Chapter 18: The Point of No Return

In the quiet twilight, in the colorful sunset, lonely migratory birds fly into the gloomy sunset and disappear.

In Xiao Suo's dim old mansion, Xiao He bowed to his grandmother's portrait again and again.

Shuo Ye leaned on the door in the middle of the night, silently looking at Xiao He's lonely back.

It's only been the third day since he returned to his hometown, but he has experienced too many things, and Xiao He has a feeling of being separated from the world.

Grandma fell asleep soundly in the coffin, and Xiao He was outside, ready to start wandering the world.

In Xiao He's heart, from now on, there is only a way back in life.

After explaining everything to his relatives, Xiao He was stunned, but he walked out of the door with great relief, glanced back again, and left without looking back.

A dim light bulb lit up in the alley of the twilight Sihe, and two shadows followed by Xiao He's long shadow, one large and one small. None of the three shadows spoke, silently walking side by side on the rather wet stone path, fading away and disappearing around the corner.

"So..... two immortals, where are we going now?"

Walking out of the town, Xiao He looked up at the lilac sky and took a deep breath.

Shuoye was unusually quiet, and spoke calmly, and his voice was as beautiful as a trickle: "Go back to Shu Mountain." The day after tomorrow, I will go to Kunlun Wuji Peak, and Lingxu Pavilion will see you. ”

Xiao He nodded silently.

He knew that he might be on a path of no return.

In the town behind him, at the door of a homestay.

A tall black figure with a golden mask stood silently, hidden in the darkness, looking at the trio in the distance.

"Just let him go?"

Behind him, a man in the same suit, leaning against the wall with his arms folded lazily, spoke slowly.

He also wears a mask.

The man was very white, with deep features, but a sickly paleness. His curved eyes and slightly curled lips made him look very gentle, and he was smiling all the time. But he had one eye closed for some reason, which was very weird, and there was a strange cold aura around him, which made people not want to get close to him for half a minute.

"He'll come to me. When he is fully awakened....... this is his destiny. ”

The mysterious woman in the golden mask spoke gently, her voice as calm as ever.

"Whatever you want. The man behind him, with one eye closed, shrugged his shoulders and a gentle, eerie smile on his face.

"By the way, I'll report to you, the person has been found. The man snapped his fingers, and the middle of the wall around him suddenly began to collapse, and the skin of the wall fell off, and something surged in it! A moment later, a large, bloated but nimble red beetle poked its spiky head out of the crack in the wall.

It turned its two tentacles, and quickly crawled out of the crack in the wall, and circled, and then the small crack in the wall began to slowly expand, vibrating slightly, and as the stones kept falling, thousands of strange red beetles swarmed out, eating away at the entire wall!

In the blink of an eye, a large black hole appeared in the wall.

A bloodied, ragged middle-aged man was thrown out of the black hole by a huge long-legged spider with stiff hairs.

The man still smiled softly and said softly to the long-legged spider, "Hard. ”

The spider's massive claws wriggled rapidly, letting out a weird, piercing scream.

The man smiled and said to the mysterious woman in the mask, "She's greeting you." ”

The mysterious woman was silent, not knowing what kind of expression lay beneath the mask.

After a few moments, the long-legged spider retreated backwards into its hole.

Then the gray-black stones around the black hole that had been eaten by the red beetle slowly closed and returned to their previous appearance.

The man lifted the dying middle-aged man and threw it in front of the woman.

He said in a calm tone: "I'm already scared and lose my mind." Do you want to do it?"

The mysterious woman's voice was as calm as flowing water: "Scared by your baby flower?"

"It's not. This was already the case before handing it over to the baby flowers. The wounds on his body were inflicted on his own. The man sighed and expressed sympathy for the middle-aged man lying on the ground.

The middle-aged man lying on the ground hummed, "I'm sorry...... Big nephew...... Don't kill me, don't kill me!" he suddenly burst out, grinning at the man, his eyes were scattered, but full of fear: "Don't kill me!

The man looked at the mysterious woman helplessly: "Hey...... What the hell are you going to do?"

A sharp streamer flashed, and the pupils of the hysterical person holding the man's thigh contracted instantly, and then slowly expanded, and he fell to the ground, lifeless.

"Whoever has seen God leave the world will disappear. ”

The woman flicked the long sword in her hand, and a row of blood spots scattered on the ground, making a slight sound.

"Poor mortal...... When you see his eyes, how can you not be crazy?"

Facing the middle-aged man who had died tragically, the mysterious woman squatted down, stretched out her white jade hand and gently closed his violently open eyes. After a moment of silence, he stood up.

"Dragon. ”

The man smiled and replied, "Yes." ”

"The corpse is disposed of. ”

"Yes, my Queen. ”

Long Yu bowed elegantly, pinched a decision in his hand, and several red beetles suddenly crawled out from under the middle-aged man's corpse, biting a big hole in the ground, and the corpse was swallowed up by the black hole under him as if it had sunk into the bottomless sea.

"Tell Baobao Hua to let her eat less, her legs are thicker. ”

The mysterious woman spoke lightly, and then her figure flashed and disappeared in place.

Long Yu's expression was a little messy.

Didn't you say you wanted me to dispose of the body? He seemed to see his baby flower blinking aggrievedly with eight big black eyes, and wriggling white and cute chelicera.

The sky had completely darkened, and even the most beautiful dusk would fall into darkness.

"Finally here, My Son........" Long Yu stretched out his slender fingers, smiled and gracefully made a "goodbye" gesture in the direction where Xiao He disappeared, and then turned into a gust of wind and disappeared.

After dark.

In the city, not far from the town, the tired neon lights are lonely, but they are also bright.

The road is sparsely populated, red lights are flashing, but few cars are waiting.

There was an inexplicably familiar smell of the night, steel and cement after the day's noisy and sun-kissed day, rubber tires billowing by, mixed with take-out boxes thrown on the side of the road, smashed soda cans, and the vomit of some drunk.

It's the taste of the world.

Old newspapers and plastic bags were blown away by the wind. A few office workers who had just gotten off work wore headphones and hurried by.

The huge electronic advertising screen is bright and gorgeous, and the young girls with beautiful white teeth are holding different goods in their hands, and their faces are full of happiness.

On the roof of a high-rise building, standing at the vent of the night.

Lingyi leaned against the fence below and took a nap, looking into the distance with a sad face. Her long silver-white hair danced in the wind, and her beautiful side face was reflected by the lights of the tall building opposite, as if she was an angel imprisoned in this steel forest.

She looked into the distance with a deep gaze: "Haven't you arrived yet......."

What is she waiting for?

Is it the only hope for those who are free from the shackles of this earthly world?

With a bang, the iron door behind him was kicked open, and Xiao He panted and stared at the peerless night standing on the fence. He took two deep breaths: "Come, come!"

Shuo Ye's heart moved, tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with an unknown beautiful smile!

It's finally waiting for you!