East of Eden

Chapter 16 MONODY

The daylight faded, and the East 1 time zone fell into a long night, and in the desert at its northeast corner, in a city of scorched earth eroded by wind and sand, a rare golden light rose.The pyramids in the hands of the four gods shone with dazzling light, and the "collective resurrection" of the sculptures that had been silent for 3000 years sent out the first cry to mankind.

In the boundless darkness, the stars almost merged with the night, but the tag engraved with his name was shining and hot, like a burning meteor falling on his chest.

"Impossible..." Cold sweat broke out on Shano's back, and the fear of facing the huge unknown enveloped him.In the city, everyone’s face is cut into half shadow and half light, they seem to be placed in an overexposed picture, all colors are swallowed by strong light, and the whole world is only left with black, white and a few surrealism Phnom Penh.

Xing knelt in the center of the circular city and raised his head.At this time, the swords of the Sakuwas fell from their hands one after another, and they were sucked into the sky by an incredible force. The blades hung downwards above their heads, like the sword of Damocles in mythology. The Sword of Ultimate Judgment!

The man holding the sword array did not intend to attack, his expression was extremely calm, even with a trace of fragility that belonged to a boy.However, as he clenched his fist slightly, all the swords slammed down from the air, causing a heavy rain.In an instant, the golden light splashed everywhere, the blade cut across the diagonal line and embedded into people's feet, the sand and stones cracked, and everything shattered. People screamed or closed their eyes in despair, but Xing stood up facing the sword rain, straightened his back, and followed the last A sword fell from the sky and nailed into the ground between him and Shano.

The sword was nailed an inch in front of Shano's feet, he couldn't say a word, he could only look at Cang Xing blankly.The rain of swords stopped, and the sky and the earth returned to silence. Only then did people realize that the sword had miraculously avoided everyone, and only landed in the gap between people. The scorched earth city seemed to be full of monuments—this was not punishment or revenge for them. It's a deterrent.

Xing glanced at Shano, and no one could tell the meaning of his gaze. At this moment, the golden light went out, and the halo surrounding Yelan City turned into floating dust. of cooling.

Pure darkness enveloped the four fields.

"Yasseniadesperado...Yasseniadesperado... (Yasseniadesperado)"

In the darkness, a person came walking on petals with a low voice. It was the black-robed priest of Sakuva.He dragged his old body to the star, put down his cane, knelt down slowly, and kissed the toe of the man's shoe reverently.The man didn't move, just looked down at him, frowning puzzledly.

"Visitors from afar, revived souls, honorable judges, please accept my apology." The silver-haired old priest took out a small golden object from his sleeve, and put his hands on the top of his head: "This is the fragment of your holy object, now I would like to return it to you."

The sacred object had just been dug out of the soil, and it was still covered with fragments of dirt, like a small golden petal, engraved with strange lines, and the lines were intertwined into patterns similar to words.Xing took a deep breath, picked it up carefully and slowly, and then held it tightly.There is a touch of warmth in the palm of the hand, and the holy object has a weak heartbeat like a fetus, and the frequency of their heartbeats matches each other.He has guarded his old friend for 3000 years on the top of the snow mountain, and finally meets again.

"You killed my people just now, and your hands are covered with Sakuwa's blood. Even so, I still want to kiss the back of your hand piously, and ask you to accept the confession from a priest." The old man burst into tears, Solemnly took Xing's hand, helped him wipe away the blood bit by bit, and then left a deep kiss on the clean place.

"What are you trying to say?" Xing took a step back.

"I want to say that all of this is Zhu Si's guidance." The old man reached into the black cloak, and when he took it out again, there was a hanging tag in his palm.

"We are the same people with the same mission."

Xing couldn't be more familiar with the appearance of that hanging tag. It is black and purple, and its texture is like frosting. The three words "Du Chunfeng" are engraved on the front, and a pigeon soaring with wings is engraved on the back.

"History of the Everlasting Twilight" (clay tablet)

Age: about 3000 years ago, serial number: BIC-20001890, now in the National Museum of Jinsha City

"There was a big tsunami in the southern part of the Guthras Ocean. The tsunami washed a child onto an isolated island. He was later Zhu Siliang Shiheng. This boy had blond hair and golden eyes from the Western Continent, but his appearance was as handsome as that of the Eastern Continent. A kind-hearted fisherman adopted him and raised him until he was five years old.

