Chapter 414: The Meaning of a Red Candle
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But this hidden place has a light existence that is very disproportionate to the endless dark waters outside.
The Red Candle Man really likes to put red candles in all corners of the room, as if the moment the many candles converge, he can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sunrise in the attic, which comes from falsehood, but is close to real, which makes him confused and reassured.
He is not like a clothier, who has no patience for fishing and no hobby of fishing.
He has a strange temperament, both a crazy and tyrannical side, and a time when he is calm and focused.
The fact that he could not see the sunrise and sunset in the deep sea did not mean that he had long lost the concept of extra time.
His routine is disordered, but it is also regular.
He would sleep at regular intervals like a normal person, but he often slept only two hours out of twelve hours a day.
For one of the remaining ten hours, he was in a pure daze, not thinking about anything, and there was not the slightest light of wisdom in his eyes, only the vastness of chaos.
So there are nine hours left.
When the Clothier comes, he spends half of his time with the Clothier, and the remaining half of the time is the moment for him to create and research.
When he wasn't here, he spent only half of his time researching creation, and the rest of the time he was engrossed in thinking.
He thinks about a lot of things, which can almost be described as messy.
Some of these questions have so far no concrete answers.
For example, why was the universe chaotic before the heavens and the earth were opened?
Why did Pangu suddenly give birth to Pangu in the midst of chaos?
Why is Pangu dissatisfied with the place where he was born, and plans to start a new stove and open up a new world?
How could Pangu, who created the Divine Dao Emperor Realm, not anticipate the catastrophe after he opened the heavens, and did not leave a glimmer of life in advance?
Although they are acquired souls, why did Fuxi and Nuwa, who are known as the three gods of antiquity along with Pangu, suddenly decline?
So that one after another ten thousand years have passed, and there is still no news, and there is no sign of revival and birth.
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Those weren't things he was supposed to think about.
And even if he thinks about it, it's useless, because he can't go back to that era, to explore, to change.
The red candle man who had been a god understood this truth, but he still couldn't help but think about it, just as he went further and further on the road of creation and research, which was unspeakable and unreasonable.
Now is the time of Shen.
At this time in the past, even if the cloth had arrived, he would probably simply say hello and devote himself to the world of his own thinking, but today is different.
He welcomed a friend and an ally.
To be honest, he didn't like the character of this ally.
Too calm, too deep, although the face can be regarded as young, but the soul seems to be full of vicissitudes that can only be had after countless reincarnations.
When this vicissitudes accumulate to a certain extent, it naturally forms a deep experience, and then there are some unexpected calculations that even he has.
As a new ally, a greeting is of course essential.
But he is not a person who likes to plant the cause now and return the effect tomorrow, cause and effect must always be connected together, and if they are too far apart, by the time they are cashed out, they will already be wrong.
He made a request to the new ally, asking for his bloodline, his soul essence, for his own research, and for the sake of fairness, he also allowed the other party to make corresponding conditions.
The new allies were not formal, and were quick to say what they wanted.
But without exception, they are all related to the Eight Desolation Demon Venerable Qin Tianqi.
The former is the Eight Desolation Demon Beads, which is the supreme treasure of the Demon Dao, and it is something that even he has some heart about, so he is not surprised.
But the latter is really intriguing.
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Sycamore wood, the body of the phoenix.
There are obvious traces of paint repair in some places, and plum blossom breaks are opened in the ice cracks.
It's antique.
The five-stringed piano stand that Qin Tianqi used when he was alive was more well preserved than Qin Cang imagined.
He stopped in front of the piano stand, and did not reach out to touch it, but there was already a lot of feeling in his eyes.
But he knew that he was not the only one who would have such inexplicable feelings because of such a piano frame.
Jiang Yugang in the dark will also be like this, and even have a deeper understanding than him.
Because this piano is built in the style of Shennong.
Something that contains racial culture will not always look ordinary in the eyes of this former Yan Emperor and now the remnant soul.
And in the eyes of Qin Cang, who has the blood of Shennong and has personally comprehended the sound of the piano, it will not be ordinary either.
Therefore, the conditions he put forward to the red candle man included such a piano frame, out of remembrance, but not only reminiscence.
Perhaps in the eyes of Red Candle Weng and others, its meaning is just an object that has lost its glory and can only be used for collection and ornamentation, but for Qin Cang, who can listen to his heart with the piano, its fate should never be hidden.
"You...... Are you really planning to take it?"
Behind him, the voice of the red candle man came from afar, clearly only one sentence, but the speed of speech was fast and slow, similar to the candlelight around him.
"It should go with me. ”
Qin Cang didn't turn around, but Red Candle Weng could imagine his determined expression when he said this.
But the more this happened, the more confused he became.
"Since you have searched the soul of an important chess piece in the hands of my good apprentice, you should know that there is not only the stand of the Heavenly Qinqin in my Red Candle Pavilion. Your soul power is gradually dissipating, and there are signs of returning to your body, which means that you will not stay here for long, but it doesn't matter, I can pick out the most suitable treasure for you to use in the fastest time, it is my creation, and it is my painstaking effort, whether it is meaning or power, it will surpass the broken piano stand in front of you. ”
"I know. Qin Cang's response was very crisp, and his next refusal was just as crisp, without the slightest detour and tactfulness.
