The puppets' stage play

Chapter 381 The Fruit of Lightness

Qi Xiu told the man in front of him about his past so far, including his family, body, and the people he cherished.

The man touched his chin and nodded in response from time to time.

"Yeah, that's right."

"So, what do you want to do?" The man changed the subject and his tone became playful.

"I don't agree with the so-called 'talent'. Both my heart and the knowledge I have received resist this. I think if I need to do something, it must be in this aspect. .”

Qi Xiu looked serious and there was no hesitation in his mouth.

"Oh." The man responded calmly, and then the blurry face pointed this way, and Qi Xiu vaguely saw a pair of scrutinizing eyes.

"It will take at least a hundred years, and you are still a strong man who has a certain understanding of the soul. If it were you, I am afraid that you will not have any great achievements until you die."

"It's not that I look down on you, but I think that instead of studying such boring things, it's better to raise your level. Power is not omnipotent, but it is real and effective."

"Well, this is friendly guidance from an uncle like me."

The man let out a burst of hearty laughter, sweeping away the previous solemn atmosphere.

"...Unfortunately, that's not something I can do." Qi Xiu shook his head slightly. He also had his own reasons.

"By the way, wasn't I talking to you about our differences before?" The man smiled and then changed the subject.

"That's why I told you about my past, but you refused because of amnesia." Qi Xiu's eyes suddenly became stern, and he looked at the other party with a slightly contemptuous look.

The other party had previously guided him to tell his experience, and he had been very honest, but this bastard actually lied to him. I really wanted to see what that unscrupulous face looked like.

"This time and the other time, I really can't remember much about the past. You should also understand that memory is a very troublesome thing. Once you recall it, you will carry a heavy burden."

"I don't want that troublesome thing."

The man said in a light tone.

Qi Xiu's eyes twitched, and he had some understanding in his heart. Just like the saying circulated in the Federation, names are a kind of power, and so is memory.

"Ahem, in short, don't worry about those details. As a child, you should be innocent...and naive." The man coughed and almost expressed his prejudice, but fortunately he immediately changed his mind.

"..." Qi Xiu looked away, not wanting to pay attention to the 'rascal' in front of him.

"Qi Xiu, we are very similar." The man's voice became gentle, sounding a little ethereal from a distance.

Qi Xiu looked over and saw the man spreading his arms to both sides. Although he couldn't see the face clearly, he could hear his voice becoming high-pitched.

"My parents died, and I have to work hard on my own since then."

"I am weak, even if I shout, it will be regarded as noise by others."

"Fortunately, there is still a trace of warmth around you and me, which will not freeze our hearts to death."

The man looked towards this side with a feeling of nostalgia in his mouth.

"Your childhood sweetheart, my sister, stupid and incompetent sister, haha."

"She has left." Qi Xiu lowered his eyes slightly and said calmly.

"It's the same with my sister. Without me, she can't move forward. She just stays in place timidly. She is a useless guy. Now, she is probably crying somewhere. It's really useless."

"But she is so weak, but she still insists on making a strong stance in front of me and scolding me mercilessly." The man said to himself.

"From this perspective, it was right for me to leave her side."

The man was sarcastically sarcastic about his sister, but when Qi Xiu heard it, he felt that the sincere emotion was beyond words. It was obvious that the relationship between the two was not what the man said.

The man's voice suddenly turned soft.

"But, even I sometimes miss that stupid sister in my heart, but what about you, do you really think your Qingmei is that kind of cold person?"

Qi Xiu couldn't help but be startled, the past between the two came to mind, and he shook his head slowly but firmly.

"She is not a cold person, there must be some other reason."

Maybe it was self-deception, maybe it was perfunctory, but he didn't want to think about that person like that, even if it might be true...

"That's enough, boy. There is not so much betrayal and hatred in this world. Rather than seeing others as evil, I prefer to view them from a good perspective. Of course, that is also based on my invincible power. , hehehe.”

The man laughed, his words full of confidence in his own strength.

"...I have learned a lesson." Qi Xiu straightened his posture and solemnly thanked him. He realized that the other party was actually comforting him, although the method was not very formal.

"What's wrong with this? As your Uncle Yuan, I'm going to reprimand you." The man's old ways started to show up and he became arrogant again.

"..." Qi Xiu looked at the other party silently, a sigh escaped from his mouth, and there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.

