Actually, Tian Xian was just asking tentatively, after all, this was Empress Hippo, but the actual leader of the Holy Spirit Temple was not so easy to deceive, but Tian Xian didn't expect it...... The other party actually agreed.

Could it be that defeating Theros is such an amazing thing? Tian Xian couldn't help but think, after all, this time it was just a trick, and ...... By this time, Theros was almost waking up.

Or did he guess too accurately, Tian Xian suddenly panicked for no reason.

All the previous doubts came to my heart at once, and Tian Xian looked at Xibo's eyes changed slightly, this woman ...... Is it true that time is running out?

I don't know why, Tianxian always has a feeling that Hippo and Shiro, and Lingguan and Balk are different.

She cares a lot about time and she cares a lot about efficiency.

But for a man who has lived for at least two thousand years, and whose patience and endurance have reached the point of inhuman domination, this is not reasonable.

For example, the spirit officers are unhurried in many things, and although this has something to do with everything being planned, this calmness has almost been imprinted into their character.

Not like this for Hippo, not even when he met Duke before, and the man in black shirts, and Theros who he had just met, only in Hippo did he have that kind of hurry...... It was as if an invisible hand was constantly pulling her out of this world.

Tianxian couldn't help but think of her appearance.

At the beginning, Hippo was not like this, she was an absolute beauty, and it can be seen from the way she looked when she returned to her former body, but why did she become the way she is now.

If it weren't for a special reason, no one would show people like this, especially a woman who cares about her appearance.

Tian Xian didn't dare to speculate too much, because it was meaningless, and it would cause unnecessary trouble, and each of these rulers was carrying something heavy that others could not imagine.

She cares a lot about defeating Theros this time, and ...... I was anxious to know what method was used.

Tian Xian hadn't even figured out what secret he wanted to know, but Hippo really agreed.

As the actual leader of the Holy Spirit Temple, she must know a lot more secrets than the current Pope, Tianxian suddenly fell into the gold mountain, but for a while, she had no pockets, and she didn't know how to take away this huge amount of gold.

"What, do you still have any conditions?" Xibo frowned slightly, and looked at Tianxian very dissatisfied, "Little ghost, you don't want to get an inch. ”

Tian Xiangan laughed twice, "To be honest, I was just thinking about what kind of conditions I should propose, and I didn't think of anything that I had to know for a while, and you also know that after all, my father-in-law will tell me everything slowly, which is nothing more than a matter of earlier and later." ”

Hibo snorted, "That's your business, I just want to know your conditions now!"

Tian looked at Hibo playfully, crossed his hands, slowly turned his fingers, and thought......

Soon, Hippo got impatient, "Little ghost, I don't have time to rub shoulders with you here, if you don't want to talk about it, I naturally have another way to know, I just don't want any conflict between us." ”

Tian Xian hurriedly smiled, "Thank you for your kindness, I fully believe this, I have already thought of the conditions, since my father-in-law will tell me other things slowly, then I have to ask something that he can't say to me, right, Empress?"

"Whatever. ”

Tianxian pondered a little, "So...... This is a question based on your example, but I've been wondering about it for a long time, but I can't ask it because it seems to be ...... will not be answered. ”

Hippo replied lightly, "Say, as long as I can answer, I will try my best, and I will not tell lies." ”

"Thank you. ”

Clearing his throat, Tian Xian said slowly: "Now, there are still many rulers on this continent, they are human beings who have existed since ancient times, some used to be dominators, and some are just ordinary humans, but since the war of the gods, they have collectively survived and established the Holy Spirit Temple, I want to confirm this." ”

Hippo nodded briskly, "Yes, that's right, there was a war between us, you forgot to say it." ”

"Thanks for the reminder, then...... I'll get to the point, what did it cost you?"

Quietly, Hippo sat there, and his reaction to this sentence was completely zero.

Then she smiled slightly and asked indifferently: "Little ghost, what are you talking about? If you want to know something, it's best to show some sincerity to ask questions, I'm not here to accompany you." ”

Tianxian said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I also once got the guidance of a ruler, and got most of her knowledge and memory, although it is not something that I can digest, but from it I have gained a lot of ancient knowledge, and I have also learned a lot about the situation before and after the war of the gods, there is a very obvious feature about the ruler, that is...... The price!"

Empress Hippo looked at Tianxian coldly and said nothing.

Tian Xian continued: "Humans have been given the power of the gods, they have become almost immortal, they have the agency of the gods among the human beings, they are revered and respected, and they enjoy the worship of humans, but it is not without cost. ”

Slowly moving his gaze to Hippo as politely as possible, Tian Xian recounted what he knew in a calm tone, "The gods give power, but it is not gratuitous, but it requires a price, just like offering to the gods, and the gods will protect you, this is an exchange, an exchange of price, and this is how the power of the ruler is obtained." ”

"Looks like you've learned a lot from that hapless Dominator. Hippo scoffed.

"It's not a lot, but some things are important enough. Tianxian was not annoyed by Hippo's mockery, and said lightly, "And I also know that this is actually a contract, a ritual, and this price is an established way to get and give, and it is not something that anyone who wants to give divine power for free, even gods need to abide by some rules, abide by the rules of this world!"

After a pause, Tian Xian exhaled and asked, "I don't know if you can tell me that after the Great War of the Gods, a group of Dominators were created when the gods were weak, and at that time, ...... How many people are involved in this, and whether or not ...... There are a lot of victims?"

This time, Hippo's eyes twitched visibly.

