Gui Li silently stared at Baguio, who was lying peacefully on the ice stone platform, and the woman sleeping in the curling white smoke. There seemed to always be a smile on the corner of her mouth. Did she still feel anything at this moment?
Does she know that there is someone watching over her?
Or is it that she has no regrets in her heart, so she sleeps peacefully?
Regarding these, Gui Li has asked himself countless times. He never knows the answer and does not dare to think about it. But every time he thinks about it, he seems to suffer a little more. But his health is getting worse and worse now.
Well, although he has gradually understood the true methods of Buddhism, Taoism and Demonism after practicing the three volumes of the Heavenly Book in recent days, there seems to be some integration into one of them.
He was wandering in his body like a lingering ghost, waiting for the last opportunity to die with him.
Gui Li has long been familiar with that cold feeling. It has been with him since he was a boy until now! Even if he dies, he will die feeling cold like this!
He smiled bitterly in his heart and took one last look at Baguio. This was his third day guarding Baguio alone.
"You have a good rest for a while, I will come back to see you soon." Gui Li said softly, "Don't be afraid, your father and I are only leaving temporarily. Even if I die, I will be there before I die.
I’ll come back to see you again.”
He looked at Baguio, smiled softly, then turned around and walked out of the ice stone room. The light smoke floated behind him like a veil.
"Boom!"
The heavy stone door slowly closed behind him, and Xiao Hui, who had been waiting aside for a long time, jumped onto his shoulders with a whoosh. Gui Li reached out and touched Xiao Hui's head gently, nodded and walked out.
Along the way, he reached out to the walls and corners, or took many detours and fiddled with the mechanisms. Along the way, all the mechanisms in the main hall of the Ghost King Sect in Huqi Mountain were activated, and more than ten fell through the heavy stone door alone.
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In the heart of Huqi Mountain, there are sounds of mechanisms ringing everywhere at this moment, but there is only one figure, Gui Li. The others followed the Ghost King to the Wilderness Temple three days ago. At this moment, Huqi Mountain is cold and lonely.
, Gui Li walked all the way out of the mountain. When the sun shone on his body and brought a bit of warmth, he couldn't help but trembled.
"Rumble, rumble..." The last stone door slowly closed, covering the huge belly of the mountain. There was also a faint "plop" sound mixed in. Gui Li heard it and knew that it was the mechanism that had been reversed.
Sound, if someone comes in the future and doesn't know how to open the mechanism here, and just wants to storm in from the outside, facing this huge rock weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, he will have to be like a god.
The warm sunshine shone on him, and Xiao Hui, who was lying on Gui Li's shoulder, stretched out his arms and stretched, yawning. Gui Li turned his head to look at it and smiled slightly: "Why?
Yes, you look bored and sleepy?"
Xiao Hui called out "Zhi Zhi" twice, rolled his eyes on his monkey face, and then danced his hands and feet, pointing to the outside of the mountain. Gui Li smiled and said: "You are bored, well, speaking of this, this place is desolate.
, there aren’t even many trees, so no wonder you feel uncomfortable.”
Xiao Hui immediately nodded desperately and jumped down from Gui Li's shoulder, squeaking and dancing. Gui Li took a deep breath and looked back at the cave where Huqi Mountain had merged with the mountain. There was no trace of it at all.
At the door, he nodded and said: "Okay, anyway, we have to wait a month before going in to visit Baguio. During this time, we can just take a walk around."
Xiao Hui was overjoyed, jumping up and down on the ground, grinning widely. Gui Li was infected by it, and his mood improved a lot. He smiled and cursed: "Okay, don't come up yet, otherwise you can just stay here by yourself."
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Little Gray's head shrank, and he rushed back with a "whoosh", and climbed up on Gui Li's shoulder in a few moments, laughing. Gui Li shook his head, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. He turned his hands and the familiar cold feeling returned.
Getting up, Gui Li seemed to think of something and hesitated for a moment. Xiao Hui was a little surprised why Gui Li didn't fly away yet. He squeaked twice. Gui Li looked back at it, then smiled faintly and said softly: "Life
Loneliness, why bother thinking so much?"
