Chapter Twenty-Eight: Love (Part II)
"Hmph...... Sure enough......, it's the wisdom of mortals!
When Imo heard little Bena's answer, he suddenly snorted coldly, and his face gradually became gloomy, as if he was about to drip water. There was a look of reminiscence on his face, but a deep pain and sadness flashed in his eyes, as if he remembered some unbearable past.
Just when little Bena thought that he was going crazy again, and was secretly on guard, the bald priest suddenly sighed and said: "History has always been written by the victors, and in order to whitewash themselves, they refer to black as white and deer as horses, and what dirty and shameful things can't be done? Who knows how much of the so-called truth in the eyes of your future generations is true and how much is false?"
With another sigh, Imo began to tell a long story, one that was more or less the same as the version that Little Bena had heard, but which was unrecognizable.
Among the stories that little Bena knew, it was like this:
1,800 years ago, Hamnata's most prestigious priest Imo, and the king's favorite concubine Ansuna, had adultery and love, just when the two were committing adultery, they happened to be bumped into by the king, so the two simply did not do anything, joined forces to kill the king, intending to elope and fly away.
As a result, the king died, but Ansuna was also in the scuffle and was killed by the king's guards.
Soon he sneaked back to Hamna Tower and stole Ansuna's corpse and the legendary Book of the Dead, the sacred book that could control death, in order to summon Ansuna's soul from the underworld and return it to the world.
However, at the last moment when he was about to succeed, the new king suddenly arrived, and together with the guards, interrupted the ritual of returning the sun, and seriously injured Imo in one fell swoop. Take him alive.
Subsequently, Imo was charged with the crime of killing the king, and was subjected to the most horrific punishment - the punishment of insect devouring, cutting out his throat, gouging out his heart, and making a dried corpse. He then took his corpse and fed it to the scarab, a black beetle that eats human flesh, so that even if he died, his soul would suffer from the devouring of ten thousand insects.
Since this punishment was so vicious, and beware that Imo would become a monster that destroyed the world when he returned from the underworld again, they suppressed Imo's body with the Bible of the Dead, cursing his soul so that he could never turn over.
Above. It was the version that Little Bena had ever heard, and it was the most widely circulated version in Edge.
Now, however, in Imo's mouth, the story probably develops like this, but with a few differences:
The root of the whole story, the princess Ansuna, who was not originally a princess, but Imo's lover. Just because the king at that time coveted her beauty. So they forcibly took her back to the palace.
The truest lie is often in ten sentences. Nine and a half sentences are true, and the last half is a lie, or even directly erased and concealed.
Just because of a premise that has been obscured by history, the whole story has become unrecognizable.
And Imo in the story is also made up of a lustful and rebellious high priest. Became a warrior who will do anything to love his people.
Then in this way, the following plot is very logical.
It was true that Imo had been devoured by worms, but he didn't die at the time, let alone return from hell. Because he himself is a natural magician, he has the ability to sand and eat, and he can't kill him at all. He got out of trouble after several hardships, but at that time, Ansuna had already committed suicide and died.
Later, he stole the Bible of the Dead, indeed to resurrect Ansuna, but the result was obvious...... He failed.
The Bible of the Dead is the Bible of the Dead, and as the name suggests, it only brings death to people, not new life. Imo himself, because of the curse of the Bible of the Dead, has since changed from a human being to an immortal monster that lives on flesh and blood.
That's why he found a thousand-year-old ice spirit, froze her body, and then found a way to resurrect her in the future.
......
"Alas...... Turns out you're a poor man......" Little Bena sighed as Imo finished his story.
She believed Imo's words, because he had no reason to lie to her, and there was no need for that.
Then she felt sorry for him.
After experiencing the catastrophe of the Tang Dynasty's poisonous corpse, Xiao Beina actually knows better than anyone that immortality is not as happy and beautiful as imagined.
Especially when you see that the person you love the most is sleeping on your own, but you will never die, and you can only watch the other person fall asleep, but you can't do anything about it......
