Chapter 3 The Reunion of Old Friends
I followed the midnight inside, and the deeper I went, the more scared and uneasy I became. We didn't go to the place where Jun Xiao was traveling, but bypassed there and went directly to the center, because we were going to meet the supreme leader of this place, the Realm Lord. The entire Soul Breaking Realm is under his control, and I feel more curious than ever about this person who can rule the Soul Breaking Realm very well, and of course, I feel nervous about this father I have never met.
As we walked inside, the crowd began to thin out, and by the end, there was no one left. As I passed by a corridor that exuded a cold aura, Midnight turned and walked in, and I hurried to follow. At the end of the hallway, I saw a door, a very hidden door. Midnight opened it, and following the light that flashed in the doorway, it was a courtyard with a tall building in it. Midnight looked there and said, "This is where the Realm Lord and they workβthe Forbidden Realm. β
We came to the door of the Forbidden Zone, where a line of soldiers was standing. The soldiers saw Midnight and saluted, but had no intention of letting her pass. Midnight also understood this, walked up to the person in front, and said, "I'm here to hand in the mission, please report to the realm lord." In addition, this person is the person who the realm lord brought with me, and told the realm lord that I brought the person. β
The man nodded, turned and went in. We waited here, and after a while, the man came out. He told the soldiers around him to get out of the way and said, "General, please come in." β
It was normal to walk past the soldiers in the middle of the night. But as I walked over, the soldiers looked at me and I felt a chill in my back. I hurried to keep up with midnight, afraid what those people would do to me. Luckily, those people didn't do anything after we went in, and they were still guarding the gate.
"Who are those?" I hurriedly asked Midnight after entering the forbidden realm.
Midnight turned around and said, "Those are the soldiers who are in charge of guarding this place, and no one has been able to break in yet." β
"So why did they just let you in, they didn't need to verify something, like, tokens or something. β
"Didn't I say before that I have the permission of the Realm Lord, and I can come and go freely. Of course, for their safety, they will still tell the Realm Lord that I am coming. As for you, they will only let you in when the Lord of the Realm says you can enter. Midnight said the rules for entering here, and I was even more curious about the mystery of this place.
We went down the stairs to the third floor, and there was a room separated only by a translucent gauze tent, and the layout was very luxurious, and at first glance we knew that it was not a place for ordinary people. I looked at the scenery around me and thought it must be the Realm Lord's room. Halfway through the night, he suddenly said, "This is the Commander's room." β
"The guy we met in the first place?"
"No, it's another Commander's room. Our ruler's room is next door, and this ruler is the ruler of justice. Walking inside, it is the room where the Realm Lord works. β
Midnight quickened my pace, and I followed closely. At the deepest point, there is a very simple room, although it is a little more luxurious than the rest of the rooms, but the layout is simple. In front of the door of this room, there was still a guard, but only one person. Midnight walked up to the guard and didn't stop. The guard didn't stop midnight either. He leaned back slightly. Midnight ignored him and walked straight over, that person was also in front of me, and his attitude was much better than that of the person just now.
When midnight pushed the door open, I saw a table facing the door, and behind the table, a man sitting reading a document. When I looked at this man carefully, I thought I had seen him somewhere. I looked closely at the man's appearance, but I couldn't remember where I had seen such a person.
The man saw us come in and put down the paper in his hand. Midnight walked up, and I followed her. Midnight bowed to the man, as if to salute. I watched Midnight behave and wondered if I was going to bow with her or just stand. After standing up straight in the middle of the night, seeing that I was indifferent, he immediately hit me with his elbow and whispered, "This is the realm master." β
Midnight was small and quiet, but enough to shake me out. I stood there, and suddenly I felt uneasy, and I didn't even know where to put my hands. The Realm Lord looked at me and said, "Come here." β
I walked up to him, moving my body carefully, not daring to step forward. But I still got in front of him. He looked at me carefully, and I looked at him, but after looking at it for a while, I didn't dare to look at him. My eyes wandered off his body, just not on his eyes. He looked at me for a long time, as if he saw my uneasiness, and the corner of his left mouth turned upward, and asked, "What, afraid of me?"
I hesitated, "No, no." β
"Then why don't you dare look at me?"
"I don't know, I just don't dare to look at you. But I'm not afraid, it's "I can't say why." But it always has to be explained, "Maybe it's because I don't have any impression of you, but I still have to face you, after all, you are mine"
The Realm Lord expects me to go on, but I just can't. In the end, he didn't seem to expect me to continue, and said, "You don't look as good as I used to be, haven't you had a bad month?"
I could tell from his words that he had seen me before, even a month ago. But I really don't remember who I've met. Just when I couldn't remember, the realm lord suddenly spoke, and he said, "Are you wondering where you saw me?"
He actually knew what I was thinking, and more than once, I had never had an experience like this. In the past ten years, no one has ever known what is going on in my head, and no one has ever wanted to know. But this man really knew what I was thinking, maybe he guessed it by chance, but I still thought he understood me.
He looked at me, twisted his head to the side quickly, and his body trembled, not knowing whether he was still snickering or coughing.
This scene gave me a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu. I thought about it for a long time, and suddenly I had a little memory of him, and his figure came to my mind. It was a dark night, and he was wearing a cloak, and he was twisting his face to the side, not wanting me to see his face. I tried to think about the scene, and my head hurt all the time. For a moment, I thought about who he was.
"Are you the man who came to the domain leader house a month ago? I almost shouted this sentence because I had the impression of coming suddenly. It was when I couldn't sleep that night, when I eavesdropped on the conversation of the domain leader, that he was the mysterious man I saw that night. But my shouting seemed to frighten the two silent people, and Midnight looked at me in surprise, as if he was looking at an abnormal person. Only then did I realize that my actions seemed to be out of order.
