The years of the past were like frozen memories. They melted bit by bit before slowly disappearing.
Who could reverse it?
Was it you or me? Or were we all just people who were panting and running in time, unable to catch up with time, gradually growing old and disappearing into the shadows …
"Finally, there came a day when I didn't want to stay in that room with only her. I wanted to go out and take a look. That day, she left for a long time and didn't return. I broke the restriction she placed on me, opened the door to her room, and walked out. "
"There were many, many, many people … But when they saw me, they all screamed in fear and ran for their lives. I don't know why, but at first, I was very panicked, then angry, and finally, I felt a wave of hostility rush up from my heart. It was also at this moment that a dozen warriors who heard the news started to attack me. I parried and retreated at the same time. I didn't want to fight them. I regret it. I just want to be with my Ling Long. I just wanted to come out and take a look … "
"I spoke with all my might, I explained with all my might, but no one listened, until I killed the first person by mistake …"
There was a long silence.
"That young soldier hung down in my hands, his head slowly drooped down. Fresh blood flowed out of his body. I was stunned, and so were the others. Then, they rushed over even more ferociously. Amidst their curses, I could clearly hear cries in the distance. It was that warrior's family crying! I don't know, but from the first time I saw the blood, my body had already changed. That desire to kill was like a madman coiling around me. I didn't want to kill, but I couldn't control it. So I took action, I killed. "
"I killed many people, many, many people …" The Beast God lowered his head, but his voice continued.
"I stood in the pool of blood. I don't know how long I stood there, but I slowly woke up. Then, I saw in the distance, surrounded by countless people, Linglong had returned. She stared at me without blinking her eyes. Her face was pale beyond belief. I don't know why, but I was very afraid. I felt that I was really in the wrong, but I didn't know, I really didn't know what I did wrong … "
"Then, Ling Long made her move. She personally attacked me. I would not strike back. I wished to explain to her, I wished to tell her that I would never dare to come out again, and that I would be content to stay in that room and be with her alone from then on. I've said these words countless times, but she didn't listen even once. "
"Her magic wasn't something that those ordinary warriors could compare with. Soon, my body was riddled with holes, but every time these wounds were injured, they would absorb the evil energy in the surroundings to recover. Even I could feel that every time Linglong hit me, my power would grow a little bit faster. In the end, Linglong also realized this. Her face turned ashen, as if she had given up all hope. "
The Beast Deity was still smiling as he reminisced, but there was a hint of pain on his face. "I slowly began to feel that Linglong really hated me. She used all kinds of sorcery on me like a madman. Although my body was indestructible, my heart was really in pain. So, in the end, I ran away on my own. And on the way, everyone I met was scared out of their wits. It was only later that I realized that I looked really scary in the eyes of those ordinary people. "
He gently patted the evil beast Taotie lying beside him and said, "I looked even uglier than it at that time."
"After leaving Linglong, I escaped into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. Not long after, I found this cave and temporarily stayed here. But I wanted to go back. I wholeheartedly wanted to be with Linglong. So, I finally went back, but what welcomed me was this formation. "
The flames in the brazier made crackling sounds, as if responding to the Beast God's words.
"I never thought that there would be such a terrifying power in this world. Linglong used the power of the Inferno Mirror to set up the Eight Savage Inferno Formation and summoned the Eight Wilderness Fire Dragon. Under the blazing flames that could burn everything in the world, even though I had an immortal body, I was still badly injured and my body was destroyed."
