As time passed, little by little, I passed between my fingers, and my heart became more and more uncomfortable, even though the night sky in this dense forest was really peaceful, my heart could not be calmed......

Maybe it's because I was unwilling, reluctant, and with memories, I glanced at An Rushuang sitting next to me, I didn't know how to tell her, and the phoenix gall I found before never took it out, not that I didn't want to give it to her, but at this time, I couldn't give it to her at all, because I knew that even if I gave it to her, she wouldn't want it in this case.

Sitting on the top of this mountain, the wind around me kept blowing, I felt a little cold, tightened my clothes, let out a long breath, looked at An Rushuang and said:

"Rushuang, no matter what happens to me in the future, promise me, don't do anything stupid."

After An Rushuang heard my words, she didn't speak, just nodded slightly, still looking at the jungle at night, although there were no tears in her eyes, but there was a very complicated look.

I don't know if An Rushuang is dealing with me if she promises me now, but now like this, even if she really deals with me, what can I do? What can I change?

I smiled bitterly, I couldn't help but feel even more uncomfortable, in the little time left, I suddenly had a lot of words to say to An Rushuang, but when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed them all back into my stomach.

Because I don't want to use this short time to talk to An Rushuang about the past, what I need is now, now sit quietly here with her, accompany each other, watch the night sky together, and feel this dark but beautiful jungle together......

Slowly, I stretched out my hand and held An Rushuang's hand tightly, she also held my hand hard, neither of us spoke, but the picture of holding her hand, at this second, was frozen in the happiest moment in the world.

At least, that's what we think ourselves......

Time always passes the fastest when people least want it to pass, and even if I don't want to, the hour finally comes, because I hear the voice of the man in my bracelet speaking to me:

"Zuo Thirteen, are you ready?"

After hearing this voice, my heart trembled slightly, I should have come after all, and glanced at An Rushuang beside me, she was still sitting quietly with me, and I didn't hear the man's voice at all.

I guess this voice is only something I can hear.

Taking a deep breath, I nodded to the man in the bracelet on my wrist, I didn't speak, because I was afraid of alarming An Rushuang, and I didn't want to see An Rushuang's heartbroken appearance before leaving.

"Well, now that you're ready, it's time for you to make good on your promise, and bite off the middle finger of your other hand, your right hand, and press it against the shiny bead on the top of the bracelet as you did last time." The man said coldly when he heard my words.

Hearing his words, at the same time, another fluke voice suddenly popped out of my heart: Don't press, don't keep your bullshit promise, as long as you are alive, it is more important than anything else! As long as you live, it's more important than anything else......

It was no one else who made this voice in my heart, it was me, when I heard that I still needed to press my other hand on the bracelet, this contract would take effect, and the incomparably strong desire to survive hidden in the depths of my mind surged out of my mind, occupying my thoughts, at this time, I had only one thought in my mind:

Stay alive!!

Even if you give up dignity and commitment.

"What? Do you regret it? Ready not to keep the promise between you and me? The man's voice came out of the bracelet again, into my ears.

Promise?

What is commitment, is it important to make a promise, or is it important to abandon a promise, a trust, and a life with dignity?

"Thirteen, when you grow up, you must remember that the most important thing for people to live in this world is the four words "clear conscience"! As long as you do these four words, you will not ......live in vain in your life" I don't know why, at this time, this sentence that my grandfather often said to me when I was a child suddenly came to my mind.

Clear conscience, clear conscience?!

Even though I have never met each other, I have always promised him, if I don't keep my promise, even if I survive because of it, can I still be worthy of these four words?

"Humph! Sure enough, as I guessed, it's much harder to get you selfish humans to keep your promises than to cultivate for thousands of years, but I don't blame you, ants are still stealing life, let alone a big living person like you who has a lot more thoughts than them? The man saw that I had not spoken, and his voice came out of his hand again.

After hearing his words, I snorted coldly, bit the middle finger of my right hand, found one of the glowing beads on the bracelet and pressed it.

"Daughter-in-law! I love you!!! As I shouted these words, An Rushuang suddenly turned her head to look at me, and before I could finally see her clearly, I then felt an extremely strong force coming from the bracelet, and it suddenly occupied my whole body!

What I saw in my eyes began to blur, and the thoughts in my mind gradually became slow, and the voice of An Rushuang shouting beside me slowly became inaudible, as if the invisible force not only took possession of my body, but even my thoughts were forcibly taken over by it.

It was dark in front of my eyes, and my body fell, and it was as if I had fallen into an icy river at the same time, like a corpse, and I couldn't feel anything......

Am I dead? That's what death feels like, as if ...... It doesn't seem to be as painful as I imagined......

Goodbye, all ......

It was the last thing I thought of before I lost consciousness completely.

……

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly, a very small warm current slowly came out of my back, and I immediately regained consciousness in my body, as if a piece of ground that had been frozen by the wind and snow for a long time gradually melted.

As I became conscious in my body, the thoughts in my mind immediately recovered, and I immediately reacted, and hurriedly opened my eyes, and all that came into my eyes was a gray mist, and there was nothing around.

Looking at this, I was immediately amazed, I ...... Am I not already dead? Am I gone? How...... How did you get here?

What is this place?

Just as I was stunned as I looked at this strange place full of gray mist, a loud roar came from behind me, like the roar of a mad tiger.

After hearing this voice, I hurriedly turned my head to look over, only to see a huge black ghost suddenly appear opposite me, I couldn't tell whether the ghost was a human or an animal, but judging from the sound it made, it was probably not a human ghost.

"Zuo Thirteen, you have backtracked!!" At this moment, the black earth ghost looked at me and roared, the voice of the man in my bracelet before, and when I heard its voice, I immediately froze in place.

"Why did I go back on my word? When you asked me to do it, I did it all. I turned around, stared at the black ghost and asked, at this moment I felt a little aggrieved in my heart, even death had to be wronged.

"Good! Today I see how capable you are!! The ghost roared angrily, and rushed towards me, his speed was so fast that I couldn't dodge it, and before I could react, another stream of heat came out of my back, and then a book burst out of my backpack and floated in the air, and the pages emitted a golden light, shining on the ghost's body, and directly knocking it out.

I looked up and took a closer look, and that book was the "Xuanhuang Dijing" that An Rushuang copied to me!

And at this moment, I looked at the "Xuanhuang Dijing" that had been opened and floated above my head, and I seemed to understand one of the words on it in my mind.

"See!" I unconsciously read it out, and as my voice fell, the "Xuanhuang Dijing" rotated slightly in mid-air, and then the golden light shone brightly!!