"No." I smiled dryly and scratched my hair, "It's a long story."
"Then do you mind making a long story short?" Zhu Xuan leaned on the railing and looked at me with interest.
I sighed helplessly, facing Zhuxuan's curious eyes, I briefly told Zhuxuan the story of Wen Jiubai and I from our encounter to the present.
"... So, I told Su Xiaoyun and Shi Yitong about my doubts, and they agreed to help me come to Diecui Mountain to find the trace of Bai Ze, because we suspected that Wen Jiubai was Bai Ze at first." I shrugged, "Of course , now we all know that Bai Ze is you."
"So that's the case." Zhu Xuan nodded, and asked curiously, "So this Wen Jiubai you mentioned... is he a very powerful person?"
"Yeah, he's amazing. Life with him is completely different from everyday life. It's like riding a roller coaster. Although he's in danger, he always has a way to save everyone at the last second." I laughed , "If you have seen him, you will understand what I mean."
"Then... I guess you must love him very much too." Zhu Xuan said seriously.
"What?" I was blocked by Zhuxuan's words, and I didn't know how to react for a while, "Uh, no, no, we are not the kind of relationship you have with Ye..."
"Isn't it?" Zhu Xuan narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"No, absolutely not." I firmly denied the self-deception, "How could it be, besides, why would you think so, hahaha..."
"Really?" Zhu Xuan approached me, his eyes looked into mine, as if he wanted to see through me, "But I think you're lying."
"What? Why?" I couldn't help taking a step back.
"I think he must be a very important person to you." Zhu Xuan said seriously, "You said, you don't know his past, you don't know where he came from, you can even say that you don't even know who he is. neither knows."
I froze and lowered my head.
"But your eyes light up when you talk about him. You trust him so much that I think you could even give your life if necessary. I've lived in this world for a long time, and I've seen a lot of human beings. Feelings, and I have experienced it myself." Zhu Xuan looked at me calmly, "So I think this kind of unconditional trust and delivery should be called love."
"I... I don't know."
Zhu Xuan's words made me suddenly confused, as if the secret I had been trying so hard to conceal and cover up was suddenly punctured, and I was completely confused for a while.
"I really don't know." I shook my head, looked into the distance in a daze, and said incoherently, "It shouldn't be like this... I know, I don't understand him at all, not at all. But he He knows me so well, from my age, to my personality, to where I go to school and where my family is. Even when we first met, he was…”
I looked at Zhuxuan in confusion, and wanted to seek help from him, "Zhuxuan, sometimes I even think that he might know me. He knew me before we met, but I don't remember him. But sometimes, I feel like he's looking at someone else through my eyes."
"Another person?" Zhu Xuan asked.
"I don't know either." I scratched my hair irritably, and sighed, "My rationality tells me that this is impossible. I grew up in Beining, and I have never met anyone like Wen Jiubai. I'm also pretty sure I don't have any memory gaps, just grow up normally like all kids... well, although maybe my mother is a bit perverted, I'm pretty sure I've never had anything weird other than that thing."
"But you trust him, don't you?" Zhu Xuan asked.
"I really want to trust him." I sighed, and turned to look at Zhuxuan, "but my reason always tells me that he is not worthy of my trust. He is not human, and he almost never talks about When talking about his own business, even if I asked him, he would be evasive and never answer directly."
"That's why you came to investigate his identity, because you don't want to be controlled by others all the time, right?" Zhu Xuan asked.
"Now you can read minds too." I laughed.
"Okay." Zhu Xuan also laughed, "I really want to meet this Mr. Wen Jiubai. If he is really as powerful as you said, I'm curious what kind of person he is."
"I've been thinking a lot these past two days, it would be great if Wen Jiubai was here." I whispered, "If he's here, there must be a way to solve the Angry Beast issue. It won't take long for him to see what's going on Cause and effect, and come up with a brilliant idea to fix it."
"So, why didn't you find him?" Zhu Xuan looked at the phone in my hand, raised his chin, "I saw you staring at the phone for a long time."
"I... don't really want to find him. Just take it as my selfishness." I turned the phone over and over in my hand and said, "Although I know that if I let him come over, the incident here may be resolved soon But if I ask him for help this time, it means that I have conceded defeat in this contest. He will always treat me as a little follower, and I am afraid it will be difficult for me to have a chance to prove myself in the future."