"Of course, this is not the question I was meant to ask, and you can choose not to answer it, just listen to me. Tian Xian spread his hands, sighed and continued, "The gods give us strength, and we pay the price according to the conditions, this rule that even the gods can't change, we humans can't change it, so there must have been many people who paid a terrible price for it, and some ...... There must not have been any luck surviving. ”

Hippo finally narrowed his eyes and looked at Tian Xian with the eyes of a monster, "Little ghost, you really deserve to be the character that the madman fancies, you have a crazy brain like him, how did you come up with such a whimsical question, do we all have to pay the price? Since we were able to imprison some gods, we could naturally skip many processes, and this kind of contract is not worth caring about." ”

A smile tugged at the corner of Tianxian's mouth, "Oh...... Is it the Empress, what about the body of the spirit officer and the body of the knight?"

Hippo's breath was slightly choked, and he couldn't answer.

"I can't think of any way to turn the spirit officer's body into the appearance of only his hands, feet, and head, and our knight, who apparently became a living dead in order to use his current power, and his price ...... Maybe it's life, and if you can really skip those contracts, I don't think anyone wants their bodies to be like that. ”

"And ......"

Tianxian's fingers tapped lightly on the chair, considering his own words, "And there are quite a few dominators I have seen, but ...... among them There are almost no normal people, each of them seems eccentric and unacceptable to ordinary people, and all seem to have objective reasons. ”

After taking a breath and waiting for a while, seeing that Xibo still didn't mean to speak, Tian Xian had no choice but to lightly compare his fingers with the girl in front of him, "For example, you, the Empress, a character who has existed since two thousand years ago, and even has a longer life, the real builder of the Holy Spirit Temple in history, the first batch of veteran-level figures, but now it looks like she is just a young girl, and only when you use your power will you return to your youthful and beautiful appearance, just like ...... That's not what you are anymore. ”

"And the empty body of Lord Lingguan, the dead body of Mr. Knight, that Duke's flaming beard, that black-shirted man's strange voice and dry body shape, which doesn't look like a human at all, and today's Theros ......"

Tianxian stared at Hippo, "I was the last to find out, he himself...... It seems to be cold, according to my estimate he will bleed today, unfortunately he didn't bleed a drop, but I'm sure he has a wound on his body, which means he doesn't have blood, or...... The blood doesn't flow. ”

"As far as I know......"

"That's enough!" Hippo interrupted, his eyes filled with anger and a little tiredness.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but I want to know the truth. ”

Hibo looked at Tianxian in disgust, "Do you want to know other people's secrets like this? ”

Tianxian shook his head helplessly, "Your Majesty, I don't like to peep at women, I have my thoughts on these things, if you can answer, tell me the facts, if you don't want to, our deal will fall through, it's just that simple, no one will suffer, let alone anyone will be spied on." ”

Hippo looked at Tianxian coldly, and suddenly laughed, "Little ghost, I'm afraid...... You haven't asked the question you want to ask the most, have you, my price, what is there to know about my price, and you are so good at guessing, can't you guess my situation?...... Yes, all you want to know are things that will never be answered, such as ...... What the price your father-in-law has paid, he will never tell you. ”

Tian Xian moved his eyebrows and smiled slightly, "So...... My guess was correct?"

Hippo smiled freely, "There's nothing to hide, yes! We all have to pay a price to become dominators, just like offering tribute, even if we controlled some gods at the beginning, but in order to gain power, in order to survive...... We also had to pay a price, and this price was made and made by the gods, and we couldn't fully interfere, so ......"

Hippo nodded, "Yes, it was a very tragic battle, we controlled many gods, but we couldn't fully control them, so that contract was concluded very tragically, many people died because of the cost, many, many people died, and the last thing left was ...... That's us. ”

"As for my price...... "Hippo sneered, "it's obvious, isn't it? we're almost all immortal, but that's just normal, we're going to be killed, we're going to end our lives for something, like ...... Life flows against the current. ”

"Life...... Against the current?" Tian Xian sighed, is that really the case......

"Yes, boy, it is true that I am almost immortal, on the contrary, I will be younger and younger...... Until back to the beginning, nothingness. ”

Silence came down.

"Over the past two thousand years, my age has shrunk by half, and the rate of reduction is increasing, but fortunately, we have all given our time to the hateful guy Bai, and I can live longer than that, but unfortunately I can use it almost once in my life, otherwise I might really not be old and immortal. ”

"What, do you want to know more about the price of whiteness now?" Hippo tilted his head to look at Tianxian, with a relaxed expression of anti-customer.

Tianxian nodded slowly, "Not bad...... I'd love to know, because he seemed to be a normal person, nothing different from a normal person, except for that overwhelming power. ”

"There are a lot of things he did that I still can't understand, his thoughts, his decisions...... I also don't want to be passive all the time, the next few days are going to be stressful, I need to plan for myself, so ...... I want to get to know him, to know all of you. ”

Hippon smiled slyly, "Little imp, you have to understand, I will answer truthfully, and you, too, keep your promise." ”

"Of course! I swear with my life. ”

Hippo finally smiled triumphantly, "Very well, little imp, then I tell you, his price...... I don't know. ”

Tianxian's expectant expression suddenly froze, "What?"

Hippo laughed, "No one knows the price of being a wise boy, because everyone who knows is dead! He is different from us, he was already a ruler before we were even born." ”

Tianxian couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Hippo thought for a moment, "Maybe it can be said that we are survivors of antiquity, and he, only he, has survived from even more ancient times, survivors of ancient times!"