Xu Qing looked at the desert in front of him and listened to the words from the Aurora Immortal Lord walking in front. Maybe it was the waves coming from his body, or maybe it was the meaning contained in these two words.
Unknowingly, ripples called memories appeared in his consciousness. Wanggu Continent and Wushuang City appeared in front of his eyes.
The Wushuang City in memory, the parents in memory.
The beauty in his memory and the lingering rain of blood made him think of his parents.
It may be that he has traveled through too many mountains and rivers, or experienced too many things, so that when Xu Qing recalled his parents now, he found that only their outlines were left. But the tenderness exuded from the outlines, It is a mark that cannot be erased by any mountains, rivers, events or experiences.
Eternally imprinted on his heart.
Just like, people are often not sure who they will see for the last time at the moment of death. But when they come into this world, they must be surrounded by their parents.
"Mother." Xu Qing murmured.
At the same time, the body where his consciousness resides instinctively emerges from the memory of the host at this moment. In the memory, his mother also becomes a vague outline, and he cannot remember it clearly.
Just like Xu Qing’s own memories.
The two, at this moment, resonated.
This resonance is like a wave, which stirs up the sea of mind, fluctuates time, spreads on the desert, rises and falls with it, and becomes part of the desert.
And the voice of the Aurora Immortal Lord slowly echoed in this desert of time. "Your mother and I met in our hometown."
"She is my junior sister, your grandfather's seventh disciple."
"Although there were sun and moon in the sky at that time, they were not what we see now." The Aurora Fairy spoke softly as he moved forward.
His words seemed to be addressed to Xu Qing, and also seemed to be recalling himself.
The breath on my body also echoed with the words, adding more vicissitudes of life and more memories.
My hometown at that time was actually just one of the countless small worlds in the fifth star ring that were kept captive by the gods.
"Live there, worship the gods, be enslaved by the gods, and live among the woven bones."
"So even the sun and moon above our heads are naturally gods. To be precise, the light of the sun and moon invades all the small worlds."
"And they, the names of the supreme gods spread throughout the whole small world, are the sounds and the dim creatures."
"Those years were painful, but because of your mother's existence, they were also happy for me."
Aurora Fairy's voice was gentle and murmuring.
Xu Qing followed behind and listened silently.
He knew that at this moment, all the Aurora Immortal Master needed was to listen.
"We practiced together, we grew up together, and then we met Jiu'an."
The Aurora Immortal Lord shook his head, and the feeling of reminiscence in his body became even stronger.
"The personality of Jiu'an at that time has not changed much from that of today. He likes silence, observation, and recording.
"Your mother called him the Great Historian. He agreed with this title very much, so he called himself the Historian for many years after that."
"Silly."
Aurora chuckled.
"Just like this, the years pass..."
"You know what happened next from the historical books."
"In the last years of the God's Era, under the leadership of your grandfather, the entire small world of the fifth star ring launched a war of rise against the gods."
"That battle was extremely brutal..."
"And you were also born during those years, but your mother and I didn't want you to see the world in chaos, so we sealed you."
"And we have agreed that when the war ends and this world becomes beautiful, I will unlock your seal and let the world you see for the first time be gorgeous, peaceful, and without gods."
"Let you live in beauty."
The sound of the aurora echoes in the desert of time.
It's just that the voice was slowly tainted with sadness in the memory.
"And that war that lasted for many, many years finally ended. As monks, we rose to prominence and suppressed the originally aloof gods."
"The sun and moon in the sky have also fallen away, replacing our yin and yang of Tao."
"But... there is always a figure missing from my side."
"Your mother died.
Xu Qing listened silently,
It was obviously someone else's story, but whether it was the waves in this body or the resonance in his consciousness, Xu Qing could feel the sadness from the host and Aurora.
"And I also fell into a deep sleep for some special reasons."
"This sleep lasts ten thousand years."
"When I wake up, nothing can be changed, and the constitution of time and space will eventually reach its ultimate..."
"Three thousand three hundred and thirty three years, this is the time and space limit of all the star rings in this universe."
"So, when I sealed you, it was me and your mother, and when I unsealed you, it was only me." A deep voice spread across the sky and earth, and Aurora's footsteps paused.
A sea of flowers caught Xu Qing's eyes.
It was a sea like a fantasy, with countless colorful orchids blooming in the desert. It was so beautiful.
It is hard to imagine that there are such a sea of orchids in the desert.
At least, when Xu Qing came to this desert one day in the future, he had not seen it. It seemed that this was a secret hidden deep in the desert.
