At this moment, the little leopard suddenly barked weakly at Tang Zixi.

"Bang!" the dagger fell to the ground.

The little leopard squirmed its soft body, leaned in front of the dagger and sniffed, and then opened its small pink mouth to lick it, but it was accidentally cut by the sharp blade at the corner of its mouth, and the pain made it cry weakly again.

Tang Zixi looked at it in a daze for a long time, then suddenly stood up and turned his head to leave.

Su Jing glanced at the little leopard that kept barking, hesitated, picked up the dagger and stood up.

She walked very quickly, ignoring the long grass and branches that kept brushing her face, and the thorns and thorns that cut her clothes under her feet, and just rushed forward with her head buried in it, as if she was being chased by something. Her pace grew faster and faster, gradually turning into a trot.

Su Jing knew that she was miserable in her heart, so he didn't rush to hold her, let alone fly with her in a faster way, but just followed closely behind without saying a word, in case some fierce beasts suddenly pounced in the nearby dense forest. He had already heard the howl of a wolf coming from nearby.

After running for almost a pillar of incense in one breath, Tang Zixi had no intention of stopping.

Looking at her sweat-soaked sideburns and listening to her increasingly heavy breathing, Su Jing tried to fly forward several times, but she couldn't hold back. If this can make her heart feel better, and can make her guilt a little lighter, then he is willing to let her and accompany her.

It wasn't until his feet were firmly entangled in a clump of vines that Tang Zixi had to stop.

She tore the green vine wrapped around her ankle vigorously like a hater, but unfortunately she didn't have enough strength, and she didn't tear it open for a long time, but her hands were pulled bloody. She didn't notice it at all, she still pursed her lips and tore silently and hard.

Su Jing let her pull for a while before silently handing over the dagger.

Tang Zixi snatched the dagger, cut those annoying vines to shreds with a few clicks, and stood up again with the help of the tree trunk. Just when Su Jing thought she was going to continue walking, she suddenly stopped, turned around and ran towards the road she came from.

Maybe she was too emotional, or maybe the road was not very easy to walk, she fell down hard before she ran a foot away, and the whole person threw herself out a few meters away, but she ignored it, got up and continued to run.

Su Jing sighed, flew over on tiptoe, and grabbed the opponent's slender body.

Soon, the two of them returned to the corpse of the she-leopard again, but the scene in front of them made the leader of the green sparrow, who had seen countless killings and caused countless killings, only glanced at it and turned his head away—four or five jackals with their mouths full of blood, frantically tearing at the few remaining corpses of the female leopard, and the corpses of the cubs and the living cub had long been missing. You don't have to think about it to know that you must have made these jackals' belly food.

In the silence of the mountains and forests, whether it is the whining of jackals snatching food, or the popping sound of sharp teeth into flesh, it sounds exceptionally clear.

The jackal sensed their approach, raised his head from between the flesh and blood, bared the white teeth of the red flesh that still hung from them, and let out a low growl at the two. A few vultures hovering low at a low altitude saw the advantage, and took advantage of this gap to rush down and pick up a piece of minced meat and fly high.

Tang Zixi's lips trembled twice, and he suddenly fainted with a loud scream.

When she woke up again, she was back on the edge of the calm lake. Not far from the left is Tang Ning, who is fiddling with a tree root, and on the right is Diao Li, who is concentrating on the medical book by the light of the bonfire, and in the dark blue sky above her head, the stars are twinkling mischievously, like a pair of bright eyes.

Everything was so peaceful and beautiful!

As soon as she moved, Diao Li found out, put down the book and walked over, the jade hand lightly put on her forehead, nodded and said, "Okay, the fever has subsided." After speaking, he took the clay pot that had been simmering by the fire, and said softly, "Drink this." ”

Before the crockpot got close, Tang Zixi smelled a strong smell of medicine and hissed, "I'm not sick." ”

"I didn't say you were sick!" Diao Li looked at her, a smile appeared in her eyes, "This is for you to detoxify." Have you ever touched a very beautiful blue flower before? It's delphinium, it's very poisonous. ”

"Blue flowers?" Tang Zixi thought about it, but her head was extremely heavy at the moment, and she couldn't think of it for a while, plus she followed Tang Ning in the mountains for a day today, and she saw a lot of flowers of all colors, and she wasn't sure if there was the delphinium in it, so she shook her head and said, "I don't remember, maybe there is." Before, she thought that she was stimulated by the bloody scene, but it turned out that she was poisoned, and she felt a lot more relaxed when she thought about it.

Diao Li nodded and said, "In short, be prepared, it's better to drink than not to drink." ”

Tang Zixi couldn't bear to brush her kindness, took the crockpot and slowly drank the bitter medicinal juice. What made her feel strange was that after drinking those potions, the boredom in her chest was greatly reduced, and even her head didn't hurt so much. This made her more and more convinced that she had indeed been poisoned.

"Are you awake?" suddenly came to the side with a grinning face.

"Hmm!" Tang Zixi smiled faintly at him, glanced at the tree root in his hand and said, "What are you doing?"

