"Okay," I started with the question, "Who the hell attacked you?"
"Taoists." Wen Jiubai said, "they are the Taoist priests in gray robes that Bai saw. I guess the leader among them should be the Taoist priest who told Su Xiaoyun how to summon ghosts, destroyed the Taoist temple that maintained the seal, and has been secretly disrupting our plan. It's a person."
— There are also Taoist priests who deliberately released angry beasts to destroy the city. I silently added a sum to him in my heart.
"I see. But who is he? Why do I feel like you know him?" I asked. "Why is he trying to murder you?"
"No. It's not murder, Gu Yu." Wen Jiubai sighed, "He's just advocating justice."
"What?" I asked incredulously.
"This may be a very long story, I hope you can listen to it patiently." Wen Jiubai said with a smile, "A long time ago, earlier than any period of history you know, when I was still a nine-tailed fox At that time. There was a beautiful country called Qingqiu. At that time, I lived on the hill to the north of this country. By the way, did I tell you that the nine-tailed fox was the head of the ancient nine evil beasts?"
I couldn't speak, so I could only stammer and keep up with Wen Jiubai, "That's what you said when you sealed the Gu carving..."
"That's right, that's the one." Wen Jiubai continued without any expression, "I remember it very clearly. Life is so boring, so the nine-tailed fox kills and eats people, even women and children. The blood can be stained every day." It’s useless to run away on a red hill, and Nine Tails can smell the smell of living people hundreds of miles away, no matter where they flee to or what means they use to fight back, they can be easily resolved.”
"Why? Why did you do this?" I couldn't help interrupting Wen Jiubai and asked.
"As I said, life is too boring." Wen Jiubai looked at me quietly, "And human beings are too weak and have too little flesh on their bodies. That's why. Later, human beings began to learn how to sacrifice. The grain harvested in the field and the fat and strong cattle and sheep raised in the village were offered, but this was just to make Jiuwei feel funny. Nine-tailed fox would accept all their sacrifices, eat them, and then start A new round of killing."
"Humans are like ants. No matter how you kill or eat them, they will always breed new ones. At that time, the nine-tailed fox was too young to know and understand human nature." Wen Jiubai shook his head and said, "They seem weak and unbearable One blow, in fact, always bursts out with unparalleled power."
"So?" I asked.
"Thus, among these weak humans, an outstanding one stood up and sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox." Wen Jiubai said lightly, "The Nine-Tailed Fox has been deprived of its power, and can only walk in the world in the form of a weak human being." .Good defeats evil, end of story."
"But..." I subconsciously felt that Wen Jiubai still concealed some important information from me, such as what happened in the middle, why he became what he is now, and who is the woman in the mural painted in the mouth by the nine-tailed fox , but Wen Jiubai quickly interrupted me.
"So, as you said, I am not a good person. I am the evil beast Nine-Tailed Fox that has been hunted down thousands of years ago, and the person who killed me was just to declare his justice." Wen Jiubai looked straight at me and said, "I'm not who you imagined, I'm nothing but a cowardly fugitive."
"I don't believe it!" I interrupted him this time, looking firmly into his eyes and approaching his face, "I don't believe what you say, because I know you. Fugitive? Maybe. But coward You are not a coward. Get up now, we still have hope of escaping before those Taoist priests come after us!"
"Gu Yu, Gu Yu!"
When I knelt down and wanted to carry Wen Jiubai on my back again, he suddenly pressed my head, held my cheeks, and said seriously.
"Gu Yu, look at me." He lowered his head and pressed our foreheads together with a very serious expression, "Listen to me, next, you must listen to me very seriously, okay ?"
I didn't know what to do, so I nodded in a daze.
Wen Jiubai's eyes were as deep as obsidian. He held my face in his hands and said, "I'm dead. What you see is just a dead soul. It's not your fault, it's already established. The truth is, you can't change it."
"But, but..." I stammered.
Wen Jiubai shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Shh, don't talk. There's nothing to be sad about, it's just that the time is up. I've lived in this world long enough, and everything will come to an end."
When Wen Jiubai was talking, I found that Wen Jiubai's body was gradually becoming transparent. At first, I thought it was just my imagination, but it wasn't until I couldn't feel his fingers on my cheeks that I realized he was telling the truth.
Wen Jiubai, right in front of me, gradually disappeared.
"No, wait! You can't die!" I reached out and tried to grab his hand, but my five fingers missed it, "How dare you! It took me so much effort to find you! How could you Dare to die in front of me! If you die like this, what do you want me to do!"
Wen Jiubai smiled slightly as if he had heard some funny joke, and pressed his translucent fingers against my lips, "Hush. I'm talking about myself, and you still have a long future."
"I'm trapped here just like you!" I said angrily, "If you dare to die here—"
"No, you didn't." Wen Jiubai smiled.
"What?"
"You are not trapped here." Wen Jiubai whispered, his body became less and less clear, almost disappearing into the darkness, "Scent, remember?"
"What? What are you talking about!" I was so anxious that I was about to cry, "What kind of scent, tell me how to save you first!"
"No, it's very important. Remember that fragrance." Wen Jiubai's face was about to disappear into the darkness, and I could only vaguely make out his lips moving up and down, "Gu Yu, you can only think about it when you wake up." There is a way to save me. Go, time can be rewritten. There are thousands of times in life and death, and you have not known the king before you are farewell... "
Wen Jiubai's voice dissipated in the air, and his body disappeared into the air along with his voice.
What exactly does that mean? Fragrance, what fragrance? My brain was in a mess, and I didn't notice the torch when it fell to the ground.
Scent... yes, that scent. Why is there that smell
In different places, but always wafting the same fragrance. What the hell is that smell
Remember that scent.
I remember. The fragrance was a bit like the fragrance of rose flowers, but it also had a hint of sandalwood and a smell of fire.
It smells like incense, yes, it definitely smells like incense. But how could there be the smell of incense here
Thinking of this, suddenly, the intoxicating smell filled the nostrils again.
The smell became stronger and clearer, and at the same time, it was my vision and consciousness that became unclear.
The scene in front of him became more and more blurred, the wall, darkness and fire gradually faded from sight, and the smell of incense filled his nostrils. Before I completely fainted, out of the corner of my eye, I saw that boy wearing a strange mask running towards me.
Before I had time to think too much, I finally lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
no, no...
Rather than losing consciousness, it would be better to say that I slowly woke up from the dream.
Volume Four