Chapter 68 Farewell, China

As a dependent state of India and a border country bordering China, Sikkim is very sensitive in terms of political and geographical status.

Therefore, entering the territory of Sikkim is a very difficult thing. This is a country that is not very open. Generally, when going to India, people choose to go through Nepal or go directly to Sikkim. This route is extremely unpopular.

This means that the travel documents in our hands are extremely rare, and can be said to be specially approved documents. The inspection is also particularly strict, whether it is the guards on the Sikkim side or the guards on the Chinese side.

I stood under the car, leaning against it and waiting. The cold wind and drizzle made my fingers, which were already a little cold from the tension, even colder and numb.

But even so, my eyes did not fall on all the details of the inspection, but on a hill not far away, where Manjuba and his wolf stood on the hill. The cold wind blew his monk’s robe fiercely, and I could see clearly the fluctuations of the hair of the female wolf next to him.

Two horse riders were parked at the border. Our documents only allowed our people to pass, and the car was naturally impounded here. According to the process, we could only retrieve it after answering the Chinese.

I didn’t care about this, but only about the people in the car. Looking at the empty car and the silent and narrow border passage of the Nyidra Pass, I thought to myself that Huigen and the others were smart enough not to wait here, but to leave as soon as possible.

“Chengyi, Manjiba won’t follow the rules. As a lama here, he actually has a certain amount of freedom at the border because of the connections between religions.” Lushan leaned over to me and lowered the brim of his cap, speaking in a low voice.

“What does that mean?” I asked in a low voice. At this time, we had already passed the border inspection on the Chinese side and were waiting for the inspection on the Sikkim side. A border guard came over and talked to Chengxin in English, not noticing me and Lushan, while Tao Bai was still a little shy and hiding in the car.

“It means that according to his status, he can kill us within his capabilities and capture you, even if we enter the border of Sikkim.” Lushan said it very simply. In fact, he had already warned once in the car, but he didn’t say it in detail.

And some questions, not to mention asking more idiotic questions, according to Manba’s identity, using “that” kind of method that ordinary people cannot understand to kill us, the border guards will not care. Ordinary people will not get involved in the grudges of the circle of cultivators. This is the most basic principle. Besides, they can’t control it anyway. By then, there will naturally be relevant people to suppress the matter.

Therefore, I think I understand what Lushan meant. Manjuba has freedom of movement within a certain range of the border, so after we have played our last card, the key is how to leave this certain range.

This is a difficult problem. My brows are slightly furrowed, and Lushan’s face is still pale and sad. He only said to me, “The only good news is that he can only act within the borders of China. We are subdued, and he can only enter and exit the border within 1 kilometer to take away the bodies or the living.

I nodded slightly and said nothing more. Over there, Brother Chengxin was talking with the border guard, and it looked like they were getting along well. Brother Chengxin even turned around, got into the car, and quietly slipped a cigarette to the border guard.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the inspection work on this side was finally completed. The soldiers on the other side returned all the documents to us, and the guard officer hugged Cheng Xin Ge and said in English, “You can cross the border.”

My heart suddenly became nervous. Could we survive the one kilometer distance? If Man-ren-ba sent his wolves…

But at this time, Brother Cheng Xin spoke to the guard in fluent English, “Can we use your car for a ride? We don’t ask for much, just to get to the nearest town.” As he spoke, Brother Cheng Xin took off the simple gold ring on his hand and slipped it into the guard’s hand.

I looked annoyed. In fact, all of this difficulty could have been solved very easily if I had followed the worldly approach, but why didn’t I think of it?

At the request of Brother Chengxin, the guard happily agreed to our request and sent a military jeep for us to get in. Both Lu Shan and I were relieved.

Before getting in the car, I looked back at Manrenba, who was still standing on the hill. From a certain distance, I couldn’t see his expression clearly, but I sensed that the position he was standing in was surrounded by an unusually cold and cruel aura.

Lushan pushed me into the car and stood outside the car, looking at Manrenba for a moment, and then began to make a complex hand gesture. As Lushan made the hand gesture, I sat in the car and watched as the aura around Manrenba gradually became peaceful, at least the murderous intent was not so strong.

Lu Shan’s hand movements continued for five minutes, causing the soldier and guard on the bus to be extremely curious, but they didn’t ask why.

