The years I was in the human world

Chapter 136 Kong Qing, You Are Too Paranoid

Wei Ruge only said that he was investigating an old case, but he did not mention what he was investigating. Before Kong Que could ask more, he left without leaving a single word. Kong Que did not think much about it at first, thinking that he would be back in a few days, and continued to hone his sword skills in the ghost den, trying to go deeper.

Until March passed, a layer of early winter snow fell, and Wei Ruge did not come back. Kong Que felt something was wrong. The message she sent to him over a thousand miles fell on deaf ears. She could no longer sit still, and hurried back to Zhongting with the Zhaoyang Sword.

The elders in Zhongting said that her junior uncle went out a few months ago and never came back. It was said that he went to investigate the truth behind Xuefeng's death.

Kong Que subconsciously clenched her hands upon hearing this. She was afraid that her junior master would see her true face, but these emotions were soon replaced by worry. She immediately asked, "Do you know where he went?"

No one knew where Wei Ruge had gone, so Kong Que had no choice but to seek help from the monk whose comment had ruined her mother's life. Master Ling Zhong looked at her without any sadness or joy, and said in a mysterious voice: "Lingshan."

Peacock had never seen such a group of people. They ate up all the flesh and blood of a man and left his head. The man's eyes were closed, as if he was just asleep, but under his neck was a pile of white bones.

Kong Que saw Lu Zhouxue's skeleton on the altar of Wuxiang State. In a flash, the skeleton seemed to have become her mother. The corpse swaying on the stone pillar with eyes closed became Zhu Huang. She seemed to hear someone's conspiracy in her ears. They said:

"Zhu Huang has the blood of the ancient true god. If we get her soul, our clan will be able to reshape its Dharma body in the near future!" This is the Wuxiang people who are rumored to have the blood of gods.

“Phoenix Tempering is a thing from the divine world. Those who obtain it can pursue the divine path.” This is from the monk Zhongting, who claims to be a famous and righteous person.

"If it weren't for the demon pill contributed by our clan, how could Li Lanyin give birth to a phoenix with a divine soul? The divine bone demon clan must account for half of it." This is the demon clan that looks down on the hypocrisy and affectation of human cultivators.

"The Xie family of the Southern Dynasty has divine blood inherited in their bloodline. Isn't Baili Changqing's little disciple the orphan of the Xie family? I want him." This is the Demon Lord who disdains to become a god and only pursues power.

The sounds of disputes over the division of the spoils were noisy in Peacock's ears, with too many conspiracies that she had never known before. She hugged her head and looked around in panic. She wanted to know what these sounds were, where they came from, and why she heard them: "What..."

The scene in front of him changed in an instant. The altar where the corpses were hung in the Wuxiang Kingdom became the Dongshan Mountain that Zhu Huang defended to the death. Peacock saw a bright woman in red clothes standing on the dangerous building. She was holding a young girl in her arms and letting the child pull her hair and play with her, laughing happily.

"Mother, why are we standing here?" Peacock didn't understand at that time. He just felt that the distant place outside the city was too desolate and could not compare to the flowers blooming in the four seasons in the courtyard.

"Kong Qing doesn't like it here?" Yu Zhao asked her with a smile.

"I don't like it. The soil is too yellow and bare. It doesn't look good." The peacock replied. Children's joy is always so simple.

"The grandfather who gave you maltose on East Street, and the grandmother who always cut a piece of glutinous rice cake for you when she sold it, do you like them?" Yu Zhao still smiled gently and thought for a while.

"I like it. Grandpa is very kind. Grandma speaks harshly but is very nice to me. And the sister who makes tofu at the crossroads will make little flowers for me." Peacock lowered her head and counted every person who loved her in Guancheng.

"If it's for them, Kong Qing is willing to stand here?" Yu Zhao pinched Kong Que's face and asked.

"Yes." Peacock answered without hesitation.

"Good girl." Yu Zhao smiled with her eyes curved. She rubbed her daughter's head. Her peacock was very well behaved. She knew who was kind to her and would be grateful. "So we must guard this city, protect them, and protect everyone who loves us. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Peacock, who was still ignorant of justice and responsibility, agreed to his mother's words, and then made a firm promise, "Mom, protect them, then I will protect you!"

"Aha." Yu Zhao couldn't help laughing at Kong Que's innocent words. She kissed her daughter's cheek lovingly and said softly, "Mother can protect herself and also protect us Kong Qing. You just need to be happy."

