Chapter 601: Why Wait
Shao Xi is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, he doesn't want to leave Sun Poyun alone, but the current situation has developed to this extent.
Since Sun Poyun made this choice himself, it also proves that Shao Xi did not look away at the beginning, Sun Poyun is a loving and righteous person.
He didn't hesitate to sacrifice himself to get Shao Xi and the others a chance to escape, so Shao Xi didn't want to live up to him.
Everyone knew very well in their hearts that at this time, even if Shao Xi and the four of them returned to save Sun Poyun, it would be a fool's dream.
Everyone managed to break through the previous encirclement with the last trace of strength, and with the absolute difference in numbers, it was no longer possible for them to break through again.
Sun Poyun chose to sacrifice himself in order to let Shao Xi and them leave, if a few people chose to stay on impulse, Sun Poyun's sacrifice would become meaningless.
Therefore, Shao Xi chose to respect Sun Poyun's decision, and at the same time, in order to live up to the sacrifice made by Sun Poyun, at this time, the departure of the four of them is the greatest respect for Sun Poyun.
But at this time, Shao Xi's heart was more uncomfortable than anyone else, listening to the tragic fighting sound behind him, Shao Xi's heart at this time was like a knife.
He knew very well that when the other party found out Sun Poyun's true identity, he would have no chance of surviving, but what could he do at this time?
Seeing that the cavalry in front of him was still standing motionless, Shao Xi knew that the last bit of hope was also dashed at this time.
Enduring the grief in his heart, Shao Xi took Lao Wu and the others to run all the way in the direction of the caravan.
He thought about persuading Sun Poyun to stay by his side, and he also thought that Sun Poyun might stay in Wuhai Country to marry Princess Alia and become the concubine of Wuhai Kingdom, but he never thought that Sun Poyun would say goodbye to him in such a way.
Everything came so suddenly, and so helplessly.
The caravan in front of him was getting closer and closer, but Shao Xi didn't have the joy of the rest of his life in his heart, because he was getting farther and farther away from Sun Poyun behind him.
Leaving the person who regarded him as a friend of each other in the place of death and escaping alone, Shao Xi felt that he was very despicable, incompetent, and cowardly.
And he had to do it, because it didn't make a difference whether he stayed or not, the only difference was whether he died one or five.
It was a painful choice, but he had to do it.
left, Sun Poyun was the only one who died, but if he stayed, none of the five of them would be able to leave.
If it was just Shao Xi himself, he would not be afraid of dying with Sun Poyun, but if he stayed, Lao Wu, Fu Biao, and Wu Qiuer would all choose to stay because of themselves, and no one would leave.
Then everyone is destined to die, this is not what Shao Xi wants to see, and he believes that this is not what Sun Poyun wants to see, so Sun Poyun made such a choice, so what else can he do?
At this time, Shao Xi's tears kept rolling in his eyes, he didn't know how to explain to Ariya, five people stayed behind, but only four came back, and the only one who didn't come back was her most beloved, presumably she must hate herself, right?
In fact, Aliya was also watching everything that happened in front of her from a distance, and when she saw Sun Poyun rushing into the encirclement again, and only Shao Xi and the four of them were running in the direction of the caravan, she already knew that she would lose the person who walked into her heart forever.
By this time, Alia had already cried heartbreakingly, but she didn't dare to cry out loud, but just grabbed the collar on her chest with her hand and wailed in a low voice.
She was afraid that the group of people in the distance would hear her voice, she was afraid that those people would find out too early that Sun Poyun was not herself, she just wanted to let Sun Poyun live even a few more moments in this world in this way.
She even hoped in her heart that Sun Poyun would miraculously break through, and run towards her like Shao Xi and them.
Although she knew that none of this could happen, she still prayed in her heart, praying that God would give her a miracle to bring that beloved back to her.
But the reality is cruel after all, just when Shao Xi and the four of them ran back to the caravan and finally left the White Night Country, Sun Poyun's roar came from behind them.
Presumably it was Sun Poyun who saw that they were all safe, so the anger and unwillingness that had accumulated in his heart burst out.
At this time, he no longer cared if the other party would find out his identity, because the other party could only kill himself.
"Cirrus Fly!"
With this roar, Sun Poyun burst out all the vitality in his sea of qi at once, and with the roar, the crowd around Sun Poyun instantly dispersed.
It was Sun Poyun who unleashed his last killing move, and he was the last person he pulled in before he died.
As the roar disappeared, the entire desert fell silent in an instant, and the remaining men in black surrounded it again.
Shao Xi and the others could only see the movements of those people waving the scimitars in their hands and slashing at Sun Poyun, but they could no longer see Sun Poyun's figure, they knew that Sun Poyun had made the last effort, and the result could not be changed.
