The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Mikael, help me again..."

When their eyes met, Hua raised her eyebrows and moved her lips slightly, as if she was afraid that others would not know that she was secretly communicating with Mikael.

"But... this is your Taixu Mountain after all... it is a matter between you and your master and disciple. I am an outsider, so I'd better not interfere."

Mikael crossed his arms and his answer flowed back to Hua's mind as softly as water.

"Alas..."

Hua sighed, then stood up without any warning and walked slowly to the center of the room.

She pondered for a while, and even Mikael could not figure out what she was thinking for a while. She only saw her lips tightly pursed, her eyelids slightly closed, and her eyes were just on the floor tiles under her feet.

In the wide long sleeves, her fists slowly clenched, then slowly loosened, and then clenched again.

She was confused and she really didn't know how to deal with this matter.

This was the future that Mikael had told her five thousand years ago. If it was unexpected, it was not unexpected at all.

But not being surprised does not mean that she can accept such betrayal, especially after Mikael had conveyed some of the "facts" through Otto, she had hoped that her disciples would stop before it was too late. But it seems that the inertia of the so-called fate is too strong, and they finally joined forces to set up this killing array... Of course, Hua knew that Mikael's tricks were not meaningless. At least, he successfully won a better result for himself-at least, Su Yi did not draw her sword, Wan Xi and Wan Ru sisters did not make any effort, Chao Yu, who should have cut off her right ankle from behind, chose to hug her target, and Ling Shuang, who should have stabbed a fatal sword, gave her a hint with a dead leaf... Even Su Mei, who was stubborn, did nothing more than block a sword for Yan Qing... That's all. Compared with the original ending, all seven people drew their swords, only the little apprentice sister Su Yi wanted to inform before the incident, and hesitated when she drew her sword... This is all that happened in Yu Duchen's illusion. If we add the result of Mikael's calculation, after they killed their master, only Su Yi's sword heart was broken and she secretly moved her body and the key of domination afterwards.

This does not mean that others are not in pain. For example, her only male disciple Yan Qing will make trouble everywhere in the next twenty years, just to... die.

Ling Shuang will make a big fuss in southern Xinjiang, make herself unacceptable in the Central Plains, and finally die alone in the desert.

The most ironic thing is that they killed their master for the sake of "demon must be killed", but they always abided by this rule in the next few decades... There is no doubt that only after they really entered the world of martial arts, they realized how naive their ideas were. Unfortunately... it was too late. The mistake has been made, and they will suffer pain, regret and fear in the next twenty years, and finally wait for her crazy revenge.

So, whether she is the undisputed biggest victim of this incident as a master, but her disciples also gained nothing, but fell into deeper pain.

Such a lose-lose ending... is not a good one at all...

This is the future that Mikael saw. In theory, the future is uncertain, but Hua believes in Mikael, not because he holds the power of time, but simply because he is Mikael, is...

After such a thing happened, he is now the only person on Taixu Mountain that she can fully trust, the only person she is not afraid of being betrayed.

But he is right, this kind of thing... should be decided by her herself...but she really doesn't know what to do.

Honestly, after more than 5,000 years, she thought she would have grown up a lot, at least, she should have become a little more mature, but she doesn't look like the immortal who has lived for 5,000 years...

She is still exactly the same as the confused girl 50,000 years ago...

Or, the so-called growth and maturity have always been a pseudo-concept invented by humans, they don't actually exist at all. She is different from herself 50,000 years ago, after all, she has less 5,000 years of precipitation, but these time and precipitation have only added some decoration to her existence. She is essentially still that Hua...

The confused Hua who only obeys orders.

So, after a long silence, Hua finally spoke in a low voice:

"You are not an outsider to Taixu Mountain."

Mikael's smile was a little stiff. Before he could say anything, he heard Hua explain to himself:

"You chose this mountain in the beginning, and you also gave it the name 'Taixu'. Long ago, you also proposed the idea of ​​combining Shenzhou's martial arts with Honkai energy to create a new way of fighting... You are not an outsider to Taixu Mountain. If you want, you can be the deputy leader of Taixu Mountain now."

"I..."

This time, it was Mikael who was at a loss.

But it was only a short moment, and his eyes met hers. He naturally understood her helplessness at this moment. This helplessness is not because of inability. There is a fact that has been emphasized many times-Hua is now the most powerful "human" in the world, but because it is too powerful, she does not know how to drive this power to make the most correct decision.

And her final choice is not surprising... Let Mikael make the decision for her.

However, taking care of children... Michelle has no more experience than Hua... Moreover, in this situation, it is hard not to have some illusion, as if the mother can't control the child, so...

"Okay..."