Death has become the most extravagant desire.
It's hard to imagine how the bald man in front of him has survived these 1,800 years.
1,800 years, suffering 1,800 years of yin and yang separation, what kind of deep sorrow and despair is that?
"How did you get through it?"
Looking at Little Bena's eyes, Imo seemed to understand what she was thinking, he suddenly sneered, and then said a murderous awe-inspiring sentence: "I killed it!"
β......β
Little Berna's eyes flashed, and an ominous premonition rose.
Really!
"You see it, too, those ...... out there The monsters in your eyes, they were all killed by me before they turned into monsters!" Imo turned his head to look out of the pyramid and waved his hand.
Imo!
Imo!
Imo!
Suddenly, the shouts rang out again, and the endless monster suddenly appeared at the stroke of his hand, shouting in unison as if on a pilgrimage.
It's really hard to imagine that there is a row of bones left that can still make a sound.
It was in the shouts of this group of believers that Imo clearly reached Little Bena's ears: "The curse of the Bible of the Dead is powerful...... It keeps me immortal, and it keeps me alive......"
A cruel smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "But fortunately...... Back then, I desperately broke through the suppression of the Bible, and in turn, I mastered the secrets of the scriptures and mastered infinite power. So...... Hmph, the human beings in the city have become my food!"
"Since they inflicted insect devouring on me back then, they wanted my soul to be at peace forever...... So. I'm certainly not going to make them any better......"
"So, not only did I devour their flesh and blood, but I also used the power of the scriptures to turn them into monsters like me......"
"I want them to be with me...... Eternal! world! sink! fall!"
"Uh-huh......"
The words eternal destruction, with a murderous aura and hatred that was as strong as substance, came from the mouth of this mad great sacrifice. One word at a time, it struck Little Bena like a hammer on her heart.
A terrifying aura came, and the little girl's face turned white on the spot, and the shock was so strong that her consciousness almost collapsed, and her heart rose and fell violently, as if she would jump out of her chest at any moment.
"So...... What about the Golden Sutra of the Sun?!"
At this critical juncture of life and death, little Bena suddenly shouted like a ghost.
Suddenly, the four words of the Sun Golden Sutra were exported. It was as if Imo had been hit in a dead hole, and his momentum immediately froze for a moment, then gradually extinguished, and finally disappeared.
Little Bena breathed a sigh of relief.
With a wave of his hand, the army of undead outside the pyramid disappeared again, and the high priest fell silent, and he subconsciously glanced up at the top of his head. His gaze seemed to look through the stone to see the peerless beauty Ansuna who had kept him for 1,800 years.
I stared at it for a while. He finally turned around and said to Little Bena: "The Golden Sutra of the Sun...... Hmph, speaking of the Golden Sutra of the Sun, that's why I caught you back. β
"You caught me back...... The reason?"
"Hmph! There are two holy books of Hamnata, one is the Bible of the Dead, which is in charge of the power of death, and the other half is the Golden Book of the Sun, which is said to be in charge of the power of life. The Bible of the Dead has fallen into my hands. But now ......"
Speaking of this, Imo suddenly stopped, and then glanced at little Bena, her gaze unkind.
Little Bena shrunk her neck and quietly looked away a little weakly. Don't dare to look at it. Because she knew that now that scripture had been snatched away by her Nangong brother and Sister Xuanran.
Fortunately, Imo only glanced at it, and didn't say anything else, he snorted coldly again, and then continued: "It turns out that the Book of the Dead only brings death, and the Golden Sutra of the Sun, as far as I can deduce, can record the true art of restoring the sun......"
"You mean...... Inference?" Little Bena wondered.
She remembered the question just now, whether the Sun Golden Sutra really recorded the technique of restoring yang, but Imo said that he also wanted to know the answer.
"Yes...... The Golden Sutra of the Sun, although I know it really exists, but it's a pity...... I haven't really seen it either, so I can only speculate. Imo sighed.
