long night walk

Chapter 1638 Believer (one chapter is owed, will be made up tomorrow, I was delayed yesterday)

Bailian, lying on the ground, was dazed.

Although it was unlikely to be known, but Cangnan Yi's appearance at this moment gave him the feeling that as long as he opened his mouth to say that he was cold, he would lower his body and keep him warm.

As for how the heating method was used, Baili Anquan certainly didn't dare to think about it too deeply.

He coughed twice, suppressing his throat, and coughed out some of the cold air in his chest. Bailian moved his stiff joints, barely propped himself up, shook his head, and said, "Corpse demons don't know the extreme cold or heat, your majesty, don't worry."

The woman squatting on one knee had a straight posture. Somehow, she touched the nerves of the lady. She chuckled softly with an ambiguous tone, withdrew her hand from his cheek, and asked in a light voice, "Why did you choose to jump into the river just now?"

Drops of water from Bailian's body dripped down his clothes and hair, and golden light like sunlight fell on the calm river, as if a huge golden mirror was reflected in this endless world.

The golden light was scattered everywhere, and empty clouds were floating in the far sky. Billions of stars were as big as giant mountains, sinking in the rivers, and as small as tiny dust particles, twinkling.

However, although the golden light looked like sunlight, it did not contain any warmth.

Bailian wiped the water off his face and said calmly, "This is the address that the Queen told me. I just came here according to the Queen's instructions. What's wrong with that?"

There's nothing wrong with that, naturally.

But Cangnanyi was clear that in that situation just now, everyone could sense that the water in the rivers was also a living thing, the mountains here eat people, the soil eats people, and the trees and creatures also eat people.

If anyone were faced with a strange and surging river, it would be impossible for them to jump in without asking any questions without knowing the situation.

Even though Cangnan Yi's name is well-known throughout the ages, her followers have existed since ancient times, and their number is incalculable, and her believers are countless.

But most of her believers have petitions in their hearts and believe in her as if she were a god, simply because she is so powerful that she has the power to protect all living things. Therefore, they pray for peace and freedom from worries, and are not troubled by evil spirits or natural disasters.

But if she said that she wanted to let all the believers in the world rush to the desperate situation of death, she believed that no one could do what Bailian did, without hesitation, without saying a word, without any doubt, believing in her decision and putting it into practice.

In this way, he was the first person since ancient times to express his unreserved trust in her as a saint.

Even though Cangnan Yi, who has been worshipped for thousands of years, is very abstinent, he understands how precious this unknown trust is.

The universe was vast and quiet, with an endless expanse of water stretching for thousands of miles. The stars were above and below the feet. Only the lonely painted boat with big red lanterns rising slowly in the river without wind.

Bailian stood up from the railing, looked around calmly, and was silent for a while, as if thinking.

After a moment, he slowly asked, "Is there any way to break the impasse on this ship?"

Cangnanyi uses his spiritual consciousness to perceive this world. He can break the laws and reach places that countless living beings here cannot reach. He can see the truth of the mysterious world that countless living beings here cannot see.

Since she let Bailian come to this houseboat, there must be a reason behind it.

There is no wind on the river, but the pleasure boat moves automatically.

The wet clothes stuck to his body were hard to dry, Cangnan Yi straightened his clothes and said lightly: "In this world, all living things exist, nameless, shapeless, disordered, and unordered. You can understand the strange creatures here as a kind of 'monster' whose consciousness is polluted by this chaotic and abyssal world.

The monsters here also have clear hierarchical levels. They can improve their own strength, level and unlock some special abilities by cannibalizing their own kind.

Naturally, no matter in which world, there will always be some absolute overlords whose rules are difficult to violate.

This world is extremely vast. Just now, I used my spiritual awareness to cover tens of millions of miles, and the number of people who can truly be called overlords is very small, barely three."

Thousands of miles...

In such a short period of time, this woman's spiritual consciousness has spread over a vast area comparable to the nations and mountains of the world...

Obviously, Cangnanyi is not a demon fairy who specializes in spiritual ways, but she possesses such terrifying spiritual power that it is even superior to the Six Paths Divine Talisman.

