"But where do those lonely spirits live? The forsaken palace seems to be far away from other lonely abodes. And now that we've reached the junction of the Dead Sea and the Dead Forest, how do we get back? Chen Zhi asked, with a hint of aggressiveness in her tone.

"There will be a way, everything will be a way." Qi Yan's expression was a little stiff.

"You can't take that for granted! The phrase 'there will be a way' is a completely useless self-consolation! Not everything can be solved! Can you not be so childish and ridiculous! What if you go back? What can we change? Tell the lonely spirits that your forsaken lord was killed by us? ”

Chen Zhi suddenly erupted, and it was the first time I had heard her speak so fiercely.

"Are we going to leave it to fate? As long as we do our best, we will definitely change, no matter how big or small the change is, it will always be different. Perhaps, you should learn more from your father. He is much braver than you. Qi Yan's tone was obviously a little excited.

"Learn from my father?" Chen Zhi laughed, but he was so sad and desperate, "And then just like him, he was rejected by the family and now his life and death are uncertain?" ”

My heart ached. The words "I'm sorry" swirled on my lips, but I couldn't say them.

"Chen Zhi, you need to calm down now, I admit that we have all experienced too much these days, everyone is very tired, and our spirits are also in a state of extreme exhaustion. I believe these words are not what you want to say from the heart......"

"I'm very calm now, and it's you who aren't. Your ideas are ridiculous. Do you know what to do when you go back? Do you know how to get out of this dead forest? Do you know how to solve the problem of the Children of Darkness? And Qi Yan, how long can your spiritual power last? Have you thought about all of this? That's what we really want to face! ”

"Chen Zhi, we do have a lot of difficulties in front of us, but escaping is not the solution. I think we will find a way out of our efforts. I said uncertainly.

Maybe Chen Zhi is right, but I really don't want to give up like that. I also don't want to admit that what Chen Zhi said is the truth, and we are indeed like headless flies at this moment.

Qi Yan's eyes suddenly became extremely calm, as cold and distant as a cold star: "Chen Zhi, if you want to leave, we respect your choice." We all have different choices, and it doesn't matter if those choices are right or wrong, it's just that we have different views on the same event. ”

Chen Zhi was silent.

Qi Yan pointed upwards and said, "You can choose to go up from here, or you can choose to go back with us." But if you choose to go up, I'm afraid you'll always have to stay in that horrible dead forest that doesn't see the light of day. ”

"Qi Yan, don't be like this......" I reached out and grabbed Qi Yan's hand, but Qi Yan didn't hold my hand back.

I looked at Chen Zhi again, looking for the one I couldn't see, and I hoped she could see the pleading and apologetic in my eyes.

I owe her so much.

But I don't know what to do, and I don't know what to do in the face of too many things.

"I'm sorry......" After being silent for a long time, Chen Zhi finally said.

Something fell straight from my heart, and it kept falling, like a kite with a broken string.

"Goodbye." Qi Yan said with difficulty.

I couldn't utter a single full syllable, I didn't know what to say or what I could say, and I remained silent until I could no longer feel any of my childishness.

She's gone. She's really gone. Maybe never to come back.

I always thought that saying goodbye was a long and complicated affair that required many reasons and had to go through many twists and turns. However, I never expected that my closest friend, Chen Zhi, would leave me decisively. Obviously, we just got together, and we finally got together again......

Is it because this decision between me and Qi Yan touched a sensitive nerve in her? After all, I know so little about her past.

So is the choice between me and Qi Yan right or wrong...... Are we trying to reclaim the sea with all our might, but in the end we can only fail...... As Chen Zhi said just now, we really don't know anything about the future.

"Qi Yan." I turned my head to look at Qi Yan, but I couldn't say anything else for a while.

"I know," Qi Yan hugged me gently, "Chen Zhi is your best friend and my good friend, maybe ......"

"No, Qi Yan, what I am doing now is also my choice. My mom said that it's our choices that determine who we really are. This is me, Meng Yishi. ”

I realized that this was the end of the story, and all I could do was to be determined to follow the path I had chosen. Let that softness be hidden deep in my heart, all I need is that invincible armor.

At that moment, I remembered the reason for abandonment.

I rested my head on Qi Yan's shoulder, and such a wide and warm arm made me feel at ease. I believe that Chen Zhi will come back eventually, and he will. Chen Zhi, I'll wait for you to come back.

"How on earth are we supposed to get back?" Qi Yan asked as he looked around.

"At that time, that western cowboy used this dead tree to take me to the gate of the abandoned palace." I said to Qi Yan.

Qi Yan glanced at the dead tree in surprise and said, "Unlike you, I entered the palace directly through the earth. ”

"It seems that a lot of things here are not good-looking, but they are actually key entrances. That means that the person heading to the Lonely Gathering Spot could also be one of these items. Let's do some and maybe find some clues. ”

Qi Yan and I searched for this place between big trees and shrubs. I touched every big tree, every bush, and even every small grass with my own hands, but to no avail. Qi Yan groped on the ground, trying to find some clues.

"Maybe it's only the lonely spirits in the Dead Sea who can enter and exit here freely, but we can't?" I guessed.

"It's very likely that the lone spirits in the Dead Sea are very rarely aggressive, so they must be very defensive. We may be able to wait a while and see if we can meet some lone spirits who come in and out, and take the opportunity to follow them in. ”

I nodded: "Now it seems that this is the only way to go." However, Qi Yan, your body is ...... now"

"Actually, when you assisted me with your spiritual power through the spirit stone just now, some of the spiritual power was also injected into my body. I think we can hold on for a while. Moreover, when we find the gathering place of those lonely spirits, we may be able to find a way to obtain spiritual power, and a way to leave the dead forest. ”