Chapter 68 Chapter 68 Brother, are you scared? ...
Ji Chu sat on the floor of the temple, staring at the statue in a daze.
She had been staring at the statue for a long time, so long that as soon as she closed her eyes, the statue's strange shapes appeared before her eyes, and every corner was in a place she had never expected.
After a period of observation and inquiry, Ji Chu was convinced:
The statue must be the key to leaving here.
After all, she was here because she bumped into the statue.
In his words, the senior brother mentioned the past of the Last God and the witch clan.
It is clear that he is incompatible with the power of God, but he still enshrines the statue high up and does not allow her to touch it. This is extremely contradictory.
What does the statue mean to my senior brother?
Ji Chu couldn't figure it out, so he could only try to chop down the statue when he got the chance.
Unfortunately, she tried many times but failed.
Only the first time did I vaguely hear Zhongli Bai's voice. After that, there was no reaction.
There must be some key problem that has not been discovered.
Senior brother seems to be fine.
Although she didn't know the true situation three hundred years ago, from the current point of view, this senior brother was completely the "young and straightforward version" of the senior brother. He had no intention of hurting her and truly regarded her as a companion.
That's the problem with this place.
If this is an illusion, what details has she overlooked?
Ji Chu fell into deep thought.
In the past two days, she has witnessed many witches and shamans whose auras reversed, their spiritual powers declined, and they suddenly lost their way and became demons.
Just by watching, she couldn't help but wonder whether she would be like these people in the next moment, and would become a demon completely and unable to turn back just because of a moment of hesitation.
Especially when someone died saying:
"The pure and the turbid share the same origin, the immortal and the devil are one."
This made Ji Chu even more uneasy.
At this moment, she was the only one in the empty temple.
It seemed to be raining outside, and the wind blowing in with moisture was cool.
Ji Chu felt the demonic energy mixed with the smell of blood floating in, like an lingering dark cloud, always covering the center of this illusion.
Ever since she heard the words "clear and turbid have the same origin", her senior brother no longer took action in front of her.
But she knew that her senior brother had been killing people all the time, and the blood color on the Shaowei sword had almost never faded.
The murderous aura on him became heavier and his expression became more and more indifferent.
Unfortunately, Ji Chu could no longer tell from him whether he was sad or not.
When he appeared in front of her, the senior brother was always calm and natural, showing no emotion at all. He would occasionally listen to her talk about her cultivation, or find her something to eat.
But calmness is the greatest disturbance.
Her appearance was inexplicable, and she never tried to hide the fact that this was an illusion.
There are also empty feathers and floating flowers.
The senior brother knew that the time and events did not match, but he never mentioned it, as if as long as no one said anything, the strangeness of the matter could be covered up.
She had tried to do something, but this was probably a projection of the past that had already happened, and she couldn't change the outcome at all.
so……
Brother, will you kill all the witches and leave Yunchuan alone in the end?
Thinking of this, Ji Chu felt sad and depressed, with a sense of powerlessness as if he knew the tragedy would happen but could only watch.
The statue in front of her stood still like a mountain, its pair of golden, pupilless eyes looking at her with a condescending interest in watching a trapped beast fight.
Ji Chu glared back.
The other party naturally wouldn't talk to her.
It's a terrible feeling to know there's a problem but still be unable to do anything about it.
She felt depressed and turned to leave the temple.
It was indeed raining outside.
Although it is not big, it can still turn the ground into mud if it is poured on for a long time.
She stepped on small puddles and explored the distance.
The demonic energy in the air lingered for a long time. If Ji Chu hadn't known that Yunchuan was originally a place with abundant spiritual power, he would have thought that this was some kind of demon cave.
The flowers and grass on the ground were contaminated by the evil spirit and began to become listless.
Ji Chu had only taken a few steps when there was no road ahead.
She stopped and looked at the foggy and blank space ahead, and couldn't help showing a puzzled expression.
How could Yunchuan be so small?
But after walking around the temple, she was still unable to get out of the temple's scope.
The demonic energy in the air became stronger, and the presence of spiritual energy was almost imperceptible.
