Under the leadership of Princess Shanyun, Li Nanke came to an area that he had never set foot on before.
In the dense forest stands a wooden door made of intertwined vines, surrounded by a circle of blood-red stones.
Princess Shanyun came to the vine door and cut her wrist with her nails. As blood dripped down, a black mist appeared inside the vine door, turning into a barrier.
"Walk."
Woman pulls man into barrier.
The next moment, what appeared in front of Li Nanke was a huge ruined temple.
I don’t know how long the temple has existed. It has been stripped away by time, revealing an indescribable majesty and vicissitudes.
Withered and hideous vegetation tenaciously covered the walls of the palace, intertwining with the dilapidated and unrecognizable statues to form a strange scene. In Li Nanke's eyes, it seemed like a scene from hell.
"What's this?"
Li Nanke asked confused.
Princess Shanyun pulled him to a broken mural.
The mural depicts black shadows with twisted shapes resembling humans.
The dim red light shines through the broken dome and onto the broken walls. These shadows seem to be crawling silently, making people shudder.
"Put your hand up."
the woman said.
Li Nanke hesitated for a moment and put his hand on the mural.
In an instant, the shadows on the mural began to twist crazily, and although it was silent, a shrill roar could be felt.
After about five or six seconds, the black mist formed by the condensed shadows dispersed, and the originally dilapidated mural became brand new.
A man and a woman appear on the mural.
The faces of the two people were blurred, and their facial features could not be clearly seen.
The man is wearing the wedding dress of the groom, while the woman is wearing a wedding dress, with a graceful posture, a golden boy and a beautiful girl.
The two are in the wedding room.
And this wedding room is the wedding room where Li Nanke entered the world of Red Rain.
A cloud formed above the two of them.
The clouds began to drop red raindrops.
Judging from the senses of the whole painting, it seems that the red rain falls to celebrate the newlyweds. Especially there is a bell placed at the feet of the two people, with the word "falling rain" engraved on it.
In other words, this bell can summon red rain.
Looking at this strange mural, Li Nanke finally understood why Princess Shanyun just said that it was them who brought the red rain bad luck.
Familiar wedding room, familiar groom and bride.
A magic weapon that can summon red rain.
The answer was clearly laid out in front of me.
"You know? It's not the temple I discovered, but the one it summoned me."
Princess Shanyun's crystal fingertips caressed the mural with a bitter and sad smile, "When the old Taoist priest said that I was the savior, I was very happy because I really didn't want to see so many people die.
If possible, I would sacrifice myself to save those innocent lives. But now, I find that I may have brought this misfortune.
It turns out that I am not a savior, but a devil. It turns out..."
The woman didn't say anything, and the emotions that could be expressed in thousands of words turned into a sharp awl in her little heart.
Li Nanke suddenly realized that he had never really understood this woman.
He once thought that the other party was as selfish as him.
The same belief in "for oneself".
But in fact, she is different from him. This woman can really sacrifice herself to save thousands of living things.
"So, devouring the 'Heart of Red Rain' will not make us live longer. You just deliberately tricked me into getting rid of it, hoping to destroy the world of Red Rain and save those innocent creatures, right?"
Li Nanke asked slowly.
Princess Shanyun's bright eyes were filled with mist, and her tone was sad, "Li Nanke, are you willing to give up your life with me?"
"If I can save my wife, I won't hesitate."
Looking at the mural in front of him, Li Nanke gave a sincere answer.
But then, he changed the topic, "But how can we prove that the two people in this painting are us? So what if the wedding room is similar? After all, it has always existed in the world of Red Rain."
"So, we can only wait for time to prove whether we are the devil or the savior."
Princess Shanyun sighed.
Li Nanke was silent for a while, without saying anything more, looking around at the dilapidated ruins of the temple.
Although most of the temple has collapsed, you can still get a glimpse of its former glory, which makes people imagine how powerful the people who once lived in this palace were.
"Who did you say lived here?"
Li Nanke asked.
Princess Shanyun said calmly: "You should say what kind of monster it is. It can survive in the world of red rain. Can it still be called a human?"
"Right."
Li Nanke laughed dumbly.
The world of Red Rain does not copy the real world from different planes, and then forcibly merge and mutate it.
And the creatures that can survive here cannot really be called humans.
"So we are also monsters?"
Li Nanke laughed at himself.
Princess Shanyun smiled slightly and said in the same self-deprecating tone: "It's not a human being anyway."
"That's too arbitrary." Li Nanke said, "I remember the old Taoist priest told me about my life experience, saying that he stole me from another world. I can't be regarded as a red rain monster."
"Do you believe what he says?"
"Half believe it, half don't believe it."
"But the question is...which half should I believe?" Princess Shanyun raised a sneer on her lips, "Of course, the only thing that can be confirmed is that he did it for so long to save his daughter."
Li Nanke said: "I remember you said before that his daughter has completely integrated into the Hongyu world, so Hongyu is his daughter, right?"
"Yes, but not entirely right."
"What's the meaning?"
"Hongyu has an independent consciousness after all. His daughter is just relying on Hongyu's power to maintain her own life. It is equivalent to the relationship between host and parasite."
Princess Shanyun explained, "I told you that once it is contaminated with red rain, changes will occur.
In order to save his daughter, the old Taoist priest bound her to Hong Yu. As a result, her daughter gradually began to mutate. If not rescued in time, she might actually merge with Hong Yu."
"This is why the old Taoist priest wants to eliminate Hongyu." Li Nanke's emotions were complicated.
Princess Shanyun shook her head and said: "It's not to eliminate it, but to find a way to suppress Hong Yu and separate his daughter from Hong Yu."
"it's the same."
Li Nanke was too lazy to delve into the relationship and asked casually, "Speaking of which, do you know what the last name of this old Taoist priest is?"
"The surname is Qu."
"song?"
"Yes, this is what I accidentally saw in the life note he left behind." Princess Shanyun said, "His daughter's name is Qu Hongling, she has a Xuanyin Juemei E body, and she died before his wife gave birth.
It was the old Taoist priest who forcibly resurrected him with red rain."
After a pause, Princess Shanyun continued:
"In addition, judging from the records on the fate note, the old Taoist priest once imprisoned Hongyu World. So I boldly guessed that he thought he could control Hongyu, so he bound his daughter to Hongyu.
But he didn't expect that Hong Yu's energy was beyond his imagination, and he eventually escaped from control, and instead he was imprisoned by Hong Yu."
Li Nanke was amazed, "It seems like this old Taoist priest is pretty good."