Chapter 8: Is This My Home?
The sky is getting dark unconsciously, the men on the mountain are coming back one after another, the huge spring festival is about to begin, the village is already brightly lit, the huge tribute table has been placed on the earthen platform in the village, and even the statue of the source god that is placed in the small temple on weekdays has been respectfully invited here.
A large incense stick of dragon soaring to the sky was hung high on a shrine platform, and below it were several villagers dressed in soap-colored fasting clothes, their mouths reciting so-called prayers with righteous thoughts. Behind them, a group of children with bright paint on their faces are picking at each other's feet, saying that they want to pick off a foot of flashiness, truly merge with the earth, and be contaminated with the simplicity and thick character of the earth, so that the children can be independent in the future.
The village is a quiet and sacred picture, but the foot of the mountain outside the village is a bloody picture. Countless birds of prey that have been beaten by hunting knives, bows and arrows and other hunting weapons are being dissected by knives, and one group of hunters familiarly takes out their internal organs, flesh and bones, and other items, while the other group carefully separates their fats and puts them in a huge basin, and tonight it is good to light the fire of the gods, and it is said that the longer this fire of worship is burned, the better, and the source god will give greater blessings.
Either way, everything showed a sense of exuberance, as if the whole world was enveloped in joy.
In the mountains and forests, a dark corner, where the spring hunt started, is also the place where the spring hunt agreed to return, a woman stood there silently, her white clothes were like snow, ice muscles and jade skin, green silk was like a waterfall, but the darkness turned her color completely black, quietly, she seemed to merge with the night.
Xiao Yi and the others haven't come back yet, could it be that they have suffered some misfortune? Lin Luoling couldn't believe it in his heart. There was almost no danger in the entire mountain range, unless Xiao Yi was stupid enough to enter the territory of the demon beast, but Lin Luoling had every reason to believe that her husband would not be so stupid as that. Could it be that someone framed her? Lin Luoling shook her head, she had been here for ten years, and she believed that she had never had a grudge against anyone in this peaceful place, no, no, Chen Yitian! Her heart suddenly tightened, so that all the clues were clear, if anyone could compete with Xiao Yi, it must be the former village chief, and he also had a good reason to frame Xiao Yi.
Thinking of this, Lin Luoling's originally loose fist suddenly tightened, "If something happens to Ming'er, Chen Tiantian! The Source God can't protect you!" A huge aura suddenly erupted, this aura was very weak, but the essence was like nine days of cold ice, and everything around Lin Luoling was covered with a thin film of ice.
"Da ......" Suddenly a sound of footsteps sounded from a distance, "Ming'er, don't run!" a male voice shouted.
"Who the hell are you?" said with a crying voice.
"I'm really your father!" Xiao Yi said anxiously.
"No, the source god said that you are not human, why are you not human?" Xiao Ming cried.
"Alas, this is something I and your mother have unspeakable secrets. Xiao Yi sighed.
"Hmph, what is unspeakable, liars! are all big liars!" Xiao Ming sped up again.
"Ming'er, what's wrong? Is he bullying you again, tell my mother, and my mother will clean him up. Lin Luoling looked at Xiao Ming who was rushing over and said with a smile.
"Go away! You're also a liar, you're all liars!" Xiao Ming was unmoved, pushed Lin Luoling away, and ran in the direction of home.
Such an action made Lin Luoling stunned, completely blinded, and she didn't react until Xiao Ming ran away.
"Lorin, oh no, we're exposed. At this time, Xiao Yi also ran over.
"What...... What is exposed, you explain it to me. Lin Luoling looked dazed.
"What else can there be, of course it's our identity!" Xiao Yi said.
"What? Who we are? How do we ...... How could this be, what the hell have you encountered?" Lin Luoling was taken aback.
"Alas, it's hard to say, let's go chase the child, he is a dangerous element now, if he does something out of the ordinary, I'm afraid the people of this village will not be spared!" Xiao Yi shook his head, and quickly chased in the direction where Xiao Ming ran.
"What's going on?" Lin Luoling was even more puzzled, how could things become so complicated with such a spring hunt.
A small mud house in the village sounded a heavy closing sound, and Xiao Ming rushed into his bedroom at once, slamming the door shut.
There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, and he had never felt this kind of body smell, this feeling as if everything was not real.
