Chapter 294: Gambling on Life
Yin Jiao asked Chongming Bird to catch two wild pheasants, roast them, and give one to Wuji.
Mowgli is not polite, takes the wild pheasant, and gobbles it up. As soon as Yin Jiao ate a small half, he gnawed a wild pheasant until only a pile of bones remained.
"You look so ugly. Yin Jiao said with some disgust.
"That's because you've never been hungry. "Mowgli's face does not change color. "You always feel bitter and hateful, in fact, most of it is imagination, have you ever suffered and tasted hunger?"
Yin Jiao thought about it and shook his head. "Not really, even when I was besieged by the Icefield Barbarians, I never went hungry. ”
"Still. Mowgli burped. "I'm different, I've been hungry for at least a third of the time since I came into the world. You nobles eat three meals a day, but we poor people can only eat two meals a day, and sometimes even one meal at all, where can we still take care of the appearance of food. ”
Yin Jiao thought about it, tore off a chicken leg, and handed it over. Mowgli glanced at him. Yin Jiao smiled and stuffed it into his hand.
"Eat, if it's not enough, I'll let the Chongming bird catch it again. Anyway, it can breathe fire, and it is easy to bake. ”
Wuji also smiled, took the chicken leg, and took a big bite.
"I have a question, you can answer it, if you can't, forget it. Anyway, it's okay to be idle, let's play with it. ”
"You say. Yin Jiao bit down a small piece of chicken and chewed it slowly.
"Chongming Bird is a famous fierce bird, it is said that there is a disaster of swords and soldiers as soon as it appears, and it never comes out of the Purple Moon Forest, how can it be so close to you?"
Yin Jiao's eyes flashed, he glanced at the Chongming bird on the branch in the distance, muttered for a moment, turned his head, and looked at Wuji with burning eyes.
"Have you ever heard of Xuanniao?"
"The Divine Destiny Xuanniao, the Xuanniao who descended to give birth to business?"
"Yes. The Chongming Bird is the Xuanniao. ”
"No, it won't. "Mowgli was surprised. "Isn't the Xuanniao a swallow, the books say that Xuanyao means black. The black swallow is the black swallow. This Chongming Bird is fire all over, how can it be a Xuanniao. ”
"The word Xuan does have the meaning of black, but in addition to this, it also has the meaning of heaven. Xuanniao means a celestial bird, not a black bird. Heaven also has the meaning of the sun, so the real meaning of Xuanniao is the heavenly bird from the sun. It also has a name, called the three-legged black. The Divine Destiny Xuanniao, descending and giving birth to business, means that the Chongming Bird descends from the sky. Brought my merchant's ancestors. ”
Mowgli pursed his lips, dismissive of this almost mythical legend. "After going around in a big circle and making up such a big story, don't you just want to say that your Yin family is of noble blood and is the son of a god?"
"It's not trying to say, it's the truth. ”
"Fact,. If you are really the son of the gods, how can you be taken over the world by Zhou, and now you have become a second-class family, and you can't even count as the seven surnames. ”
"Shang was taken over by Zhou. It was because the war between Shang and Dongyi contained a large number of troops, which was taken advantage of by the Zhou people. The Great Shang and Dongyi fought for a thousand years, because Hou Yi shot down for nine days, and he had a deep blood feud with the merchants. ”
"Wait. So, the story of Hou Yi shooting the sun is also true?"
"Of course it's true. Yin Jiao smiled slightly, revealing a bit of self-confidence that he hadn't seen for a long time, and an indescribable sense of superiority.
Mowgli scoffed.
Yin Jiao chewed two more bites of meat. swallowed his stomach, wiped his mouth carefully, and suddenly asked, "Do you think the Ancestral God is real or fake?"
Mowgli was stunned. Didn't answer immediately. In his opinion, as a god, the ancestor god Fuxi Nuwa is of course fake, but as a gene with a double helix structure, they are real, and they really can't be true.
Could it be that what Yin Jiao said about the Xuanniao also means this? Wuji looked at the Chongming Bird and shook his head again. The Chongming Bird is alive in front of you, how can it be a symbol. Could it be that the ancestors of the Yin family really fell from the sky?
Wuji muttered a little in his heart. He had previously heard a theory that the first life came from space, specifically from the edge of galaxies. There, there are some pre-interstellar nebula gases that contain some of the most basic elements of life. When these elements of life enter the right environment, life can evolve, including intelligent beings such as humans.
However, what Yin Jiao said is not like this explanation.
"What does the general think?" Wuji asked rhetorically.
"Are you a disciple of the Heavenly Academy, and you are suspicious of the Ancestor God?" Yin Jiao laughed silently, with a bit of banter. It can be seen that the temple system is unpopular. ”
"Compared to your god-like ancestors, I would rather believe in the existence of the ancestral gods. Wuji fought back unhurriedly: "Don't forget, I'm the youngest Dao realm ever. Even you, the general, probably can't help but admit this. ”
Yin Jiao was a little embarrassed. However, he still nodded, and said, "I'm afraid that the Book of Heaven you understand is not the same thing as the Book of Heaven that the Academy says." Otherwise, the Heavenly Academy would not have produced a real great power teacher for so many years. ”
Wuji smiled and stared at Yin Jiao for a long time. "I won't sue you. ”
Yin Jiao choked. It took a long day's effort, and even did not hesitate to throw out the secret of Chongming Bird, but Mowgli still didn't eat hard and soft, and stopped when it came to the key issue, and didn't talk about etiquette at all. This untouchable is a pariah, and he can't help him at all with the method of aristocratic courtesy.
