At the end of August, the hot weather gradually eased a little, but it was still a state of drought and no rain, and more and more people were dying in pain, and if this situation did not end quickly, the entire human race would still be dying. The water in the middle and lower reaches of the Shengya River is also close to drying up, and the earth is about to dry up.

In the early morning of the tenth day after defeating the Black Horse Cavalry, Ma Jiu suddenly drove a pterodactyl to the territory of the Damon tribe gathered on the west bank of the Shengya River. As soon as the pterosaur landed, many Daemon people were frightened, but the Daemon warriors knew Ma Jiu and the pterodactyl and took him to Aohan's residence. At this time, Ao Han was taking care of the weak woman who was lying on the bed in Qiu Li's tent, and Ma Jiu entered the tent and saw Ao Han and Qiu Li.

Qiu Li didn't react when he saw Ma Jiu coming, Ao Han got up to greet him and said, "Wizard Ma Jiu, why are you here?" Ma Jiu stood there with a hesitant face and did not move, looking at Qiu Li all the time. Qiu Li couldn't raise his head tiredly, Ao Han saw Ma Jiu's appearance and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him again, Ma Jiu grabbed Ao Han and said, "You come out, I have something to say to you alone." Ao Han followed Ma Jiu out of the tent full of doubts, Qiu Li slowly opened his eyes, raised his head to look at their backs, and then slowly moved his body.

"What's the matter, if you have something to say, just say it. Ao Han said with a serious face.

Ma Jiu said: "You... Do you know who this woman is?"

Ao Han glanced back at the tent, and then replied to him, "I already know what she is good at, what's the matter?

Ma Jiu suddenly said solemnly: "Since you already know, have you thought about why she can have such an ability beyond ordinary people?"

Ao Han turned his face to look at Ma Jiu and shook his head very suspiciously.

Ma Jiu said again: "Then do you know what caused her current appearance? ”

Ao Han could only say helplessly: "What else can it be, she has been weak since the beginning of the great drought, and it is getting worse and worse." ”

Ma Jiu sighed, turned his face to the sky and said quietly: "The Shengya River is the water of the lifeblood of all living beings, and the reflections and mirrors of all things in the world can appear in this water, Qiu Li's heart is the real spring of the Shengya River, she is not an ordinary woman, her life is connected to the Shengya River, so she can foresee everything that is happening." She is the god of water in this world, so she will be physically exhausted when the Shengya River dries up, if the Shengya River is completely dried up, then Qiuli's life will come to an end, and then the Shengya River will never have a drop of water, and all living beings will end from there. ”

Ao Han said suspiciously and anxiously: "Really, but how can I save Qiu Li? Where can I find water to fill this Shengya River!"

Ma Jiu turned back to Ao Han very angrily and said, "You are the patriarch of a generation, the first thing you have to think about now is how to save your clansmen instead of just thinking about saving her. ”

Ao Han sighed, "Alas, but what can I do to save them? "How can there be a second person in his mind now besides Qiu Li.

Ma Jiu replied: "It is true that only Qiu Li can save this river, but not to save her, but ......." "And what?" "I didn't want to tell you, it's not about my life and the lives of my people, but you saved me, and everything I tell you today is not only for you but for everyone. There is only one way to get the Shengya River flowing again, pierce Qiu Li's heart and release the water from the deep bottom of the Shengya River's spring. ”

As soon as Ma Jiu finished speaking, Ao Han immediately grabbed Ma Jiu's clothes and said angrily: "It's all nonsense, and no one wants to touch her." There's no way you're going to get her, don't beat her up, I'm not going to let anyone do that. ”

Ma Jiu glared at Ao Han and said, "It's up to you whether to do it or not, I'm just telling you what I should tell you." You think about whether her life is more important or the lives of the countless people who survive on this river. I had dreamed of her, but the moment the drought came, I knew that my purpose was impossible. I'm telling you, if it weren't for this great drought, she might even help you rule the world, but the natural disaster has happened, you don't want to run away from this fact, you can't be together anyway. ”

After Ma Jiu finished speaking, there was a slight gasp behind him, and the two of them suddenly became quiet, and they turned their heads together to look in the direction of the tent, Qiu Li stood by the tent and held the pole and looked at the two people quietly. Ao Han slowly let go of Ma Jiu, and Qiu Li smiled at Ao Han, laughing so desolate and distressing.

"I heard it all. Ao Han, he is right, I can really manipulate the flow of water, birds and beasts and even small animals take the initiative to avoid me when they see me, and people from childhood to adulthood say that I am a sacred person, and that is because they say that in front of my father. But I all know that secretly they all say that I am a monster, and when the great wizard asks my father for someone, no one comes out to resist, and they want to take me away. Growing up, not many people really understood me and understood me. I always thought I was a hoodoo until I met you that day. Thank you for giving me so much touch, thank you for taking care of me, if there is an afterlife, I will marry you in death, but I am afraid that there is no chance in this life. If you love me, kill me, exchange my life for everyone's life, I am willing. No matter how calm Qiu Li said, he couldn't stop the tears, and the two lines of tears on his cheeks should be more difficult than the two lines of blood. Ao Han's eyes flowed with tears, he ran to Qiu Li's side, hugged her, shook his head and said, "No, there must be another way, I won't let you die, I won't let you die." Ma Jiu didn't speak, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, and anyone would feel uncomfortable watching the scene where people in love had to separate.