I looked at the Realm Lord apologetically, afraid that he would look like this, but he looked at me with a smile and said, "Yes, it's me." β
His laughter made my nervous heart suddenly relax, but because of this memory, I remembered the dead domain leader, and Xuan Yu. My expression became very sad, and I asked him, "Why did you put me in Guan Yunyu?"
The Realm Lord's expression also suddenly dimmed, and he opened his mouth, but he didn't continue. Midnight seemed to understand something, and said: "The subordinates suddenly remembered that there were still some things to deal with about the war in the frontier, and since the realm lord's father and son were reunited, the subordinates still didn't bother." Midnight stepped back, bowed, and went down.
"That year was the most important year. In that year, I became the Realm Lord, but you are not allowed to stay here as a member of the Demon Clan. This will not only affect the entire Qi Xi Domain, but will also make rumors spread throughout the Broken Spirit Realm. That's right, you are indeed my son, and you have the blood of the Palace God Clan in your veins. But you're also a descendant of the Demon Clan, so there's no way you can stay here. So, I sent you to Yanchi, Guan Yunyu is the safest place, and I know that Yanchi will take care of you. "When the realm lord saw that he was leaving at midnight, he told me why he sent me away.
"Then why don't you use your status as the Realm Lord to keep me? With your current status, you can let me live here well, right?" I asked him with a shudder, I didn't believe it was so.
The realm lord heard this and said, "If that's the case, then how can I deal with the people of the Broken Spirit Realm? Do you think I don't want to, you don't want to be naΓ―ve. β
"Am I so threatening to your position as the Lord of the Realm?"
It seemed that the Realm Lord was very angry, but he knew that it was impossible to be angry with me, so he held back the anger in his heart and said, "Do you think I want to do this? If I hadn't sent you away, you wouldn't have spoken to me here properly, let alone be so rude to me." Your mother has died for you, and I can't let anything happen to you anymore. His tone began to weaken.
The Realm Lord exhaled through his nose and asked, "What happened to you in the past month in Guan Yunyu, you are so haggard, it seems that Yan Chi did not take good care of you." β
"Don't you know about Guan Yunyu yet?"
The Realm Lord nodded and said, "How can I not know, but I know less, can you tell me some?"
"I think the realm lord knows everything, after all, Guan Yun's domain is full of your people. Isn't it?"
"Are you angry with me? Are you angry that I left you there, or are you angry that I didn't come to Yanchi's aid in time? Actually, I will only say this to you. β
I don't have any more doubts about him, I think he must have his reasons, but I won't understand because I can't accept it. But I still pretend to understand him, because I know he needs this feeling, not only because it is required as a father, but also because he is used to this feeling of superiority, and I am just a person who is more humble than anyone else.
That's what I want, I want someone who can accept me, but he's not. The Realm Lord is his place, but it's really not appropriate for me. He can accept me, but he can't approve of me. Maybe I'm right, there are many in front of him, but I'm not the only one. I've always wanted a feeling of peace of mind that can be reassured by a middle school, and maybe I'll find that feeling with him, but not now.
"I want to be quiet. After I thought about it, I said my thoughts to the realm lord, "I really don't know what to do now, there are some things I haven't thought about yet, I want to have a buffer, I want to be alone now, so I left first." β
I turned and left, leaving the Realm Lord alone. He sat down in his chair, his face pale, as if disappointed or hopeless. But there was still a hint of anger and incomprehension in his eyes. He slowly picked up the glass of water on the table, put it to his mouth, and did not open his mouth to drink. After a long time, he slammed the water cup to the ground, and the cup shattered under the violent impact, just like his heart now, with the crisp sound of porcelain cracking, and smashed together, without reservation. The realm lord stayed there, like a memory, he seemed to remember those good memories, and he also had the most regretful memories. Closing his eyes, he could only recall.
I left the room and saw Midnight standing outside the door. She heard the movement, turned around, and saw me with a confused expression. She stepped forward, looked at me, and after a long time said, "I knew you would come out soon." β
With that, Midnight's right hand rested on my right shoulder, and it quickly fell again, and her eyes seemed to tell me not to think too much about it, and not to look like this in the future.
Looking at Midnight, I suddenly felt very comfortable, as if I was back in the Guan Yun Domain, of course, it felt like I was not aware of those lies and deceptions. It's like every time I go home, I see the domain leader waiting for me to come home at the door, I see him smiling at me, I see him comforting me.
At this time, Midnight didn't laugh or comfort me, but it could bring the feeling that the domain leader felt for me, and I felt that reality had collapsed, and I still had her. Maybe I relied on her because she was the first person I met since I left my former haven. She gave me a shelter in another country, and provided me with food and clothes. Even though she's cold and her mouth is so bad, at least she's much better than the liars who always talk sweetly.
Midnight looked at me, showing that she was no longer cold, and she said, "Go to my house, at least you have to have a place to live temporarily, after all, you have to live here." You will live in my house first, and when I find you a place to live, it will not be too late to move out. β
I nodded, she was right, I needed a place to stay. I want to stay, Guan Yunyu can't go back, and apart from here, I have no place at all, let go of my relatives and friends, just my identity is enough to be spurned by the people of all domains.
However, I didn't expect that after we were done, there would still be a pair of eyes staring at us behind us. It was a look full of doubt and hardness, peeking out in the curtains, revealing a face that resembled the most familiar face in my life, the face that I will never forget in my life.