Chapter 25: The Son of the Deceased
Su Mu's indifference made the words on Du Ye's lips choke in his throat suddenly, over the years, although Du Ye wanted to ease the relationship with Su Mu, Su Mu had always been angry about Du Ye replacing his father Su Yan, and this time he would not listen to his obstruction.
Ling Huayin looked at the two people who were tense, couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows slightly, and said, "I can't agree to this condition, otherwise it will hurt you." ”
Su Mu opened his mouth, frowned and hurriedly said, "Why don't you talk about it, you just promised me!"
"I just promised you because you helped us and we should repay it, and if we don't agree now, we don't want you to die for it, it's moral. Ling Huayin said.
"Who said I'd die, you think I'm them? I'm not like the monsters in this city. Su Mu sneered.
Ling Huayin looked at the stubborn young man, frowned slightly, and stopped speaking.
Situ Yan stood up at this time and said to the young man, "Are you really not afraid of death?"
Ling Huayin looked at Situ Yan suspiciously, only to see Situ Yan with a smile on his lips, looking at the young man gently.
At this time, Su Mucai moved his gaze to Situ Yan, his gaze was firm, and he said without hesitation: "Manly man, what is there to fear of death! Besides, life and death are fate, instead of being imprisoned here forever, it is better to go back to where I should go, I want to see when God will take my life." ”
"Okay, since you are so ambitious, then I will promise you for Linghua. Situ Yan agreed without thinking.
Ling Huayin couldn't help but exclaim, "Situ Yan, you haven't asked for my consent yet! How can you make decisions for me without authorization?"
But seeing Situ Yan smiling at her, he touched her head gently, and said a word in her ear, Ling Huayin, who was still a little resentful, immediately lowered her head because of his ambiguous behavior, as if she had a compromise. Even if they are outsiders, they can see that the relationship between the two is somewhat unusual.
Ling Huayin was silent, and soon Su Mu spoke: "As long as you take me away from the Sea of No Return, then I will count my words, you come with me, I think there will be a place where you will find the person you said." With that, Su Mu turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait, are you going to walk us through this desert like this?" Situ Yan said with a smile behind him.
Su Mu stopped and turned his head to look at Situ Yan with a smile on his face.
"If you don't mind riding a horse with me, we can speed up the pace. Situ Yan proposed.
"Do you really want to take Su Mu away?" Du Ye glanced at Su Mu and asked.
Situ Yan smiled slightly and said, "Du Gongzi doesn't have to worry, since I dare to take him away, there will definitely be a way to save this child." ”
Du Ye listened and looked at Ling Huayin, and when he saw Ling Huayin nodded, he said, "I hope what you said is true, it's just this kid...... There are no relatives in the human world,......," Du Ye frowned.
"If this child wishes, we are his relatives. Ling Huayin said.
Su Mu hugged his arms a little impatiently, and looked at the three people who were talking to himself: "How many of you are still finished?
Du Ye said to Ling Huayin and Situ Yan: "I can't leave the City of the Illusory Realm, I can only send you here, and Su Mu will ask you for the rest of the way." If anything, please feel free to come to me. After speaking, he took two steps closer to Su Mu, as if he wanted to say something to say goodbye, but when he saw Su Mu turn his head to look to the side, he finally did not speak.
Without saying a word, Su Mu walked quickly towards Situ Yan's horse.
"Looks like we've got another little friend on our way. Situ Yan smiled and stretched out his hand to Su Mu to show his friendliness, but Su Mu just glanced at him, coldly touched Situ Yan's hand with the back of his hand, and jumped on the horse's back with agility.
Situ Yan, who was still smiling, had just come into contact with Su Mu's hand, and for some reason his face suddenly changed, only to see him frowning, holding his forehead with his right hand, and his expression was a little painful. Ling Huayin was shocked by his changes, and hurriedly stepped forward and said with concern: "Situ Yan, what's wrong with you, why is your face so ugly?"
Situ Yan rubbed his eyebrows with two fingers, soothed a little, and said to Ling Huayin: "Somehow, some strange pictures suddenly flashed in my mind, which seemed to be my previous memories. ”
Ling Huayin hurriedly asked, "What did you remember?"
Situ Yan shook his head, "I haven't sorted it out yet." Let's go find someone first, and we'll talk about that later. ”
Ling Huayin saw Situ Yan's worried look, and a trace of worry suddenly rose in her heart, but she had to let go of the doubts in her heart first.
After saying goodbye to Du Ye, they began their journey through the desert under the leadership of Su Mu. Along the way, Su Mu, who had not spoken to anyone for many years, seemed to open the conversation gate and asked about Ling Huayin, and seemed to be quite interested in her, a stranger who met for the first time and hit it off at first sight.
"Hey, how old are you?" Although it didn't seem polite to ask someone Fang Ling for the first time, Su Mu wasn't very good at communicating with people, so he just asked whatever came to mind.
Fortunately, Ling Huayin didn't mind, and replied lightly: "More than 100 years old." ”
Su Mu looked surprised and couldn't believe it: "You don't look like you're only 20 years old, are you the immortal who my father told me that won't get old?"
"A hundred years ago, I was born as an immortal. ”
Su Mu asked again, "Then which immortal family are you?"