Zhu Xuan looked at me, and seemed to be very interested in raising the corners of his lips, "This is the first time I've heard such a thing. What do you want to prove?"
"Prove that I have the ability to stand side by side with him." I pursed my lips and said, "Prove that I am not just a toy for him to tease, I want him to know that I can be trusted, and he can put his life experience tell me."
With a sound of "puchi", Zhu Xuan actually laughed.
"Hey, what are you laughing at?" I said angrily, "Is it that funny?"
"No, no, sorry, not at all." It took Zhu Xuan a long time to restrain his smile, but there was still a smile in his eyes, "I just think, as a human being, you are really brave."
"I'll take it as if you're praising me." I muttered.
"You know that Mr. Wen of yours is probably not a powerful monster?" Zhu Xuan asked.
"I know, so what?"
"A lot of big monsters, their names are not only loud and pleasant." Zhu Xuan said in contemplation, "They have lived for many years, far beyond your human imagination. Their lives are as long as history, or they themselves are history .To prove your strength in the face of history is not an easy task for you, an ordinary human being."
"I never said this is an easy thing, but I still have to..." I was halfway through, and suddenly frowned, realizing that something seemed wrong, "Wait, Zhuxuan , you can't be... You already know what kind of monster Wen Jiubai is, right?"
"How is that possible." Zhu Xuan smiled and waved his hands, "You gave too little information, it's just enough for me to guess."
My eyes lit up with a "swish", "What? Really? You already have a guess?"
"It's just speculation, without any basis."
"That's good! Let's hear it!" I said excitedly.
"Let's just say it out, it's just a guess after all." Zhu Xuan shook his head, not wanting to say anything at all.
"But-"
"Besides, it would be boring to tell a lot of things. Since this is your story, I think it would be better for you to find out." Zhu Xuan smiled.
"No hint at all?" I still didn't give up.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Xuan simply changed the subject, "If you don't plan to tell that monster extermination master, just relying on you, me and your two friends, we won't be able to deal with that monster no matter what."
I fell silent, yes, the issue Zhu Xuan mentioned should be the top priority at the moment.
"Is there no chance at all?" I asked, "You said that you defeated the anger beast thirty years ago. Logically speaking, your vitality was seriously injured. How could it recover so quickly? Was it stronger before?"
"You grasped the point." Zhu Xuan nodded, "I also find it very strange. The Angry Beast recovered a bit too quickly, making one suspect that someone among them was behind it."
"You mean... someone gave power to the beast while you were asleep?" I asked with a frown.
"I can't rule out this possibility." Zhu Xuan said, "I have been in a coma in the mountains for 30 years even if I won the battle, but why did the dying beast disappear? There is only one possibility, and that is the abbot of Longning Temple What I said is that the Taoist priest who sealed it took it away. But this is very strange, if this Taoist priest subdued this evildoer with good intentions, why would he refuse to save me who is unconscious?"
"That's right!" I suddenly realized, "I knew it! This Taoist didn't seal the beast with good intentions at all, but deliberately kept it and waited for an opportunity to release it to cause harm... But why did he do this? Are you too bored?"
Zhuxuan smiled helplessly after hearing my mumbling, "I don't know why. But what he did undoubtedly made our situation very difficult. Maybe only by sacrificing myself can I make up for the mistakes I made back then..."
"Don't, don't, don't be impulsive." I quickly waved my hand and said, "Don't worry, there must be other ways. Besides your strength, I still have my fan? Do you remember Is it? That blue folding fan was given to me by Wen Jiubai, for some reason, Ang Beast seems to be very afraid of that fan too. Wasn’t I the one who saved you with this fan last time?”
Zhuxuan glanced at me and said, "Your fan is a magic weapon, and all evil beasts will be afraid of magic weapons. But the use of magic weapons has a lot to do with the magician who holds the magic weapon. The magician chanted What is the content of the spell and whether the magician's magic power is strong or not all determine whether the magic weapon can exert its maximum power. Maybe the Wen Jiubai you mentioned can use that fan to seal the anger beast, but you can only scare it at best Just a moment. And after it realizes that you're not a serious person, the fan won't scare it anymore."