Jiang Wang was waiting for his next step.
Qinghuo Qiming asked again: "Do you also think I am a coward?"
His expression looked serious.
Jiang Wang thought for a while and said with the same serious attitude: "I have not experienced what you have experienced, so I cannot judge you easily."
Qinghuo Qiming was silent for a while, then asked with a smile with red eyes: "Is there a very bright world above the blue sky?"
He said: "I have never heard anyone say such a thing. People always follow what they say and always deny others easily. Some people say, he is a coward. Others know, oh, he is a coward. Some people say that he is a coward. He said that he was just lucky to become a witch. Others knew that he was just lucky."
"In Fulu, no one will ask more questions. Do you know?" He looked at Jiang Wang.
Jiang Wang shook his head: "I'm afraid I've disappointed you."
He said: "Our world is not a very bright one. It is normal for people to follow what others say. Three people can make a tiger, and a crowd can make a fortune. Rumors can easily change or destroy a person. Many times, people are lazy to think and stick to the rules. They are used to blind obedience. There are also many times when people doubt everything and don't trust anyone. They have insatiable desires, rampant conspiracies, interests first, and indifference to human relationships. They always only consider themselves and don't care about others..."
"What I'm talking about is just a drop in the ocean, an insignificant filth among the filth. I can't even describe the darkness of the world.
But I don’t want to tell you how hopeless the world I live in is.
Because there is still light, there is a lot of light. Burning in that world where the sun cannot reach or the moon cannot reach.
Some people do harm to nature, while others save lives and heal the wounded.
Someone broke their promise.
There are also people who make promises worth a thousand dollars. For a promise, risk life and death..."
Jiang Wang was very calm: "The world is just like that. If you see light, that's light. If you close your eyes, that's darkness."
"You asked me what my world is like. This is the world I live in, above your sky."
Qinghuo Qiming fell silent.
The soldiers in Wuzhi Cave were all recuperating at this time. No one looked here. They must have exhausted their energy in the previous battle.
The two of them were sitting in a remote corner. It seemed that they did not belong to this cave.
Jiang Wang was a passer-by, but Qinghuo Qiming seemed to be too.
"Do you want to hear my story?" Qinghuo Qiming asked.
"Idleness is idleness," Jiang Wang said.
He acted very casually, but Qinghuo Qiming felt more relaxed.
"My father was a coward and I am the son of a coward."
Qinghuo Qiming started his story with this beginning.
"He was originally very talented and had high hopes from his tribe. His training was also going smoothly and he made rapid progress. But when he first entered the cave to guard, he encountered the largest beast tide at that time, and numerous tribe soldiers were killed and injured.
Among the same group of people who went down to the cave, he was the only one who survived. This is unfortunate.
Because he is afraid. Totally scared.
Even...in order to avoid the responsibility of guarding the cave, he abolished his own totem.
He would rather be pointed at and reviled by others, would rather have everyone look down on him, and would rather never step into the cave for the rest of his life.
Later, he died. Died in a winter.
My grandfather couldn't bear the shame he brought and killed him himself. "
Speaking of the death of his biological father, Qinghuo Qiming's tone was cold. He looked in the direction of the cave without much expression on his face.
"My grandpa told me since I was a child that I want to be a real warrior, I want to be brave, and I want to wash away the shame of our family. I have indeed set this goal, practiced hard, and dreamed of participating in the battle in the cave as soon as possible. And my Grandpa, he set an example and went to the cave every year... so he died in the cave."
"Later I was adopted by my adoptive father. I said that my goal was to face Youtian directly, and to become a warrior who could fight with star beasts. He praised my ambition and supported me very much. But every time I applied to go to the cave with him At that time, he always said that I was still young and would have to wait a few more years. He always asked me to stay in the fire temple."
"Later, he died too."
"The day he died, I stood outside the fortress of Wuzhi Cave. When the door was opened, people gave me a rag, saying it was a fragment of his clothes. That was the only thing he had left. Fell into the deep sky."
Having said this, Qinghuo Qiming took a deep breath: "I don't know why, and I don't know why. That day I looked at the fortress of Wuzhi Cave, and suddenly felt very scared. I have always wanted to go down to the cave, I have thought about it for many years and worked hard for it for many years, but from that day on, I never thought about it again. I didn’t dare to think about it.”
Jiang Wang said: "You still came today."
"I don't want to come, but I have to come. The tribe's patience with me has almost reached its limit. Do you know? When I presided over the Star Pointing Ceremony, some tribesmen said that if the ceremony failed, they would take me. Wu Zhu comes to offer sacrifices to heaven."
Qinghuo Qiming pursed his lips: "I know they are serious."
Jiang Wang thought of Xianghou of the Senhai Saint Clan. People who abandon tradition and deviate from the mainstream value orientation will always be abandoned by the ethnic group. This kind of thing cannot even be judged as right or wrong.
If Qinghuo Qiming and the "Comer from the Blue Sky" refused to go to the cave to choose someone, the consequences he would face can be imagined.
The reason why he Zhiqi with the one-armed Qinghuo Yuanchen was actually not exactly Zhiqi. Just because he didn't dare to leave Jiang Wang like that and return to the tribe.
"Before you appeared, I was already planning to escape from the Qinghuo Department. But..." Qinghuo Qiming shook his head bitterly: "What tribe would want a person who dare not go down to the cave?"
"Are you curious why I'm telling you this?"
Qinghuo Qiming asked and answered: "Because I am still very scared."
"I hate why I'm so scared, but there's nothing I can do about it. I am scared."
"I have to say something."
"But no one would listen to me except when I was praying."
Qinghuo Qiming's tone was bleak, with a sense of loneliness.
Jiang Wang just patted his shoulder and said nothing.
Is it right to celebrate the fire and its inscription?
Everyone on the floating land faces threats from Youtian. All the soldiers risked their lives for the survival of the tribe, but Qinghuo Qiming was hiding in a safe place and eking out an existence.
Is it really wrong to celebrate fire and its inscriptions?
Was it his fault that he couldn't conquer his fear?
Not everyone can become a brave man. So those who are not brave are not qualified to survive? From a harsh reality perspective, perhaps yes. But it shouldn't.
Jiang Wang believed that his own experience and wisdom were not enough to judge whether Qinghuo Qiming was right or wrong. Or there is no answer to this question.
So he said nothing.
Silence lasted for some time.
Huhuhu~
Huhuhu~
There was a sound of wind in Wuzhi Cave.
The wind seemed to come whistling from an unknown distant place, whistling closer.
"Star Beast!"
"The star beast is here!"
someone shouted.
