When Mo Xi woke up from his dizziness, he found himself in darkness.
His eyes were wide open. The dull pain in his chest felt like a sharp awl was stabbing into his heart. Before his eyes was still Gu Mang's face from the last moment, stained with blood and tears, but looking at him with a smile.
He closed his eyes, and hot tears flowed down his cheeks.
However, he wasn't done with his work yet. Gu Mang had already sacrificed his flesh and bones to pave this path. Now that Gu Mang had passed away, he had to fulfill his lover's unfulfilled wish.
Even if he was already in pain.
His throat moved, and he swallowed the infinite bitterness. Slowly, he sat up from the ground.
Yes, it was not over. It was not the end.
Gu Mang was no longer here, but Chong Hua still had him, and Jiuzhou still had him. As long as he was still alive, Gu Mang had not completely left. He would take over Gu Mang's embers, until he also died on this path.
He slowly looked around with his reddened eyes. This place was boundless. It was like the chaos before Pangu opened the world. The place he was lying on was like the surface of water, but he would not sink. It was like the surface of ice, but there were always ripples.
He lowered his head and saw his reflection in the lake. But strangely, there were several purple and black fragments of light floating around his reflection. The black light kept drifting away from his heart, but quickly disappeared. Apart from that, there was also a huge, blurry silvery white light moving around.
He could not see clearly what it was. He only knew that it was extremely large, and its outline looked a bit like his Divine Martial Skill Swallowing the Heavens.
"That is indeed your weapon, the Divine Martial Skill Swallowing the Heavens."
Suddenly, a dignified and solemn voice sounded behind him. Mo Xi turned around and saw a man in fluttering white clothes standing at the end of this darkness. The man's figure was handsome and tall, and his temperament was awe-inspiring and inviolable. A light and elegant immortal mist floated around him, making his face blurry. One could only vaguely see that his facial features were deep, and his skin was cold like jade. He was an extremely valiant man.
Mo Xi was stunned. He didn't know how he could see through his thoughts.
He could not help but ask, "Who are you?"
The man did not answer.
Mo Xi stood up and walked towards him. However, he realized that no matter how many steps he took, the man would always maintain the distance between them. It was as if he could not get any closer.
Mo Xi was in a gloomy mood and didn't want to dwell on it. He stopped and asked, "Where is this place?"
This time, the man answered, "You are in this reversal stone. The universe within this stone has nothing to do with the six realms. It's another world. "
Mo Xi closed his eyes and suppressed the throbbing pain in his forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "Are you the immortal in charge of this stone?"
"You don't have to ask about my identity. I'm just a strand of the True God's spiritual energy, and I'm guarding this reversal stone. As for who my real body is, it doesn't mean anything to you. "
There really was a deity here.
However, Mo Xi had no respect for the deities after this incident. Therefore, he only said coldly to the deity of the reversal stone, "I have nothing to say to you. Let me go."
The deity shook his head and said, "You still can't go out."
Mo Xi was extremely sad and angry. He said sternly, "What else do you want?!"
The deity's spiritual energy did not seem to mind his rudeness. It only looked at him sadly, but it also seemed to be emotionless. After a while, it said, "Mo Xi, you don't have to hate me so much. Your destiny is not controlled by me. I'm just a strand of spiritual energy left in this stone by the True God. Since you've completed the destiny of the reversal stone, I have an explanation. I owe you a debt of gratitude. "
"A debt of gratitude …" The words stopped in his mouth and turned into a sneer. Mo Xi's eyes were red and bloodshot. He said hoarsely, "Alright. Repay the debt of gratitude and stop all of this. Gu Mang, Lu Zhanxing, and those nameless soldiers that no one remembers … Too many people have died in the past few hundred years. "
He looked at the deity's shadow and said, "If you were a deity, you would have seen it."
"… Yes."
"Then why don't you end it?! What's the difference between you and a demon?! "
The deity's spirit closed his eyes. At first, he seemed unwilling to answer, but after a moment of silence, he said, "Mo Xi, deities can't save people. They can only use the lamp to save themselves. The reason I called you to this Reversal Stone World is to tell you that everything is about to come to an end. There's only one step left. "
"Hua Po An has lived in the world for hundreds of years. He merged with the demon and is no longer a living person. I went back to the past to destroy the power of the Bloodsucking Scourge, but in the end, I was told that the reversal stone did not have such an effect. Tell me, how can we save ourselves? "
He asked step by step, and the deity listened to every word.
In the end, the deity's spirit sighed and said, "I know you have resentment and hatred in your heart. I won't persuade you further, but …"
He paused and said to Mo Xi, "Hua Po An is not invincible. His ability is tied to the Bloodsucking Scourge. I called you here to tell you the way to break the power of his demon beast."
