"Think about what to do next." Li Jinglong finally said.
Mo Zhigen said: "You have to sort out the previous things first, otherwise you will be confused."
Li Jinglong said "um", and kept listening to the carp demon. At this time, Chaoyun happened to be there, and he witnessed the whole process. Starting from Hongjun, according to his memory, he reconstructed the changes that occurred in Tongtian Buddha from beginning to end. .
"At that time, the seal of the heart lamp was broken on my body." Hong Jun said, "I also saw... Fudo Mingwang."
Li Jinglong frowned deeply, staring at Hongjun, when the Tongtian Buddha activated the Earth Vein Array, Fudo Mingwang suddenly appeared, which was unexpected by everyone. What's more, a golden demon-binding rope was drawn from Hongjun's body! As Hong Jun said, he went to search for Li Jinglong's baggage, but the magic weapon was always on Li Jinglong's body. What was it that appeared in his body that day
"What's this made of?" Lu Xu was diverted from the subject and said, "It hasn't broken after so many years."
"The dragon tendons are made by mixing Kunlun's extraterrestrial gold." Chaoyun replied, showing to the crowd in the dim sunlight, strange patterns appeared on the rope that binds the demon.
When asked about what he got from tying the demon rope, Hong Jun explained again, and everyone looked at each other in dismay. They were in a hurry in Luoyang before and didn't have time to talk about it. Now that I think about it, everyone was shocked!
"What... what's wrong?" Hong Jun said with anxiety.
Li Jinglong murmured: "The demon-binding rope has entered your body."
When Hong Jun was reminded like this, he understood instantly.
"Is... is it because of this reason that the Earth Vein Magic Circle was destroyed?" Hong Jun had a vague premonition of uneasiness, but now it is finally confirmed that it was because of something wrong with him that the magic circle fell short.
"No." Li Jinglong said, "It's not you, it's because of me."
Everyone was surprised: "What?"
Li Jinglong said: "This time I failed because I had... I... I... In short, I was unlucky, I was wrong, my heart lamp... actually didn't agree with me, so the earth veins circle was destroyed, but it was saved. I die."
When Li Jinglong heard this, he almost fully understood: when he released the power of the heart lamp and descended from the gods, the overwhelming power broke through a certain restriction in his body in an instant. And this restriction is connected with the past that he has completely forgotten - the two years when he met Hong Jun when he was a child.
The death of Kong Xuan and Jia Yuze, Hong Jun was ruined by him, in the final analysis, it was just because he didn't want to watch Hong Jun leave him. After that tragedy, Qingxiong came and sealed the memories of him and Hongjun respectively with magic.
It was also because of this that Li Jinglong finally understood why Qingxiong always felt familiar with him every time he met him, and why he always felt compensatory towards Hongjun from the bottom of his heart. Even after regaining the Wisdom Sword, there was always a force driving him in the dark, to cultivate immortals, to visit famous rivers and mountains, to find someone who he didn't know who he was...
To collect demons, to exorcise demons, all of these are his predestined atonement.
At the moment when the restriction was broken and he was reminded of the past, once his heart was shaken, the heart lamp sensed his obsession, and instead left his body to judge the crime he committed.
During the days when he was brought out, Li Jinglong was always thinking about the bits and pieces of those two years, and after Qingxiong's restriction was broken, it became more and more clear. On a rainy day, he accidentally stepped into the abandoned exorcist department, facing the statue of Fudo Mingwang. When the Dharma image appeared, he set up a trap in order to let Hong Jun stay, and attracted Hong Jun. , stepped into the final ending.
"Why?" Mo Zhigen called Li Jinglong out of his memory and asked uneasily.
Li Jinglong said: "Because I am not...not the person Xindeng recognizes, Xindeng chose the wrong one from the beginning..."
"No such thing." Hong Jun interrupted, "It's all my fault, it's my fault, and it has nothing to do with anyone."
Everyone looked at Hong Jun, and Hong Jun said again: "But the mistake has already been made. Next, shall we go back to find An Lushan and seal him?"
"How to seal it?" Li Jinglong said, "Without Fudo Mingwang Liuqi, and without the Heart Lamp, now we have nothing to rely on, we can only escape."
Hong Jun thought for a while, and said: "God Kun might have a solution, he must have foreseen this moment! After all, when we acted in Luoyang..."
"Don't mention him." Li Jinglong frowned deeply, and replied with resentment in his tone, "I don't want to listen to his talk about the future anymore! He taught me the art of descending the gods, but what's the use?"
"When we were in Luoyang, God Kun didn't show up!" Hong Jun ignored Li Jinglong's words and said, "It means that something must have gone wrong in the middle, or it's far from the end."
