He and It

From his tone, Xanthippe seemed to notice something, and just said "oh" softly.

The queen ordered that a long and luxurious banquet be held in the palace with the etiquette of receiving distinguished guests. Xie Ning pushed away the golden cup and only drank water instead of wine.

"I won't drink anymore," he said. "Thank you."

At the banquet, they talked about these years. Xanthippe talked about Aphrodite saving her and putting her on the island. Xie Ning also talked about a few things he had seen and heard while traveling around the world. When the singing and dancing ended and the banquet of old times came to an end, Xanthippe kindly invited him to stay on the island for a while.

Xie Ning thought for a while and agreed. Since he had nothing else to do, he could paint a few strokes wherever he went.

That night, while he was sitting by the bed, his nose suddenly smelled a gust of fragrant wind blowing through the gauze of the window.

"Goddess." He raised his head and called.

Lemnos Island is dedicated to Aphrodite, so it is naturally her territory. Ever since Xie Ning led the Pegasus and left Mount Olympus, she has never seen the God of Love again.

"You are here," leaning against the window, Aphrodite turned a rose and said softly, "I wonder if you remember that just before you went down the mountain, I was still blessing your victory from the bottom of my heart. Ah. , I didn’t know that that blessing could become a reality, that you really defeated Apollo, but in a way that no one among the gods had ever thought of.”

Xie Ning looked at her, nodded, and said, "I remember, and I will never forget your help to me."

"So..." Cupid threw down the rose, "You really don't want to change your mind."

Xie Ning shook her head: "I won't change it."

"Even if I touch your knees and beg?"

"Yes, even if you come to intercede."

After hearing this decisive answer, the God of Love sighed helplessly and frowned angrily. She stamped her feet and said displeasedly: "Cruel Dolos, ruthless Dolos! Why, am I not all?" The most beautiful woman and goddess in the world? Since all things love me, I should have the privileges that are natural to me. How can you turn a blind eye to me? "

Xie Ning laughed, and he heard the underlying meaning. Lowering his head and thinking for a while, he replied: "Of course you have privileges here. I promise you that you and your children will be the last gods to be painted on my canvas. "

Aphrodite thought for a while, her frown gradually calmed down, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Okay!" she said, "This is an answer that barely satisfies me. Well, even if I have persuaded you, it does not violate the will of Zeus."

After saying that, she greeted Xie Ning happily, and then turned into falling rose petals, flying up to the boundless sky with the night wind.

A few days passed like this, and Xie Ning did not want to stay in one place for too long. After bidding farewell to Xanthippe, he embarked on his journey again.

Along the way, he met many people and encountered many things. I wonder if his past experiences had excessively consumed his sadness and joy, love and hatred. Xie Ning rarely smiled, and even less experienced emotional fluctuations. , just like the wounds and pain in the heart are all scarred, if you touch it, there is only a thick cocoon shell, isolating the little self.

Only once, the only time.

Xie Ning was walking on the road at night. He climbed to the top of the mountain and faced the stars in the sky and the moonlight reflecting the stars. He suddenly remembered that that hot and embracing night, there was also a waterfall of moonlight pouring down from the ceiling of the underground palace.

——"That is the second most beautiful sight I have ever seen in my life," Echidena said piously. Under the moonlight, his expression was satisfied and happy. "Now, I want you to see it too."

——"You said the most beautiful one? The most beautiful one is you, my dear Dolos."

At that moment, Xie Ning was so grief-stricken that he could not control himself. Facing the vast moonlit night, he stood alone on the hill and cried bitterly, almost heartbroken.

Chapter 170 The Snake of Pharisees (36)

As spring turned to winter, Xie Ning waded through mountains and seas.

He wore simple meals and lived a frugal life. Because he is a god, an eternal being who does not need to eat or sleep, Xie Ning rarely actively pursues material enjoyment. He usually chooses to walk on country roads for several days and nights. When he feels that it is time to stop, he knocks on the farmer's house and asks if they can take him in for a night. The morning light of the next day was dim. He left a few drachmas on the edge of the straw pillow, and then left quietly. It was so quiet that it seemed as if one had encountered an illusion born with the fog.

In the early days, most of Xie Ning's money came from gifts from Xansipe. He was not stingy with money. When he met an old man living alone or a poor peasant slave, he would just disperse on the road. After finishing the meal, Xie Ning thought about it. Every time he passed a prosperous city-state, he would set up an easel beside the square and write down the amount of money he needed to raise next to it, thinking of himself as a craftsman selling paintings.

At first, all the people who came were attracted by Xie Ning's appearance. The untainted brilliance of the immortal shrouded his face, making him look out of place in the noisy and complicated flow of people. By the time he finished painting the first and second pieces, his painting stall would often be crowded. People were surrounding on three levels inside and three levels out. The adults were exclaiming, the children were standing on tiptoes, the rich were holding their money bags in their sweaty palms, and the servants of the powerful were shouting loudly to clear the way...

However, once the agreed amount was drawn, Xie Ning stood up silently, put away the easel, collected the scattered coins, took out a few more, and gave them to the children next to her to buy candies. Then, he put on his cloak again, like a drop of water melting into a heavy rain, and walked into the crowd. No one could find any trace of him, even if they had been watching his every move and begging him to take more pictures.

He has been traveling like this for several years, walking in remote mountains and uninhabited valleys. It is not that he has not encountered bandits who robbed homes and gangsters who specialized in cutting trails to make a living. However, the oath of the God King is forever valid. Therefore, the robbers could not even touch the corners of his clothes, and could only watch Xie Ning walking away slowly.

Even before Zeus's guarantee had time to exert its power, he was accompanied by many spontaneous bodyguards - monsters under Echidna's command, nightmares lurking in the shadows, eagerly searching for any threat. Many times, robbers used bows and arrows to ambush passers-by from a distance. As soon as their fingers pressed the bowstring, their bloody mouths came out of nowhere and devoured them clean, even without spitting out their armor.

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