Chapter 445: Have You Ever Regretted It?

Tian Wu was the water god who was once recorded in the mountains and seas, but even Wei Yuan never thought that the god who could leave his name in the past myths would be in the human world at this moment, in the waters of the south of the Yangtze River.

What happened?

Why did this woman, who was regarded as a living sacrifice, stir up water waves in such a way.

The water of the river flows quietly, and finally a voice comes slowly, generous and peaceful:

"It's you... Gong Gong."

"I haven't seen you for such a long time. I didn't expect to see you again in the end."

The water surged and opened, turning into a passage to the unfathomable place for mortals. The tall and handsome god looked indifferent, and walked down step by step. Wei Yuan glanced at the distraught woman holding the umbrella, put away the sword, and He also followed Gong Gong.

The woman's lips trembled, and then she seemed to have finally come to her senses, grabbed the umbrella in her hand, and ran quickly before the river closed.

The originally open river slowly closed, and finally looked the same as usual.

Wei Yuan had seen Gong Gong's Befu under the East China Sea before, it was extremely magnificent, but he never imagined that the place where the water god Tian Wu, who once left traces in the Shan Hai Jing, lived, was actually such a dilapidated place This is the gap that people in the world cannot see.

There are quaint murals on the wall, Wei Yuan can recognize them, they are very old brushwork style, some of them are even older than the techniques he mastered, and on the wall, there are paintings wearing simple clothes, holding simple long Spears are chasing prey across the land.

And on these human beings, there is a sacred figure.

It's Tian Wu.

But at this moment, what Wei Yuan saw at the end of the road leading to the residence of the water god was no longer such a powerful god. In the water area at the end, a white-haired man was sitting quietly with his eyes closed.

He was wearing blue clothes, the wide hem was neatly spread out, and there was an aura of corruption on his body, which could not be concealed even by the countless streams of water here.

The breath of dying.

The woman who stumbled behind Wei Yuan covered her lips, her body trembled, and finally let out a whimpering sound. The person in front of her was almost rotten and dissipated. It was the former god Tian Wu. Gong Gong stared at Tian Wu indifferently. Seeing His His eyes were closed, unable to open them, but his expression was peaceful.

"Tianwu."

Tian Wu nodded slightly, smiled and said, "It's you, Gong Gong..."

Gonggong snorted coldly, this residence is spotless, even drinking must be brewed with divinity, the tall god who asked the aquarium in the sea to perform Zhu Youzhi dance sat on the ground with his sleeves up, his eyes fell on Tian Wu, Wei Yuan looked Looking at the god in front of him, in the silence, he couldn't believe it.

How could the once powerful god be on the verge of this level?

"This is what happens to traitors."

Gong Gong's tone was indifferent, and there seemed to be some mockery in his eyes:

"It seems that you have been forgotten long ago."

"It's hard for you, a believer, to plan hard for thousands of years, trying to wake you up by stirring the water of the Yangtze River, but in the end it was interrupted. In this era, there are still people who enshrine and trust you in Tianwu. From this point of view , this person is not so unbearable."

His voice paused: "Abandon the gods, abandon the mountains and seas, and live with human beings."

"It's too late to regret it now."

Tian Wu's voice was gentle and calm: "There is nothing to regret or not to regret."

Gonggong glanced over Wei Yuan, saw the confusion and complexity in the latter's eyes, and said indifferently: "Are you curious why Tianwu became like this? This is what I said, the ending of a traitor... God born Between heaven and earth, He has power, yet He lives with mankind."

"Use my divine power to help them, even leaving Chaoyang Valley."

"And it ended up like this."

"That is, when human beings forget him, the power of the gods will slowly wither until they die. Ha, how ridiculous, no one remembers you, the water god."

Wei Yuan was silent for a while, and slowly raised his eyes to look at the murals with mottled colors. Along with the words on the murals and the few words from Gong Gong, he saw the original story... In the very early days, when the Classic of Mountains and Seas had not yet been recorded, there was a legend about Tianwu.

………………

That was the age of Xuanyuan.

Ancient gods exist in Sunrise Valley.

Chasing the wind and whistling every day, carefree and at ease.

The original Tianwu was not the god of water, but the god of wind. He protected people from hunting. Those people who were sheltered by him were Wu people. Because Tianwu's body was majestic like a tiger, people of that era , combining Wu and Hu to create Yu.

Yu and Wu, under the protection of the god Tian Wu, often gained something.

Similarly, they dedicated their best prey to Fengshen Tianwu.

Years passed slowly, and in the time of Emperor Shun, the four evil spirits were expelled, and the tribes of Yan and Huang migrated in all directions, and the branches of Wu came to the east. Ferocious beasts, but oceans and waves.

The people of Wu went on the road, and they bid farewell to the gods of Chaoyang Valley.

Facing the dangerous mountains and seas of that era alone.

But when they were overturned in the waves and helpless in the face of the violent storm, the people who were about to die called the name of the god, and this time, the wind answered them again——

The gods originally in Chaoyang Valley left the area under their control and came to the water village in the east.

But here, it is no longer necessary to hunt the beasts on the land, and Tian Wu has no power to suppress the beasts in the sea, nor can he bless the people who trust him to return from the sea safely, so he found Gong Gong and paid half of the money Divinity as a price, eventually turned into a water god.

Until five thousand years ago.

When King Yu divided the mountains and seas, Tianwu once again chose to accompany those weak humans, and because of this, he completely lost his original strength and was far away from his hometown. How to live in a world of peril?

With His help, human beings slowly perched and lived along the river, weaving nets to catch fish, riding the wind and waves under the blessing of God, and then returning home with a good harvest.

And at this time, Tianwu will be on the rock overlooking the human fishing village, quietly looking at the dots of lights, but ah, the years are slowly passing by, and the child will bid farewell to his parents in the end, and go to the distant era alone, never looking back.

