Black Myth: You and I are both destined

Tianming sighed lightly and put Princess Halloween's earrings into his pocket, but accidentally knocked another thing out of his pocket.

Zhu Bajie saw it and picked it up.

"Feng Duo? Nephew, where did you get this thing?"

"We saw this thing at the King of Inspiration's place when we traveled west."

The King of Inspiration is naturally the carp spirit who was ordered to assassinate the real Guanyin.

Tianming also recalled the scene when he first got the Fengduo.

Remembering that there were two more lines of poetry at that time, Tianming asked Zhu Bajie for advice.

"The wind blows the precious bell and the heavenly music is heard; the sun shines on the ice dragon and faces the Buddhist palace."

"Second Brother, do you know what these two lines of poetry mean?"

"What is an Ice Dragon?"

Zhu Bajie also saw these two lines of poetry engraved on the Fengduo, and his memory of the incident is still fresh in his mind, he said.

"That was when we went to the Taihe Palace in Wudang Mountain to seek help from the Great Emperor Zhenwu. He sent the Turtle and Snake to help us deal with the monsters in Xiaoxitian!"

"Ice dragon is an ice dragon without horns. I don't know such a little monster. If you want to talk about dragons, I know a Kangjin dragon with big horns, hehehe!"

"We haven't publicized this matter. I don't know who engraved these on the wind chime."

"It's... that... Taoist priest..."

The dying Red Bearded Dragon regained some consciousness at this moment. After saying this, he fell into his memories.

After the death of the Dragon King of Jinghe River, a Taoist priest found him.

The Taoist said that he was also involved in the death of the Dragon King of Jinghe River, because he had calculated the secret of heaven back then and did not want to be involved in this matter so he ran away. Unexpectedly, the Dragon King still died, so he came to help the Red Bearded Dragon, who was the descendant of the Dragon King.

The Taoist said: "It is a hidden dragon in the abyss, there is a chance to move."

The red-bearded dragon came to this cave and hid there, falling into a deep sleep!

This sleep may have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years. When he woke up, he found that the time around him was confused and he could not tell where he was.

Later, the black bear demon discovered this place and volunteered to help.

Not only did the Red Bearded Dragon give him the key to the door and ask him to distribute it to his three brothers, but he also learned magic under his protection. They shared their knowledge with each other and eventually completely ruled the Black Wind Mountain area, including the Guanyin Temple.

However, the Red Bearded Dragon also realized that after hiding in this narrow cave for too long, his ability to fly was no longer usable.

So he found the black bear demon and sought his help.

The Black Bear Demon sold the Boshan furnace he brought from the South China Sea to Chi Ran, and told him to fill the furnace with spiritual energy and burn it every day, and he would be able to fly again.

It worked when the Red Bearded Dragon was told to do so, but it could only help him soar, not fly, so he found the Black Bear Demon again, and this time he discovered the Black Bear Demon’s secret—the Great Sage was very happy!

From then on, his temperament changed drastically and he became insane. There was no more Red Beard in the world, only the cruel and bloodthirsty Red Buddha!

At the last moment of his life, Chi Ran Long remembered the words of the Taoist priest.

"No matter how the hexagram changes, how can it be faster than the change of people's hearts?"

Red-bearded Longlong closed his eyes unwillingly and died with hatred.

Tianming stood quietly beside the body of the Red Bearded Dragon. He could feel the Red Bearded Dragon's regret and anger.

"Taoist priest? The one with the gourd on his back?"

Zhu Bajie went up to ask, but the Red Bearded Dragon had already died, so he could only find out the answer himself.

Zhu Bajie complained while taking apart the red-bearded dragon's lightning tail.

"This is not something I should be doing. Lotus Root Baby is very familiar with it. No one knows how to deal with dragons better than him."

"I really don't know how they can always be associated with places like Xiao Xitian. My senior brother beat that place down long ago, leaving not even a slag. Even if there were some debris, it was covered by the heavy snow."

Under Zhu Bajie's brute force, the red-bearded dragon's tail was gradually disassembled and turned into pieces of precious materials.

Tianming's gaze penetrated the layers of mist, as if he was tracking some traces in the distance.

"Tianming, have you made up your mind?" Zhu Bajie's voice echoed in the quiet air, and his hands' movements were still skillful and steady.