Xiao Hui blinked his eyes twice, obviously not understanding the two words that Gui Li suddenly said, but Gui Li didn't say anything more. He flipped his hand, a green light glowed, and he pulled out the soul-eating magic wand.
They followed each of them up to the sky and left Huqi Mountain.
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The closest and inhabited place to Huqi Mountain is a small town two hundred miles northeast, called "Sanfu Town". Sanfu Town has a small population, but there are several villages around it, which can barely be considered lively.
In the past, in order to keep the secrets secret, the Ghost King Sect usually did not go to Sanfu Town to purchase daily necessities such as food, drinks, etc., but went to towns further away to prevent the righteousness or other factions of the Demon Sect from discovering the location of the main hall.
However, before the disciples of the Ghost King Sect returned to the mountain, many of them went to Sanfu Town to take a rest.
In the past, Gui Li and Xiao Hui also passed through Sanfu Town. Although the number of times was not many, Xiao Hui was extremely smart and actually remembered it firmly. At this moment, as soon as he left Huqi Mountain, Xiao Hui was waving his arms desperately on Gui Li's shoulders and pointing.
In the direction of Sanfu Town, he obviously wanted to go to Sanfu Town to drink and eat. Gui Li shook his head, but didn't say anything, turned around and flew towards Sanfu Town.
The distance of two hundred miles is not that far to the monks who fly in the air. Between the blue sky and white clouds, only a faint green light with a hint of black energy can be seen flying across the sky.
Xiao Hui lay restlessly on his shoulder, tilting his head from time to time, and his long monkey tail swayed here and there. I don't know if he was thinking about the delicious food he would enjoy later. While Gui Li was controlling Soul Eater, he was moving toward
Looking from the foot, it goes without saying that the area around Huqi Mountain is a desolate and bare mountain. After leaving the Huqi Mountains, the terrain is relatively flat, but the wilderness is lonely, and there is also no human habitation. Looking down from a high place, there is only a desolate road in the distance.
The ancient road stretches lonely in the wilderness, and I don’t know where it leads?
Gui Li suddenly sighed, but didn't say anything, but Xiao Hui was a little strange and looked at his master twice.
After less than half an hour's flight towards the northeast, they had already arrived at the top of Sanfu Town. From a distance, they could see a series of houses below, one after another. Xiao Hui was already excited as he looked at them, squeaking in his mouth and shouting towards them.
Gui Li gave instructions and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go down now."
Green light flashed, making a sharp "hissing" sound in the air, falling from the sky, and landed on the streets of Sanfu Town. But as soon as it landed, Gui Li's brows were already frowning. Xiao Hui jumped from his shoulder
It came down, reached out and scratched its head, and looked around, obviously a little confused. After a while, it seemed that it also felt something, its three eyes lit up at the same time, it squeaked in its mouth, and its face looked a little nervous.
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The Sanfu Town in front of us seems to have become an empty town. Most of the surrounding houses are still intact. Only a few damaged places can be seen, but the people in the entire town have completely disappeared.
. A deathly cold silence enveloped this small town.
Gui Li snorted, and understood something in his heart. Needless to say, the reason why this place is like this is probably due to the catastrophe caused by the beast monster. The people in the town either fled to the north earlier, or if they fled slowly, they would probably
It is also difficult to avoid the fate of becoming the food in the mouth of the beast monster. A small town has become like this. And think about the past, in the vast land of China at this moment, I don’t know how many towns are like this?
There was a wind blowing in the distance, blowing some sand on the street. On such a warm day, the wind blowing in this small town seemed to be cold. Xiao Hui still seemed a little uneasy, and approached Gui Li.
Looking around, Gui Li leaned down, picked up Xiao Hui, and whispered: "It's okay."
Xiao Hui blinked his eyes, and seemed to be with Gui Li, and became quiet. Gui Li took a deep breath, raised his feet and walked forward slowly. Xiao Hui climbed on his shoulders, stopped making noise, and quietly walked towards him.
Looking around.
