The Imperial Tutor said, "It's not that His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't know this.
However,
He doesn't know what to do. "
Xie Lian slightly bowed his head and said, "He's a god. Naturally, he can't tell his believers that he doesn't allow them to worship gods other than me. I'm afraid he disdains making such a request. "
The Imperial Tutor said, "You naturally understand him."
Xie Lian continued, "However, it's at this juncture.
He can't lack believers and magic power.
Otherwise, it will affect the construction of the Heavenly Bridge. "
The Imperial Tutor said, "That's right.
Therefore, the four of us can only do it.
We can convey the stakes to the people. "
Xie Lian asked, "What was the result?"
Hua Cheng said, "Nothing much."
The Imperial Tutor said, "Nothing much. At least not as much as we expected. Some of the people were worried that the bridge wouldn't be completed.
However, a large portion of the people still believed that His Highness the Crown Prince was too overbearing.
Instead, they felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was too overbearing. Their prayers weren't satisfied.
Instead, they turned to worship other gods that could fulfill their wishes. This was originally understandable. They are believers of freedom.
It's only right and proper to believe in whatever they want. "
"It's not that he didn't want to satisfy everyone.
But he really … … "
Xie Lian sighed and said in a low voice, "… … He wanted to, but he couldn't."
The Imperial Tutor continued, "After His Highness the Crown Prince found out about this,
He stopped us.
He said that if they wanted to leave, then leave. Even if we forced them to stay, they wouldn't truly believe him. Indeed, although we warned him again and again, the hearts of his believers had already scattered.
Even if they came back, they weren't sincere enough. The power of their faith wasn't as strong as before. It was just perfunctory. "
Xie Lian said, "He couldn't get angry at his believers. He also wasn't willing to ask other Heavenly Officials for help."
The Imperial Tutor said, "Even if he asked, other Heavenly Officials wouldn't help him. If they were willing to help, they wouldn't have opposed him in the beginning. Later on, they wouldn't have taken the opportunity to lure his believers. "
"His Highness the Crown Prince became more and more taciturn. With his strength alone, he built the bridge and held it up. I watched him every day. Although he didn't say anything, I could see how much pain he was suffering in his heart. And this pain could only be borne by him alone. Even if the four of us wanted to help, we couldn't help him.
"Finally, after enduring for three years, the volcano was about to erupt.
"As soon as the news was sent out, everyone rushed to the bridge. The four of us guided the huge crowd while worrying about the Crown Prince who was supporting the bridge alone."
The Imperial Preceptor sighed, "In the past, we never worried that he couldn't do anything, but at that time, we actually began to worry about him."
"In the beginning, the bridge was stable. But as more and more people rushed forward, the time they could hold on was getting longer and longer. Her Highness's hands began to tremble and her face began to turn pale.
"Other people can't see it at all, only we can see it. I felt that something was wrong, so I told the people to wait and give him some time. Don't rush at him all at once, just give him some time to catch his breath, and he will definitely rescue you all. However, the volcano was about to erupt, and people's lives were in danger. No one was willing to wait. They all rushed to the bridge like crazy, and some even trampled people to death. We couldn't stop them at all!
"In the end, what we feared the most happened.
"In these three years, because of the continuous loss of believers, the Crown Prince's magic power was no longer as strong as before. When tens of thousands of people rushed to the bridge, celebrating their rescue, and were happily heading to heaven, the bridge broke. "
Xie Lian held his breath.
The Imperial Preceptor said, "The sky was torn, and tens of thousands of people, densely packed together, suddenly fell from the sky, and fell into the sea of fire with heart-wrenching screams. Right in front of the Crown Prince, they were instantly burned to ashes!
"At that time, I was almost stunned, and didn't dare to look at the Crown Prince's face. I couldn't connect it, pull it up, and put out the fire. There was nothing I could do! Most of the people who didn't have time to come up were buried in the lava, and sealed by the flying ash. They screamed, cried, and cursed. That scene was too terrifying … I've never seen anything more terrifying than that. "
Xie Lian imagined it, and his heart turned slightly cold. The Imperial Preceptor continued.
"The bridge broke. The Wu Yong Kingdom people also went crazy. "
"They set fire to the Crown Prince's palace, pulled down his statue, stabbed his heart with a knife, and scolded him for being a useless thing, a bullsh * t god. He was a god, and a god should be incomparably powerful. A god can't fail.
