Chapter 12: Ember Heart
I still remember the first encounter with the rabbit spirit, he unceremoniously soaked urine on my body; When we first met, he surprised me, annoyed me, and we always quarreled; Along the way, in addition to the bickering is on the way to bickering; The Tiger always helped me deal with him, by the way, when I first met the Tiger Tiger, I was very afraid of her, and I always avoided her intentionally or unintentionally; Now, without the noise of the rabbit spirit, without the fierce face of the patterned tiger, I am the only one left, leaning on the arms of the Linghu, and I can only hear the sound of the cold wind passing by my ears in the world of ice and snow; Somehow, I miss the loud voice, and I wish I could see that fierce face again. Is it that as long as I don't open my eyes, I don't have to face them, I can think that they are still there, can I go back to reality, I want to start over, I think they are still there. I pressed against the Spirit's chest, and only then could I feel the temperature.
"Du Duo, I know you're sad, but if we continue to stay here, we'll freeze to death, and the fire phoenix won't last long, I'll take you back first!" Lingyun said tentatively.
I didn't speak, I really don't know what to do, but it's not a way to go on like this, it will affect the spirit and the phoenix, no one can die because of me, I can't be so selfish, whether it's revenge, or to untie the bell, I should bear it myself, since I am the cause and effect, then I should solve it alone, and I can only solve it.
I left the solid embrace of the spirit and stood up; The Lingyun also stood up; He soothed his arm, apparently numb from me. I picked up my heart and carried it on my back; When the water serpent saw me get up, it wrapped itself around my waist; Looking at a piece of ice cream flowers floating in the air, I reached out and caught one and said to myself, "What a beautiful ice cream flower!" But the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are, Ice Cream Flower, you know? Your beauty is built up by the lives of countless people. With that, I slammed the Ice Cream Flower in the palm of my hand, and the wound that had not healed was cracked again, and the blood melted the Ice Cream Flower and a stream of blood flowed out from between my fingers.
"Du Duo, we," before Lingyun's words were finished, I grabbed it: "You take the phoenix back first!" ”
"Okay, let's go back first!" I don't know if he didn't understand me, or if he deliberately didn't understand.
"I mean, you go back with Phoenix, and I'll go to the Ice Tower Spire by myself!" I said it seriously.
"What are you kidding? Alone? You don't want to die? I won't ,,," Before he finished speaking, I lifted my feet and gagged him with my mouth, I have to do this, if I don't do it, it is very likely that I will never have a chance, after all, it is a big dream, why not be brave, express if you like, who knows if there is a life to like someone in the next second; My heart began to flutter again, and I closed my eyes tightly, enjoying such a wonderful time, and I didn't know what his expression was, but it didn't matter, it was freezing, and the temperature of my mouth and mouth melted all the way to my heart; After a pause for a few seconds, my mouth finally left his motionless lips, and my heels landed smoothly on the ice, and I looked at him, and he looked at me stupidly, dumbfounded, and his face didn't know whether it was frozen red or shy red, and he didn't want to explore.
"I'm leaving!" With that, I turned and ran in the direction of the spire, where he must have been fixed, and there were no footsteps coming with him, no footsteps leaving.
I didn't even say a word of goodbye, I hope he takes the phoenix back, if I am really the only one who can solve this ice and snow, then why bother to take someone else's life!
The further north I go, the colder it gets, the stronger the wind, mixed with ice flowers, my face hurts, fortunately it didn't go far, no matter what kind of road ahead, I won't give up, I don't care if I can unlock the bell, I only care if I can give an explanation to the pattern tiger and rabbit spirit.
I've been walking, so my feet are fine, I haven't frozen, but my hands have long been frozen and I don't know if the wound in my palm is because the blood is frozen and no longer flows, or the wound is starting to heal, in short, the hand doesn't feel anything; The clothes are thin, and the body has long been frozen unconscious. Fortunately, it was finally about to arrive despite the cold, except that this was not a tower, but a castle, or rather, a fortress.
