Chapter 12: The Cage

I looked down at the mad man, his expression stiff and dead...... I turned my head to look at Chunqiu again, and he didn't take a few steps before he showed fatigue, so I quickly ran over to help him, and found a dead tree to help him sit down......

"Where is this, who is the mad man? How can I help you? I voiced my worries one after another, frowning slightly and clenching his sleeve.

He only gasped a few times and smiled: "Didn't you say that you are not afraid of anything?" ”

"Heavenly Palace, how far is it?" I choked up a little, trying not to let the tears flow.

"Are you afraid of your own death or of me?" He asked nonchalantly.

I tried my best to hold back my tears to make myself stronger, but I still didn't hold back my tears, I didn't want to cry, crying seemed too fragile, and many people felt that people who love tears were useless......

His face slowly approached me, and he smiled and said, "Don't worry, the only living person here is dead, and we are safe." ”

"The only living man......" I turned my head to look at the body of the mad man not far away, already covered in snow...... There seemed to be something under my feet, and I was curious to brush away the snow with my feet, and saw the corpse of a green-skinned monster, the blood vessels on his body were shriveled, and the flesh collapsed into a zigzag ravine, which was terrifying...... At this time, a gust of wind rolled up on the ground, and I immediately hugged Chunqiu to cover him from the sudden wind, and my eyes still did not forget to glance at the corpse of the monster at my feet, and his body seemed to have scales falling off with the wind......

After the wind passed, a layer of snow covered the monster's corpse again...... The snow fell densely, rustling, small ice densely collided, and the delicate small breaking sound was endless, like a lullaby......

I took a breath, let go of Chunqiu, and asked him as I brushed the snow off my shoulders, "Did you see that monster just now?" ”

"It's a scale demon, from the Lanqi Tianjiang."

"Scaly Demons...... Why are they here? ”

Spring and Autumn looked up, the snow fell in his eyes, he closed his eyes, I glanced towards the gloomy and strange village, only to hear him bow his head and say to me: "This village is called Fu Demon City, and there are many captured scale demons here, alive and dead...... In every house, there are puppet corpses draining the blood of the scaly demons to refine something...... The green smoke stains the snow, but it is a red ......"

"What is their purpose?"

Chunqiu shook his head: "When Heiji killed me, he kept saying that he wanted my blood, immortal blood...... Throughout the ages, no one dared to drink the blood of demons, and I wonder if Heiji did this because of his arrogance, or if someone told him something...... Why did they refine the blood of the scale demon? ”

"Can we save those scales?" I asked eagerly.

"You saved the cage, and the cage is still there...... If we don't know the purpose of the cages, we will never be able to completely rescue them. ”

"It's one that can save one!" On a whim, I got up and ran towards the black iron gate I had escaped, and behind me, Chunqiu asked me, "Are you trying to save them, or are you trying to please me?" ”

I stopped, my mind was complicated, I tightened my palms and didn't look back at him: "I want to save them." ”

"Then you don't have to go, they don't want to come out at all."

My heart sank and I looked back: "Why? They don't want to get out of the cage, don't they want to be free! "Out of my mind came a bare-eyed and blue-faced beast with eyes like thunder pearls, glowing with blood, with a fiery mantle and teeth like a sword, roaring at me with its bloody mouth open...... I was so frightened that I unconsciously took half a step back, if it weren't for Chunqiu standing in front of me, I was afraid that I would have collapsed......

Chunqiu noticed my abnormality, but he didn't ask, just said to me lightly: "You don't have to save them." They have accepted this fate...... When you were chasing Lin Fangliu, I was standing in front of the black cage, the cage door was unlocked, but they didn't want to come out......"

"Why?" I asked.

"The Scales have lost their Hua Scales and have completely lost their combat effectiveness. The wilderness inn where you and I passed was full of fire marrow...... As long as there is a fire marrow, the demon spirit will be captured, the immortal blood is compensated, the demon hunters are all over the place, in twenty years, the scale clan is close to extinction, whether they are in the cage or not, they have nowhere to escape. Rather than living without hope, facing the fear of the unknown every day, they prefer to stay in a place where they can see the results and wait quietly for death. ”

I gradually calmed down, my consciousness was a little trance, I raised my head to look at him, and said weakly: "That crazy man said that you are very powerful, how could you become like this, and be cultivated to a lowly human race to do whatever you want?" ”

He looked at me silently, stopped for a few minutes, then turned and walked forward on the snow, the snow was lighter, I caught up with him, and took him by the sleeve......

We walked for a long time, and the sky was plastered with a layer of dust, and I helped him to look around for a place to stay...... Finally, I saw a hollow ancient tree, the hole was big enough for two people, and there was a faint light in it, and I excitedly said to him, "There is a place to rest in front of me, shall we go and rest?" ”

He didn't speak, and I acquiesced to him, and led him to the hollow of the tree.

When the snow stopped, I swept away the snow from the tree hole, and then helped him to sit down in the tree hole, which was a little warm, and someone had burned wood here, and there were sparks in the fire on the ground......

I sat down leaning on the spring and autumn periods, and on winter nights, we always had to lean on each other to be warmer.

Chunqiu lowered his head slightly, his silver hair emitted a slight white light, his mood seemed to be very low, and before I could ask him, he spoke first: "I can't remember the reason why I lost my mana...... Ridiculous, right? ”

"No, my memory is not complete...... The past is solidified into a memory, and your memory is blurred, which means that your past has disappeared, and all the bad things that happened do not exist! ”

"Heh......" Chunqiu smiled faintly, just a simple smile, "Your comfort without the slightest weight should be kept to yourself." I don't need to comfort this ethereal thing. ”

"And what are you laughing at?" I leaned over to look at his face, and my courage grew......

He turned his head away from me, leaned back, leaned against the wooden wall and closed his eyes.

I smiled to myself and hugged myself to keep warm.

It was dark, there was no light in the dark, and from time to time there was a wolf howling outside.

I couldn't sleep and was really bored: "Lord Chunqiu, have you never doubted the rain?" ”

"I owe her. Even if she wanted to kill me, I wouldn't have a reason to fight back. He replied nonchalantly.

It was pitch black, I couldn't see his expression, I just felt that his memory was too strange, and I was always uneasy in my heart: "Otherwise, let's not go back to the Heavenly Palace, right?" Listening to the tone of the crazy man today, Tianxiang Wang Pingsi still holds a grudge against you, he longs for your immortal blood, if you go back, in case there will be no more people like Jiuxiao to save you......."

"I have to send Hua Scales back to the Lanqi Tianjiang."

"Why are you so stubborn? What kind of ecstasy soup did the rain pour for you! "I was angry and worried, he was not stupid, why was he so stubborn and couldn't see the crisis......

As soon as my voice fell, a cold breath rushed in front of me, I stretched out my hand to move forward, and asked in a low voice, "Lord Chunqiu, you, are you up?" ”