I waited quietly, and at the same time I saw the expression on Lu Shan’s face become more and more sad, and his face also showed a kind of morbid rosy color. As the last hand sign was completed, Lu Shan “wow” spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person wilted.

He turned his head and said to me in a hoarse voice, “Chengyi, pull me into the car and make it start faster.”

I pulled Lu Shan into the car, while Cheng Xin urged the car to start faster. The performance of a military vehicle is naturally incomparable to that of a civilian vehicle. The car started quickly and instantly drove a dozen meters away.

“Did you sever your connection with the spirit?” I asked Road Shan with concern. Road Shan shook his head and did not directly answer my question. Instead, he placed his palm on his lips and kissed it, then placed it on his chest and whispered, “Baima, I’m sorry, but I have to part with you for a short time. When I come back next time, I will personally send you to the beautiful Buddhist country.”

As he spoke, the car drove another hundred meters, and I saw that the she-wolf next to Manrenba had already rushed down the hill at a speed that was not slower than the car, but even more agile.

At the same time, Lushan finally squeezed out the last hand gesture, and a “whoosh” sound came out with a mouthful of blood. This time, along with the blood spurting out, there were also tears on Lushan’s cheeks.

With the completion of this hand gesture, I sensed a subtle change in Lu Shan’s entire body. I could feel a warm and holy power leaving Lu Shan’s body in that moment.

A clear whistle sounded outside the car, echoing across the cold and silent border. It was Manrenba’s whistle. I looked back and saw Manrenba’s wolf hovering at the border, watching our car leave in a cold manner, but in the end it did not chase after us.

At this point, the car had already driven 500 meters away. After another turn, it would leave the narrow entrance to the Nai Duila Pass. The significance of Manrenba sending the wolf to catch up was not great.

“Why did you choose to do this?” I looked at the road, which had already turned gray, and couldn’t help but ask. At the same time, my eyes kept looking back. After turning this mountain pass, I would no longer be able to see the land of China. After leaving it, I discovered that I had an indescribable uneasiness and pain in my heart. I looked at that land and realized how reluctant I was to leave. How long would it take to come back? I didn’t know.

“The border troops here will escort us, which means that Manba will not dare to act. No matter how bold he is, he will not dare to touch ordinary people, let alone the border troops of neighboring countries! But do you think he will be willing to get a half-broken sacred weapon? I dare not bet that he won’t take desperate risks. So before getting in the car, I started to use magic to interrupt the connection with the spirit of the weapon! Let him feel at ease and not think that we ran away. But at the same time, I also left a hand. It is never safe to be too close to the ‘devil’. At that distance, I dare not bet that he has a way to not hurt ordinary people, but only us! So I forcibly interrupted the hand movements, leaving the final step unfulfilled, holding Manmanba at bay. After reaching a certain safe distance, when it would be difficult for him to release the wolves or cast spells, he would complete the final step. Lu Shan’s voice was a little weak, and his tears almost never stopped when he spoke.

I didn’t know how to comfort Lushan, and at the same time, I was sweating for him. What he did seemed ordinary, but in fact it was extremely dangerous. Who would dare to interrupt such a soul-related hand technique?

But before I could say anything, Lushan said with a strange smile, “Baima is protecting me. Forcing me to break the hand seal didn’t hurt my soul. She is protecting me.”

“Well, Baima, we’ll find her,” I comforted Lushan. In fact, I wanted to ask, since we had already reached a safe distance, this promise could actually be broken. Not breaking the connection with the spirit could at least restrain Manrenba and not completely control the spirit.

Besides, this sudden interruption would also risk angering Manjuba.

But Lushan was so sad, so I didn’t ask that question.

But Lushan seemed to have read our minds, and muttered, “I have no choice. Once I start using this technique, I will die from the backlash if I don’t finish it. I know this, and so does Manrenba, which is why he has been holding back. Baima, I don’t want to break the connection with you even if I die, but I still have to live to bring you back and then…” Lushan’s eyes began to become hazy, and he paused for a moment before continuing, “and then take you to the Buddhist country you have always yearned for.”

At this point, I realized that Lushan was not explaining to us, but rather to Baima, as if he were mentally ill.

At this time, the car had already passed the mountain pass and completely entered the territory of Sikkim. The land of China was no longer visible.

My heart inexplicably became melancholy. Farewell, China!

What will we face in a foreign country? Looking at the sky with a light rain, I suddenly felt a sense of helplessness.