The moon-gazing continued, and Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu's life was still repetitive. He often took a deep breath, looked up, and fell into deep thought. He had observed back and forth three times, but did not find any clues, so he kept his nerves tight and did not dare to relax for a moment.
The looming feeling in his heart became stronger, and Xia Xiao knew that the time was almost here. This feeling was like practicing shooting. You couldn't hit the three-pointer the first hundred times, but the touch and correction every time you threw the basketball made the palm, wrist and arm have extremely strong coordination and muscle memory. So this time, I will definitely hit it!
It is said that women's feelings are very accurate, like an innate ability. Grandma also told Ah Zhu that a woman's most powerful weapon is not her appearance or figure, but her brain. Ah Zhu felt that it was about time. They had been in this valley jungle for eight days, one day longer than originally planned. Then the results should come out in the next few days.
When Ah Zhu made the ninth cut on a relatively wide tree root, Xia Xiao sat by the fire and was in a daze. He looked at the fire in front of him, and it seemed that he saw a psychedelic fog that covered his vision. It was lying in front of him, and it would burn for a long time. Because it was a fire made of primordial energy, it would not go out for a long time, but when it changed, some places would always be exposed.
The moment Xia Xiao fell through the flickering flames, she saw Azhu's trouser legs behind her. She raised her head and looked at her suddenly. The seriousness in her eyes made Azhu dare not speak, for fear of disturbing Xia Xiao.
"It will definitely work this time."
Xia Xiao kept mumbling, like a puzzle that he couldn't solve, so he thought about it while eating and while walking. When he went upstairs, he finally came up with some ideas, and hurried back to the dormitory, spread out his notebook and test paper, recalculated the problem, and drew a circle on the paper with the tip of his pen.
Xia Xiao had experienced this before, and now, before midnight, he stood on a broad branch. For efficiency and safety, Xia Xiao usually watched the moon at midnight, as the early morning was always the quietest time. But now he couldn't wait any longer, and he could not wait to seal his seals, and his vitality became a thick mist surrounding him.
"come on!"
Ah Zhu clenched her fists and stood not far from Xia Xiao to cheer him up. But Xia Xiao could no longer hear her voice, and she did not notice the strange light in Ah Zhu's eyes, not even herself. It was an extremely strange light, but if you can't see it, it's like it doesn't exist.
This time, Xia Xiao used his mental power to sweep away the moonlight, without the usual effort, just like stretching out his hand to sweep away the thin smoke from the stove. His mind turned into a wisp of pure breeze, floating to a very high place, as if to the top of the sky in the wilderness.
Xia Xiao thought this distance was very high, but in fact, the edge was still far away, but this was the limit he could reach. Xia Xiao stood in the clear sky and looked at the moon. It was not yet hanging above his head, but the vitality ran through his body and poured into his mind, bringing him into an extremely mysterious world.
This world is an abyss of thought, where the sun, moon and stars are all changing. The moon here is not a moon, and the stars are just dust sprinkled by one hand. He is like a huge existence beyond the wilderness, where thousands of things can be seen at a glance, and the universe only exists at the fingertips.
With his hands behind his back, Xia Xiao frowned and stared, with three black lines on his forehead. His eyes were not stained with any starlight, only a piece of moonlight. The moonlight gradually twisted, and in Xia Xiao's eyes, it kept changing, showing countless shapes, but he couldn't make out any reason. Xia Xiao was extremely persistent, staring at it motionlessly.
The moonlight twisted and formed a hideous and terrifying woman's face. She looked like a witch, but also like an old beauty. Fate cursed her with years and imprisoned her outside the wilderness, where she could only look at her own world from afar but could not touch it. The woman responded with hatred and curses, her face was like the surface of the bright moon, and Xia Xiao's heart beat abnormally at this moment. With a plop, he was kicked out of this state.
Xia Xiao's concentration was already beyond ordinary people, but he still withdrew from his previous state, which was unexpected. When he fell backwards, Ah Zhu supported him, and Xia Xiao discovered the light in her eyes. It was the light of divine grace, and it seemed to have the ability of enlightenment. It appeared at this time, perhaps it could help him to see the moon.
Xia Xiao always felt that his ability to watch the moon was not up to par, but he kept persisting, and the feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger. Now he realized that it was all thanks to Azhu.
"What's wrong?"
Ah Zhu looked at Xia Xiao, and asked a question when she saw that she was in a daze, but Xia Xiao suddenly held her little face, said, "Thanks to you," and kissed her before making the seal again.
With a frown on her face, Ah Zhu felt that Xia Xiao was talking nonsense again, which was a bit confusing. But she still stood aside quietly and didn't disturb him. Now was a critical moment, and she couldn't talk nonsense.
Ah Zhu had followed Xia Xiao's gaze and looked up at the sky countless times, but could not see anything unusual. This time, when she looked up, she saw a terrifying woman's face. The woman's face was grinning from the corners of her mouth to her eyes, extremely evil and charming, which made her feel creepy.
"What is that?"
