Chapter 63: Shu Shaobai
There are no road signs on the snowfield, and he doesn't know where the Tianzheng Bird is going to take him, its wings have always been gliding, and the speed is much faster than usual, Xiao Qianye is lying on the back of the bird, and the wind is blowing so hard that he can't open his eyes at all, so he can only hold on to it to prevent himself from being thrown down.
The snow particles hit the body, although small, but because of the excessive speed, it was like hail.
I don't know how long it flew, but the Celestial Bird finally waved its wings, landed peacefully with a long roar, and shook its body covered with snowdrops.
Xiao Qianye opened his eyes at this time, his body was stiffened by the cold wind, and he saw at a glance the huge snow monument erected on the snow field - this was the snow monument behind the Thousand Machine Palace, which was regarded as an oracle by the White Sect.
He glanced up at the sky, it happened to be a dim cloudy day, the cold wind whistling with snow particles, completely indistinguishable what time it was, if it was according to the usual flight speed of the Tianzheng Bird, it would take at least a whole day from the outer Lalazhai to the snow monument, the snow monument was still a hundred miles away from the Qianji Palace, it was in the middle of the weeping snow plateau slightly easterly, it was connected to the sky, there was no end at a glance, there was a strong spiritual power within a hundred meters close to it, and the birds would be pulled down and torn to pieces, so this piece was actually a forbidden place in the forbidden land, it was really lifeless and desertedγ
According to legend, the goddess of prophecy in the heavenly realm once wrote the true history of the fall from the sky on this snow tablet, and even recorded the method of return.
Feiyuan actually doesn't have many legends about the twelve gods, and most people only know their titles, and the reason why the goddess of prophecy, Yunyun, is known by Feiyuan, is also because of this snow tablet.
He couldn't get close to the center of the snow monument after several patrols, and the White Tiger Legion would deliberately bypass it so as not to be shattered by the spiritual power inside.
Why did the Heavenly Expedition Bird send itself here? Xiao Qianye looked at his bird suspiciously, it was combing its wings covered with ice and snow, but its demeanor was calm, and there was no abnormality in the slightest.
"Come in. At this moment, the male voice in his head sounded again, and a waterway slowly paved from the center of the snow monument, "Follow the water in." β
The waterway carried a faint blue light, shimmering like a jewel, attracting him to go up can't help but step on the water, a foot on the water, a faint ripple under his feet, there seems to be a familiar power under the water, making his heart become restless little by little.
What does it feel like...... Xiao Qianye pondered silently, his reflection was clearly reflected on the water, and he found that he had an expectant smile on his face, and his eyes were the blue unique to the beast.
The snow stele was finally completely revealed in front of his eyes for the first time, it was indeed a tall monument accumulated by ice and snow, and it had experienced the baptism of wind and frost for thousands of years, and the words left by the goddess on the stele were like a strange symbol, and he couldn't understand a word, but his brain inexplicably understood the meaning of the characters.
"Upper Heavenly Realm, Overseas Western Longitude, Zhendao Record" - Tiancheng descends 80,000 zhang, 54,000 miles west, there is a stream island, the name is "Zhen", the race in the island multiplies, 10,000 years of prosperity, the hundred souls are harmonious, the sun and the moon are respected, the surname is given "Ming", and the human race is the emperor.
The east of the island is mountainous and watery, beautiful and comfortable; the south of the island is snowy and cold, and the vegetation is not growing; the loess and quicksand in the west of the island are dry and rainless; the mountains and rivers in the north of the island are magnificent and magnificent; there is a lonely city in the center of the island, which is given the name "Heavenly Domain".
In the 6,429th year of the Zhen Island Chronicle, the Night King Xi Hui traveled here, and was attacked and killed by the fierce beast under the seat, and the Lingfeng clan on the United Island was killed, I looked for the remnant soul of my companions, and brought it back to the heavenly realm to repair, the Night King woke up, was furious, and destroyed the foundation of Zhen Island.
After thousands of years, the Night King's divine consciousness was restored, my divine power was eliminated, and the heavens cursed "shattered" on Zhen Island.
The fierce beast Qiqi once again joined hands with the Lingfeng clan to resist, restarted the Blood Array, sacrificed 300,000 living beings with blood, nailed seals at the four corners of Zhen Island, and sealed the power of fragmentation in the central array.