"I don't believe in fate!" Li Jinglong said.
"I believe." Hong Jun replied, "If it ends up like what I have seen, as long as everyone can survive, it doesn't matter."
"What future do you see?" Li Jinglong asked suddenly.
The conversation came to an abrupt end here, Hong Jun didn't want to continue, the atmosphere in the room became a little stiff for a while, Lu Xu suddenly said: "Hong Jun."
Mo Zhigen said: "Chang Shi, you are tired, let's take a rest first."
Li Jinglong took a deep breath, and Lu Xu pushed the door to go out. Mo Zhigen said to everyone: "Everyone should leave first. In the past few days, let's slowly find a way."
Hong Jun felt that Li Jinglong's spirit was very unstable. He had indeed become a little irritable after losing his heart lamp. Maybe it would be better for him to be quiet, so he said to Li Jinglong, "I'll go out and blow some wind."
Li Jinglong sat in the corner, seemingly thinking, silent.
"Have you been dreaming recently?" Lu Xu came to the backyard and asked Chao Hongjun.
The snow stopped, the wind also stopped, the whole world was extremely silent, and the pale afternoon sun shone on the two of them.
"Do it." Hong Jun said calmly, "The enchantment of the heart lamp is broken, and I am dreaming every night."
Lu Xu's heart suddenly tugged. He stared at Hongjun in a daze. He hadn't realized it until Li Jinglong was injured this time. He discovered that Hongjun, who had lost the protection of the heart lamp, had such a strong concentration.
"Jing Long first lost his heart lamp." Hong Jun said, "and then affected the heart lamp enchantment he imposed on me to seal my nightmare... Is that so? Tie the demon rope to sense the nightmare on me, Thus, Fudo Ming-oh appeared."
"Not bad." Lu Xu looked into Hongjun's eyes.
Hong Jun said: "Where did the heart lamp go? When I fell asleep last night, I kept thinking about this."
Lu Xu didn't know much about the heart lamp, and he was helpless, but based on Hongjun's knowledge, the heart lamp should not have run away by itself. According to Li Jinglong's description, when it came out, just after he passed out, would it still be alive? will go back
He remembered that when Qingxiong gave him the light for the first time, it was contained in a magic vessel. In theory, there should be something to carry it. If he was lucky, it would probably still be on Li Jinglong's body.
"You'd better not mention luck to him." Lu Xu said.
Hong Jun put his hand on his forehead and said helplessly: "Well, the top priority is to get the heart lamp back first. I think Kun God probably knows where it went, even if he doesn't need to predict, he is the one who knows the heart lamp best in this world. .”
"What about after you find it?" Lu Xu said.
"According to the original plan." Hong Jun replied, "Since Jing Long has failed, she can only rely on me."
Lu Xu and Hong Jun were silent for a long time. After a long time, Lu Xu said: "You are just like this...you..."
Hong Jun smiled and said: "You are stupid, how nice it is to let everyone live."
"No, I mean..." Lu Xu frowned deeply, and finally gave up the idea of persuading Hongjun, and just said, "Brother."
"Yes." Hong Jun replied.
"From now on." Lu Xu said, "I can hardly suppress the nightmare in your body anymore."
"I know." Hong Jun also had a nightmare last night. In his dream, he saw the countless sufferings of the world, the past of those ghouls who died in battle, and the mortals they had killed. Many causes and effects flocked to him uncontrollably.
Waking up from the initial dream, Hong Jun has gradually become able to bear it, and the nightmare gradually no longer brought him fright and pain. Instead, when he woke up from the dream, he felt endless sorrow and pity.
"The Heavenly Demon Seed is slowly awakening." Lu Xuji said in a low voice, "Next, all the hostility in the world will gather towards you under the force of the Demon Seed's absorption."
"I feel it." Hong Jun murmured, "But I don't know why, I don't feel uncomfortable, I just feel very sad. I think, the reason why Peacock Daming King is a god and a devil, I gradually understand..."
He raised his head and looked at the world and the mountains. Too many people died in this village. After waking up, every soul seemed to be crying to him about the grief of life and the tragedy of death, struggling to enter his heart, as if Only in this way can we obtain some kind of established and fate-arranged salvation.
"...Take away the hostility and resentment that cannot be released from the world." Hong Jun said, "Returning to the veins of heaven and earth may be the agreement between King Peacock Daming and King Fudo back then. This is what I was destined to do. Can't help me escape."
At that time, Mo Zhigen walked out of Li Jinglong's room.
"He can't bear it for a while." Mo Zhigen said to Hongjun, "Don't worry about his bad temper."
