After landing ashore, the fourth ancestor was aging at a speed visible to the naked eye.
From the slight whiteness of his temples to the wrinkles on his face, in just ten minutes, the Fourth Patriarch showed his age.
I was dumbfounded, and even Zhou Xiaoshe and Han Hanxuan on the side looked in disbelief.
For ordinary people like us, snake demons are already rare to see, and seeing a snake demon that loves and hates humans is undoubtedly an even more shocking thing...
Facing the snake demon's questioning, I saw the fourth ancestor sighing slightly.
He pushed the snake demon away and said: "Because you are a demon..."
When the Fourth Patriarch said this, I clearly saw a trace of sadness flash in his eyes. I knew very well that the Fourth Patriarch was definitely not a heartless person.
The snake demon's face was full of disappointment, with tears in his eyes, and he said: "Just because I am a demon? So you stay away from me in every possible way, hate me... and in the end, you almost kill me. All this, just because I am a demon?"
"Yes, it's just because you are a demon, and humans and demons are different. I saved you from the roadside when you were dying. It was because you were still a little snake harmless to humans and animals. But I didn't expect that after a few years, you would also
I don’t know what I swallowed, and I started to become psychic and cold. You think I don’t know, how many times you secretly swallowed people’s hearts behind my back... I saw all the bloody and cruel scenes... As a person, I
How can the Chen family be with you?" Fourth Patriarch said.
The snake demon shook his head, tears came out of his eyes, and said: "Did you know that a snake's lifespan is only a dozen years. I didn't want to be separated from you, so I secretly swallowed the water of the past life, but I didn't expect that it would mutate... I ate people's hearts not just for the sake of it.
One day I can become stronger, turn into a human form, and stay with you. Why do you not understand me so much..."
The fourth ancestor had a cold face, and seemed not to want to reason with the snake demon's words.
His eyes were still on me and he said: "Let my Chen family go, Narcissus. For thousands of years, I have been immersed in the river of blood, and you have been entangled in the flowers. Some things, once they are in the past, you can't go back."
"No, I don't want the past, and I don't want the future, I just want to be with you now..."
"If you can't go back, let my descendants go. He carries the hopes of my Chen family. I don't want him to be buried here..."
"If you agree to stay with me, I will immediately release your descendants."
"Why bother with infatuation? This body of mine will disappear in a few moments. There is no need to be persistent, and don't force me..."
Seeing such a man and a monster in front of me, I couldn't help but feel pity.
Although the fourth ancestor had a cold expression, I always felt that what he said was not what he wanted to say.
The snake demon burst into tears and shook its head repeatedly, with countless disappointments in its eyes. It flicked the snake's tail and wrapped Han Xuanyuan and me again, hoping to threaten the fourth ancestor.
The fourth ancestor took one look and sighed.
Then, something happened that made my eyes burst with tears!
"Narcissus, you make me feel very disappointed..." the fourth ancestor said coldly. Suddenly, he dug his hand towards his heart, actually dug out his heart alive, and then threw it to the snake demon.
In front of him, he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't you like to devour people's hearts? How about I make a deal with you and use my heart in exchange for the lives of my descendants?"
The fourth ancestor's blood was flowing freely, and the heart that he had picked out with his bare hands was just thrown away at the feet of the snake demon.
When the snake demon saw this scene, it was also shocked on the spot. Even it did not expect such a strong side of the fourth ancestor.
The fourth ancestor's face instantly turned pale as a sheet, and he coughed up blood.
The snake demon suddenly panicked. It quickly held the heart of the fourth ancestor in its hands and looked at the fourth ancestor with tearful eyes, almost ready to collapse...
"Why, why do you treat me like this? Would you rather die than say a nice word to me?"
The snake demon couldn't help crying. It no longer had the intention to catch us. After throwing us away, it quickly went to the side of the fourth ancestor.
At first, the fourth ancestor didn't want it to come near, but after a while, the fourth ancestor's blood flowed all over the floor, and he could no longer hold on, and he immediately fell into the arms of the snake demon...
For a moment, the snake demon burst into tears. Looking at the fourth ancestor, he was already weakening...
"Fourth Patriarch!"
I hurriedly ran over. I still couldn't believe my eyes at this moment. The scene that could only be seen in this story actually appeared in front of me so vividly...
The fourth ancestor's body was aging rapidly. In less than a few seconds, his hair was already full of white hair and his face was covered with wrinkles.
Seeing that his breath was gradually disappearing, the fourth ancestor said quietly to the snake demon: "Narcissus, I am already like an old man, can you change your infatuation?"
"No, no matter what you become, I will never change my mind. Master, you cannot die. I want to save you. I must find a way to save you..."
The Fourth Patriarch showed his intention to die and said: "You can live without a heart, and you will die without a heart... My body has long been dead. I have been immersed in the river of blood for thousands of years just to maintain the last trace of my consciousness. You don't know how many times you have been filled with resentment."
When I was among the flowers, I looked at you silently in the river of blood..."
When the fourth ancestor said this, the snake demon was overjoyed, but then it cried harder. The fourth ancestor was already weak and his eyes gradually became dim.
Finally, the fourth ancestor used up his last strength, looked at me deeply, and said: "Hua Fan, my Chen family is not of the same origin as the people in this world. We are from another world. The other branch is more noble, but not the same."
The well-known blood inheritance, now, the hope of finding the secret of our origin and breaking the curse rests on you..."
I felt a heavy feeling on my shoulders. When I looked at the dying Fourth Patriarch in front of me, I felt so mixed in my heart that I didn't know what to say.
I know nothing about the origin of the Chen family. As for the curse, I am even more confused. Can I really be able to shoulder this responsibility?
I don't know in my heart, but what I can see is the endless trust in me in the eyes of the fourth ancestor...
A few seconds later, amid the snake demon's sobs, the Fourth Ancestor closed his eyes peacefully.
"Master, I have said that we will never leave you in life or death. Even if you die, I will not stay alone in this world. I turned into a demon just to be with you for a long time. I devoured people's hearts just to turn into human form to stay with you. Now you are gone.
Go, there is no point for me to stay in this world..."
The snake demon was so painful that he suddenly jumped into the river of blood while holding the body of the fourth ancestor.
After a while, the blood river became turbulent, and countless bloody waves swept in, turning the entire eighteen-story tomb building into a bloody hell...
"No, this place is going to collapse. Old man, hurry up and get your stuff and run away!"
Amidst Zhou Xiaoshe's greeting, I suddenly came to my senses and quickly turned around and ran to the blood jade coffin.
But when I opened the lid of the blood jade coffin, just when I was about to reach out and grab the human skin map, Liu Yu's corpse, whose eyes were closed and his face was bloody, suddenly opened his eyes...