Chapter 87: The Eighth Millennial King, the Ten Thousand Year Tortoise
Xiao Hei frowned and asked, "The Hundred Demon Sports Conference is going to be held in advance?"
"Well," said Father Turtle, "it was changed from the original day to two days, and it was two weeks ago. ”
Upon hearing this, Fang Yuan was quite happy in his heart. Fortunately, the date of this Hundred Demon Sports Conference was advanced, if it really didn't start until two weeks later, Fang Yuan would have to die here in a hurry.
Xiao Hei asked again, "Could it be that something happened to the Divine Beast Palace?"
Father Turtle shook his head and said, "This is not clear, but I know that there seems to be a new rule, which is called a complete victory or something." ”
"If all the other opponents withdraw, it will be a complete victory, and if it can be completely won, it seems that all the participants of the winning side can enter the Divine Beast Palace to meet the Lord Monarch. Xiao Hei added, "When we just came back, we encountered the black hands of Wanyun Valley, saying that they Wanyun Valley had successfully persuaded others to quit. He tried to persuade me to quit, but I didn't. ”
Father Turtle angrily slammed the ground twice with his crutches and said, "Damn! Their Wanyun Valley has really become more and more unreasonable in the past few years! I heard that Banpo Village now even needs their nods to get water, and now they are still controlling the Hundred Demon Sports Conference, which is really too much! If this continues, what is the difference between them and those scoundrels in Chaotianhe? What does this little Huajin want to do!"
After a while, Father Turtle sighed again and said, "Hey...... But then again, most of our Juling Village are little demons, and they don't have too good housekeeping skills, so only you dare to compete with them. If Xiaomian is still around, you two may still be companions. But now you're alone, and I'm afraid you'll be in danger of attending this conference!"
Xiao Hei smiled and said, "Don't you know me? They can't kill me!"
Father Turtle said, "I know your self-healing ability is very strong, but ...... Lately, I've always felt a little uneasy about Grandpa Wannian, which is not a good sign!"
Xiao Hei nodded Fang Yuan with his paw and said, "Don't worry, he will go with me to participate in the Hundred Demon Sports Conference." ”
The wild boar sister also hurriedly chimed in: "Yes, yes, Daddy Turtle, this human brother is very powerful!
"Boar Sister...... You ......"
Hearing Xiao Hei's voice, the boar sister realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly raised one of her front hooves to block her mouth.
Father Turtle's expression became a little solemn, and he asked, "Did you fight with the black hand?"
"No," explained Blackie, "it just made some ............ Just some simple rubbing. ”
On the way back, Xiao Hei's injuries had almost recovered, and Father Turtle took a closer look to see some clues, and said in a deep voice: "Xiao Hei, didn't we say that we wouldn't clash with the demons of other settlements outside?
Seeing that Daddy Turtle was about to start the preaching mode again, Xiao Hei suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to get out, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "By the way, you just said that you feel that Grandpa Wannian has been a little uneasy recently, why don't we go over and see him now!"
Sister Wild Boar also reacted, so she hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, we should go to see Grandpa Wannian now!"
Father Turtle naturally guessed that this was their way out, and glanced at them helplessly, and said in a low voice, "Come with me." ”
Fang Yuan didn't really have much interest in these strange-looking monsters, but for a while he didn't know what he should do, so he subconsciously followed Xiao Hei and the others together.
Walked to the center of the village, under a large stone monument that looked like a monument to the people's heroes in the park. Daddy Turtle's crutches shook slightly, and a two-meter-square white stone slab in front of the stele slowly slid backwards, revealing a passage that resembled a staircase from a catacomb.
Father Turtle motioned for everyone to stop, and he walked in cautiously on crutches alone. After a while, he walked up slowly, glanced at Fang Yuan with a little deep meaning, and said to everyone: "Grandpa Wannian said that he wants to meet this human child alone. ”
Fang Yuan, who was still looking around, looked at Father Turtle in some surprise, pointed at himself and said, "Me?"
Father Turtle nodded and said, "That's right, it's you." ”
Fang Yuan glanced at the place that seemed to be a crypt and couldn't help frowning. He didn't think that the youkai that inhabited that kind of place would be some kind of amiable and kind stubble, could it be that he knew that he was a human and wanted to eat himself, right?
So he replied: "I don't know that Wannian grandfather well, why do you want to go to see him? You better take Xiao Hei and them there! I won't go." ”
Xiao Hei hurriedly touched Fang Yuan lightly with his paws, and whispered: "Don't be unreasonable, Grandpa Wannian can be said to be the most qualified demon in the entire painting world, he is willing to see you, you should ......"
Father Turtle raised his hand to interrupt Xiao Hei's words and said, "It's okay, Grandpa Wannian expected that he was unwilling, let me show him this." As he spoke, he handed Fang Yuan a small note, "Grandpa Wannian said, after you read this, you will go to see him." ”
Fang Yuan took the note with some impatience, opened it and saw that there was a sentence written on it: "Hello, a child from another world." ”
As soon as he saw the words "another world", Fang Yuan was so frightened that he quickly put away the note in his hand, and after being silent for a long time, he said to Father Turtle: "Since this is the case, please lead the way for me." ”
Father Turtle nodded slightly, and said to Xiao Hei and Sister Wild Boar, "You two should wait here for a while." ”
Fang Yuan followed the guidance of Father Turtle into the crypt, and the two sides of the passage were not lit by candles, but clusters of glowing insect light arranged in an orderly manner on both sides of the wall.
