The loneliness of the lonely, the sorrow of the grieving. No one can see, no one can hear. - Anonymity

"Void and vanity, a thousand years have passed......"

The Loess Plateau is a wasteland. A wasteland with no end in sight.

Thousands of miles, deserts, Gobi, simple vegetation, heavy hills, desolate.

"Can we really find the legendary jungle?" A crisp voice broke the silence, this is a girl, sixteen or seventeen years old, playful and cute in a standard robe, looking like a student of a certain academy: "Legend has it, no one can find this jungle, this desert mountain, just walking will be exhausting" After speaking, he took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and looked at the handkerchief, which was full of loess: "Look, I'm almost dirty!"

"According to legend, it is a great blessing to be able to see the ancient jungle, if it weren't for our lack of academic excellence, we wouldn't have been assigned such a difficult exam task, so don't complain" Next to the girl, is a lean young man, slightly older than this girl, wearing a standard gown, which has been dyed by the unique loess of the highlands, and he can't see the original appearance clearly: "Little sister, how much water do you still have there?"

Hearing this, the girl took out the kettle from the backpack on her back, shook it, frowned, and said, "Mine is almost gone, big brother, this exam is so difficult, if you can't finish it, you can't pick the leaves of the ancient jungle, you won't be able to graduate!"

"It doesn't matter if I graduate or not. The lean young man smiled, and a piece of loess wet and condensed with sweat fell from his face because of his smile: "It's you, you have to come with me, your grades are much better than mine, if it weren't for your insistence on completing this exam, I plan to give up directly...... Oops!"

Before the boy finished speaking, he was kicked by the girl in the buttocks, and a patch of loess floated up on the boy's buttocks: "Are you embarrassed to say me? You are an older brother, and you will let your sister help you whenever I want to, and I want to help you complete the exam, but you told me that you want to give up?

"I was wrong, Xiaoru! Old girl, don't fight!" the boy dodged the girl's hand, turned and ran. Seeing this, the girl Xiaoru immediately chased after her: "Don't run!"

The brother and sister chased and frolicked all the way, running towards the depths of the Loess Plateau, although the highlands were barren for thousands of miles, but in addition to the lack of supplies, there was no danger. In this barren land, except for a few weeds, there is no life, and there is no need to worry about poisonous insects and beasts. In the academies and monasteries of the surrounding empires, there are often students who have trials to enter the Loess Heights to hone their minds, and at the same time want to find the legendary jungle, but no one has ever seen it, and this matter is just a legend.

"Alright, alright!" the boy ran for a while and stopped on a hillside, "We don't have enough supplies, so don't waste your strength." After saying that, he sat on the rock, panting slightly.

Xiao Ru also stopped, gasped slightly, stopped beside the young man, and looked left and right: "Big brother, we have been walking and stopping for more than half a month, this legendary jungle, no one has ever seen it, I have always felt that this exam seems to be specially used to rectify people, there is nothing in this place, except for the stone is loess!"

"Hahaha" The young man laughed: "A legend is a legend, since there is this exam question, it must be able to be passed, otherwise why can you graduate directly after completing this exam?"

"Because of this, I feel that this exam is a whole person" Xiao Ru frowned, and climbed up the stone where the young man was sitting, which seemed to be higher than other places: "Otherwise, after so many years, why hasn't anyone completed this task? ”

"The teacher told me. The young man got up and patted the dust on his body vigorously, a yellow mist dissipated, leaking the original color of the long shirt, and the white background is now slightly yellowed: "Since the establishment of the college, there has been this task, it was set up by the first dean, not only our college has this task, but all other colleges and halls have this task, but so far no one has completed it, we can't help it, who let me not have a single credit, if I don't complete this task, I'm afraid I really have to go back to study for another two years." ”

"After so many years and so many people have been here, no one has ever seen a jungle. Xiao Ru snorted angrily: "In the past, there was a senior brother who crossed from one side of the highland to the other side of the highland, spanning two empires, and he had never seen any jungle. I've given up on other exams to come with you, and it looks like I'm going to have to retake it for two years. ”

"Don't say it so high-sounding, it's not that you are willing to retake it, the academy library has the highest level books in the empire, you use this method to stay for two more years, it's not that you want to see more, it's like you're thinking more about your brother. The boy glanced at his sister.

