Chapter 126
"It's okay." The person closest to them said with a smile, "Since a member has asked this, it must be someone who needs blessing. We must complete the request."
Qu Xing hesitated. Although there was nothing wrong with following along, he didn't want to stay here alone if Ling Yin didn't want to.
Ling Yin obviously didn't want to do that and pulled him.
"You two are a couple, right?" The man suddenly looked at their hands holding each other.
"Yeah." Qu Xing smiled at the man, "Sorry, we have to go."
"Okay." He looked very regretful for some reason and opened the door for them. "I hope to see you again."
"Goodbye." Qu Xing pulled Ling Yin out.
Just as he took a step forward, Qu Xing felt his waist tighten and several huge forces came at him, pulling them back.
"Ah! Wait...what are you doing!?"
Qu Xing was suddenly dragged back several steps, staggering. He watched the gate gradually move away from him, and then the door was closed tightly. The bright and transparent square in front of him was instantly replaced by a heavy gate.
After Qu Xing was released by them, he hugged Ling Yin and looked at the person in front of him who was looking at him with his hands on his hips and smiling. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
Oh my god, oh my god, what’s going on? Isn’t this a restaurant? Why won’t they let us out?
It won’t be dangerous, right?
Are he and Ling Yin going to be sacrificed?
But isn't this the organizer's territory? !
Qu Xing looked up at Ling Yin with his eyes wide open, and found that Ling Yin was not panicked at all. He even put his arm around him to comfort him.
"You are scaring people like this again." said the woman just now.
The people who were pulling them around came to the front, looking at them with bright smiles and eyes: "Since you are a couple, you can't leave once you step in here~"
Can’t go out?!
Qu Xing's eyes moved and he scanned these people. He didn't see any malice in their eyes, but for some reason, they seemed particularly excited and vaguely expecting something.
Someone in the back was muttering, "Two people who are so good-looking must be..."
Qu Xing's mind automatically filled in the second half of the sentence - it can definitely be used as a sacrifice.
He still opened his eyes wide: "Why can't I go out?"
"Couples who step foot here must accept our ceremony."
Qu Xing: "Required? A ritual?"
"Two blessed pure ones," the woman said. "We believe that every couple who comes to Ignis Aeternus is invited by the gods. We have a responsibility to pray for them and bless them."
"What is lgnis Aeternus?" Qu Xing wondered.
"Latin." She explained in English: "Eternal Fire. This hall is also called the dining hall on the second floor, but I'll give it to you for now."
Eternal flame.
“We call ourselves Spark,” she said.
Spark, then this woman who looks like the leader is the big spark.
Qu Xing understood why the organizers had chosen this place. Perhaps this group of people would even join them for some other activities later. How thoughtful! But did the organizers know that these people were actually bad guys who would intimidate the contestants?
The fire of this World Championship is a little too strong...
Big Spark: "If you're willing, stay and complete the ceremony with us."
Qu Xing looked at the sparks in front of him, excited and eager to try. He felt like he was being manipulated. He felt nervous and squeezed Ling Yin: "No, we want to get out."
Big Spark hesitated for a moment, seemingly not wanting to embarrass them, but also not seeming very willing to let them go.
After a while, Big Sparks looked at the people around him and shook his head: "If they don't want to, then don't force them. It will scare them."
Qu Xing nodded in his heart.
He was scared to death!
"No, we can't let any couple go."
Qu Xing: “!”
Why can’t he be let off! He didn’t commit any crime!
Big Spark pondered again.
Little Spark looked at them, then tilted her head and began whispering to Big Spark.
Qu Xing waited for a while and called out softly, "Brother."
Ling Yin: “Yeah.”
Qu Xing looked at the door that was so close: "If we just run away..."
Ling Yin: "I can't run away, it seems."
“…”
Qu Xing was angry.
Big Spark and Little Spark were talking about something. Qu Xing saw Big Spark shaking his head. Then he saw Little Spark and another Little Spark pushing Big Spark aside.
The next moment, the little sparks glanced at them with a smile. One of them suddenly waved his hand and shouted, "Hey guys! There's a new couple here!!"
