Volume 5: Qingming Chapter 51: Perfunctory
Xiaoman looked at Jiang You and then at Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo noticed her gaze, he raised his head, Xiao Man saw a little red in the depths of his pupils. A guess flashed through her mind, she suddenly turned her head and looked at Jiang You, "You are, you came from there too?"
"That's about right."
"How did you get here?"
"It was very difficult. I suffered a lot. I thought it would be fine after I got through it..." Jiang You sighed, "In the end, I was bound in this body. I couldn't adapt to it at first. I stayed in the house for a few days without going out. The neighbor next door came to knock on the door. I was hungry, but I could only endure it. I listened to her talking non-stop, and finally I just perfunctorily got through it. It was so miserable."
Jiang Mo glanced at Jiang You.
Jiang You went on, "Later, with my body like this, his classmates somehow got my address. Luckily, they knocked on the door for a while and thought I was not at home, so they left. I knew I couldn't stay at home, so I went through a lot of trouble to open a store. As a result, I had to get up , take care of the flowers and plants in the yard, and eat, eat snacks, and drink beverages. My body is prone to obesity, and if I get fat, people will say so. I also have to lose weight. It's so painful. Life is so difficult..."
"You're from there too," Xiaoman interrupted Jiang You's rambling, unfocused complaints and said, "You should help me."
"Why?"
"We used to be able to come and go freely, living in places with the most abundant and pure spiritual energy. Humans offered us food and souls on their own initiative, otherwise we would punish them. But now, the names of the past are gradually forgotten, and the new souls are tearing each other apart for survival. Before they can open their spiritual wisdom, they have already perished in the chaos," Xiaoman said, with a bit of madness in his blue-gray eyes behind the smoke. "If we continue like this, we will eventually perish."
"What does this have to do with me?"
Xiaoman tucked the messy hair that fell on her face behind her ears and said, "You must be curious about why this passage exists?"
"well enough."
“This is a channel God has opened for us.”
"God?" There was obvious disbelief in Jiang You's voice.
"Yes, not a false god, but a real god," Xiaoman emphasized again, "a god who can establish true laws, and this passage is the evidence. As long as the door is opened, we will no longer be bound by the laws of heaven, and we can descend here without rituals or fine products." Her expression became more and more excited, "God will take us back to our own era, and as one of us, you can choose your territory first."
"How can you guarantee that?"
"I can make a contract with you on behalf of God."
"I want the Western one. My son likes the big Western horse."
Jiang Mo rolled his eyes, turned around, and poked the cliff wall with his fingers.
"Okay." Xiaoman agreed.
"I have a few enemies outside. They are very fierce and difficult to deal with."
"God will kill them."
Jiang You thought about it and said, "I'll think about the remaining conditions."
"I need you to do something."
"What's up?"
"If what happened ten years ago happens again, the door will be completely opened. With your identity as a police officer, it will be easy for you."
"Where is God? Show up and let's see."
"It's not convenient for now..."
"Why is it inconvenient? Was he killed?"
Xiaoman's eyes dodged for a moment.
Jiang You reached out and slapped her hard on the face, "Then why did you make such a fuss with me?" He threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out, "You are stalling for time, you lied to me."
"I don't!"
" Are you making fun of me?" Jiang You leaned over and looked into her eyes. "You've been here for too long. You've forgotten how we survived over there."
Jiang You scratched his nails across her swollen cheeks.
Xiaoman's body trembled, and she said: "I am not lying, a trace of God's consciousness is sleeping in the door..."
After saying this, she realized something and bit her lips.
"Then what?" Jiang You asked softly.
Xiaoman turned her head away.
"Be obedient," Jiang You straightened her face, "We are from the same hometown, right? If you want me to help you, you have to tell me the truth. There are four people outside the gap now, all of whom are good materials, and the little girl who went in has tender flesh and sweet blood. The flesh and blood of these five people can at least open the door a little more."
Xiaoman listened to Jiang You's words and her eyes flickered.
"After dealing with them, I pretended to be missing as well, waiting for those who came to investigate. I reappeared and misled them," Jiang You's voice became softer and softer. "That little girl came down from the mountain, and the people who came to look for her would also be from the mountain. They all have beautiful bodies and souls."
"As long as we get the remains of God, God will be resurrected."
Xiaoman finally told her secret.
"Who are you to him then?"
"I am his servant, and I have been waiting for his return."
"A servant of God who can't even defeat a mountain spirit that has been sleeping for thousands of years?" Jiang You's tone suddenly became sarcastic.
"My magic weapon was not with me at that time..." Xiaoman stopped talking, she realized the change in Jiang You.
"That's all." Jiang You stood up straight.
"What?"
The fire lit up.
Xiaoman's entire skirt was on fire. She looked at Jiang You in disbelief and asked, "Why?"
"A few days ago, the weather was good, and I chose my team."
"You chose humans? Why?"
"Why so many whys? I finally retired and ended up in a place like this," Jiang You laughed. "On the street where I live, I can eat the eight major cuisines. I don't even have to leave the house. There's food, drinks, and entertainment. There are updates every day, novels , dramas, variety shows, and girls' white thighs. I'm not interested in staying in a so-called paradise. I practice cultivation all the time. I'm a civilian."
"You're going to betray us?"
"I am human."
"For your own temporary enjoyment..."
"I'm retired," Jiang You emphasized again. He stretched his hand out into the firelight and grabbed Xiaoman's neck. "The rules covering the chaos are constantly being eroded by the disordered power of chaos. Rules are born in chaos, and they will inevitably die in chaos. One will grow while the other will decline, but it is impossible for them to completely die. You don't have to worry too much. Just be fertilizer for the flowers."
He pulled out a wisp of blue-gray mist from Xiaoman's body, rolled it up in his hand, took out an empty Coke bottle from his bag, screwed the lid on, and let the mist in.
He turned and looked at Jiang Mo, "A Coke bottle is better."
“It’s hard to be a human being.”
"Let's go and close the door." Jiang You sucked in his stomach and squeezed into the cave.