Michelle nodded, and Hua did the same. After a slight nod, she sat back in the chair, as if what happened before and what was about to happen had nothing to do with her.

And Michelle walked to the center of the room, which was where Hua had just stood. He sniffed lightly, and there was still a trace of fragrance in the nothingness around him.

Seeing this, Su Mei wanted to say something before he opened his mouth, but Michelle just glanced at her lightly, and all the words she had prepared were blocked in her throat. No matter how hard Su Mei tried, she couldn't make a sound.

"No need to say more, I understand your reasons."

Michelle's body leaned back, as if leaning against an invisible wall. His speech speed was neither fast nor slow, but he did not allow any rebuttal.

He really had no experience in raising children, but at least he felt that he should first let these guys know how wrong their ideas were.

"There are only three reasons. First, those who are possessed by demons must be killed... Among the seven of you, except Yan Qing, the parents of the other six were killed by Hua... that is, your master because of possession of demons. At least you think so, right?"

"Isn't it?"

Mikael turned his head, and as expected, the person who spoke was Su Mei.

"I said, this is just what you think. Not to mention the collapse disease and the death warrior, which is what you call possession by demons, there is no medicine to cure. In fact, you think she killed your parents, but in fact, your parents have died long ago."

"No... Impossible! I remember, I remember that my mother wanted to protect me at that time..."

Mikael closed his eyes helplessly. This is the information gap caused by the different times. Neither he nor Hua could explain everything about the collapse to these people, and people always believe what they want to believe.

Of course, he has the power of knowledge, and Hua also has Yu Duchen. If they want, they can make the seven disciples forget everything that happened today, including their past, in the blink of an eye. But that is just using countless lies to cover up the truth, and the truth can never be covered up, because everything that happens in the world will leave traces, just like Hua deleted Su Yi's memory of her parents' death, but not to mention that others know about it, is Su Yi's own memory really clean?

Obviously not, at the beginning of her current memory, she stood alone on the beach, trying to find the boundary between the sea and the sky in the blue. She heard noises, shouts, and collisions behind her, and then she was picked up by her master... If she didn't understand what those messy sounds meant at the beginning, did she still not understand after so many years, and in the years to come?

No...

"I know it's a little difficult to explain, and you may not agree with this answer, but this is the answer that I, your master, and countless comrades-in-arms obtained with blood in the endless war countless years ago-"At the moment of complete possession, the consciousness of the possessed person, or in more familiar terms, the soul, disappears... and dies. Except for their bodies that are still the person you are familiar with, the rest... from that moment on, they have completely become soulless walking corpses, and they may also do some actions that you think are their own, but that is just the body obeying the instincts buried deep in the body's subconscious. "

"Nonsense! How do you prove that what you said is true?"

Mikael shrugged and said indifferently:

"I said, you may not agree with this answer, but the fact is that you can believe it or not. Your parents did not die at the hands of your master. On the contrary, it was she who ended your parents' pain and saved your lives.

"Your fourth sister should know the pain of the possessed, and thanks to the Taixu sword energy, the pain your fourth sister endures is less than one ten-thousandth of those who are truly possessed, and this disease is incurable. For those people, death is a relief rather than suffering from pain..."

"But whether to choose to die early to relieve the pain, or to choose to continue living, even if it is just to live a moment longer, this choice should be left to them to make!"

The words were interrupted again and again, even Mikael felt a little impatient, he frowned and glanced at Su Mei, the instigator, quietly exuding a hint of murderous intent. The girl's face turned pale in an instant, and the hair on her forehead was wet with cold sweat, but she still took a step forward, blocking Yan Qing and Wan Xi Wanru, and looked at Mikael stubbornly.

"Trouble..."

Mikael shook his head. Although this girl was also a poor person, the world was not short of poor people. Moreover, from his perspective, it was difficult to agree with Su Mei's choice. However, the questions she raised were indeed ones that Mikael had to answer, or rather, she was more like a megaphone, asking not only the doubts in her own heart, expressing not only her own dissatisfaction... but also the dissatisfaction of all of them.

"I'm sorry, they have no choice. You actually understand many things, but you just choose not to think about it - no one can guarantee when they will be completely possessed. Rather than letting this uncertainty cause greater casualties, It's better to minimize the risk from the beginning. This may be unfair to the possessed, but if they are allowed to cause harm to other people, is it fair to other people? In fact, I don't need to say more about this. After a few more years of wandering around, you will naturally understand that being possessed by the devil is the best choice for everyone."

Having said this, Mikael paused deliberately. Seeing that Su Mei did not ask questions for the time being, but lowered his head and fell into deep thought, he spoke slowly again:

"Going back to the previous topic, I said that possessed people are just zombies. Their souls are long gone. The remaining human emotions are just the subconscious of the body..."

