I hurriedly ran over, but was tripped by a stone and fell to the ground. But my eyes were very close to Ma Yunxi who had just fallen, and I saw the Shangyang sword stuck in her chest, and my heart sank suddenly!
“Is it you... ahem... Xi..." Ma Yunxi called out weakly.
I suppressed my grief and crawled forward twice. The sharp rocks scratched my body, but I didn't feel any pain at all. I couldn't see her face clearly at the moment, but her face with tears and pain appeared in my mind, and my heart couldn't help but spasm. Her right hand let go of the hilt of the sword and slowly reached out to me. I quickly reached out and grabbed her cold little hand.
"It's me. Yunxi, why are you so stupid?" I said choking.
"Ahem... I killed my mother, I... I want to atone for my sins with my death!"
I was speechless for a moment, tears streaming down my face. She killed her own relatives for the sake of justice, but she also used her death to atone for her sins. No matter how bad Mei Ruoqi was, she was her biological mother after all.
"I just heard from my mom... ahem... the Skeleton Evil will... succeed in the early hours... we have to hurry now..."
I held her hand tightly and said, "Don't talk. I will help you pull the sword down."
"No, I can't do it anymore." Although her voice was weak, her words were more fluent, and I seemed to see her clear eyes looking at me, full of infinite tenderness. I only heard her say softly: "Xi Feng, I like you!"
"I know, I've always known..." I choked up and couldn't continue.
Suddenly, I found her hands hanging down weakly. I was shocked and stretched out my left hand to feel under her nose. She had stopped breathing!
As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt a pain in my heart. Although I never loved her, she was one of the best friends in my life.
The breeze blew over my body, as if her soul was touching me for the last time, and then quietly left. Her voice, appearance and smile were so clear in my mind, and the scenes of our time together came to my mind. I felt that there was no need to go to the underworld to pray for her chance to come back to life, because she would not come back with me to atone for killing her mother.
"Country bumpkin, Yun Xi is..." Shen Bing woke up without knowing when.
I opened my eyes, sighed, and said, "She died. In order to save you, to save everyone, and to save the people of the world, she killed her own mother and finally died to atone for her sin."
"Country bumpkin, help me untie the rope. I want to take one last look at her."
I nodded and let go of Ma Yunxi's stiff little hand. Suddenly, my heart ached again. I wiped the tears from my face and walked over to help Shen Bing untie the rope. She took out a flashlight from her bag and came back with me.
The flashlight shone on Ma Yunxi's tearful face. Her eyes were closed, but her expression was peaceful, with a satisfied smile on her lips. Perhaps, she confessed her love to me before she died, and finally got satisfaction and died peacefully.
"Yunxi, thank you!" Shen Bing said as she threw herself on Ma Yunxi and burst into tears.
Shen Bing cried for a long time, which made me cry again. After a while, Lu Fei, Wang Zijun and Gu Xiaoning swam over from the other side of the river. They helped each other to untie the ropes. When they saw Yun Xi's body, Lu Fei and Wang Zijun, two grown men, burst into tears.
They had been together for such a long time, just like siblings, and suddenly losing her was an unacceptable blow to anyone. Lu Fei cried and told me that he had already thought about returning from Death Valley, planning to give up Qu Mo and pursue Ma Yunxi, but he didn't expect such a cruel result. He stood up and chanted the soul-binding spell, but Ma Yunxi's soul did not appear for a long time. I had a bad feeling in my heart, that is, she didn't even want her soul, and left here early, most likely to find the Skeleton Evil to die!
Thinking of this, I suddenly stood up, took out the little white flag, told the pointed ghost a few words, and went to chase Ma Yunxi's soul. Since Mei Ruoqi's soul was scattered, the dough machine was just trying to stir up hatred between me and the Ghost Fox Society, so it shouldn't follow. Apart from them, there shouldn't be anyone who can stop the little white flag.
I pulled up Shen Bing who was crying non-stop. Ma Yunxi's death was not her fault. The fault was that I should not have allowed her to go with me to chase Xiaofan in the first place.
Shen Bing cried and said, "Yunxi's soul is trapped outside Longtan!" While she was lying on Ma Yunxi, she used the technique of listening to corpses.
"Let's chase him!" After I said this, I gritted my teeth and pulled out the Shangyang Sword from Ma Yunxi. I didn't care about that bastard sorcerer and turned around and ran west along the river bank.
With the Shangyang Sword clearing the way, the dead ghosts in the Death Valley did not dare to come out to block our way, and let us run all the way to the outside of Kunlong Beach. With the experience of the last time, we did not fall into the underground river again on this road. However, the road was difficult and dangerous, so we were exhausted when we arrived at the outside of Kunlong Beach.
On the way, Lu Fei told me about how he was captured. It was the dead monkey that caught him and handed him over to someone, but Xiaofan's whereabouts were unknown. Gu Xiaoning was actually very calm at the moment, as if she was embarrassed to cry anymore because of them, who had caused us such a great loss.
The little white flag flew back at this time, and the pointy-headed ghost poked its head out and shouted at me: "Run, the Skeleton Evil is coming!"
We were all surprised. We didn't expect the Skeleton Evil to be here. This was the first time we heard about him since we arrived at Death Valley, and he was so close. I immediately turned around and said to everyone, "Follow the little white flag and evacuate. I'll go find Yun Xi's soul and get rid of the Skeleton Evil!" I said this very easily, as if getting rid of the Skeleton Evil was as easy as killing a fox spirit.
Shen Bing grabbed my hand and said, "We will live and die together!"
Wang Zijun and Lu Fei put their hands on my shoulders and said at the same time: "We will live and die together!"
I instantly felt a warm surge of emotion in my heart. It was necessary for Shen Bing and I to live and die together, and the two of them were also ready to die. They were really good brothers. There was no point in saying anything else!
When we were about to move forward, we saw several black shadows rushing over from the front, emitting a cold and chilly aura. They were definitely ghosts. I raised the Shangyang Sword and was about to kill them, when I heard Grandpa Taizu shouting, "Xiaofeng, it's us, quickly put away your sword!"
I was startled. Didn't Grandpa and the others die? Why did they come here again? This thought just flashed through my mind. Isn't it what I hope they are fine? I quickly sheathed the Shangyang Sword and shouted almost at the same time as Shen Bing: "Are you all okay?"
"Good, good, what a fart!" Great Grandpa spoke with heavy breathing, and when he ran up to him, the word fart just came out of his mouth.
Following behind him were Xiaoxue, the old ancestor, and the Taoist Xuanzhen. The four of them had dishevelled hair and looked miserable. The old ancestor waved his hand and said to me, "Hurry up, hurry up, the skeleton is behind us, let's find a place to hide first!"
Just as the ancestor finished speaking, a heart-shaking roar was heard from the darkness ahead. It sounded like a wild beast, but it was far more terrifying than the sound of a wild beast.