Chen Xi was in a trance when he saw the empress, because she was really special. It seems that she is not too young, and her temperament is very ordinary, if it weren't for the gorgeous long dress on her body and the crown on her head showing her supreme status in the country of goddesses, Chen Xi would have the illusion that she was a woman next door that she would often meet on the street.

"Don't salute, or I'll be called pedantic by everyone. ”

The empress got down from her seat and walked slowly over to greet Chen Xi. Chen Xi didn't test whether the empress really couldn't practice, because it was a very disrespectful thing for others.

"I thank you for my people, and thank you very sincerely. ”

The empress naturally took Chen Xi's hand, and then turned around and walked side by side. She looked to be about forty years old, her figure was excellent, and her face was not bad, but the wrinkles left on her face by the years seemed to be indelible.

"I know what you're most curious about, as the king of a country, why can't I practice?"

The empress sat down and motioned for Chen Xi to sit beside her: "Maybe it's because our goddess country is too closed, so the outside world knows very little about us." We also rarely have guests here, and we live so quietly and peacefully that our neighbors may not have quarreled with each other for decades. So please forgive you for seeing that our soldiers are not brave enough, because there is no one to teach them how to fight properly. ”

Chen Xi said: "What I see is bravery. ”

The Empress laughed, and it was a beautiful smile, a mature beauty that belonged only to a woman of her age.

"Since the beginning of the kingdom of goddesses, every generation of empresses has been a person who cannot practice. ”

She explained, "Although it was the practitioners who started to create this country from the beginning, this rule was set by them, and because it is absolutely fair, no one has questioned it until now. ”

Chen Xi suddenly understood: "I understand, because if a cultivator becomes a supreme, it is difficult to take into account the feelings of ordinary people. They will devote more than half of their energy to spiritual practice, and the other half to governing the country, which is obviously not enough. ”

The Empress smiled and said, "You are so clever that you guessed the answer before I said anything." In this way, the practitioners who founded this country decided to choose the most intelligent and prestigious ordinary person to become the empress. Because I can't practice, I will pay more attention to people's livelihood and how to make the lives of the people of this country happier. If it is the practitioners who are in power, then there is no more energy to take care of the lives of ordinary people. ”

Chen Xi nodded: "This is great wisdom. ”

The Empress said: "But it is not a perfect solution, I often think that there are two sides to everything. Because of this rule, I am sure that each generation of empresses will govern the country dutifully and take care of the people's livelihood. But because of this, the number of cultivators in the Goddess Kingdom is becoming more and more scarce. This drawback has not been particularly clearly manifested before, because the monks on the Lingmiao Treasure Mountain have provided us with shelter. But not long ago, Lingmiao Treasure Mountain was closed. ”

Chen Xi said: "If you are willing, I will open the space passage and let the people of the Goddess Country transfer as much as possible to our space in Blue Star City, where it will be more stable and safe." ”

The empress smiled, a little helpless: "You know, in a country where people have lived in great comfort for generations, what they are most afraid of is sudden disasters, because we don't have the experience to deal with them. But this is not the most frustrating thing, the most frustrating thing is that our people are unwilling to leave the home that has made them comfortable for so long. ”

Chen Xi frowned slightly, he understood the empress's worries. The people here are so happy and peaceful that they are too attached to their home. Those who have not seen the Abyssal Beast do not think that the Abyssal Beast will destroy their home, and most of those who have seen the Abyssal Beast are dead.

"It's really hard. ”

Chen Xi was silent for a while and then said, "I was in the Central Plains, and after sensing the final plan of the Yuan Beast, I kept sending people to contact the surrounding castles, hoping that they could also take precautions immediately. But not many people believed me and chose to close it off. I used to be upset because I wanted to save more people but others rejected your kindness, what should I do?"

The empress was also very interested, sat up a little straighter, and asked, "Yes, what should I do in this situation?"

Chen Xi said: "Then don't consider their strategies, just take people away." ”

The empress looked embarrassed: "However, our country has never forced anyone to do anything. Everyone has the right to live freely, and they also have the right to choose freely. Although I am the Empress, from the very beginning our country has determined that the Empress is not a ruler, but a person who serves everyone. ”

Chen Xi smiled: "I can be this bad guy." ”

The Empress also laughed slyly, "I haven't heard you say anything like that. ”

Chen Xi got up and bowed slightly: "These things will be resolved as soon as possible, and the spatial passage of Blue Star City will be opened in the shortest possible time, and then my people rushed over rudely and unreasonably, snatching away a large number of people." Her Majesty's guards are all fighting the Abyssal Beasts on the battlefield, and it won't be long before I can protect her subjects, and I apologize for the rudeness of my men. ”

The Empress smiled even more relievedly: "I guess my generous subjects will forgive you." ”

Chen Xi left the barracks and took the White Tiger and the Demon to find Lin Qiping's traces. In order to help them, the goddess specially asked Saduo to bring a survivor to show Chen Xi and them the way. The survivor was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who escaped by hiding in a pyre with his friends by playing hide and seek. Lin Qiping didn't use the power of cultivation to perceive his surroundings at that time, because these ordinary people didn't pose a threat to him at all.