But all this happened in front of his eyes, Shao Xi at this moment only felt that everything was burning, he really wanted to rush back and fight side by side with Sun Poyun, but at this time he couldn't do anything.
Even if he was a seventh-rank "Qi Transformation Realm" martial arts cultivator, he still couldn't do anything at the moment.
Shao Xi finally understood that no matter how high he cultivated his martial arts, there were still many things that he was powerless to change.
In this vast world, everyone is just a drop in the ocean, everyone is just an insignificant existence, even if you have peerless martial arts, you can't turn the world upside down and come back to life.
In the face of life and death, no matter who they are, they are like ants, those people in black who were killed, Sun Poyun is like this, and so is himself.
Turning her head to look at Arria, who was already in tears, her mouth wide open and panting desperately, as if she was about to suffocate.
Shao Xi understood her mood at this time, and how heartbreaking it was to watch her sweetheart being slashed in front of her by a group of people like this?
"Ah......h Yes......! ”
With two heart-rending cries, Alia fell off the camel, frightening Sun Lichang and the general of the cavalry team to rush over to check.
It is conceivable that she must have fainted in a hurry at this moment, maybe it would be better to faint? Sober people are the most painful.
Shao Xi turned his head again to look at the place where he had been fighting, and at this time everything had calmed down, and those men in black had stopped swinging their scimitars in their hands and looked up in their direction together.
At this time, they should have discovered that Sun Poyun was not Alia, so it meant that Alia had fled back to Wuhai Country.
These people were only ordered to hunt down and kill the caravan, and they only wanted to kidnap Princess Alia from the hands of the caravan, in fact, they didn't know Shao Xi and them, and they had no grudges.
They also only did what they were told, and now that the mission had failed, they were frustrated but not angry.
The pursuers and fugitives are already on their own merits, so they show an almost indifferent calm about everything in front of them.
They just threw Sun Poyun's body in place, and they didn't even take away the bodies of their companions.
The remaining dozens of centaurs quickly disappeared from Shao Xi and the others as if nothing had happened, just like they suddenly appeared not long ago.
Shao Xi looked at Sun Poyun who fell to the ground from a distance in a daze, and he couldn't see anything else, only the large blood stains around his body and the ring-head knife that was still held in his hand.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Shao Xi turned around and walked in front of the cavalry general.
He said weakly: "General Youlao will bring Princess Alia and the caravan back to the barracks first, everything here should not be seen by the princess again, and a few of us will stay to take care of the aftermath." ”
The general stood up, put his right hand on his left chest and bowed slightly to Shao Xi.
"This friend of the Central Plains, thank you for sending our princess back safely, I have seen everything you have done, and we will always remember your kindness to Wuhai Kingdom!
"I leave a hundred cavalry to protect you, although we can't enter the White Night Country, but as long as you step into the Wuhai Country, I can guarantee that you are absolutely safe."
Shao Xi arched his hand towards the general and said, "Thank you." ”
The general ordered someone to help Alia to his horse, and arranged to leave a hundred cavalry to protect Shao Xi and the others in place, while he took the rest of the cavalry and led the caravan back to the barracks first.
The princess fainted, he had to go back to the barracks to find someone to treat the princess, or he understood Shao Xi's intentions, everything here really shouldn't be seen by the princess again.
Sun Lichang walked up to Shao Xi, bowed his hand, and said softly to Shao Xi: "I know what Gongzi wants to do, I just hope that Gongzi will be more careful, and I will wait for Gongzi to return in the military camp with the caravan." ”
"Hmm."
At this time, Shao Xi didn't have the heart to say anything more, just nodded and agreed, and let Sun Lichang leave with the caravan and the general.
It was dark, and the desert without the sound of fighting seemed so quiet, as if nothing had happened before.
Shao Xi decided to take the risk and return to the territory of the White Night Country to collect Sun Poyun's body, but before that, he had to recover his internal strength, because no one knew if those black-clothed people were still nearby.
He had to ensure that he had the strength to fight and be able to bring Sun Poyun's corpse back smoothly.
Sun Poyun sacrificed himself in order to let them survive, so his life must be cherished, and only in this way is the best consolation for Sun Poyun.
Under the protection of the 100 cavalry, Shao Xi meditated and cultivated on the spot, regulated his internal breath, spit out the old and accepted the new, and began to replenish his vitality into the sea of qi.
This process is slow, and only after the vitality in the qi sea in the body is replenished to the fullness through the cultivation of the mental method, and then continuing to cultivate can the qi sea have an expanding effect.
This is the main reason why Lao Wu babbled and urged Shao Xi to persist in cultivation every day.