The sun was setting at that time, and the city behind them was full of laughter. Neither the mother nor the daughter thought that they would not be able to fulfill their promise to each other.

The evil ghosts that climbed up from the ancient battlefield slaughtered the city gate with blood overnight. The old man who made maltose was frightened to death, the old lady who steamed glutinous rice cakes had her soul devoured by the evil ghosts, and the girl who made tofu at the crossroads died suddenly and became a wild ghost who could not enter the reincarnation.

Yu Zhao fought desperately to defend the last line of Dongshan, but failed due to the collaboration between Yaoguang and the evil spirits. What happened later was that Zhu Huang colluded with the evil spirits, and was trapped in Fenghuangtai for a hundred years and died unjustly, without even a piece of his clothes left behind.

The peacock, who used to be the most grateful, has become a heartless person who will do anything to achieve her goals. She looked at the Red Phoenix gradually disappearing in the flames of the Phoenix Terrace, and threw herself into the flames trying to grab something, but when she missed, she couldn't help but let out a shrill cry.

The stories in the human world are always about mothers being betrayed by their fathers and then taking their anger out on their children.

During the days when Zhu Huang's scapula was pierced and she was locked in the Phoenix Terrace to draw her blood, she looked as haggard as described in the storybook, but she did not go crazy, and she did not curse all day long.

When no one is looking for trouble, she will slowly teach Peacock some truths and wisdom. She tells her: "The Court of Finals is rotten to the core, and everyone is despicable. But just because everyone does it doesn't mean it's right. What's important is what you should do."

Sometimes, because she was too hateful to torture him, and she didn't want Kong Que to be affected by her hysteria, she would always gently call Kong Que to her side and tell him: "Kong Qing, go find your brother for your mother."

Because of this, Kong Que once thought that Yu Zhao really wanted to see Ye Jin, and always spared no effort to invite her. However, Ye Jin never came, and Yu Zhao never asked about the follow-up. Kong Que was secretly relieved for this, until many years later she realized that her mother just didn't want to drag her down with her.

Kong Que knew that Zhu Huang couldn't let her go, because she kept saying until her death: "Kong Qing, I left you behind..."

The mother actually didn't want to leave. Kong Que thought about this with tears in her eyes more than once. Even though it was so painful, he was still willing to stay for her. But Yu Zhao still died, or rather, attained Nirvana. And Xue Feng came, who had no connection with her except her memories.

So that's why Yaoguang could easily provoke her to backstab Lu Zhouxue with just one sentence that day. She wanted to find her mother so much, but Zhu Huang's Nirvana left nothing behind, so she could only gamble on Lu Zhouxue - even though he was very good to her.

But all the gamblers lost their fortunes without exception, Kong Que did not get what she wished for, Lu Zhouxue died, Yu Zhao did not come back, and she stumbled forward in regret and helplessness in the years that followed.

It’s not so much that she couldn’t look back, but rather that she didn’t dare to look back. She was afraid that once she looked back, she would give up, and then she would lose even that one in ten thousand chance.

"I will give you a clue." The Heavenly Dao, which had been silent for a long time, gave instructions again. He said that Zhu Huang's soul was scattered and attached to the soul of every Wuxiang person. Some of these Wuxiang people were full of evil, while others were purely innocent.

It all depends on Peacock himself whether to choose to kill everyone and refine their souls to revive Zhu Huang, or to lay down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot.

"What can I get if I don't kill them?" Peacock once bargained with the Heavenly Dao.

"Ascend to the divine realm and become a god." Tiandao's answer was concise and to the point. This was the opportunity He bestowed on Zhu Huang back then, but it ultimately became her death warrant. Now He was using the same conditions to bribe Yu Zhao.

"Cheng Shen, can you ask me to save my mother?" Peacock asked again.

"Since you are a god, you should not be bound by worldly things." This is what it means to be unable to do so.

"I don't want to be a god, I just want to save my mother." Peacock said without thinking, if becoming a god cannot save her mother, then becoming a god has no appeal to her.

"Mother, I will save you. I will definitely save you." During the hundred years at Phoenix Terrace, Peacock actually practiced desperately for a period of time like he is doing now.

"Okay, mom will wait." Yu Zhao responded gently at first, until Kong Que acted too hastily and almost went insane.

Yu Zhao, who was always tolerant, said something harsh for the first time. She said, "If you want to cultivate a demon, do you still want me to drag this body around to clean up your mess?"