"I know that there are many treasures in your Red Candle Pavilion, and they are not even weaker than the Heavenly Qin in its heyday, but none of them are what I want. My way is different from others, and so is my way, I want the frame of the qin, not because I want to be the next qin, but because its appearance and material are in line with the structure of the guqin in my mind, and on the basis of it, it is easier to play the qin in my heart and compose the Tao in my heart. Do you understand?"
When Qin Cang spoke, he finally turned his head and looked at the red candle man.
"I seem to understand, but I don't seem to understand......"
The red candle shook his head and nodded, and his speech was slurred.
But Qin Cang smiled suddenly, and the last concern in his heart was no longer there, because this time he had not seen the murderous nature of the red candle man when he first made this request.
"If the candle man doesn't stop it, then he will take it in his pocket and leave for the time being. ”
The Red Candle Man really didn't obstruct it anymore, but just said: "What conditions have you negotiated with the clothed guest, I want to know." ”
Qin Cang said: "I haven't talked about the specific conditions yet, but I promised him a broader future." ”
Red Candle Weng smiled when he heard this: "You are quite good at empty gloves white wolf, who can say for sure what will happen in the future? If you want me to say, the present is the most important thing, the fishing is smart all his life, why did he make such a mistake when he is old? Did you pour some ecstasy soup into him?"
His eyes turned on his pupil power and sent the Heavenly Qin into the Netherworld, Qin Cang's soul suddenly became a lot of void, if the Red Candle Weng suddenly burst out to attack him now, in addition to sending his soul into the Netherworld Realm and urging the candle power he had absorbed before, he had no better means to resolve it, but now, there was no need for him to have such concerns.
Because when the Red Candle Man said these words to him, his hands had already been sealed, but the fluctuations that came from the seal method did not have the slightest murderous intent, only a sense of coercive restraint on the soul.
"Soul Contract? Candle Weng is really careful, and when he arrives in such a field, he has to do this step enough. ”
Red Candle Weng pursed his lips and deliberately sighed: "Now that your cultivation is weaker than me and Lingyike, and you have set a soul contract, it has always been more secure, I have thought it so thoughtfully, why don't you say a word of thanks? Alas, the world is declining, and people's hearts are not ancient......"
The long sigh was about to continue, but Qin Cang stretched out his hand to interrupt: "Okay, Candle Weng, you don't need to do more lip and tongue skills, I know that the purpose of your soul contract is to speculate on my past life and future through the entanglement of cause and effect in the underworld, I understand your intentions very well, but I don't approve of you doing this." First, the past life cannot be changed, except to satisfy curiosity, it is useless to detect it, but to ask for trouble, and secondly, the future can change at any time, and whether the deduction in advance is accurate or not is still two words, but it buries the hidden danger of leaking the heavenly secret. The Heavenly Dao that hangs high above the heads of all beings, and the candle man is also extremely fearful. ”
Red Candle Weng's expression changed, uncertain, but he still smiled and said: "Hehe, it's my business to speculate or not, I have my own measure, but it's your business to sign or not, since they are all like-minded people who understand cause and effect, I don't force it, I just ask you one word, this soul contract, or are you willing to sign or not?"
When Qin Cangzheng hesitated, Jiang Yuyan in the Netherworld suddenly said: "Sign, why don't you sign? The soul contract is only valid for the soul of the signatory, once you can break the boundary between gods and demons and refine the soul into a primordial god, this contract will be self-defeating, only the contract refined from the chaotic qi can have the effect of suppressing both the primordial spirit and the soul." Now that this person has fallen from the Divine Realm, there is no chaotic qi in the Xuan Domain, even if he originally knew the method of the Chaos Contract, he had no way to sign it, so he could only retreat to the second place, using the Soul Contract as a counterbalance. Before you cultivated to become a god or demon, although the soul contract had a certain impact on you, it still played a protective role more often, so why not?"
Hearing this, Qin Cang had no worries about signing the soul contract, but he still had some doubts about the contract in the hand of the red candle man.
"The Clothier is not here, how can this contract be related to him?"
Red Candle Weng said proudly: "When I was in trouble, he helped me and helped me heal, and in order to repay him, I passed on some of his more advanced cultivation techniques circulating in the divine domain, including the prototype of several small divine powers. Originally, it was a report and a report, but this fishing is more polite, knowing that I always love to study soul blood, so I extracted a trace of soul essence and bloodline from myself to me, his blood is mortal blood, and it has never been useful, but this soul essence is going to play a role now. ”
Qin Cang said: "Signing a soul contract is not a trivial matter, are you sure you don't need to inform him in advance?"