The Night King did not understand his hatred, and sent down two rounds of heavenly punishment to "fall into the sky", I could not bear the misery of all beings on the island, and made a contract with him, if Zhen Island was separated from the rule of the sky, the heavenly realm would no longer interfere in the affairs of the sea.
Later, the Lingfeng clan Feng Ruohan, exhausted the breath of their own Lingfeng, and fell into the sea with Zhen Island, renamed "Feiyuan".
My name is the god of prophecy in the heavenly realm, water can carry boats, but also can capsize boats, power will be conserved forever, broken power will always exist in the wall, if you make good use of it, you can still wait for the return, if you abuse it selfishly, three rounds of heavenly punishment, unpredictable.
Now the island is shattered and falls into the sky, our destiny is difficult to violate, we dare not take action by ourselves, but pity the suffering of all beings, so I keep this book, and one day, return to the blue sky.
The words on the snow tablet came to an abrupt end, Xiao Qianye bit his lip, and the truth of shattering and falling into the sky turned out to be really just the grudge between the Night King and his own fierce beast!
He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, the moment his fingertips touched the snow monument, a pair of ice blue eyes appeared on the monument, and at the same time, the waterway under his feet surrounded him like a ribbon, and before Xiao Qianye could react, a strong wind blew around him, and he felt that his body was sucked into another place, and when the water dissipated, it was dark in front of him, and he couldn't see his five fingers!
Xiao Qianye tentatively walked a few steps, and found that his feet were also empty, there was no ground, he seemed to be floating in the air, there was nothing around, and when he was puzzled, a little fine light suddenly flashed around him, like the sun shining on the water, bright and shining, diffusing colorful and gorgeous colors.
Those rays of light converged dynamically in one direction, guiding him to continue walking.
Finally, there was a strong smell of blood, Xiao Qianye's eyes trembled, looking at the "lake" that suddenly appeared in front of him, it was a thick blood red, and the plasma was boiling in it!
Closer, he finally saw the man in the center of the lakeβthe blood was flowing on him, but the white feather coat was still clean and glaring, and he was lying flat in the center of the lake with his arms outstretched, and finally opened his ice-blue eyes.
It was a face exactly the same as that of the Night King Xi Hui.
"It's you......" Xiao Qianye blurted out, he had seen the soul body of the Night King on the Biluo Sea that day, but now that he really saw the body, it was a completely different feeling.
The person in the lake did not have the temperament of the Night King above ten thousand people, but instead revealed a deep exhaustion, and his eyes retained the purity of the first ancient species, which was more pure and clear than that of the Xiao family.
"Is this the central eye of the blood formation in Feng Ji's mouth?" Xiao Qianye had already relieved his shock, and finally realized where he was, hearing the word "Feng Ji", the person's lips moved slightly, but he didn't seem to be able to make a sound, so he could only speak directly in his head, "Ruohan...... Are you alright?"
He didn't answer Xiao Qianye's question, but instead asked him what he wanted to know most.
Feng Ji's real name is Feng Ruohan, "Ji" was originally an honorific title, he shouted Feng Ji's name so intimately, he must be an extremely important person to her, right?
"I don't know her well, and I've only met her once, so if I just look at it by my own reasoning, it's probably not good. Xiao Qianye thought back to the woman at the top of Wanling Peak, although she looked young, but her demeanor was full of vicissitudes, originally she had the breath of the spirit phoenix to protect her body, and she should be high-spirited, but she always inadvertently revealed a faint pain, which was something that was still obvious to cover up, and it seemed to imply that the woman's body was suffering greatly.
"Isn't it good?" the voice in her head trembled, as if her emotions had fluctuated, "That's right, when Zhen Dao fell into the sky, she almost exhausted all the breath of the spirit phoenix, but the effect of the blood contract will still keep her immortal, and her body must have weakened to the limit......"
"Will she die?" Xiao Qianye asked curiously, what kind of thing is the breath of the spirit phoenix?
"No, it won't. He sighed slightly, but he was not happy at all, "The body of the Lingfeng clan is like a flame, as long as the fire is not extinguished, no matter how weak the fire is, it can continue to burn, and the fire 'Spirit Phoenix' is given by the immortal bird Blazing Phoenix, that divine bird does not die, and the fire will always exist." β
"Where is the Divine Bird?" Xiao Qianye asked keenly, remembering his strange dream, and said, "Ukiyoyu...... Where is Ukiyo-yo?"