But after she finished saying this, she started to cry. This woman who had been proud and unyielding all her life showed her helplessness for the first time. She sighed sadly: "Girl, mother can't protect you now. Everything depends on you, so you must not make any mistakes. If you are possessed by a demon, your conscienceless father will definitely kill you for the sake of justice. What will you let me do then?"

"Mom, I was wrong, please don't cry." Peacock wiped Zhao's tears in a hurry, and as he spoke, he started crying too.

"Girl, mother can wait, don't be anxious, understand?" Yu Zhao let Kong Que wipe her tears, and said earnestly, "As for those unorthodox methods, don't touch them. For those who achieve the Great Dao, the most important thing is to be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, and worthy of the common people. Do you understand?"

"Mother, you are worthy of all the people in the world, but how can all the people in the world be worthy of you?" The Peacock now looks at Yu Zhao at that time, burying her head and sobbing in pain. If she had the strength she has today earlier, how could she have to watch Zhu Huang die in lust?

The Wuxiang people have the blood of gods. Documents handed down from generation to generation once said that they were descendants of gods. However, the blood of gods did not make the Wuxiang clan prosperous. Instead, it became weaker and weaker as it was passed down from generation to generation. Moreover, because of the crime of possessing a treasure, it attracted the covetousness of many parties. For thousands of years, the only strong person was the Wuxiang goddess.

But the goddess Wuxiang was not there. She was busy planning the way to heaven with Yaoguang. So it was easy for Peacock to respond to the will of heaven and massacre the Wuxiang Kingdom. In many cases, it takes a hundred years to save a person, but killing someone is just a blink of an eye.

It took only half a month to massacre the Wuxiang Kingdom. After the last head of the Wuxiang tribe fell to the ground, the second snow of winter slowly fell. The goose-feather-like snow fell layer by layer, covering up the killing and bloodshed in the city. The peacock was half covered in blood, like an evil demon Shura.

A figure as bright as the moon stood not far away and watched all this in disbelief. The oil-paper umbrella in his hand fell to the ground, stained with blood and mud. He murmured as if he was afraid of being awakened from his dream: "Little nephew, what are you doing?"

That's Wei Ruge.

When Peacock heard the voice, she was startled at first, and then a desperate smile appeared on her face. Yes, what was she doing? She came to find Wei Ruge because Ling Zhong said he was here, so she came to Wuxiang Kingdom. But inexplicably, she was bewitched and caught by him in the massacre of the city.

"Junior Master, didn't you see it? Why are you asking even though you already know the answer?" Kong Que threw the Zhaoyang sword in his hand to the ground and sat casually on the blood-soaked mud, looking at Wei Ruge with a numb expression.

"..." Wei Ruge didn't seem to know where to start. He closed his eyes weakly, holding the scroll with the truth of the old case in his hand tightly and then tightening it again. Finally, it fell lightly like snowflakes in the sky. He said calmly, "You disappoint me."

The test of heaven was given to him first, so Wei Ruge knew very well what Peacock would encounter. Therefore, he knew the current situation very well without any explanation: Peacock was indeed not the Peacock he thought she was, and in order to achieve her goal, she would even kill innocent people.

"What do you know? Uncle Wei, what do you know?!" Peacock suddenly became hysterical after being stung by Wei Ruge's words. "My mother is dead, and I want to save her. Is that wrong? You all don't care about her, so you can be noble and upright, but I do care!"

"Junior Master, I thought we were the same, but why do you want to blame me too?" Peacock burst into tears as she spoke, like an abandoned child. She pretended to be strong and wiped the blood and tears from her face, only to find that her face was covered with wounds. The blood was not from someone else, but from her.

"I never knew you thought this way." Wei Ruge looked very sad. He never thought that Peacock was so paranoid that he even tried to resurrect the dead. He dragged her into the test of heaven because he wanted her to fight for a way to become a god by herself, but he didn't expect that she chose the abyss herself.

Peacock stared at him without saying anything. Wei Ruge sighed, put away the scroll in his hand before he could ask Peacock for confirmation, and continued: "There were rumors in the court that you had stabbed Xue Feng, so I went to investigate it myself. I wanted to come back and ask you about it, but now it seems unnecessary."

“Junior apprentice brother, I also thought that we were the same, full of passion and pursuing justice.” Wei Ruge seemed to think that what he said next was too harsh. He paused and changed the subject, “Karma and reincarnation, good and evil will be rewarded, Kong Qing, you are too paranoid.”

After Wei Ruge finished speaking, he turned around and left quietly. His back looked lonely in the snow. Peacock sat there and watched him leave. She had an extremely strong thought in her heart. She knew that their friendship had ended here.