For this woman, spiritual practice seems to have become a very casual thing for her, without too many particularities. But no matter which path she takes, she is always the most proficient and powerful one.

Bailian couldn't even sigh at this woman's rebelliousness and perversion. He said, "So, Madam, don't tell me that there is a hegemon-level existence hidden in this pleasure boat under us."

"That's not true."

Cangnanyi squinted at him, and before Bailian could breathe a sigh of relief, he continued, "You should say that what we are standing on now is one of the few overlords in this world of tens of millions of miles."

"A secluded boat under the river."

"According to the information I have obtained, this is the real name of this Overlord."

Balian: "..."

  So why bother with this thing?

After being speechless for a moment, Bailian seemed to understand something. He subconsciously looked at the beautiful and pale face of the queen and asked, "Can this ship take us away from here?"

Cangnanyi looked calm and said calmly: "I have seen this ship before in the Ten Forbidden Areas of Kunlun."

This also means that the boat, as a dominant existence in the Xuanyuan world, has the power to cross the void.

It's not about passing through the door to the sanctuary, but about breaking certain boundaries and rules and accidentally entering their world.

Bailian had never seen any information about such a barge in any book, which meant that even if this ship really crossed the void, it could only briefly appear in the Kunlun Pure Ruins outside the Six Paths as the remnant of an error within the law.

Even if one appears in Kunlun Jingxu, achieving this condition must be extremely difficult and harsh, and it is a rare opportunity.

Of course, it would be best if we could use this boat to leave this extremely strange world as soon as possible and return to Shu Ci.

But the current situation...

Bailian did not take his eyes off Cangnanyi. He stared at her for a while before slowly saying, "It's been so long, and your Majesty is just looking for a way to leave?"

Cangnanyi knew what he wanted to say. His dark blue pupils reflected the sparkling river water, and his eyes were as calm as the river. "It's you who want to leave here." Bailian frowned, looking a little unhappy: "What do you think, Madam, I went to so much trouble to bring you here for?"

Cang Nanyi said: "Young man, your purpose of sending me to the sect has been achieved, why are you still unwilling to leave? Do you really feel that I will not be able to move forward without you?"

  Bailian sneered and said, "If saving someone means taking her from one dangerous situation to another more dangerous and desperate situation, how is this different from killing someone?

What's more... before the queen said this, she couldn't even use her magic power to evaporate the moisture on her body, which really didn't convince her at all."

In response to Bailian's retort, Cangnanyi just crossed his arms and looked at him calmly, "So you plan to stay? The probability of the ghost ship appearing under this river is extremely low. If you miss the way home, I don't know how long you will stay in this world. Why? You don't want to go back to pick up your little fox?"

Judging from his age alone, the demon Shu Ci can be considered an old monster, but in her mouth, he seemed like an insignificant little fox.

Bailian resisted the urge to hit someone, closed his eyes and said, "The flow of this world is extremely slow and stagnant. I have stayed here for a thousand years, but it is only a stick of incense outside. It doesn't matter if I stay here for a little longer."

This young man is determined to protect her and help her get through this crisis safely?

Cangnanyi raised his eyebrows calmly.

In this world, there are not many people who can refuse her carefully arranged kindness.

However, she thought that she had never had any special feelings or favors towards this young man. After all, they only had some kind of relationship of passing on knowledge and teachings to each other in the past. Even though she saved him from Zhu Zhan, she had other plans.

And this young man, who had clearly long since refined the body of a great demon and restored his realm of cultivation, was unwilling to leave Kunlun Jingxu for a long time. Naturally, he did not have any special feelings for her, he just wanted to retrieve the heart of the Corpse King's minister.

But now, she was trapped here, in Kunlun Mountain. She first obtained the domain of the Water God, and then cooperated with Shu Ci, overwhelmed the group of immortals, and had the power to compete with Qing Ao. She wanted to complete the task, but it was just a piece of cake.

No matter how you look at it, there is no reason to spend time with her in such a dangerous place.

