CH 115

As the beast lunged, Yin Xun thought he would die, his folding knife not even able to break through the beast's body, but he mustered the last of his courage and held on to the beast's front paws so that it could not get around him to chase Lu Qingjiu.

The beast had no mercy for the small insect that was in its way and opened its mouth to bite down on Yin Xun. Yin Xun's eyes closed in horror and he felt his head separated from his body, but thankfully the pain was not obvious and even though his head was bitten off, he could still use his Mountain God powers to see what was around him.

He was probably going to die, Yin Xun thought to himself as he lay on the ground with his second bite. He was so calm that he could even think about whether Lu Qingjiu had climbed to the top of the mountain to see Bai Yuehu, and whether he had fulfilled his last wish.

The beast lowered its head and took another bite. Yin Xun shuddered and felt as if only two legs were left in his body. Although he could be reborn, he had never tried the feeling of being completely eaten and wondered if he could recover his body after being completely eaten as he had before.

But at that moment, the beast in front of him bared its white teeth at Yin Xun, and suddenly stopped when it was lowering its head to bite.

Then something subtle appeared on the face of the beast.

Yin Xun at first thought he was mistaken, after all, it was only a beast and there could be a change of look on its face but he soon realised he was right, the beast's appearance became slightly distorted and it gave a low growl, scratching the ground with its front paws, looking uncomfortable somewhere.

The next moment the beast turned and swooped into the jungle beside the road, leaving Yin Xun behind.

Yin Xun was delighted at the sight, then wondered if the beast had been merciful and had suddenly shown compassion for himself. Instead, he heard a subtle rattling from the forest, a rattling he was familiar with, every time he ate his own cooking and grabbed the toilet with Lu Qingjiu.

Yin Xun: ""He did not expect that his medicine would be so strong that a beast as large as the mast could not stand it.

It is said that the survival of the fittest is the only way to survive. Yin Xun had never thought in his life that his weak flesh would be able to defend itself against other species in such a way.

Yin Xun wanted to run, but at last he had only two legs left, so it was very difficult for him to stand up and he struggled to get up. He struggled to get up, but saw that the beast had solved its problem and slowly walked up to Yin Xun.

A tear slipped from the corner of Yin Xun's already non-existent eye, thinking that he would be finished immediately, but who knew that its hideous, horrible face would show its disgust at Yin Xun's tattered body, and then turn around without hesitation and walk away without looking back.

"Wait, wait, wait," Yin Xun shouted in his own spirit, "Brother, you're just going to walk away and not finish eating."

The beast turned around and actually spoke, "No."

Yin Xun: "You really don't eat it"

The fierce beast said, "Heh, if you want to eat it, go eat it yourself, don't try to trick me into eating it again." He had just come to the world of humans, and it was said in the other world that humans were tender and soft, the most delicious food, so naturally he wanted to taste them, but just two bites almost killed him, and in the end he thought his intestines were going to come out. Just as he thought of this, his stomach rumbled again and he was forced to hide in the grass again.

Only then did Yin Xun, lying on the ground, realise that he had been disliked, that the fierce beast before him had abandoned him mercilessly, leaving only his broken body behind.

"Oooooooooh." Yin Xun cried out in resignation, "Everyone is so disgusted with me."

With the beasts gone, Yin Xun was once again left alone in the forest. At first glance, the red lights looked like flames, but upon closer inspection, one could see that they were actually red candle dragons. Yin Xun was so tense that he forgot about the miserable state of his own body. He struggled for a while before he got up from the ground and stumbled forward, trying to climb to the top of the mountain to see what was happening. If anyone had been on the mountain at this moment, they would have been shocked to see Yin Xun's appearance, for without his body, he was left with two legs and was running forward in an uncoordinated manner, occasionally falling down and taking a lot of time to get up, which was particularly horrible in the dark.

Yin Xun tried for a long time but only reached halfway up the mountain when the sky changed again, he heard the mournful dragon roar of the dragons and saw a white light that rose into the darkness of the night sky. The light was like a bright sun, but not as blinding as the sun, instead it was incomparably soft and carried an air of tolerance for all things.

Yin Xun stared blankly at the mass of light, not understanding what was happening.

The light gradually rose, reached the top of the dome, and then spread out, and wherever the white light reached, the golden light all began to recede, and the sky was thus restored to its previous form.

