"Ah... I can't do it anymore! I want to drink water!" Xie Yao slumped on the mule and said weakly. en8.
They were in an unknown hill to the north of Xianhua City.
In Xianhuacheng North City, they obtained identification documents, a few changes of clothes, and a large amount of dry food.
After leaving the official road, there is no inn or inn. The places that can be repaired are either farmhouses in deserted villages or hunting huts in the mountains. Because you spend most of your time traveling in the wild, food is a must.
Unfortunately, although Xie Yao considered food, he completely forgot about water. They walked for almost a day, and although Ah Qing said nothing, Xie Yao was already wailing.
Ah Qing thought for a while and took the teapot given by the strange old man from Amang's neck.
"I heard the sound of water. There should be a stream ahead. Can I use this to get you some water?"
Xie Yao felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. He was almost 20 years old. How could he have to have a child take care of him even to drink water? Ah Qing didn't say a word during the whole journey, and he didn't show any expression of being overwhelmed. On the contrary, he was the one who proposed the journey and caused all kinds of trouble.
"Give me the pot and I'll pour the water." Xie Yao said. After saying this, Xie Yao was surprised to find that he was actually asking for the child's opinion.
"Amang." Yun Qing nodded, and then whispered in Amang's ear, "Protect him."
Aman remained motionless, staring at Xie Yao.
Xie Yao was horrified by what he saw and said quickly: "No, no! I can just go by myself! It's not safe for you to stay here alone..."
"Amang." Yun Qing called again, his tone was very calm. But Aman roared in pain and gently put him down from his shoulders.
Then he grabbed Xie Yao and walked towards the place where the sound of water came from without looking back.
Yun Qing stood alone in the dark shadow of the trees. His black hair slightly covered his face, and his expression was unpredictable.
"Come out." He said indifferently towards somewhere in the dense forest.
There was nothing but the sound of the wind blowing and the grass and trees whistling. It was almost sunset now, and with the ancient trees blocking the sunlight, it was so dark in the forest that I couldn't even see my feet.
Yun Qing sighed: "Amang is not with me. You can come out and we will talk alone."
"It's infinite." A disembodied voice sounded from all directions.
Suddenly the sound of grass and trees disappeared. Not only the grass and trees, but also all the sounds, the wind, the howls of animals, the sounds of streams, all disappeared. 『Elegant*Wen*Words*Emotion*First*Posted』
This small world seems to be separated from nature.
"Hand over the things and I will spare your life!" The voice gradually became clearer.
In front of Yun Qing was a man in white robes. The dust-free white robe drags on the ground, but it feels light and weightless.
"Can you fly?" Yun Qing suddenly asked an unrelated question.
"Hand over the things and I will spare your life!" The man in white robe repeated this sentence mechanically.
"I heard that high-level monks can fly." Yun Qing faced the direction of the white-robed man, his eyes still closed, "If you are willing to take me to see above the blue clouds, I will give you something. "
The man in white robe seemed silent for a moment: "I can get that thing even if I kill you."
Yun Qing sighed: "Why are all the guys in the Hundred Thousand Mountains like you... not cute?"
The man in white robe stopped talking, his clothes were slightly raised, flying like fallen leaves in the wind. This small space was filled with the mighty aura he brought.
"Death for evildoers!" His voice came from all directions, and his white clothes disappeared without a trace.
A series of dazzling white lights lit up one after another. Under the cover of this white light, the real body of the man in white robe suddenly attacked Yun Qing.
"Hey..." Yun Qing sighed softly and stood still.
However, the assassination attempt that he thought was easy to capture did not succeed. What the man in white robe saw before he lost consciousness was the boy's eyes as dark as ink.
After a while, Amang carried Xie Yao back to the place.
Yun Qing sat under the tree, looking a little tired. He was also playing with a small glass cup in his hand.
"Pour me some water." Yun Qing handed the small cup to them.
Xie Yao was curious about how he knew that it was the two of them and not some bad guy. He took the small lamp and poured some stream water into it.
The stream water swayed in the small lamp with a subtle luster. This light intertwined with the lines on the original lamp to form two complicated ancient characters. Due to the constant changes in light, these two words are still trembling slightly, as if they are alive.
"Square inch...?" Xie Yao read out these two words, "Is this the same as that pot? I just saw the same words written on the pot when I was cleaning it."
"Yes, the square inch lamp and the heaven and earth pot are the same set." Ah Qing nodded with a smile and took a sip of water.
"The workmanship is so exquisite... It's like... this thing should only be found in heaven!" Xie Yao praised.
"A gift from a destined person... Ahem..." Ah Qing didn't say much. He covered his mouth and coughed a few times, "First find a place to stay..."