Qu Xing froze for a moment.
????? ?????
Why does it feel like "Everyone come and catch them!"?
More than twenty eyes in the restaurant turned over, and there was silence for a moment. The next moment, the restaurant erupted in cheers, and a group of people surrounded him with laughter. Qu Xing was so frightened by this sudden situation that his eyes widened. He didn't care whether he could run away or not, and wanted to run with Ling Yin. However, as soon as he took a step, he was blocked by someone. Soon, people surrounded him. His arm was pulled up and pulled to somewhere. Qu Xing couldn't touch Ling Yin, and his body hurriedly leaned against Ling Yin in a panic. He was frightened by the extremely enthusiastic faces in front of him like a cat with its fur standing on end. He froze and dared not move or open his eyes. While being dragged away, he collapsed and said: "Ling Yin Ling Yin Ling Yin!"
Ling Yin's voice was calm, sounding like he was following voluntarily: "Yes."
Qu Xing: "What should I do? What should I do? What should I do? Have we traveled through time?"
Ling Yin chuckled: "It's okay, you won't die."
Qu Xing: "Is it a question of whether I can live or not?"
Ling Yin said gently: "As long as you don't die, it's okay."
Qu Xing: “…” Although it seems to make sense, it has no comforting effect at all.
Ling Yin turned his head to look at Xingxing who didn't dare to open his eyes, pulled one arm out of those people's hands, and stroked his fur.
Qu Xing closed his eyes tightly, thinking nervously and confusedly: Ling Yin clearly didn't want to stay just now, why did he change his mind now?
After being pulled and dragged to the middle, the commotion finally stopped. Qu Xing leaned against Ling Yin, carefully opened half an eye and looked, and saw that they slowly retreated two steps. His tense nerves relaxed a little.
He wanted to move a few steps to hide behind Ling Yin, but was forcibly pulled out again.
My forehead felt cold.
"What?" Qu Xing smelled a fragrance and felt nervous. He subconsciously wiped it off and smelled it. He turned around and saw Ling Yin's forehead was also tapped.
Qu Xing applied it to his face as well and smelled it. It had the same scent, like some mysterious floral fragrance with a hint of sweetness.
"You can't wipe it." Big Spark laughed.
"What?" Qu Xing said angrily.
No one answered.
The two people next to them ordered it back to them.
What's the meaning of this? Has the ritual already begun? How sloppy? What on earth are they doing? Who conducts a ritual like this? Forced into doing something unwilling? Sacrifice is supposed to be voluntary!
Qu Xing was full of reluctance, and he also had a prejudice against this place. He didn't even want to step on their floor. He squeezed closer to Ling Yin again, erasing the distance that the group of people had forced between him and Ling Yin.
He wanted to wipe the stuff off his forehead, but if he did, it would definitely be hit again. He had no choice but to control his restless hand.
He couldn't help but hold Ling Yin's hand and looked towards the door, thinking sadly: It's so close to me, yet so far away.
Ling Yin pulled his hand amusedly and said softly, "It's okay, baby, I'm just playing with you."
Qu Xing leaned sadly on his shoulder: "I don't want to play--"
His head was forcibly lifted up, and Qu Xing was forced to leave Ling Yin. He stared at the person in front of him and said, "I hate you."
Ling Yin couldn't help laughing.
The man was in a very happy mood. Although she was wearing ordinary casual clothes, she suddenly lifted the non-existent hem of her skirt and bowed slightly to them, performing an elegant and respectful salute.
Qu Xing: “…”
He also bowed slightly politely, stood up, turned his gaze in the direction of Ling Yin, and hummed softly.
Ling Yin hooked his hand and was almost driven to death by this star. He was so polite and yet had such a big temper.
Big Spark smiled and was about to say: Please stand face to face with each other, but she saw that her bandit friends had already taken action and forced the two of them to face each other.
“…”Well, it has been forced to this point anyway.
Qu Xing knew he was powerless to resist, so he simply gave up and let them break him. His eyes swept through the inexplicably busy crowd and fixed on Ling Yin's eyes.
There was a slight pause.
