Strange Tale

Everything stops.Water and fire, dragon and phoenix, living soul, Wushang...all disappeared without a trace, and the city returned to calm.Only the smell of burnt and smoked grass, trees and bricks and tiles in the air reminded everyone of what had just happened.

Tianfeng sat alone in the room and was upset, wondering why he lost to Long Jiu in the previous battle.

The door of the room was not closed, so Yi knocked on the door and went in and sat opposite Tianfeng.

"You really decided to give Si Ren's body to Jiu Ying?" Tian Feng looked at Yi.

Yi nodded, "Well, so I came to say goodbye to you."

"Farewell? Are you not coming back here?"

"Not going back."

"Where are you going?"

"I have already thought of a way to settle the grievances completely..."

"Are you going to reincarnate?"

"Yes, I figured it out: In terms of mana, Long Jiu and Dudu Wan are no match for you and Vulcan, but why can he still win? Because he is a demon and we are gods. There are many things he can do We can't do it. So in fact, there is no need to worry about how powerful he will be when he returns to his real body. I believe that any problem can be solved. Since some things cannot be made to disappear, let them exist in the most reasonable form."

Tianfeng was silent for a moment, "If you think about it clearly, just do it according to your own ideas."

Yi was a little surprised, "You won't stop me?"

Tianfeng smiled, "I want to stop it, but I know I can't. I am no longer the Emperor of Heaven, and you are no longer my number one shot in front of the imperial court. Your tribe has long since ceased to exist, and you are not the leader of the Youqiong Clan. You don’t have to think about the life and death of your tribe, shame and glory, and you don’t need to continue to obey the orders of the heaven. I have no reason to interfere with your affairs. This shot is all for my daughter. But I know: you still call me Master because you don’t want to I will be your father-in-law. There have been thousands of years in the sky and the earth, and the decline of ancient myths has not been explained clearly. I have seen many things. It was my duty to order you to shoot the sun and eliminate the six evils. I demoted you to a mortal. It's because of Xihe's pressure, you just don't blame me. So don't think about my feelings anymore, just do what you want to do."

Yi stood up and knelt down on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Tianfeng wanted to help him.

Yi pushed Tianfeng back into the chair, "Don't move."

Tianfeng had no choice but to sit back.

Yi began to kowtow.

"This knock is for the emperor and his subjects."

"This knock is for my son-in-law."

"This knock is for master and apprentice."

Concubine Mi already knew that Yi had decided to return his body to Si Ren, and was walking up and down the room alone, hesitating whether to ask him about his future plans.

Suddenly hearing familiar footsteps, Concubine Mi lay down on the bed in a panic and began to doze off.

Today is Yi's fourth day in Lingcheng, and this is the first time he entered Concubine Mi's room at night.

Seeing her lying motionless on the bed under a quilt, Yi sat beside her and watched for a while.

"I know." Yi opened the quilt and covered it carefully, "You let Long Jiu go in the hope that he can take back Si Ren's body and leave with Si Ren, so that I can go back to Guanghan Palace with you at ease. But you are wrong, even if Long Jiu really takes Si Ren away, all the problems are still unsolved. So I can't go with you. Hmm... If there are some things that can be done, I would like to do them well. But I can't , I really don’t want to go on anymore.”

"Sleep well, I think it's best to say goodbye to you like this."

After saying the last sentence, Yi got up and left.

Concubine Mi's eyes shed a tear, but she didn't open her eyes, but pulled up the quilt to cover her head and curled up sideways.

Huoshenzi sat by the window and looked at the moon in a daze: I heard it was deserted and boring there.Why don't I go live with my sister.

"What do you think?"

Yi didn't know when he stood behind Huoshenzi, and he was startled by the sudden question.

Vulcan jumped down from the window and sat on the chair by the table, "What are you doing here so late?"

Yi sat down in front of him, "Look into my eyes."

Huoshenzi's eyes flickered, "What are you doing? Why do you want to look at the eyes?"

"Don't you dare?"

"Why don't you dare?!" Vulcan frowned and pouted, looking at Yi with the air of a child.

"Brother Yan, do you really not remember anything?" Yi asked suddenly.

Huoshenzi was stunned for a moment, but he quickly lowered his head and paused for a while, "So what can I remember? Can remembering change the fact that I was given to death by my father? Remembering can keep my friends away from evildoers? Remember my sister Can you stop moaning and sighing all day and be happy?"

"Sure enough." Yi smiled, "My good brother, don't be angry. I don't have much time, so I came here to ask you a few things."

