The stars dotting the sky were all extinguished at this moment, and the flowing river of aurora disappeared without a trace. The temple and temple, which had lost all light sources, fell into darkness.
The magic circle under Merlin's feet disintegrated inch by inch. His figure swayed, and he staggered to steady his crumbling body. His eyes were uncontrollably stained with blood red.
Endless murmurs echoed crazily in his mind.
He frowned, and placed his right hand lightly near his temple, as if he was struggling hard. After a long time, the redness finally faded away, and he put down his hand, his brows showing unprecedented fatigue.
"Uncle Merlin? Are you okay?" Jia Lan helped Lin Qiye, and when he saw Merlin struggling in the distance, he asked with some worry.
"I'm fine..."
Merlin waved his hand and glanced at Lin Qiye, who was lying quietly on the ground. "His body is filled with the power of faith. He has not completely absorbed the seal yet. Don't move his body at will and let him adapt slowly."
"Okay." Jialan nodded repeatedly.
Merlin took a deep breath, walked through the temple, and reached out to open the door.
Squeak——!
The deep and heavy sound of the door opening echoed in the empty temple. Merlin, wearing a dark blue magic robe, walked to the open space outside the temple and glanced around, as if he was sizing up something.
After a moment, he raised the magic wand in his hand, and two magic circles, one purple and one green, were quickly outlined at his feet, intertwining into two different mysterious patterns.
In the temple, Jialan, who was waiting next to Lin Qiye, saw this scene and had doubts in his eyes.
"Uncle Merlin, hasn't the power of faith been sealed? Why are you still drawing the magic circle?"
Merlin stood in the center of the magic circle that was gradually taking shape and said with a smile, "This is another magic circle."
"what is it used for?"
"The green one is used to temporarily cover up the breath of the power of faith. When these powers of faith are poured into the body of Lord Nanye, the irrational Susanoo will be furious and chase him. We need this magic circle to delay for a while.
…
As for the purple one, we’ll keep it secret for the time being.”
Seeing the smile on Merlin's face, Jialan stuck out his tongue.
In front of the temple, a dense magical aura spread out. Next to the unconscious Lin Qiye, Jia Lan looked at Merlin quietly, while Merlin looked down at the magic circle at his feet. The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
Under the red moon, the breeze blew through the wind chimes on the eaves of the temple, making a crisp tinkling sound.
"Little girl." Merlin suddenly said.
"Um?"
"Who are you exactly?"
Jialan looked at Merlin and blinked, "What's wrong?"
"It's a bit embarrassing to say." Merlin sighed helplessly, "My eyes that spy on destiny can see through the truth of Gao Tianyuan's demise, the cause and effect after the timeline is disturbed, and the game between the two major gods behind this catastrophe.
…
But today, two things suddenly happened in succession that I couldn't understand.
One is a mysterious existence that protects the Yata Mirror from the pollution of the red moon; the other... is you."
Merlin raised his head and stared calmly into Jialan's eyes with twinkling star marks.
"The trajectory of your destiny in the past three years is clearly visible. But apart from that, whether it is predicting the future or tracing back thousands of years in the past, it is all chaos... Who are you? What happened to your past?
What happened?"
Her long black hair was tied up with a red rope and spread behind Jialan. She raised her head and looked at the wind chimes floating in the corner of the eaves, and smiled slightly.
"I'll keep it a secret for the time being."
Merlin's expression became bitter, and he shook his head helplessly, "For a magician who pursues truth and truth all his life, there is nothing more torturous than an unknown puzzle... Otherwise, I will take this magic
I will tell you the function of the formation, and you will tell me your past?"
"I don't."
"...Okay, let me change the question." Merlin stretched out his hand and pointed at Lin Qiye, who was still unconscious, "Why did you want to approach him?"
"Because of love."
"I'm asking very seriously."
"I am also answering very seriously."
"You have lived for thousands of years."
"so what?"
"How can a person who has lived for thousands of years fall in love so easily with a man whom he has just met?" Merlin looked into Jialan's eyes and said seriously, "I have seen your fate in the past three years.
From the time we met, we haven't been together for more than a year.
For a year, even Lin Qiye himself didn't figure out whether he liked you. For someone like you who has lived for thousands of years, it was even more difficult in a blink of an eye, right?
Don't tell me it was love at first sight, I don't believe it.
What is your purpose in approaching him?"
Merlin's voice became deeper and deeper. He stared closely into Jialan's eyes. The purple magic circle that had just been drawn under his feet gradually lit up. Wisps of electric light traveled above it, and a terrifying magical aura spread in the air.
Jialan's dark blue Han robe was blown away by the surging magic power. She sat quietly next to Lin Qiye, her lips pursed slightly.
"This question is what you really want to ask, right?" Jialan said softly.
"Yeah." Merlin said calmly, "You must give me an answer to this question."
Jialan's eyes moved away from Merlin and fell on the cheek of Lin Qiye, who was sleeping beside him. Those pure black gem-like eyes blinked lightly, and there was a little tenderness between his eyebrows.
"I approached him without any purpose, I just wanted to stay by his side... I waited two thousand years to wait for him, how could it be detrimental to him?
I know you are afraid of me, but there are some things I can't tell you yet...
But I can guarantee that even if the whole world is against him, I will always stand by him."
Merlin fell silent.
He frowned and stared at Jialan for a long time, then sighed, and the magic circle under his feet gradually dimmed.
"Do you believe me?" Jialan said in surprise when he saw Merlin stopped so easily.
"Even if you don't believe it, you can only believe it." Merlin shrugged and glanced at the unconscious Lin Qiye, "If I really seal you here, he will definitely look for you crazily when he wakes up.
I have become the villain again who beats mandarin ducks."
"Is he going to look for me like crazy? Really?"
"Of course." Merlin raised an eyebrow, "He told me this morning that he likes you."
"He, he, he...did he really say that?"
Jialan's body trembled, and his cheeks quickly turned red. The calmness in his eyes had long since disappeared, replaced by unprecedented excitement and joy.
"Well, he is just still confused. Is this his own inner thoughts or the function of Cupid's arrow." Merlin waved his hand, "Explain it to him yourself. You still have to resolve matters between you. I
I can only help you so far.”
"Cough cough cough..."
Jialan coughed twice, suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, sat upright in the temple, looked at the figure in the magic robe in front of him, and said sincerely: