Huo Rongdong was stunned for a moment, the pain that ordinary people couldn't bear...... What is that?

But hearing this, Qi Ci didn't hesitate at all: "Yes." ”

Everything seemed to be expected by the village chief, the old man's eyes were deep, and he looked at the two young people in front of him and nodded solemnly: "Okay, you come with me." ”

The group walked under the giant acacia tree.

The sacred tree has existed for a long time, and it is not clear how many millennia have passed, nor is it clear when it has become spiritual, but the people of the sacred tree village have been guarding this place for generations since it has been inherited.

The closer he got, the stronger the visual shock of the giant object, Huo Rendong looked at the trunk that was so thick that dozens of people needed to hug it, and the towering canopy of the tree, and an indescribable sense of awe rose in his heart.

The world is big, and the legend is great.

The air around the sacred tree was almost sickly clean, and the divine atmosphere could be felt when you got close.

In the fertile black earth, even ordinary weeds are abundant and thriving.

White birds and finches constantly fluttered around the canopy, chirping and chirping, like spirits accompanying the sacred tree.

A few men stopped a mile from the trunk of the tree, where a circle of wooden stakes had been laid by the villagers and encircled with red hemp rope.

The hemp rope is covered with stone chips, and some words of blessing are engraved on it. It has been eroded by rain and snow for many years, and the handwriting has become illegible.

"Jingle bells—jingle bells—"

When it is blown by the wind, the stone chips make a crisp crashing sound.

"We're here." The old village chief turned around slowly, and his expression was not serious at all.

"Benevolence and true monarch, the status of the sacred tree is revered, it is an exception to bring you in this time, as for whether you can be rescued, it is up to you."

Qi Ci lowered his eyes: "I understand." ”

The village chief nodded and pointed to a small wooden house not far away: "That's an old dwelling, you bathe and burn incense first, remove sundries, and then you can start when you're ready." ”

There is a cold spring near the wooden house where the villagers fetch water every day, and Qi Ci washes his body with the spring water. He wore only a pure white middle coat, not even a flying sword or storage bag, and walked barefoot and empty-handed in the direction of the sacred tree.

The man walked alone, his long wet hair dripping with water, sticking to his strong and broad shoulders, outlining the graceful lines of muscles.

The white middle coat made Qi Ci, who was usually always dressed in black, look a little fragile.

Huo Rongdong stood outside the red rope ring, watching him walk in step by step with a little nervousness, with a firm step.

The village chief and a group of villagers also gathered outside the red rope circle, and everyone came to see the excitement, after all, no outsiders came in the village all year round.

Someone asked while doing the weaving work in his hand, "Village chief, who is this person?" Still want to rely on the sacred tree to heal your illness? ”

The village chief smoked a dry cigarette and waved his hand: "You young people don't know that his parents saved the village, if it weren't for them, the monks from the outside world would have found out about this place a long time ago, and we wouldn't have lived and worked in peace." He came today to repay that kindness. ”

Some people also questioned: "The sacred tree is an innate spiritual creature, pure and pure, and it is not so easy to approach. Even we can walk within 100 paces at most. He looked like he had evil poison in his body, it was the most filthy thing, how could the sacred tree allow him to get closer? ”

The village chief looked at Qi Ci, whose footsteps were obviously heavy, and said lightly: "The holy tree has its own decision, how far it can go depends on where he can endure." ”

Listening to their undisguised words, Huo Rongdong grabbed the placket of his clothes with both hands, his heart was raised, and he didn't dare to blink his eyes.

Although the village chief said it easily, she knew that Qi Ci was under great pressure.

At first he could still keep his back straight, but soon, his steps slowed significantly, as if he had to exert all his strength with every step.

Where they couldn't see, Qi Ci was suffering greatly.

The sacred tree is a magical existence between heaven and earth, and just "proximity" can filter out nine out of nine people.

Huo Rongdong was thinking a lot, and suddenly heard an exclamation in his ear.

"Look, it's on fire!"

"Wow......"

"It turns out that filth will really burn if it comes close to the sacred tree!"

Huo Rendong subconsciously leaned forward half a step forward, and grasped the hemp rope with both hands.

The man not far away, dressed in white, was still normal, but now there was a sudden red light on his body - it was on fire!

I saw orange-red flames burning on Qi Ci's body, jumping and spreading on the white clothes, like a falling sun, burning from his back to his arms.

He didn't react to this, just kept walking.

But the fire was by no means limited to this, at first it was a shallow flame on his shoulder, but as Qi Ci continued to get closer to the sacred tree, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and turned into a rolling flame.

The fire whipped up the air currents, blowing his gray hair flying wildly.

Qi Ci clenched his hands into fists, the back of his hands and arms were bruised, sweat swept across his handsome and cold side face, and his teeth were clenched.

Anyone with a burning fire on their back or body would roll on the ground in pain and wail again and again, but Qi Ci was stunned and didn't say a word, he approached silently.

The paler his face became, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

From a distance, only a figure surrounded by fire remained under the tree, slightly twisted in the incineration.

Red and white, this strong visual impact makes people can't take their eyes off it at all.

The villagers even wondered: Is the fire not hot at all? Otherwise, he didn't seem to be in pain at all.

They gradually stopped what they were doing, sat or stood, and whispered about the man in front of them.

"Daddy, doesn't he hurt? Anu was teased by Mars and had to cry for a long time. ”

"How can it not hurt, he endures it."

"If I were replaced, I would be cured, and burning myself in the fire is not just talking."

"It's a man......"

The firelight illuminated her face red, and Huo Rongdong could not hide her shocked expression.

This is what the village chief said, 'the pain that ordinary people can't bear'?

The fire of the sacred tree was obviously not ordinary, it was obviously burning, but the clothes on Qi Ci's body showed no signs of destruction. The spark would not go out when it met his wet hair and beads of sweat.

It was as if the fire burned in the soul and out of nothingness.

The village chief beside him knocked the dry smoke gun on the stone: "The qi of the holy tree is pure and pure, and when it encounters poison, it will naturally collide violently and burn wildly. When the fire on his body was gone, the poison was gone. ”

The villagers sighed: "There is such a miraculous treatment!" ”

The village chief lowered his eyelids and the old god was there: "Few people can bear the pain of the burning fire, don't think that he won't hurt if he doesn't say anything, this fire is burning in the body, burning his bone marrow, burning his meridians." ”

When the words fell, the villagers who had been talking stopped talking, and everyone was in awe and looked at Qi Ci's back in silence.

Huo Rongdong never said a word, she kept watching silently.

Finally, when he was about halfway there, Qi Ci could no longer move forward even a single step.

With a "bang", he fell to his knees.

The tall man was hunched on his back, his hands were propped up on the ground, sweat was dripping down, his clothes were soaked, and even his body was trembling slightly.

Huo Rongdong exclaimed: "Childe! ”

She wanted to move forward, but her hands touched the red rope blocking the way, and she stopped abruptly.

She knew how endurable Qi Ci was, even if the old injuries were broken and the blood was dripping, he would not say a word. Now like this, I want to know how much pain I have endured.

The village chief beside him drooped his eyes, looked at the man's body wrapped in flames, and waved his hand back: "It's all gone, don't gather around, what should you do." ”

The village chief was the first to leave, and then the other villagers walked away to work.

The flames on Qi Ci's body showed no signs of going out, and he didn't know how long it would last.

Left one by one, and in the end, only Huo Rongdong himself was still standing in place.

Her eyes were dry, and her palms were pinched with red marks.

One of the two knelt under the sacred tree, and the other stood outside the red circle, silently guarding and accompanying each other.

It wasn't until the sun went down that the last rays of sunlight hid below the horizon that the flames that were burning on his body finally had a tendency to be extinguished.

The man who was kneeling on the ground finally moved, like a beast awakened from his slumber, grabbed the weeds on the ground with one hand, and took a long deep breath before slowly gathering strength and straightening up.

He tried to get up, but as soon as his hands left the ground, he fell back on. After a few temptations, he gave up, and instead used this embarrassed posture to climb in the direction of the red rope.

Huo Rongdong's eyes widened, and she looked at the man who was slowly approaching her in shock, and before she knew it, she was already in tears.

There was still billowing smoke on his shoulders, a reaction of the heat.

Although his long messy hair covered his face, Huo Rongdong knew that he was always looking at her.

He was trying to get back to her.

I don't know how long it took, Qi Ci finally arrived at the red rope, Huo Rendong squatted down and wanted to help him, but was dodged.

Qi Ci's voice was hoarse: "Don't touch ......"

His white hair was wet with sweat, and he looked at her with a pair of red eyes, hooked his lips and smiled: "It will burn you." ”

Huo Rendong was stunned for a moment, and cried directly in the next second: "Childe, you ......"

Seeing the big tears rolling down her white jade-like face, Qi Ci was a little at a loss, he wanted to reach out and touch her face, but he was afraid that his hands would be stained with mud.

Huo Nindong buried her head in wiping her tears, and suddenly felt something soft touch her face.

In the hazy eyes of tears, Qi Ci's appearance was blurry and difficult to distinguish, and he twisted a piece of his fairly clean sleeve and clumsily wiped her tears.

"Crying for what? I'm not dead. You can't cry until I'm dead. ”

"You know, this little pain doesn't hurt much to me."

Looking at the pear blossom and rainy face of the woman in front of her, Qi Ci's eyes were deep.

When he entered the village, the village chief asked him why he had changed his mind.

In the past, Qi Ci also knew that the sacred tree also purified the barrier poison, but he did not come to treat it because he had no idea of living.

As for now......

He suddenly didn't want to die so easily.

He wants to live for a long time, accompany a person, protect a person, be her wings, be her wind.

Carrying her high, flying to a place that no one else could ever touch again.

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In the following days, only after the sun had set every night, Qi Ci could leave the foot of the sacred tree, immerse his body in the cold spring water to cool down, and wait until the next morning to continue to suffer from the flames.

Huo Rongdong couldn't stand it anymore, she found the village chief: "How long do he have to endure it?" ”

The village chief sat on the back of the old ox and looked at the human figure with only a ball of fire left in the distance: "At this distance, he has never really approached the sacred tree, and the pure qi around him is insufficient, and it will take about a year to detoxify." ”

Huo Honeysuckle's pupils earthquake.

One year !!