"Brother, when can we find our parents?"
In the desolate wilderness, a thin girl was holding on to the hem of the boy's clothes, asking timidly, looking at the endless wilderness with fear, the sky was dark and boundless, as if they were the only ones in the world. lonely, desolate.
"It's right in front, soon..." The boy held the hatchet and pursed his chapped lips. He was stubborn and strong, but his immature face was covered with mud and his skin was dull. He walked forward resolutely, but in the depths of his eyes, there was bewilderment and helplessness.
"Do they still recognize us?" The girl was thin and tired.
"I know, I will definitely know."
"Do they miss us?"
"They've been waiting for us."
"Brother, I'm so tired."
The boy bent down and picked up the little girl on his back, and continued walking.
"Brother, don't leave me." The girl hugged the boy's neck tightly and lowered her head.
The wilderness is endless, and the cold wind blows, rolling up a few pieces of withered and yellow weeds, flying all over the sky.
Go forward, go forward, but where is the end
The sky was getting dark, and there were a few crows neighing in the distant sky, hoarse and low, like a curse sound floating between the sky and the earth.
The little girl opened her sleepy eyes, looked at the yellowed and blackened sky, her thin body trembled slightly, and hugged the boy tightly.
"Are you hungry?" The boy opened his chapped lips, and he could hear the little girl's stomach gurgling.
"Not hungry." The girl didn't want to leave her brother, and suppressed her hunger.
"Wait a while, I'll go around and see if there's anything to eat." The boy comforted her repeatedly, leaving the girl behind, and telling her not to run around.
"Brother, don't leave me behind." The girl held the boy tightly with her dirty little hands, her eyes were full of worry and tension.
"Never, I will definitely take you and find them."
Before dark, the boy grabbed a hare and ran wildly, waving and shouting from a distance.
There is something to eat! !
There is meat to eat! !
However, when he came to the barren grass in his memory, his sister was no longer there.
"Yinger?? Little sister!!"
"Where are you!"
"do not scare me!"
"Little sister!!"
"Yinger..."
The boy panicked, dropped the hare, and ran wildly, shouting.
Where are you! ! Where are you! !
The boy howled, trembling, desperate! fear! upset! remorse! He ran wildly in the endless wilderness, his feet were cut by grass roots, dripping with blood, the boy frantically searched for every piece of grass, where are you? ? Where are you... Come back... Come back quickly...
In the middle of the night, the darkness is boundless.
The boy knelt in the wilderness, crying hysterically, I lost my little sister...
... ...
ten years! !
Qin Ming traveled far to the ancient sea and did not return for ten years.
He fought in the ancient sea and practiced in Wangyang.
He faced conspiracy and conspiracy, and faced powerful enemies and evil beasts.
In ten years, he grew up slowly and became stronger. He was scarred and reaped glory.
For ten years, he thought of Leiting Ancient City, his relatives and friends.
He stood on the island and looked up to the other side of the sea. There was heaven, a brand new world. But he resolutely turned his head back. Before heading to the New World, he wanted to go back to his hometown and take another look at his relatives.
After all, this departure may be a farewell.
However…
When he brought a gift, a smile, and brilliant achievements, he set foot on the land of the Northern Territory again.
The war is raging everywhere, killing everywhere, and the war is tormenting the Northern Territory, and the ancient cities are washed away like a torrent. Countless people are crying in blood and fire, struggling in the ruins.
The cruelty of war is like a bloody pen slashed by the heavens, ferociously outlining the purgatory on earth.
When Qin Ming stood in front of Leiting Ancient City, it was already in ruins.
The statues of the eighteen kings have collapsed and turned into pieces of stone, buried in the weeds up to their waists, the city walls are gone, houses and shops are gone, huge cracks run through the ruins of the ancient city, wild wolves and beasts come and go, With pale bones.
Everything has changed beyond recognition.
loved ones? friend
are gone.
Qin Ming knelt in front of the ruins, his mind blank.
I'm back, where are you
... ...
All kinds of dreams entangled Qin Ming. The most frightening and strongest thing was not his killing intent, nor his obsession, but the fear deep in his heart, and the shadow left by the catastrophic events that year .
