Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 10: Spring Water
After replenishing their energy, Jiang You and Tang Butian walked up from the back of the rocky slope.
Visibility is getting lower and lower.
Jiang You took out an outdoor flashlight and the white light penetrated the darkness.
He glanced at the handheld GPS and saw that they were getting closer and closer to the coordinates.
The road is becoming increasingly difficult to walk on.
Jiang You stepped into the water, which splashed into his ankles and soaked his socks.
He said: "It's a bit cold. It's dangerous to get hypothermia here."
Tang Butian remained dry and her steps were light.
Listening to Jiang You's heavy breathing, she asked, "Is this also a sense of ritual?"
"You also know that he is not in the right profession. I am quite satisfied that he can maintain his current stable state."
“What happens if it’s unstable?”
"You probably won't be happy to see it. "
Tang Butian was silent for a while.
Jiang You handed her a piece of chocolate. She took it, tore open the wrapper and took a bite.
My ears are filled with the sound of rain.
Moving forward in silence.
Crash...crash...
Water, tide...
The yellow mud splashed on her shoes.
Tang Butian stopped.
The smell of earth and rotting corpses, she looked up and around, and the earth-yellow tide rushed towards her from all directions.
A dark light floats on the blade.
The tide that was rushing towards her was blocked by an invisible force ten meters away from her body .
The sweet taste of chocolate lingers on the tongue.
"It's a stinking ditch."
Jiang You pulled down his hat.
The wooden sword flew outward and chopped downward, the tip of the blade cutting across the water.
Split the water.
Heavy rain fell.
Washed away the fishy smell.
Jiang You watched the wooden sword fly back into Tang Butian's hands.
In the light of the flashlight, a path appeared ahead.
Jiang You and Tang Butian looked at each other, and then they walked forward along the path.
After walking about one or two hundred meters forward, there is a cave.
Come in.
There is a stone platform in the cave.
"Fang Xuezhou and Yu Hong probably found this place." Jiang Youyong shone the light into every corner of the cave.
Tang Butian walked to the stone platform.
"What's this?"
"The altar." Jiang You looked at the ancient patterns on the surface of the stone platform.
"What about the spring water?"
"It's probably down there," Jiang You walked around the altar. "It seems to be a god that was believed in, given a name, with symbols and rituals. Maybe in the beginning, it was indeed a clear spring."
"god?"
"Yes, it looks like it was sealed. If I'm not mistaken, it must have been loosened three years ago when Chen Zikai jumped off the cliff and broke the seal. What a coincidence. The bone that Fang Xuezhou and Yu Hong took away should be considered a magic weapon? I don't know much about it..."
"The evil god?"
"uncertain."
"uncertain?"
"Good and evil are only meaningful to human beings," Jiang You stepped on the ground with his feet, "I dreamed of the sacred spring..."
Tang Butian heard Jiang You's laughter.
"It was probably sealed for too long. It gave the magic weapon to Fang Hongzhou and Yu Hong, probably expecting them to help it gather power, but... But there are too many fools, so it's hard to say..."
"What to do now?"
Jiang You pointed to a place casually and said, "Here, dig."
Tang Butian took two steps back.
The wooden sword was wrapped in energy and flew towards Jiang You's feet and penetrated the ground. Jiang You jumped back to avoid it. Then, a force came from the ground, exploding and splashing mud.
The ground sank.
The wooden sword blade was not stained by water and returned to Tang Butian's hand.
The smelly muddy water swirled and twisted into two streams, rolling towards Jiang You and Tang Butian respectively.
The wooden sword swung, and the mud and water opened its mouth wide and swallowed the sword.
Tang Butian raised his hand.
The muddy water sped up and then suddenly solidified , breaking into pieces. A piece of black bone fell to the ground.
The wooden sword flew back, and Tang Butian asked, "Is this the evil god?"
"Obviously not, it's the other half of the magic weapon." He bent down to pick up the bone, frowned and put it into a plastic bag, sealed it and threw it back into the backpack.
"And this?"
The ground suddenly shook.
split.
"Run!" Jiang You ran past Tang Butian.
She followed him.
She heard the sound of collapse coming from behind her, mixed with the sound of rain.
She turned and saw two huge blurry shadows blocking the sky.
——
It’s raining heavily.
Gray.
Walk.
Keep going.
After walking for a long, long time...
How long will it take...
He raised his head.
So dark.
There was only a little light on the raindrops.
When the weather is fine, you can see the long snow-capped mountains and the blue sky merge into a line.
It's sunny...
A drop of rain fell on his palm.
Wrapped around his wrist.
Raindrops fell on his body.
It’s raining so heavily.
The snow is so hard.
He suddenly raised his head and saw a man and a woman standing not far away. The man was of medium height and quite sturdy, and the woman was holding a wooden sword.
The rain gradually stopped.
Further away, a small, red figure was slowly approaching.
"Chen Zikai, right?"
The man walked up to him and squatted down.
He saw his face clearly. It was a round face with a pair of black-framed glasses. He looked very kind.
"Me? Am I not dead?"
He looked down at his body, which was grey and blurry, as if it had been barely put together and would soon fall apart.
He tried to sit up.
"Yes, she is dead. Your mother now lives in a garage in Lanxinyuan and makes a living by picking up garbage every day."
Chen Zikai lowered his head and said, "I regret it."
Jiang Mo walked to Jiang You, and Ma Tuan wrapped herself around his neck obediently.
He pulled Jiang You's sleeve.
" Do you remember Fang Xuezhou and Yu Hong?"
"What happened to them?"
"They want to help you get revenge."
"They, they won't do anything..."
"It didn't work."
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chen Zikai.
Jiang You sat down next to Chen Zikai, "You are really a good person."
"She is my first love." Chen Zikai said suddenly.
"Then what?"
"Has she been lying to me for more than a decade? How could she pretend so well? And how could she not have any feelings for me at all? I let her go and took Hanhan away, but she was still not satisfied. She..." Chen Zikai looked up at Jiang You, trying to find the answer in his eyes, "Why?"
"Your mother has raised you for more than 40 years, but you still jump whenever you want, right?"
"I……"
Jiang You sat down next to Chen Zikai and heaved a sigh of relief, "It's beautiful, isn't it?"
The rain has stopped.
The clouds dispersed.
The endless snow-capped mountains glow light golden in the sunlight.
The sun pierced his eyes.
"I miss my mother."
"good."
The spider silk wrapped around Chen Zikai's wrist loosened.
The soul turned into spots of light. Jiang Mo stretched out his hand, and there was a red mark on his palm. The spots of light fell and melted into his body.
The girl holding the knife stood not far away, watching everything quietly.
In a garage filled with beverage bottles in Lanxinyuan, a sleeping elderly woman suddenly opened her eyes, "Akai..."
She shed tears.