At the age of five, the original Zhu Si was seriously ill, and Emperor Donglu Shuangyue sent the Far East Knights to find the next candidate for Zhu Si.At the age of six, Liang Shiheng was selected by Zhu Si, and the Silver Pigeon Knight Du Chunfeng served as his guardian.Du Chunfeng is a member of the Sakuwa tribe. He led Liang Shiheng to the northern capital of the Yin Kingdom and lived in a small city called Yelan, where the Sakuwa lived.

At the age of ten, Yuan Zhusi passed away, and Liang Shiheng was officially awarded the title of Zhusi. The emperor took him to the Eastern Capital Palace, and Liang Shiheng lived in the observatory of the palace.However, despite his prophecy, the state of Yin continued to decline day by day.

At the age of 12, in the battle with Qi State in Xizhou, the Middle East Lu Yin State was retreating steadily. Emperor Shuangyue asked for peace talks, and offered blessings to Qi State in accordance with the armistice agreement proposed by the other party.Liang Shiheng embarked on the road to the west, and finally arrived at Xizhou two years later.

(A large clay tablet is missing, and the handwriting is illegible)

At the age of 25, Suspian II, the great emperor of Xizhou, believed that Zhu Si's rumors would confuse the public and damage the honor of the empire, so he ordered Liang Shiheng to be killed and tried to destroy the "sacred object" he had spent ten years making.Zhu Si was bound to the Sword of Heaven's Punishment. Thousands of Royal Yong soldiers guarded the execution ground. The people wailed and it rained heavily. "

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"This is the first time I've seen such heavy rain." On the execution platform, Liang Chen muttered to himself, the rainwater slid down his cheeks, condensed into water droplets on his chin, and fell suddenly.Below him is a dense crowd, everyone is looking up at him, the Royal Yongjun has a serious expression, they are wearing golden armor, holding swords and shields, while the people in ragged clothes are crying and shouting.

The Sword of Heaven's Punishment has been used as an altar for execution since ancient times. It is shaped like a long sword piercing into the center of the earth. The prisoners are bound by countless iron chains that restrain mana, and no one can escape.Liang Chen's mask was ripped off, his white robe was stained with dust, and his blond hair was tied into strands due to the rain, sticking to his face in a mess. Even so, he was still beautiful, and all Zhusi were beautiful.Slender eyelashes, golden pupils, long clean eyebrows, deep collarbones... All these are set off by pale skin, making him float in the wind like a piece of white paper .

Since he was a child, he has pondered a question for a long time: What is God?What is fate?Lao Zhusi told him that the god is not a sculpture enshrined high on the altar, but a white flower trampled in the mud by all living beings.As for fate, no one told him what it was.

The trumpets sounded and the execution began.A long scythe was hoisted by a hoist and hung above his head.Liang Chen smiled contemptuously. He felt that the execution was nothing more than that, so he hummed softly and let the rain drenched his whole body.If someone asked him why he was not afraid at that time, he would tell you with confidence: "Someone will take me away." As sure as all the predictions he made.

Twelve stout men grabbed the sickle, shouted slogans "hey, hey, hey", and finally reached the designated position, and the sickle also rose to the highest point of the Sword of Heaven's Retribution, like a crescent moon. Now, as long as Sa At the order of Spencer II, Zhu Siliang Shiheng, who was once glorious in the past, will be separated in an instant.

The Great Emperor raised his hand, but he seemed to hesitate and did not drop it for a long time.

At this moment, two teams came from the east and west respectively, one white and one black, tearing open two cracks in the golden armor.In the east, the Silver Pigeon Knight Du Chunfeng led the white army. They came from the far east, and they traveled long distances just to save Liang Shiheng at the last moment; while in the west, the black army, no one knew their origins, even Du Chunfeng couldn't tell the difference. That is friend or foe.

I saw scarlet banners intertwined in the wind, dense spears stood everywhere, black cavalry lined up in horseshoe formations and rushed into a piece of golden armor, and thousands of troops retreated backward.The man leading the black cavalry is carrying a spear. The body of the spear is made of black crystal, with a cold light flowing through it. bright.