Slowly, humans have built larger and larger ships, and they will no longer be afraid of the waves of the river.

Slowly, the ferocious beasts gradually disappeared, and humans weaved fishing nets.

They were able to catch more and more fish.

They invented agricultural tools for irrigating grain and paddy fields, and no longer needed the help of gods.

Cities are getting bigger and bigger.

From a small fishing village, it became a town, and from a town it became a port and a city.

Even where Tian Wu was sitting, there was no way to see the whole city anymore.

There are fewer and fewer people who still remember God

Maybe some people just forgot in the first place.

But slowly, more and more humans forgot to worship Tianwu.

But the gods stayed away from the mountains and seas, came to the world, lost people's faith, and gradually lost their power. He didn't rely on power to cause disaster, but just sat quietly on the rocks, watching the human beings he once protected bit by bit. forget about him.

slowly disappear.

The people who worshiped him until the end disappeared, and there was no longer a god of heaven, Tianwu, in the world.

What you see at this moment is just the last trace.

………………

Wei Yuan withdrew his gaze from the stone wall and looked at the white-haired young man with his eyes closed.

The latter looked at Wei Yuan with a smile: "It's human."

"I didn't expect any guests to come."

After smiling regretfully, he looked at Wei Yuan, and said softly: "I have always had a question, and I wanted to ask you, but I have never seen anyone. This may be the last chance, so I may Some presumptuous."

"Humans, don't you need me anymore?"

Wei Yuan didn't know how to answer.

He smiled and asked again.

"Can you live well without me?"

Wei Yuan finally nodded slightly.

We have been able to tame the flood.

By making the torrents of the Three Gorges quiet, we have been able to cut through the waves and swim in the blue waves.

It has been able to go under the nine oceans.

So, don't worry.

The white-haired young man was stunned for a long time, and finally he just smiled and sighed: "Really, that's great."

Then he looked in the direction of Gong Gong and said:

"Thank you, Gonggong, for giving me a treat at the end."

The handsome and tall god said coldly:

"...I just want to see your end."

Tian Wu agreed with a smile, and then looked at Wei Yuan: "Thank you for your answer, I am the god of water, at least I used to be, when humans come here, according to the usual practice, I want to grant you a wish, although it is not a big one. Power, but still some power."

"For example, cure your illness."

Tian Wu opened those eyes, as if he could no longer see things, but his temperament was still soft.

"Wish?"

Wei Yuan looked at Tian Wu and said, "Then..."

"Can you have a drink with me?"

This is the last wish that the water god can realize. Although he was a little surprised and puzzled, he still agreed. Wei Yuan took out the remaining wine, poured it into two wine glasses lightly, and then pushed in the direction of Tianwu. .

The white-haired young man in front of him raised his wine glass.

Wei Yuan let out a breath slowly, and when he picked up the wine glass, wisps of energy escaped from his body.

Gonggong raised his eyes slightly, but finally said nothing.

Wisps of pale golden streamer appeared here.

Exorcise ghosts, order souls.

This is the first supernatural power, and it is also the simplest supernatural power, but at this moment it exerts the greatest effect. The murals on the surrounding walls slowly light up. Walked out, very clear, like a real miracle.

They are here all the time.

Tian Wu's eyes, which could hardly see anything anymore, widened.

It was someone he had seen before.

It is the Wu people who first fought the waves, the young people who returned from fishing at sea, the women who sang and danced, the old men who fell asleep with a smile and never woke up, and the children who played and ran. , the waves are endless, and generations of people travel through simple fishing villages and across long lands, looking for their own destination and their own beginning.

Finally came to Chaoyang Valley again.

Came to that year.

The fierce beast ran past, and the nameless god looked up lazily and saw the humans.

The sound of shouting for majesty when hunting is a bit interesting.

...Is it 'Wu'?

You should have forgotten it...

Did you know it.

Those existences earlier than the birth of human beings?

They are powerful.

The road ahead is long and the years are endless.

They have accompanied weak human beings through countless swamps and three thousand miles of mountains.

He once stretched out his palm to protect people from the wind and rain.

I once ran with people and walked through every inch of the ground.

I used to take care of you like a brother and a parent.

Finally, I watched people pass them and go further.

further and further.

You don't remember them anymore.

But, look back.

Are they still waiting for you, calling on His name...

Wei Yuan was holding the wine, and the people behind him seemed to have their own consciousness at this moment. They surrounded the gods who had long since disappeared. Wei Yuan held the wine glass in his left hand, and rested his right palm on the back of the glass. As if hanging down, slowly lowering their eyes, the people around seemed to be whispering and narrating.

From the earliest days of hunting, people hunted by shouting 'woo' or roaring 'roar'.

To live by the water and make a net to catch fish.

Fishing villages became small towns, and small towns became ports.

Tame the waves, let the water flow generate electricity, control the huge ships, gather the strength of hundreds of thousands of people to break through the giant wolf, and look at the sky from a distance.

"The water god of China."

"Thousands of years... thank you for walking with us."

Drinking with your neck up.

Tian Wu looked down at the figures around him, whispered contentedly, and murmured a word.

When the last voice fell.

Wei Yuan raised his head, only seeing the wine glass left behind.

Tianwu, the god of water, passed away.

Gonggong watched quietly.

Wei Yuan put down the wine cup and didn't speak for a long time.

He witnessed the parting of the gods.

In the end, Tian Wu just looked at the illusory and dispersed figures around him, leaving behind a satisfied whisper.

Because of the human race, you have fallen to this point, do you regret it?

"Being able to meet you..."

"That's great."

PS: Today's second update... 3,800 words.

From the beginning of the trial, it is actually the Tianwu chapter, scratching your head.