Huoshenzi frowned again, and finally a smile appeared on his face, "For the sake of the word 'good brother', you can ask."

Yi was very happy, "Okay, then I won't beat around the bush. Why did the god dagger fall into your sister's hands? Where did you lose the five-color stone I gave you?"

"Because I was afraid of losing it, and I was afraid that you would ask me for it at any time. So I always carried the Shendi dagger and the five-color stone with me after I was smelted. Then I was caught stealing fire in Kunlun for the last time, and I had to lose the five-color stone in time. Shi. ​​The god dagger was seized when they took me to see my father. Your god bow was always with him. When the god bow came to the god bow, it made a clanging sound. My father asked me what was going on, so I had no choice but to Tell the truth. Later, when my sister learned that it belonged to you, she naturally took it."

"So you said the five-color stone was thrown in Kunlun Mountain by you?"

"Well, I thought I would look for it again in the future, but I didn't expect that when I offended so many people, there were so many gods, big and small, saying that my repeated violation of heaven's rules was a capital crime, and they insisted on executing me."

"What do you think this is?" Yi eagerly took out something and put it on the table.

Vulcan's eyes lit up when he saw what it was, and he stood up suddenly and grabbed the black stone on the table, "This... this is the five-color stone that you asked me to refine again! Where did you find it? of?!"

Yi also couldn't believe his ears, and stood up, "You didn't lie to me?! Is this really that rock?!"

"Yes! That's right, I practiced day and night for a full hundred and eight days! I can't read it wrong! Where did you find it?!"

Yi fell back to his chair, "God's will! It's really God's will... I understand..."

"What do you know?! Tell me clearly!"

"I exchanged this with Long Jiu from a merchant from the Western Regions on the street before I left Yancheng. I didn't know why at the time, but I just felt that this stone was unusual. I took it to my hand and looked at it carefully. Good stone. I also said that I would give away Dragon Nine, but I didn’t have time to carve it out, so I never gave it away. I didn’t expect it... What a coincidence! You said that you will not meet sooner or later, why is it that I am Si Ren We met when we were together? So, everything is predestined."

Yi was so concerned with his own happiness that he didn't notice that Huoshenzi's complexion was getting worse and worse.

"So, are you planning to leave us?"

Yi put away the stone and looked at Huoshenzi, "Didn't you all live well before I came?"

"Father... No, Master and sister agreed to leave?"

"Ah."

Vulcan pursed his mouth and remained silent.

Yi didn't know what to say, so he stopped talking.

After a long time, Vulcan said again: "They don't stop you, and I have no position to stop you. Now that you have made a decision, I will give you four words - so I can do it myself."

Yi stood up with a smile and touched the little braid on Huoshenzi's head, "No matter what, I will always regard you as a good brother. I believe there will be a chance to see you again in the future."

Vulcan pursed his lips again, avoiding Yi's hand, he ran to the edge of the bed and lay down on the quilt, "Hurry up! I'm going to sleep!"

It was very late at night, and Yi returned to Yancheng.

First came to Buji Pavilion, Liu Chengfeng was already fast asleep.Yi didn't wake him up, but left a book for practicing spells beside the bed.

Then Yi went to the opposite church.Father Martin snored slightly in his sleep.Yi also didn't wake him up, but left behind a compass for catching monsters.Although it is not sure how much the priest is interested in Middle-earth culture and magic, Yi thinks he will like this commemorative gift.

Leaving the church, Yi finally came to the foreign clothing store where Huan'er was shown clothes.As Si Ren, his biggest regret is that he didn't order the skirt for Huan'er.

After looking at it under the moonlight for a long time, Yi found that the foreign dress on the child's wooden figurine in the window had been changed, and it was no longer the original one.

After hesitating for a while, Yi knocked on the door of the foreign clothes store.

After waiting for a while, there was a crappy "Who is it" from the door.

"It's me. I came to your store to see a piece of clothing not long ago."

"We're closed, come back tomorrow."

"Girl, I'm in a hurry, please open the door. I have to leave Yancheng before dawn, and I may not have a chance to come back in the future."

The door was quiet for a while, and then there was a rattling sound, the door was pushed open a crack, and the girl from the foreign clothes shop poked her head out, "Ah! So it's you."

The girl let Yi into the house as Si Ren.

Yi pointed to the window, "Where's the dress we were looking at then?"

The girl rubbed her sleepy eyes, "Sold it. There was also a girl who didn't like it, and was anxious, so she bought the sample directly."

