Volume 1: Born to Be a Hero Chapter 4: Reminiscences of the Past
I don't know how long it took.
When He Yi climbed out of the snowdrift with difficulty, he didn't know where he was washed away by this avalanche.
The bright glare of the sun is reflected by the snow around it, as if in a white world.
Perhaps because he had been buried in the snowdrift for too long, He Yi looked a little sluggish at this time, until the surrounding trees fell and made a sound, which woke him up from the illusory silence.
"I, am I still alive..."He Yi raised his hands and stared.
"That's really a unicorn jade fruit..."
I don't know if it's because of eating the unicorn jade fruit, even if half of his body is still buried in the snow, He Yi can't feel a trace of cold, and the knife wind is like a veil.
Feeling the warm currents rising from the dantian, He Yi sat cross-legged on the spot, adjusting the internal injuries caused by the impact of the avalanche.
The benefits that the Qilin Jade Fruit brought to him were undoubtedly enormous.
In addition to being automatically immune to the cold weather, the powerful medicinal power almost doubled his meridians and dantian qi sea.
However, the changes in his body did not make He Yi happy, but made him more and more depressed.
Recalling the battle scene between the snow beast and the fire dragon, the blend of ice and fire, the light is bizarre, like a dream. That kind of vastness and vastness, that kind of earth-destroying power, deeply shocked He Yi's heart.
Is this what really happened? If it had been before, he couldn't believe it was true.
Ten years ago, that is, before He Yi was imprisoned, the world was still very clean, not to mention any immortal magic weapons, demons and beasts, even slightly more ferocious beasts were not common.
At that time, if someone dared to call himself an immortal and knew immortal arts, he would be beheaded on the street for the crime of confusing people's hearts.
As for the demons and beasts, they only exist in the legends and stories told by the wanderers.
"In just ten years, it has become like this, the world is changing too quickly..."He Yi sighed silently.
He forced himself not to think about these things, but the trivial things of the past always sneaked out involuntarily, which made him upset.
"Ten years in prison, the world has changed. ”
He Yi picked up a green leaf from the snow, put it to his lips and blew out a clear and elegant ancient tune, and his thoughts flew to the distant place with the sound.
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"Dad, I heard that the fleet sent by the Holy Lord to the Silent Sea encountered evil ghosts on the sea, really fake!" He Yi stood in the courtyard and played a small song, removing the green leaves from his lips, and as soon as the wind blew them, the leaves flew far away.
He Yi likes this feeling very much, and he often fantasizes that he is like this flying green leaf, undulating with the wind, unrestrained, free and free.
Even if it rots in the end, at least one life is happy.
"The order has been given, whether it is true or not, go and see if it is true. Father's deep and majestic voice came from inside the house.
His father was a general who guarded the frontier, and when he was young, he was already famous, and he fought more than 100 battles in his life, and made great achievements for the dynasty.
It's just that his father's personality was too rigid, so after the unification, he began to be unpopular with the emperor.
He Yi understood the reason, the high merit shocked the master, coupled with the villain's slander, so he was released from the military power many years ago.
For this matter, He Yi's father also saw it very openly, as soon as he was old, he felt that it was time to enjoy his old age, so he simply took the initiative to resign from his position and go home to enjoy his family.
After a few years, the days have been leisurely and peaceful, so uncomfortable.
The day before yesterday, this general's mansion, which had been stable for many years, was suddenly broken by a holy decree.
The elderly emperor personally issued a dispatch order, asking He Yi's father to lead troops to the lonely sea in the east to kill evil spirits.
After some understanding, it turned out that the elderly emperor felt that his limit was approaching, and he hoped to rule the country forever, so he sent Fang Shi to lead thousands of boys and girls to the endless sea of annihilation, seeking immortal medicine, and seeking immortality.
"Evil ghosts, seeking immortals, immortality, it's ridiculous!" He Yi sneered when he first heard this.
If there really are immortals in the silent sea, how can there be evil ghosts?
He thinks there is nothing more ridiculous in this world.
He Yi felt that there was some conspiracy in this.
First, he didn't believe that there would be any evil ghosts in this world, and secondly, even if there were really evil ghosts, how could the immortals on the "fairy island" tolerate evil ghosts? Third, if he wanted to kill ghosts, he didn't need so many prestigious generals in the court, but he just let a veteran who had been idle for more than ten years do this thing of killing evil ghosts?
He Yi's father glanced at He Yi, did not speak, held the holy decree in his hand, and only felt a heavy heart and some bad premonitions.
Thinking about the emperor when he was young, how wise and holy he was, he didn't think that in his old age, he became so superstitious.
It seems that supreme power will eventually make people crazy.
However, the emperor's order cannot be violated, whether it is for the thousands of innocent children who have fallen into the sea, or for his own family, he will take over this errand.
If it's just yourself, even if you fight for this old life, you have to return to the court and risk death to admonish, but who calls yourself a son?
Moreover, his son is still so good...
After all, disobeying the holy decree will punish the nine clans...
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The next day, He Yi accompanied his father and led more than 10,000 soldiers to board the fleet to the depths of the Silent Sea.
Originally, Father He didn't want He Yi to follow, but he just said that he couldn't help his sharp-toothed son, so he could only reluctantly agree.