Now, from the perspective of the whole world, the vast majority of believers in the human world and the immortal world have begun to waver in their belief in the four words "demon fairy saint". I'm afraid they are all hoping that she will take this opportunity to return her soul to chaos and never return to its original state.

Even the laws of nature cannot tolerate her, but this kid has no idea what he is holding on to.

When people take action, there must be some need.

Cangnanyi lowered her eyelids, and a layer of light that was blurred by clouds and mist fell on her long eyelashes as black as crow feathers. She still had that compassionate and indifferent look on her face.

"Young man, what do you want...from me?"

Bailian was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect to hear such a sentence out of the blue.

He felt angry and amused, but he could also understand Cangnanyi's confusion.

"Qing Ao and I are enemies, and we have made a gentleman's agreement. We are both abiding by the covenant, and the Empress and I have also made an agreement to work together to fight the enemy. Since we are partners, there is no reason to abandon each other halfway.

Speaking from a personal point of view..."

Baili An paused, looked at the empress calmly, and said, "Excuse me for being blunt, but the empress protects the common people, guards the order and balance of the six paths, and is worshipped by the gods for eternity. As a saint, you protect the path with your own body, which is indeed a great righteousness. No one has been able to do it since ancient times, and the empress has indeed done an impeccable job.

But the reason why Your Majesty took such action and took on the responsibility for all the people is because you are a demon fairy saint, and you have been bound by this responsibility since birth.

Although you see the six realms of sentient beings, that is because you know what you should do. However, you are outside the six realms and have no sense of belonging to this world. You have no desire to go back.

Therefore, you can calmly accept your own death and fall arranged by the heavens."

"But I'm different."

Bailian's eyes were bright, and his pupils were as bright as the cold moon that had fallen into a deep well, blurring the boundary between light and darkness.

He said calmly: "There are many evil people in the world, but it is not all dark. There is still a beautiful side. I still love this world and want to find my own way in this world.

So I think, if even someone like the Empress is abandoned by this path, I don’t know where to go.

Your Majesty obeys the Way of Heaven, and it is destined that Heaven will abandon Your Majesty, but I think this is unreasonable.

I simply feel that someone like you shouldn’t be abandoned by others, abandoned by the world, and die silently in such an unknown place.”

There was no wind on the river, and the automatic boat moved forward slowly. The weak wind it brought gently pulled at the wet hems of the two people's clothes.

The clear water and flowing sand, the golden light from the sky, Cangnanyi's profile was bathed in it. She was silent and quiet, her pupils were reflected in the unknown light and seemed to be somewhat transparent, her eyelashes were like butterfly wings, so clear and beautiful that it made people sigh, like a salt lake that the wind couldn't bear to blow away.

After a long while, she suddenly sneered and said in an unpredictable manner, "What... is this?"

She raised her eyes and looked at Bailian calmly, saying, "This world has abandoned you to darkness twice, destroying you more thoroughly each time. Even the pure gods in heaven would fall into the devil because of this. How can you calmly accept all the curses brought to you by this world?"

Bailian held the railing with his hands, his eyes as calm as deep water, and said: "It is true that the world abandoned me twice, but it is also true that someone pulled me back to the world from the endless darkness twice. The boundaries between good and evil, darkness and light in human nature are not clear, so where does absolute despair and hope come from in the world?

Although you, my lady, have been abandoned by Heaven, you have Qingshui, Qingxuan and others who love and respect you and have given up everything just to wait for you to return. Although everyone in the world doubts you, there is one person in this world who believes in you and respects you. So I think it is worth it for you to return to Heaven once.”

Cangnanyi's gaze, which had been fixed on Bailian's face, shifted to somewhere else at some point. No one knew what she was thinking about, and she looked absent-minded, which was unusual for her.

When she turned her gaze away, her expression was as compassionate and focused as before, and a low laugh came from her throat.

Although he was laughing, it sounded more like a sigh.

"You said there was someone who believed in me and respected me. Who was that person?"

Bailian also laughed, his gaze was just like his actions, unreserved, clear and natural.

"If we are to truly worship gods in this world, and offer them sacrifices and worship them day and night, then in my heart there is only the Empress, and if you are willing, I am willing to be your only believer forever."