Apart from the sound of wind, there was no sound at all in the small town. Gui Li walked slowly and walked halfway through the street. He saw that some doors and windows of each house were closed, while some had their doors open. He didn't know if they were invaded by beast monsters.
Went in. However, we didn’t see any human corpses along the way. It seemed that the people here had received the news in advance, so most of them fled to the north.
At this moment, a cold wind suddenly blew through, and a rickety door on the left side of the street fell down with a bang and hit the ground, making a loud sound that echoed in the empty street. Gui Li and Xiao
Hui turned around to look at the same time, and saw an arm falling limply on the wooden board behind the door, motionless, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air.
Gui Li looked silently in that direction for a while, then turned his head and continued walking forward. Xiao Hui lay on Gui Li's shoulder, but looked back at that arm from time to time.
Gui Li had been to Sanfu Town several times before, so he knew a little bit about the situation here. He walked slowly, was silent for a long time, and then said: "I remember there is a tavern ahead, let's go there.
, and maybe I can find you something to eat."
Xiao Hui squeaked twice.
The sound of footsteps on the street seemed to be particularly loud at the moment, and the cold wind blew from behind. Soon, they came to the front of the tavern along the street. The sign of the tavern had been removed from the door.
It fell down and flipped over at the door, covered with a layer of dust. Gui Li glanced at the wooden plaque with an unknown name, stepped on it, and left a footprint on it.
Suddenly, Xiao Hui let out a low cry and stared into the tavern. Gui Li's body suddenly stopped. A moment later, a low roar came from the tavern.
Is it a beast? This was Gui Li's first reaction, but the roar sounded somewhat familiar.
"Roar..."
Xiao Hui suddenly let out a scream and rushed into the tavern. Gui Li was startled. He didn't know why Xiao Hui suddenly became excited, but Xiao Hui had always been extremely close to him and could be said to be his only partner. No matter what
No matter what, he couldn't let Xiao Hui face the mysterious things in the tavern alone. Seeing that Xiao Hui was about to disappear into the tavern in an instant, Gui Li's expression changed, his figure shook, and he had already chased after him.
The next moment, he appeared in the tavern. When he saw the things in the tavern clearly, he couldn't help but be startled.
The tavern was in a mess, with pots and pans scattered everywhere and piles of debris. The original tables and chairs were also scattered in a mess. A few of them were still intact, and thick dust could be seen on the tables and chairs. But
It was in such a dilapidated tavern. On a relatively intact table in the middle of the tavern, there was a pot of wine and several wine glasses. Sitting next to it was a young man wearing bright silk clothing.
In the open space between him and Gui Li, a monster was confronting Xiao Hui. It looked ferocious and terrifying, and its roar was low and slightly frightened. It was the evil beast "Taotie".
It was actually the mysterious young man who met Gui Li that day in the wild mountains and deep forests.
Taotie stretched out his long neck and stared at Xiao Hui with his four giant eyes as big as copper bells. However, Xiao Hui's expression was not as nervous as at the beginning. Instead, he looked a little happy, and he squeaked twice.
He shouted, grinned, and walked forward slowly, wanting to touch Taotie's head with his hand.
Taotie growled, obviously a little uncomfortable with Xiao Hui's action. Xiao Hui paused, blinked three eyes, and walked around the body of the Taotie beast twice, from the left to the right, and then from the right.
Go to the left. Taotie's long neck rotates, following Xiao Hui's body around, and he lets out a few low growls from time to time, but it sounds less and less hostile. Apparently, Taotie is very interested in this three-eyed monkey.
I also have a bit of a favorable impression, but I don't know if it's because it's rare to meet a guy as greedy as it, so I look at it with such special eyes...
At this time, the young man also saw Gui Li. He sat without moving, but his expression seemed startled. Apparently he did not expect to meet Gui Li here again. However, he quickly returned to normal and smiled slightly.
, nodded at Gui Li. Gui Li was no less surprised than the boy, and at this moment he was even more confused about the identity of this mysterious boy. To be able to appear in a tavern in such a dead town, the origin of this person is unknown.
If you ask, you will know that it is very strange.