Suddenly Yin Xun had a bad feeling in his heart, a feeling that was always unexplained but accurate. When the white light dissipated, the black night sky reappeared over Yin Xun's head, filled with stars and a bright moon, just as it had been in the past. There was silence all around, no sound of people, no insects, not even the wind.

Yin Xun could only hear his own footsteps and he began to become a little panicked, calling Lu Qingjiu's name uncontrollably with his spiritual energy.

Naturally, no one would respond to him either.

After an unknown amount of time, Yin Xun finally reached the top of the mountain, but the view from the top was frightening. The fog that had previously covered the mountain had dissipated and, standing on top of the mountain, he was able to take in the view of his surroundings by the light of the moon. He saw the abyss, and in the midst of it, the mountain peak that was already half broken.

But what scared him most was that there was no sign of Lu Qingjiu at the top of the mountain.

Yin Xun stood still and suddenly felt a chill on his cheek, he reached up and touched it and realised that it was raining from the sky. It was the first spring rain of the year, but Lu Qingjiu did not wait for it.

Yin Xun is delighted to catch the sound of the rain, but there is the sound of gravel on the edge of the cliff, and he rushes towards it, calling out Lu Qingjiu's name. But when he reached the edge of the cliff, it wasn't Lu Qingjiu he saw, but Bai Yuehu, who was in a terrible state of distress.

Bai Yuehu's body was covered in wounds, even his eyes were glued with blood as he climbed a little to the top of the mountain, gripping the stone wall with his hands. When he had just climbed to the top, his whole expression froze for a few seconds at the sight of the two bare thighs on top of the mountain.

Yin Xun is a little embarrassed, but I can't blame him, after all, he's had his butt eaten, leaving him with only his knees slightly above, so you can't ask him to wear trousers, how can you wear trousers without a butt?

Bai Yuehu was silent for a while and said in a hoarse voice, " Yin Xun "

Yin Xun bends his knee, signalling that Bai Yuehu has guessed correctly.

Bai Yuehu: "You speak directly with your spiritual power, I can hear you."

Yin Xun spoke up quickly and said, " Bai Yuehu, how are you doing have you seen Lu Qingjiu he ran up to the top of the mountain to look for you."

Bai Yuehu closed his eyes, a look of intense exhaustion showing between his features, and he said, "I know."

Yin Xun: "Where is he?"

Bai Yuehu said, "He shouldn't have come."

Yin Xun's eyes widened slightly as he had a terrible suspicion, but he quickly suppressed it again, because if something had really happened to Lu Qingjiu, Bai Yuehu would not be so calm.

As if on cue, Bai Yuehu held out his hand, his palm a bloody mess, but in it was the shimmering teardrop-shaped crystal that caught all Yin Xun's attention.

"The physical body is gone." Bai Yuehu said, "but the good thing is that the soul is still there." With a tender expression, he looked down and kissed what was in his hand.

Yin Xun was relieved, he was non-human and he knew that losing his physical body was not a big deal, but if his soul dissipated, that would be bad, and since Lu Qingjiu's spiritual power was still there, that meant there was still a chance of resurrection. Just what had happened to make Lu Qingjiu's flesh disappear?

Yin Xun did not ask the question after all, and Bai Yuehu did not intend to answer it either. He seemed to be a little tired and said he had to rest for a while, and then lay down on the ground and slept, the crystal representing Lu Qingjiu's soul, which he had placed on his chest.

Yin Xun also lay down beside Bai Yuehu, the drizzle falling on his body. Shuifu Village had been the entrance between the two worlds, and he had been able to feel some of the aura of the other world before, but now the boundary had become less obvious, as if the last passage between the two worlds had been sealed.

Yin Xun was a bit surprised, he couldn't help thinking that this change could have something to do with Lu Qingjiu but before he could think about it, his mind was

A wave of sleep came over him and he stared at the dark sky overhead and drifted off to sleep.

Bai Yuehu slept on the summit for over a month before he regained his strength, but perhaps because he had not consumed any food, the wounds on his body did not show much sign of healing. On the day he left the summit, Bai Yuehu woke up and lifted up Yin Xun's legs, saying, "How come you only have legs left?

Bai Yuehu fell silent after listening to Yin Xun's explanation of what had happened at the bottom of the mountain, not knowing whether to pity Yin Xun or the beast that had eaten him.