"But he failed. So, he couldn't sit on it anymore.
"The Heavenly Officials have been waiting for this moment for a long time. They said, 'We told you, that won't do. You've caused too much trouble, and we have no choice but to ask you to go down. '
"And the Crown Prince asked a very stupid question. He asked, 'Why didn't you help me?'
"Why would anyone help you for no reason? Moreover, if he successfully helped the Wu Yong Kingdom through this disaster, wouldn't he be invincible in the Heavenly Realm?
"So, it really was a very stupid question. I think he knew this, but he still asked.
"Of course, no one answered him. The Crown Prince was demoted.
"He fell back to the human world, and was no longer a god, nor was he the Crown Prince. We followed him, and all said that he would definitely ascend again. So, he began to cultivate again. But, it was too difficult. You should understand. "
Of course, Xie Lian understood.
The higher he stood, the harder he fell. After falling from the sky to the human world, what greeted him would be endless cold and malice.
"The volcano continued to erupt, and the Wu Yong Kingdom fell into an unprecedented bleakness. Refugees, rebellions, and invasions continued. Everyone was in a terrible situation, and their attitude towards the Crown Prince was completely different from before.
"Even so, the Crown Prince still wanted to help the people. But, at this time, something happened.
"Many other Heavenly Officials began to show kindness.
"Although they were unwilling to stop the volcano from erupting, they were happy to give some small favors, such as medicinal herbs, food, and so on. Because the Crown Prince had already been demoted, what he could do was, of course, far less than those Heavenly Officials.
"The Wu Yong Kingdom seemed to have suddenly grasped at straws, like a reincarnated parent. The number of believers decreased even faster. In fact, there were not many left. All the praise and love he had for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were all transferred to the other Heavenly Officials, leaving him with only hatred and disgust. "
The Master closed his eyes and said, "At that time, we were really unwilling.
"Obviously, these Heavenly Officials did not do much for them. They only came out after the disaster was over. The Crown Prince was the one who did the most. He did his best, and he could have succeeded. He was just one step away! But why was he the one who was doomed in the end? Why did those who gave the most turn a blind eye, and those who gave a little were grateful?
"It was then that I began to change my mind.
"I couldn't help but think, if the Crown Prince had chosen to pretend not to know the future in his dreams from the beginning, with the excuse of 'this is the will of the heavens, and even the gods can't do anything about it', and only after the volcano erupted did he reluctantly give a little reward like the other Heavenly Officials, the people would definitely be grateful to him."
Hua Cheng said lightly, "Did you only think of it then? You should have thought of it from the beginning. Cut a piece of flesh to save a person, and people will be grateful. But the more you cut, the more people will want. In the end, even if you cut that person until only bones are left, people will not be satisfied. "
The Master said, "I didn't dare to say these thoughts to him, but the Crown Prince became more and more silent. I didn't know what he was thinking, whether he thought of the same thing as I did.
"Day after day, the volcano continued to erupt intermittently. The entire Wuyong Kingdom was immersed in fear and could not come out of it. No one knew how to stop it and end this nightmare.
"One day, the Crown Prince suddenly told us that he found a way to stop the volcano. But when he told us the method, we had a big fight. "
Hua Cheng said, "I guess that the way was to sacrifice people."
The Master said, "Yes. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he had chosen a group of wicked people, and that he could use these wicked people as a sacrifice, and throw them into the copper furnace to quell the anger of the copper furnace.
"The four of us had different ideas, but in general, we were against it. We should never do such a thing. The Crown Prince didn't want Wuyong to attack other countries because he didn't want to exchange lives for lives. If we choose to sacrifice people to the furnace now, what difference would it make? It might even be worse. Some people objected fiercely and directly quarreled with the Crown Prince.
They quarreled so much that they even got into a fight. I was against it, but compared to the attacks from the outside, it was more unbearable to quarrel among ourselves. You should know that the four of us have always supported the Crown Prince, and now, we are his only pillars of support. But that time, not only did we attack him out of anger, someone even told the Crown Prince that he had changed, that he had forgotten his original intentions, that he was no longer the Crown Prince.
"Those words were too hurtful. I really couldn't stand it. If even we stood against the Crown Prince and criticized him, no one else in the world would stand with him. So in the end, I didn't object. I just said forget it, don't care about it anymore, heaven or the human world or the refugees, don't care about it. It was too tiring.
