Source...... strength? 本源……力量？ The children are ignorant, the meaning of not too clear great mulberry, but nearby at this moment, the familiar person and matter are not , the strange islands made him send being afraid/painful intermittently, present great mulberry, although the self-supporting fine monster, at least communicated and gives back to his food with him on own initiative, he worried shut out very much by the opposite party, does not immediately dare to cry. 孩童懵懵懂懂,不太明白巨桑的意思,但此刻,熟悉的人与事都不在跟前,诡异的岛屿令他阵阵发憷,眼前的巨桑,虽然自承精妖,至少主动跟他交流、还给他食物,他很担心被对方嫌弃,顿时不敢哭了。 Also waited for the moment, the great mulberry has no sound, the child holds the mulberry, stared blankly the moment, lowers the head, starts the feed of small mouth small mouth. 又等了片刻,巨桑还是没有任何动静,孩童捧着桑葚,愣怔了片刻,低下头,开始小口小口的进食。 In these two mulberries and imagination are equally pleasant and tasty, no, should compared with deliciousness of estimate. 这两颗桑葚跟想象中一样甘美,不,应该是比预估的更可口。 The children are almost wolfing down eats them, at the same time, his entire body felt flooding into of warm current, originally illusory physique, congealed really several points. 孩童几乎是狼吞虎咽的将它们吃下去,与此同时,他整个躯体都感到了一股暖流的涌入,原本虚幻的形体,又凝实了几分。 Even in even/including brain one pure brightness, seemed to be more intelligent. 甚至连脑中都一片清明,似乎聪慧了很多。 „Tree...... tree fine uncle?” The children finished eating the mulberry, looks up to the great mulberry, is probing the opens the mouth. “树……树精伯伯？”孩童吃完桑葚,抬头看向巨桑,试探着开口。 The great mulberry is aloof. 巨桑无动于衷。 Inquired in a low voice several, have not been responded, child hesitant little while, feared that own entanglement can anger the great mulberry, no longer spoke. 低声询问了几句,都没有得到回应,孩童犹豫了会儿,怕自己的纠缠会惹怒巨桑,不再吭声。 He moves to the great mulberry root little, sees the great mulberry not to prevent, then timid depends on the great mulberry the tree trunk to sit down, is recalling the great mulberry words dull. 他一点点挪到巨桑根部,见巨桑没有阻止,遂怯生生的靠着巨桑的树干坐下,呆呆的回想着巨桑刚才的话。 Riches and honor? Sacrificial offering? fate standard/destiny? 富贵？祭品？命格？ The children think suddenly, oneself from the record, are subject to the family/home to love. 孩童忽然想到,自己从记事起,就备受家中宠爱。 Therefore, even caused the brother elder sisters' envious hatred. 为此,甚至引起了兄姐们的嫉恨。 But the parents in private after the brother elder sister talked, they suddenly no longer repel him, instead friendly favored to drown to him especially. 但父母私下与兄姐交谈之后,他们忽然不再排斥他,反而对他格外的友善宠溺。 „You are our family/home fate standard/destiny most precious person, we will depend on you in the future!” The youngest Elder Brother, has said accidentally. “你可是我们家命格最贵重的人,我们将来啊就靠你了！”年纪最小的哥哥,偶然这么说过。 At that time, the child only felt subconscious proud proud. 那时候,孩童只觉得下意识的骄傲自豪。 He also sets firm resolve, grows up later has an achievement, must return the family member well. 他也下定决心,长大之后有所成就,一定要好好回报家人。 However few days ago...... 但是前些日子…… Entire family leads him to climb mountains and cross rivers suddenly, goes to the seashore, rented ships, enters the deep sea. 全家忽然带着他跋山涉水,前往海边,租赁了一艘船只,进入深海。 Why does not know, after going to sea, the child feels the intermittent palpitation suddenly, he is making a tearful scene to go back, the family member but who usually always follows to him, actually no pays attention. 