In the past two days, Tang Zixi has spent most of his time collecting medicine with this little medicine boy, and has learned a lot of medicinal herbs under his guidance, on the one hand, he has gained knowledge, and on the other hand, this talkative and lively teenager has also dispelled a lot of depression in her heart, so she still feels quite kind when she sees his smiling face.

Tang Ning quickly hid the roots behind his back, and said mysteriously: "It's not done yet, so I won't tell you first." After thinking about it, he took out an oiled paper bag from his arms and shook it, and said, "This chicken leg is for you to eat on the road, if you are hungry, you can eat it now, and I will catch it for you later." Hehe, I've found their nest, I'll get you one casually. ”

Tang Zixi really didn't have any appetite, and was about to open his mouth to refuse, when he heard his words, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "Eat on the way?"

She suddenly felt a little panicked, and a huge pressure suddenly surged towards her from all directions, making her breathing a little difficult.

Hearing her sudden rapid breathing, Diao Li, who was immersed in reading a book, couldn't help frowning.

"You don't know?" Tang Ning looked at her in surprise, pointed to the burden at her feet and said, "I have packed the burden for you, saying that I will leave as soon as it is dawn." ”

At this time, Tang Zixi was completely stunned, and turned her head to look at the woman in white who was taking her pulse: "Is what he said true?"

Diao Li lightly knocked Tang Ning and complained: "Who wants you to have a big mouth?" Su Gongzi just said that it was possible, but he didn't say that he would definitely leave tomorrow. Didn't you say it before? It's all up to Miss Tang. ”

"Aren't I learning from you, be prepared, be prepared!" Tang Ning scratched his head and smiled.

"Where did Brother Jing go?" Tang Zixi, who realized it later, finally found that there was one person missing.

"He's going to ......" Tang Ning was about to answer, but suddenly covered his mouth again, his eyes rolled wildly, and he stared vigilantly at a certain jade hand raised again.

After a while, Diao Li let go of his fingers, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, it's okay." In Tang Zixi's gaze, he got up and walked to the side to pick up the medical book again, and replied nonchalantly, "He said that there is something that needs to be dealt with, and he will definitely rush back before dawn!"

Tang Zixi didn't ask much, got up and said, "I'll go for a walk by the lake." ”

"Xiao Ning is going to accompany Miss Tang for a walk!" Diao Li commanded without raising his head.

"Okay!" Tang Ning readily agreed, leaning over with his roots and smiling, "Don't mind if I be a follower." ”

Tang Zixi just wanted to open her mouth to refuse, but after thinking about it, she nodded and said, "Don't mind!" Originally, she wanted to be quiet alone, but thinking that the other party might have been entrusted by Su Jing, it was not good to brush off the other party's kindness.

The two walked to the lake and found a big stone to sit side by side, Tang Ning continued to tinker with the roots of the tree in his hand, and Tang Zixi looked at the sparkling lake under the moonlight in a daze.

As the night deepened, a white mist rose from the lake, drowning the figures of the two into it.

In a hazy mist, Tang Zixi suddenly opened his mouth and called: "Tang Ning!"

Tang Ning, who was concentrating on carving the roots of the tree, suddenly heard Tang Zixi calling him, and looked up in amazement and said, "What?"

"Do you think there will really be an afterlife?" Tang Zixi's voice seemed to come from a very far away, with a hint of unreality.

Tang Ning glanced at her deeply, lowered his head again, and replied categorically: "No!" After speaking, he blew on the roots of the tree that had gradually formed in his hand, blowing away the sawdust floating on it, revealing the outline of a human figure, looking left and right as if he was not satisfied, and picked up a knife to decorate it carefully.

The two of them fell silent again after asking and answering.

I don't know how long it took, Tang Zixi said faintly: "Buddhists don't often say that cause and effect cycles, six reincarnations, and Taoism also has a saying of reincarnation. Why do you say no?"

Tang Ning carefully did the final processing of the wood carving, and replied seemingly casually: "Others have other people's opinions, and I, Tang Ning, such an excellent person, naturally have my thoughts." And if you ask me what I think, then I will naturally answer you with my thoughts. ”

Tang Zixi nodded, agreeing with his statement, and asked, "Then what do you think?"

Tang Ning put down the wood carving, looked directly into the other party's eyes, and said seriously: "My idea is that no matter how good the next life is, it will be a matter of the future, and no matter how bad it is in this life, it will be a matter of the present." Instead of saving hope for an unpredictable future, it is better to live this life without regrets. It doesn't matter what reincarnation he doesn't have, in my opinion, it's nonsense to use it as an excuse not to cherish life. After speaking, he raised the wood carving in his hand and said with a smile, "Look, do I look like a carving?" He seemed to be very satisfied with his work, and his face was proud.

Tang Zixi was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little uncomfortable with the sudden change of the other party's topic. However, being interrupted by Tang Ning, the depression in her heart was alleviated a lot, she glanced at the carving in his hand, frowned, and said, "This is a person?"