Ling Yin smiled calmly, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he winked at him soothingly. His eyes reflected the dancing light all around him, bright and gentle. Qu Xing's heart skipped a beat.
Only later did he realize that they were being selected by a group of people and forcibly bound together in a formal-looking ceremony.
Qu Xing held his breath for a moment and stared at Ling Yin in a daze.
A lit incense stick trembled as it passed between them, and the light smoke mixed with the fragrance enveloped Ling Yin's face.
Someone brought over a tray with a pile of extremely fine, bright red silk threads scattered about on it. Big Spark said in a gentle voice, "Please each take a piece of silk thread from this tray."
Qu Xing looked at the tray and saw that Ling Yin had already started to work. He picked up an end of the silk thread from his side and slowly pulled it out. Qu Xing also raised his hand and picked up one, and slowly pulled it out with both hands.
The thread was incredibly long and extremely tangled, requiring him to stop and untie it after pulling it for a while. Qu Xing stroked it for a while, then suddenly realized that the people around him seemed unusually quiet.
He looked up and saw that they were all staring at the ball of silk thread, as if they were very nervous.
What are you nervous about?
Qu Xing was so nervous about them that he felt a little nervous for some unknown reason, so he lowered his eyes and continued to stroke.
The "firelight" was quietly dancing on the silk threads, as if burning them. When Qu Xing put his hand on it, the dancing light was reflected on his hand, making him feel inexplicably hot.
Both of them were very patient and stroked quietly for a long time. Suddenly, Qu Xing felt a strong resistance.
Um?
He tugged.
The silk thread in Ling Yin's hand moved.
Qu Xing suddenly looked up at him.
Ling Yin was obviously a little bit unconvinced and tugged gently as well.
Qu Xing's hand was also held by him and moved.
“…”
Qu Xing hooked the silk thread with his fingertips and turned to look at the big spark. There was a faint commotion among the sparks, and Qu Xing heard a few words like "Oh my God" and "Really?"
Big Spark smiled and said, "Please continue and take out these two threads completely."
What two? Isn't it just one? He and Ling Yin were looking for the same thread in the same ball of string!
Qu Xing lowered his eyes and continued, the more he stroked, the harder it became to pull, the closer his hand got to Ling Yin. Until he took it out completely - there was only one!
The people around them suddenly cheered and shouted, jumping and dancing around them for some unknown reason. Their eyes were filled with clear admiration and appreciation as they looked at them.
Qu Xing's hair stood on end with shock. He looked at the tray, trying to discern any clues, but there was nothing. The tangled mass of silk threads remained coiled in the same place, with the ends scattered everywhere.
He and Ling Yin just happened to find the two ends of the same thread among so many threads?
Although he didn't know what this meant in their ritual, Qu Xing's heart still pounded. He looked up at Ling Yin, who was also absent-mindedly looking away from the silk thread and looking at him.
Inexplicably, a suffocating, overwhelming sense of loss suddenly filled his chest. It was as if the two of them saw some distant plot in each other's eyes. Qu Xing frowned uncomfortably and hastily lowered his gaze. Then he couldn't help but look up again.
Ling Yin still looked at him.
“…”
Qu Xing tugged at the silk thread.
Ling Yin blinked, chuckled, and pulled it as well.
Big Spark turned around and took out two bright red brooches. The shape was incomprehensible. I didn't know if it was the color or the inexplicably charming lines, but a sense of shameful and explicitness came over me.
Qu Xing's face inexplicably turned red after just one look.
The brooch was pinned on the chest.
The twenty or so people suddenly put two fingers together, palms facing forward, and placed their fingertips on their brows. They looked at the two of them very gently, closed their eyes, and touched the tip of their noses with their fingers.
The tip of his nose felt cool, and Qu Xing smelled the same fragrance he had just smelled.
One end of the bright red silk thread they picked out was wrapped around the brooch on Qu Xing's heart.
Qu Xing's heart stopped.
At the same time, the sound of ethereal drums emanated from the four corners of the hall. Suddenly, they all began to chant an incomprehensible hymn.
A wonderful fragrance came from nowhere. Qu Xing glanced over and found that it was coming from a porcelain jar in the hands of another person. She was dipping a very thin brush into the fragrant liquid in the jar.