不知道为什么,出海之后,孩童忽然感到阵阵心悸,他哭着闹着要回去,但素日对他言听计从的家人,却没有一个理会。 „Quick!” Making a tearful scene fierce time, mother comforts like this, „you endure, quick was all right.” “快了快了！”哭闹的厉害的时候,母亲这样安慰,“你忍一忍,很快就没事了。” Then, the ships finally stop, after a complicated ceremony, he was delivered a manufacturing in a rough way bamboo raft by the parents personally, gazes after the ships to return, more walks far...... vanishes in the sea level of jet black finally. 然后,船只终于有一天停下来,经过一番繁复的仪式之后,他被父母亲自送上一张粗制滥造的竹筏,目送船只返航,越走越远……最终消失在墨黑的海面上。 Earliest time, the child thinks that is punishment that make a tearful scene to cause. 最早的时候,孩童以为是自己哭闹导致的责罚。 He is enduring palpitation and fear of heart, forcing oneself to stop the tears. He thinks, so long as little darling, the family member appears before him immediately, brings back to him the familiar family/home, resumed formerly the worry-free life. 他忍着心底的悸动与恐惧,强迫自己止住泪水。他以为,只要自己乖乖的,家里人就会立刻出现在他面前,将他带回熟悉的家中,恢复从前无忧无虑的生活。 However endures to endure Ah…… 然而忍啊忍啊…… The bamboo raft fluttered for a long time was very very long, all around was the boundless sea water. 竹筏飘了很久很久,四周都是茫茫的海水。 His father, his mother, his elder brother, his elder sisters...... have not appeared again. 他的父亲,他的母亲,他的兄长,他的阿姊们……再也没有出现。 The children have been having the weak hope, hopes that all these is a nightmare, hopes that all these are only a joke, the hope...... 孩童一直抱着微弱的希望,希望这一切都是一场噩梦,希望这一切只是一个玩笑,希望…… At this moment, looks the own empty under foot, felt not to have the breath and heartbeat, he understood finally what's the matter. 这一刻,看着自己空荡荡的脚下,感受着自己已然没了呼吸与心跳,他终于明白了是怎么回事。 „Father...... mother...... the grandfather...... the grandmother...... the big brother...... the elder sister......” child opens mouth, a word word is talking over. “爹爹……娘亲……祖父……祖母……大兄……阿姊……”孩童张开嘴,一个词一个词的念叨着。 Every time talked over one to flood the name of warm dependence in those days, the hatred of his whole body, increased first layer. 每念叨出一个往日充斥温馨依恋的称呼,他周身的恨意,就增加一层。 Quick, in the child pure brightness pupil, the black fog filled the air. 很快,孩童原本清明的眸子里,黑雾弥漫。 He delicate fair facial features, starts to twist fiercely. 他清秀白皙的面容,也开始扭曲狰狞。 „Father...... mother...... the grandfather...... the grandmother...... the big brother...... the elder sister......” child is reading repeatedly, as if must these people, inscribe bone to inter the body. “爹爹……娘亲……祖父……祖母……大兄……阿姊……”孩童一遍遍念着,仿佛要将这些人,铭刻入骨。 Got windy. 起风了。 Sea breeze that blows from the distant place, has stroked about the wild rose of island, the gorgeous flowers were separated, reveal on the jet black branches and leaves the sharp thorn. 从远处吹来的海风,拂过合岛的蔷薇,艳丽的花朵被分开,露出漆黑枝叶上锋利的刺。 When they drag, deeply dug in the arm of child , the seed of hatred and retaliation, dug in his innermost feelings. 它们摇曳之际,深深扎入了孩童的手臂,也将憎恨与报复的种子,扎入了他的内心。 When does not know, the eye pupil on great mulberry tree trunk, opens again, focuses attention on the child moment, suddenly said: „To revenge?” 不知道什么时候,巨桑树干上的眼眸,再次睁开,注目孩童片刻,忽然说道:“想报仇吗？” The children have nothing to hesitate: „Thinks!” 孩童没有任何迟疑:“想！” „Arrives here ghost thing, is unable easily to leave.” Great mulberry languid saying, „, but in the island has an Sir, recently happen to needed a servant, handles something.” “来到这里的鬼物,无法轻易离开。”