This is a long and narrow cave, and the outside of the cave is facing the blood-colored evening sun that is about to sink for half a day, and the dim glow shines in from the outside of the cave.

But this cave is too long and too dark, and the glow of the sun to the end cannot illuminate the end of the cave, and people can only vaguely see that in the darkness at the end of the cave, there is a vague huddled figure.

It was a little girl huddled on her knees, trembling against the wall at the end of the cave.

Ye Mingke stood silently in the blood-colored glow, and his shadow was stretched very long.

"She woke up a few hours before you. It's been like this since I woke up, and I'm very emotionally unstable. ”

Liu Xi stood behind Ye Mingke, looking at the young man who suddenly became sad with warm eyes, and reminded softly.

"And, you have to be careful, she's dangerous. ”

But the young man, who had just returned from the line of death, walked up behind the cowered girl as if he hadn't heard her words, and slowly reached out to touch the little girl's shoulder.

The tiny figure huddled in a ball still had two gently swaying ponytails.

Ye Mingke still clearly remembers her little back running happily on the snow. But that back, there was only fear that shrank into a ball.

His hand landed lightly on Aru's shoulder.

A pair of blue-gray ghost-like pupils suddenly looked back at him, and the blue-gray light swirled in his eyes, and the originally delicate and lovely face was also hideous and ferocious.

"Be careful. Liu Xi couldn't help but take a step.

But Ye Mingke gently hugged the little girl as if he hadn't seen all this, and he felt a pain in his right hand. was deeply bitten by a small mouth bowing his head.

Ye Mingke's eyebrows trembled slightly because of the pain, he closed his eyes, still gently holding the trembling little girl, and did not let go.

"Aru, it's okay. It's all gone. ”

He said softly over and over to the little girl in his arms.

The shivering girl seemed to finally feel who he was, and she stretched out her hand to hold him just as hard, but the small bite on his palm did not let go as if with hatred and anger.

Gradually, there was red blood flowing out of his right hand, but the strength of the small mouth that bit him gradually weakened, and the girl's trembling body gradually calmed down.

She slowly let go of her mouth, Ye Mingke lowered her head, but she couldn't see her face, because she buried her head deep in Ye Mingke's arms.

"Where's Abba?"

With a choked whisper, she gently came out of Ye Mingke's arms, and cold tears dripped down Ye Mingke's chest.

Ye Mingke stopped his hand that was gently stroking the girl's back.

He paused for a long, long time.

He spoke softly.

"Your father, let's go to Yangjing first to find your mother's affinity and take the exam. ”

"He asked me to take you to Yangjing after him to find them. ”

He tilted his head slightly, smiled softly, and spoke briskly.

"In this way, when you arrive in Yangjing, your father has already found your mother, become a big official, and buy you the biggest and best house to live in. ”

"Really?" Aru's crying paused for a moment, and she asked softly in a hoarse voice.

"Of course it's true. ”

Ye Mingke patted her back gently, his smile was gentle, but bitter.

"If I lie to you, I'm the stupidest, stupidest, and most useless scoundrel in the world. ”

"I will definitely take you to Yangjing to find your mother. ”

Aru's trembling body gradually quieted down in his arms.

......

"Can't go to Yangjing. Who said they were going to Yangjing?"

The old man's irritable words suddenly sounded in the cave, like a muffled thunder, and the ears of several people rumbled.

"We have to travel from the east side of Longling to the harbor, and then take a boat directly to the south, and get to the land of inheritance as soon as possible. ”

"Ye Zi, you are the Young Emperor, you are the one who was born to save the human race from peril, you don't have time and can't take that risk to go to Yangjing. ”

The old beggar sitting by the fire in the cave had his eyes wide open, and he was so angry that even his beard was blown up.

Ah Ru, who was sticking to Ye Mingke's side, was frightened by the loud shout, and subconsciously stuck to Ye Mingke's side, hearing that the old man did not allow Ye Mingke to go to Yangjing, she turned her head and stared at the old man's pupils with ferociousness and a little bit of blue light.

"Aruo, don't worry. ”

Ye Mingke noticed that Aru's mood was unstable again, and gently held Aru's little hand to comfort her. Then he raised his head and looked solemnly at the old beggar beside the fire.

"Thank you, sir, for saving your life. But I have promised the little girl's father to send her to Yangjing to find her mother. ”

"Moreover, I am really not the young emperor you said, and I have never thought of being the savior of the world. ”

The old beggar raised his head and looked at the pale young man in the firelight, with a sincere and serious cold gaze, and anger flashed in his eyes.

"Fart, you can awaken the Human Emperor Sword, you are the Young Human Emperor. ”

"But I've only woken up once, I've tried it just now, and I still can't hold the sword, maybe it was just an accident. ”

Ye Mingke's gaze faintly swept over the black heavy sword standing silently beside the fire.

