Chapter II: Getting Out of Difficulties
Baguio's past, to her, seems to be a deep pain, these years buried deep in her heart, but at this moment of life and death, I think back again, my heart is agitated, plus these rì to food is scarce, the body is also a little weak, and I have been in a coma for a long time.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at the demon sect girl who was still holding on to his sleep at this moment, and shook his head and smiled bitterly, not long ago, he himself was a patient who came back from walking around the ghost gate, but at this time, it turned around and it was Baguio's turn to be sick. These two people actually fell one after the other, and it was really difficult not to die.
After a while, Zhang Xiaofan himself was also drowsy, but Wu Ziqiang sat up straight, just because Baguio was lying in his arms at the moment, looking at her haggard and slightly painful face, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't bear to leave.
It's just that it's not easy to sit like this, he sat on the platform, one foot suspended in the air and one foot on the ground, sitting half-obliquely, his body was straight, and there was no place to lean on, after a long time, his body was sore everywhere, not to mention, especially where Baguio was holding him tightly, his fingers were forceful, that is, after she fell asleep, the strength was not reduced slightly, it really hurt into the bone marrow. It was also Zhang Xiaofan who was quite stoic, he actually gritted his teeth and endured it, and changed to someone else, but he was afraid that he would jump up a long time ago.
But Rao is like this, the sin he suffered is really not light, Zhang Xiaofan complained in his heart, but in the end, he did not leave after all, after a long time, the sleepiness also came up, and in this gradually numb pain and soreness, he actually sat and took a nap.
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"Ah......h
Zhang Xiaofan stretched his waist and woke up, he felt pain all over his body, and was sighing to himself, when he suddenly found himself lying on the platform at some point, and Baguio, who was originally by his side, did not know where to go.
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, stood up, and looked around, there was still no shadow of Baguio, and the entire cave was empty, and there was not even a trace of sound. Suddenly, Zhang Xiaofan felt a chill in his heart, as if he was suddenly staying in the grave. He frowned, stood up, and without thinking about it, he began to look for Baguio.
After looking for the Tianshu stone room, and then going to the treasure room, he didn't see Baguio's figure, Zhang Xiaofan thought for a moment, walked out, and sure enough, it didn't take long to see Baguio's figure in the stone room dedicated to the two evil gods of the Demon Sect.
I saw that in front of the Graceful Lady of Light and the hideous-looking Heavenly Evil Throne, Baguio knelt on the ground, his shoulders shrugged, and although he tried his best to suppress it, he still let out a low choked sound.
She was crying.
Zhang Xiaofan stayed in the local area, no matter how he imagined it, he would not have thought that this demon cult woman who had always been strong and competitive would secretly cry in front of this idol. He stood on the spot, at a loss for a moment, but finally walked over slowly, and said hesitantly: "You, uh, you, how do you ...... Don't cry!"
Unexpectedly, it was okay that he didn't speak, as soon as he heard his words, the sadness that Baguio had endured in his heart suddenly burst out, his voice immediately rose a lot higher, he cried loudly, and slowly raised his head, and his original jade-like face was also covered with pearl-like tears at this moment.
Zhang Xiaofan was dumbfounded, he himself was just a teenager, how to understand the thoughts of these daughters, and immediately scrambled, as if Baguio was made to cry by him, and even stammered a little: "You, you don't want this, this, like this...... I, I, no, you, no, no, I mean I ......"
Baguio had hazy tears, looked at Zhang Xiaofan's busy appearance, shook his head, and gritted his teeth, but the sadness was unbearable, and the sad tears that he had endured for more than ten years poured out today.
"It's me, it's me who killed my mother!" said the woman, who was deeply trapped in the painful past, with a little sadness.
Zhang Xiaofan immediately shook his head, looking at her fragile and helpless figure at the moment, and his heart was in a trance, as if he saw the same helpless figure of himself many years ago: "No," he walked up, in a low voice, and said softly: "Your mother is the person who loves you the most, you were still young at that time, you didn't understand anything, how could you hurt others?"
Baguio choked up and said: "But, but my father has always hated me, I know that his old man wants me to die, and he blames me for killing my mother!"