巨桑懒洋洋的说道,“但岛上有位大人,最近正好需要一名奴仆,做些事情。” „You , if willing to serve him, he should not mind to you an avenging a grievance opportunity.” “你若是愿意侍奉他,他应该不介意给你一个报仇雪恨的机会。” „But you must consider clearly, although this Sir the status is precious, the strength will be hard to estimate...... may he leave momentarily.” “但是你要考虑清楚,这位大人虽然身份贵重,实力难以测度……可他随时都会离开。” „Short several days, long millennium ten thousand years.” “短则数日,长则千年万载。” „This Sir, still does not have inheritor.” “这位大人,至今没有传承者。” „You, once were his servant, is unable to change the entrance.” “你一旦做了他的奴仆,将无法改换门庭。” „Only if some day, his inheritor arrival, otherwise, you in this place, does not have any dependence.” “除非有朝一日,他的传承者到来,否则,你在此地,没有任何依靠。” Otherwise, such errand, was impossible to be one's turn one just to ascend the child ghost of island. 若不然,这样的差使,也不可能轮到一个刚刚登岛的孩童亡魂。 To the hatred, to the abandoned anger and to the fresh attachment family member with the fear to dying, had swallowed the innermost feelings of child thoroughly, he does not have to hesitate slightly: „Good!” 对家人的恨意、对被抛弃的愤怒、对生的眷恋与对死的恐惧,已然彻底吞噬了孩童的内心,他没有丝毫迟疑:“好！” Therefore, the child was transferred on the giant crown by the great mulberry. 于是,孩童被巨桑挪移到了巨大的树冠上。 As a result of palatial of mulberry tree, its branches and leaves just like the broad way and platform, even if sea breeze flap flap, actually gorgeously motionless, as if flat land. 由于桑树的巍峨,其枝叶犹如宽阔的路径与平台,纵然海风猎猎,却巍然不动,仿佛平地。 He novel and timid walks along the tree trunk, is walking, gradually entered boundless mist. 他新奇又胆怯的沿着树干行走,走着走着,逐渐进入了一片茫茫雾气。 Also does not know how long, the child suddenly sees the light at present, he sees the boundless sea area at present, the sea level is different the black color around islands, but is a bright deep blue. 也不知道走了多久,孩童眼前豁然开朗,他看到苍茫海域就在眼前,海面不同于岛屿四周的墨色,而是一片剔透的蔚蓝。 The sky-blue sea, anything does not have, including the weakest ripples, has not exuded. 蔚蓝色的海上,什么都没有,连最微弱的涟漪,也不曾泛起。 Deathly stillness, monotonous, charm that one type is actually hard to describe, as if directs his one to dig, forever dropping seabed. 死寂,单调,却又有一种难以描绘的魅力,似乎引着他一头扎入其中,永堕海底。 The child bite back line of sight, does not dare to look again. 孩童急忙收回视线,不敢再看。 At this time, he discovered, oneself not far away, a cotton garment man, the sent barefoot, sat cross-legged in the mist, the double pupil hung, focuses attention on the sea level, resembled is thinking deeply about anything. 这时候,他发现,自己不远处,一名布衣男子,被发跣足,趺坐雾气之中,双眸微垂,注目海面,似在思索着什么。 Facial features strange of cotton garment man, obviously is clear, actually does not talk clearly its concrete appearance completely. 布衣男子的面容非常诡异,明明一目了然,却完全说不清楚其具体的长相。 Is delicate and pretty? Is ugly? Is average not wonderful? Is old? Is few? 是俊美？是丑陋？是平平无奇？是老？是少？ As long as sees, in the brain is blank, cannot remember cannot remember slightly the detail. 但凡看到者,脑中都是一片空白,记不住也想不起丝毫细节。 „Under my some odd jobs, you help handle.” The cotton garment man leans excessively, looked at a child at will. “我这里有些杂务,你帮忙打理下。”布衣男子侧过头,随意的看了眼孩童。 This is very light, made, even if the child of not county magistrate also felt such as the falling icehouse, all over the body cold. 这一眼很是平淡,却令哪怕不知事的孩童也感到如坠冰窖,遍体寒凉。 He stands rigidly in same place, moves does not dare to move, cannot move. 