"oh, I see."

I don't know why, but Yi originally wanted to buy the skirt and burn it.But now hearing what the girl said, he suddenly felt relieved: Yes, it can be worn by others, so why do you have to burn it?Besides, Huan'er doesn't even have a soul, so what's the use of burning it?It's better to make a little girl who is about the same happy.

Seeing that Yi didn't speak, the girl thought he was upset, "How about this, see if you can wait as long as possible, and I will use the fastest time to make another one for the little girl you brought that day. I will give you a cheap price." some……"

"No need." Yi interrupted her, "I'll be leaving in a while, and I probably won't come back, so I just came to take a look. If you can't buy it, forget it. It's okay. Thank you."

"Oh." The girl's expression was a little regretful, "Well, I'm really sorry. I let you go so late in vain."

"I should have said I was sorry to bother you at such a late hour." Yi turned around to leave, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something and turned back, "Yes, I almost forgot about this."

Reaching into his backpack, Yi took out the crest of the cross that he had picked up when he met Mr. Ji.

"Ah──" the girl exclaimed, raising her hands to cover her mouth.

"If I remember correctly, you have one exactly like this."

"This... this belongs to my brother!" the girl cried.

"Yeah." Yi nodded, "I saw your brother."

"Where... is he now?! Where... I want to..." The girl grabbed Yi's arm and was a little incoherent with excitement.

"He is no longer alive."

The girl's expression froze for a moment, "What did you say...?"

"he died."

The girl let go of Yi and covered her mouth again, her tears flowed even more fiercely, "Why... did you die?"

"He died to save people." Yi replied without hesitation.

"really?"

"real."

"I just knew... I just knew... my brother is such a good person... how could it be like what they said..."

Yi couldn't understand the rest of the words, and the girl squatted on the ground covering her face while muttering, and wept bitterly, heartbroken and somewhat relieved.

Yi put Mr. Ji's family crest on the counter and left silently. Although he didn't know whether Mr. Ji was still alive like that, he knew that they would meet again, and Mr. Ji's death must be the time.

The girl cried enough, wanted to ask the detailed situation and chased outside the door, but there was no one on the empty road.

Dawn is about to break, outside the gate of Lingcheng.

Yi walked out from the city gate step by step towards Long Jiu who was waiting not far away.

When they got to the distance where they could hear each other's breathing, Yi stopped, "Can you promise me a condition?"

"what?"

"You have to promise: If you find me again, no matter which city you are in, beat me or kill me, and won't involve other irrelevant people, and won't cause innocent people to be injured or lose their lives."

Long Jiu frowned, "Okay, I agree."

Yi nodded, took another step forward and gently hugged Long Jiu while whispering something in his ear: "After 18 years, come to Wuming City to find me."

After speaking, a ray of white light flew out of Si Ren's celestial spirit cover and flew towards the sky without lingering, lingering, or leaving any room. Si Ren's body immediately fell heavily on Long Jiu's shoulders.

Although it was what he had been urging and what he hoped for, but for some reason, at this moment Long Jiu felt his chest twitch, and it was actually very painful.

Picking up Si Ren Long Jiu turned to leave.

"Jiuying!" Concubine Mi chased him out from the city gate.

Long Jiu turned around and stood still.

Concubine Mi ran up to him, "You already knew this would happen... right?"

Long Jiu looked into Concubine Mi's eyes expressionlessly, and did not answer her words.

"Take care, ma'am." Leaving aside this sentence, Long Jiu walked away with Si Ren on his shoulders, ignoring Concubine Mi and calling him again.

Going back to the camp where his troops were stationed, alone Wandu was ready.Long Jiu handed over the brocade bag containing Si Ren's soul to her, and she immediately opened the altar to practice.

After about a stick of incense, Si Ren came back to life.

"Xiaoren! Xiaoren..." Long Jiuhe often squatted beside him and called him in turn.

Si Yan opened his eyes and looked at it for a long time, then sat up slowly, "Hey hey hey... Mother! Mother! Where is my mother? Hungry... Xiao Ren is so hungry. I want to go home... Woooooo...hehe... "

Chang also looked at Long Jiu in surprise, "How could this happen?"

Long Jiu pursed his lips and raised his hand to wipe the saliva that was about to flow from the corner of Si Ren's mouth, "This is the original Si Ren, without Yi, he can only be a fool with a broken soul."

"What now?"

"Break camp and return to Yan City."

"and then?"

"Then?" Long Jiu stood up, "Then...wait for 18 years and go to Wuming City."