The two men followed the mountain road back to their home, when the snow and ice of Shuifu Village had melted and spring was in full swing again. The road is lined with brightly coloured wild flowers in the dense grass and Bai Yuehu and Yin Xun arrive home.

After a month's absence, the house is not in disarray, and Xiao Hua Xiao Hei has taken on the task of feeding the poultry and cleaning up after them, which she does in an orderly manner. But when they see Bai Yuehu return with two human legs, they are shocked, and their first thought is that Bai Yuehu has added humans to his diet.

Bai Yuehu was so tired that he didn't bother to explain to Xiao Hua Xiao Hei, so he dragged a basin out of the bathroom, filled it with water and put Yin Xun's leg in it.

Bai Yuehu slept again and then went out, taking Lu Qingjiu's spirit with him, and before Yin Xun could ask him where he was going, he had disappeared completely.

Yin Xun was left at home and Xiao Hua Xiao Hei took on the job of filling his water supply every day.

"What the hell is this thing?" Xiao Hua couldn't hear Yin Xun's mental power, and Bai Yuehu didn't explain it to him, so every day he looked at the two legs with a sad face, "Is this soaking food or what "

Xiao Hei, who is the younger sister, doesn't know either, and at her brother's question, she looks puzzled.

But Yin Xun's body grew quite quickly and Xiao Hua soon noticed that the legs kept growing and when Yin Xun's buttocks grew, he finally became something that needed to be harmonised.

" Xiao Hei, I'll take care of the watering from now on." Xiao Hua teaches her sister, "You're not married yet, you can't just look at another man's ass."

Xiao Hei nibbled on the family's corn on the cob, not understanding at all what her brother was talking about; she was just a little piggy, and it was too early for her to be a man or a woman.

Xiao Hua spat as she changed Yin Xun's water, saying how Bai Yuehu could have brought back such a lewd thing.

Yin Xun: ""What the fuck are you looking at all day long.

Bai Yuehu went out and never came back, not even until Yin Xun's body had completely recovered.

After three months of hard work, Yin Xun's head finally grew out of the water and Xiao Hua changed the bathtub for Yin Xun and soaked him in it, and was nodding his toes to add water to Yin Xun when he saw Yin Xun's head come out of the bathtub, startling him.

"Damn, Yin Xun when did you come back" Xiao Hua didn't even bother to look at it other than to add water because she was shorter than the bathtub and disgusted with her body, so although she knew the thing was getting more, she didn't know it was turning into Yin Xun.

"Haven't I been at home all this time?" Yin Xun reached out and touched her wrinkled skin, all blistered with water.

Xiao Hua rounded his little eyes, "You're the two legs."

Yin Xun nods.

Xiao Hua: "Sorry, friend, I didn't mean to dislike you."

Yin Xun reached out and touched him on the head, saying it didn't matter, I didn't hear you dislike my short legs and white butt at all, really not at all.

Xiao Hua :""

Under Xiao Hua's embarrassed gaze, Yin Xun wrapped himself in a towel and went out. He had been lying in the bath for three months and naturally wanted to know what was going on outside, where Bai Yuehu had gone and how Lu Qingjiu was faring.

Yin Xun found something to eat at home, filled his stomach and then took out his mobile phone, looked up the number on it and called Bai Yuehu. He was disappointed to find that Bai Yuehu's mobile phone was switched off, so he obviously couldn't reach him. But even though he couldn't get hold of Bai Yuehu, he could ask someone else. Yin Xun thought about it and dialed a number.

"Hello." Shao Hao's voice came on the other end of the line.

"Hello, is that Shao Hao?" Yin Xun said, "Do you know what's going on in Bai Yuehu?"

Shao Hao said, "You want to know"

Yin Xun hooted.

Shao Hao said, "Yes, I'll come and pick you up and we'll talk in person."

Yin Xun agreed.

Shao Hao had wanted to eat him, but after this incident, Yin Xun said he was no longer afraid to do so, and that he would be a good man again in three months.

Shao Hao was very efficient and drove Yin Xun out in the afternoon. When they arrived at the restaurant, he ordered a large meal for Yin Xun and watched him devour it with a smile on his face: "You're hungry, aren't you?"

Yin Xun said, "Well, a little." Without wine, Xiao Hua Xiao Hei couldn't go on the stove and had to make the simplest of food.

Yin Xun asked vaguely as he ate, " What's wrong with Bai Yuehu, he hasn't been home."