"Ukiyo Yu ......" he repeated Xiao Qianye's words, helpless, "After I devoured the Night King, I inherited not only his ability, but also his memory, at that time, I had repeatedly searched in the memory of the Night King, but there was no result, Ukiyo Island seems to have racial restrictions, even if it is the Heavenly Realm, you can't find the entrance." β
Xiao Qianye paused in disappointment, and it was exactly the same as what Emperor Zhong said in his dream.
"You can come here because you and I are of extremely similar blood, not only are we of the same ancient species, but we even happen to be of the same lineage. The man in the lake squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at him with a little smile, "In the past thousand years, no one else has been able to approach the eye of the Blood Formation Array, but when you come in this time, the Night King will inevitably feel something, after all, this is his body, he wants to find me, the fastest way is to use you, but he didn't do it because you are a descendant of the Emperor Zhong lineage, and there is a prophecy of 'Emperor Star Falling' in the Heavenly Realm, so he doesn't dare to try it easily......"
"I've heard Feng Ji mention that prophecy. Xiao Qianye was a little puzzled, and read: "The emperor star rises, the heaven and the earth drink together, the sun and the moon shine together; If Emperor Xing is referring to Emperor Zhong, then he has already been devoured to death by that poor Qi?"
The people in the lake did not speak, looking at him meaningfully, Xiao Qianye muttered to himself, repeating it several times: "When the emperor star rises, the heaven and the earth drink together, the sun and the moon shine together...... The emperor star rises, the heaven and the earth drink together, the sun and the moon shine together, the emperor star falls, the mountains and rivers lose color, and the sun and the moon are sad!"
Today, the mountains and rivers are still the same, the sun and the moon are hanging high, and the emperor star has not fallen!
"He's not dead!" Xiao Qianye suddenly lost his voice, took a big step back, and pressed his heart, "Because he is not dead yet...... So the prophecy didn't come true?"
Hades King Huang Yan also said something similar, he traveled thousands of miles to come to Zhen Island from the Heavenly Realm in person, just because he knew that Emperor Zhong was still alive.
Where will he live...... Live in your dreams, will you become him one day?
No...... Xiao Qianye shook his head in disgust, throwing away these strange thoughts, he has his own life, his own family, and the person he likes, he never wants to become another stranger.
"You, come up and feel the lake. The man in the lake smiled, Xiao Qianye approached the blood-colored lake, obviously the plasma in it was boiling and tumbling, but the blood that came out was cold to the bone marrow - Prince Mingxi once said that when the wind demon was investigating the foundation of the flying wall, he found a powerful unknown power, like a flame, but it was cold enough to frostbite people.
He bent down and carefully put his hand into the lake water, and at that moment, his skin seemed to be bitten by tens of thousands of insects and ants, and a huge tearing force struck!
Xiao Qianye quickly withdrew his hand, and the man in the lake continued: "This tearing power is the first heavenly punishment 'shattering' left by the king of Chinese New Year's Eve, it wants to tear my body every moment, this lake was filled with blood by thirty thousand aliens in the Chinese New Year's Eve, I sealed myself in the lake, in order to pull the entire foundation, only in this way can the island remain intact." β
His voice was as calm as ever, and he didn't feel the endless pain in his words at all, but Xiao Qianye clenched his fists hard, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat - he just touched it, but this person has been floating in the lake for thousands of years.
"If you leave...... "If you leave," he swallowed, his voice shaking, "what will happen to Higaki if you leave here?"
"What do you think?" the man asked rhetorically, Xiao Qianye lowered his eyes and said silently, "It will break apart like a plate of loose sand and sink to the bottom of the sea." β
"Hmm. He confirmed, saw Xiao Qianye's face pale, pressed his forehead and closed his eyes in contemplation.
Once the Flying Wall begins to fall apart, the division of the Four Realms is inevitable, and the Night King promises that the Emperor of Heavenly Power will fly to the sky with the Heavenly Imperial City, so what will happen to the remaining Yudu, Dongming, Jialuo, and Yangchuan?
Feng Ji also wanted to save him, although she said that she would replace him as the new Formation Eye, and she would be able to keep the entire territory of Feiyuan, but was this sentence true? Could Feng Ji just make up a random reason to deceive the prince?