Qiu Li looked at Ao Han with a smile and said, "This is my choice, if you love me, promise me, okay?" Without me by your side, you can really be a good patriarch and govern your tribe well." I'm so content to be in love with you, I don't want to see you sad for me all day long, let me go quietly, okay?" Qiu Li was still sobbing but couldn't shed tears. Ao Han just shook his head and couldn't speak, he hugged Qiu Li and leaned on their shoulders with tears streaming down his face.

Ao Han had no choice, more and more people ended their lives in pain, and more innocent people who had reached the edge of hell were doing their final death throes.

Two days later, the sunset was particularly strong, and the western sky seemed to be burned red. The afterglow of dusk sprinkled on the side of the Shengya River, Ao Han stood beside the Shengya River with Qiu Li in his arms for a long time, and Ma Jiu and the pterosaur stood not far away and watched them.

Qiu Li stood in the afterglow dressed in white, she struggled with pain and smirked and said, "Promise me, after I leave, you have to live well, don't think about me." ”

Ao Han held back tears and his lips trembled, "I promise you, I promise you everything." ”

Qiu Li's trembling lips rose slightly, as if it had taken a lot of strength to make a smiling motion. She took Aohan's stiff hand beside her, resting her head lightly on his equally stiff shoulder. "I'd love to go with you to the rose garden south of the Uyo River, the flowers are almost dead now, but I think they're going to come back to life. Perhaps, maybe it will bloom in winter, then this winter must be very long, and it will be very cold. It should be cold to the depths of time, freezing some things that you can't have time to overcome. After winter, waiting for the first buds of all things, waiting for the spring breeze is another beginning. And then in the summer, it's long, long, like a song, tactful and melodious. Summer can be a bit hot, and when the sun is hot, it's hard to remember what's floating in the air. Autumn must be very short, just like the sunset is setting. With that, Qiu Li trembled like a ten-year-old girl, and pointed to the endless red sun in the distance.

Qiu Li turned her head and slowly leaned into his arms and asked a question she knew best, "Do you love me?"

Ao Han gritted his teeth and trembled his lips and said, "Love, love, love." The tears began to flow uncontrollably.

Qiu Li quietly lay on top of him and hugged Ao Han with his arms and smiled, smiling so beautifully, just as intoxicating and heartbreaking as the sunset at dusk.

A shiny dagger plunged into Qiu Li's heart from in front of him under the yellow faint light, and Ao Han stood in place trembling, Qiu Li smiled and left the last tears. The tears fell like jewels into the cracked earth, and Ma Jiu, who was standing in the distance, left his first tears in hundreds of years for this touching scene.

Suddenly, the bed of the Shengya River began to shake violently and water droplets bubbled up, and after a while, a thin stream of water gushed out from the ground, and the water level of the Shengya River, which runs thousands of kilometers from north to south, began to rise.

Qiu Li smiled and closed her eyes forever, and at the moment of death, she and the fluttering white clothes turned into a stone statue, and a statue of the smiling goddess with open arms stood forever by the Shengya River. As night fell, lightning streaked across the sky, followed by a deafening roar, followed by lightning and thunder. At that moment, it rained all over the world, the four-month-long drought was declared over, and countless people who had reached the borders of hell returned to earth. On the west bank of the Shengya River, Ao Han stood alone in the rain and looked at the smiling Qiu Li, the rain hit his eyes and accompanied the tears down his face.

The hero's back is both respectable and pitiful, and the double tear from the spirit and heart he endured is beyond anyone's comprehension. In the future, he will be destined to be the king of solitude, walking in solitude, with a dazzling light all around, and he should be in a temple of light, even if it seems to be in darkness.

After a long, long time the rain stopped, and the black sky was unusually bright, and the eastern sky had a little light. Ao Han was wet and stood in place, and Ma Jiu walked slowly towards him quietly.

"Will life be reincarnated after a person dies?" Ao Han spoke in a very small voice, and he couldn't tell if he was talking to himself or someone else when he lowered his head.

"No, it won't. When a person dies, there is nothing, and the soul drifts to heaven or to earth, but everything that once belonged to her in this world is gone. Ma Jiu looked at the distance and said expressionlessly, this was actually his speculation, after all, death is beyond the scope of this world.

Ao Han said again: "If there is no spring in the Shengya River, won't it dry up one day in the future?"

Ma Jiu replied, "No." The river is commanded by the god of water, but the god of water does not give orders to the river. This is predestined, there will be a new God of Holy Spirit Water in a thousand years, and the Shengya River will not dry up in this thousand years, and the person in a thousand years will be as righteous, kind, and brave as Qiu Li, but that person will never be in Qiu Li. She... Never to come back. ”

Ao Leng said coldly: "What is the purpose of Qiu Li that you want to get, why can't it be realized?"

Ma Jiu's heart was shocked, and he said calmly: "To get what I want, I gave up because the drought would end her life, but more importantly... The things I want haven't woken up in this world yet. ”

Ao Han didn't speak again, and he didn't want to know what Ma Jiu wanted, but only his eyes were dry at this time.