"I desperately told Linglong that I didn't want to do anything else. I just wanted to be with her. But she didn't seem to listen to me at all. She wanted to burn me to death. In the end, I ran away and escaped back to this cave. I don't know why Linglong treated me like this. But I couldn't accept it. I really wanted to be with her. "
"After returning here, with the help of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains' unique Heaven and Earth vicious energy, I recovered very quickly. Just when I planned to secretly look for her again, she actually chased after me. She brought seven so-called warriors and chased me to this ancient cave. She personally came in and found me. "
"I wasn't surprised. Because I was created by her. If there was anyone in the world who could deal with me and understand me, who else could it be other than her? But I really didn't understand. Why did she treat me like this? I said so many things to her. Why did she not listen at all! But this time, Ling Long actually answered me. She said that it was all her fault. Creating a monster like me was a grave mistake on her part. Because I was born of the Heaven and Earth vicious energy. I was born with the desire to kill. If I was allowed to live in this world, I'm afraid the common people would suffer. "
"I desperately explained to her that I wouldn't. I only wanted to be with her. I didn't want anything else. But she only smiled bitterly and said that she believed in me. In fact, she was willing to be with me. But, but … what if she died? "
In the ancient cave, far away, there seemed to be someone sighing in the darkness. Because of that scene thousands of years ago, the tears that fell, did anyone still remember?
"I was dumbfounded and my mind went blank. I knew that I was immortal, but I never thought that Linglong would die. I could still remember it clearly. Linglong's pale smile had tears rolling down her cheeks. Then, she activated the Eight Fiends Mysterious Flame Formation again. She trapped me inside and burned my body again. But she couldn't destroy the vicious energy essence that I had turned into. "
"After the formation, her vitality was greatly damaged. But I was created by her. In the flames, I still asked her, why did you do this to me …"
"This time, she didn't say anything."
"She placed the formation in this ancient cave to restrict me. She burned it day and night. As long as my vicious energy recovered, the flames would burn it away. In the end, she looked at me in a daze. She suddenly asked me, what other wishes do I have? "
The Beast Deity chuckled. "Wish? What wish can I have? All I wanted was to be with her. So I asked her, why can't I be with her? " Linglong lowered her head. She slowly said, "Because I am not human. I am not even a living creature. It is fated that we cannot be together."
"In the raging flames, I faced her and said," Then you, let me be a human! "
His voice suddenly rose. He raised his head and shouted towards the ceiling of the cave.
"Let me be a human! … "
"Rumble." The walls shook. Rocks fell. The sound was like a drum. It was deafening.
In the flying dust, the Beast God slowly lowered his head.
"What happened after that?" The woman in the darkness asked.
"… She seemed to be stunned. After a long time, she didn't move. I endured the pain of being burned by the flames. All my hopes turned to dust. But, she suddenly stood up. She stopped the formation and walked to my side. I looked at her blankly. I didn't know what she wanted to do. "
"She said to me in a low voice that she had let me down. Then, she … "At this point, the Beast God's voice suddenly started to tremble," She started to chant a long and tedious spell, slowly pulled out the knife, and then … started to cut herself, one slash at a time … "
"What?" The woman in the darkness exclaimed.
"I was also stunned. No, I was scared silly. I was really stunned. I didn't know what she was doing. Slowly, Linglong used her own flesh and blood. She even used her own bones to build a skeleton on the ground. Then, she placed me on the skeleton. As her incantation became more and more urgent, I gradually melted into the body. Even my consciousness started to fade. "
"I heard her voice getting softer and softer. But she was still telling me that this was the last thing she could do for me. In the future, as long as someone found the five divine instruments and placed them on the skeleton, I would be able to come back to life. But after I came back to life, although my demonic powers would still be there, my body would be that of a human. Since I was a human, I would no longer be immortal."
"She said that she was wholeheartedly pursuing immortality and offended the Heavenly Dao. She created a monster like me and had an indecent relationship with me, which made her even more wrong. Also, because of me, she killed countless lives and brought calamity upon the world. She killed me with her own hands, but she … She didn't say anything else. My consciousness was slowly fading away. In my daze, I heard her last words, 'I'll always be with you …' "
I have never understood this sentence.
Until I, after thousands of years, came back to life. I stood at the entrance of the ancient cave.
That statue, which was battered by wind, frost, rain, and snow, tempered by the sun and the moon, still gazed deeply into the depths of the ancient cave.
I hugged her.
I understood.
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