"Can the Array Eye be replaced?" Thinking of this, Xiao Qianye finally couldn't help but ask his doubts, and the people in the lake paused for a moment and didn't answer directly, "Does anyone want to replace me?"
"You should know who it is. Xiao Qianye reminded in a cold voice, and the man's eyes really lit up, and his calm expression was surprised, "Is it her......? She had wanted to find the Eye of the Blood Formation several times, and had also been to other sealing points in the surrounding four realms, she had always wanted to save me, but I couldn't talk to her, and I couldn't even protect her when I saw her in danger, so you just asked me if I could change the Formation Eye? Theoretically...... It should be possible, as long as it is strong enough in the eye of the array to withstand the tearing force of the shattering, it is fine. β
"Oh?" Xiao Qianye thought calmly, in this way, Feng Ji didn't lie to him, she really wanted to exchange herself for this person.
Was she a madman? Or did she not know what kind of pain the Formation Eye was going to endure?
"Don't let her come to ......," the man in the lake sighed worriedly, "If she was in her heyday, she might be able to take on the power of the array, but ...... You know, her phoenix breath was consumed when she fell into the sky, and besides, I volunteered back then, Zhendao is Ruohan's hometown, and it is also the place where I first met her, and I want to protect her, that's all. β
"I ...... He has followed the Night King since he was a child. He said to himself, regardless of whether Xiao Qianye wanted to hear it or not, "I am the first fierce beast under his seat, he will take me wherever he goes, even if he has thousands of tens of thousands of strange beasts later, he will still take me." β
"The Night King...... My lord, it's actually very good to me. The voice of the man in the lake began to tremble a little, "I regard him as the only master, and I have always been proud of him. β
"Heh......" he smiled bitterly, as if he felt that his words were very ridiculous, "but in his eyes, I will always be a beast, right? He took me everywhere, but because I defeated all the strange beasts under his command and gained his trust, only her, only Ruohan, she really treated me like a relative, I can tell clearly, the Night King always looks at me with cold and stern eyes, and the tone of his voice to me is always a command, she is different, she herself is locked in a birdcage, and she has to fix my hair......"
Xiao Qianye listened quietly, Di Zhong also accidentally formed an indissoluble bond with a disabled beast, why did this poor Qi have a similar experience?
"The breath of the spirit phoenix on her body is particularly pure, and it is also stronger, as the spirit phoenix clan that can only die if the same clan kills each other, she is regarded as a threat by the clan, and is locked in a special birdcage, she has been locked in it since she was a child, and the clansmen have never spoken to her, after the Night King found her, the ability to command ten thousand beasts made him keenly aware that Ruohan's body had the breath of a divine bird, so he asked me to stay and watch her, and I returned to the heavenly realm alone to deal with other things. β
"I was ordered to stay by the birdcage day and night, the fierce beast Qiqi is a cold-blooded animal, but her body is very warm, attracting me to involuntarily want to get closer......"
Then she grabbed me by the tail. The man in the lake giggled, even after thousands of years, it would still be melted by that warmth, "She was not afraid of me at all, she would comb me with her hands, tickle me with lice, and play with me like a little milk dog." β
Xiao Qianye's eyes moved slightly, and the emperor in the dream was also playing with the poor qi like that.
"I watched her by the birdcage for three years, and I could speak human words, but I never spoke to her until the Night King returned from the Upper Heavens and ordered her to be taken to the pillar of the Blood Array, and she suddenly hugged my neck and whispered 'goodbye'. β
"It was that moment...... I decided to betray my master. The voice of the man in the lake gradually grew colder, "The Night King trusts me so much, if I sneak up on him from behind, he won't notice, I'm ...... And it worked. β
"I got everything he had, for the first time I had a human body, I could hold her, I could touch her face, I could be by her side. β
But Zhen Island paid a terrible price for it. Xiao Qianye reminded lightly, but the people in the lake did not refute, and continued, "I have seen your dream, and Emperor Zhong named that poor qi...... I really envy it, I've been with the Night King for tens of thousands of years, and I don't have my own name. β
"What's your name?" Xiao Qianye remembered that he didn't know his name yet, he paused for a moment, and said, "What's my name?" At that time, she also asked me the same, I searched for the name in the memory of the Night King, and finally chose the name he had when he was not yet a god, called Shu Shaobai. β
"Shu Shaobai ......" Xiao Qianye repeated, legend has it that after the twelve gods went to the heavenly realm, because they called themselves gods, they all gave up their former real names.