The highest part of this castle is about 20 stories high, just like a castle in a fairy tale, wrapped in a thick layer of ice, ice cream flowers flying all over the sky, like a fairyland; But this beauty is not the point, the key point is the perimeter of the castle, surrounded by a circle of ice, like an iceberg around the castle, like a fortress, if the war comes, the city is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
I cautiously walked to the door, the real appearance of the door is invisible, there is ice everywhere I go, there is no one in this place, and the door is not locked, can I just go in? I hesitated.
Suddenly: "Hey! "A familiar voice, I looked back, and it was a ghost; When he came, I was really surprised, delighted, and angry, but also so touched and happy.
"Why do you see I'm stupid?" He walked up to me, brushed the hair from my ear, gently pinned me behind my ear, and looked at me affectionately.
"Why did you come with me, didn't you let you go back!" As I spoke, I was embarrassed to step back, avoiding his hand and gaze.
"Want to be a hero and save the world? Then I don't agree, how can you let yourself occupy a good opportunity that will be famous for eternity. Besides, if you take advantage of me and run away, then I will suffer a lot, I have to find you responsible! Lingyun said teasingly.
I was happy and angry, but I was already here, and I couldn't say anything, not to mention that I was really happy that he could come with me, but I pretended to be calm and said, "What about the phoenix?" ”
"I asked him to go back first!"
Then he continued: "I said that I would always be with you and would protect you." ”
I looked at him with a sincere face, smiled, and felt warm in my heart: "Then, you open the door first!" ”
Lingyun smiled, pushed the door, but didn't push it open, and then added more force, but still didn't push it open, and the two of us looked at each other suspiciously, "Otherwise, I'll try!" ”
"Good!"
After speaking, I gently stretched out my hands in the direction of the door, this ice skate was really cold, and the wound on the palm of my hand once again overflowed blood and stuck to the door; I reflexively withdrew my hand, and Lingyun looked at my hand nervously, "It's okay!" ”
I shook my head, and at that moment, there was a "creak" and the door slowly opened on its own!
There was nothing in the ice house, it was empty, except for the pillars that kept the house from collapsing; In the central location, there is a spiral staircase; We walked over and looked, "This looks like it leads all the way to the roof!" Linghu said, leaning up his neck.
"Let's go up and have a look!"
"Okay, it's slippery, slow down, you go first, I'll protect you from behind!" Lingyun said with concern.
Climbed the 20th floor, but never climbed the spiral 20th floor, round after circle, dizzy, nauseous and nauseous. Finally stepped on the last step, and finally didn't have to go round and round anymore.
It was an empty room again, but in front of me was a small staircase, and at the top of the staircase stood a woman, motionless, in a pale cyan dress, how could it be so similar to my clothes, but the color was different, I was wearing red, and my hair was much longer than mine, but it was a white hair, all the way to my waist, and there were some slight waves at the ends of my hair.
As soon as I was panting with Lingyun, I glanced at Lingyun and motioned for him to ask, but before Lingyun could speak, the woman said coldly, "It's finally here!" ”
Lingyun and I were both a little surprised and a little overwhelmed, the woman's words meant that she had been waiting for us.
"Are you waiting for us?" I said tentatively.
I heard the woman laugh coldly, hummed, and then turned her head, but she covered her mouth with her hands, and I was short-sighted, so I couldn't see her appearance clearly. The woman slowly walked down the steps, lowered her hand, and looked at me.
Why is it so similar to me, I was attracted by this similar face, stepped forward a few steps, and saw her appearance clearly: "We, why do we look so similar?" ”
Lingyun was also surprised, so surprised that he couldn't speak.
The woman smiled again, looked at me and said, "We don't look alike, we are just one person, you are me, I am you!" ”
It was incredible, and I asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"I'm not interesting." The woman returned to the big chair on the steps, sat down, lost the smile on her face, and said with a serious face: "I didn't expect Du Duo, who has always only swept the snow in front of his door, to walk in front of me step by step, and I didn't expect that you who are cowardly and timid can still kill the ice armor man, I really underestimated you!" ”
Listening to her words, I was naturally angry.
"And you, Lingzhu, the son of the Red Flame dares to come to this ice city, is it a real warrior, or does he have ulterior motives?" The woman said defiantly.