"Oh oh oh, that's the expression. You know it very well. Satisfied, really satisfied, quack quack." The man held his stomach and let out a strange laugh. Not to mention a mature adult, even a child with a little bit of intelligence. It will be like this.

Qi Xiu complained silently in his heart.

"I won't tease you anymore, let's get to the point." The man straightened up and his tone became serious.

Qi Xiu glanced at the other party sideways, and then straightened his body.

"By the way, although my sister is not very good-looking, you can't have any ideas about her, otherwise I will doubt your vision." The man's tone became deeper, but the words he spoke made Qi Xio felt helpless again.

"No, no." He shook his head repeatedly.

"How dare you look down on my sister, I'll beat you up, kid!" Seeing Qi Xiu's decisive behavior, the man became angry and rebuked Qi Xiu loudly.

"Please stop making trouble." Qi Xiu glanced at the man coldly, not hiding the coldness in his voice.

"Well, this familiar feeling must be you." The man laughed instead.

A trace of doubt flashed in Qi Xiu's heart, but he clearly didn't recognize the other person.

"Do we know each other?" He simply wanted to ask.

"At least we know each other from now on." The man avoided answering and stretched out his right hand, "This is the first time we meet, Qi Xiu, well, you can call me Brother Yuan, don't worry, I won't let you suffer."

Qi Xiu sighed inwardly, raised his palms, and held them together.

"I'm not looking forward to it."

To put it bluntly, in his eyes, the other person is just a man with some familiarity. In essence, the two of them are just strangers who only wanted to meet today.

The palms of the two people separated as soon as they touched each other. Qi Xiu looked at each other. The man was staying in place, looking a little dazed.

"That's right, no wonder." After a moment, the man smiled bitterly, and then he stared here, looking extremely focused.

"Did you remember anything?" Qi Xiu still remembered the setting of the other party's so-called amnesia. Seeing the other party's appearance, he asked casually.

"There is no tree without fruit, and there is no flower without blooming. This is generally the case in this world. Since you have undertaken something, you must give up something. It is a matter of course."

The man's tone was dull, and then he changed the topic, with a burning warmth in his voice.

"However, I don't agree with this. Get out of here with all these messy rules."

"I have decided that even if my will is blocked, I will raise the bet again. If I don't try my best, I won't know the final outcome at all. It just doesn't understand this." The man complained in a rare moment.

"Following the rules and acting according to other people's rules is the lowest strategy. If you want to have the ability to fight back, you must at least provide some support."

"Yes, at least help like me. Alas, it's a bit of a headache to be expected again. Sure enough, I am such an outstanding man." The man shook his head in a very showy manner.

"?" Qi Xiu looked at the other party with confusion. Although he could hear every word, unfortunately, he still couldn't understand it.

"It's okay if you don't understand. Just let me tell you." The man glanced here and looked very calm.

Qi Xiu was shocked, firstly because of the other party's words that seemed to see through his own heart, and secondly...

He has a handsome and suave face, eyes that are as bright as a treasure, and a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. The man is wearing a gorgeous and exquisite light blue dress, and his gestures are full of domineering.

Just a moment ago, the man's true appearance was clearly revealed in front of him.

At the same time, the surrounding scenery became blurry, as if it had replaced the man, and there was a feeling of crumbling. A sense of urgency suddenly arose in Qi Xiu's heart, and the feeling of overturning that could come at any time suddenly swept through his soul.

"Stabilize." The man whispered, and the surrounding area that was shaking was suddenly frozen. At the same time, the breath of death sounded across the land.

"This is the only place where I still have a trace of myself." The man raised his lips and smiled, but there was a look of disdain on his face.

Then, the ordinary man looked here with a hint of intimacy in his eyes.

"Hey, how about it? Recently, do you feel that you have been living in numbness all day long, and your mind has become dull?" He waved his hands, with a playful smile on his face.

"..." Qi Xiu nodded, then shook his head. If it weren't for those who were willing to help him, I'm afraid he would be just like what the other party said. His mind would be occupied by sadness and powerlessness, and he would be living like an empty shell. world.

"Well, it seems that you are happier than me." The man shook his head, with some emotion in his eyes.

"At that time, there was no one around me who would be friendly to me. Compared to those talented geniuses, I was just an ordinary kid with a bottle of oil beside me."

"No one thinks highly of me, and no one pays attention to me. Good intentions have nothing to do with me, but there are always hardships coming one after another."

"Did you know that in addition to the libraries established within the Federation, there is actually a library at the edge of the human world. It is a dream place built bit by bit by many people with limited talents."

"They dream that one day someone will be able to break through that wall of talent and bring them hope."

The man's tone was calm, and there was no trace of sadness or joy in his voice. However, Qi Xiu's heart trembled. He looked at the other person in astonishment, and suddenly understood that the other person's situation was just like that of himself who had not received any help from anyone.

At this moment, he seemed to have seen that scene.

You can only rely on yourself for everything. Whether you cry or whine, you will only be scolded as noise by others. Even so, you still grit your teeth, hold your head high, and move forward.

"You..." Qi Xiu hesitated in his heart. Could it be that the other person is another version of himself? He had vaguely heard of such rumors in the Federation, which was similar to a stronger self traveling through time and space to meet his past self.

"No, I'm not you." The man laughed loudly, and his words returned to their previous warmth.

"I succeeded and failed. Although I did make some achievements, I dragged them deeper into hell."

The man shook his head, as if to wave away the trace of regret remaining in his words, and then, his still clear eyes looked this way, and his extremely strong will was undoubtedly revealed.

"Qi Xiu, now I will hand over my share of the achievements to you. As the successor, you must keep moving forward. Even if you are exhausted physically and mentally, even if you are tortured by pain, you must move forward. This is my only expectation for you."

"How about it? Do you want to accept it?"

The man had a smile on his face, but did not do anything coercive. He looked at this side expectantly, but he waited silently like a humble gentleman.

"Can it get me out of the current situation?" Qi Xiu looked directly at the other person and asked with firm eyes.

"It has some effect in the early stage, but at most it allows you to adjust your body, and then it is of no use." The man was also very honest. He spoke frankly about the pros and cons of his achievement without any attempt to hide it.

"That's enough." Qi Xiu nodded, he only needed this, and he would get the rest with his own efforts.

"As proud as ever." The man smiled, raised his arm, and a bright light flickered on his fingertips.

The light spot left his finger, and in just a blink of an eye, it was in front of his eyes.

Qi Xiu stared at the other person closely, and the latter shook, and then slowly integrated into his brain.

In an instant, a huge amount of information came from the depths of his memory. Qi Xiu's consciousness became blurred. He raised his hand subconsciously, but he touched a pair of big hands.

"Then, let's start moving forward." The man's exceptionally gentle voice sounded.

In the outside world, a man with blond hair and blue eyes appeared in Sera Library, ignoring the trembling 'Sera' in his palm. His palm went deep into the sphere, searching for information expressionlessly.

At the same time, his blue eyes flashed through scene after scene. From the moment a certain boy entered here to the scene where he disappeared, he watched it repeatedly, concentrating on trying to find out what was abnormal.

"Huh?" The man frowned and looked aside.

There, a young figure slowly emerged, with a forward-leaning body, tightly closed eyes, and a lingering mysterious aura about him.

The man's expression became serious, he stretched out his fingers and his eyes became bluer.

Snap, purple-gold electric current flowed in the air, and a burnt smell came from his fingers. The originally smooth fingers suddenly turned dark. The man continued to stretch forward, ignoring the roaring electric current on his body.

A layer of blue light filled the body, charging forward.

Layers of blue light collided with the current. Although the former was weaker, it gradually overwhelmed the latter with the support of the main body.

Finally, the man caught the boy. He lowered his head and looked at the boy with his eyes closed tightly, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

That wonderful aura still hasn't faded away, but surrounds the boy tightly, like a loyal servant of the protector.

"This is....."

With a flick of his finger, the electricity in the air disappeared. At the same time, his body took on a new look and returned to its original shape. However, his expression became more solemn.

The man grabbed the boy's arm and looked at the pattern that emerged silently, his pupils couldn't help but tremble.

crackle.

The gentle feeling spread to every part of his brain, as if he was in the clouds. His mind was extremely relaxed. The swelling and pain that came from time to time in his body no longer existed. Faintly, he heard a piece of singing that was in time. language.

"It takes only a hundred years to pass by, but I am full of achievements. I make songs of suffering and enjoy all the joy."

"What I do is consistent, I sing and sing, I don't follow others."

He glanced at the body with a look that implied love, then turned around and moved forward, the sword in his hand was like frost.

The serious and expectant face looked here, with his hands raised high, and the aura of perfection radiated out.

An indifferent and lonely figure floats high in the sky. When his finger falls, an overflowing green ocean pours down.

"Turn the past into firewood, whether it is good or painful, turn it into the driving force to move forward."

Love, expectation, and hatred rolled into a circle, and then became indistinguishable from each other, blending into a white airflow.

He stroked his head with his thick palms and looked here with guilt-filled eyes. The big man's heart was full of determination.

Her gentle little hands grasped this side, with a smile on her face. Her eyes with a hint of joy looked here, and the girl smiled.

Always busy, wearing a wrinkled white coat, he turned his head and pointed his slightly cold face towards this side, but his eyes looked extremely gentle.

People who acquiesce in their hearts' wishes in front of the longevity tree.

The man looked at this scene with a warm expression.

And the man who withdrew his scarred palms and whose eyes gradually became cold.

"Emotion is an extremely cheap energy source. As long as they know how to convert it, even immature children can use it easily."

"Now, tell me again, what do you long for?"

The boy's lips, eyes tightly closed, wriggled, and his silent words were swept away by his firm will, resounding together in this place of nothingness.

"Health." A childish voice sounded from the bottom of my heart, and laughter filled the air.

"That's okay. Then, as the price of progress, you will lose other strengths. This method of reshaping is not the ability to turn mortals into geniuses, but the persistence of abandoning other strengths and focusing on only one. man of."

"With only your thoughts, you will not be inferior to other geniuses. Therefore, I call it the foundation method."

"It's just a tool to assist you, but it can't help you move forward. You still have to rely on yourself."

'That's enough. ’

He answered in his mind, his consciousness became clearer, and the feeling of relaxation was particularly obvious. The questions piled up in his mind just turned around, and he had a deeper understanding.

It's time to wake up, he told himself.

The man outside moved slightly, and slowly put down the boy. His eyes flashed across the back of the other man's hand, and the pattern there turned into numbers again.

67 - 70, , .

"I said, he will be handled by me and you are not allowed to interfere." The man's expression was indifferent, as if he was warning, his tone was cold, and then his body gradually became thinner in the air.

Qi Xiu slowly opened his eyes, and heard a vague voice in his ears.

【"Go and witness the scenery that no one has ever seen, and go and step into the future that others don't know."]

The man's laughter was still ringing in his head. He raised his head and looked at the deep dark sky.

【"My friend, Qi Xiu."】

His eyes flickered and his face became blank.

He lowered his head and looked at himself sitting on the ground, frowning. What happened before? Could it be that he was unconscious.

Turning his eyes, Sera floated quietly in the air without making any sound.

"I remember it seems that Chuang..." Qi Xiu's voice paused. For some reason, he didn't want to say that, "I discovered a technique and then tested it."

He stood up and felt his 'clean' body, but he didn't feel any joy in his heart. Instead, he felt a lingering sense of depression.

"Forget it, let's think about it later. The three-year period is almost over, and I have to work hard."

He warned himself secretly, and with his mind a little confused, he simply stood up, thinking that the time was almost up, so he turned and walked towards the door of the library.

Gradually, his body submerged into darkness.

In a blurry world, the man sat cross-legged on the ground and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's almost over."

"——————" The invisible gaze stared here, and the man smiled as if aware, but did not turn around.

"Now that I think about it, I am still very grateful to you. Although your leather is torn, it is inevitable. After all, it is impossible to be as satisfactory as you want. If you are mature, I will not blame you."

"————————" No sound came out, just watching silently.

"The next step is up to you. Well, I can't do it anymore. Exiting gracefully is also one of my aesthetics."

"————————" Silent as always.

"You want to win. This is what you promised me." However, the man's laughter suddenly stopped. The man with a calm face and no wave in his eyes looked forward, and his tone became deeper.

"I'll be watching you, partner."

The man's body gradually became void, and the 'empty' land also turned into smoke and dispersed.

“——————————”

The late-white human figure stood on the spot, the blurred smoke gradually thinned out, and the 'wave' at the bottom of the world rolled over, covering everything, and the place returned to calm again.

Whatever it was, it no longer exists.