Xie Yao thought he was choking on the water, so he took the mule and walked towards the mountainside. Generally, there will be cabins built by hunters in such places for temporary settlement.
Aman picked up Yun Qing and looked at the blood slowly seeping out between Yun Qing's fingers with worry and anxiety.
"It's okay, it's okay... Fang Cunzhan can't hurt me." Yun Qing patted the big man's head to comfort him, but more blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth.
The big man's expression was extremely panicked. He opened his mouth wide and wanted to howl, but Ah Qing stopped him.
"It's really okay, Amang, don't worry... Ahem..." Ah Qing's face showed no expression, and his voice was as calm as ever, "The Book of Heaven has not yet completely matched with me. Only by constantly connecting with nature can we be stable... So just now Fang Cunzhan isolated the world. I was a little affected at that time..."
"I have to find a way to practice Taoism... Otherwise, it's not just a matter of going blind..."
"Amang, do you understand?" Yun Qing was slightly out of breath after speaking such a long paragraph.
Aman tore off a piece of animal skin, wiped his blood, and then put the animal skin away.
"Thank you." Yun Qing closed her eyes and said warmly.
"Here! It's here! I didn't expect it to be so close..." Xie Yao, who was walking in front, shouted excitedly.
He pointed to a simple wooden shed and said to the two of them: "This is a hunting cabin. Hunters often spend the night here. You might even find some meat in it!"
"First check if there are any traps around..." Yun Qing's voice sounded a little sleepy.
Xie Yao was reminded by him that there were probably many traps in the place where the Orion stayed to guard against wild beasts. He would be in danger if he rushed over so hastily.
He suddenly felt something akin to awe towards the child. Xie Yao opened his eyes wide and poked at spots on the ground with a wooden stick, and found several large pits and animal traps hidden under the fallen leaves.
He cleared a safe path and let Aman go there first with Yun Qing in his arms. Then he hid the traps again, and then walked into the cabin step by step.
As soon as the door of the cabin was opened, a rotten smell hit his face.
"Cough cough... cough cough!" Yun Qing was aroused by the smoke and coughed harder. Looking at that posture, my lungs are about to cough up.
Xie Yao was startled by him and quickly waved his sleeves to fan him.
"Sprinkle water... cough cough..." Yun Qing coughed and said a few vague words. He covered his mouth with one hand and pointed to the pot hanging around Amang's neck with one hand.
Xie Yao hurriedly took off the pot and sprinkled the remaining water all over the floor of the wooden house.
"... Huh." He let out a long breath and then had time to take a closer look at the wooden house.
It was so dusty that I couldn't see clearly, but now I saw that this wooden house was really strange.
No bed, no table, no chair. Empty. In the middle stood a large stove with a dark tripod on it. There are some wooden frames on the four walls. I don’t know what was put there before. There was a candlestick in each of the four corners of the room. The lamp body was extremely dirty, and the corners of the wall were also smoked black.
The room was always filled with this smell of decay. It gives people a very depressing feeling.
"It's a bit cold." Ah Qing frowned.
It was actually colder indoors than outside in the woods. A cold and cold breath came continuously from the surroundings.
"Light up the stove. We'll leave at dawn tomorrow." Xie Yao also felt that this wooden house was a bit weird, but there was no other place to go in the wilderness, so he had to make do with it.
"Amon, go and get some wood. We have to build a sleeping place."
Aman reluctantly placed Yun Qing in a slightly cleaner place and asked him to face the stove so that he could warm up later.
Xie Yao began to wander around the house looking for a poker. They had bought the tools to start the fire, but the tools to put out the fire could only be taken out now.
As a result, the room was really empty, as if there was nothing except the cauldron. Xie Yao searched for a long time and squatted down in the corner. The candlestick was long and thin and could barely be used.
He reached out to pick up the candlestick, but suddenly found that the candlestick was firmly nailed into the ground. Xie Yao felt even weirder now. Who would nail a candlestick to the ground? Could it be that Orion used it for a special purpose
But there's not much we can do right now. There's a big temperature difference between day and night in the mountains. It's almost night now, and the temperature has dropped sharply. Yun Qing's health seems to have been in poor health, and he can't be said to be strong. It's absolutely unacceptable if someone gets sick at this juncture. So the stove must be lit.
He pulled the candlestick hard, shook it from side to side, and spent a long time breaking it bit by bit.
"Chi...!" A voice of flames came from behind him.
Xie Yao stood in the corner, holding half of a candlestick ready to be used as a poker, and looked back blankly.
The furnace that had been extinguished for an unknown number of years suddenly erupted with a faint blue flame.