Zhang Xiaofan said in a low voice: "No, don't think about it, didn't your father blame you, didn't he come to save you, has he treated you badly over the years?"
Baguio's body trembled, as if her face was also white, Zhang Xiaofan looked at it from here, her originally beautiful face, pear blossoms with rain, and the style of sadness were also moving.
It's just that she raised her head, and behind the tears, she looked at Zhang Xiaofan's gaze, but Zhang Xiaofan didn't dare to look directly and turned her eyes away.
After a long time.
"You're good. She said suddenly, quietly.
Zhang Xiaofan was deep in his heart, and he didn't know where, he suddenly jumped on the ground, and then immediately calmed down and said with a smile: "No, it's just that we are about to die together, and a few words of comfort to you before we die are nothing." ”
Baguio slowly stopped crying, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, sighed in a low voice, and said, "Yes, we are going to die together." Speaking of this, she suddenly seemed to remember something, and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "You and I died here, have you ever regretted it in your heart?"
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, and countless pictures turned in his mind in an instant, as if at this moment, he returned to Qingyun Mountain, in the big bamboo peak, "I naturally regret it." ”
He said in such a low voice.
When Baguio heard this, his face immediately sank, and he said, "Hmph, in the Holy Sect, I don't know how many people want to die with me, but you don't think about it!"
Zhang Xiaofan rushed upwards angrily, but after glancing at Baguio, his anger suddenly disappeared again, he only sighed, shook his head and said, "Maybe, it's just that if I can be buried on the big bamboo peak, I will really die without complaint." ”
Baguio's face was heavy, staring at him, silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Are you for your senior sister Ling'er?"
Zhang Xiaofan jumped up, pointed at her and said, "You, how do you know?"
Baguio turned his head and said, "You said it when you were seriously ill and talking nonsense some time ago. ”
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, and was about to say something to accuse her, but after thinking about it, seeing that he and she were about to die here, not only would he not be able to see his senior sister from now on, but he was afraid that after death, he would be transformed into a yīn spirit, and he would not be able to see the scenery of Dazhu Peak!
I just don't know, will my sister remember me?
He thought of this, and suddenly, he was disheartened, sighed, and the sense of grief was deeply inextricable, and he turned and walked out. Looking at his back, Baguio was stunned.
After a long time, she slowly turned her head, looked at the two statues, and bowed down: "Our Lady, may you have mercy on the world, protect him and bless him, King Ming, I hope you will hold the power of the heavens and save the ......."
Her voice was suddenly interrupted, and the whole person lay on the ground, motionless, and at that moment it seemed that all around her were silent, but in her mind, it was like a rough sea, and a ray of light flashed in this wave, but it was faint, and she tried her best to grasp it, to remember it.
She slowly raised her head and carefully looked at the statue of the Heavenly Demon King on her right, over and over again, and a thought in her heart shouted loudly: "No, no, there is something missing from this statue......"
She watched it over and over again, not daring to breathe, and finally, her gaze fell on the empty right hand of the idol.
She jumped up, couldn't help but rejoice anymore, and shouted loudly: "Open Heaven Axe, yes, where is the Open Heaven Axe?"
Legend has it that the Holy Mother of the Shadow is the god who nurtures thousands of living beings, but the King of Heaven and Earth is the fierce god who opens the heavens and the earth and punishes the gods, which is very different from the ancient giant god Pangu who opened the heavens. Legend has it that the King of Heaven is holding a "giant axe that opens the sky", so later generations must have the appearance of this giant axe when he is a statue. But the right hand of the statue in front of him was empty. Baguio knew very well that in the Demon Sect, the Heavenly Demon King was one of the two great gods, and no one would deliberately disrespect him, and the Blood Refining Hall that built this blood cave was also a Demon Sect faction, and there must be a reason for this.
Zhang Xiaofan returned to the stone cave, sat on the platform, silent, and was thinking about the old man on the big bamboo peak, when he suddenly saw Baguio with a happy face, rushed in, saw that he was sitting there, and said loudly: "If you want to live, come over quickly." ”
"What?" Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, but saw Baguio rush into the treasure room on the right hand side like a gust of wind, he hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't resist the desire for life and followed in. As soon as I stepped into the stone room, I heard Baguio cheering, and I saw Baguio laboriously picking up a huge iron cast giant axe from a pile of iron garbage.
