Chapter 18: A Lifetime Commitment
"It's finally back!"
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard door, I saw Senior Nangong standing at the door with a gloomy face.
"Senior Nangong, I'm back, what's wrong with you standing at the door?"
"Yo! This is not our Yuntian junior, why haven't we seen each other for twenty-five days, Dou has become a soul master, it seems that these twenty-five days have been good!" Nangong Shaotian deliberately asked for the number of twenty-five to be very heavy.
At this time, I felt a sense of foreboding, but I still did not react, and continued:
"Haha, yes, it's only been more than 20 days since I went out, but it's not good. Anyway, what is Senior Nangong doing standing here?"
"What are you doing? You're embarrassed to ask me what I'm doing? I'm cleaning the left courtyard for you these days, you're good, you're just back now, it's been five days since the challenge, and you're still asking me what I'm doing? I want to ask you, what are you doing! I'm really angry. Suddenly, Nangong Shaotian shouted like thunder.
"The challenge is over?!" that's when I realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Senior Brother Yuntian, your reaction nerves are really fast. Nangong Shaotian looked at me with disdain,
The figure sounded, and he couldn't help asking:
"And how about the final game?"
"Hmph! I hope you kid is out of play, of course I played in person, but he was quite powerful, and I wasted a lot of effort..."
Suddenly I thought of something,
"Senior Nangong, the punishment for failure?" I was a little nervous at this time.
"Of course, there will be no less, after failure, you will get three tasks, each time more difficult than the other. I heard that I came back with an injury the first time, and I was in a coma for a few days after I came back the second time. I don't know if I can come back safely this time. “
Hearing this, I didn't want to ask what to write, Nangong Shaotian continued:
"Okay, Senior Brother Yuntian, don't ask so much, go to the backyard, the old man is waiting for you, come back so late this time, you will be punished!"
"Okay, I'm really sorry, and let the senior play for me. With that, he turned and walked to the backyard.
......
When he came to the backyard, the old man was lying on the wall as always, drinking a little wine.
"Coming back?"
"Hmm!"
"You little rabbit came back early enough!" said the old man with some sarcasm.
Hearing this, I immediately felt a little dissatisfied: "It's not that you old man did it, leave me there alone, and run away by yourself, otherwise I won't be unable to catch up with the challenge, and she won't ....."
"Hmph! It's useless to say so much, although I am also a little at fault, but your punishment cannot be avoided, and it is okay to reduce it a little bit. Remember what I told you to get me ten jars of dragon fire! There is a place in the back forest where the 'Blazing Fruit' is almost ripe, and if you go and pick a few and come back, it will be counted as your punishment, and at the same time promise to reduce the two altars, what do you think?"
"Yes, you can. ”
"You just go back and get ready first, and leave tomorrow morning!"
"Old man, I'll go first!" said a little distracted, and walked out of the house first.
It didn't take long for Nangong Shaotian to appear in the backyard.
"I said, old man, isn't it too much for you to let Yun Tian pick the 'Blazing Fruit', there is a flame scorpion equivalent to the level of a soul general, if you are accidentally stung, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
"What do you kid know, the little girl who competed with you, this mission is to hunt the Flame Scorpion. “
"What are you talking about, he's a woman?" Nangong Shaotian was a little surprised.
"You can't even see it if you disguise it a little, it's really useless, why don't you go clean the yard quickly. “
.....
I didn't sleep well all night tossing and turning, and my mind was full of her face.
The forest in the backyard of the academy is very safe within the first 10,000 meters, and you will not encounter very strong beasts or spirit beasts. Of course, rare resources are also scarce here. If you want to find precious materials, you have to go deeper, more than 10,000 meters away. So if I want to find the 'Blazing Fruit', I have to walk 10,000 meters away. The sky darkened, and the forest began to go dark. At this time, I had already run wildly for a day, and I had just penetrated 10,000 meters. Along the way, I also encountered a lot of beasts, large and small, although it was not difficult to deal with, but they were numerous, and it took a lot of time to go back and forth several times.
Not far away, a faint light of fire attracted me. I dove and leaned towards the firelight.