"How can this be? Aren't you the Great Priest? It stands to reason that the power of the Great Sacrifice should only be under the king, how come it is that you haven't even seen that scripture?"
Perhaps because of the barbecue, Imo was surprisingly patient at this time, and he replied: "Because the Golden Sutra of the Sun and the Bible of the Dead, these two scriptures are the highest sacred relics of Hamnata, and they have always been held by kings of all ages, and they can be said to be symbols of royal power. Even if I am a high priest, I don't have the ability to reach it. And in that year, after I killed all the people of the Hamna Tower, the Golden Book of the Sun was buried under the pyramid before the king died......"
"Then why are you ......?"
Little Bena subconsciously wanted to ask him, since she knew that the golden scripture was under her feet, why didn't she take it out?
I've never eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run.
The Bible of the Dead, the Golden Book of the Sun, just look at the name, you know that it must be like Sister Xuanran, light and darkness are the same, and they are mutually reinforcing. Now that Imo has been cursed, he has obviously entered the dark end, if he is close to the light, I am afraid that he will be turned into ashes before he has obtained the Sun Golden Sutra.
It was precisely because he was repelled by the power of the Sun Golden Sutra that he would live for more than 1,800 years and not be able to take out the Golden Sutra, right?
Little Bena sighed, thinking that she knew that the hope of resurrecting her lover was at her feet, but she was unable to get it...... If I had been myself, I am afraid that I would have died of suicide a long time ago, right?
However, Imo in front of him doesn't seem to even have the power to die......
The thought of this increased the sympathy in her heart for the poor man.
"I guess that's what you got me back for, right? You want me to take out the Golden Sutra for you, right?"
Imo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he suddenly laughed: "Take the Golden Sutra? It's up to you? hahaha...... Little girl, you are really cute!"
"Isn't it?"
"Little girl, you are very smart, but ...... Expecting you to get the Golden Sutra?hahaha...... In the past 1,800 years, there have been not 10,000 but 8,000 cultivators who have come to Hamnata to explore, and there are many people who are stronger than you, if any cat or dog can take out the scriptures, how can I be trapped here for 1,800 years?hahaha......" Yimo laughed.
"That ......"
"You can't take it, and neither can those who come here...... But there's one person who can, and that person you know. β
"You mean my brother Nangong?" Xiao Beina's eyes lit up.
"No, although that kid has some skills, he is not a person to learn from the scriptures. β
"Who's that?"
"Do you mean...... It's Sister Xuanran!It must be her!" Little Bena suddenly realized, if you ask who is most likely to obtain the Sun Golden Sutra, it must be Lin Xuanran. Her body of light and darkness is undoubtedly the existence that is most in line with the two scriptures of the dead and the sun.
Imo nodded and smiled, "That's right, it's her." Uproar...... Is that her name?"
"Yes, her name is Lin Xuanran, and she is a healer. Although she looks cold on the surface and always looks like no one is close, she is actually very human...... We will go to her right now and explain your difficulties to her, and she will definitely help you. Let's go, we'll go now!"
Little Bena jumped up as she spoke, trying to run out of the pyramid.
However, after only a few steps, a sphinx suddenly jumped out of the darkness, grabbed her neck with a knife and slowly retreated. As soon as he turned around, he saw Imo looking at him, his face full of sarcastic sneers.
"You...... What do you mean?" said Little Bena, looking at him in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
Imo walked over, pinched her face, and then laughed coldly: "Little girl, you are very cute and smart, but ...... You wouldn't be so naΓ―ve as to think ...... You can cheat this sacrifice with just one meal of roast meat, right? To tell you the truth, on the kid who came with you...... That's what you call Brother Nangong, this sacrifice has already smelled that person's breath......"
"......That guy? Who is it?" said a few words from Little Berna's mouth.
"Ne!," Imo paused, his eyes murderous. (To be continued.) )