At the end of that stormy night, he had awakened an extremely powerful force in that sword, but he didn't know how he did it.

Now that he had picked up the sword again, he was back to his original form, unable to hold it for long.

"For so many years, only you have been able to awaken that sword, and it can't be accidental. If you are not a human emperor, then what are you?" asked the old beggar, stubbornly holding on to his judgment.

"I ...... I don't know what I am. ”

"Who are your parents?

"I ...... I don't know who my parents are. ”

"I haven't seen them, and I don't have any relatives around me. ”

Ye Mingke's somewhat faint and confused voice echoed in the cave, and the few people sitting by the fire suddenly fell silent.

"You are the emperor of the people, I have been looking for so many years, I will definitely not find a mistake. After a while, the old beggar still stubbornly muttered to the fire.

"Even if I am a human emperor, I don't want to be the savior of the world. Ye Mingke's serious eyes looked directly at the old beggar and said.

"Why? You are the Emperor of Humans, why don't you want to save the Terrans?"

The old beggar's hair suddenly opened out of anger, and he glared at Ye Mingke's calm and detached gaze and asked.

"You almost died that day, and now you have seen how cruel and unscrupulous the immortal cultivators of Great Xia are, don't you want to sweep away those immortal cultivators who are causing trouble in the world and return peace to the world?"

"I thought, but that's too hard, and I probably won't be able to do it in my whole life. ”

"I have good intentions for this world. But ......"

Ye Mingke's eyes flashed the hideously twisted and malicious faces that pounced on him in the snowy night, and the palm he held Aru subconsciously tightened slightly.

In his mind, the figure of Li Han pushing open the door with firewood and wind and snow on his back, and the figure of the bamboo pole running and falling into the small courtyard.

He is still willing to have a faint kindness to this world, but only lightly.

"But I'm just a passer-by in the world. I have more important things to do. ”

Ye Mingke looked at the brilliant firelight, and his ink-colored pupils were tired and alienated.

"I don't understand what passers-by. What more important thing can you do than save the world?Don't you hate those immortal cultivators who want to kill you?" asked the old beggar angrily.

"Yes. For example, send the girl next to me to Yangjing. Ye Mingke smiled faintly and touched the head of the little girl next to him.

Ah Ru was glaring at the old beggar with big eyes and fierce anger, and gently "ah" to express his serious dissatisfaction.

"I can ask Xiao Xi to send her to Yangjing in person. The old beggar looked at the woman beside him, who had been quietly adding firewood, and said to Liu Xi.

Ye Mingke already knew that Liu Xi was the woman's name, but he shook his head and replied firmly.

"No, I have promised his father that I must personally send Ah Ru to Yangjing. ”

"As for the immortals who tried to kill me, they're all dead, aren't they? ”

Ye Mingke paused and said slowly.

"I didn't kill people for the sake of justice, I just wanted to protect myself and my friends and relatives. ”

"I can't give up my friend's child for anything to save the world. ”

"You kid, you're really too strong! Do you know that after we killed those immortals, we must have all been on the list of worshipping immortals. The Great Xia Dynasty, whether it is an immortal or a human, all want to put us to death. ”

"Yangjing, it is the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, it has gathered the most powerful military force and the largest number of immortal cultivators in the Great Xia Dynasty, and the head of the Heavenly Court Duty Division is also there, do you know how dangerous it is for you to take this trip?"

The old beggar said angrily.

"I know. ”

Ye Mingke smiled, looked at the old beggar's face full of years of weather, and said with a soft smile.

"But just like our predecessors who fought against immortal cultivators for decades as mortals, each of us has something to do. ”

"What we hold on to is what makes us who we are. I hold on to my promise. ”

The old beggar was silent for a moment.

In the cave where the fire was swaying and burning, the old beggar glared at Ye Mingke and said with a stinky face.

"Without such a firm and stubborn temperament, it is really difficult to bear the burden of clearing away the immortals. ”

"You just want to go to Yangjing, and after you go to Yangjing, you promise to go with me to the south to receive the inheritance?"

"It's not. But after I went to Yangjing to hand over Ah Ru to her mother, I happened to be going south, so I could accompany you on a trip. Ye Mingke smiled.

"Hmph, I haven't been back for ten years. Then my old beggar will accompany you bastard boy to Yangjing again. I'm going to see if they didn't keep me ten years ago, and ten years later, will they be able to keep me this time?"

"My old fellow, on the wall of the Suzaku Gate in Yangjing, it has been exposed to the wind and sun for so many years, and it is time for me to get it back. ”

The old beggar looked at the firelight, his eyes cold and heroic.