"Do you still dare to say me?" Xiao Ru jumped down from the stone after hearing this, and a flying foot rushed towards the young man, and she was angry and shouted: "Every time you take an exam or a trial, you don't participate, you soak in the library every day." If you don't pass the exam, you're going to be dismissed, so you beg the teacher in charge to give you a chance, and you planned to retake it from the beginning, and you still have the face to say me?"

"Hehe, brother and sister, brother and sister!" the young man smiled, jumped on the stone, and subconsciously looked into the distance: "Xiaoru, look over there!" The young man pointed to a strange rock in the distance and said to this sister.

Following the young man's direction, Xiaoru saw a rock that was easy to look at, looking at it from a distance, flashing light, but she didn't know what it was.

"Come over and take a look!" the boy jumped down from the stone and ran straight away, Xiao Ru following closely. Not far from here, they came to a corner, and a towering stone statue appeared in front of the two of them.

The stone statue is about 10 meters high, full of traces of time, and has been corroded by wind and sand, less than half of the stone statue has been buried in the sand, and most of the leakage is still 10 meters high. It is not difficult to see from the details that the carving is fine.

This is a portrait, handsome, but the ears are a little easy for ordinary people, and the tips of the ears are much more pointed than ordinary people. The eyes of the stone statue looked serenely into the distance, and the serene and anxious look seemed to be a wanderer who was eager to return to his hometown, and there was a scar on his handsome face, extending from the right side of his face to the corners of his ears, but it did not affect its appearance at all, as if it had added a little domineering in the air. He was not wearing a traditional long shirt, but a lean short suit. There is a seemingly ordinary dagger inserted in his waist, all black, the right hand holds the handle of the dagger lightly, and he carries a gorgeous bow behind his back, the bow seems to be made of meteorite in the sky, exuding the cold light of Sensen, and the gorgeous lines on the back of the bow cover Sensen's murderous aura, and it looks like a gorgeous ornament.

The long hair was draped over the shoulders without any decoration, and the hair that flew back seemed to be a real wind. There was a light smile on its lips, with peace.

The left hand is slightly bent, hanging beside him, and the whole stone statue gives people a quiet atmosphere, as if nothing can be shaken.

On the back, there is a grave with the tombstone reading: You will not be alone in the future.

There is no signature of the deceased, nor the name of the carver, only this one sentence.

Next to the tombstone, a large warhammer was plunged into the ground, and the years had left traces on this once powerful weapon, and bits of rust appeared on the handle of the hammer. A breeze blew, blowing the blue strip of cloth on the warhammer and dancing in the wind, this strip of cloth was tattered, but at this time, there was a sad beauty.

"This ......" The young man saw the scene in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"Big brother, have you heard of a statue here before, how can there be a tomb here?" The girl Xiaoru walked to the side of the stone statue, reached out and touched the surface of the stone statue, feeling a little rough.

"This ......" juvenile difference: "Never heard of it." ”

Xiao Ru did not answer, but walked to the back of the stone statue, stood in front of the tomb, and looked at the tombstone in front of him, the stone statue was a little decayed, but the tombstone was like a new one, with a black tombstone and golden hot words.

"You will never be alone again"

The young man came to Xiao Ru's side, looked at the tombstone, the two of them felt endless sadness in their hearts for some reason, a sadness from their hearts, the young man felt tears in his eyes, and turned his eyes to look at his sister, but Xiao Ru was already in tears.

"Why are we crying?" asked Xiaoru, who was in tears, looking at her brother.

The young man held back his tears, but he couldn't resist it, and two lines of tears burst out: "I don't know why, I feel sad from the bottom of my heart." ”

"Me too, wow wow wow wow" Xiao Ru said, crying loudly.

At this moment, the stone statue shook slightly, and on the side of the stone statue, a hut suddenly appeared.

"Don't disturb the undead, get out of here. A hoarse voice came from inside the hut, a stone hut that looked like it had been millennia old.

The young man was obedient, suddenly startled, and when he turned around, he saw the hut that suddenly appeared, and hurriedly grabbed his sister, jumped backwards, and after landing, he had withdrawn four or five meters away.

