Xun Yuzhan suddenly jumped out of a scene in his dream.

"Dad, what are you looking at?"

At that time, Xun Yuzhan, who was still young, walked out of the house and saw that in the small courtyard of the family, his father, who was holding a pair of double swords, was looking up at the starry sky like a literati, and his tall and majestic figure did not move.

"Stars. Xun Wuya replied simply.

Xun Yuzhan followed his father's gaze and looked up, and could see the stars in the night sky, which was extremely beautiful, but this was just an ordinary scene, and it could be seen almost every night.

He wondered, "What is there to see in the stars?"

Xun Wuya replied with yearning in his eyes: "Yuzhan, the most envied thing in the world is the fourteen stars who fell into the mortal world, and this is also the dream that we have been pursuing all my life. He pointed to the sky and continued, "You see, the seven brightest stars on the north pole are the Big Dipper, and on the south pole, the spoon-like stars are the Big Dipper." ”

He gestured with his arm again, followed a line, and moved his fingertips farther away, and said: "The one that stands alone and proudly in the sea of stars is the Ziwei Star, and only it stands there eternally, not moving. ”

Xun Yuzhan nodded as if he didn't understand, and asked again, "Does Dad also want to be those stars?"

Xun Wuya shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The host of the stars doesn't want to be a bento, Dad just fantasizes about it in his heart." ”

Xun Yuzhan frowned slightly, and then asked, "Then why does Dad want to be those stars?"

Xun Wuya was about to blurt out an answer, but the words came to his lips, but he was speechless. In his heart, he also asked himself again, why do he want to become stars? chivalrous and majestic, admired by all people, and envied by people? Martial arts ascended to the peak, and sects were established? It is true that he had fantasized about these things, but in these words, the pattern was so narrow and selfish.

Xun Wuya looked at Xun Yuzhan's dark eyes full of curiosity, and didn't know how to answer for a while, so he fell into silence.

"Dad?" Xun Yuzhan said strangely.

Xun Wuya touched his son's little head and said with a smile: "Yuzhan, you are still young, maybe you deserve a better answer, and I will tell you when my father understands it later." ”

......

Xun Yuzhan lay on his side on the straw mat of the stargazing platform, sleeping peacefully, and in his dream, he saw the events of his childhood, which was a conversation with his father about the stars.

Not far away, Tianji was still sitting quietly as before, looking at the sky.

Xun Wuya took off his coat and covered it for Xun Yuzhan, and then cautiously walked behind the heavenly fuselage, wanting to stop talking.

"Kid, there's something you want to ask, but it's okay to say. Tianji suddenly spoke, and his tone was as flat as at the beginning, but there was a lingering warmth hidden in the plainness.

Xun Wuya only felt bitter and sad in his heart.

Through the mouth of heaven, Xun Wuya finally understood that what he saw that day was not an illusion, and he also understood that his son was really a star, which was something he had never dared to think of. But after learning about such things that should have been surprising, Xun Wuya's heart did not have the slightest joy, but was occupied by a sad color.

He didn't know what Yu Zhan was going to face next, because Tianji just said calmly, saying that Yu Zhan was too tired, and he would make a decision after a good night's sleep.

Xun Yuzhan was indeed too tired, and after hearing this, he seemed to let go of the burden in his heart, and immediately fell to the ground limply, and a slight snoring sound sounded in a few breaths.

On the contrary, Xun Wuya couldn't calm down no matter what, he sadly found that as a father, he couldn't protect his wife and daughter, and even before this kind of big event, he couldn't share anything for his son.

He hated himself for being useless, what if he had a pair of swords, what if he galloped the rivers and lakes, what if he created Xunmen and became a hero, people are just people after all.

Thinking of this time, Xun Wuya's eyes turned red again, and he laughed self-deprecatingly in his heart, his dignified seven-foot man, overnight, was as sentimental as a daughter.

Xun Wuya sniffed, calmed his mood slightly, bowed deeply to Tianji, and then knelt down and sat down. He looked at the appearance of stargazing in the sky, and suddenly thought of his former self, and behind him, there was also a child who was eager to learn.

A scene from the past came to mind, and what Xun Wuya wanted to say finally poured out: "Xingjun, you...... Why do you have to look at the stars all day long?"

Tianji laughed, as if this question was in his expectation.

He said slowly: "Child, why do you look up at the starry sky?"

Xun Wuya lowered his head and honestly confessed in front of this honest elder: "In order to become famous and famous, it will be famous in history." ”

Tianji smiled and nodded, then shook his head again, and said, "Old decay used to be so simple. ”

Immediately afterwards, Tianji slowly spoke: "The more I read the book of the sages, the more I understand, the more ignorant I suddenly realize myself. The stars have fallen and rotated from generation to generation, and they have not changed for thousands of years, and for this reason, I have fallen into thought. ”

"The ancients watched the stars, combined the four seasons, knew astronomy, surveyed geography, and determined the solar terms; looked at the alternation of spring and autumn, the change of winter and summer, the calendar era, and the cycle of reincarnation. And the stars in the sky are moving in the same way, very regularly. ”

"But the difference is that the world is divided and merged, the white clouds and dogs, and the dynasty changes, only the stars in the sky are eternal and unchanged. ”

"For this reason, can there be a dynasty like the stars in the sky, for thousands of generations? If there is, then only above the North Pole sky, the purple micro star that has not changed since ancient times, can create such a dynasty. ”

Xun Wuya's hands trembled, listening to Tianji's slow words, he only felt embarrassed, only felt his own insignificance.