Every day, regardless of whether or not the body actively consumes the vitality in the body, there will be some natural consumption of the vitality in the sea of qi, and as long as a person is alive, the body will have a natural process of replenishment and consumption of vitality.
The difference between martial arts cultivators and ordinary people is that martial artists can replenish a large amount of vitality to their bodies through the method of cultivation, and at the same time, they can instantly release this large amount of vitality through exercises.
Therefore, at the beginning of daily cultivation, in fact, you are first replenishing the part of your body's natural consumption, and when the qi sea is replenished and overflowing, continuing to cultivate is the real cultivation of the qi sea.
At this time, the qi sea in Shao Xi and the others' bodies was almost exhausted, so the cultivation at this time was only replenishing the vitality in the qi sea, and could not play an expanding role in the qi sea.
This is the reason why it is often said that after a large amount of vitality is lost, people will become very weak and need to gradually replenish their vitality.
After this battle, it is estimated that Shao Xi and the others will have to recuperate for a few days before they can truly recover their vitality, and when the sea of qi recovers, they can continue to consolidate and improve the sea of qi through the cultivation of the mental method.
Lao Wu and several people also accompanied Shao Xi to meditate in place, although Fu Biao was seriously injured, he still insisted on not returning to the barracks with the cavalry, he decided to start and finish, and finish this last thing with the head of the family.
The cavalry team left behind also knew what they were going to do next, and although they couldn't help directly, someone still came over to help them clean up and bandage their wounds.
Some water and food were also bent, and they didn't know what would happen next, so they could only let these people recover their strength and strength as soon as possible.
Including Shao Xi, no one is sure if there will be another fight next, and after the accident that happened before, no one dares to guess what will happen next.
In the middle of the night, the sky and the earth are quiet, and the sky is like a huge pot clasped on the head.
Don't know why? Tonight's sky has no stars and no moon, just endless darkness, which makes people's hearts extremely depressed, and the only thing that can be heard is the "crackling" sound of the campfire.
Shao Xi finally got up and walked in the direction of Sun Poyun, and Lao Wu and the others also hurriedly got up and followed.
No matter what happens this time, they must bring Sun Poyun back, and they must not let him become food for the wolves in the desert.
There was no expected ambush, and several people came to Sun Poyun's side smoothly with torches.
He was still wearing the woman's dress, but the veil had been torn off, and Lao Wu's disguised appearance for him had been erased, revealing his original appearance.
The large blood stains around him had seeped into the yellow sand, dried and hardened, and the ring-headed knife was still tightly held in his hand, and the chain on the knife ring was still on his wrist.
Shao Xi reluctantly broke Sun Poyun's fingers, took the knife away from his hand, raised his head and said to Wu Qiu'er with a little choked, "Let's take him away." ”
Wu Qiu'er also had a solemn face at this time, nodded at his master, stretched out his hand to hold Sun Poyun's body in his arms like a child, and followed Shao Xi back to the camping place in Wuhai China.
Seeing that Shao Xi and the others had returned safely, the cavalry hurriedly stepped forward to help Shao Xi and others place Sun Poyun's body, and brought water to wipe the blood on his face and hands.
Lao Wu took off Sun Poyun's tattered clothes with his hands, and took out a gray robe from the package to change into for him.
In this process, Shao Xi looked at the scars on Sun Poyun's body, each of which seemed to be cut on his heart.
Although they haven't been together for a long time, Shao Xi has really regarded Sun Poyun as his friend, and Sun Poyun has not lived up to the word "friend".
He used his life to prove to Shao Xi that he was worthy of the title of "friend".
Shao Xi didn't plan to bring Sun Poyun back to the barracks, so he found a place on the border of Wuhai Country and dug a sand pit, and wrapped Sun Poyun's body in plain cloth according to the custom of the Western Regions and buried it on the spot.
After burying Sun Poyun, Shao Xi asked Wu Qiu'er to move a big stone from the side as a tombstone and put it in the place where Sun Poyun was buried, so as not to find him when passing by here in the future.
Shao Xi couldn't bow to Sun Poyun's burial place, and Lao Wu, Fu Biao and Wu Qiu'er also bowed together to thank Sun Poyun for sacrificing his life to save him.
Shao Xi reached out and took the wine jug on Lao Wu's waist, took a sip of his own, and sprinkled all the remaining wine on the yellow sand in front of the stone.
"Brother Sun, you're right, as long as there is wine, you can drink it together."
Shao Xi raised his hand to wipe the tears from his face, lifted Sun Poyun's ring-headed knife, poured his vitality into the tip of the knife, and carved a few lines of words on the big stone with a swing......
The long knife breaks through the clouds and asks the way forward,
The desert remnant sun is lonely.
Wine sprinkled with yellow sand and drunk together,
Why invite each other?