Chapter 157 - Key
The Moon-Eating Rabbit, a star beast from the ancient times, was saved by the kindness of the little deer when it was on the verge of death. Its ignorant soul was closely connected with the little girl who had a huge secret in the contract!
They are all people who were thrown into this abyss of burying gods by fate!
Chu Linyuan slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, his cold eyes swept across the crying white deer and the guardian Moon-Eating Rabbit, and finally fell on Xie Zhao.
No words were needed, the same heaviness and determination could be seen in the eyes of both of them.
Little White Deer's cries gradually faded, eventually turning into sobs. She curled up on the stone bed, holding Moon Rabbit tightly in her arms. Her small body rose and fell with each breath, and she finally fell into a tired sleep.
The rabbit's ruby eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly, and the star runes were faintly visible under its fur, emitting a protective glow.
Xie Zhao retracted the Jinghong Talisman Pen, and the light of the Soul-Anning Talisman Array slowly faded.
He rubbed his swollen temples, his soul feeling a little tired from carrying the memories of the illusion.
Looking up at Chu Linyuan, the dark golden dragon pattern on the other's left cheek had returned to calm, but deep in those cold eyes, the tragedy and destruction of the ancient star beast were still surging.
"Brother," Xie Zhao lowered his voice and pointed outside the hall, "Let's talk outside?"
Chu Linyuan nodded slightly, turned, and walked towards the palace gate. His black robes brushed against the stone steps, his back as straight as a pine tree, but with a more solemn look than usual.
[Xianshi Square, next to the base of the Talisman Array Tower]
The morning light penetrated the evil clouds, dappling the unfinished tower. Xie Zhao sat down on a smoothly cut iron structure with a star pattern. He spun the Jinghong Fu pen around his fingertips, his peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at the surging evil clouds in the distance.
"Primordial star beasts... world-devouring giant enemies... Little Deer's life story..." He muttered softly, then sneered, "Our Guixu Sect truly is home to hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Even the children we pick up are the orphans of heroes, and even the rabbits we raise are ancient ferocious beasts."
Chu Linyuan stood quietly to the side, the Immortal-Slaying Spear leaning against his shoulder, its tip gleaming coldly. He didn't respond to Xie Zhao's teasing, his cold eyes fixed on the main hall. He spoke in a low voice, "Her parents, what are they protecting?"
Xie Zhao paused with the talisman brush on his fingertips, his brows furrowed slightly. "Grandma mentioned protection before she died, but she didn't finish. But since it points to Guixu... I guess it's probably related to the door at the bottom of the abyss."
The dragon pattern on Chu Linyuan's left cheek shone briefly, as if echoing a presence from the depths of the abyss. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke, "Frost Silence Fragment, Star Chart Rune, Moon Devouring Rabbit Origin—all three share the same origin."
Xie Zhao sat up straight abruptly. "You mean... the Frost Silence Sword, the Star Beast, and that door are all relics from the same era?"
Chu Linyuan nodded slightly, his cold eyes sweeping towards the "Guixu Town" rune on the base of the talisman array tower: "The tower base attracts the evil pivot, also of the same vein."
Xie Zhao gasped, his Jinghong Talisman Pen unconsciously sketching a broken star track in the air. "So... the tower we built, the talisman formation we constructed, and even the arrival of the deer and the rabbit, weren't coincidences?"
"Hmm." Chu Linyuan's voice was still cold and hard, but it also contained a rare solemnity. "Someone is...making a move."
Xie Zhao's pupils shrank slightly.
The word was too heavy. So heavy that it reminded him of the giant beast in the illusion, the galaxy-stomping beast, the death ray that tore through the universe, and his grandmother's withered finger pointing north before her death... It was as if an invisible hand had laid the cause and effect eons ago, and they were merely chess pieces newly awakened on the chessboard.
"Tsk..." Xie Zhao suddenly grinned and slammed his Jinghong Talisman Pen on his palm. "Who cares about the chess game! Since the chess piece has been placed on our territory, it is the private property of Guixu Sect! Brother, let's finish building the tower first, and then we can go to the bottom of the abyss to meet that door and see what is worth the life of the star beasts and heroes!"
Chu Linyuan looked at the fighting spirit dancing in his eyes, and the corners of his cold mouth twitched imperceptibly: "Noisy."
Xie Zhao chuckled and was about to say a few more words when suddenly—
"Second Brother! First Brother!" Su Tang's voice came from afar. The little girl, clutching the photo stone, her psychic eyes gleaming with astonishing brightness, trotted over. "Little Deer's awake! She said...she said she wants to see you!"
Chu Linyuan and Xie Zhao looked at each other and took a step forward at the same time.
In the main hall, Bai Xiaolu had already sat up, still holding Bunny tightly in her arms. Her eyes were still a little red and swollen, but her gaze was clearer than usual, even revealing a calmness that belied her age.
Seeing the two people come in, she pursed her lips, her small hands unconsciously pulling at the rabbit's fur, her voice as soft as a mosquito's: "...I...I remember..."
Xie Zhao squatted down, put away the Jinghong Talisman Brush, and said seriously for once: "What did you remember?"
"Grandma... Mom and Dad..." Bai Xiaolu's voice trembled slightly, "And... the crying of the stars."
The Moon-Eating Rabbit's ruby eyes lit up slightly, and star runes flowed in her arms, as if responding silently.
Chu Linyuan stood quietly aside, his cold eyes fixed on the little girl, without urging her.
Bai Xiaolu took a deep breath, raised his clear eyes, and looked at the two people: "Dad and Mom...died to protect the key..."
"Key?" Xie Zhao frowned.
"Yeah." Bai Xiaolu nodded, and her little hand gently stroked the star rune on the rabbit's back. "Grandma said... deep in the Guixu... there is a door... behind the door... something very scary... it needs a key to seal it..."
She raised her head, her eyes gleaming with the same starlight as the Moon Devouring Rabbit: "And the Rabbit... is part of the key."
There was dead silence in the hall.
Xie Zhao's Jinghong Talisman Pen fell to the ground with a "click" sound...
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