他僵立在原地,一动都不敢动,也不能动。 Long time, slow one breath, immediately crawls in the place, fluttering to be. 半晌,才缓过一口气,立刻匍匐在地,颤声应是。 Starting from that day, the child under the reminder of great mulberry, changed a statement to call the cotton garment man „Master”. 从那日起,孩童在巨桑的提醒下,改口称布衣男子为“主人”。 In the child eyes, Master is sitting cross-legged to the sea level obviously all day long reflected on, never hasty words and stern countenance, but he always feels does not have the reason terrified with dreading. 在孩童眼里,主人明明终日对着海面趺坐静思,也从不疾言厉色,但他却总是感到没来由的惶恐与畏惧。 His cautious studies is serving Master, exhausts the thoughts to estimate its likes with the custom. 他小心翼翼的学着侍奉主人,用尽心思揣摩其喜好与习惯。 During this, the great mulberry gave him section of own branches and leaves: „Meditates your personal enemy, only if nine big sends true successor that carries gold/metal book and above, otherwise by the instantaneous extraction soul, will enter in this section of trunk and branches.” 这期间,巨桑给了他一截自己的枝叶:“默想你的仇人,除非是九大派名载金册的真传及以上,否则都会被瞬间抽取魂魄,进入这截枝干之中。” „This section of trunk and branches gave to you.” “这截枝干就送给你了。” The great mulberry under said the truth happy, „used temporarily as you to serve Sir that one, solved the reward of difficult problem for me.” 巨桑心情不错之下说出真相,“权当你去侍奉那位大人,为我解决了个难题的报酬。” Yes, will the Master what kind of position, how possibly care about an intense rivalry of young servant? 是的,主人何等身份地位,怎么可能会关心一个小小奴仆的恩怨情仇？ The great mulberry could not find the right manpower to withstand/top the vat, therefore deceives the child who just landed on the island. 巨桑不过是找不到合适的人手顶缸,故此诓骗刚刚登岛的孩童罢了。 No, does not calculate that deceives completely. 不,也不算完全诓骗。 After all great Sang same gives the opportunity that the child revenged, after all regarding its such existence, must take a life of mortal, was too easy. 毕竟巨桑同样给了孩童报仇的机会,毕竟对于它这样的存在来说,要取一家凡人的性命,实在太容易了。 Even if away from the long and trying journeys, the countless distance, as before is only conveniently for it. 哪怕隔着万水千山,难以数计的距离,依旧只是随手为之。 After attaining the great mulberry trunk and branches, the child extracted the soul of entire family very much simply, looks that the parental brother elder sister's painful wailing in the trunk and branches begs for mercy, he felt unprecedented substantial and joyfulness. 拿到巨桑枝干后,孩童很干脆的抽取了合家的魂魄,看着父母兄姐在枝干之中痛苦的哀嚎求饶,他感到了前所未有的充实与愉悦。 Moreover, after the soul of entire family was suffered withering away, the child discovered surprisedly, the great mulberry trunk and branches feeds back to a he pure soul strength. 而且,当合家的魂魄被折磨消亡后,孩童惊奇的发现,巨桑枝干反馈给他一股精纯的魂力。 His strength obviously promoted a big truncation. 他的力量明显提升了一大截。 Then, when the child serves Master, started to pay attention to have nearby the islands the trail of living. 接下来,孩童侍奉主人之余,开始留意起了岛屿附近生者的踪迹。 But the islands do not fix in one obviously, but keeps on vacillating everywhere, this gave the child the opportunity of attempt. 而岛屿显然并不固定在一处,而是到处游移不定,这给了孩童更多尝试的机会。 He determined quickly, the trunk and branches of great mulberry, can extract the soul, but gives him truly the strength, is not the soul, but is the soul pain, fear, hatred and indignation...... the fermentations of these evil thoughts. 他很快确定,巨桑的枝干,能够抽取魂魄,但真正赋予他力量的,并非魂魄本身,而是魂魄痛苦、恐惧、憎恨、怨愤……这些恶念的酝酿。 