I looked at Lingyun, and Lingyun helped each other all the way, so I naturally believed him.
"You woman has a cold heart and a poisonous mouth, this world is full of ice, it must be your masterpiece!" Lingyun went back directly, without any gentlemanly demeanor, and did not give this woman who looked similar to me a trace of love.
The woman raised her hand and threw out an ice sword and stabbed it directly at Lingyun, but fortunately, Lingqiu reacted quickly, brushed past Lingyun's ear, and directly stuck on the ice wall. Frightened, the Water Snake Sword was pulled out of my waist, and I grabbed the Water Snake Sword tightly and pointed at the Ice Woman: "It seems that it is really you!" ”
Lingyun was not convinced, pulled out two knives and flew in front of her, the woman stood up, but before she could react, she was stabbed in the chest by Lingqiu, the woman did not fight back, a hole was cracked in her chest, but there was no blood flowing out, and if you looked closely, it was just a piece of ice, Lingqiu was dumbfounded, stunned.
As for me, a sudden blood spilled from my chest, and the pain gradually loomed, and I looked down at my chest, as if I had forgotten the pain and was at a loss.
"Look at your Dudo!" The Ice Woman looked at Lingyun and said.
Lingyun looked back and saw that my chest was bleeding, so he ran to me in a panic, held me and said, "Why, how come?" ”
"Of course!" The Ice Woman walked over to us, only to see her wounds gradually heal: "I said, you and I are one, you are me, I am you, all the pain in my body will be added to your body, fortunately I don't feel pain, and you can't kill me!" The Ice Woman said proudly.
"If you and I are one, is it true that if I die, you will die?"
"Hahaha, what do you think you are, the heroine of salvation? No one knows you better than me, you are cowardly and incompetent, do you dare to risk your life to save the world? The ice woman sneered a little, but her eyes were cold and fierce.
What to do, this one shows that we are indeed connected, and the spirit will naturally not attack this ice woman again, let alone attack me, but I want revenge, I want to melt this world.
I sneered: "What you know is my past me." I took the heart and handed it to the Linghu, then stepped back.
The Ice Woman was a little flustered, and she didn't know what I was going to do: "What are you going to do!" ”
"I will avenge them! You won't kill me, and I can't kill you, but I can kill myself! With that, I plunged the Water Snake Sword into my heart, and with all my strength, the sword pierced through and landed on the ice wall.
I only heard the Ice Woman and the Spirit Tree shouting at the same time: "Don't! "But it was too late.
How do you describe the feeling of a sword piercing your heart? It didn't seem to hurt that much, but my breathing was almost stopped, and every cell in my body was gradually drained.
Lingyun held me up, unable to say a word, his eyes moistened, and his eyes seemed to tell me how reluctant and distressed he was.
I didn't have the strength to speak, and said softly, lowly, faintly: "She has no heart, give it back and melt the world!" ”
Because the water snake sword pierced my heart and nailed me to the wall, the ice woman couldn't move either, she couldn't feel the pain, but she didn't want to die: "Are you crazy, this world has melted, you and I don't exist anymore!" ”
I looked at her with a smile, and finally understood that it was I who killed the Pattern Tiger and the Rabbit Spirit with my own hands, and everything here was caused by me, I was the cause, and now I bear the effect.
Lingyun put it next to my ear and said softly, "Promise me, no matter what happens, remember my name, my name is Chi Lingyun."
I didn't have the strength to speak, but I responded to him in my heart: I will never forget you!
After Lingyun finished speaking, he kissed me lightly on the forehead, and I felt a tear pass through my eyelashes, and he cried!
Under my gaze: Lingqi took out the heart and placed it in the empty atrium of the Ice Woman; Starting from the center of her heart, she began to slowly turn fiery red, dressed in green clothes, and her white hair began to fly like snowflakes in the old-fashioned TV, and her body was gray. The ice cream flowers flying in the sky turned red, and the silver was wrapped in a layer of fiery red, and the cold gradually subsided, and the world became warmer!
Everything was in full view, and the last breath of hanging was finally exhausted, and I, closed my eyes.