Chapter Twenty-Four: But That's It
At night, Xiao Qi's body began to shiver uncontrollably.
The mouth of the ape king and I was bubbling white, and our legs were shaking because of the exertion.
The main hall in front of us is still very far away, and the Ape King and I don't know if we will be able to reach the main hall in the end. It's a pity that we don't have any choice, and by tomorrow afternoon, if we still can't reach the main hall, then Xiao Qi will lose the last chance of life. And in the meantime, we don't know what will happen.
In the middle of the morning, the two of them rested for a while. We have to rest, and if we continue, we will only be able to move forward shorter, and I even started to pump my mouth, trying to keep the last bit of sanity alive.
By noon, we were not far from the main hall, but we had completely lost the path under our feet.
The snow was as if it had been cut off by a giant blade, neatly laid out in front of us, smooth as a mirror, and extremely hard to step on.
I have thought of countless changes, whether strong enemies or fierce beasts, but I never imagined that there would be such a white snow like a moat in front of me.
There was despair in the ape king's eyes, he still had strength, but the moat in front of him could not be crossed by strength alone.
Xiao Qi's fingers slid down and landed on the snow, but the blood on his fingers that had coagulated instantly seeped into the snow, and a small, crimson snow pit quickly appeared, enough for me to put down the soles of my feet.
The Ape King naturally saw such a change, and after a puzzled look, he reached out and wiped it on his shoulder, and the entire palm stained with blood was red.
The ape king shook his hand and threw it out, and the blood fell on the smooth snow like a mirror, and the snow pits appeared one by one.
The ape king laughed, and as a result, Xiao Qi in my arms jumped up.
The seemingly hard snow collapsed the moment the Ape King jumped on it, and then rolled down the hill under our feet, and the Ape King's body barely stood firm after stumbling a few times.
I continued to try a few times, and the results were the same.
The ape king's brow furrowed into a pimple.
"I'll try. "I turned out to be Xiaoqi, the ape king's palm was thrown out, and the blood fell on the snow again, I climbed up the snow with difficulty, and the soles of my feet sank down half an inch, but the snow did not collapse.
"Ape King, I'll go up, and you go back to pick up Tsing Yi and them. I looked back at the Ape King, his voice low as it had never been.
The Ape King nodded and said nothing. It's just a glimmer of light in his eyes, but he has already explained what he wants to say clearly.
This time apart, the future is uncertain, and life and death are unknown.
The Ape King turned away, his fists clenched, the muscles in his arms bulging, and there seemed to be a slight tremble.
A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth and I turned and walked towards the top of the mountain.
There is such a group of brothers, and it is worth it if they die, at least they did not live in vain.
The snow pit is naturally not enough, when it is close to the main hall, it is already noon, I am also full of blood, ten fingers have already been bitten by me, and the palm of my hand is also covered with dense cuts, the blood is at first happily running towards the snow, but now, it has become a lot sluggish.
The strength was almost exhausted when I finally climbed to the steps of the main hall, and Xiao Qi's face began to appear a dark blue color.
There is a plaque hanging at the door of the main hall, and I vaguely see three words engraved in the middle of the plaque: a return to the hall.
The blue door of the main hall rumbled open, and a child peeked out from inside the hall to look at us. Fleshy little face, bright eyes, black braids.
The child looked at us a few times, and seemed to be unable to resist the curiosity, opened the door of the temple, and walked slowly towards us, step by step.
I was a little skeptical of my eyes.
The child stepped out one step and has become a young man with bright eyes and bright teeth, and the young man has taken another step and has become a tall young man, and every step of the figure is constantly changing, and in front of us, he is already a gray-haired old man, the old man's eyes are yellow, his beard is white, his cheeks are deep, and his face is full of traces left by the years.
The old man's palms were thin, and there was a twilight in his smile.
The old man's palm slowly reached out in front of me, clearly wanting something.
I struggled to look up at the old man, and a smile finally tugged at the corner of my mouth.
Unexpectedly, I survived to the end, but the old man I met was a confused old man, what can I give you in my current state? Do you want my tattered clothes? I kind of want to laugh, laugh at the old man's blindness and blindness.
The old man's palms trembled in front of me, and he had no intention of taking them back.
I mustered up enough strength to ask, "What do you want?"
"Whatever you need, I'll want. The old man said.
"I want him alive. I looked at Xiao Qi.
"Then give me the same thing. The old man said.
I suddenly remembered the three big characters on the plaque of the main hall: as soon as I returned to the hall, my eyes involuntarily swept towards the plaque.
"You're smart. There was mockery and contempt in the old man's eyes.
I know what the old man is mocking, what he is despising is, if I understand it well.
There is only one life, no one ignores it as a treasure, no one really wants to die, even those who commit suicide, in the process of death, it will eventually end with suffering, and the moment it finally lands, it is even more regret and helplessness. regretted that he had cut the rope of his fate with his own hands, but helplessly, at the last moment, it was too late for him to even regret it, let alone live.
The old man looked at me as if he were looking at a toy, and his dim eyes looked filled with endless banter.
Everyone is not the same, in fact, they are all crazy people, and they live for a purpose, whether it is light or dark.
I finally laughed, let out a long breath, and watched the white haze slowly dissipate in front of me, but that's it.
"Change?" I asked.
"Hmm. The old man nodded, but his eyes were a little stunned.
"How about some strength? It's kind of hard. "I struggled to shake my shoulders, my arms dangling around me, but it was hard to lift half a minute.
"It seems good that the world is treacherous. The astonishment in the old man's eyes vanished, and a thicker banter crept into his eyes again.
The old man's thin palm was raised, the light flowed slowly on the palm, and a little light appeared in the old man's palm like a drop of water, and the next moment, the old man's fingers popped out, and the water droplet fell on my body casually.
The power began to appear in the body, and the muscles of the whole body were like a dry riverbed, desperately absorbing the sudden surge of power.
After a few moments, my strength was back to its original strength, and even stronger.
The banter in the old man's eyes as he looked at me was about to flow out of his eyes.
The palm of my hand was raised, and I shook it slightly, and it felt so good that the strength had returned again, and the corners of my mouth tugged at the smile.
The old man's palm had been withdrawn, and he hugged his shoulders and looked at it with a smile.