"Everyone's eyes were fixed on him. The people of Gexizhai who have lived here for generations have never heard of such a legend. They forgot the thunderbolt of the clear sky just now, wanting to hear what kind of legend it is.

Old Asimo suddenly said nothing, waved his hand and told everyone to go back and no one was allowed to approach the house. Everyone was full of doubts, but no one was against his intentions, although many people still remember A Cai inside.

Maybe I felt tired after experiencing too many things in the day. Although everyone had too many questions in their minds, they still fell asleep quickly. But a scream in the middle of the night suddenly woke everyone up."

I vaguely felt something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong?"

The muscles on the old man's face were even more powerful, and his eyes even showed a fierceness that was not his age, but this ruthlessness was fleeting in a blink of an eye, and deep sadness followed.

He continued: "Everyone was frightened by the screams and came out of the house to see what happened. When he walked out of the house, he found that the house used as the delivery room during the day had already caught fire. The screams came from the inside. The fire became louder and louder, and everyone's heart sank, because everyone heard it, it was A Cai's voice.

Although A Cai gave birth to a monster, she was always a kind person in everyone's mind. Someone immediately ran to the house to prepare to put out the fire. When he arrived in front of the wooden house, everyone stopped. There was a person standing there, holding a torch in his hand, blocking everyone in front of everyone. His face was heavy and he was no longer allowed to move forward. Under the fire, everyone saw clearly that this person was the old Asimo.

The fire became louder and louder, and A Cai's cry for help pierced into everyone's heart like a needle, but Old Asimo didn't allow anyone to go forward to put out the fire at all." When the old man said this, the sadness in his eyes became more and more intense, and I couldn't help but hold his hand tightly. I believe that the old man must have liked A Cai very much when he was young.

The old man felt my kindness, looked up at me, showed a gratitude, and then fell into deep sorrow: "Assimo said that this fire was released by him and the command of the gods. Everyone stopped. Although everyone was unwilling to give in, every young man squeezed his fists tightly, but no one dared to step forward."

My heart began to burn for no reason. It was hard to believe that there were such ignorant behaviors decades ago. I almost angrily scolded the old man in front of me, blaming him for not rushing up to rescue his beloved woman. The old man saw my anger, but did not explain anything, and continued:

"A Cai's cry for help suddenly stopped. We all thought she was dead. At this moment, her singing suddenly sounded from the house. It was originally a very cheerful song, a love song that our Gexi Village girl expressed her love to her lover, but at this time, the singing became so melancholy, and came from the fire, and everyone couldn't help feeling scared."

The old man suddenly held his face and started to whimper. After a while, he continued, "The singing gradually became lighter, and the fire gradually faded. We will never see Ah Cai again. At this time, the old Asimo breathed a sigh of relief as if he had done a big thing. He pointed to the countless people in front of him and said, "He is the next Asimo. I have something to say to him, you can wait here."

I knew that the young man must be the old man in front of me. The old man was stunned and continued: "Asimo took this young man to a place where no one was. The young man's fist was tightly pinched. He loved A Cai more than anyone else, but today he watched his beloved be burned to death in front of me and could not help him. He stared at Assimo in front of me, waiting to hear what he wanted to say to him.

Old Asimo turned around, and at this moment he and he had become two people just now, and had become an old man who seemed to be able to blow him down with a gust of wind. He looked at the young man and said, "I know you like A Cai, but it's not okay. She is not a human being, it's not okay."

The young man's face turned red and he shouted: 'Acai is the best girl in the world!' Old Asimo shook his head and said: 'You are the new Asimo now, and some things should be made known to you. If you know, you won't blame me. He ignored the young man's eyes and continued to say it on his own: There has always been a legend in our Gexi Village that the gods have an enemy named Pahu. One day he will come to the world and appear in front of us in the most beautiful and evil and ugly form. At that time, it is the time when the people of Gexi Village are on the dead end.'"

I almost had the urge to curse again. I had been puzzled by Pahu, who I had been puzzled about, turned out to be just such a bullshit legend that even a three-year-old child would not believe. I was ignorant and backward, but my life was sacrificed in vain. What bullshit legends, bullshit Pahu, and the ignorance of the people of Gexizhai are the reasons that forced them to go to a dead end.

The old man saw my sneer and said, "You didn't grow up in Gexi Village, and you won't understand the legend of Gexi Village people."

I stood up and sneered, "Okay, you, the so-called god and the demon Pahu, are all aliens from thousands of years ago. After your ancestors of the Gexi Village people came into contact with them, they left behind legends. Can you explain this way?"

The old man sighed and said, "I have read a lot of novels by Ni Kuang."

I was stunned for a moment. I didn't expect that such an old man knew Ni Kuang's science fiction novel. The old man signaled me to sit down and said, "I understand your idea, but something else happened soon after. Since we came out of Gexi Village, I have been learning from the Han people, hoping to find the answer, but I have never understood it."

