In the vast snow, time and space seem to have become no longer real.

The cold wind swept the snowflakes one after another, and they were in a state of low temperature and lack of oxygen for a long time, even rough men would feel a little uncomfortable, not to mention a little girl like He Manzhou, who rarely exercised. As the trek became longer and longer, He Manzhou's physical strength became more and more exhausted.

Bai Yicong is obviously aware of this, but in the snow-capped mountains with no edge in front and no way back, it is obviously not valid to find a place to rest.

Just as in the extreme cold, you must not indulge yourself to sleep, otherwise you will gently approach the good night that you will never wake up, and pay the price of your life. In such a precipitous situation as Kawagebo Peak, looking for a place to rest and no longer moving forward is in line with the principle of "one drum, then decline, and three exhaustion".

Once you choose to stop and stop where you are, and with it, some kind of motivation to move forward is eroded, and that's the most terrible thing. Many climbers encounter danger not entirely because they have lost their way in the blizzard, but because they hesitate between moving forward and retreating, and when they lose some kind of faith, it is difficult to climb again.

So even if he saw He Manzhou's exhaustion, Bai Yicong felt distressed from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't suggest that everyone rest in place.

Because Bai Yicong knew very well that in the current situation, meaningless rest would also affect physical strength more and more, and the more they delayed on the road, the more the timeline would be extended, at best, it would only consume unnecessary time, and when the temperature dropped even more after dark, the situation they were about to face would only become more dangerous.

"Can you still hold on?"

Hearing Bai Yicong's inquiry in her ears, He Manzhou reluctantly glanced out of the tightly wrapped scarf, her long eyelashes were stained with snowflakes that had not yet melted, and her bright big eyes were particularly beautiful.

"If I'm really deprived of oxygen, I'm entirely to blame you. ”

"What do you say?" Bai Yicong raised his eyebrows.

"You enclose me so three layers inside and three layers outside, I can't even take a breath, let alone in the snowy mountains, even if we go to the mall or the park, we will be starved of oxygen, okay? ”

"Then you'd better huddle around. ”

"What, what?"

"Compared to fainting from lack of oxygen, freezing sickness is obviously a little more uncomfortable, so be obedient. ”

“........”

Seeing that this pair of happy enemies could still quarrel with no one else in such a difficult situation, Tsering Gesang felt very fresh, so that the feelings of touching the scene and sadness were a little lighter. This is the first time he has come to Snow Mountain since Yang Jin's disappearance, and the promise of the fifteenth day of the first year has become meaningless after the avalanche, as if many things have lost their value.

The soles of Tsering Gesang's boots stepped on the thick snow, but his thoughts drifted far away.

"Have you ever been to Kawagebo Peak?"

"Ah, that's obvious. Tsering Gesang chuckled lightly and replied nonchalantly.

"Because of the Holy Maiden of the Wu Clan?" Bai Yicong asked bluntly.

Tsering Gesang also nodded generously.

has probably foreseen the ending of Bai Yicong and He Manzhou, this trip to the snowy mountains is nothing more than going and not returning, and he is the one who led them to death step by step. The dead are the tightest mouths, and with the end of life, the secret will always be a secret, so Tsering Gesang has nothing to hide.

"That's right. ”

He Manzhou listened to the conversation between the two men, but whenever she changed the occasion, she would listen carefully to these things word for word.

For no other reason, these were the things she was most concerned about, but she didn't have much energy to join the conversation now.

After a short silence, Tsering Gesang didn't answer anything, and made a few more rounds, and finally there was a relatively spacious open space in front of him.

"If you don't feel well, you can take a break here. As for the final destination, far away and close at hand, you will soon find the truth you want to seek, and you will have to face your own fate. ”

After a pause, Tsering Gesang took out a pair of red candles from his backpack.

His movements were skilful and natural, his fingertips running over the body of the candle, which was as red as blood, and he quickly took out a lighter and lit the wick.

As the two red candles were lit, the smoke spread.

The snow seemed to fall more slowly. He Manzhou squinted her eyes slightly in the wind, she could clearly see how the snow fell, every second was infinitely stretched, just like the crystal of snowflakes was visible, and it fell lightly with the endless wind.

And in the gap between time and space, the scene of illumination becomes no longer real.

At the end of the snowstorm, He Manzhou faintly heard the terrible sound of chanting, and she couldn't confirm whether all this was real or if everything was a new round of hallucinations.

At the end of his trance, He Manzhou heard Bai Yicong's lowered voice.