Hong Jun said: "What I love is neither the lamp of the heart, nor him who has the lamp of the heart. I love him."
"But when you met Chang Shi, under the influence of the heart lamp, he was just..." Mo Zhigen also saw something strange, but he wisely didn't go on.
Lu Xu said: "Why are you so stupid? When Hong Jun liked Li Jinglong, he didn't know where his heart was."
Hong Jun laughed, but Mo Zhigen was at a loss. He didn't know what happened to Hong Jun and Li Jinglong when they were young, and he was only worried about their quarrel. But for Hong Jun, his love for Li Jinglong is enough to support all of this. He not only accepts his perfection and wisdom, but also accepts all his shortcomings, just like he once tolerated everything about him, now Hong Jun will naturally tolerate him.
"Since he woke up three days ago, he hasn't said a word." Mo Zhigen said, "After you went in last night, he really spoke."
Only then did Hong Jun know about this, so he nodded and said, "I'll stay with him."
Hong Jun entered the room, Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu looked at each other for a moment, Mo Zhigen raised his eyebrows, Lu Xu nodded, meaning he had told him everything.
Mo Zhigen said: "Then..."
Lu Xu made a "shh" gesture, signaling not to ask any more questions.
"Let's warm up to the fire first." Lu Xu said, "cherish every day you are still here."
Mo Zhigen lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and then took out a kit from his arms, which was the one that Lu Xu briefly took over in Luoyang that day. He spread his palm and handed it to Lu Xu, who stretched out his hand.
"If you accept it, it means that you are willing to marry me." Mo Zhigen said, "No matter what the future holds."
"I haven't figured it out yet." Lu Xu raised his eyes and stared at Mo Rigen.
"Then think about it again?" Mo Zhigen said.
"But there are many things in the world, it's better not to think too clearly." Lu Xu finally took the kit with a smile and replied.
In the kit was what Canglang had replaced in the past, a mace with bloodshot roots, and the dragon scale that Li Jinglong distributed to everyone.
When Hong Jun returned to the room, Li Jinglong was still leaning quietly on the couch.
"There's no need to go to God Kun." Li Jinglong said suddenly, "If he has foreseen all this, then he will definitely come to us."
Although Li Jinglong's mood became a lot more depressed, Hong Jun had to admit that his intelligence was not lost at all.
"Then let's wait in the village?" Hong Jun said, and as he spoke, he leaned forward and kissed Li Jinglong. After Li Jinglong was kissed by him, his eyes seemed to have a little brilliance.
"Were you angry just now?" Li Jinglong said.
"No."
"You're angry." Li Jinglong said a little stubbornly, "I feel it."
"Really not." Hong Jun just wanted to laugh when he heard it, and Li Jinglong began to worry about gains and losses again, and said, "Did I lose my composure in front of them just now?"
"No, no, no." Hong Jun replied seriously, "Get up and walk, Mo Zhigen said you have to move a little, or you may get bedsores."
"I can recover." Li Jinglong said again.
Hong Jun reached out to his ribs and helped him up. Li Jinglong's facial features were distorted from the pain. Hong Jun knew that he must be suffering, but he pretended not to see it. Li Jinglong finally stood up straight, Hong Jun took his arm and took a step carefully.
"The fracture is almost healed." Li Jinglong said, "I will take care of myself in the future, and there should be no major problems."
Li Jinglong said it over and over too many times, but Hong Jun still answered patiently: "Remember the day you climbed up Taihang Mountain and took me away?"
"Hmm." Li Jinglong endured the severe pain all over his body, with sweat dripping from his forehead, and took another step.
"I was thinking that day." Hong Jun whispered, "In this life, no matter what we become, we will be together."
Li Jinglong said suddenly: "Even if something happened, it doesn't matter?"
Hong Jun was taken aback, and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Li Jinglong said unnaturally: "Nothing."
Hong Jun thought to himself, did Li Jinglong remember it? He has been really wrong recently, as if he has too many things on his mind. At this moment, the two have different expressions, but they both recall the same memory.
Two years ago, when Hong Jun rode his horse away from Dunhuang on the vast land of northwest China, Li Jinglong caught up with him, rode on him, locked his hands fiercely, and yelled at him: "What's wrong with you!"
"Come on, take another step." Hong Jun said.
Li Jinglong took another step, and at this moment, the sky darkened, and Hong Jun suddenly felt a bone-chilling cold pouring into the room.
"Sit down for a while." Hong Jun said immediately, and then walked out the door quickly.
Mo Zhigen stood on the roof and looked into the distance. As far as he could see, there was a vast wasteland. Eagles were flying in the distance, and dark clouds were rolling in the sky, rushing towards this secluded village.