"For this reason, I observe the changes of the sun, moon and stars, argue the good and evil, measure the demon auspiciousness, and control the changes of the world, only for the emperor star Ziwei, only for the common people in the world...... This is the mission of the stars. ”

Tianji slowly turned around and looked at Xun Wuya kindly, in his eyes, it seemed that everything under heaven was hidden in the world, at that moment, it seemed that the entire heaven and earth, the sun and the moon, the stars, the mountains and rivers, were floating beside him, all spinning and galloping.

It was like a wise teacher, the most pure teaching to a student.

Xun Wuya's heart seemed to be stirred up by a stone, and the tide was surging.

Tianji smiled: "Since the old decay was selected by Tianji Star, he should live up to his intentions and do his best." ”

After hearing this, Xun Wuya was already in tears. He kowtowed to the ground and thanked him: "Xingjun's teachings, the younger generations should remember them in their hearts and never forget them!"

"Son, get up. ”

Tianji stretched out his hand, grabbed Xun Wuya's arm, and gently lifted him up;

Xun Wuya got up, but he was just crying, maybe he felt that crying in front of Tianji was not a shameful thing.

"Yu Zhan is a son, born to be a phase, and the future will be unlimited. But ......" Tianji sighed and said regretfully: "But the stars are changing in reincarnation, and the stars are destined to disappear one day, and it is destined to be a ......catastrophe that cannot be avoided."

Xun Wuya sobbed and said, "Xingjun, what should I do? What can I do? I really don't want to lose the Jade Exhibition again!"

Tianji shook his head and said: "You can't stop his determination, the old man can only protect him as much as possible, and you may be able to protect him before that catastrophe comes." ”

"What can juniors do?"

"Let me be. ”

Tianji got up, picked up the peachwood staff that was placed aside, and walked towards the side of the stargazing platform step by step.

Xun Wuya followed him, thinking constantly in his heart.

Tianji displayed an object in front of Xun Wuya and said, "This artifact is called 'Seven Star Lantern'. There are clouds in ancient books, 'Nandou is born, Beidou is dead', this artifact is to imitate the Big Dipper Seven Stars array, in order to pray for life and death. This thing was learned from ancient books in the early years of the old man, and then he went to the Western Regions to find it. ”

Xun Wuya stretched out his hand and gently touched this artifact called "Seven Star Lantern", feeling the cold touch from his fingertips, he had never believed in ghosts and gods, but he began to pray silently to this thing in his heart.

Since the child can hear the voice of the soul, it may be able to show that the power of the stars in the heavenly phase is also related to the soul of man. Tianji paused for a moment, and then said with a guilty face: "It's a pity that the old man doesn't know what the power of each star is, and it is rumored that the ancient books related to this are hidden in the Fourteenth Palace of the Forbidden Land of the Imperial City, but for some reason they are missing...... Therefore, the decay does not confirm whether the power of the celestial phase can use this object to summon the soul of the deceased. ”

And no matter what the outcome, the child will pay for it, and ...... The dead will not be resurrected, only the soul can be recalled. ”

"Isn't that ......" Xun Wuya was horrified in his heart, if it was as Tianji said, even if the Jade Exhibition succeeded, what kind of existence should it be recalled? He clenched his fists and said unwillingly, "Then Xingjun knows what kind of price the Jade Exhibition will pay? What kind of soul is it that is called?"

"Heaven must not be divulged. Tianji sighed, "Everything depends on the child's creation." ”

Xun Wuya beat his chest angrily, that sense of powerlessness came back, at this moment, he couldn't do anything but hate his own incompetence, and he couldn't stop it.

"Xingjun, I ......"

Tianji was relieved: "Child, wait quietly, maybe ...... You should choose to believe in Him, in the power of a star. ”

"The Power of the Stars ......"

Xun Wuya smiled bitterly, nodded, and accepted the answer, and then he slowly walked towards Xun Yuzhan, holding the other party's hand, looking at Yuzhan's immature face in your sleep, and in his ears, the conversation with Yuzhan at that time suddenly echoed again.

"Why does Daddy want to be a star?"

Xun Wuya opened his mouth at this time and replied softly in front of Xun Yuzhan.

"Yuzhan, my father may not be as great as Tianji Xingjun, like him, who carries the rivers and the world in his heart and the dawn of the people...... At the moment, Dad can only tell you this answer......"

"If I were a star, I would guard my family unto death. ”