"Alright then, reluctantly." I raised my eyebrows.

"Then this is an agreement, I will help you find your lonely spirit, and you will give me all your hair." It seemed like a simple verbal agreement, but the sly voice of the little tree gave me a sense of foreboding.

"It's a deal." I tried to be as decisive as I could, but I was always nervous, and I remembered what Chen Yuan had told me not to make any deal with the lonely spirit lightly.

At this moment, Xiaoshu suddenly grabbed my hand and made a sharp cut with some sharp weapon, and I felt my hot blood gushing out.

"What are you doing......

The girl screamed frantically and threw herself past me at the tree.

"Yaya, it's okay." I appease it.

"This dog is quite faithful," he said, "don't be afraid, it's just a way of being a solitary spirit." ”

Then I put his hand and mine together, and I felt a hot sensation in the wound on my hand, as if it had formed a brand. I withdrew my hand, and I did touch a strange shape that looked like it had been carved, hot and hard.

"This is the agreement, and the price of breach of contract is life." Xiaoshu said.

"Isn't it just a little agreement? Do you need to be so grand? I feigned a relaxed smile.

"Unlike you spirit tamers, we are very important about our agreements. The promise is the most important thing that we think is the solitary spirit, and if we say yes, we must do it. If you can't do it, then don't say yes. Because when you promise someone something, it is equivalent to giving that person hope and expectation, and if you can't do it, it will bring double disappointment to others. Therefore, if you make an agreement, you must do it. Xiaoshu said very seriously.

I could vaguely feel the light on the little tree's face.

"You're not bad at all, and if you say yes, you must do it. The same goes for the lone spirit I'm looking for, who did everything he promised me. It's just that I still owe him one thing, "I remembered that I once met with Qi Yan to watch a movie, and Qi Yan should have been looking forward to it at that time." It's just been put on hold, and it hasn't been realized until now. I thought about it for a moment, and then added, "No, it's a lot of things, so you have to find him." ”

Yes, there are a lot of things, this life, the previous life, and the life of Akiki Hibiscus.

"Okay, okay, I'm not interested in little girls. Now tell me quickly, what is the name of your lonely spirit, and I can find him. ”

"In his previous life, he was called Qi, he only had a surname and no name, and he was a painter. After he became a lonely spirit, his name was Qi Yan. As I spoke, I traced the two words on the ground.

"Qi Yan? Okay, I'm going to ask the big trees, they know everything. ”

I heard the rustling of countless leaves, as if scrambling to say something. They know! They know! My heart is happy, it's almost fast, I should be able to see Qi Yan soon.

It seemed like a long time had passed, and my whole body, every organ and every cell, was waiting nervously, full of hope and despair.

My heart tightened and ached.

"How? Where is Qi Yan? I asked eagerly.

Xiaoshu didn't answer.

"What the hell is going on? Did you find it? What did the trees say? I asked again.

The tree remained silent.

I had a bad premonition, and tears fell uncontrollably: "I beg you, tell me." Didn't you say before, an appointment means expectation, and a failure means disappointment, why don't you speak? Qi Yan is okay, right? ”

"I'm afraid you won't see him anymore." There was no undulation in the sound of the little tree.

"What the hell is going on? Tell me! I want you to tell me! "My hand fumbled in mid-air, trying to grab the little tree, but it was empty, nothing.

"He made a mistake and was taken up by the Lord and locked up in the dead forest. In a place like the Dead Forest, even a high-level lonely spirit can't last more than a month, and even if a miracle happens and is rescued, it is still half dead. ”

The words of the little tree hit my heart hard, and the darkness in front of me rose and fell, and all the sorrow was surging.

"I'm going to find him! Where is the Dead Forest? I'm going to get him out! Tell me quickly! Tell me! I'm talking to you! Did you hear that? ”

"Don't look for it, go back." Xiaoshu said weakly.

I raised my hand and said, "There is an agreement between us, you promised me that I would help me find Qi Yan." ”

"I promised you! But I didn't promise to send you to your death! ”

"What kind of place is the Dead Forest......" I fell to my knees.

"Legend has it that the Dead Forest sees no day, darkness as far as the eye can see, cruel spirit beasts are everywhere, and there are no living creatures other than that, not even the sound will be mercilessly devoured. Until now, no lone spirit or spirit tamer has made it out of the dead forest alive. ”

Darkness, spirit animals, white bones, dead silence, despair...... All living creatures who enter it can only wait for death in despair, or die at the hands of spirit beasts, or be destroyed in the despair of their hearts.

In the life of Autumn Hibiscus, you exiled the frontier for me; In the last life, you became the Lord's lackey for me; And now you're in the dead forest for me, why is it like this every time...... You've done so much for me, and this time I'm here to protect you. Don't be afraid, Qi Yan, I'll go right away, this time, I'll hold your hand tightly and won't let go no matter what.

"I must rescue Qi Yan from that place! Even if I can only find his body, I'm going to go! ”

"You're crazy!"

I looked up and burst into tears: "You're right, I'm crazy, all I know now is that I love him and I want to see him!" Instead of waiting for him like this endlessly, let me go to the Dead Forest to find him. You're trying to kill me when you stop me from looking for him. ”

The tree stopped swaying and stood there silently, silent all around, even the birds holding their breath.

After a long time, Xiaoshu finally spoke.

"Do you know why I've been able to live so long?"

"Why?" I didn't want to guess anymore, asked mechanically. I just want to know where Qi Yan is now, and everything else is insignificant in my eyes.

"Because I have always remembered one thing: no one is worthy of giving my life to the line, and I myself will always come first. When I became a lonely spirit, this is only the reason why I chose to be the companion of the tree, only the tree without a heart will never betray me or hurt me. People are thin and cold, and they have been like this for thousands of years. Xiaoshu said slowly, his tone full of mockery.