It is hard for me to imagine what the so-called learning is in the mouth of a person who has been living in the deep mountains. I originally wanted to leave immediately, but in an instant I suddenly thought of my clone, and the good and evil he told me. From a certain perspective, can this be described as "the most beautiful and the most evil and ugly"? Is it not that the facts are not as simple as I think? I also remembered the two words on the mural. If the so-called Pahu means this way, why do these two words be written on the cave on the mural? Unless there is a deeper meaning in these two words that we don't know.

So I sat down again and continued to listen to the old man talking about his past.

"The words that Old Asimo said made the young man extremely shocked. He was confused and didn't know what to do. Old Asimo sighed and said, "Don't let them know these words, otherwise Gexi Village will be over. The suffering of Gexi Village has just begun. You have to take them on your way in the future." The young man understood Old Asimo's painstaking efforts, but Acai's death did not know how to explain to the villagers. Old Asimo smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I will deal with it."

The two walked back to the house, and the villagers' discussions were already heard. Old Asimo pointed to the young man beside him without any concern or fear at the look of everyone's doubts or blame, and said, "From now on, he will lead you to continue to pursue the footsteps of the gods." He began to introduce in detail. As a place that Asimo should pay attention to, this should have been taught separately in private, but Old Asimo began to explain all this in detail in front of everyone. None of the villagers dared to leave first. Old Asimo's voice became lighter and lighter, and finally fell softly when he said the last word. The young man quickly helped him up and found that under the cover of Old Asimo's spacious coat, a short knife was inserted into his chest.

Everyone couldn't help but scream. The people of Gexizhai were not allowed to commit suicide because they would not be able to return to the embrace of the gods. Old Asimo has always been respected by people. No one thought that he would commit suicide. Old Asimo raised his head and smiled at the people beside him, saying, "I killed A Cai, and I should use blood to wash away my crimes." His hands became colder and colder. No one knew why he set fire to A Cai to death, but at this moment, no one wanted Old Asimo to die like this. Someone immediately went to get the medicine. Old Asimo smiled and said, "It's useless." His voice suddenly became heavy again, and he said loudly: "You must remember what I said today. Each of you must be prepared to become Asimo."

No one could understand what his words meant. Even the new Asimo young man didn't understand. Asimo was the most noble existence in the Gexi Village. How could everyone be Asimo? But they could never ask the answer anymore. Old Asimo's breath had stopped. There was still a hint of worry and unwillingness on his face, as if it was for the unknown future of these people in front of him.

The people in the village buried the old Asimo in the most grand ceremony. Some people wanted to bury Acai's body together, but the new Asimo young man was not sure. No one knew how painful he was. He loved Acai more than anyone else, but had to do so, because no one could know Pahu's secret.

As life goes by day by day, the death of Old Asimo and the death of Acai gradually faded into people's hearts. Only when there is no one occasionally, will people talk about Acai's children and the man behind her. Life is so dull that the new Asimo even began to suspect that the legend that Old Asimo said was just nonsense.

But soon after, the village began to disappear inexplicably. At first, wild cats and dogs wandering outside the village, and gradually even domestic cats and dogs began to disappear. Everyone was talking about this strange thing. Some people even thought of what the old Asimo said that day and asked the new Asimo what happened. The new Asimo began to panic in his heart, but he had to come forward to soothe everyone's emotions. Only at night did he secretly search on the mountain and search everywhere, hoping to find the truth of the matter."

I couldn't help asking, "Have you found it?"

The old man nodded and said, "Finished."

"The young man looked for countless places, but he couldn't find where the missing livestock were. The villagers were getting more and more emotional. Although some people locked up cats and dogs, this was not a long-term solution. The young man felt that the pressure on him was getting bigger and bigger. At this time, he suddenly remembered a person. Perhaps only this person can help him now."

Asimo is a wise man from Gexi Village. If he doesn't understand something, others will definitely not understand even more. What's more, the young man dares not tell any Gexi Village people about this matter. Then the person he can find must be outsiders. However, Gexi Village has always had few contacts with outsiders. Who can he find? I looked at the old man with a puzzled look, and the old man looked at me. Suddenly, I said "ah", and I finally remembered who this person is. The old man smiled and nodded at me, saying, "You will also be a good Asimo."

At this moment, I suddenly remembered that Gexi Village was not completely in contact with outsiders. At least when the old man was telling the past, he once said that there was a noble guest who was about to give birth to them, and the old man was looking for must be her. The old man's affirmation also confirmed that my guess was correct.

The conservative Gexi Village people regarded it as a noble guest, and when Asimo was in the most difficult time, they didn't even worry about the risk of secrets being leaked in the clan, they had to seek help from her. I also became extremely curious about this woman and couldn't help asking: "Who is this female guest?"

Although decades have passed, when the old man mentioned this woman, his face still couldn't help but express his respectful and admiration. He said proudly: "That is the guide lamp given to us Gexi Village people by God!"

When I heard of a god, I couldn't help but feel overwhelmed, but I didn't want to sarcastically crack down on and deprive him of his faith in front of an old man, so I had to change the subject and ask: "Who is this female guest? An outsider is also qualified to take care of the family affairs of your Gexi Village?"
Chapter completed!