Mo Xi was silent. He gritted his teeth and held back his endless anger, "… Okay. Tell me. "
"The way is," the deity said, "You need to know what happened in your own past."
Mo Xi was stunned, "My own past?"
The deity waved his wide sleeves and pointed to the lake that had ripples even though there was no wind. He said, "Yes. The reversal stone can reflect a person's soul. Your body is like a container that carries all the twists and turns you have suffered in your life, all the love and hate you have received — here, under your feet, everything can be reflected. "
Mo Xi looked down again.
The reflection represented himself.
The whale phantom represented his most powerful weapon.
But what was the black gas that overflowed from his chest and disappeared in an instant?
"That is the Magic Gu that Murong Chen planted in your body."
When he said this, Mo Xi remembered that this should be the Magic Gu that Meng Ze tried to remove. On the day when they forced the throne room, Murong Meng Ze once said that when she saved Mo Xi, who was seriously injured by Gu Mang in the Dongting naval battle, she found this Magic Gu and secretly removed it behind Murong Chen's back.
Because of this, her spiritual nucleus was damaged and she could no longer cast any powerful magic.
His thoughts seemed to be projected into the deity's eyes word for word.
The deity said, "You are wrong. The Magic Gu was never removed by Murong Meng Ze. "
Mo Xi suddenly raised his head, "What?"
The deity repeated, "The Magic Gu was never removed by Murong Meng Ze."
"…"
"The person who really removed the Magic Gu for you cut open your chest and removed your Magic Gu. But he was in the enemy's camp at that time. Firstly, he couldn't let Murong Chen find out that he did such a thing. Secondly, he couldn't stay with you alone for too long under the eyes of the people of Liao State, so he could only discuss with Murong Meng Ze and ask her to keep the secret. "
Mo Xi only felt that all the blood in his body rushed to his head. His head was buzzing and his fingers were trembling. He stammered, "What … did you say?"
"In the Dongting naval battle, Gu Mang stabbed you in the chest for a reason."
“！！”
"In the process of spying in Liao State, he noticed that Murong Chen had killed you, so he deliberately led you to the warship in that battle and stabbed you until you were seriously injured and unconscious."
"After you woke up, what you saw was Murong Meng Ze, who came to help, took you back to the military camp and healed your wound at the cost of her broken spiritual nucleus. But the truth is … "The deity paused and said," After you were unconscious, Gu Mang took you to the dark room of the warship and removed the Magic Gu for you. He deliberately let Murong Meng Ze break into the siege and handed you to her. "
Mo Xi's face was as pale as snow, and his blood was frozen into ice.
What …?
"Gu Mang knew very well what kind of person Murong Meng Ze was. She was never simple. She was ambitious and resourceful. Although she was also a cold-blooded and ruthless king, at least she was not as crazy as her brother. Gu Mang also knew that you were a great help to Murong Meng Ze. She wanted to do everything possible to win you over, so she would accept the kindness that was given to her for free, even if it was dangerous. "
Mo Xi felt that his throat was frozen. After a long time, he heard a very hoarse voice speaking. The voice was so strange that for a moment, he didn't realize that the speaker was himself.
He asked, "So … the so-called life-saving grace … was never … never Meng Ze … It was Gu Mang who asked her to replace him …?"
"He had no choice but to do so." God said, "He hoped to gain your hatred, and hoped that you would be protected by Murong Meng Ze. He also hoped that you wouldn't be controlled by Murong in the future. Other than that, he had no other choice."
"… So Meng Ze … her spirit nucleus has always been …"
"Yes. She has never been injured. She is a medicine cultivator and the manager of Shennongtai. It is easy for her to fake a weak appearance. In this world, only two people know her secret. One is herself, and the other is Gu Mang. " God said calmly, "This is also the reason why she saw that Gu Mang's memory was about to recover, so she sent Zhou He to secretly use evil methods during the interrogation to prevent Gu Mang from regaining his memory."
Mo Xi was even more shocked, "Zhou He was also ordered by her?!"