"Who are you!" the boy held his sister behind him, wiped away his tears, stretched out his hand to his waist, his weapon hidden in his waist, and thought to himself, if there is any movement, he will rush out, no matter what, to keep his sister safe.

"Squeak", the door opened, a short figure walked out, like a dwarf, the vicissitudes of the years made his beard gray, the broken armor wore on his body, from the broken cracks and vicissitudes of life, vaguely visible gorgeous literary science, that is a knight's armor.

Although his hair is gray, he still has a strong body and a vigorous body, and the years do not seem to have robbed him of his youth, and he still seems to have inexhaustible strength.

He looked at the two people in front of him, there were still tears on his face, and there was a long-lost smile on his vicissitudes of life, but this smile was fleeting, and then he said seriously: "I said, don't disturb the undead, leave quickly!"

The two of them looked at the dwarf in front of them and felt a little strange, this person's height was also a little too short! The armor he was wearing was also a style that he had never seen before, but he no longer felt danger. Hurry up and salute.

"Senior, my brother and sister are students of the trial, and they broke into this place by mistake, please forgive me."

When the dwarf heard this, he was a little surprised, glanced at the stone statue, then looked at the two people in front of him, and said, "Mistaken?"

"It was really a mistake. Xiao Ru finished saluting and said, "Grandpa, we are students of Li Feng Academy of the Blue Empire, and we are here for the final trial. ”

"Li Feng Academy?" Hearing this name, the dwarf was shocked and asked, "What kind of trials are you conducting?"

"It's the hardest test in the academy," the boy said, "to the legendary jungle and get a leaf back." ”

After hearing this, the dwarf was a little relieved, looked at the statue again, turned back to the two and said, "Go back, there is no legendary jungle." ”

"But seniors. The young man was about to say something, but he felt that the ground in front of him was shaking slightly, and the mottled war hammer next to the tombstone shone with a faint light.

"I said, there is no jungle, and there are no woods here, leave!" The dwarf's words suddenly became serious, and as the earth trembled slightly, the two teenagers suddenly felt unprecedented pressure.

Cold sweat flowed from the young man's sideburns, he pulled his sister back slowly, and was just about to leave, but suddenly felt the pressure on his body lighten, and a soft force pushed him back, and when he looked at the dwarf in front of him, he was not as frightened as he was just now.

"What's going on?" thought to the young man, and tried to turn away again, but he couldn't move.

"Senior, I'm ......" Xiao Ru also felt the same way, and was about to defend herself, but she saw the dwarf's angry eyes glaring at the tomb, and shouted loudly, "You, mother, will die for so long, what are you going to do!"

The dwarf raised his hand slightly, and the ground stopped shaking, and the light of the warhammer dissipated. He walked up to the two of them, looked up at the two teenagers carefully, and looked at them again. Finally, he sighed heavily.

"Well, in that case, well. The dwarf's tone suddenly lowered, and he stopped looking at the two teenagers, turned around, and walked towards the stone house.

The brother and sister were wrapped in pale green power, but they were no longer frightened in their hearts, and the moment the dwarf turned around, the power disappeared, and the two looked at each other, not knowing what was happening. The young man thought of the dwarf's tone just now and the shimmering war hammer, and he was afraid, so he pulled his sister: "Xiaoru, this senior's cultivation is amazing, what should we do." ”

"We're going to die, we're going to die a long time ago. Xiao Ru stroked her chest and eased her emotions: "I can't run, I can't run, confess, and then go." ”

"Good. The young man answered, bowed to the dwarf, and said loudly: "Senior, please forgive me for the abrupt disturbance, if there is nothing else, my brother and sister will retire." ”

As he spoke, the dwarf had already walked to the front of the stone house, and when he heard this, he turned back and shouted at the two men, "Who let you go!

The sudden roar startled the two of them again, and at this time, there was no light green power on the two of them to protect them, and this roar shook them a lot. Watching the dwarf grope in the stone house, he suddenly felt a trance in front of him, and for a moment, he felt that he was in the middle of a forest, with towering trees covering the clouds and the sun, and the smell of decay and freshness exuded all around.

The young man shook his head, and when he looked again, there was still a barren land in front of him, with stone statues, tombs, and stone houses.

"Xiaoru. The young man whispered, "I suddenly had a hallucination just now, and I don't know what's going on." ”

"Me too, as if I'm in a huge forest!" Xiao Ru stared and looked around, as if she didn't believe what had just happened.

