CHAPTER XLIII

Is this going to be the end?

Can anyone tell me what to do?

What is despair is that you have something you want to do, something you have to do, something you want to do desperately, but you can't do anything, you don't even know how to do it.

Suddenly, the force in front of and behind me relaxed, and I was back on the ground, oxygen slowly entering my body. But before I could recover my senses, another wave of force attacked.

If this continues, I won't even be able to enter the Dead Forest, let alone find Qi Yan. I must activate my spiritual powers, or I will die in this endless wave of attacks. At that time, it was Chen Zhi's death that stimulated my strength to explode, which means that some extremely sad things may be able to stimulate my strength. Anyway, give it a try. I thought of the fire that buried my parents, Chen Zhi's death, my aunt's sword meeting, Qiu Muji's resentment, and Qi Yan...... Grief was pouring through my body, but I never felt any power. There is only pain, both physical and mental. Every vein in my body seemed to be breaking one by one, and shattering into powder one by one.

Am I going to die...... Dying here, dying on the way to see Qi Yan, is it also a kind of completion......

I grinned, wanted to laugh, but couldn't.

I'm going to die...... I can't die yet...... I don't want to die either......

I will never see Qi Yan again...... I still broke my promise...... I really can't hold it anymore......

"Hold on!"

A voice rang out, and I struggled slightly, breaking free from the black dream. An unseen ray of light shot into my darkness.

Who is it?

Is it Qi Yan...... Qi Yan...... Vaguely, I seemed to see Qi Yan's clear and distant eyes, he looked at me quietly, smiling slightly, as if he was his original appearance, did not meet the autumn hibiscus that made him heartbroken, did not watch his beloved turn away from her, did not be hurt by me again and again to heartbreak, did not be imprisoned in the terrible forest of death. He was standing there nicely, waiting for me.

I smiled happily, I had never been so happy. I opened my arms and wanted to give him a hug, hold him, even in the last moments of my life, and not let go. Never let go again.

"Little girl, are you alright?"

The dream shook for a moment, and was shattered in an instant, and all the images shattered into ten thousand pieces in an instant, disappearing little by little in a beautiful way.

"Who is it?"

I felt someone hugging me tightly, and he smelled of a tree. Tree? Is it a small tree? How did he end up here?

"Little tree? Is that you? "I stretched out my hand, but I touched a cold hand, so cold, there was an ice-like sting at the moment of touching.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Are you alright?"

The sound of the small tree was like a flickering candlelight, as if any breeze could blow it out. Panic quickly spread all over my body, and I shook my head desperately: "I'm fine, what the hell is wrong with you?" ”

"You're fine......

"What the hell is wrong with you? Little tree, you speak! I held that cold hand, and my whole body was shaking. I'm scared, I'm really scared.

"I want to take a break, you can go straight along this road to reach the Dead Forest. For the rest of the way, you have to go alone, you must be careful......" The little tree's voice was as thin as a gossamer.

"Little tree! How are you doing now? I ...... "I started crying, crying and shaking all over.

"Don't cry, I'm fine, I'm strong, I just need some time to rest and recover, I said you're weak, you see, you almost didn't even get into the dead forest." Xiaoshu tried to speak to me in a snarky tone.

"Why are you here? You don't mean ......"

Xiaoshu smiled: "I just can't bear to see you hang up like this, and I haven't even been able to get the opportunity to work hard." Let's be honest with you, I haven't seen anyone for hundreds of years, and the agreement I made with you is also false, I am a romantic and suave person, how can I be a bald person. I'm just kidding you. ”

"That ......" I remembered the imprint of the agreement.

"Hurry up, while I haven't regretted it yet, how could I not know that spirit stones are far more valuable than your hair, and it will be effortless to defeat you with my current state."

"Thank you so much."

I remembered what Chen Yuan told me, lonely spirits need to be tamed, in my opinion, the reason why Xiaoshu helped me was not because I tamed him, but because of his kindness and simplicity after thousands of years of loneliness. I've told so many great truths, and now it seems so pale and ridiculous.

"Don't waste time and energy with me, go quickly, otherwise it will be too late, no matter how strong Qi Yan is, he won't be able to hold on to it for long in the Dead Forest."

I couldn't turn back, I wiped my tears and said, "You have to promise me that you will be fine, and I also promise that I will come out alive, remember that there is still an agreement between us, you can't let me break the appointment the first time I make an agreement with the lonely spirit." ”

"Okay, I promise, you can go quickly."

I stood up, dragged my nearly shattered body, and continued to walk, each step of which was a heart-rending pain. I can't help but think of the little mermaid on the tip of the knife, how much it costs to hold on to a love, and still unwilling to hurt her beloved until it finally turns into a bubble. But I'm not a little mermaid, I once hurt Qi Yan so deeply.

"You're going to find him!" Xiaoshu suddenly said very seriously.

"I know. You've said that before! I laughed.

In this darkness and silence, an invisible light suddenly appeared, guiding the direction, and the destination of that direction should be Qi Yan. He's alive, he's alive!

I quickened my pace and stumbled in that direction.

There seemed to be an endless swamp under my feet, and every step I took was very difficult. I don't know if I can take this step, if I can finally go to Qi Yan's side.

Qi Yan ...... Where are you ......?"

I felt like my strength was being overdrawn, and my steps were becoming more and more vain. My body was hot and cold, and even I couldn't tell what it was like to feel at the moment. This swamp was devouring my power, sucking it up little by little, like an oasis under the scorching sun, gradually drying up, and eventually burying in a patch of yellow sand.

The feet are getting heavier and heavier, just like when you were a student running a thousand meters, I don't know how far you have left, but your feet are filled with lead and it is difficult to take a step, your throat is dripping blood, and every organ in your body is protesting, but you can't stop, just keep running in despair. You feel like you're going to fall, you don't see the end, you don't see hope, you just know one thing and you want to stop.

There are so many people waiting for me...... The exhausted little tree outside, He An who has just gotten rid of the edge of despair, Chen Yuan, whose life and death are uncertain, and my parents who have been watching me...... They are still waiting for me.

I have to hold on!

Chen Yuan said that the gap in time and space is a place full of possibilities, where everything can happen, and I may also recover my spiritual power.

Lao Mi used to always say that if you stick to it more, you will have unexpected gains.

Hold on a little longer!