"Yes, Zhou He is Meng Ze's henchman, and also her good friend. You are right, the person who has been trying to prevent Gu Mang from recovering is Murong Meng Ze. "
"…"
"She knows that your gratitude is an important chess piece to her, and she is not sure whether Gu Mang will tell you the truth because of the passage of time after remembering the past. So she is eager to provoke Gu Mang to make him go crazy and lose his mind again. As long as he is stupid, no one else in the world will know the secret of her saving your life. "
Mo Xi murmured, "Impossible … she … she has so many opportunities to do it … but she has been patiently looking after Gu Mang. She even gave me directions and asked me to go to Lin 'an to find Da Xiu …"
"Lead the way?" The God's Spirit sneered. "You are so naive. You don't know that the incident of the Yue family actually saved Gu Mang once. Because originally, according to Murong Meng Ze's plan, Gu Mang's mind would be completely destroyed after you found Da Xiu. "
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Looking at Mo Xi's stunned eyes, God said calmly, "Mo Xi, do you think she will let Gu Mang have an accident when she is taking care of Gu Mang?"
"Murong Meng Ze has done it several times. The first time was to assassinate the Murong Lian. The second time was when Gu Mang was recuperating in the treatment room. She told him the truth about the Oath of Divine Tribulation. In the second plan, she caused Gu Mang to go crazy and almost succeeded, but your appearance prevented Gu Mang from falling further. If she is anxious for success at this time and makes Gu Mang go crazy in her hands, will you suspect her? "
"…"
"So …" Mo Xi felt suffocated. At this time, he was not angry, but endless coldness and exhaustion. He murmured, "If we go to the suburbs of Lin 'an, we won't find the real Da Xiu …"
"Yes. There will only be a Da Xiu disguised as a Da Xiu, waiting for you to walk into the trap. "
Hearing this, Mo Xi was stunned for a moment. He could not help but look up and smile bitterly.
Meng Ze … Meng Ze … She … She actually has her own game of chess?
It turned out that the politics of the Emperor, the disputes of the nobles, the mutual deception, and everyone had their own plans. Everything was fake.
Was a Sovereign, with one hand of power, really so important? Was it worth a lifetime's effort, and everyone's sincerity?
He suddenly felt that all of this was so ridiculous.
All these years, how many of the faces around him had he really seen clearly?
Was such a scheming life really worth it …
"Mo Xi, you shouldn't think like this. Things that are not worth it to you are worth it to Murong Chen and Murong Meng Ze. " "You are too pure and straightforward, while Gu Mang is too idealistic. It is easy for people like you to become saints, but it is not easy for you to become monarchs."
Mo Xi closed his eyes and murmured tiredly, "Murong Meng Ze wants to be emperor …"
"No. What she wants is far more than being a Chong Hua's ruler. It's just that the heavens don't want to give her life, so she has to seize it herself. Since ancient times, emperors have rarely been pure and clean. Her methods are indeed ruthless, but … "He paused," For an emperor, the most important thing is whether or not the country is able to be righteous. Everything else is not so important. These words are cruel to say, and you will also feel that it is unfair. However, people have a thousand faces, and everyone has their own strengths. Regardless of right or wrong, what I can say is that if this person were to rule a country, she would be more suitable than Murong Chen, Murong Lian, Gu Mang, and you. "
"…"
God paused for a moment again, and then said, "Alright, now you know everything …" His sleeves fluttered, and he looked at him through the cold mist. "Mo Xi, after you go back, do you want to find her to seek revenge?"
If it were three or five years ago, Mo Xi's heart was clear, and everything was black and white. Love and hate were clear. It was as if everything in the world could come to a fair conclusion of right or wrong.
But now, he knew that in this world, there were actually many things that were unsatisfactory, and it was unclear whether they were good or evil.
However, at the same time, his Senior Brother Gu also guided him, telling him that no matter how others were, no matter if fate was unfair, the most important thing to do was to live up to one's own heart.
Even if it was cold, frost, and snow, and everything was silent, there would still be plum blossoms in the snow, and pine trees in the wind.
Fame and fortune, suffering, eternal night, and even death would not change one's heart. This was the way to achieve one's own Dao.
God waited for a moment, and seeing that Mo Xi did not answer, he did not ask further. Instead, he pointed at the lake again.
"If you haven't thought it through, you don't have to answer me. Whether or not you want to seek revenge, go back to Chong Hua. After you see her, you will make your own decision. Let me talk to you about the second key thing. "
"… What?"
"Look at the Sky-devouring Beast in the lake. Your reflection reflects the Sky-devouring Beast's shadow. Don't you think it's strange?"
Mo Xi said, "The Sky-devouring Beast is my divine martial art. Of course, it can take care of itself …"
"Then why didn't Shuai Ran appear?"
Hearing this, Mo Xi was startled and looked up.
God's spirit said calmly, "Have you ever thought about why the Sky-devouring Beast has the ability to move mountains and fill seas? It is even more violent than ordinary divine martial arts."
"…"
Seeing that Mo Xi did not answer, God said, "Actually, the Sky-devouring Beast is not an ordinary divine martial art."
