With Tianyang's comfort, Xitong regained her composure. Seeing that she had stabilized, Tianyang gently patted her shoulder and said, "Let's go to a place with Dad."
Snapped.
Tianyang snapped his fingers, and silver light suddenly appeared in the air of the study, quickly outlining a mysterious mottled archway. The illusory door opposite to him wobbled open, and Tianyang walked in holding his daughter's hand.
Xitong was not familiar with the inner crevice, but she was not unfamiliar with it either. She had been here once before with Tianyang. However, this time, she keenly noticed that the space in the inner crevice seemed to have expanded a lot.
I thought my father wanted me to do something, such as testing my abilities like last time, but I saw Tianyang closed the door and had no intention of leaving the house.
"I've thought about it for a long time, and I feel that there is something I must tell you."
Tianyang carried the little girl to a chair and sat down. He squatted down in front of his daughter, smiled warmly, and ruffled her hair with his hands before saying, "You may resist what I am going to say next, but these are facts. Whether you accept it or not, it has already happened and is happening now."
"But no matter what, I am your father. I promise you that no matter what happens, I will use all my strength to protect you and guard you."
"This is something I have decided to do since the moment I held you in my arms."
Xitong rubbed the corner of her clothes nervously: "Dad, do I really have to know?"
"Yes, the time has come when I must tell you."
Tianyang stood up and hugged the little guy on the chair: "Do you know how babies come from?"
Xitong raised her little hand and grasped the corner of Tianyang's clothes. She felt relieved. She thought for a moment and said, "I heard from Sister Qianhong that when a man and a woman are together, they will have a child."
Tian Yang smiled and said, "Almost. However, when you became my daughter, Daddy, well, hadn't been with a woman yet."
Xitong raised her little face and said nervously, "Could it be that I grew out of your belly, Dad?"
Tianyang's mouth twitched: "Where did you learn this knowledge... No, it's not what you think. You are not born by me or anyone else. I found you in a den of evil spirits while traveling."
Xitong was stunned for a moment, then she lowered her head a little bit and said, "So, I'm not my father's child? I know, this kind of child has a name, orphan."
Tian Yang picked her up with all his strength, lifted her above his head, raised his head and smiled: "You are my child, even if you are not my child, you are still my child."
"It was before! It is now! It will be in the future!"
"Even if I have other children in the future, you will definitely be one of them. You are their big sister, and you will always be Daddy's priceless treasure!"
Xitong's eyes suddenly became moist, and liquid flowed out of her nose. She tried hard to suck it back, then nodded vigorously: "Well, I know, I'm not an orphan, I'm my father's daughter, my name was given by Sister Moonlight, everyone hopes that I will be like the phoenix tree growing by the water, and hope that I will grow up quickly and be healthy."
"So, I'm Xitong, my father is Tianyang, and I'm not an orphan!"
"Right, that is it."
Tian Yang paused, then continued: "As I said just now, you were found in the lair of the evil spirit. Do you still remember that last time in the War God Castle, a evil spirit was looking for you?"
"You have abilities that ordinary humans don't have... Xitong, do you think of anything?"
Xitong, who was put down by Tianyang, thought seriously and said, "Dad, you mean that because I was found in the lair of the evil gods, I have some invisible connection with them."
"For example, I am tainted with the scent of the gods and evil, and those things treat me as one of their own?"
Tian Yang exhaled lightly and said in a gentle tone: "Almost the same, but there is a slight difference."
Xitong was stunned at first, then her eyes began to panic. She bit her lips lightly and looked at Tianyang.
Tian Yang looked into her eyes and said slowly: "At that time, we discovered a den of evil spirits. I went deep into the den and witnessed a strange event with my own eyes."
"The Pregnant, a creature that can give birth to a divine evil, was giving birth in the nest. I killed the Pregnant, but just as I was about to leave, I heard crying."
"I heard a cry coming from the Pregnant, and then I found a baby, a baby girl."
"When I held her in my arms, she smiled innocently. That smile made me decide that I would raise her, no matter what her origin or what kind of creature she was, but for me."
"She is my daughter."
Xitong's eyes widened little by little, her body became colder and colder, she trembled slightly, and could not speak a complete sentence: "No, it won't..."
"Dad, are you kidding me?"
"You want to say that I was born of a divine evil?"