It can be said that this little boy was lucky, and the Grim Reaper passed by him.

The little boy named Wu Gu was obviously apprehensive when he mentioned the incident of that man, and he was reluctant to say anything more after briefly recounting what had happened that day. Chen Xi asked where he finally found Lin Qiping, and then set off to rush over. Saduo was very excited, of course, because he could travel with Chen Xi again. And a girl of her age is always interested in adventure, and it is even better to have an adventure with a young and handsome man.

Chen Xi and the others had already darkened when they arrived at this village, and it had not been long since it got dark. The village is still there, mostly intact. The living habits of the people here have brought difficulties to Chen Xi, because the place has been thoroughly cleaned, and it is difficult to see even the bloodstains. Water is really a magical thing, and after washing, Lin Qiping's breath becomes extremely weak.

Chen Xi squatted down and found a small patch of blood in a corner that had not been wiped off, which had turned gray-brown. From this bloodstain, Chen Xi felt the breath of the abyss beast, Chen Xi stood up, closed his eyes, and began to perceive.

"Over there. ”

Chen Xi left the village in a sweep, and existence is the wilderness. The country of the goddess is vast and sparsely populated, and you can't see a village for dozens of miles. This also makes it more difficult to hunt down, and in such an environment, it may take a long time for someone to find out if something happens to a village. In the most scarce place where the goddess country is most rare, there may not be a single person within a few hundred miles.

"It's been too long"

Chen Xi frowned slightly: "It's been at least more than five days since I left, and the aura of the remaining abyssal beasts here is too small, and it's difficult to discern the direction." ”

Gou Chen, who had never spoken and watched coldly, looked at the white tiger: "Why don't you give it a try?"

Baihu shook his head, walked up to Chen Xi's side and said, "It's better for me to come, maybe my way is more direct than yours." ”

White Tiger explained: "It's not that I didn't want to do it before, it's because it makes me extremely uncomfortable every time, and I'm more sensitive to blood than others, so we should go back to the village, if only they hadn't cleaned it." ”

Gou Chen said: "I thought you had forgotten that you were a white tiger. ”

The white tiger didn't say anything, but silently returned to the village and stopped at the place where Chen Xi found the blood. Chen Xi saw the white tiger slowly stretch out his hand and touch the traces of blood with one finger. After a while, Chen Xi saw that Bai Hu's face had changed, and he was a little pale. Then the white tiger's other hand was raised and slowly swiped through the air.

As his hand swiped through the air, a picture appeared in front of everyone.

Gou Chen said in a flat tone: "No one is more sensitive to blood than him"

White Tiger suddenly spoke: "Although you are qualified to talk about my past, I hope you can respect me. ”

Gou Chen snorted coldly: "What have you ever done, have you forgotten?"

The white tiger opened his mouth and finally didn't say anything more. Maybe it was a past that he would never forget, and if Gou Chen was still the original Gou Chen, he would never mention those pasts. But now Gou Chen has changed, he has become so cold and ruthless, and he has become indifferent to anyone's feelings.

The white tiger was silent for a while and then said: "What I have done before, I have not forgotten myself, and I don't want to forget, I will say it, and I don't need you to say it." Something stuck in my heart like a thorn, and every time I thought about it, I pulled the thorn out and plunged it in. ”

Gou Chen sneered: "So you blame me for mentioning it?"

"Shut up!"

Chen Xi suddenly felt very angry, Gou Chen was so annoying at this time. He didn't know what kind of past the white tiger had, but he didn't want to see Gou Chen's aggressive appearance.

"You feel a sense of accomplishment in that?"

He asked.

Gou Chen snorted and turned his head away.

White Tiger glanced at Chen Xi gratefully, and then focused on the blood. It didn't take long for the otherwise static image in mid-air to move. Everyone saw the tragedy in that picture. The bloody and filthy Lin Qiping appeared in the picture, which should have been what this person saw before he died. He saw Lin Qiping pounce on a person and bite it, and then open his mouth to suck the flesh into his stomach, the process was very fast, and it only took him a few seconds to eat a person.

Then the picture changed, it should be this person running wildly. Then the picture shook violently, and then flipped over, and Lin Qiping appeared in the picture again, and it was close at hand. Obviously, this person was chased by Lin Qiping from behind, and then fell into this corner. After a while, the picture disappeared, and the scene of Lin Qiping gulping biting made everyone's hearts chill.

Saduo exclaimed, covering his face and not daring to continue.

The boy's body was trembling.

The white tiger got up and carefully searched the village for the remaining blood, even a little bit of blood, he could find out the memory of this person. After many attempts, the direction of Lin Qiping's departure was finally determined.

The white tiger stood up and let out a long exhale. Chen Xi clearly saw the pain in his eyes, a deep and poignant pain.