Once, his luck very good to discover a Big Island, in the island has 12 cities...... 有一次,他运气非常好的发现了一座大岛,岛上足足有着十二座城池…… Huge since the so population, lets the approach that the child had changed consistent utterly destroyed. 如此巨大的人口,让孩童改变了一贯以来斩尽杀绝的做法。 He feels this island, can as one long-term, stable supplies. 他觉得这座岛,可以作为一个长期的,稳定的供给。 Only makes the thinking slightly, the child had the idea. 只稍作思索,孩童就有了主意。 First arranges several waves of ghost tides, makes fear that the entire islands fall into are in a precarious state, subsequently, in perishing city genocide when sweeps across the island desperately, the disguise passes by the road cultivator is in the island the city people shows the right direction. 先安排几波鬼潮,令整座岛屿都陷入朝不保夕的恐惧,继而,在亡城灭种的绝望席卷全岛时,乔装过路修士为岛上城民指点迷津。 Quick, the Master idol was established, the system of sacrificial offering also carries out rapidly. 很快,主人的神像被立下,祭祀的制度也迅速落实。 A year offers sacrifices a person, regarding the mortals in 12 cities, the pressure does not seem big. 一年献祭一人,对于十二城的凡人来说,似乎压力不大。 But the rule that the child arranges, the choice of sacrificial offering, was completely not controlled by 12 cities. 但孩童安排的规则,祭品的选择,完全不受十二城控制。 Regardless of the men and women, did not ask the old and young, did not divide in any case. 无论男女,不问老少,不分贵贱。 Anybody, from extreme old age old man, to newly-born baby, no matter expensive/noble is the city lord hierarch, in the sewer lives on dishonorably begged, might at the annual rite, pulled out offers a sacrifice to the bamboo slip to that. 任何人,上至耄耋之年的老者,下至刚刚出生的婴孩,不管是贵为城主的掌权者,还是臭水沟里苟且偷生的乞儿,都有可能在一年一度的祭典上,抽到那根祭签。 Therefore, after the ghost tide vanishes, when the entire 12 cities, each mortal, barely manages to maintain a feeble existence, all year long lives in the terrified. 故此,鬼潮消失后,整个十二城,每一个凡人,苟延残喘之余,终年生活在惶恐之中。 They more arrive at the rite more to be afraid, dread the offered a sacrifice to bamboo slip select. 他们越到祭典越害怕,畏惧自己会被祭签选中。 Only then after every year rite ended, short some time, not by selection, relaxing that feels relieved, enjoys such several months of relaxedness. 只有每年的祭典结束之后短暂的一段时间,未被选中者,才如释重负的松口气,享受那么几个月的轻松。 Without a doubt, the living of 12 cities, the fresh mortal bodies and numerous souls, are huge to the stealthy attraction. 毫无疑问,十二座城池的生者,新鲜的肉身与众多的魂魄,对鬼祟的吸引力是巨大的。 However the Master reputation, shocks myriad ghost thing that are ready to make trouble sufficiently. 然而主人的名声,足以震慑住蠢蠢欲动的万千鬼物。 Regarding Master...... 至于说主人自己…… The children take care for many years, knows in heart, Master is disinclined to pay attention to these minor matters, so many years, Master even serving own servant named has not asked. 孩童服侍多年,心里有数,主人根本懒得理会这些小事,这么多年了,主人甚至连伺候自己的奴仆叫什么名字都未曾问过。 Is the idle talk this by the child names „Outerheaven Island” the islands? 遑论是这座被孩童取名“天外岛”的岛屿？ Then, child serving Master that does one's best, while in the sacrificial offering through island, continually promotes the strength. 就这样,孩童一边尽心尽力的伺候主人,一边通过岛上的祭祀,不断提升力量。 However on the 1st, the child was busy finds time to inspect the mortals to Outerheaven Island on whether knew one's place, has never left Master above great mulberry, suddenly appeared before him, opened the mouth saying: „I must leave.” 但是有一日,孩童忙里抽空到天外岛上检查凡人们是否安分守己时,从未离开过巨桑之上的主人,忽然出现在他面前,开口道:“我要离开了。”