He suddenly became a little curious, Di Zhong should also be his later name, right? What is his real name?
"Promise me not to let her come to me. Shu Shaobai pleaded, "Although I can't intervene, but I can barely sense the things on the flying wall, you just need to assist the current prince to seize the world, the prince promised to give the aliens equal right to live, this is enough, the Night King is not so easy to find me, the eye of the blood array is deliberately covered by Lord Yunyun, unless they themselves have internal resistance, otherwise it is not so easy to break the barrier of the God of Prophecy......"
"He seems to be using the three demons under the seat to find you. Xiao Qianye quickly remembered Feng Jiuqing's words, and Shu Shaobai shook his head slightly, "He still has to put some effort into saving the three demons, especially the Nightmare Demon, the Nightmare Heart is trapped in the God of War Blade Gu Chen, you ...... Maybe you should go there to find it, Gu Chen doesn't seem to be left by the emperor, but your ancestor, the ancient species, and the current strength of the Night King is less than one ten-thousandth of that year, otherwise he will not join forces with the human emperor, as long as the prince succeeds in seizing power, the Night King loses the support of the royal family, and it is even more difficult to find me, you don't listen to Ruohan, I just want her to be good. β
Xiao Qianye didn't answer, there were some things he couldn't say to this person, Feng Ji was undoubtedly living a very painful life, not only physical torture, but also inner pain that was difficult to heal, this person's whimsical "good", for Feng Ji today, maybe it was just a fantasy.
Which is better, a painful life or a liberated death? But this kind of decision is only the right of the person concerned to choose, and where does the bystander feel the sympathy?
Shu Shaobai didn't notice the slightest abnormality between his eyebrows, and continued: "If the Night King wants to find me to regain his body, except for you who use the same bloodline, he also needs to first break the other four seals of the surrounding four realms, remove the array eyes on the Weeping Snow Plateau, and the other four are located in the Charm Mountain, the Sunset Desert Giant Bay, the Empty Silence Holy Land Five Emperor Lake, and the Glacier Forest Sealing Demon Seat, if the seals of the four realms are broken, it will cause unpredictable natural disasters in the local area. β
"I will tell His Highness the Crown Prince. Xiao Qianye replied with interest, this kind of thing must be handled by the Wind Demon is the most appropriate, if Prince Mingxi wants to stop Feitian, he will inevitably interfere in the seal of the Four Realms.
"Hmm...... Finally, let me tell you some memories of the Night King. Shu Shaobai smiled mysteriously, and sure enough, he was interested, "There are six gods in the heavenly realm: sun, moon, war, army, wind, and pre-god, and the six kings of the underworld, night, ghost, chi, lie, and chen, although they are fellow practitioners, they are suspicious of each other, and even there is a serious disagreement between the god of war and the king of the underworld, causing the god of war emperor to go to the heavenly realm, and no matter how impregnable the copper wall is, once the internal division begins, it is very easy to be broken......"
"You seem to have said something very dangerous......" Xiao Qianye caught a glimpse of the mysterious luster in Shu Shaobai's eyes.
"I only have his memory, not his feelings, and I don't know how many grievances there are between them. Shu Shaobai continued indifferently, "In the battle of Biluohai, if it weren't for the Night King who noticed the power of the emperor to retreat, you would definitely be defeated, Huang Yan took the initiative to find it, if he was serious, you would have no chance of winning, the military pavilion master, you have to remember my words now, your opponent is not the group of high-ranking officials in the imperial capital, your opponent...... It's the heavenly realm, it's your former initiate. β
"Hmph. Xiao Qianye snorted coldly, "It's a pity that I'm about to be killed by the group of high-ranking officials in the imperial capital now, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the fellow practitioners." β
"Then you can take care of the matter in front of you first. Shu Shaobai naturally knew his situation, the space began to shake, and the light around him dissipated little by little, "I'll send you back first, if you can save this life in the hands of the imperial capital, I can ...... Teach you some of the powers that only beasts can have, but if you can't even handle people, then you don't deserve my help......"
The last few words of his voice dissipated with the light, Xiao Qianye suddenly opened his eyes, and found that he had left the snow monument, and unconsciously returned to the front of the Thousand Machines Palace, and the Tianzheng Bird was circling and flying on the top of the palace, and was also sent back together.
It was dark again, and a whole day passed before I knew it!