Zhang Xiaofan ran over and helped her hold the giant axe, and sure enough, he felt that his hand was extremely heavy, and the two of them were still a little overwhelmed together, and said, "What are you doing?"
Baguio didn't say much to him, and said straightforwardly: "If you want to live, help me carry this iron axe to the idol." ”
Zhang Xiaofan gasped and exclaimed, "You, what are you going to do?"
Baguio was too lazy to say, dragging the axe and leaving, but after a few steps, his body was weak, panting, Zhang Xiaofan shook his head and sighed, but after all, he still walked over, the two worked together, and it took a lot of effort to finally drag the axe to the stone room where the statue was, and then Zhang Xiaofan rolled his eyes, and reluctantly heard Baguio say that he still had to put this heavy guy in the hands of the evil god.
Originally, Zhang Xiaofan had the suspicion of the boss in his heart, but now when he heard that he was actually going to do something for the demon cult and evil god, he was angry, but he still couldn't resist Baguio, seeing her sweating profusely and working there alone, her heart softened, and she thought that even if she fulfilled one of her wishes before she died, she stepped forward and tried her best to help.
This axe looks very huge, and now that it is actually carried, the weight is even more incredible, plus the two of them have not had food for a long time, and then miraculously completed this seemingly impossible task, after loading the axe on the right hand of the Tiansha Ming King, Zhang Xiaofan sat on the ground, gasped for breath, and said: "You, huhu, you, if you can't find a way out, huhu, we could have lived three lives, but now there are only three hours left." ”
Baguio also gasped for breath, but the excitement in her eyes could not be hidden, and after a short rest, she walked to the statue of the god, and observed it carefully for a while, only to see that after the statue of King Ming was added with a giant axe, it was really majestic and imposing. She bowed respectfully to the statue of King Ming, and said, "Your Excellency King Ming, please forgive your disciple for being rude." ”
After speaking, she reached out and grabbed the giant axe, shaking it tentatively, up and down, but there was no movement, originally, this giant axe was put in by herself, if there was movement, there was it just now, Zhang Xiaofan sat on the ground, watching her strange movements, shaking her head.
Baguio frowned, and said in a low voice: "What's wrong, it should be ...... here."
As he spoke, he was anxious, his hand was a little stronger, and he moved his hand with the giant axe, and even the right hand with the statue of the Heavenly Demon King moved a point, and suddenly, in the stone room, there seemed to be some heavy voice.
Zhang Xiaofan jumped up, Baguio was even more happy, the two looked at each other, Zhang Xiaofan ran over, grabbed the giant axe with Baguio, and pulled it hard, only to see that the giant axe was connected to the right hand of the King of Tianshaming, and was raised from a low state to the air, and a moment later, in the stone room, there was a huge roar that was deafening.
The two of them were shocked, only to feel the roar in their ears, and the pain was unbearable, so they hurriedly pressed their ears with their hands. After another moment, the roar was still loud in my ears, but above the stone wall behind the idol, the huge and hard stone wall slowly retreated to both sides, revealing a passage out, and the stone steps went up step by step, until the darkness ahead.
At this moment, the stone chamber where the idol was located suddenly shook violently, and stones fell one after another from their heads, and the two of them barely spoke, and ran towards the stone steps at the same time, throwing themselves into the darkness.
In fact, eight hundred years ago, when the Demon Sect Blood Refining Hall was building the Dripping Blood Cave, it had already considered the situation of being attacked by the enemy in case of decline, so it secretly built this passage in the belly of the mountain in this stone room, and once the enemy attacked, they would escape in this way, and after a while, the Dripping Blood Cave would collapse, burying the enemy and the countless secrets of the Blood Refining Hall together.
Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio ran desperately, only to hear the loud noise behind them, the stones flew sideways, if they jogged one step, they were afraid that they would die here, they really took out the last bit of strength in their bodies and ran forward. They didn't run far, and it was pitch black in front of them, in this narrow and dark secret passage, the two of them didn't know how many times they fell, how many times they had hit, they only heard a loud roar all around, and the stones flew sideways, as if the entire Kongsang Mountain was angry, and the vibration was not stopped, but finally with a desire to survive, the two of them saw a glimmer of light in front of them.
