Chapter 55: Ru Xue’s account

Obviously, Wu Laogui saw that I had this question, that is, is the fairy tomb in the sky? But he obviously didn’t want to answer my question, floated aside, pretending not to see my searching gaze. The only one who knew the exact location of the fairy tomb was Wu Laogui.

But before I could say anything else, Chengxin said, “Even if we are good people, why do you insist on choosing good people? This kind of thing should be based on strength, right? We are small and weak, you should choose the strong and powerful.”

Xixi said, “I sincerely want to cooperate with you, but I’m not obsessed with success. People are much more complicated than we are. We are superficial in terms of our personality, but people are not. We can’t see through them! So, if there is a chance of success, we don’t want to be pawns in vain.”

Xiao Xi’s words are very clear. Whether or not it will be successful depends on fate. He would rather not be successful than be taken advantage of.

“What do you want?” Chengxin stared at Xiaoxi and asked seriously. Our Li family has always been averse to greed, but that doesn’t mean we won’t guard against others’ greed. Can we find any examples of people turning against each other and stabbing each other in the back for these two words?

“What we want…” Xiaoxi hesitated for a moment, but soon her eyes hardened, and she said to us, “That fairyland, it is rumored that the fairies take special care of us demons. It is said that there are things we need, but I don’t know what they are. But this should not be in conflict with what you want.”

It really can’t be considered a contradiction. Chengxin let out a long sigh and said, “I think I’ve asked all the questions I need to ask. We can cooperate. However, time will tell. This phrase can also be understood as time will tell the demon’s heart. I also don’t beat around the bush. It really depends on time to get to the point of mutual trust.”

“I think so.” Xiao Xi did not object to what Cheng Xin said.

The fish soup in the pot had been boiling for a long time, and the fish meat had been stewed until it was soft and dissolved in the soup. The rabbit on the fire began to turn golden brown, and the hot oil dripped into the fire, making a ‘sizzling’ sound.

We had been hungry for a long time, so we didn’t hesitate to eat. Each of us had a bowl of fish soup and a large piece of rabbit meat, and we were so full of oil that our mouths were oozing.

Although I was enjoying the food, I was still worried about Ruoxue. In contrast, Ruoxue was much more relaxed. While eating, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the oil from the corners of my mouth.

This kind of behavior hasn’t changed at all. She is still cold-hearted and can’t change it, but she is much more affectionate towards me.

Xixi and Xiaomao insisted on only drinking a bowl of fish soup, and said that they would go get their own food and not waste ours. After all, they have survived in the forest for a long time, and it is not difficult to get some food.

However, I could see the look in the eyes of the radical Xiaomao, who was so “intoxicated” by human food, but was afraid to be greedy because of Xiaoxi’s control.

In fact, Xixi is a weasel who really doesn’t want to cause trouble for others.

Xiao Xi and Xiao Mao have not returned from looking for food, but we have already finished eating. I am still thinking about how to tell Ru Xue, but Ru Xue has already spoken first: “Everyone must be very curious about my question, right?”

Everyone’s eyes fell on Ru Xue, and it was obvious that we were all worried and curious about her situation.

Ruxue said calmly with one hand resting on her chin, “Actually, there’s nothing special to say. Ever since I entered this forest, I’ve always felt like something in this forest was calling to me. I can’t explain it, but it’s like a call from my heart, from my soul.”

As Ru Xue said this, I was wondering what kind of situation this was, so mysterious? But the firelight illuminated Ru Xue’s face, and she had already regained her former calmness in her eyes and expression, as if the panic and fragility in the cave had never existed at all, and was just an illusion of mine.

I couldn’t see anything, but Ru Xue continued to talk: “But this situation is very vague. Sometimes you think this call is really there, but sometimes you feel it is vague and empty, and it is basically your own illusion. So I haven’t said anything until we accidentally fell into the snow cave. After entering the cave, this call suddenly began to intensify. At first, I didn’t care, or I didn’t want to say something so mysterious, so I just waited and saw what would happen.

“Then what?” I asked, but I couldn’t help but feel a little bit like blaming Ru Xue for not saying it. Or was she worried that it was too mysterious?

“Then, I entered the hole, the hole with the pitted walls that had been gnawed away. At that moment, the call became clearer, and I also had inexplicable memories. I saw the pitted holes that had been gnawed away, and naturally knew that they had been gnawed by black worms. The next thing was also very simple. The call became clearer and clearer, and the memories that naturally appeared to me were also more and more.” Ru Xue said simply.

“What was the result? What summoned you…” I didn’t know what summoned Ru Xue, and I tried hard to think about it before I could make myself clear: “What was the purpose of the existence that summoned you?”

Ruxue didn’t seem to hear me, but instead fell into deep thought. After a long time, she said, “Well, there should have been a predecessor who came here, right? He left something behind, and I just happened to find it. Is that a reasonable explanation?”

This explanation is indeed reasonable. I can’t think of anything unreasonable, but I wonder if it’s really that simple. We think that such a magical existence is so simply described by Ruixue?

However, I have a strong intuition that Ruoxue is not lying to me. What am I still thinking about?

At this moment, I had a feeling of unreality. For the past five years, Ruoxue had been watching over me with a gentle heart. In the old forest, Ruoxue suddenly became intimate with me. Ruoxue was calm and collected, and Ruoxue was helpless and sad. This feeling made me look at Ruoxue and say seriously, “Ruoxue, I believe what you said is true, but is it really that simple?”

Ruxue looked at me for a long time before saying, “What more complicated do you want? It’s just a matter of choosing to keep or not keep the bugs that the mysterious call left behind. That’s really the essence of the matter.”

I let out a sigh. I really felt that this time, Ruoxue wasn’t lying to me. As Ruoxue said, what else could there be? Was I just being too concerned and thinking too much?

Or is it really the case?

I glanced at Chengxin, who was more thoughtful than I was. Before this, Chengxin had always frowned, but now his brows were relaxed and he nodded at me, as if he thought there was no problem.

My mood relaxed a little. I had always felt that there was something wrong deep down, but I suppressed it.

After all, I thought about Ruoxue’s words in my head several times, but I didn’t find anything to hide. The only thing that could be pursued was what exactly was calling her, but this matter was the most inexplicable. Just as I couldn’t explain it, why could the master I invited with the art of the middle miao communicate with me, and even on the last time, he mysteriously passed on the real “secret” technique of my old Li’s lineage鈥攖he “union of souls”!

The night was getting late, and Xiao Xi and Xiao Mao had also returned. What I didn’t expect was that the demon wolf called Bai Hui also came here with two or three wolf cubs, but in the end, it was afraid of the firelight, so it just lay far away and didn’t come close.

A cold moon hung in the sky.

Wu Laogui went back to his soul jar and fell asleep. Xiao Xi held Xiao Mao and leaned against a tree to sleep. Bai Hui, with his wolf cubs, also lay quietly not far away. Cheng Xin Ge took the young fox and Lao Zhang into the tent to sleep, while Ru Xue leaned against my shoulder, snuggled up to the warm firelight, and also fell asleep quietly.

People, ghosts, demons, and beasts all slept peacefully together on such an ordinary night. There was a quiet, faint warmth in the cold old forest.

Looking at the moonlight, I was thinking that such a night might be worth remembering.

But, it’s not something that can be held on to. No matter what, tomorrow is a new day, and we’ll still be together on that new day.

Thinking about this, I actually smiled faintly, and my heart was at peace.