At this time, Xiao Hui was already close to Taotie. He suddenly smiled, reached out and patted Taotie's rough head. Taotie let out a low growl, and stared at Xiao Hui with his four eyes. He looked ferocious, but Xiao Hui
Hui didn't seem to be afraid at all, but instead found it very amusing. He clapped his hands twice more, making a weird and slightly funny "Puff" sound.
Taotie seemed a little helpless with the monkey. He snorted, as if a person snorted helplessly, and lay down, ignoring Xiao Hui. But Xiao Hui seemed to like this strange-looking monster very much, and came close to Taotie.
It moved here and there, and it looked like it was affectionate.
The mysterious young man withdrew his eyes from the two spiritual beasts, looked at Gui Li, and said with a smile: "They seem to be pretty good."
Gui Li nodded and smiled slightly.
The young man patted the chair next to him and said: "Actually, we two are quite destined, we are so big, we can meet here. Brother, why don't you come over and sit down, we can have a drink and chat.
A few words."
Gui Li glanced at Xiao Hui and Taotie who were getting together, and saw that Xiao Hui's attention seemed to have been focused on Taotie at the moment. He said lightly: "That's fine." After that, he walked over slowly, but
Instead of sitting next to the young man, he took another chair and sat down on the other side of the table.
There was a faint smile on the handsome face of the young man. He reached for a clean cup and placed it in front of Gui Li. Then he filled up the wine for him and said with a smile: "Brother, come to this deserted and deserted town."
,I don’t know what’s going on?”
Gui Li did not answer, looked at the young man, and said in a deep voice: "Then what are you doing?"
The young man smiled slightly and said: "I was passing by this place and saw that I could find a few glasses of residual wine here, so I rested here for a while and drank by myself."
Gui Li turned to look at Xiao Hui and said, "Would you believe it if I said that I also brought this monkey here to look for wine?"
The young man was startled, glanced at Xiao Hui, suddenly laughed out loud, and clapped his hands and said: "Believe it, why don't you believe it! Come on, let's have a drink together, life is inherently lonely, and it's rare to find someone who is destined to be here.
Let’s find a drink together in a remote corner of the world.”
After that, he raised his glass to Gui Li and drank it all. Gui Li looked at him deeply and slowly repeated the sentence: "Life is inherently lonely, hehe, life is inherently lonely..."
He suddenly laughed too. The smile was full of vicissitudes of life. He raised his glass and drank it in one gulp. A burning smell of wine flowed from his throat to his stomach. The wine in this remote town was actually quite delicious.
For awesome.
The young man smiled and said, "How?"
Gui Li raised his eyes, reached out to take the wine bottle, added wine for the two of them, and said: "Good wine!"
The young man's smile became even stronger, he slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Okay, it is indeed a good wine." As he laughed, the young man's expression gradually became excited, and he suddenly chanted loudly:
"Old thoughts, vicissitudes of life have passed,
Do you remember it? It’s sad.
The white hair and withered lamp travel to the end of the world,
One day of loneliness is exchanged for a hangover..."
After chanting, his voice gradually turned desolate, and his face actually had a somewhat lonely look. After chanting, he lowered his head and said nothing. Gui Li looked at him silently and drank the wine in the glass in front of him in one gulp.
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At night, the cold wind gradually picked up, and the sound of "woo-woo" sounded in the lonely town, like someone crying quietly in the distance.
The night was deep, and darkness was like a tide, submerging the earth. The monkey fell asleep leaning on Taotie, and the ferocious beast was lying lazily on the ground. There was darkness in the tavern, and Gui Li and the young man were sitting in the darkness.
No one had any intention of getting up and looking for candles to light up the room.
Maybe they seemed to feel more comfortable in the dark.
Throughout the whole day, they just sat facing each other, occasionally saying a few insignificant words, occasionally drinking a few glasses of wine, but more often than not, they seemed to be thinking about each other, silently meditating, and recalling the past of their lives.
On such a cold night, in a remote place at the end of the world, two strangers seemed to have known each other their entire lives and were getting along with each other indifferently.