Where does such a strong demonic energy come from? Is it really because "clear and turbid have the same origin" that spiritual power can be transformed into demonic energy at any time?
Then wouldn't these monks, who absorb spiritual energy all day long and are terrified of demonic energy, become clowns?
Ji Chu curled his lips.
She stood in the distance and looked back. The entire temple was covered in rain. She could see the statue in the center from a distance, but its edges were blurred in the rain.
Even from such a distance, those golden eyes seemed to be right next to me.
As Ji Chu watched, at a certain moment, she actually felt that the statue was smiling at her.
Ji Chu's hair stood on end.
"You can't leave."
The statue's face cracked open with a mouth-like shape, and it smiled at her:
"He can't kill me."
Two voices came into her brain one after another, like sounds from outer space, making her dizzy.
She staggered and took a half step back, only then realizing that the ground around her had been gradually flooding with water since she hadn't seen it.
At first it was just a gurgling, but then the water grew stronger and stronger, completely submerging her feet, and was about to surge up her calves, and the entire ground was covered by the water.
…
So uncomfortable...
Stepping in the water, Ji Chu felt an inexplicable sadness, as if he was stuck in a quagmire and couldn't get out no matter how hard he tried.
…
Was it really the Fengshen Temple, or that so-called god, that trapped her and her senior brother?
Ji Chu stared at the water for a while, then raised his legs and wanted to leave.
As soon as I looked up, I saw my senior brother.
He stood not far away, as if he had been looking for her for a long time, holding a sword, without using spiritual power to block the water. His whole face was pale from the rain, and his hair fell on his shoulders in wisps. Only his eyes were as black as mercury, staring at her intently.
Ji Chu had never seen his senior brother look so miserable.
Her expression relaxed, and she was about to tread water to walk over and tell her senior brother about the change in the statue, wondering if she could encourage her senior brother to chop down the statue together.
The senior brother suddenly walked towards her and hugged her before she was prepared.
Ji Chu was startled and lost her water-proof magic, and heavy rain poured down on her.
She instantly became as embarrassed as her senior brother.
"Senior Brother?"
Ji Chu's voice was muffled and came from his senior brother's chest.
The senior brother hugged her too tightly, his arms tightly wrapped around her back and shoulders, and his tall body completely covered her.
Her whole body was pressed against her senior brother's chest. Through the moisture on his clothes, Ji Chu felt that her senior brother's muscles were tense and he seemed very nervous.
Senior brother's body was always cool, but when it came to the rain, Ji Chu discovered that the chest he was leaning on was very hot.
The faint fragrance was blurred by the rain, becoming a smell that settled on something solid, sliding down her brother's hair to her neck.
She was startled by the water drop, and the words she wanted to say got stuck in her throat, so she asked instead:
"Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Meng Yuci: "I thought you were gone."
Ji Chu: "How could that be? Senior Brother, you don't know yet."
She took the opportunity to complain, moving her arms to try to break free from her brother's embrace:
"The statue just moved and threatened me, saying I couldn't get out. Let's go chop it down now!"
"Don't move."
The senior brother spoke, lowered his head slightly, put his chin on top of her head, and tightened his arms around her, pressing her completely against him.
"Please don't move."
His voice also sounded so helpless.
Ji Chu: “…”
She felt a subtle emotion in her heart. Although she knew that now was not the time to be in a daze, she still stopped and let her senior brother hold her and stand quietly in the rain.
The water on the ground had already flowed over her calves and reached her knees.
Ji Chu had a vague guess that the senior brother here was not his real senior brother, but more like a memory, an illusion.
That’s why the “senior brother” is always busy, repeating the process of witnessing death and killing people.
Her presence was more companionship than usefulness, and she could barely intervene in the situation. Nothing she said or did affected the course of events.
The only one who can be influenced is my senior brother...
Ji Chu could feel that the senior brother in the illusion did not hate her, and might even have guessed the reason for her appearance.
Ji Chu didn't think that just because of a "floating flower", her senior brother would completely accept her.
The more likely possibility is that it is because of the search for the true sword.