However, Fang Yuan didn't have any thoughts on the road at the moment, he was a little nervous, and after meeting for a while, he wanted to ask this Wannian grandfather some questions, but he was afraid that the answer he got was not what he expected.
Before he knew it, Daddy Turtle had stopped and waved his hand slowly, motioning for him to go in alone.
In front of him was a stone door that was slightly open, and through the narrow gap, a bright light came out of it. Fang Yuan hesitated for a moment before making up his mind, he pulled the stone door hard but didn't pull it, so he had to drill into the gap that was owed.
Fang Yuan's body had just entered the stone gate, only to hear a sound like stone grinding behind him, and the stone gate actually closed slowly. After a fleeting moment of surprise, Fang Yuan set his gaze on the vast stone chamber.
I thought that the monster's lair would be like in Journey to the West, dark and deep, with intricate rocks and rocks, and occasionally poisonous insects and cobwebs. But everything in front of him once again refreshed Fang Yuan's understanding of things, what kind of nest is this, this is simply a small library.
The surrounding bookshelves have the feel of an archive room, and instead of lamps or candles, they are illuminated by a magical white jade that emits a light comparable to a 24-watt engineering high-brightness LED tube.
In the middle of the circle of bookshelves is a large reading and writing desk, with a small coffee table and a rocking chair made of jade. On the rocking chair, an old man with white hair was holding a book and looking at it leisurely, presumably this was the 10,000-year-old grandfather in Xiao Hei's mouth.
This 10,000-year-old grandfather carried a huge crimson turtle shell behind him, which seemed to be to show his identity. Looking at it this way, it reminded Fang Yuan of the appearance of the turtle immortals in the island country anime, which was indeed a little similar.
Seeing Grandpa Wannian reading the book there, Fang Yuan didn't bother, just waited there quietly. After a short while, Grandpa Wannian seemed to have finished reading the current paragraph. Gently put down the scroll in his hand, took a teacup, and carefully examined Fang Yuan's body with a pair of shrewd eyes.
"Son, since you want to come to see me, you must have some questions for me, right?"
Fang Yuan thought about it, but his brain cramped, and asked, "Your name is ...... Grandpa Wannian, it's because ...... Did you really live 10,000 years?"
Grandpa Wannian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed.
Fang Yuan also couldn't wait to give himself two mouths, he just suddenly remembered a sentence in his mind: the eighth thousand-year-old king, the thousand-year-old turtle. As a result, I didn't expect to hold back for a while, so I asked out.
"Yes, I did live 10,000 years, maybe longer, I don't remember exactly. But I know, that's not really the question you want to ask. ”
Fang Yuan was silent for a moment, then asked, "How do you know...... Am I from another world?"
"Hmm......" Grandpa Wannian thought for a moment, "probably the smell! The smell on your body is different from those children outside, it is a smell that does not belong to this world." ”
"What about you...... What else do you know?"
Grandpa Wannian's deep gaze fell on Fang Yuan's eyes, and he said leisurely: "For example, your eyes, your ability, or ...... Your fate?"
As soon as Grandpa Wannian's words came out, Fang Yuan's hands were quietly trembling.
What the hell is going on? This old guy knows everything? Is he really like the legendary saint, who knows everything, knows everything?
Fang Yuan's voice trembled a little and said, "You...... Can you tell me about it...... What the hell is going on? All this...... Is it true? Or is it ......? I'm just dreaming?"
Grandpa Wannian smiled indifferently and asked, "What is real? What is it? What is it a dream? The most real thing in this world is lust and greed, but you happen to be deeply trapped in it." ”
Fang Yuan couldn't understand what he was saying at all, and felt that this old guy felt as if he was playing a dumb riddle with him, so he asked bluntly, "Will I die......?" Am I going to die?"
Grandpa Wannian looked at him with a hint of regret in his eyes, although it was only a moment, but it was still keenly captured by Fang Yuan, and his mood suddenly seemed to fall into an ice cave.
But Grandpa Wannian said slowly: "No...... You won't. ”
"Hoo ......"
Fang Yuan exhaled heavily, daring to scare himself with this old thing here! Not to mention, just when he saw his regretful eyes, Fang Yuan's heart was really frightened.
"Then I don't have a problem. ”
Grandpa Wannian said slowly: "But you will lose a lot, a lot, a lot ......"
Fang Yuan smiled: "How could it be, this world didn't give me anything in the first place. If you don't have it, how can you lose it?"
Grandpa Wannian said: "No, this world has given you many things that you didn't have before, such as friends, trust, and ...... Love ......"
This sentence was like a bolt of lightning that struck Fang Yuan's heart. Xiaoman's figure suddenly flashed in his mind, and then Zhang Zhiyi, Qiu Dayou, Mo Ziqi, Wang Yuchu, and even Song Xue, Su Xingyu and Zhou Zhe......
Grandpa Wannian spoke slowly again, and said, "I still have a way to rescue you from it, but the price is that you will lose the ability that can make you stronger, you ...... Would you like to?"