Pain......

I'm in pain......

Every piece of flesh.

Every bone.

Every drop of blood.

This pain lasts for a long, long time.

This long process reminded Gu Yuan of the time when he went to school, sitting in the corner of the classroom, looking at the watch on his wrist, pinching the minutes and counting the seconds, and finally silently reciting three two one in his heart, suddenly raised his head, and listened to the pleasant bell of the end of class.

A class is only forty minutes, but every minute feels like a century.

Fortunately, as time went on, the intense pain was weakening little by little.

The golden light poured in through the mottled forest like a warm morning light, and the soul was laid in at this moment, as if he could see a grain of dust mediating in the air.

In the deepest part, Gu Yuan saw the door again, at this moment he was extremely calm, his consciousness slowly drifted past, like a leaf drifting with the tide, it would float and fall, and it would be ups and downs, but in the end, he would still enter that door, like a script written by the gods a long time ago.

Gently pushing open the door, Gu Yuan was so familiar with everything here, it was like walking into his own bedroom in the second uncle's house.

The golden light still shrouded a large area, and the place that Gu Yuan could see was not much bigger than before, but there was an extra black box on this "platform".

Stretching out his hand, he slowly opened the box, and the contents made Gu Yuan a little surprised, like a black stone, but it was trembling again, maybe more like a black heart.

He stretched out his hand, and with a light tap of his fingers, cracks appeared in the black heart, like an egg about to break.

When the outer layer of black shell slowly fell off, a wisp of black smoke rose from it, and it was completely absorbed by Gu Yuan.

The moment he absorbed the black smoke, Gu Yuan's consciousness trembled, and the bone-chilling chill quickly swept through the meridians in his body, trembling for a while before gradually subsided.

In the head......

It seems that there is something more inexplicable.

However, Gu Yuan was used to it, although this time was a little different from before.

"Huh? What is it? Gu Yuan suddenly saw that there was one more thing in this box.

This has never happened before.

According to his previous experience, Gu Yuan knew that the "box" or "bubble" behind this door was actually the secret treasure left by the demon soul he sacrificed, and every time he devoured it, he would gain a certain ability of the demon soul.

Like the spider silk from before, the tentacles, the scales, and even the fire obtained after sacrificing the cardinal.

And the black smoke that appeared earlier, Gu Yuan guessed, was the secret treasure left by the monster.

Gu Yuan always had a doubt in his heart.

He didn't know how the monster was solved by himself.

Although everything was done by himself, even, at that moment, his consciousness was extremely clear.

But the self in that state seems to be a little special, it is himself, but not himself......

It's just that at that moment, even the thoughts seem to be synchronized.

He wondered why monsters could also be sacrificed, or rather, devoured.

"Perhaps, my understanding of this door is still too shallow." Gu Yuan thought so.

The previous boxes and bubbles were just the abilities left by the demon soul, but this time, in addition to the ability of the monster, there was actually a physical object.

He took it out and looked at it carefully in the golden light.

A flower.

A rose that looks like it could wither at any moment.

……

"Li Siming is back."

This is the most frequent word in the capital these days.

In an old house, a middle-aged man walked through the shadow wall, passed through the verandah, and walked into a side courtyard.

In the room, a white-haired old woman was sitting on a futon, holding Buddha beads in her hand, her eyebrows were benevolent, and her appearance was kind.

The middle-aged man waited for a long time before he saw the old man slowly open his eyes, and then he stepped forward and leaned down.

"Old lady...... He...... It's back. ”

"Hmmm......"

"Or ......"

"Don't."

The middle-aged man heard the decisiveness in the old man's tone, and his expression was a little worried.

The old man said softly: "If he wants to come back, he will come back, he doesn't want to come back, and he doesn't have to send someone to invite him." ”

"Yes, old lady......"

……

Outside the capital.

Guanlong Mountain.

The mountains are continuous, there is a dragon qi, it is the land of the dragon veins of the three dynasties, and the dragon's head is raised, such as a pearl in the mouth, facing the imperial city, and it is also the final destination of many royal families since the successive dynasties of the Great Xia Kingdom.

There are a lot of rumors about this dragon vein, some people say that this dragon raised his head and looked at the imperial city, which was to supervise the emperor and guard the mountains and rivers of Daxia, so that the emperor did not dare to slack off.

And regardless of whether this statement is true or not, at least the implication is good.

By the time of the Great Xia Kingdom, the imperial city, which once symbolized the supreme imperial power, had become a tourist attraction, and ordinary people could see at will as long as they were willing to spend money to buy a ticket, and this Guanlong Mountain had also undergone some changes.

In the depths of this mountain range, a base has already been built, and it is strictly guarded, ordinary people don't want to take a look, as long as they appear within ten kilometers, they will be discovered by the secret sentinel, and then persuaded to return. In addition, a certain S-class formation master who was short-lived fifty years ago even spent all his manpower and material resources to set up a formation here, enveloping the entire base in it, and also eliminating some ill-intentioned intentions to spy on intelligence.

Everyone knew that there was such a place in the Great Xia Kingdom, but they never knew where it was, and it was not covered in steel as those people imagined, and there were no high-rise buildings, it looked more like a village hidden in the mountains and forests, surrounded by a babbling stream.

Amazingly, this stream defies natural science, and does not flow from the top down, but from the bottom up.

In one courtyard, a cup of tea was brought to the man in a long robe.

"You are a person who can't be invited to Guanlong Mountain, you have to guard Star City, and you have been guarding it for more than 20 years, and you are willing to be a team leader, don't you feel aggrieved?"

The woman who spoke looked in her forties, her appearance was not very outstanding, she was wearing a curved skirted plain brocade cheongsam, her long hair was coiled up with a hairpin, and her temperament was elegant.

Putting the teacup down, she sat in front of Li Siming, still smiling gently.

Li Siming picked up the teacup, smelled the smell, and nodded lightly.

"It is worthy of the tea of Guanlong Mountain, it is indeed very good, and it is rare in the world."

"If you come, you will be able to drink this tea every day."

Li Siming put down the teacup in his hand, shook his head, and answered the woman's previous question.

"I don't feel aggrieved, I do what I want to do, how can I be aggrieved."

The woman smiled slightly: "This is similar to before, in the capital, Li Siming of the Li family was the leader of those children, but later no one could understand that this leader would overturn the table and beat those who admired him to the north...... Now that you're here today, why don't you tell me why? ”

"There's not much to say." Li Siming was silent for a moment and said softly, "It's just that I suddenly found that those people who talk about the people's difficulties every day have raised their status to the highest place from their bones, and they also value the lives of the people as cheaper than grass." ”

The woman nodded slightly, she didn't agree, and she didn't object, but there were some things that Li Siming dared to say, but she didn't dare to say.

So I changed the subject.

"Tell me, what are you looking for me to do?"

"Save people."

Instead of asking who to save, the woman asked, "Why am I going?" ”

"I think you should go." Li Siming said, "That...... Oh no, those people, it's important. ”

The woman smiled lightly, and said: "You personally invite me, I should indeed go, not to mention, you still come to the capital to invite me, knowing that you are coming, I don't know how many people in the capital can't sleep at night...... However, I have one more question, and if you answer it, I'll go with you. ”

"You ask."

"Why do you wear a kaftan all the time?"

Li Siming raised his head and looked at the depths of the mountains and forests, and a smile miraculously appeared on his face.

"She said it was good-looking."

"You won't take it off?"

"I won't take it off."