"Zhonghuang Mountain, Xianze Palace. ”
Su Mu looked envious, "When I was a child, I heard my father mention that there are three palaces in your Zhonghuang Mountain, Wa Palace, Xianze Palace and Yushu Palace, which respectively guard the three holy weapons handed down by the Three Emperors, and the Xianze Palace guards one of the holy weapons, the Ink Soul Sword. ”
Ling Huayin glanced at him and asked casually: "I see that you are young, why is your mother not by your side?"
Su Mu replied: "I don't have a mother, my mother passed away after giving birth to me, and I have always been dependent on my father." ”
Ling Huayin was silent for a while, turned her head and continued to look ahead, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I asked more." ”
"Why I'm sorry, I don't have any memory of my mother, so you don't have to worry about me being upset. Su Mu didn't care much.
Seeing that Ling Huayin didn't speak again, Su Mu secretly glanced at her a few times, and suddenly said, "Hey, don't look at my young age now, in fact, I'm almost a hundred years old, not much younger than you." ”
Ling Huayin turned her head to look at him, and said lightly: "Even so, you are also my junior, don't keep feeding, according to the seniority, I am about the same age as your mother." ”
Su Mu grinned, "My mother, the most troublesome thing in the human world is to talk about seniority!, then what does he call you?" Su Mu blinked, and his eyes pointed to Situ Yan behind him.
Ling Huayin looked at Situ Yan who was sitting behind Su Mu, only to find that he looked absent-minded, he hadn't spoken all the way, which was very abnormal. Ling Huayin said: "Situ Yan and I are the same generation, and we usually refer to each other by name. ”
"Then I'll call you by your first name. Su Mu didn't wait for Ling Huayin to agree, and took charge of the matter.
“...... Whatever you want. Ling Huayin is too lazy to worry so much about an isolated child.
Su Mu was allowed, and immediately overjoyed, pointing to the oasis in front of him and said: "Ready, the front is the land of illusion, if the humans or demons from the human realm do not have enough cultivation to get lost in the illusion realm, most of them will stay here until one day they can come out of the illusion in front of them, or someone will rescue them from here, otherwise they will stay here forever." As he spoke, Su Mu pulled the reins of the horse and pulled the horse to stop, his eyes were slightly gloomy, and he said to Ling Huayin: "There are not many people who can get out of the land of vain, and even if they do, they will die of thirst and starvation because they are lost in the storm of no return, and they will be buried under the yellow sand forever when they die." Throughout the ages, without exception. Ever since I became a sea crosser, I haven't seen a single person cross the Sea of No Return. ”
"Land of vanity...... It also means that if you are attached to a thought, even if you know that it is an illusion, you will choose to believe it. Ling Huayin suddenly sighed.
"You can't get what you can't get no matter how much you ask for it, and obsession is just the self-deception of stupid people. Su Mu was a little disdainful.
At this time, Situ Yan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "Those people came to the sea without returning, just to go to the city of the Illusory Realm to seek the art of eternal life?"
"Not necessarily, many people don't know the existence of the Eternal Life Technique or even the Illusory City, most of the people or demons who come to the sea without return, either to find hopeless things, or to break into it by mistake, and there are people like you. Su Mu replied.
"In the illusionary realm, you can realize what you can't achieve and see what you want to see, as Du Ye said, this is another form of dream. I don't know what Bai Yi is doing here?" Ling Huayin muttered.
"Let's go around town. Su Mu said, and took the lead to walk forward.
The three of them came to the oasis in the desert, only to see that this place is very different from the city of the illusory realm, after entering the town, they saw that most of the people on the street had gray hair, chaotic eyes, and walked like wandering spirits.
Su Mu was not surprised, and explained: "In the different cities of the Illusory Realm here, people will age naturally as in the human world, and these young ones are new. ”
Ling Huayin observed the people around her as she walked, and asked, "Can the people here still hear us?"
Su Mu stopped and said, "You might as well try it." ”
Ling Huayin walked to a woman not far away with doubts and asked, "Auntie, have you seen a young man wearing clothes similar to mine?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned her head to look at Ling Huayin, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said, "Girl, I haven't met the person you mentioned, but if you help me with something, I may tell you a secret about that person." ”
Ling Huayin frowned slightly, and blurted out: "Secret, what do you want me to help you?"
The woman glanced at Situ Yan on the side, and said mysteriously: "I have a girl in my family, who is beautiful and has good embroiderers, who is 17 years old, but she has never found a good family. I see that the girl's two friends are dignified and strong, but the one next to me is too young, and I look at this son very well-eyed, I don't know if it is a marriage?"
Ling Huayin's face turned red, and she glanced at Situ Yan, not knowing how to answer.
Situ Yan smiled and replied to the woman: "I am not married yet, and it just so happens that my family is urging me to be tight, I wonder if my wife is willing to let me meet your daughter in Xia? ”
Ling Huayin's eyes widened suddenly, and she couldn't believe that this was what Situ Yan said.
I saw that the woman was happy and smiled, "That's what I want, that's what I want." My house is at the end of the alley, so please come with me with my son and two other friends. ”
Ling Huayin couldn't help but glared at Situ Yan, but Situ Yan walked away with the woman as if he hadn't seen it.