The death of his parents, the decline of the family, the decline of the ancient city, and the suffering of his relatives are unforgettable memories. He is afraid and worried that history will repeat itself.
He wants to practice and pursue martial arts, but he is afraid that his relatives will encounter disaster again.
He wants to protect his relatives forever and ever, but he is not willing to be silent, longing to go to a further world.
Other people's inner demons are greed, delusion, or resentment and murderous thoughts, but his inner demons are relatives and responsibility! It is the unforgettable pain left in his childhood, and the concern for his relatives during his eight years of servant life.
During those eight years, no matter day or night, what he was afraid of was not being humiliated or bullied, but that his relatives far away in Daqingshan were killed. What he was afraid of was that when he left Qingyunzong, they would no longer be alive.
This kind of fear, pressed in his heart, has been with him for eight years, from seven to fifteen years old!
Qin Ming has become stronger now, and his family is safe. He thought that he would be able to deal with everything well after he walked out of that memory, but when the candlelight illuminates the soul, and when the lamp draws out the demons, they are like The huge waves that broke the embankment submerged Qin Ming, like a terrible beast, biting him frantically.
He struggled, he ran wildly, he was dripping with blood.
He cried, he called for help, he was in pain and despair.
Inside the Heart Demon Hall!
Ten old men walked past each of them in turn, observing each of them.
Yueqing, Bai Xiaochun, Su Qixue, etc., all held lamps in their hands, sinking into the depths of the dream, with different expressions, some confused, some painful, some ferocious, and some serious. The candles in their hands were a little dim. It may be extinguished, but some are flickering, constantly changing.
The test of the Heart Demon Palace is not for everyone to get rid of their inner demons, but for them to learn to control them. Whoever can suppress them will have their candles extinguished, even if they pass the test.
However, Qin Ming was the only exception. The flames inside the lamp were getting hotter and hotter. His expression was sometimes painful, but desolate, sometimes sluggish, or desperate, and he could faintly hear several painful moans in his nose.
Several old people exchanged glances, thinking that Qin Ming would show ferociousness and fanaticism, and would fall into some kind of killing world and be unable to protect himself, but... he seemed very sad
Time passed by in a hurry like quicksand, an hour was not too long, and some people extinguished the lamps in their hands one after another, but they were not in a hurry to wake up, but held the lamps in a daze.
The inner demon is indeed terrifying, but the process of overcoming the inner demon is tantamount to a transformation.
This is also the first time they face their hearts and see their true selves.
Moreover, when advancing from Xuanwu Realm to Earth Martial Realm, they will also face the test of inner demons, and they may become obsessed, so it is undoubtedly precious for each of them to experience these in advance and feel the inner demons in advance.
one, two... ten... twenty...
Tang Tianque and others woke up one after another, overcame the inner demons, and completed the experience.
Yueqing passed smoothly and woke up from the nightmare. There were tears in the corners of her eyes, and she experienced grief and despair, but she resisted resolutely.
"Qin's fate is on the line!"
Tang Tianque got up from the stone platform and handed over the extinguished lamp.
Li Yin, Jin Yu, Su Qixue and others woke up one after another, recovering themselves from the trance. They handed over the lamps and all looked at Qin Ming.
The huge hourglass in the temple recorded the time, and it was almost an hour, but the flames in front of Qin Ming were still burning brightly, showing no signs of extinguishing.
Yueqing looked at the tear stains on Qin Ming's face, feeling pity in her heart.
She seemed to be able to guess what Qin Ming was going through and what he was enduring.
Tears welled up in the corners of Qin Ming's eyes, with a panicked and helpless expression, holding the lamp vigorously, trembling slightly.
"Don't be afraid... I'm by your side..."
"I am always here."
"Always there."
Yueqing gently held Qin Ming's hands, knelt down on the stone platform in front of him, closed her eyes, lowered her head slightly, and let the shadow of the lamp envelope her.
"Is it against the rules?" Su Qixue wished that Qin's order would not pass, otherwise the threat would be too great.