Chapter Fifty-Four: One Last Chance to Exit

(I haven't figured out what to say about Ran yet, so I'll stretch the story a little longer.) Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info makes me think again. ）

After dinner, I threw some trash into the fire and lay down on the rocky beach with the fat man and looked at the stars overhead.

It would be nice if it were Ran. But reality ruthlessly gave me a fat man.

The fat man lay down for a while, and suddenly asked me, "Have you ever thought about quitting this circle?" ”

I looked at the stars above me and said, "You've already asked me about that." ”

The fat man rolled over, picked up a stone from under his body and threw it away. Say: "Some of the things you want to know, you may soon know." ”

Hearing the fat man say this, I was slightly stunned. Immediately, he quietly said "oh": "Even if you don't tell me, I will check it myself." ”

The fat man sighed: "Hey, this is not what I took the initiative to tell you, fat man." As he spoke, the fat man got up from the ground and sat with his back against the big rock: "Lan told me a place before we came out. She said......"

I hurriedly sat up: "What did she say?" ”

The fat man rolled his eyes: "What are you anxious about?" What did she say, didn't I just say it? ”

I made an apologetic expression: "Okay, you go on, fat man." ”

The fat man nodded, it seemed that my fat man was very useful to him.

"Lan said, let's go to that place and wait for her first." The fat man said, "When she comes back, she'll tell you something you want to know." ”

My eyes lit up: "Really? ”

The fat man glanced at the campfire and saw that it was a little darker. I picked up a few pieces of garbage and threw them in, and the flames were a little bigger. "Of course," said the fat man, "if she comes out of it alive." ”

I frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

The fat man waved his hand: "Don't look at me." I believe in Ran's skills. But it's not like you haven't seen the number of those zongzi. The fat man saw that I couldn't sit still immediately, so he hurriedly comforted me: "Hey, hey, but I didn't say she couldn't come out." What are you anxious about. ”

I looked at the expression on the fat man's face, and thought about Lan's skills again. Then I sat down.

The fat man continued, "That place is still a few days away from here. As he spoke, the fat man craned his neck to look behind me, and said, "And that place is still on top of a snow-capped mountain—oh, Kunlun Mountain." ”

"You don't fucking bluff me." I said, "We're in Qinghai now, where is Kunlun Mountain?" ”

"You don't understand that. Mount Kunlun is not a mountain. The fat man said. Mount Kunlun is actually a mountain range. It runs through Xinjiang, Tibet and Qinghai. ”

I also glanced back. But in the vast night, I couldn't see the snow-capped mountains in the distance. asked the fat man: "You mean, Lan said that we should wait for her on the Kunlun Mountain in Qinghai?" ”

The fat man nodded: "To be exact, there is a temple on that mountain." It is said that some lama or monk or Taoist priest cultivated on it - hey, I didn't listen carefully at the time. Anyway, she meant to let us wait for her there. When she comes out of the tomb of the Queen Mother of the West, she will return there. When the time comes, she will tell you what you want to know. ”

I looked at the fat man: "Then since I will know the answer I want to know right away, why don't you tell me now?" ”

The fat man shook his head and threw some garbage into the fire. said: "First, the fat man, I and this woman Lan are not the same way. Although the three of us have also experienced life and death together, given her background, it is impossible for me to have anything to do with her. And it is precisely because of this that we do not get the same news on certain things. So what she can tell you, I can't necessarily tell you right now. Saying that, the fat man took a sip of water and moistened his throat, and then said, "The second one." That's the question I just asked you. Do you really want to be a part of this? Now is your last chance to quit. When we get to the place Lan said, you know what you want to know, and there's really no going back. ”

I saw that the fat man looked serious, sighed, and lay down again: "The things I decide will not be changed easily. After a pause, I added, "You don't have to tell me now." Since you don't want to tell me, you naturally have your own troubles. If I want to know, I'll find the answer myself. ”

The fat man looked at me, then looked down at the campfire. The two men fell silent.

After a long time, I felt that I should break this awkward atmosphere. So he asked the fat man: "Didn't you say that there is a bronze giant gate in the ancient tomb guarded by each of the eight lines?" Why didn't you see it this time? ”

"It's not that I didn't see it," said the fat man, "but that we didn't go in that direction at all." ”

I was stunned: "Isn't our goal just the map fragment in the door?" How......? ”

The fat man took over: "Every gate in Qimen Dunjia is extremely dangerous. Even the doors that symbolize good fortune are the same. As long as the designer makes a small change in the direction of the door, the door can be turned into a door of death. ”

"What about the map fragments?"

"Don't worry." The fat man sighed and lay down again. "In order to prevent you from taking risks, Lan deliberately led us to the sleeping land of the Queen Mother of the West. I've seen this fat guy for a long time. And before we came out, she said it too. After dealing with the Queen Mother of the West, she will try to enter the door and take out the contents inside. ”

"You...... Are you sure she said to try, not necessarily to go in? I asked.

The fat man didn't answer my question, but said to himself: "Actually, I think she took us to the place where the Queen Mother of the West was sleeping for her selfishness. The fat man looked at me. I was stunned by the fat man's gaze and looked at him too.

"Don't look at me like that." "Even though I don't know her past as well as you do," said the fat man, "I can see something in the eyes of her hatred for the Queen Mother of the West. The fat man paused, and then said, "Don't you just want revenge?" ”

I smiled bitterly, and said in my heart that her past was me, and I guess you don't want to know.

The fat man looked at me and smiled bitterly, and suddenly said, "I don't know what happened to Sister Qing." ”

When I heard the words Sister Qing, I was stunned again. The heart said that I, why did I forget about it all the way.

The fat man sighed again, and said as if comforting himself: "She should have been coerced by your uncle and second uncle to go in the direction of the bronze gate." But Lan promised me that he would find a way to find her. ”

I looked at the fat man's child-like expression, and suddenly I felt a little sorry for him. Lan was afraid that I would be in danger, so he didn't take me in the direction of the bronze gate. And in order to protect my safety, the fat man also gave up the idea of going to Sister Qing, and followed me until now.

Thinking about it, I looked at the fat man, and found that he was now holding his knees and propping his head on his arms, staring blankly at the campfire in front of him.

I finally asked the question I'd been curious about. That is the relationship between the fat man and Sister Qing. (To be continued.) )