Brother Chengxin and I were walking lazily along the river. The river had already frozen, and the snow on the bank crunched under the feet. With this, Brother Chengxin and I each held a pickled bone in our hands, sucking The 'squeaky' sound complements each other.
After eating the sauced bones, I wiped my hands and face. I don’t always look good after eating, but I thought how sticky my hands and face were. But Brother Chengxin, on the other hand, looked as if he hadn’t eaten. He was so clean that his face I find that I can't afford to hurt such a mysophobic person.
I just talked casually along the way and didn't talk about anything serious. After walking for a while, I felt a little tired. I tightened my hat tightly and sat down simply. Looking at the frozen solid surface of the river, I spoke: "Is it time? Is everything settled? When will we set off?"
After coming here for two or three days, Brother Chengxin has been avoiding my question. Since we came out to talk this time, I might as well ask more directly.
"Everything that needs to be prepared is ready. Those rivers and rivers are nothing. The preparations for going to sea are a bit more troublesome. The departure time is estimated to be half a year. We will set off tomorrow at the end of spring or early summer." Cheng Brother Xin answered very simply this time and sat down next to me.
"Are your demon souls making offerings?" I originally wanted to pick up a root of grass and hold it in my mouth, but I found that this is the freezing north, not Sichuan. In this deep winter, where can I find grass roots
Instead of looking for grass roots, I simply held a handful of snow in my hands, but my mind had already drifted to a year ago!
A year ago, Brother Chengxin must have been very hard. It was so long that he had to carry me out with half a hand and half a hug. The place where we went out was a leeward hillside covered with snow. You could tell at a glance. We were no longer in the old forest. What was even weirder was that we had only walked a few steps. I was about to run back like crazy, but when I turned around, I couldn't find the entrance.
We were really embarrassed at that time. Our luggage had already been thrown away, and we didn’t know where we were in the old forest. I was in a state of decadence and pain. Brother Chengxin was in charge of everything alone. things.
However, the four demon souls we found did not worry us. After all, the Horcruxes are in our hands, and they are always 'pulled' by the Horcruxes. Less than an hour after we left the entrance, the four demon souls The souls will return one after another!
When these four guys came back, they had lost the majesty they had at the entrance to the Dragon Tomb. Silly Tiger was still Silly Tiger, tender fox, cute snake, and Er Lazy Turtle also regained his 'extremely distrustful' look. Then when they came back, they chose to fall asleep and couldn't wake up at that time. This made me a little worried about Xiao Chengqian and didn't know how they were doing.
At that time, I thought Brother Chengxin and I would die in the old forest. After all, we had no hunting skills, and we didn’t have food or any tools. How were we going to get out of this vast old forest
Unexpectedly, we survived the successive battles, but were trapped to death in the vast old forest.
However, things always turn around, although this turnaround is full of doubts and uneasiness. Yes, neither Brother Chengxin nor I expected that Jiang Yi would lead people and dispatch a helicopter to find this place.
Brother Chengxin and I were discovered by Jiang Yi's people the next morning after freezing all night, and then we were taken out of the old forest...
Of course we met Jiang Yi. Regarding his appearance, at that time, I was too lazy to wonder about anything, because I was not in the mood, but I will not forget the vigilance that the disc brought to me, so, for I always kept silent when Jiang Yi asked for help. It was Brother Chengxin who had to deal with everything. I insisted on staying in that small town, but what Brother Chengxin said to Jiang Yi was to talk about everything after he went back.
After that, I didn’t care about any of those things. I briefly told Brother Chengxin about Jiang Yi, and of course I didn’t forget to tell Brother Chengxin about my precautions against Jiang Yi. There was no reason, just It's just a little defensive, I think Brother Chengxin should be able to handle it.
Only then did I remember that I had been immersed in sadness this year and seemed to have missed a lot of things. At this time, when I thought of Jiang Yi's sudden appearance, I suddenly felt "weird" and scary.