The black and white teams meet under the Sword of Heaven's Retribution, the silver dove flag and the scarlet flag face each other, Du Chunfeng tightens the reins, and the horse neighs.The leader on the opposite side slowed down, but did not stop. Du Chunfeng noticed that it was not an orthodox army at all, but a team assembled by barbarians. They didn't even have armor, and their weapons were all trophies captured from other places. has a special deterrent effect.

"I am Cang Xing." The leader of the Black Legion brushed past him, holding a sign in his hand.He has a pair of deep black eyes, and his appearance is as handsome as his spear. People can't accurately describe his aura, but they feel like eagle wings covering the sky, and everything is dimmed in front of him.

Du Chunfeng didn't know him, but he knew the brand. He also had one. It was a token left by Liang Shiheng to his cronies.They are in the same position, and they all came to rescue Zhu Si.

"Follow me!" Cang Xing's eyes did not rest on him, and as soon as he flicked the rein, the horse galloped quickly, and the black cavalry uttered a whimper, following the man towards the execution ground like a black whirlwind.

Du Chunfeng was stunned. It was the first time he was ordered by someone. The Donglu Protector and the famous Silver Pigeon Knight were ordered by a barbarian from the northern wilderness, not to mention that they had never met each other before.Du Chunfeng hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "Go!" Leading the knights to catch up with the barbarians, the black and white teams were intertwined and gradually twisted into one strand.

"kill--!"

The Royal Yong army in golden armor rushed towards them like a tide, knives collided with knives, shields collided with shields, and Cang Xing rode his black horse and rushed out of the encirclement, only one person, carrying a The gun had already reached the center of the execution ground. Suspian II stared at this defiant guy, stood up and ordered: "Cut!"

The sickle fell from a high place, and Du Chunfeng saw this scene from a distance, and could hardly grasp the knife in his hand. "Don't—!" He yelled, watching the scythe irreparably hit Liang Shiheng's neck.

However, a golden arc cut off the trajectory of the scythe, and the scythe flew into the sky to become a black spot, and then fell to the ground with a crash, directly splitting the Sword of Heaven's Punishment in two!Du Chunfeng stopped his hands, and all the soldiers on both sides stopped their hands. They stared wide-eyed and half-opened their mouths, watching in a daze as the upper part of the Sword of Heaven's Punishment slid down and sank into the ground with a bang.

This is magic...and definitely not from Liang Shiheng...Could it be Cang Xing?But how could he use Zhu Si's spell?

"I said, someone will take me away."

Amid the flying sand and dust, Du Chunfeng seemed to hear Liang Shiheng's voice with a slight smile, saying that he was sure of winning.As the dust cleared, a black horse passed by, and someone on the horse shouted at him: "Pure Wind, it's time to get out!"

So Du Chunfeng raised his head and saw Liang Shiheng. He was sitting behind Cang Xing's horse with a broken iron chain on his wrist. Flying in the wind and rain.It was the first time Du Chunfeng saw Liang Shiheng showing such an expression, happiness?hapiness?gentle?He couldn't describe it, but he could see his trust in Cangxing, and... an unconditional preference.

Cang Xing, the favored guy still stared straight ahead, swung away the flying feather arrows with his spear, and there was a sharpness in his black eyes.He was desperately protecting the people behind him from harm, and Liang Chen also entrusted his all to him.

"Hurry up." Cang Xing said.

"Ok!"

Rolling horseshoes trampled over the puddles of water on the muddy land, Du Chunfeng also led his white army to join them, and followed them to the endless plain below the hillside.

"Master Zhu Si, who is he to you?"

In Du Chunfeng's eyes, Liang Shiheng was always a little brat, a smart and powerful little bastard. After not seeing him for many years, this little brat began to have his own secret.

After traveling day and night, they finally came to a castle hidden in a valley as a temporary refuge.Liang Chen untied the shackles that bound mana, and sent Cang Xing to rest in the room first, so that he could face Du Chunfeng's questioning alone.

"I knew you would ask this, Teacher Du." Liang Chen stretched his wrists and sat in an armchair: "Did you see his tag?"

"I saw it."

"Then you should know that he is a very important person to me, just as important as you, White Elk, and Ye Pulong."

"I'm afraid it's different." Du Chunfeng also sat down, took some tobacco and stuffed it into a pipe: "What's the relationship between you two?"

"If I'm telling the truth..." He smiled, his pretty eyes flickering under the light: "It's the kind of relationship you're most worried about."