At this point, he suddenly stopped again, but this time it was not Su Mei who was interrupting, nor was anyone interrupting him, it was purely him...

Hua sighed, she was the only one who understood Mikael's sudden sadness.

However, it was only for such a short moment, and he quickly continued with a normal expression:

"However, this kind of subconsciousness in the body will quickly dissipate with the loss of the soul. Soon, they will lose their last emotions. By then, you who are following them will be... in danger."

Mikael looked around and when no one said anything, he raised two fingers:

"Secondly, it's your fourth sister's business."

At this point, he deliberately paused to give everyone some time to think.

Su Mei quickly took the bait:

"Wait a minute! You said that there is no cure for being possessed by a demon. I believe it for the time being, but there are ways to delay the onset of the demon, right? Isn't the fourth sister the best example? She has been possessed for nearly ten years, but that Rakshasa judge She can live for another twenty or thirty years. The fourth sister has reached her twenties this year. It is not uncommon for ordinary people in the mountain to only live forty or fifty years old. This is also consistent with what the senior sister said. The master first taught her Taixu Sword Qi. I once said that this method can prevent people from going crazy and going crazy... Then why not spread Taixu Sword Qi widely, so that all people who go crazy will..."

"Your master has lived for fifty thousand years."

Mikael interrupted her, "Even if you only count the time you have walked in the world, it has been more than five thousand years. Do you think she can't think of this?"

It is undeniable that Su Mei is very smart. She may be the smartest person on Taixu Mountain except Otto. But the smarter a person is, the more likely he is to be arrogant. If imparting Taixu Sword Qi to everyone can reduce the risk of becoming a demon, and even if one becomes a demon, one can live for a few more decades, then why hasn't Hua Xingren done this for five thousand years?

She seemed to have never thought about this problem, or maybe she had thought about it and was just being stubborn.

"It's a bit complicated to explain this issue. I'll try my best to explain it in a way that you are familiar with. Not to mention that Taixu Sword Qi is extremely difficult, your master has only found about a dozen suitable seedlings for practice over the years. Even if Regardless of talent, asking everyone to practice forcefully... that would be a disaster.

"It is true that Taixu Sword Qi is different from ordinary martial arts. If you don't practice Dantian, the possibility of going crazy is very small. But after all, it is a method of controlling true energy, and ordinary people will go crazy when exposed to a little bit of true energy... The rest I don’t need to say more about it, right?

"This thing can only resist the speed at which the true energy erodes the body, but it itself needs to be in contact with the true energy. It is just drinking poison to quench thirst. Wanru can do it, which only means that Wanru can. Okay, are there any questions about this? No If so, I will tell you the last part..."

"In the final analysis, you are just criticizing us from the perspective of Master!"

Mikael blinked. He seemed to be used to Su Mei's rebuttal.

"You must avenge your parents. This is the oath I made on the first day I went to Taixu Mountain. No matter what, I only saw my parents being killed by my master. This is the truth I saw. I admit, During the more than ten years on Taixu Mountain, I once forgot the pain, but I know very well that if I don't make such a choice, my future will be even more painful, and neither you nor Master will deserve the pain that belongs to me. You may have experienced it, but there is no need to say it again.

"The rest of the people are also coerced by me, not to mention that they have not used their full strength, otherwise the outcome is still unknown... But if you want it... In short, if you want to kill or behead me, Su Mei is the only one! "

When no one expected, she strode up to Mikael, holding her head stubbornly high, ready to accept any punishment.

But looking at Su Mei and listening to her words, Mikael's lips grinned, and finally he laughed without any image:

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Hua held a breath in her heart and couldn't spit it out for a long time. She knew what Mikael was laughing at and what Mikael wanted to say next. She is the only one who knows.

"Yes, you are right. Neither your master nor I can understand your pain, but equally, do you understand our pain?"

Mikael said word by word:

"According to your standards, my sister was possessed by a demon and died in my arms. I killed her with my own hands.

"The first friend your master made in his life was possessed by a demon. He died in front of her. His severed hand flew into her arms. When his head was cut off, his eyes were fixed on your master.

"A few days after that, she personally killed a comrade she had known for many years, also because she was possessed by a demon.

"Each of us has the awareness of killing our closest people or being killed by our closest people because of being possessed by demons. In this regard, you are not as good as the Rakshasa girl next door.

"After all, your master still protects you too well. However, Su Mei, your third reason is that you want the freedom to choose... Then I will give it to you, and by the way, let you experience the pain of your master."

Mikael's pupils turned blood red in an instant, and a black and white lance that looked like a folded oil-paper umbrella appeared in his hand.