Shao Hao said, "You don't know that something has happened to Lu Qingjiu."

Yin Xun: "I know."

Shao Hao wondered, "Isn't it normal for Bai Yuehu to be abnormal? Don't be too sad, all humans are reincarnated, Bai Yuehu probably went to look for Lu Qingjiu's reincarnation."

Yin Xun was stunned, and then realised that Shao Hao did not seem to know that Lu Qingjiu's soul was still alive, and that Bai Yuehu did not seem to have told anyone else but him about it. He hesitated for a moment, but did not say anything about it, but nodded gently to indicate that he knew.

Shao Hao went on to talk about something else, like the fact that Shuifu Village was now no longer a concern, the entrance to the two realms was completely closed, a final chance for the two realms to merge, and apparently the candle dragons hadn't taken it. And although there were still some cracks that would allow otherworldly non-humans to come in, none of them would be powerful demons anymore.

"Wouldn't Bai Yuehu be unable to return then?" Yin Xun suddenly thought of this.

"It's not the same." Shao Hao took a sip of his wine and said lazily, "Although candle dragons are plentiful, Ying Long's numbers have become so small that most people even think their race is extinct."

Indeed, before meeting Ao Run and Bai Yuehu, the memories passed down by Yin Xun speak of the near-extinction of the Ying Long clan.

Yin Xun and Shao Hao exchanged a lot of information and were finally sent home again by Shao Hao.

"Now that you can leave Shuifu Village, do you want to go somewhere?" Shao Hao asked Yin Xun.

Yin Xun says he still has to think about it.

Shao Hao nodded and, without asking any more questions, turned and walked away.

When Yin Xun went home, he took out the only bank card he had ever had, which Lu Qingjiu had set up for him and hardly ever used it.

Yin Xun took his card to the town, clumsily inserted it into the at machine and entered his password. When he saw the six-digit number on the display, his eyes instantly became wet and all the emotions he had suppressed before exploded instantly, he put his head against the screen, sobbed lowly and whispered Lu Qingjiu's name in a vague voice, asking when he would be back.

Naturally, no one would answer his question, and how he wished that someone would reach out and gently tap him on the shoulder at that moment, and then turn around and see Lu Qingjiu standing behind him.

Yin Xun cried for a while before drying her tears and taking the card out.

When he got home, he started to prepare his luggage. Xiao Hua Xiao Hei asked him where he was going and he said he was going to walk around and see sights he hadn't seen elsewhere.

"So when will you be back?" Xiao Hua asked, a little worried.

"If Bai Yuehu comes back, you contact me and I'll be right back." Yin Xun rubbed his head and said, "I don't want to stay here anymore." Staying here, he thinks of Lu Qingjiu every day and sometimes Bai Yuehu, and although he knows he has been used as a reserve by Bai Yuehu, it was indeed one of the best days of Yin Xun's life. He can't forget it and he doesn't want to forget it.

But as long as he stayed here, he kept thinking about it, and every blade of grass and every brick and stone in the courtyard spoke of the beauty of the time, and the coldness and desolation of the present.

Yin Xun went to town and bought a phone and a phone card, leaving this phone with Xiao Hua and Xiao Hei, telling them to call themselves if they couldn't handle anything and that they would come back as soon as possible.

Xiao Hua Xiao Hei saw that Yin Xun was determined to go, so he did not persuade him any further and promised to inform him at the first opportunity if Bai Yuehu returned.

As the train started up and drove slowly out of the city and over the mountains, Yin Xun finally saw the world outside of Shuifu Village for the first time in his life.

There, the spring is in full bloom, the neat wheat fields ripple green with the breeze, there are swallows resting on the power lines and old farmers carrying farm equipment, walking slowly through the fields.

Yin Xun smells the scent of flowers and hears the gentle breeze in his ears. The whole world is gentle, and the warm sunlight spreading on his cheeks makes one drowsy.

Everything was just fine, except for the fact that I was missing a friend called Lu Qingjiu.

But it did not matter, he was willing to wait however long it took, the barren grass in his soul had come back to life and beautiful flowers were blooming above the lonely grave. The crows still rest on the branches, calling Lu Qingjiu's name, but the voice is no longer mournful, but tinged with expectation and longing.

Yin Xun could not wait to see Lu Qingjiu again and to say to him, "Welcome back. When he thought of this, the sadness on his face diminished slightly and he finally broke into a light smile.