Then she took the pen and painted on the brooch on his heart.
Qu Xing's breath was caught.
The big sparks were winding very slowly, and the silk threads were slowly wrapping around his heart. Qu Xing didn't know what they were doing, but he felt that these threads and the crimson brooch on his chest were extremely ambiguous.
The brush slowly painted along the silk thread, which drooped lazily, then rose up to rest on his left arm, gently wrapping around his wrist. The soft brush dipped in perfume always followed the silk thread, sliding coolly across his skin, painting his body with fragrance.
Qu Xing's heart began to pound for no apparent reason. Feeling nervous, he looked up at Ling Yin. Then he felt the silk thread being tightly wrapped around his fingertips.
He smelled the fragrance emanating from his body, and the fragrance began to extend along his fingertips to Ling Yin's fingertips, and Ling Yin's fingertips were also entangled.
Then it moved to Ling Yin's forearm, and finally fell on his heart.
Qu Xing and Ling Yin linked their fingertips together and stared blankly at the gracefully entwined silk threads.
The hymns stopped.
The brooch was removed, connected to the silk thread, and slowly wound out. A large spark knocked the two brooches together with a "ding" sound, and an iron ornament was taken out and embedded in it.
She handed the ornament to him and said with a smile, "The blessing is over. You are one and will be blessed forever, through reincarnations, for eternity."
Qu Xing was stunned and said, "Thank you."
After a while, Qu Xing couldn't help but ask, "Why do you have to bless us?"
The Big Spark’s answer was the same as at the beginning: “Because you are here at God’s invitation.”
Qu Xing: "Just because we came here together?"
This time, Big Spark's answer was different: "Because you took out the same thread."
"This..." Qu Xing still couldn't believe it: "But... has anyone been like us before?"
Big Spark shook his head: "No."
Qu Xing was completely speechless.
Big Spark said, "Maybe it was a long time ago, or somewhere else, in another country. This is the first time we've met."
"What does it mean to take out the same one?" Qu Xing couldn't help but ask.
Big Spark: "The fate between you is so strong that no matter how the world changes, no matter how many mistakes stand between you, you will definitely meet and fall in love."
Qu Xing was so shocked that he couldn't help but interlock his fingers with Ling Yin's. The moment their palms touched, they could almost feel the scorching heat. Although it was hot, they both held on tighter.
Qu Xing was silent for a moment, then asked softly, "If that's the case, why do we need your blessing?"
"Fate will end." said Big Spark.
Qu Xing's chest suddenly tightened.
impossible.
Qu Xing couldn't imagine any possibility of his and Ling Yin being separated, except for death. He couldn't even think of such a thing. Whether it was separation in life or death, just the thought was unbearable. He was still at the point where he would feel anxious if Ling Yin was away from him for more than an hour. If they were separated, he would definitely die immediately.
Ling Yin rubbed the back of his hand with her fingertips to signal him to relax, then she leaned over gently, trying her best to wrap Xing Xing with her own breath, and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
Big Sparks smiled and said, "But it would be a pity if this kind of fate were to end."
Qu Xing felt a pang in his heart just thinking about those few times. He thought to himself that this was not a pity, it was going to cost him his life.
"We want to bless you with long-lasting love and continuous happiness." Big Spark said with a smile.
"Okay." Qu Xing said, "Thank you."
If it really worked, he would definitely want everyone in the world who could bless them to come and bless them.
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The author has something to say: Now that I have come this far, I want to say something. In fact, the story of this young couple originated from a story about "faith".
But at that time I had no intention of writing a story at all, it just stayed in my mind.
It's a very short story that happened a long time ago, and it's very, very sad. They have two other names, and their personalities are slightly different.
When I thought about writing about Xingxing, I felt that their fate had to continue, because they had been destined to be together before, so I wrote about them as a natural couple.
I should be able to write that story after I finish this one. It'll probably only be a few tens of thousands of words, so I'll write it all at once and post it. If you want to read it, you can read it later. If you don't like this kind of past and future life interpretation, you can ignore it.
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