His plain calm and deep voice was a little questioning, and it was obviously not an ordinary thing for Bai Yicong to express his emotions so directly from this moving iceberg.

He Manzhou turned his head slightly, and saw Bai Yicong's lowered eyebrows.

"What is this?"

Tsering Gesang didn't answer directly, but just chuckled meaninglessly.

........

"What is this?"

Just a few days ago, at the end of the secret conversation between Tsering Gesang and Bai, Tsering Gesang had asked Bai the same question when he received this pair of red candles.

In response to him, there was an extremely faint curvature of the corners of his white lips.

"In this sacrifice, the holy maiden and the twelve concubines are just tools to provide nourishment for the holy relics, and the final sacrifice is only to purify the endless divine power of the holy relics and continue them from generation to generation. And the continuation is destined to come to an end, and the long years are just waiting for its rightful owner to get everything again. ”

These words were so mysterious that Tsering Gesang didn't understand very well, but he squinted his eyes slightly, waiting for Bai's later words.

The topic has progressed to this extent, and there is no need for Bai to continue going around in circles, so he continues to talk straightforwardly.

"So, what I'm going to do for you is very simple, just let the holy relic reappear in the world, I need the plan after the holy relic is completed, and what you want and ask for has already been obtained the moment the relic is awakened, mutual benefit, isn't it?"

"You're saying that as soon as that artifact reappears, it will all end?"

"That's right, all you need to do is awaken the holy thing. There are already two victims in Willow Town, and under the push of fate, they have awakened the silent ghost. If you want to go to the Yang Jin, the easiest way is to facilitate this sacrifice, so that the holy relic can be awakened in advance, and then the sacrifice of the Holy Maiden will be terminated, which is her only life. ”

"That'....... Awaken the holy relics, and Yang Jin will be saved?"

"It is possible, it is possible that it will not, after all it has been in that cave for so long, it is still unknown whether the saint will live or die....... But one thing is clear, if you just wait, there is only a dead end waiting for Yangjin. ”

Tsering Gesang tightened his eyebrows, as if he was silently weighing something.

"What about the victims, will they die in the cave?"

"When did you become so kind-hearted, Tsering Gesang. I'm not asking you to die, it's just fueling the fire, don't you even have the courage to do this, or rather, for the sake of your sweetheart, can't you even make this sacrifice? The sacrifice has been sent to you, they are willing to sacrifice, if you didn't dare to go to the snow mountain to find out before, because Yang Jin's chips in your heart are not enough, it is not worth the price of your life, and now that there is a substitute for the dead, what are you still hesitating about?"

What are you waiting for?

Along with Bai's words, Tsering Gesang also asked himself from the bottom of his heart.

Isn't Yang Jin worth paying for himself?

The moment he came up with the answer, everything turned out to be clear.

.........

The misty snow covers the mountains and forests, making the road ahead less distinct.

In many cases, the extreme itself is the source of fear, and the extreme darkness can make people feel like they are falling into an infernal hell, where even the struggle seems meaningless, and the only thing that awaits is death. The extreme white will make people feel the endless nothingness, as if everything has become ethereal and illusory, and finally even the things in front of them are not real.

"The cave you're looking for is here. ”

Tsering Gesang's voice came unhurriedly, and the heavy snow seemed to be an invisible barrier separating everything around him, making his voice no longer real, and it sounded like the sound of the vast wind.

"What do you mean?"

He Manzhou looked at the empty snow around him, but he really didn't see the so-called cave.

She said in her heart, is it possible that there are things about the Wu clan that are so mysterious, even the cave is like "the emperor's new clothes", ordinary people can't see it, only people who are destined can get a glimpse of it and find the entrance to the cave?

Regarding the doubts in He Manzhou's eyes, Tsering Gesang said unhurriedly.

"Find the entrance to the truth at the end of nothingness, and open again in the truth....... Investigating those things is full of unpredictable things, and who can be sure where the destination is?"

This is exactly the answer that Bai gave to Tsering Gesang at the beginning.

In a simple sentence, there seem to be thousands of mysteries. At that moment, He Manzhou clearly had more words to ask, but all the words were choked in her throat, and before she could say anything, she was suppressed by a sudden trance.

When the pair of red candles were lit, the whole snow-capped mountain seemed to be different. He Manzhou couldn't tell where the sudden subtlety came from, she just felt heavy in her heart, and there was a tingling sensation in her temples, as if dragging her into another time and space.

A thin voice came from her ears, from the first whispered exclamation, to the last shrill laughter.

"It's finally here........

"You're finally here......."

"Hahahahaha, you're finally here......."