Or perhaps, someone who could wield the God-killing Sword, the Sword of Seeking Truth...
…
But she didn't expect that her senior brother would care about her so much.
"The witches are all dead, right?"
When Ji Chu was daydreaming, his senior brother's voice suddenly came from above his head.
She came back to her senses, thought for a moment, and said:
"Um."
There was a silence.
"It's actually very easy to become a demon."
The senior brother said again:
"A thought, a hesitation. As long as I agree to the gods, give up my self, and become a shell, I will no longer suffer."
"That's not the case."
Ji Chu interrupted him.
This was a senior brother she had never met before. He could also be fragile and confused.
She couldn't help but raise her hand and hug her senior brother's waist.
Although her senior brother looked thin and handsome, he was actually very big when she hugged him. She didn't dare to hold him too tightly, but just pressed against his body lightly, feeling the muscles under his forearms and palms throbbing faintly.
This slight movement was enough to make Meng Yuci tremble all over.
He clasped his five fingers together and clasped them on Ji Chu's shoulders.
Looking down from this angle, he could see an extremely beautiful flower emerging from under Ji Chu's rain-soaked hair.
As she breathed, the bones at the back of her neck moved slightly up and down, and the flower seemed to come alive, blooming in the wind, so gorgeous that it almost dazzled his eyes.
What kind of idea did “that guy” have in mind when he planted the Kongyu Fuhua in this place?
He speculated darkly that this place was great. It was inconspicuous, yet easily visible to others. It was like a half-hidden secret that only Ji Chu himself would never know.
It's just like the thoughts of "that guy", hidden carefully and cautiously, not daring others to know, but also afraid that no one will know.
He lowered his eyes, hugged Ji Chu, and slowly closed his eyes.
"Senior Brother."
Ji Chu suddenly moved.
She raised her head from his arms, her eyes shining brightly through the rain, like stars that accidentally fell into his arms.
"Brother, are you scared?"
Meng Yuci's heart skipped a beat.
A tiny but unignorable feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart and spread through his blood vessels to his whole body at a rapid speed.
He felt that every breath he took was filled with the heavy smell of blood. He felt that he had nowhere to hide in these extremely clean and pure eyes, as if he was naked.
"I……"
He wanted to deny it.
However, Ji Chu continued to look at him with those round, bright eyes, making it impossible for him to continue speaking.
"Brother, pure and turbid have the same origin, immortals and demons are one, but that doesn't necessarily mean you will also be possessed by the devil."
"At first I was also scared, afraid that I might become unrecognizable. But then I thought about it carefully and felt that it was not right."
The heavier the rain, the more her voice became unclear.
But Meng Yuci heard every word she said clearly.
"What I am is determined by me. Just like human life, if we trace it back to its origin, it is nothing but flesh, bones and blood. If we look at its end, it will all be annihilated and dissipated."
"But over the course of a hundred years, what we see and hear shapes our character. How we think and how we act are all our own choices. It clearly has the same origin and the same end, yet everyone is different."
"Brother, whether it's an immortal or a demon, in the end, it's just a title. How can it trap people's hearts?"
“…”
Meng Yuci's breathing paused for a moment.
The strength of his hold on her loosened, and Ji Chu easily broke free.
His hands were empty, and the clever, vibrant flower disappeared from his sight in a flash.
The next moment, Ji Chu held his hand.
The coolness quickly faded, and the warm touch felt incredibly real.
The water on the ground had reached Ji Chu's thighs. There seemed to be countless voices under the water, pulling at their fear and tugging at their hesitation, making it difficult for them to move forward.
If they continue to allow the water to spread upwards, they will most likely be buried underwater along with the former temple and the memories.
But Ji Chu laughed. There was no fear in her eyes. Instead, she held the Xunzhen Sword and asked him, just like he had asked her, "Do you want to find a sword?"
"So, Senior Brother, do you want to join me in...slaying the gods?"
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The author has something to say: Ji Chu: Brother, you don’t have to be strong alone anymore, because your strength is coming. (gesturing with tendon meat)
Senior Brother: [shy][shy][shy]
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