The entrance of this secret cave was originally opened in the middle of Kongsang Mountain, under a cliff in the mountain, the trees are luxuriant, and it is extremely secret, no wonder no one has seen it for 800 years, and most of the descendants who want to come to the current rì blood refining hall do not know about this place.
Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio stumbled out, almost at the moment when they threw themselves on the ground, they only heard a loud "boom", 10,000 catties of boulders pressed down, and the dust flew, blocking the entrance of the cave tightly, from now on, no one can see the secret in the belly of this mountain.
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Prostrate on the ground, Zhang Xiaofan gasped for breath, his fingers tightly grasping the slightly moist green grass on the ground, the taste of running on the edge of life and death was really breathless. After a while, his mood slowly relaxed, raised his head, looked to the side, and saw Baguio beside him, his originally fair face was a little dusty at the moment, as if she felt Zhang Xiaofan's gaze, she also turned her head to look.
The joy of rebirth after the catastrophe slowly appeared on the faces of the two of them. Baguio's lips moved, as if there were water waves flowing in her bright eyes, hazy with crystals, she let out a slightly choked cheer, a kind of relief after the infinite pressure, she couldn't think of anything else, she only felt that the sky was very blue and blue, the mountains were so high and high, the breeze was gusting, the mountains were full of dripping green, the green shadows were swaying, the trees were surging, and there was a touching beauty everywhere in this world.
"We, we're alive!" she screamed with joy at the green mountains and blue sky.
Zhang Xiaofan laughed loudly, beside her, watching her let go of her arms, showing the most beautiful smile in the world.
In the "crackling" sound, the flames devoured the firewood, making a crisp sound, and bursts of light smoke appeared, Baguio sat next to the fire, watching Zhang Xiaofan use a thick branch to clean up a newly caught hare, and then put it on the fire to roast. As the flame scorched, the rabbit meat gradually turned golden sè, and the grains of fat also condensed into water droplets and dripped down.
Under the mountains and forests, a fragrant delicacy overflows. was very hungry in that hole, Baguio couldn't help but swallow his saliva, but saw that Zhang Xiaofan was not in a hurry, looked at the fire, and was accustomed to stretching his hand to his waist and touching it, and suddenly his face was stunned, and then his face showed joy.
Baguio was surprised: "What?"
Zhang Xiaofan happily took out a small bag from his waist and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the dry food was lost, but these things are still there, and I haven't paid attention to them a few times ago." ”
Baguio looked at the small bag, only to see Zhang Xiaofan carefully open the package, revealing a few small bottles and jars, curious, picked up a few and smelled them, and was stunned, looking at Zhang Xiaofan almost speechless: "This, this is some salt seasoning......"
Zhang Xiaofan smiled and said: "Yes, I always carried it with me when I went down the mountain, but I was afraid that if I stayed overnight in the wilderness, I would make something delicious, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today." ”
Baguio looked Zhang Xiaofan up and down, speechless for a while, seeing that he carefully sprinkled these things that I don't know whether they were spiced or salt on the rabbit meat, and then slowly turned the branches and roasted them, the fragrance of the air became stronger and stronger. She had never seen such a righteous person, and he actually came out and put the seasoning on his body, looking at him, he was afraid that he was more of a cook than a disciple from a famous and upright family.
After a while, Zhang Xiaofan got closer and sniffed it, and said happily: "Okay, you can eat." ”
Baguio was impatient to wait for a long time, but he felt that the fragrance was almost pervasive, penetrating from the pores up and down his body, and when he smelled it, his body seemed to float up, much lighter, as for the mouth, not to mention, if he didn't hide it carefully, he was afraid that even the sound of his stomach "growling" was also heard by this kid.
When I heard Zhang Xiaofan's kindness, he finally said that it was done, and a golden and fragrant rabbit in front of him was almost drooling, so he couldn't help but stretch out his hand, but he forgot it for a while, and his hand changed to "ah" when he touched it, and he retracted it, but it was burned.