"Is this my home?" Xiao Ming curled up in a corner of the room like a wounded little raccoon, looking around with teary eyes.
He didn't understand why his closest father and mother would lie to him, and suddenly he felt like he was abandoned, the world was laughing at him, the room seemed to have become stranger, and he had become a complete outsider, a person who forcibly intruded into someone else's stable world.
"I wish you a good harvest this year! I wish all the old people happiness and health this year, and the children will be stronger and smarter...... The spring festival outside has begun, all the atmosphere has become joyful, all the pictures have become peaceful, it is almost time, the huge stone altar filled with animal fat was carried by the men who were raped to the center of the village, the sacrificial shamans led the villagers to dance an unknown sacrificial dance, a torch was held high by him, and the mantra called the sacrificial text was recited by him, as soon as the time came, he would immediately throw the torch to the stone altar, symbolizing the divine power of the source god.
Xiao Ming sobbed even more, and the bustle outside seemed to be sarcastic and laughing at him. Now his mind is full of darkness, and he wants to die!
"Ming'er! Open the door quickly, let's talk about something!" Lin Luoling anxiously knocked on the door and shouted. It's been a long time, Xiao Ming didn't say a word, and there was only a low sobbing sound in the room.
"Child, don't do anything stupid! Let's go in! It's all Daddy's fault, Daddy's mistake!" Xiao Yi almost cried.
Listening to the shouts of his parents, Xiao Ming's heart became even more chaotic, as if a bear was scratching. Gradually, tears had wet the clothes on his arms, and the sadness in his heart could not be alleviated.
"Boy, you want to die! This is easy to do, as long as you open your consciousness and let me become the master, won't it be good if this illusory illusion in the world can no longer deceive you?" Seeing that this was a good opportunity, Void True Yan said with a burst of bewilderment.
"Really, can I really get out of this false world?" Xiao Ming asked in his heart.
"Of course it's true, don't forget who I am, I'm the only existence in the world, and it's true that I can do it. Void True Flame said with anticipation. There's a play! There's a play! This kid is so good!
"But, didn't you fail to do it with the Source God?" Xiao Ming said with a slight cry.
"This ......" Void True Yan was speechless for a while, why is this kid of his mother so difficult to deceive? Alas, he is old. "Genshin, if he hadn't had that...... Mystery inscription, I am still afraid of him, joke, I didn't take the lead in killing the demon clan power back then!"
"Hmm...... But ......"
"Damn, did I help you or did you help me, where did you get so much but, quick, just ask, do you want to help or not?"
"Didn't I help you?" Xiao Ming looked puzzled.
"Uh...... , forget it, count if I didn't say it today......" Void Zhenyan scolded and shouted with an obscure face.
Outside the house, "Why is there no sound?" Xiao Yi leaned on the door, but he didn't hear Xiao Ming's sobs anymore, and he was naturally puzzled, "It shouldn't be an accident!" He suddenly thought of the dangerous madman of Void True Yan, and only felt a chill to his bones.
"No matter, crash away!" he said to Lin Luoling on the side.
"That's all there is to it. She nodded. On the way, Xiao Yi had already told her everything that had happened on the mountain in a very simple narrative, and of course she knew the importance of this matter.
"Knock!" The door had been knocked open by Xiao Yi, and with Xiao Yi's kung fu, this small wooden door was naturally vulnerable.
"Ming...... Ming'er!" Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Ming, who was curled up at the foot of the wall and glared at him, and said with a smile.
"Why?" Xiao Ming looked at Xiao Yi and had too many things to say in his heart, but a thousand words were not as turbulent and sad as this sentence.
"Ming'er, I'm sorry, it's my father's fault. Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Ming affectionately.
"No, I don't want these 'sorry', I just want to know, why, why?" Xiao Ming asked word by word.
Looking at Xiao Ming's angry eyes, Xiao Yi suddenly felt very sorry in his heart, and felt very indebted to his child, finally he raised his head, closed his eyes, and a tear slipped quietly, "Alas! Luo Ling!
"......" Lin Luoling's eyes flashed a trace of struggle, and finally nodded his head gently, "Say it......" This short sentence seems to have used great strength.
"Ming'er, listen up, this matter was originally meant to be told to you when the heavenly bell rang, but since you are so demanding, then tell you!" Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Ming and slowly opened his eyes.
It was as if the heavens and the earth were shaken, and the sun and the moon changed color.