"Take it, this is the leaf you wanted. ”

Hearing this, the young man felt a green light in front of him, and subconsciously raised his hand to grab it, and a green leaf appeared in his hand, which was more than three times larger than the one he had seen before, and he vaguely felt that it emitted a faint green light.

The young man was startled, looked up at the dwarf, and was about to speak, when the dwarf raised his hand, and the two of them felt that the eyes were illusory, and a piece of wind and sand covered their eyes, so they hurriedly closed their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, they found that the two of them were by the stone where they had just stopped, and there were no stone statues, no graves, and no dwarves in front of them.

"Big brother!" Xiao Ru looked at the green leaves in the young man's hand with some horror and surprise, unable to believe that this was true.

The young man looked down at the green leaves in his hand, and his heart was no less frightened than his sister, but after thinking about it, he seemed to understand something. Pulled up his sister Xiaoru, knelt down in the direction he ran over just now, and kowtowed three times.

"Sister, this thing was given to us by our predecessors, although I don't know why, but don't talk to anyone about it. The boy got up and spoke solemnly to his sister.

"Why, big brother, aren't we here just for the legendary forest, for this leaf? If you don't tell anyone, what about the exam?" Xiao Ru's eyes widened and she looked at the young man, her eyes full of puzzlement.

"You don't understand, sister. Reach over!" The young man handed the green leaves in his hand to Xiao Ru, Xiao Ru put his hand on the green leaves, and in an instant, he felt that he was no longer a barren forest, and the sky-covering forest that he had just visited in a trance was now in it.

Xiao Ru was horrified in her heart, and as soon as she withdrew her hand, the forest around her disappeared and returned to a barren land.

"This ...... This ......" Xiao Ru was horrified in her heart, pointing to the green leaves in the young man's hand, and spoke incoherently.

"Don't tell anyone! We didn't finish the exam! We can't find the legendary jungle!" The young man stared at Xiao Ru's eyes and said in an unusual tone: "If this matter leaks out half a sentence, you and I will both be killed!"

Xiaoru looked at the eldest brother, slowly regained her composure, and nodded heavily: "Big brother, I understand." ”

"Good. The young man turned his hand, put away the green leaves, and said to Xiaoru, "Okay, let's go back to the academy and retake." ”

Xiao Ru nodded, followed the pace of the eldest brother, unswervingly, and walked in the direction when he turned around.

The breeze blows, and all that remains is fine yellow sand.

Moore walked to the side of the grave and looked at the mound in front of him sadly, with a light smile on the corner of his mouth and a complicated expression.

"It's time to come, it's still coming. His tone was slightly bleak.

He looked at the sky, and beneath his feet was a dense wood, the legendary jungle.

Turning to the stone statue with a smile, he said, "What a nice weather, Cassel." ”

"yes, what a nice weather, knight. The magnetic, slightly hoarse voice still echoed in his ears, as if Nakaso was really beside him, and Moore's eyes moistened, and he looked back, how much he wished that the grave would move, how much he wished he could see the shining eyes again.

"My brother, even if you are a resurrected puppet, my brother. "Bean-sized teardrops fell from their eye sockets and smashed on the loess unique to the Loess Plateau.

No one responded to his words, and the tomb behind him still stood quietly, like a sculpture around him, without a breath, everything was so quiet, quietly informing the sad dwarf that this was the truth.

He sat sadly beside the grave, gently caressing the tombstone, as if his brother was really beside him.

The weapons of the past are beside the brothers, silently telling the glory of the past.

A gentle breeze blew, causing his gray beard to flutter, and a piece of dirt was thrown off the cliff before a faint sound was heard for a long time.

The sun's light was still dazzling, and the dwarf lay down, staring at the clouds in the sky, his eyes shining with a strange light.

He kept recalling everything between himself and his brother, the laughter together, the joy together, the sorrow together, the anger together, everything together.

Many, many things have just happened to the Buddha, and it has been a long time since the Buddha was released.

"It's like yesterday, Cassel。。。。。 ”

"That's your home。。。。。 ”

"I long to return to my homeland, knight, to my homeland。。。。。。 ”

"It's crowded. It's been a thousand years since it fell......"