There was a girl in black sitting next to the fire, her long fine black hair scattered around her waist, delicate and crystal like jade, and the shaking fire reflected on her face, exuding a faint halo, making her cold face with a slight temperature.
"I've been watching it for so long, it's time to come out!" a cold voice sounded.
"I'm sorry, I'm just passing by...I saw a fire here...huh! is that you?"
When I saw the girl's face, I was a little stunned for a while, but I didn't expect that the face that had been lingering in my mind would actually let me see it again. Obviously, when she saw the comer, she was also stunned, and then her face became disdainful.
"Let's go. "The sound doesn't have any warmth.
"That's, it's about the festival....", before I could finish.
The girl got up in an instant and slapped a palm on my chest. Without the slightest defense, a heavy blow of the palm made me stagger back a few steps, and my chest was shaken to the core. Looking at the girl in front of her again, her face was cold at the moment, and there was a faint cold light in her eyes.
"The weak are not qualified to talk to me. “
"I think it's the least polite thing to be when you listen to a person finish speaking! Didn't your family teach you that?" I was a little annoyed at this point.
"I don't have a family. “
Hearing this, I felt a sadness in my heart inexplicably. The girl's expression also slipped a little desolate, but it was quickly obscured. Looking at the girl in front of him who was about the same height as himself, for some reason, he felt a kind of regret in his heart. Looking at her is like seeing that 'self', helpless, lonely, cold. It's just that she is much stronger than that 'self'.
Looking at her, he took a deep breath: "I understand." “
Hearing my clueless words, she was a little confused.
"I'm going to prove I'm not a weakling, are you ready?"
"Speak with your strength!"
An arrow rushed forward, the bone claw swinging away with a cold light. The girl bent down, dodged the bony claws that swung over, and put her hands on the ground, and a force around her waist drove her legs and kicked me in the chest. Seeing that the situation was not good, one kicked back and stepped back. The girl's series of movements are not only beautiful, but also every action is just right, and the enemy's movements and the whole scene are very accurate. I, on the other hand, was a little embarrassed.
The girl slid towards me, and I hurriedly dodged sideways, but the girl who had just attacked me suddenly disappeared in front of me, and there was a sound of wind behind me. At some point, the girl appeared behind me and punched me in the back. But this punch didn't shake me half a point, and then looking at the place where she hit, a faint purple scale armor appeared. After several palms in succession, it didn't work, and he stepped into the air and retreated into the distance.
"Okay, have you played enough, it's so late. At least that's enough to prove that I'm not a weakling, and I want to wait until next time, what do you think?"
The girl did not speak, frowned, turned around and walked under a tree, leaned against the tree, closed her eyes slightly and prepared to rest. I turned and climbed up to the trunk of the tree, and half-lay there looking at the beautiful girl not far away.
In the middle of the night, a cold wind blew through and woke me up. Subconsciously turned her head to look at the girl, at this time she was clasping her hands on her knees, her eyes were closed, her brows were tightly locked, and there was no sign of waking up. I gently walked over to her and undressed her over her. It was the first time I had looked at her so closely, my thick eyelashes fluttering slightly, and there were two dried tears on my face. People can't help but feel heartache, I don't know what the girl encountered in her dreams, and what she dreamed of. From beginning to end, it was a person who was confronting, helpless...
Reaching out and gently gliding over the girl's face, she felt the smoothness and delicacy on her skin, as well as a hint of coldness.
"I'll protect you in the future, okay..."
In the middle of the night, a boy sat beside the maiden and put on a garment for the sleeping maiden. Quietly looked at her face and felt the loneliness in her heart. Once upon a time, I was like this, so similar to her, no one cared about you, no one would help you, and it didn't even matter if you existed. Without you, the world will also turn, and without you, life will continue step by step. The world is as if it has nothing to do with you, you are just a lonely spectator..., just such a girl, has been living strongly, and has been moving forward alone, and even she doesn't know why she wants to go on, just want to, just keep going like this. Maybe no one will find out, maybe it will eventually fall, but it doesn't matter anymore...there is no attachment, no regrets, all that is left is that loneliness.
"Let me save you and become the concern in your heart..."
It was also on this night that the boy made a promise to the girl for the rest of his life, and it was also this promise that their story would be passed on on this continent....