Chapter 39: Self-immolation
"I was drunk at the time, but I couldn't get enough of the island's exotic fruits, so I and my men set up a barbecue next to the lake on the island." Ah Wan's face darkened significantly. "I don't really know much about Bird Island, but after all, I've lived on the island for a lot of time, and I generally know the rules of birdlife, and if I'm not mistaken, most birdmen will sing by the lake in the early morning."
"Yes, that's right." Yu Ge nodded. "It's been a habit for thousands of years."
"But that day was strange, I don't know if it was because I was drunk, or if it was really something, I actually vaguely heard Bi Fang's singing......"
"It's a bit strange that the birdmen do have a regular routine on the island, and in the middle of the night, everyone rarely opens their voices, because this time it consumes a lot of energy." Yu Ge explained. "At that time, I was in the tavern, and I had to sing every night."
"Little girl, I admit that you have a very sweet singing voice." Ah Wan said endlessly. "But Bi Fang's voice is more perfect than yours, it is really an echo of the soul, ethereal, deep but can arouse the infinite enthusiasm in your heart."
Yu Ge showed a curious look. "Bi Fang's predecessor is our ancestor, and our singing skills are all her continuations, and her singing voice is naturally more beautiful than ours, but I have never heard it."
"I don't know what that song represents, but I was drunk and I thought about it." Awan said. "I thought it was Bi Fang calling me and wanted to ...... with me one last time"
Speaking of this, the smile on Ah Wan's previous face completely disappeared, turning into a surprised embarrassment. "But I went around the lake several times, but I couldn't find any sign of her. I'm sensitive to breath, and I can smell her body scent as if it's coming from the bottom of a lake. ”
I knew that the underground in Ah Wan's mouth should be the cave under the rockery that Yu Ge and I went to last night, that is, the place where Bi Fang cultivated.
"I was really dizzy at the time, if I had been sober, I would have thought that if Bi Fang really wanted to see me, she would not have squirmed. She's going to show up for me graciously, and since she can't find her, she's doing something she doesn't want anyone else to know. Awan said dejectedly. But I was so horny that I thought she was playing hide and seek with me, so I dived to the bottom of the lake to find her. ”
"Senior Awan, you are too reckless." Yu Ge looked at her awkwardly.
"We live in the water all year round, and we have a very accurate sense of the direction and speed of the current, and although my mind was chaotic at the time, I could still feel that there should be a huge space at the bottom of the lake."
Yu Ge and I looked at each other and were shocked, I didn't expect her to have such skills.
"I searched around the bottom of the water for clues, and my efforts paid off, and finally I found a small hole the size of a palm in the rock slab shell at the bottom, and there was a constant flow of heat gushing out of it." I admire that Awan's memories will be so clear, and it seems that this incident has really affected him a lot. "I turned into a little fish and got into it......"
"You! You've gotten in! Yu Ge was stunned, we were able to enter because of Bi Fang's guidance, but Ah Wan didn't know the entrance, so she actually found a new path elsewhere.
Ah Wan picked up the tea cone, took a sip into her arms, and her expression became apprehensive.
"It's horrible......"
"It's horrible!"
She suddenly muttered to herself.
"Terrible?" I asked, because the cave, as strange as I was impressed, it was not at all terrifying.
"I don't rule out that it may be a halluciation that I was drunk, but that is very unlikely, although I am not a god, I am not far off, and with my way of doing it, even if I am delirious, I can still make the simplest judgment of the outside world. I see ......" said Ah Wan suddenly paused, put the cup of bamboo leaf wine that had been in front of Yu Ge for a long time to her lips, and drank it bitterly.
"I saw a big cave, full of fire, karmic fire raging, like hell on earth! Bi Fang was standing in the center, but as soon as I entered, she ......" Ah Wan swallowed slowly. She suddenly stopped singing, let out a deafening scream, and then turned into a dazzling fire and ...... herself Self-immolation. ”
"Self-immolation?" It's a strange word, and I can't figure it out.
"Everything I said was true, Bi Fang really set himself on fire, accompanied by a deafening scream. And......" Awan paused. "And that cave is really weird, as soon as I enter, I feel that the whole person is weak, and the Tao is gone."
Yu Ge was as skeptical of Awan's words as I was. "Senior, I know that you shouldn't lie about this kind of thing, but all kinds of details make me really can't fully trust you, Izumi and I have also been there, although it is hot, but it is not as bad as you say, and I can't believe that Bi Fang's senior self-immolation."
"Yes, I feel the same way." I chimed in.
"Hey. It's really hard to believe this, which is why I can't clear my way of jumping into the Yellow River for years in the matter of assassinating Bi Fang. "Ah Wan looked very sad." My description may be a bit exaggerated, you can not believe it, but since you said that you saw Bi Fang on the island, then the fact that I assassinated Bi Fang can be overturned. ”
I nodded. "Yes, it doesn't really matter if what you said about self-immolation is true or not, at least you didn't kill her."
Ah Wan sighed deeply. "Then what happened to me after that is really bitter and bitter."
"Bi Fang's scream resounded throughout the island and lured your mother over." Ah Wan glanced at Yu Ge sadly. "She flew to the cave and saw this scene, almost lost her mind, and insisted that I assassinated her because Bi Fang did not agree to the alliance of the Dragon Palace, she attacked me angrily, I had no strength at that time, naturally I couldn't beat her, and I was bruised all over the place by her, and tied up."
"It must have been a misunderstanding." Yu Ge said uneasily.
"I hope so, little girl, you don't have to take what I say next to heart, because this is also my guess, just as they suspected that I killed Bi Fang, I also suspected that your mother secretly killed Bi Fang in order to be the leader of the Birdman Clan!" Ah Wan suddenly became serious. "Because she was so sure that I killed Bi Fang, and she also arrested all my men with great vigour, it was too fast."
"No, although she has a bad temper, she will definitely not do such a thing. None of our people would do such a betrayal thing! Yu Ge retorted excitedly.
"Okay, why don't you worry too much about this matter now, since Bi Fang is still alive." Ah Wan smiled bitterly.