, floating above the big array, waving his hand, pulling me out of the big array with his magical powers, and frantically absorbing the divine power of the Five Heavenly Emperors stored in my body."

"When the little demon's divine power was exhausted and the divine form was about to dissipate, the sealing array was also destroyed, the seal was lifted, and many of the evil demons suppressed broke through the formation and escaped. The red-clothed figure was knocked back by the majestic evil aura that broke out of the formation, and the little demon also took the opportunity to break away from the clutches of the devil and quickly escaped. It's just that because of this, he was contaminated with extremely strong demonic qi and fell into the demon path.

"I have fallen into the Demon Dao, and I have not been able to hold the Demon Sealing Array, and I have no shame to return to the Heavenly Realm, so I hid in the depths of the Falling Abyss Valley, trying to try to eliminate the Demon Qi around me. As for the whereabouts of the evil things that escaped from the 'Emperor's Terrace' later, the little demon didn't know, and he hadn't heard of the news that a large number of demons had brought disaster to the world in the past few years after the accident. I only vaguely remember that among the many evil things that broke through the great array at that time, there were three extremely terrifying auras, which were different from the demonic aura of the evil things that covered the sky, and those three weird auras exuded extremely evil and violent demonic qi. The strong demonic qi on the little demon's body came from this, so that it became the down-and-out appearance of the godhead and the demonic qi coexisting today. ”

"The change of the 'Emperor's Terrace' happened ten years ago? Isn't that not much different from the time when the three masters calculated the extremely evil omen? For thousands of years, the Heavenly Realm has continuously dispatched heavenly soldiers and gods to capture the great demons with amazing powers by means of thunder, in exchange for the current situation that all demons and evil are dormant and hidden, and the world is peaceful and peaceful. It's just that the 'Emperor's Platform', which suppresses many demons, has become a huge hidden danger, and the 'Demon Lord' who is now born is bound to be inextricably linked with the earth-shattering changes of the 'Emperor's Platform', and the earth-shattering catastrophe calculated by the three masters will inevitably come from this. It's just that what are the three weird auras that emitted magic qi that Jin Luan said in his mouth? Ruo Xuan heard the story of the old man in the hemp robe, and fell into deep thought, and now he has roughly figured out the origin of the "demon lord", but it has led to a deeper secret. The fog weighs down the scalp numbly.

"As for what happened later, the two of them already knew that after leaving the 'platform of the emperors', the little demon had been hiding in the Abyss Valley, and had never done anything that hurt the heavens and reason, but I don't know why the two Taoist priests were so murderous to the little demon, and the little demon couldn't bear to fight back against the two mortals, so he began a long escape, so that he was injured and fell in front of Zhi'er's eyes."

"The above is the news that the little demon brought to His Holiness about the 'Emperor's Terrace'. In order to protect the peace of the Three Realms, after enduring thousands of years of loneliness and despair, and suffering from a long pursuit, the little demon has long been physically and mentally exhausted, and has lost hope in the Three Realms. It was Zhi'er and Xiao Yuan who took good care of me, and they saved my life, but unexpectedly, the two of them suffered this catastrophe. The little demon really doesn't want to watch the two kill each other, and just wants them to live well. ”

Speaking of this, the old man in the linen robe also choked with tears. Although he only had a few words about Cheng Xiao and the others, he could also listen to them, in the old man's heart, how important the two were. It was the kindness of the two that touched the old man, coupled with the grace of saving his life, so that his heart, which was originally buried by loneliness and despair, saw a glimmer of light again.

"Huh...... Your good intentions, Ruo Xuan understands, but to bring the dead back to life, Ruo Xuan must not do such a thing against the sky. Ruoxuan listened to the old man's story, buried his head in silence for a while, and then said calmly.

"Venerable ......" The old man was about to speak, but was interrupted by Ruo Xuan waving his hand.

"I won't make a move to resurrect Cheng Cheng, and this move won't solve the problem. However, there is another way to prevent the two from killing each other, that is: using the power of spiritual wine to make the two forget each other, and naturally there will be no revenge in their hearts. ”

"Yes...... Hey, at least you can keep your names, this ...... It is indeed the only way. In the end, the old man had no choice but to compromise.

"However, Your Excellency has to agree to Ruoxuan's several conditions. First, I can't give you the Great Dao Spirit Wine directly, you try to tell the two of them to tell this place, and let the two of them come and get the Spirit Wine by themselves, with Your Excellency's cultivation, this is not difficult. Second, after the dream of the two of them, come or not, the two of them decide for themselves, you leave temporarily, and come back after the expiration of one year, and you cannot forcibly interfere in this matter. As for the reason, I will naturally let your Excellency know after this matter is settled. ”

"Yes! The little demon is here, thank you for your great kindness! ”

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forty-one

"Zhi'er, I'm back. Today's harvest is not very good" Xiao Yuan carried four hares on his back and pushed open the fence of the small courtyard of the thatched hut.

Xiao Yuan went into the mountains to hunt every day, and then sent it to the city gate to sell, and Zhi'er washed and cleaned at home and dried furs, which was the daily life of the two in the mountains and wilderness in the past year.

"Brother has worked hard, sit down and drink saliva." Zhi'er walked out of the back room, holding a bowl of cold water in her hand. Although she was dressed in coarse linen clothes, a year of life in the mountains and wilderness did not leave a mark on Zhi'er's appearance, and she was still so white and beautiful, playful and moving.

Xiao Yuan took the bowl, sat on the wooden chair in the courtyard and drank water, Zhi'er picked up the two hares and walked into the back room.

"Brother come in and eat after drinking water, it's all ready, just waiting for you."

"Okay, here." Xiao Yuan got up and followed him to the inner room, and before entering the door, he looked back at the wooden stake standing in the courtyard.

It is densely carved with knife marks, and there are 353 in total.

Zhi'er carves knife marks on wooden stakes every day, and there are only three days left before the annual period of 355 days.

Xiao Yuan retracted his gaze and turned to enter the door, a faint sadness flashing in his eyes.

Two bowls of vegetables and one meal, for a year, the life of the two of them has been very hard.

Xiao Yuan kept silent about the one-year period, and Zhi'er fell from the former dignified lady of the Cheng family to a mountain village aunt overnight, but she never complained about the sad life, and took care of Xiao Yuan's diet and daily life, as if Xiao Yuan's killing of his father had never happened.

It seems that all grudges have been forgotten, and the two can love each other like this and stay together for a lifetime, except for the knife mark carved on the stake in front of the door, they are oppressing Xiao Yuan's guilt every day and night.......

In the cold winter of the lunar month, the night in the mountains and wilderness is extraordinarily quiet, the shadows of the trees are swaying, and occasionally there are one or two bursts of falling snow.

Xiao Yuan and Zhi'er lay down in their clothes and fell asleep hugging each other, but both of them frowned, obviously not sleeping peacefully.

On the windowsill of the bedroom, a golden-feathered bird stared at the person on the couch steadily, its eyes glowing with a faint golden light.

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