Chapter 4: The Cave in the Cliff
It's still night, a crescent moon in the sky, here is a cliff, standing straight here, surrounded by smoke, adding some mystery. On the straight cliff wall, about halfway through the cliff, there is a cave in which there seems to be flames. In this cave that should not exist at all, there was a man sitting at this time, a man dressed in black.
The entrance of the cave was blocked by the man in black with stones, but there were still many small cracks, and the man in black made a fire in front of him, as if to resist the cold wind that could not be blocked by the stones. In the realm of the man in black, it is really a joke to build a fire to keep warm, no matter how cold the wind is, he will not be cold, what is cold is his heart, or rather, his heart needs to use this fire to keep warm.
The man in black took off the mask, and under the mask was a slightly middle-aged face, not as old as the voice, but at this time, this face was wearing a wry smile, covering his lips with his hands but unable to hide the coughing sound from time to time. Wiping away the blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, the man in black couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness when he thought of the woman in Bai, just escaping her random blow would send out such a big price, no wonder his three partners couldn't hold her back for a while.
However, fortunately, I am still alive, and I still have a chance if I live. He thought so, and felt that he was not as cold as he had been at the beginning.
Coughing for a while, he seemed to feel better, and he tightened his clothes, as if trying to drive away the cold brought by the woman in Bai Yuli. Picking up a stump, he set up a firewood that had been burned to ashes, as if to make the fire burn a little stronger.
A gust of wind blew, which made his body cold to the bone for no reason, and he held the branch of the tree for a moment, and said, "I didn't expect you to come!" The voice was full of heartfelt hoarseness, as well as fear, and a more respectful tone than the words of the white woman. After speaking, no one responded to him, only the empty hole blocked with stones, but at some point stood a person, a person wearing a somewhat ordinary faded white robe, with a peaceful and ordinary face, a "very high, very high" person.
The man ignored him, walked to the fire by himself, picked up an empty spot and sat down casually, without speaking, just quietly looking at the fire that was burning, looking very casual and peaceful. But the black-clothed man next to him was different, his slightly stiff palm holding the branch trembled uncontrollably, and his forehead seemed to be roasted by the fire, covered with dense sweat droplets.
After a stalemate for a while, the man in black finally couldn't bear the atmosphere, and bent his head slightly, hiding his fear, or showing respect for the man, and said, "Spirit Lord, you... Why did you come?" the voice was hoarse, not a disguise of white words, but a nervous hoarseness, or rather a hoarse of fear. Hearing this, the man repeated the words of the man in black, as if asking himself, then shook his head and said, "You know. After saying that, the man finally withdrew his gaze from the fire and looked squarely at the man in black next to him.
The man in black looked at the ordinary and calm face in front of him, and seemed to be no longer so nervous and frightened, laughed at himself, adjusted his sitting posture slightly, relieved his body that had been tense and a little sour when he saw the man, looked at the man, and said, "Dare to ask you, have you taken that step over the years?" When the man heard this, he didn't seem to expect the man in black in front of him to ask this question, and said, "No." "Then do you think you can cross it?" the man heard this, and thought carefully: "You can cross it, but you can't cross it." ”
It seemed a bit awkward, but the man in black understood. The man in black smiled with some difficulty, "Since you also know that you can't do it, then why are you still obsessed with this place?" The man was silent, as if thinking about something, and said, "Because of a promise." The man in black stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and seemed to feel a lot more relaxed, and the tall person next to him was not as tall as he imagined, and the corners of his mouth lifted a sneer, and said, "But you know that this result will not change." "But at least it can delay the end of the day. The man said word by word, very seriously.
The man in black seemed to hear a joke and laughed rattle, the laughter was harsh in the not very spacious cavern. The man tilted his head to look at him, as if wondering what he was laughing at, but his face was as calm as ever. The man in black laughed for a while, seemed to be bored, stopped laughing, and said: "You are as powerful as the Spirit Lord, it is really interesting to just delay time" After a pause, he continued: "Actually, you have two paths to take, why do you have to take this road to destruction, you know, that road has always been open for you. ”
Hearing this, the man looked at the man in black, and his face, which had been plain, finally curled the corners of his mouth, as if he was laughing at the words of the man in black, and said: "You are wrong, from the beginning, I entered here, and there is only this way to go, and secondly, although I am delaying time, I am also waiting, waiting for someone to break the game." When the man in black heard this, he seemed to think about it seriously, and said, "You want to continue waiting, so why did you come today?" This seems to be the most difficult question for the man in black to understand at present.
When the man heard this, he raised his eyebrows neatly and said, "You were wrong from the beginning, since I let your existence go many years ago, I naturally don't care about your petty fights, but you are wrong today, one thing that I can't tolerate you." When the man in black heard this, he seemed to have finally thought of something that he had been missing, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "It is rumored that you prefer the eldest prince and seem to be indifferent to the second son, which seems to be not very accurate." The man seemed to be reminded by this sentence, and mixed emotions rarely appeared on his calm face, and said: "Actually, over the years, I have indeed been very strict with Kun'er, but this is also for him, he is not as talented as Cong'er, so for the sake of the future, I must let him stand up on his own." When the man in black heard this, he was a little uncertain and said, "Are you worried?" The man nodded and said, "I'm only worried about him." The man in black thought about it, and seemed surprised that the tall man in front of him was worried about something, so he thought of something, and asked uncertainly: "You saw it?" The man who answered him was the man's solemn face and tone: "I see." ”
After speaking, the man shook his head, as if he wanted to shake off all his troubles, and said: "Okay, the confusion in your heart has been relieved, and it is time to send you on the road, you shouldn't, you shouldn't do anything to Kun'er, that's why I came here tonight." When the man in black heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "This is really something that cannot be done, I dare not beg for your forgiveness, but I still have to fight", said, thinking of the firm face and eyes of the young man during the day, he unconsciously said: "The second son is very good, maybe stronger than you think" and slowly stood up, ready to fight the trapped beast. When the man heard the latter sentence, he was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect the man in black to say this, and he smiled rarely, and said, "Thank you." ”
The man in black was nervous. Looking at this man who stood up slowly, this very tall man, was ready to use his own method of escaping the woman in vain, even if he only had half a life to escape, as long as he could live, it would be fine! In fact, he was still holding a kind of luck, hoping that the man in front of him was not as high as he imagined. Looking at the man in black who was preparing for the battle of the trapped beast, the man didn't seem to care, stood up casually, waved his hand, as if to extinguish the burning firewood in front of him, and disappeared without looking at the man in black again. The man in black slowly fell, his thoughts gradually became blurred, and he couldn't help but think that the very tall man seemed to be much taller than he imagined!