Zhang Xiaofan smiled and said, "Don't worry!" As he spoke, he took the branch away from the fire and moved it up and down, so that all the fat flowed down, and the temperature on the meat was lower, so he carefully tore off a rabbit's hind leg, handed it to Baguio, and said with a smile: "Eat it." ”
Baguio immediately stretched out his hand, took the rabbit meat, and was about to open his mouth, when he suddenly saw Zhang Xiaofan with a gentle smile on his face, looking at himself and smiling, the sunlight in the forest sprinkled down bit by bit through the dense leaves, and a few points fell on his face, which was so hearty.
For some reason, her face suddenly turned red, turned her head away, turned her back to Zhang Xiaofan, and then began to eat. Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't care, he was already hungry, so he tore off the other rabbit leg and gnawed it down.
Halfway through eating, he suddenly saw Baguio turn to look at him, and said in surprise: "What's the matter, by the way, is this meat still delicious?"
Baguio had a faint flush on her face, and the breeze blowing from the depths of the woods gently ruffled her long soft hair and brushed the side of her fair face.
"It's delicious, uh......"
Zhang Xiaofan: "What's wrong?"
Baguio: "...... I'm done. ”
Her face had a faint gentleness, a hint of shyness, and Zhang Xiaofan opened her mouth slightly, she was actually stupid.
Baguio lowered his head slightly, and among the two, there was a sudden silence, and after a while, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly woke up: "Ah!"
He sweated on his head, stammered, and couldn't speak: "I, I didn't look, no, you look at me...... Ah, no, ah, here you go. ”
As he spoke, he closed his eyes, and the rabbit leg passed over, but somehow, he didn't dare to open his eyes.
But for a long time, Baguio didn't seem to move, Zhang Xiaofan plucked up his courage and slowly opened his eyes, only to see Baguio looking at him, his face seemed to be smiling, but his eyes were gentle, and he actually had an indescribable soft and charming style, and said in a low voice with a hint of a smile: "Do you give me this?"
Zhang Xiaofan was puzzled, looked at his hand, his face was red, and he was embarrassed, it turned out that what he handed to Baguio was the rabbit leg that he was holding in his right hand and gnawed half of it, and most of the rabbit meat was being held by his left hand and put it beside him.
"No, no, no......" Zhang Xiaofan was extremely embarrassed, and took back the embarrassing rabbit leg like lightning, and handed over the intact rabbit meat, and said in his mouth: "I am, yes, I want to ......"
"I know. Baguio took the rabbit, tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and chewed it gently, "It's delicious, the best thing I've ever eaten in my life is this rabbit you're roasting now." ”
Zhang Xiaofan's heart jumped, and he saw that on Baguio's beautiful and beautiful face, half smiling, half talking seriously, his heart fluttered, he didn't dare to look at it anymore, and bit on the half-gnawed rabbit leg with one mouth, burying his head in hard work.
This rabbit, in a short time, was wiped out by these two hungry people. It was a happy thing to have a full meal for the first time. Baguio found a mountain stream, and the two of them washed by the water, but they both felt a little sleepy. It is also said that the nerves in the belly of the mountain have been tense, and I only feel that I have been walking on the edge of life and death.
Baguio couldn't support it at first, and lay down on a small piece of green lawn on the edge of the creek and fell asleep, Zhang Xiaofan also felt sleepy and lay down beside her, but felt that the sun was warm and gently sprinkled on them, and couldn't help but look back at Baguio. I saw Baguio after combing, although her hair was still a little messy, but her face was as white as jade when she first met, her skin was better than snow, almost blowing, at this moment she closed her eyes and lay there quietly, the breeze was blowing, her hair tips moved lightly, and in the sun, her hair shè with a soft glow.
Suddenly, Baguio was asleep, as if she had seen something, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, her right hand stretched out as if she was used to it, grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, snuggled up to him, and then, on her lips, there was a faint smile, and she fell asleep so peacefully.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, but looking at her slightly haggard but still beautiful face, he didn't have the courage to take her hand away anyway, he lay there motionless, gradually, his sleepiness also came up, closed his eyes, as if he had forgotten about it, as if it was normal, and fell asleep peacefully.
The breeze in the woods, still blowing gently, blew through the treetops, through the green leaves, through the quietly flowing stream, gently rippling, and finally, over the two young men.
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