Red Candle Weng said: "What's the difference between before and after? Anyway, I don't think the fisherman treated you as an outsider at all from beginning to end, it was originally a dead end, he just gave up the power of the doppelganger, leaving you a glimmer of life." It's a pity that in these days, there are not many noble people like me who repay the grace of a drop of water, and it is inevitable that a soul contract is more convincing than empty words. ”
As if he felt reasonable, Qin Cang no longer had doubts after thinking about it for a while, and immediately motioned to the red candle man to hand over the contract to take a look.
After confirming that the content of the contract was correct, Qin Cang immediately pierced the rune with a finger in the air, printed on the contract, and at the same time bounced the contract back into the hand of the red candle with the help of this finger force.
Following Qin Cang, the Red Candle Weng also pressed down with one finger, but compared to Qin Cang's Void Soul Power, the Red Candle Weng's finger was obviously more powerful, and there was an extra Yin Red Blood Seal.
"The contract, sure enough, add a little red to sublimate, and it is more reassuring. ”
The red candle man grinned strangely, laughing so that the candle flame was swaying, and the yin wind was blowing, and if someone else was here, he would definitely not be able to save the chill in his heart, but since Qin Cang had signed a soul contract with him, and Jiang Yu was secretly paying attention, naturally there was no need for such a reaction.
"Next, are you going to return to the Heavenly Demon Gate?"
Seeing that there was no abnormality on Qin Cang's face, the red candle man rubbed his eyes a little boredly, and then asked.
"Calculate the time, the clothed man should have left this sea area to do what he should do, catch the fish he should catch, I rushed back at this moment, it just happened to be appropriate. Qin Cang said.
The Red Candle Weng asked again, "What is the situation on the side of the Eight Great Demon Gates, have the fishermen made this troubled water even more muddy?"
Qin Cang asked rhetorically, "Didn't the Lingtu send you any news?"
Red Candle Weng said: "I have prepared a lot of things for her that can transmit sound instantly over long distances, but those things can't be used anytime and anywhere, especially when there are many masters of the Demon Dao, my disciple's temperament has always been cautious, and it is impossible to pass on the news when the Demon Gate is in martial arts, even when he is free in the middle of the way." ”
Qin Cang sighed, and then said, "Since this is the case, then the candle man will only know the latest news of the Eight Great Demon Sects later." ”
Red Candle Weng said slightly angrily: "Isn't your kid a little forgetful? There is a clear clause in the soul contract just signed that information must be shared, and no private information must be hidden!
Qin Cang explained: "Candle Weng, you have wronged me. It's not that I'm forgetful, but that the connection between me and the deity was severed after I stepped into the False Red Candle Pavilion, and it has not been restored to this day, and if I want to re-inspire the remaining souls and three spirits, I have to leave this sea area, go to the air, and position myself as a heavenly soul. ”
Red Candle Weng's face froze, and he said, "In this way, it was caused by me and the clothed guest......?" You wait here for a while, and I'll pick up the things and help you get back to their places immediately. ”
Qin Cang said: "That's not necessary. I have my own plans for the return of the soul, and the candle man only needs to answer me one more question. ”
"Oh, what's the problem?"
"I once heard Lingyi Ke talk about an experience about the Eight Desolation Demon Venerable Qin Tianqi, it is said that when Qin Tianqi was not the Eight Desolation Demon Venerable, the leader of the Demon Dao, there was a time when he played and sang piano songs for a living. Most of the mortals who heard it gave it two silver taels, and the monks who heard it mostly gave them spirit stones, but the cloak guest and the candle man were more special, one gave a lily robe, and the other gave a red candle. The robe can block the wind and rain, and it can be regarded as a useful thing for Qin Tianqi at that time, but as for the red candle you sent, I don't understand it. Red candles are festive and appear at wedding banquets, and almost always appear in even numbers, meaning that they come in pairs......"
As Qin Cang spoke, he paid attention to the change in the expression of the Red Candle Weng, and sure enough, as he expected, before he had finished speaking, the Red Candle Weng seemed to have understood what he was going to ask, and his face became strange.
"Lingyike also said that your range of interests is very narrow, in addition to creating and researching novelties, you have a preference for matching others, and many men and women have been perfected along the way, and every time there is a habit of giving red candles, mostly when the newlyweds tie the knot, and the candles are all given by the candle without exception are even numbers. The only exception was the one with Qin Tianqi, when the cloth guest was puzzled and asked why you only sent one...... Are these all facts?"
The red candle man didn't look at Qin Cang's eyes head-on, but subconsciously lowered his head, as if in contemplation.
"That's a good point...... The fisherman didn't lie to you, but the real reason wasn't what I told him at the time. ”
Qin Cang was not surprised by the Red Candle Weng's answer, but immediately continued: "Then the real reason, can the Candle Weng tell me? Whether it is for the constraints of the soul contract or the identity of my ally." ”
The corners of Red Candle Weng's mouth lifted a treacherous arc: "You are quite good at seizing the opportunity, making me feel like I have set myself up." ”
Qin Cang said: "It's not a threat, I just want to know the truth." ”
"I'm afraid that if the truth comes out, you may not believe it. ”
"Oh?"
"It's true that I gave a red candle back then, but this red candle also has a meaning. ”
"What does it mean?"
"A lifetime of a couple. ”
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