Ah Zhu's face wrinkled up, and she almost fell under the tree. She grabbed the branch to stabilize herself. But she looked at Xia Xiao and saw that his expression did not change. She could not help but say "very impressive". Xia Xiao's performance became more and more mature, and Ah Zhu felt relieved. She believed that Xia Xiao could reach a very high level. Soon, the mark on his back flashed a light, which made Ah Zhu's face happy, and she murmured:
“There’s a reaction!”
Xia Xiao once said that only when the mark on his body reacted could he believe that the ancestor of the spiritual contract was really on the moon, otherwise it was Que Dan and that woman who were secretly faking it. Now, the silent mark finally woke up, but Xia Xiao's brows were tightly knitted together, and he knew that things were not as simple as he thought.
Even if he exited the moon-watching state, it did not affect Xia Xiao's ability to see the woman's face. It was not a real face, but a distortion of the moonlight and the vitality. She stared at Xia Xiao, as if she would never leave. If Xia Xiao wanted to see, then let him see. Anyway, she could not hide it. She did not expect things to develop into this.
"Are you really imprisoned on the moon? You didn't become a god?"
Xia Xiao's questions now were all asked despite knowing the answer. He had waited for this day for too long, but when it was really proven, he was still shocked in his heart. It was difficult for him to accept it for a while, and he shook his head in anger.
Xia Xiao was framed by Hei Huang and Que Dan and was forced to get close to them. But he still hoped that the ancestor of the spiritual contract was not on the moon, so that he could rely on the brand to return to the right path. The power of the five elements can definitely suppress the overbearing demonic energy. But now it seems that those have become wishful thinking, because the ancestor of the spiritual contract itself is composed of demonic energy.
So, what Quedan and Heihuang said were true. They didn't want to become demons, but their current situation was forced by the ancestor of Lingqi.
Quedan was not the tyrant that people had said he was. The battle for the throne was just a different race war. Quedan's brothers did not betray him because he used magic energy. They were just devoured by the Spiritual Contract Ancestor with magic power and used the brutal Spiritual Contract to take over his wild beast abilities. The Emperor Qishi was just a spectator who witnessed the truth. He had no faults, but an entire race was sealed in the dark trench east of the East China Sea.
Who could have thought that the ancestor of the spiritual contract, revered by countless people, was actually a bastard who used demonic energy and was a murderer? From the moment Xia Xiao saw her, from the moment the mark on his back reacted, he was convinced of everything and felt extremely disappointed.
"Your Five Elements Mark had an instinctive reaction that I couldn't control, and it betrayed me. In that case, I won't hide it from you. I really didn't become a god. The battle for the throne was just an excuse to start a war. There was no throne at all, so I tried my best to become a god, but in fact I just went to another world. The people there are very strong, and because of my rude words, they beat me back to this level and sealed me on the moon."
"But do you know what Quedan wants to do? He deceived me because he wanted to join forces with Emperor Qishi to destroy our human race. The Great Wilderness was originally called the Wild Beast World. Sea beasts existed before the wild beasts, and there was no place for humans to stand. He is not as innocent as you think, and Emperor Qishi is not a good person. Even if I have not become a god, I am still the emperor of mankind! Now humans are thriving, and I am watching from the moon. You can not believe me, but you can not trust them either!"
Xia Xiao only asked one question, but she said a lot, which made him suspicious. But this voice was indeed the same as the voice he heard in the east of the East China Sea that year, which made Xia Xiao rule out the possibility that Quedan and Heihuang were faking it. And Heihuang was definitely not in Yun Country. If he tore the barrier and came in again, it would definitely make a lot of noise, but Yun Country was very quiet.
And what he saw today was definitely Yu Shangyan, the ancestor of the spiritual contract. The light in Azhu's eyes made him very convinced of this idea.
All along, if there was nothing wrong, Xia Xiao would not pursue history, and he was not interested. Xia Xiao just wanted to figure out his own affairs. As long as he was safe and sound and no one was plotting against him, he could return to the academy to accept punishment even if he was possessed by a demon. But the ancestor of the spiritual contract said something that made Xia Xiao firm in his thoughts. Since she said that the mark on Xia Xiao was not under her control, although Xia Xiao did not know whether it was true or not, it would be a good thing if it was true.
One person on the cloud, one person on the moon, both of them were possessed by demons and fell silent. Xia Xiao had clearly been looking for her for a long time, but now he didn't know what to ask. Anyway, it was all true and false, false and true. Xia Xiao would not completely believe the Ancestor of the Spiritual Contract and Que Dan, and the same was true for the Emperor Qishi. This trip, as long as he could confirm that Yu Shangyan was on the moon, it would be fine.
Seeing Xia Xiao was silent, Yu Shangyan was not anxious and asked:
"You don't believe me?"
Questions always carry a sense of pressure, but Xia Xiao sneered. She couldn't touch or hit him, so what else could he not say? And compared to himself, Yu Shangyan's actions were even more insignificant? He deceived so many people and worshipped him like a god. He was really a big liar. And everyone has selfish desires. Why do you have to link everything to humans? Isn't it just to beautify yourself? Why not say it out?
Xia Xiao looked impatient, but his eyes were deep.
"For those who do not belong to this era, whatever they say is a lie, because no one can verify it."