The swallows do not return, it is late in spring, and the apricot blossoms are cold in the misty rain.
In a villa, there is a vigorous and towering apricot tree. At the end of winter and spring, it is also the day when the apricot blossoms are in full bloom.
The fragrance of flowers floats in the wind, and the light fragrance is intoxicating. The apricot blossom never shows off itself, it comes and goes silently, like yarn, like a dream, like fog. It is bathed in the sunshine of spring and the baptism of cold winter.
Under this beautiful apricot tree, two men were sitting who looked very similar, but had obvious differences in clothing and temperament.
One of them was wearing a moon-white robe, and he waved the goose feather fan gently in his hand, blowing away the apricot blossoms that fell around him.
His face was fair but slightly haggard, and he looked a little frail.
It's just that his eyes are exceptionally bright, containing the brilliance of reason.
The other one is dressed in red, with a red scholar's robe, a red feather fan, and a red crown. Such flamboyant colors give people a strong visual impact.
When it comes to aura, he is also more domineering than before.
It is a kind of pride that does not bother to hide oneself, and it is also a kind of self-confidence that can ignore the world.
At this time, both of them were watching the live broadcast of the Q&A space, and the video in the light screen ended exactly when Lin Mo told Shan Tathagata that there was no longer the great dragon head of the Blue Dragon Society in the world.
The man holding an ordinary goose feather fan took the lead and said:
"Your choice doesn't seem wise."
"Oh? You finally took the initiative to speak. For more than two years, from the moment you saw me, you didn't say a word.
Secretly, he quietly arranged 379 killing moves that can kill me.
It's a pity that 320 of them were discovered by me before they were activated. As for the remaining 59, 17 led to the complete annihilation of the Ouyang branch family and Da Ting lineage.
Nineteen kinds of causes led to the death of nearly 90% of the Ouyang branch, the great dream lineage, leaving only great dream Zuo Cheng, Ouyang Shu and several of his family members alive.
And the last twenty-three kinds of things have completely consumed all the information that Master Ouyang has accumulated over the years."
The corners of the man's mouth holding the Vermillion Bird Feather Fan were slightly raised, and his tone was calm but also had a touch of sarcasm.
These two people are naturally Ouyang Chili and his projection clones in this world.
The projection clone looked at Ouyang Chili's deliberate display of pride and said coldly:
"You didn't answer my question."
Ouyang Chili shook his head slightly and said:
"In the past, I really didn't understand people's hearts. I thought that by abandoning all emotions, I could maximize my so-called wisdom.
This logic itself has a fatal error. I really pity those members of the Ouyang family who died because of your ignorant temptation."
The projection clone took a deep breath. He knew that the other party was fighting for the right to speak, but the word ignorance still stung him deeply.
"From the moment you appear, the outcome of this world has been determined. It doesn't matter if you die early or die later."
Ouyang Chili raised his eyebrows, and the originally smug smile disappeared.
"Since you know your fate, why bother struggling to your death?"
The projection clone looked at the apricot petals that fell on his shoulders. This time he did not blow them away with the goose feather fan, but just tapped them gently with his slender fingers.
The apricot petals trembled slightly, then turned into nothingness.
"I'm just unwilling. As you said, there were logical errors in the path I took from the beginning. I can't rationally look at my meaningless death."
"If that is not meaningless, I understand you because I was you once, and you don't understand me because you don't know the changes that have taken place in me from a certain day.
But one thing I have never changed is that I will not do some unnecessary things like a cat playing tricks on a mouse. If I was going to kill you, I should have done it long ago."
This sentence made the projection clone's eyes light up. When he saw Ouyang Chili pointing at his eyebrows, he hesitated for a moment, but did not dodge.
After a while of burning incense, he silently digested the information in his mind and looked at Ouyang Chili with some surprise.
"You must imitate that great wisdom and rely on the consciousness of countless Ouyang Chili to combine into a mastermind to assist you, so as to achieve the only true self!"
Ouyang Chili nodded, then shook his head and said:
"I only need one hundred and eight, one hundred and eight Ouyang Chili's consciousnesses with different experiences.
You are a special case. Because of the special nature of this projection world, I know you well enough, and I have a better idea of what you are really seeking at this time.
You long to defy heaven and become a member of the fourth Ouyang family that conquers heaven.
But because of your own life form, you are restricted from giving up all rational thinking.
Finally, I can tell you one thing. In fact, those three ancestors of the Ouyang family who are half sons of Shengtian are all me, and they are me from other projections of time and space.
Because of their outstanding performance, their experiences are reflected in every projected world, and even affect the main world.
And the reason why they succeeded was that they gave up their own lives, or in other words, they won an imperfect victory at the moment before the fire of life was extinguished."
This time, the projection clone was silent for a long time, until the apricot petals on the apricot tree covering their heads had fallen, and they looked at the bare branches.
He had the answer in his heart, but there was also a trace of struggle.
"It's the same problem, I don't think it's wise for you to choose Lin Mo.
From my investigations over the past two years and from some of the future images revealed by the question and answer system, I have always felt that he is not qualified as a monarch for us to be loyal to."
Ouyang Chili sighed helplessly, and touched the projected clone's eyebrows with his fingertips again.
As the extra information in his mind was completely digested, the projection clone's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he whispered to himself:
"Divided good and evil, unique obsession, dark tactics of war, the son's head sacrifice, the body that returns to nothingness, the destined one, the infinite future, and the courage to defeat the will of God.
Not bad, very good, your vision, no, our vision is really good."
After saying these words, he suddenly stood up and waved the goose feather fan in his hand. The courtyard and the almond tree gradually became distorted and then slowly turned into an illusion.
When he looked at Ouyang Chili again, there was no emotion in his eyes, only absolute reason and coldness.
“I didn’t know when I was tricked.
It was at the 320th move, no, it was from the moment you and I first met.
Last question, how strong are you now?"
Ouyang Chili looked calm and said:
"I'm just a weak scholar."
When the Vermilion Feather Fan in his hand waved gently, the scene in front of him was shattered. When Ouyang Chili opened his eyes, he happened to see Emperor Shitian observing his situation next to him.
Then he stood up, bowed his hands and said:
"Lord Heavenly King, I took this first step by luck. Thank you for teaching me the method of condensing the great wisdom and consciousness."
Emperor Shitian waved his hand: "So now should I call you Great Wisdom, or Great Cleverness?"
Ouyang Chili's eyes trembled slightly:
"Great wisdom can only come from Mr. Quezhou.
As for the great cleverness... I always feel that the King of Heaven is looking forward to me receiving this title."