As soon as the evil ghost said it, the truth or falsehood was not yet known, but in He Yi's father's heart, he also acquiesced that this was an opportunity to exercise He Yi.
As for He Yi, the reason why he chose to follow his father to the Silent Sea is naturally because he knows his father's personality very well, and when it comes to fighting on the battlefield and charging into battle, his father can be said to be invincible, but he is just ...... If there is a trap, it is not something that his father can guard against.
If there is an old enemy in the past and wants to take this opportunity to harm his father, he is afraid that he will not be able to see through his father alone.
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The sea of silence is magnificent, vast and boundless.
He Yi stood on the bow of the ship, looking out at the sea, almost impressed by this majestic aura.
"Where is the devil of the sea?" he muttered. I am looking forward to these ghosts and gods that will only appear in legends.
"Zhuangyuanlang is really good Yaxing! I don't know if this scenery on the sea can be compared to the northern frontier?" A sudden voice swept away He Yi's interest in "watching the sea".
The person who came was a middle-aged man about forty years old in a green robe, with one hand behind his back and the other hand caressing his beard, which was quite elegant and natural.
He Yi frowned, he didn't want to deal with this person, but his good cultivation still made him suppress the disgust in his heart, and said lightly: "The desert is lonely, the sun sets on the long river, the artistic conception is different, and there is no comparison. Xu Fangshi, oh no, now, shouldn't I call you the National Teacher?"
He Yizhi's words seemed to be complimentary, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be! Thanks to the saint's fancie, the important task of seeking immortals and asking for medicine was handed over to the next, and now it has taken several months, but there is no work, it is really ashamed, this time to exterminate the sea ghosts, but also need to rely on the wisdom of Zhuang Yuanlang and the divine power of General Wu'an. Xu Fangshi gently pinched his goatee.
He didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in He Yi's tone, he was not angry or angry, walked slowly to He Yi's side, and looked at He Yi with the corner of his eye when he was inadvertent.
At the age of twelve, he was the champion at the age of fourteen, and he was not as young as the weak crown, so he inherited the grace of heaven, and the official worshiped the head of the scribes, under one person, and above ten thousand people...
It's really enviable... Xu Fangshi sighed in his heart.
"With the Haoran Sword in hand, how can you be afraid of ghosts and gods?" He Yi turned his head, stared at Xu Fangshi's eyes faintly, and said, "I'm only afraid that ghosts are in people's hearts." ”
"Zhuang Yuanlang said with a smile, take off this layer of skin, who is not a ghost?" Xu Fangshi said with a smile, walking towards the bow of the boat, overlooking the vast waves, and his words were meaningful.
This was the first time He Yi spoke to Xu Fangshi, although there were only a few words, but He Yi remembered it deeply.
Later, they really encountered evil ghosts on the sea, and finally found the fairy island in the sea, although they did not find the elixir of immortality, but brought the immortals on the island who knew the art of immortality back to the imperial capital.
Since then, the door to the realm of cultivation has officially opened!
It was also from that time that Xu Fangshi, who successfully ascended to the throne of the national teacher and held great power, began to frantically target He Yi's family for some reason.
In order to add crimes, plant false accusations and smear them, various means emerge one after another.
At the beginning, the old emperor was still thinking about the old feelings, and he didn't do anything to He Yi's family, but since he began to practice the immortal method of Xu Fangshi's tribute, he began to indulge in it, and frequently retreated and cultivated, and even ignored the government and politics.
Xu Fangshi temporarily replaced the government in the name of the national teacher, and listed 19 major crimes and more than 40 minor crimes on the same day, which were imposed on He Yi's family, and endless pursuit and escape followed.
The sons of He Yi's family, including several cronies and generals who had been with the ship, were all killed in the flight, and the mother and sister of the family were separated in the flight and their whereabouts are still unknown.
Only he escaped to a remote city in the north, and then, with the help of an old friend of his father, he switched identities with a felony prisoner who was about to be imprisoned, and then hid in deep prison, and survived.
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The past is vivid, and He Yi's heart is like a knife.
"I don't know now, but there are still relatives alive?" He Yi didn't dare to think.
With this in mind, he took out the pendant with black and red beads and wiped it over and over again.
The red bead on it is the relic bone of a great general of He Yi's ancestors.
According to the genealogy, the ancestor had a brilliant record in his life, conquered more than 70 cities, annihilated millions of enemies, and the bloody killing condensed in his bones turned into this relic bone.
During the trip to the Silent Sea back then, thanks to this red relic bone, He Yi and his father were able to successfully kill the evil ghost in the depths of the Silent Sea.
As for the black bead, the origin is ominous, but I heard my father say that this black bead is called "Stygian Pill", it is an ominous thing, full of evil inside, if it is not for the ancestors' bones to suppress it day and night, maybe something terrible will happen.
When He Yi was separated from his father and fled, his father personally instructed him to choose a barren place in the future and bury this elixir and the bones together, so as not to scatter the evil qi and cause misery.
The North Wilderness Snow Field in front of you is an excellent choice.
He Yi thought about it again and again, and finally silently closed his palm and hung the pendant around his neck again.
This is my father's only relic after all.
Seeing things and thinking about relatives, after all... I can't bear to give up.