Tianming nodded slightly, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes: "I've already killed him, what else do you want? I just don't know how to forge this magic weapon."

A playful smile appeared on Zhu Bajie's lips.

"Old Pig once knew a tiger who was very good at forging. I can look for him."

He changed the subject.

"But you, kid, your mind is always distracted. I see that you are distracted, but are you still thinking about that dragon girl?"

A complex look flashed across Tianming's brows. He did not directly respond to Zhu Bajie's question, but turned the subject to another.

"Second Brother, you have been looking around a lot these days. Are you looking for the Fourth Sister?"

Zhu Bajie paused for a moment, pointed upwards, and then returned to normal: "Now is not the time to look for her, and I am not the one she is waiting for."

Tianming's heart moved, but he always felt that there was a deeper meaning behind Zhu Bajie's words.

At this point, the two felt even more that time was precious, and without any rest they set out on the journey to Xiao Xitian day and night.

As night fell, Tianming lay on the soft clouds, gazing up at the starry sky, and that strange dream came to his mind.

In his dream, he was intertwined with the figure of a woman. Although her face was blurry, he felt an indescribable intimacy and concern.

"Tianming, you are in a hurry to go west, isn't it because you see the dragon girl flying to the west? Have you really never thought about the dragon girl?" Zhu Bajie's voice once again broke the tranquility of the night and awakened Tianming from his meditation.

Tianming sat up and said, "Second Brother, Princess Wansheng was wanted by the heavens. It might be difficult for her to leave alone."

"She is a princess after all. She has seen too few things. Even if she was harmed by someone, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to react."

Zhu Bajie looked at Tianming and knew that he had something on his mind, so he decided to tell him the story of Princess Halloween.

"My dear nephew, do you know the past of Princess Wansheng?" Zhu Bajie's voice sounded particularly heavy in the night wind: "She is not as wealthy as you imagined. She is just a miserable person."

Tianming turned his gaze to Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie continued, "Princess Wansheng was once betrothed to Little White Dragon by her father, but fate was not to be defied. Little White Dragon was destined to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, so naturally, marriage with her could not be realized. Later, her father betrothed her to the Nine-headed Insect."

"Nine-headed Insect?" Tianming repeated the name. No wonder Princess Halloween didn't answer when he asked her.

Zhu Bajie nodded: "Although it is called a bug, the Nine-headed Bug is not a lowly bug. It is a divine bird with an indissoluble bond with the phoenix and peacock."

"The reason why the Wansheng Dragon King married his daughters off one after another was just to do his business, and Princess Wansheng never had the right to choose her own husband."

"Back then, the Nine-Headed Man saw through the greed of the old Dragon King Wansheng through his meticulous mind. He stole the relic from the pagoda of the Jinguang Temple in the Jisai Kingdom, used the treasure as a betrothal gift, and became the old Dragon King's son-in-law."

Zhu Bajie was extremely angry when he talked about this and spat on the ground.

"That old Dragon King is so abominable that he hasn't even canceled the wedding of Little White Dragon and Princess Halloween yet!"

"My poor brother Bailong happened to see it, and thought that something scandalous had happened in his family. In anger, he knocked over the candlestick and burned the pearl bestowed by the Jade Emperor. That's why he was punished to carry Tang Monk on his back to fetch Buddhist scriptures."

Zhu Bajie patted Tianming on the shoulder and continued speaking.

"Humph! The Nine-headed Insect is not a good guy either. Not only did he steal the relic, he also stole the Queen Mother's Nine-leaf Ganoderma Lucidum to nourish the treasure."

"Later, we arrived at the Jisai Kingdom and fought against the Nine-headed Insect together with Erlang Shen. But he didn't even want his wife anymore and just ran away."

"Then I asked Princess Halloween, guess what?"

"Second Brother, what's wrong?"

"Oh my! That Nine-headed Insect is really a piece of shit. He and Princess Halloween are only husband and wife in name only. They have no feelings for each other, nor are they husband and wife in reality. Yet, he pushed all the blame onto Princess Halloween!"

"He was spreading rumors outside that all the things were stolen by Princess Halloween, and he left himself clean. But he really got away."

"That little girl is really pitiful. She is clearly innocent, but to outsiders she looks like an abandoned woman who has been married twice."