Obviously, Ji Qing's sudden meow made my heart tighten.
To make matters worse, he apparently lost control of his body in the water and began to curl up in a cat-like manner.
He was already in the water, and it was inconvenient for me to swim him out of the water like this. If he continued like this, let alone escaping the pursuit of the gray-eyed man, we might both sink together.
I don't know what to do? Maybe in such an environment, I shouldn't save people at all, and others may not understand my behavior.
But I can never forget what Master once said. To put it in layman’s terms, it means that as a person, you must first be yourself before you can be yourself in the eyes of others. It doesn’t matter what the future is, what you are carrying, what you have. There are thousands of huge reasons, but none of them are reasons why you can go against yourself.
This is a kind of true unrestrainedness, true temperament, and truly following one's heart naturally.
Chen Chengyi is not a hero who wants to dominate the world, and Chen Chengyi does not need to be a hero in the eyes of others. Chen Chengyi is not the protagonist in novels who keeps getting stronger, is calm and rational, and never suffers losses. Chen Chengyi is just a person in many cases. Ordinary people who stick to themselves.
The answer is exactly that.
If I don't save Ji Qing today and watch him die, I will really be ashamed of what Master told me. In this world, you must always stick to a little bit of truth and kindness in your heart. On this basis, when talking about your actions, Is he a magnanimous gentleman
Therefore, when Ji Qing became like this, I still had a bit of persistence of my own, and it was like an explosion. I forcibly put my arm on Ji Qing's chest, forcing him not to struggle, and then dragged him away. He stopped and swam forward, a little faster.
This is the power of persistence.
The water splashed on my face, and the opposite river bank was getting closer and closer... Because I discovered the fact that most of those gray-eyed people were chasing a few other cultivators who escaped. For me in the water, although it was also He looked unwilling and yelled several times to get down, but he didn't know what he was worried about and never entered the water. As long as he swam to the opposite bank, he should be safe.
At the same time, Ji Qing also became quieter at this time.
Could it be that this is the unstoppable path
But things are far from that simple. After a minute or so, when I was still dozens of meters away from the opposite river bank, Ji Qing, who was already quiet, suddenly started struggling with excitement. I thought it was him. It happened again. The symptoms just reminded me of the cat spirit in Heiyan Miao Village... But what I didn't expect was that his struggle this time was not a convulsive struggle at all, but the kind of normal person. Struggling.
I quickly felt the difference and couldn't help but turn around and yell: "Don't move if you don't want to die."
But it was inevitable to notice at the same time that Ji Qing's eyes, which were originally rolling his eyes, suddenly returned to normal, and his eyes were even clearer than ever before.
At this time, our position was that one of us was facing the other side and swimming forward, while the other one was held by my chest, facing away from me...
"Chen Chengyi, I don't want to die. I still have a lot of things to do." Ji Qing spoke under such circumstances.
I didn't have the energy to talk to him at all, even if I didn't understand what he meant by suddenly saying this at this time
"Chen Chengyi, in fact, I know myself better than anyone else. I am not proud at all, I am very inferior! Because, since I was a child, many people around me have laughed at me. Don't I need an expert to accept me as a disciple? It turns out that It was my shameless fantasy and other unpleasant words..." I don't know why Ji Qing became extremely sober at this time, and even the logic of his speech became extremely clear. He actually started to recall at such a critical moment. The past comes.
Although the current form is not very good at all, I was inexplicably moved in my heart by listening to his words. I don’t know that a long time ago, I had such an idea, and I, as a disciple, had to repay the karma my master planted.
I don't know that Ji Qing grew up with such a past, and because of this past, he became too self-protective, so that kind of inferiority became a manifestation of extreme pride on the surface.
Everyone has obsession, and obsession is something that often goes against reason... Just like my obsession, Chen Chengyi, is to find the master, and the master's obsession is to follow in the footsteps of the master. , even if the hope is slim, even if it looks like we are doing stupid things... Just like Ji Qing, his obsession is me, the shadow that has been weighing on him, and he is willing to risk his life to prove it.
I want to say that I understand him very well.
But before I said it, Ji Qing had already said to himself: "But, Chen Chengyi, no matter how inferior I am or how I disguise my pride. Do you know that in this world, I am the last person I want to owe Yes, it’s your favor! Because you are a shadow that I have always wanted to transcend. My childhood memories have also grown up with you, a person I have never met. Do you know how heavy it has been for so many years? "
What's the meaning? I couldn't help but glance at Ji Qing.
However, Ji Qing suddenly looked at me and smiled very openly. I didn't have much interaction with him, so I had never seen him smile like this before, and I couldn't guess whether he had ever smiled like this before. I even had it at that moment. He was in a daze and couldn't figure out why Ji Qing was smiling like this. On such a misty river surface, his smile was like a ray of sunshine suddenly shining on him.
"Chen Chengyi, I will return the favor to you now..." After saying this, Ji Qing suddenly seemed to explode. The strength of his hands became extremely strong, and in a sudden movement, he threw it away. He grabbed my hand on his chest, and before I could react, he turned around and pushed me again.
Originally I was going with the flow, originally I was moving forward, but when I was pushed forward like this... I couldn't help but move forward for several meters.
Then, I heard a huge sound of water breaking, and a picture was reflected in my pupils. Ji Qing, who was involuntarily paddling backward due to the reaction force, still had such a magnanimous smile on his face, and among the broken water splashes, A huge head, even bigger and more ferocious than the ship-protecting monster just now, like a head that combines a snake and a dinosaur... It has opened its huge mouth at this moment, and under such a clear blue sky, the mouth The teeth look ferocious but extremely sharp... .
Ji Qing's entire body seemed so small compared to it, but at that moment it was infinitely magnified in my pupils...
His smile disappeared and his eyes began to turn white again. He seemed to be having convulsions again, but I still heard him say to me: "I will return the favor to you. If you are a man, don't look back..."
Do not look back? Do not look back! My face was covered with splashes from the river, so I didn’t know what that hot thing was. At that moment, it was like all the blood was flowing backwards, and my heart suddenly burst! I turned my head suddenly and started swimming desperately to vent my anger. How dare I look back? I couldn't look back at all... If I turned back, it would be a complete let-down, a real let-down...
I never knew that I could still be like this, howling and crying in pain while swimming desperately in the water
What is the cause and what is the effect? At this moment, I suddenly became extremely confused. The cause of Master's failure led me to save him. The result of saving him turned into another cause. He paid me back. A fruit that has a chance of living...then what kind of entanglements will there be next
He is still a stranger to me. I have never been like this to a stranger, and I have never thought that a thought would end like this. Is this a good reward? Perhaps, good rewards are sometimes bitter. I can only say that you can't give up what you insist on, that's all the reasons.
It became quiet behind me. What happened to the huge monster and Ji Qing? I didn't dare to look at it... It was as if it had never appeared before, and the monster's voice became completely silent.
I was already close to the river bank. My body was afraid of being in the shallow water. I was extremely wet and wet, and my limbs were uncoordinated as I crawled to the bank. I cried bitterly as I climbed. I don't know what I should be thinking at this moment. Maybe it would be easier if he really didn't want to owe me any favors
This is what people do. The things they occasionally do are irrational, not absolute, and have no reason at all for others to understand. But this is what is really lovely about people? That Ji Qing, that magnanimous smile.
I climbed up into the dense forest, lay down and hugged a tree in front of me, letting my tears mix with the soil, and cried extremely loudly.
I didn't notice at all, a man walked out of the dense forest, stood ten meters away from me, and then looked at me quietly, looking at...