Mo Xi opened his eyes wide in shock. "!"
"You already know that the late Lord of Chong Hua wanted to use the forbidden technique left by Chen Tang to refine a divine beast that could fight against the Bloodsucking Scourge. Everyone thought that he failed, including Lord Laojun himself. But the truth is not so. "
God's sleeves fluttered gently, and he said in a deep voice, "Those who participated in the refinement of the divine beast, Murong Lian's father, Zhou He's father … Some of them were always on the same side as Lord Laojun, but some of them saw that Lord Laojun's self-control was gradually being eroded by the black magic. One of them was your father."
Mo Xi was shocked!
"At that time, the divine beast had already been successfully refined, but it had a spirit and only showed its power in front of the people it acknowledged. So others thought that they had failed in the refinement, but that was not true. It was just that they did not know that it had been successfully nurtured into a pearl because they did not see through the divine beast. And your father, Mo Qingchi … he was the only one who was acknowledged by the divine beast. "
"The divine beast only showed its power in front of him and recognized him as its master. And it had sadly and honestly predicted to its master that he would be sacrificed in a battle soon, and his family would be in chaos. The only thing that could protect his son from being bullied was the strongest magic power, and that was the divine beast itself. "
Mo Xi could not help but take a step back. "What …"
"I know you will be very surprised. But this is the truth. Mo Xi, when your father knew that he was dying, he sealed the divine beast's spiritual pearl in your body and let it recognize you as its master, so that you could grow up safely. Otherwise, why would you be born with such extraordinary talent and powerful strength? Your ability is far above that of a genius. It is simply abnormal. "
Mo Xi trembled slightly. Thinking back to the past, as well as the killing move that he had been suppressing, his fingertips grew colder and colder.
"You think that the Sky-Swallowing Divine Beast was summoned after you awakened, but that is not the case." The deity said, "That is the divine beast's soul that Mo Qingchi left for you. Your powerful spiritual power also originates from it. "
The deity stared into Mo Xi's eyes and said word by word,
"The Saint Immortal Beast has always been sealed in your body."
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"So the only person in the world who can completely eliminate the Bloodsucking Scourge … is you."
Mo Xi's face turned pale.
He opened his eyes wide in shock and looked at the Reversal Stone God. After the deity finished speaking, the surrounding immortal fog became even more ethereal and hazy, soaking the deity's figure even more. The deity's voice also became distant, as if it was separated by mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas.
"Mo Xi … it is naturally not a coincidence that the Reversal Stone chose you. Next, I will unlock the seal of the Sky-Swallowing Divine Beast in your body. You will completely possess the power of the divine beast and be able to rival the power of the Bloodsucking Scourge. "
"And you, you will also have two choices — after you go out, you can choose to seek revenge on the Murong Meng Ze. You have the divine beast's spiritual body with you. Kill her, take over the city, and then protect the Chong Hua City with the Sky-Swallowing Barrier. The blood of the Bloodsucking Scourge will swallow the entire Jiuzhou, but it will not affect the Chong Hua City. You can be content with your corner. "
"However, you can also choose to dive into the depths of the blood sea after awakening the Sky-Swallowing Divine Beast. There, you will sense the heart of the Bloodsucking Scourge. As long as your spiritual power is offset, you will be able to destroy it. The blood pool will turn into ordinary lake water, and Hua Poan will also lose his source of power and become an ordinary person who can be defeated. Jiuzhou will be protected, but … "
The deity paused for a moment and said in a loud voice,
"You will perish together with the Bloodsucking Scourge. From then on, you will be out of the cycle of reincarnation forever and will not be able to reincarnate."
Mo Xi listened. It turned out to be such a cruel thing, but he did not feel it was too heavy.
He was the person who had just split Gu Mang's soul and had experienced such ups and downs. At this time, for him, there seemed to be nothing more painful than everything in the past.
The immortal mist around the deity was ethereal, making people unable to see his expression clearly. After a long while, he seemed to sigh softly. Then, he said to Mo Que, "These two paths … no one is forcing you to take them. I've said before that the gods will not save people. They will only guide them, and people will save themselves. Similarly, the deity will not force you to make a choice. Which path to take, you can choose for yourself … "
After he finished speaking, he disappeared in the cold mist. Then, a strong repulsive force pushed Mo Xi fiercely. The darkness in this space suddenly fell apart into countless sparkling fragments, fluttering and falling in front of Mo Xi's eyes.
He saw more than thirty years of his past flashing in these fragments. He saw the Clear Ink Pool under the laurel tree when he was a child. His father reached out his armored hand to him and said to him with a smile, "Little Fireball, why are you here?"