"Don't worry, everyone has already cultivated the demon soul according to the method you said. Brother Chengqing chose the turtle soul, Chengzhen chose the demon snake, and the young fox followed me. You have been worried about Cheng Yuan's demon soul. It's Brother Yuan Yi's Jiao Hun. You don't know, we all want to give ours to Cheng Yuan, but Cheng Yuan is very insistent, and we may have underestimated Brother Yuan Yi's 'family heritage', compared to ours Demon soul, that dragon soul is very powerful." Brother Chengxin tried his best to explain everything to me clearly. Fortunately, I have come out of my sadness, and he can finally talk to me about this.
That's good. After all, there are so many unknowns in the rivers, lakes and seas. Without the demon soul, I really have no confidence. We are all too young. This unique skill of Lao Li's lineage at the bottom of the box is our life-saving talisman.
"What about Jiang Yi?" I thought of the past just now and recalled the inexplicable feeling of 'fear', so I naturally wanted to ask.
"After he went back, he was very direct and asked me to tell me everything about Dragon's Tomb, and asked me what I got in it. He tactfully gave me some ideas, that is, let's put the overall situation first, Dragon The things in the tomb may be very important to the department." Brother Chengxin said slowly.
"What do you mean? Didn't you keep the medicine you got there? Did you tell him?" I was inexplicably anxious, and the more I thought about it, the more something was wrong.
"No, it was actually quite stressful at the time, but after someone appeared, I got rid of the matter." Brother Chengxin lit a cigarette, and then continued: "The person who appeared was Sister Jenny, she is so domineering. , I don’t know how she broke into the secret office that day, and told Jiang Yi directly that she had taken him away, and she took me away like this. The reason why I asked you to come out to talk this time is because of Jiang Yi. Too sensitive. If Qinhuai hears anything, it may not be a good thing. Chengyi, this time, I just want to say that not only do you feel that there is something wrong with him, I also feel that there is something wrong with him."
I frowned. Of course I will never forget what he said about the 'cooperation' issue on the Road to Kunlun. After all, without his intervention, our actions would not be so convenient. Now that he has extended his hand, we...
Naturally, I told Brother Chengxin my concerns. Brother Chengxin took a long breath and said, "The problem you are worried about has actually happened a long time ago. Jiang Yi wants to appoint someone to act with us. It's just that , thanks Sister Jenny for rejecting it directly for us, her connections are really amazing, we can probably get rid of Jiang Yi this time."
"Why roughly?" I didn't understand.
"You know, Jiang Yi never dared to be forceful when facing Sister Jenny. But in this matter, Sister Jenny rejected him, but he didn't agree. Instead, he told us that we should consider his suggestion carefully. Chengyi, he refuses to let go." Brother Chengxin said.
I was silent for a while. After all, the current judgment that there is something wrong with Jiang Yi is just our subjective feeling without substantive evidence, and Master and him have been working together for many years. It is absolutely inappropriate for me to break my face all of a sudden.
Naturally, I told Brother Chengxin these thoughts. After finishing speaking, I said: "Isn't it still half a year before we can sail? Let's think about this matter carefully and consider it carefully. We can't kill him completely with a stick. In Sister Jenny's position, she doesn't need to have any explanations with Jiang Yi. Do you think we can? Besides, if Jiang Yi really has a problem, according to Sister Jenny's character, won't she fall out immediately? I'm afraid there is something wrong with this. There are some issues yet to be considered.”
"Yeah." Brother Chengxin nodded and suddenly asked me: "When will you go back? We'll wait for you to finish reading the disc together. You put it at Brother Chengqing's place. He said that before you come back, we You can’t even move, that guy is so young and old-fashioned!”
"Ahem..." I coughed embarrassedly. What should I say about myself this year? I'm afraid it's inappropriate to apologize. I wanted to change the topic, but at this moment, I suddenly remembered a question that puzzled me.
I said, "Brother Chengxin, do you still remember what Master left for me? It's in the Dragon Tomb."
"Remember, isn't it the whisk?" Brother Chengxin saw my serious look and felt baffled.
"I'm afraid there's something wrong with this whisk." As I said that, I frowned. I couldn't think too much this year because of my emotions. By now, when I talked about it myself, I felt it was getting weirder. .