The smile on Yin Jiao's face slowly condensed. "You should know that if you're useless to me, I won't keep you anymore. ”
"I know. Wuji said calmly: "However, I know better, you don't dare to kill me lightly." Use the entire Yin family to accompany me to the funeral, you can't do it, and you will never do it. ”
The corners of Yin Jiao's mouth twitched involuntarily, staring at Wuji viciously, and said coldly: "You seem to be too confident." Self-made cleverness is not really cleverness. ”
"Why don't you give it a try?" Mowgli smiled happily. "I have a lot of weaknesses, but the fear of death is certainly not one of them. General Yingyang, death is nothing but another rebirth, have you ever heard of such a thing? ”
Yin Jiao's eyebrows furrowed, and he didn't say a word. In the face of Mowgli's soft and hard hob meat, he really has no idea where to start. He snorted, leaned over, and poked his fingers in Mowgli's chest. Mowgli suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe, as if he had been choked by the neck.
"If you can't stand it, kowtow. Yin Jiao retreated and said lightly.
"You ......" Wuji's face was swollen red, but he forced a smile to appear, although the smile was more ugly than crying, it was an undoubted smile.
He knew what Yin Jiao wanted to do. Both of them wanted to take advantage of the psychological advantage, he said that he was not afraid of death, of course Yin Jiao would not take it lightly, he would definitely test it. Life experiences are different, there may be rich and poor, smooth and bumpy, but in the face of death, all people are equal.
Even if you live for another hundred years, you will not be able to escape death in the end. If you don't count the legendary immortals, in the history of the Great Qin Empire, there have been no immortal people. Yin Jiao is a general who has fought all his life, and he is used to seeing all kinds of people, whether they are warriors or cowards, and in the end they will inevitably die.
It is not impossible to face death head-on, but it is extremely limited, at least it should not appear in a teenager like Wuji, who is just fifteen years old.
Fifteen years old, when you are full of curiosity about the world and full of desire for life, how can you face death calmly. No matter how sincere Wuji said, Yin Jiao would not believe it and would express his doubts.
The test is a matter of time, and Mowgli has been prepared for it for a long time. Facing Yin Jiao, who was holding the victory ticket, he sneered.
The qi veins were sealed, he couldn't use his body to breathe, and if Yin Jiao didn't help him solve the acupoints, he would also die.
However, the more this is the case, the more he can't compromise, and he can't kowtow to Yin Jiao because of this. Otherwise, he will lose all initiative and become a puppet of Yinjiao. Once Yin Jiao was dissatisfied with something, he would repeat his old tricks and threaten him with death.
He had to convince Yin Jiao that death was not a terrible thing for him.
Wuji staggered to his feet, glanced at Yin Jiao, lowered his head, and rushed towards the big tree.
Yin Jiao frowned, motionless, watching Wuji rush towards the big tree.
The trunk of the tree is getting bigger and bigger in Wuji's eyes, but Yin Jiao still has no sign of stopping it, just looking at Wuji like this, his eyes don't blink.
In an instant, a trace of hesitation flashed in Wuji's heart. Although he has been reborn once, he doesn't believe in the line "death is just another rebirth", who knows if this time it will really be a life.
However, he still suppressed the trace of hesitation, suppressed the fear of death, quickened his pace, used all his strength, and slammed into it.
Because he knew that if he couldn't make Yin Jing sure that he wasn't afraid of death, he would die sooner or later.
"Whew!" Wuji crashed into the tree, his eyes went dark, and he fainted. Blood poured out of his forehead, instantly staining his face.
......
Ying Yiran suddenly turned over and sat up, cold sweat dripping.
"Princess, what's wrong with you?" Xiaoyun, the black girl, heard the sound and hurriedly walked in. When Ying Yiran escaped from the Longxiang Army, there was no attendant by her side, so Lin Ziyi arranged Xiaoyun to wait beside her.
"Nothing. Ying Yiran shook her head and motioned for Xiaoyun to go out.
Xiaoyun looked at her puzzled and retreated. Ying Yiran sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, her heart throbbing and her head buzzing.
She just had a nightmare, dreaming that Wuji was choked by Yin Jiao's neck, unable to breathe, looking at her with bloodshot and bulging eyes, asking her for help, as if he wanted to say something to her, but he couldn't say a word.
She wanted to save Mowgli, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move. Obviously Wuji was close at hand, but she couldn't get close to him.
She had a very bad premonition that Mowgli might die, and she couldn't do anything like in her dreams.
"Princess......" Lin Ziyi walked in quickly.
"I said, I'm fine. Ying Yiran pressed the fear in her heart and stood up. "Go back to your own post!"
Lin Ziyi bit his lip and handed over a piece of wood.
"Princess, Tao Linsai sent a message, Mowgli...... was captured by Yin Jiao. ”
Ying was stunned, his hand was loosened, and with a "pop", the wood chips fell to the ground, and his face turned pale-
(To be continued......)