He saw the first time he saw Jiang Yexue. The gentle and modest child stood quietly by the edge of the balcony, talking to his mother. After being instructed by his mother, Jiang Yexue turned around and said to him, "Hello, my name is Yue Yexue. Are you the young master of the Mo family?"
He saw the Murong Lian bullying Gu Mang in the school. At that time, he didn't know that the Murong Lian still had some blood ties with Gu Mang in addition to jealousy and hatred.
He saw Murong Chuyi walking alone under the veranda. He thought that this person was really as heartless as the rumors said. Later, he knew that Murong Chuyi's heart was actually as gentle as the rivers and lakes.
Then, he saw the day he broke up with Gu Mang. On the deck of the Dongting naval battle, Gu Mang was dressed in black, holding a bayonet and hunting an eagle. He walked towards him in the smoke.
At that time, Gu Mang wore the Chong Hua Hero's Scarf on his forehead. He thought that Gu Mang humiliated the martyr, but he didn't know that it was Gu Mang's reluctance to part with the Chong Hua.
At that time, Gu Mang opened his thin lips and said to him coldly, "As a general and a soldier, we can't be too sentimental."
But later, he knew that Gu Mang didn't forget the seventy thousand monuments, thirty thousand people, a country, and Jiuzhou City at every moment in the Burning Country.
He once resented Gu Mang's cold-bloodedness and didn't want to turn back.
Actually, Gu Mang had never betrayed them and walked on the other path. He had simply walked on his own, blazing a bloody path for those who came after him.
He thought that Gu Mang cut open his heart and Meng Ze saved his life, but it turned out that …
Mo Xi slowly closed his eyes. Bitterness and sadness burned in his chest like wildfire, burning to the bottom of his heart. His eyes were wet and red. The entire world of the reversal stone had collapsed. Countless voices and smiles of his old friends came crashing down on him like a world-destroying flood. He was pushed out of this world by this huge force.
The words of the reversal stone god were still in his ears.
Take revenge on the city or throw yourself into the sea of blood.
"You can choose between these two roads …"
Through his thin eyelids, Mo Que could feel the sky gradually brightening. He did not open his eyes, but he could already hear the cries of women and children within the city walls, the sounds of soldiers cheering each other on, the sounds of weapons clashing, the sound of the tide ….
He knew that he was back, back to the battlefield six years later.
He even heard someone shouting in the distance, "Transfer the soldiers of the left battalion to reinforce Pharmacist Jiang!"
"Hua Poan is crazy!!"
He knew that Jiang Fuli had already gone to fight with Hua Poan. Although Jiang Fuli insisted that she was not Chen Tang, she carried all of Chen Tang's memories and thoughts, and once again walked to the front of the war against the Burning Country.
Gu Mang had said that everyone had something they needed to accomplish.
Those things might seem very difficult, cruel, meaningless, and not worth the loss. Or it might seem that there was someone else who could take their place, and they didn't have to fight on their own. They could steal a life and live peacefully in a corner.
Many people would think, "Forget it, my life is like a mayfly. I only want to be carefree and happy, and no one wants to be a hero."
But there would always be someone who would stand out and let go of their personal grievances and hatred. They would think, "Forget it, my life is like a mayfly, but as long as I can do something to make the world, the country, and the streets more peaceful, it would be good."
Gu Mang, Murong Chuyi, Jiang Fuli, Mo Qingchi …
They all chose this narrow path that might be mocked as stupid.
At this moment, Mo Xi knew that they were all waiting for his return at the end of this path.
He opened his eyes.
The illusion in front of him disappeared. His eyelashes fluttered, and he found that he had returned to the warm room he was in before, and Jiang Fuli was indeed no longer here.
Outside the window, another dawn had arrived, and the clouds were as red as blood. He looked up and saw that the Chong Hua soldiers in the distance were once again unwilling to accept their fate as they fought with the iron army of the Burning Country between the heavy clouds. The waves of swords fell like meteors, and swept towards the camp of the Burning Army on the other side. The River of Blood Demons, where Gu Mang died, had already forced its way to the warm room of the palace.
He walked out of the room, welcomed the bright and dazzling light, and stood in the rising sun.
His slender fingers touched the railing, and he stood against the wind. Looking at the broken and chaotic rivers and mountains, he suddenly understood the so-called destiny. That destiny was not predetermined, but it was destined to give people countless trials, hatred, confusion, and misunderstandings … There were actually very few people who could swim to the other side of the river that they had hoped for in the beginning.
He looked down at the blood flowing past, and finally threw away the used reversal stone, and said in a low voice, "Senior Brother, I will choose the same path as you."
"Wait for me, I will follow you."
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