"But no one listened to me. After a big quarrel, the other three left except for me. "
Xie Lian shook his head, not knowing what to say. But leaving at this time was undoubtedly adding insult to injury.
The Master said, "Only I stayed. The Crown Prince didn't say anything. He only asked me, 'Are you leaving?'
"When I saw the expression on the Crown Prince's face when he asked me this question, I really felt that even if he really threw people into the bronze furnace, I could understand. I said, 'Your Highness, I won't leave.'
"The Crown Prince still didn't say anything. He didn't mention using living people as sacrifices again. He changed his mind and set up an altar near the bronze furnace. I also stayed with him. Every day, I endured the insults and stones of the refugees and practiced magic, trying to suppress the anger of the volcano.
"I thought that was the end of the matter. Who knew, one day, I found something that made my hair stand on end.
Speaking of this, the Master's face became extremely scary, as if he saw the scene that made his hair stand on end. Xie Lian's heart also seemed to be squeezed tightly by an invisible hand, "What happened?"
Imperial Preceptor said, "He … he suddenly covered his face."
"…"
The Master said, "The Crown Prince was handsome and never covered his face. Nothing could hurt his face. After so many years, I had never seen him like this, so I was very puzzled. I asked him, 'Your Highness, what happened to your face?' He said, 'He was accidentally burned by the fire.'
"I had no idea where he was hurt. He didn't let me see the wound and applied the medicine himself. His whereabouts suddenly became erratic. These were very strange, but at this time, a great thing happened and temporarily diverted my attention. The volcano suddenly stopped erupting.
"The bronze furnace returned to its deathly stillness and gradually settled down. For a long time, it did not erupt again. Because only the Crown Prince worked hard, many Wuyong people thought that he had suppressed the volcano, and some people started to worship him again. The Crown Prince's path of cultivation also became smooth. At least, no one insulted or threw stones at him anymore. People gradually started to smile at him again.
"But I still feel that something is wrong.
"Many things are wrong. Although my three friends have different personalities, I more or less understand them. They shouldn't have just left and ignored me. Even if they were really angry at the Crown Prince, they shouldn't be angry at me.
"The most wrong thing is still the Crown Prince's face. He always used something to cover his face. At first, it was a rag, a cloak, and later, he wore a mask that he didn't take off all day.
"Sometimes I wonder if this person isn't the Crown Prince at all, but someone else pretending to be him. Because the way he speaks, the way he does things, and even his personality, they all changed. Sometimes he would be amiable, sometimes he would suddenly fly into a rage. Once, he was alone in his room and smashed all the mirrors. I don't know where he was bleeding, but he was drenched in blood. What was more frightening was that I often heard some strange sounds. "
Xie Lian asked, "What sounds?"
The Master said, "Sometimes, in the middle of the night, there would be sounds coming from the Crown Prince's room. It seemed like a few people were whispering and quarreling. But when I went in to look, there was only one person in the room. After a few times, the Crown Prince told me not to enter his room.
"One night, I heard those strange sounds again. And this time, I discovered that it seemed to be the voices of my three friends!
"I really couldn't bear it anymore. I thought to myself, could it be that they secretly came back? Why are they hiding it from me? Thus, I got up and ran to the Crown Prince's room.
"What was strange was that there really was no one else in the room. Only the Crown Prince was lying on the bed, and he didn't take off his mask. I stood there and listened for a while. Then, I discovered that the sounds seemed to be coming from the Crown Prince's room.
"To be more accurate, it was coming from under his mask.
"I slowly walked to the Crown Prince's bedside. The closer I got, the more convinced I was that it really was coming from under the mask. Could it be that the Crown Prince was talking in his sleep? Because he missed his friends too much, he learned their voices in his dreams?
"I hesitated for a long time. During this time, the Crown Prince didn't move. I thought he was asleep, so I gently removed the mask from his face. Then, I saw something. "
The Master's eyes revealed an unconcealable fear.
He said, "I saw my three friends.
"If it wasn't the Crown Prince who was talking, then it was them. The Crown Prince's face was full of scratches from sharp weapons. The scratches were so deep that the flesh was flipped open, and the blood was half congealed. Moreover, I didn't know when, but he had grown three faces. The mouths were all moving, opening and closing. It was their faces!!! "
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