Looking at it, you can see that these orchids have various wonderful shapes and colors, some are like dancing butterflies, and some are like cranes spreading their wings, and each one exudes a unique fragrance.
Especially at this moment, with the arrival of Xu Qing and the Aurora Fairy, it seems like sunlight is shining through the sparse clouds on the sea of orchids, and the golden light is diffused, unknowingly adding a bit of mystery and romance to this sea of flowers. There is also a breeze blowing, and the sea of flowers is swaying.
Like a dream.
Vaguely, there seemed to be a fairy, staring at the father and son in the sea of flowers. He murmured softly and smiled tenderly.
So the Aurora Fairy Master looked at the sea of flowers and the fairy in his memory, and also smiled.
Smiling, he walked to the edge of the sea of flowers, squatted there, and took out some seeds from his arms.
At this moment, he is not the powerful future lord of the fifth star ring, nor the Lord of Ten Thousand Immortals with astonishing cultivation. He is just an ordinary person immersed in the memory of his deceased wife. Here, he planted those seeds in In the desert.
They will definitely bloom.
"Your mother's name has the word "lan" in it, and she also prefers fairy orchids."
"This kind of flower cannot be contaminated with the breath of the gods, otherwise it will wither quickly... But this kind of flower, in our small world, is obviously full of heterogeneity, but it has never disappeared." "Even if it withers. , will open again.”
"So we once dreamed that when the war was over and everything became beautiful, we would find a place to plant fairy orchids so that they would become a sea and bloom all year round." "In these years, every time I come here, I will plant some. .”
"Gradually, it did become a sea."
Aurora Immortal Lord smiled and murmured, gently stroking the place where the seeds were buried with his palm.
Then, he sat aside, looking at the sea of flowers, and stopped talking.
But the smile on his face became more and more gentle.
Xu Qing looked at all this, walked silently to the Aurora Immortal Lord, sat down, and accompanied him, looking at the sea of flowers. Time passed slowly.
When the sunset appeared on the horizon, the Aurora Fairy spoke softly. "You have grown up and are getting married."
"In the future, when I am free, you must remember to come here every year and plant orchids for your mother." "Let there always be a sea of flowers here."
Xu Qing felt complicated.
He knew that one month later, not only the Aurora Fairy Lord in front of him would die, but also the host he was inhabiting. Therefore, in this sea of orchids, no more orchids would appear in the future.
Perhaps this is the reason why he walked through the desert that time but did not see any sea of flowers. This sea of flowers had already withered in the years.
But he still nodded.
Ji Guang smiled, raised his hand rarely, and touched Xu Qing's head. "You have to remember one sentence..."
"Your parents can't accompany you throughout your life, and your children can't be by your side all the time. Only your Taoist companion... is the only person who can accompany you throughout your life." "So, protect her and don't be like me. ..”
"I lost my love."
Saying that, Ji Guang stood up and looked at Xu Qing.
"Do you remember the story I told you about the dark night when you were a child?" Xu Qing nodded and spoke softly.
"When night falls, don't go see you."
This sentence is deeply engraved in the memory of this young Aurora Master. In his memory, Aurora Fairy Master told this sentence more than once.
This reminded Xu Qing of the reflection under the ice lake...
And throughout the memory, every time Aurora Fairy appeared, it was dawn. Aurora smiled and nodded, looking at the sunset that was about to dissipate on the horizon. "It's getting dark, let's go back."
As he said that, the aurora took a step forward and fell. The sky and the earth were blurred.
The next moment, the desert is no longer there and the sea of flowers is no more.
Xu Qing's figure appeared in Shaoji Palace, exactly the same as the place he left before. It was as if the experience along the way was just an illusion.
As for the Aurora Fairy Lord, he is no longer there. Only the sky...
When Xu Qing left before, it was the moment of dawn. But now, it is the moment of darkness.
Night covers the earth.
The bright moon rises into the sky.
At this moment, under the Immortal Palace, in a mysterious cave, the lights are brightly lit.
The figure of the Aurora Immortal Lord is walking forward step by step.
But wherever he passed, the lights behind him were extinguished one by one.
And as the darkness of the outside world fell, the original white clothes on his body were slowly invaded by black, until they were completely rendered into black robes. The gentleness on his face was also replaced by ferociousness and evil.
His body was slightly trembling, but his steps were still steady. Finally, step by step, he walked into the depths of the cave.
Step into a closed cell.
The moment he entered, iron chains composed of countless runes appeared out of thin air, wrapping around his whole body, continuously blessing and sealing him. And the light, at this moment, completely disappeared and fell into darkness.
In this extremely dark space, only low groans and the sound of violent pulling of iron chains continued to echo.