"How can this be."
"I am your child, so I am also a human being, I..."
Tianyang hugged her tightly and wrapped her tightly in his arms, just like he did in the lair of the evil god, warming her body with his own body temperature.
"I know it's cruel..."
"But I have to tell you so you can prepare ahead of time."
"Xitong, you are not sick. The evil spirits you saw should be the result of the resonance between you and them."
"They will come after you, one after another, and I don't know why it happens, but I will do everything in my power to protect my daughter."
"So I need you to be strong. The form of life is not important. What matters is the heart. As long as your heart is human, then you are human."
"Kaoru, Kotori, and Chihiro all know your origins, and they are willing to protect you. You see, to us, it doesn't matter what you are."
“What matters is who you are.”
"You are Xitong, my daughter. And the Breeder allowed you to be born in the form of a human. I think there is a deeper meaning behind this."
"Perhaps it also hopes that you live as a human being, so Xitong, you are a human being. You are a human being!"
"As long as you hold on to this, as long as you remember your name, you will always be human!"
In Tianyang's warm embrace and her father's firm voice, Xitong's body gradually regained its temperature. Her body and voice no longer trembled. She huddled in Tianyang's arms and whispered, "Does Sister Yueguang know about this, too?"
"No... "
Tian Yang smiled bitterly: "She has no good feelings towards Shen Xie, so I haven't told her yet."
"What if she finds out?" Xitong raised her head.
Little face, "She...will she kill me?"
Tianyang rubbed her head and said, "Little fool, Dad will never let this happen. Besides, as long as you are always Xitong, this will never happen."
"So, to ensure this. Little guy, you have to help me."
Xitong raised her little face, and the look in her big eyes slowly became firm.
Looking at the little girl's eyes, Tianyang felt that she was like a seedling that had withstood the test of a storm and was trying to extend its roots downwards, trying to make itself more closely connected with the earth. At the same time, it stretched its branches upwards, wanting to grow into a lush tree, so that it could have the power to protect itself.
Silently, Xitong grew up a little bit.
... ... .
In the desert at night, the temperature drops below zero, the moonlight is cold, and almost no life can be seen.
On a sand dune, silver light emerged silently and quietly outlined a mysterious illusory gate.
Tianyang walked out holding Xitong's hand, raised his hand, snapped his fingers, and closed the door.
There was a hint of nervousness on Xitong's face. Tianyang noticed this and rubbed her hair with his warm palms.
"It's okay, Daddy is by your side, everything will be fine."
"We need to intercept those guys who come to cause trouble for you in advance. We can't let them run to the War God Castle every time, otherwise your identity will be exposed sooner or later."
"So, I need your help."
"They can sense you, and you can sense them in return. Use this invisible connection, this resonance between each other, to find out their location. Dad will stop them."
Listening to Tianyang's words, Xitong nodded, then she closed her eyes. After a while, the little girl quietly opened one eye and looked at Tianyang with a guilty look: "Dad, I don't know what to do."
Tianyang squatted down and said patiently: "Don't be nervous. It doesn't matter if you don't get anything tonight. Try to recall your feelings when you saw the hallucinations the last two times and see if you can find anything."
"good."
Xitong closed her eyes again, recalling how she felt when she saw the hallucination before, and tried to reconstruct the strange city in the dark night in her mind, thinking about those evil gods who wore human clothes and imitated human activities.
She gradually became dazed, then woke up and suddenly opened her eyes.
She saw the cold moonlight, and the moon seemed to be very close to the ground, which made the silver moon extremely huge. She could also see the majestic, undulating mountains on the moon.
Looking down, Xitong no longer saw the desert, but a gorgeous and dark city. The twisted and extremely asymmetrical buildings were lit with dim lights.
On the streets of the city, there are women wearing intricate and gorgeous long dresses, gentlemen looking elegant from behind, and children running out from the alleys cheering, these figures are either walking or running on the streets.
There are creatures that look like horses but have human legs pulling carriages through the streets and alleys, and there is also an endless stream of strange vehicles that look like black iron carriages.
This time, Xitong was obviously calm. She lowered her head slightly and walked on the street.
In the desert, Tianyang was observing Xitong. The little guy walked forward with his eyes closed, as if he was walking on an invisible street, and made movements to avoid pedestrians from time to time.