Chapter 155: You Came From the Sky (Part 2)

“Meeting in the midst of wolves, that was quite an encounter.” I saw a smile appear on Lushan’s face, and I couldn’t help but tease him.

I just wanted to lighten the mood, even though my heart was trembling at the moment… Having spent so much time with Lushan, I could guess the cruel ending from the little things, and I could not forget that the first time I saw Baima was at the Lake of a Thousand Demons, and she came from the drum that Lushan carried with him… with an air of incomparable holiness and purity.

This is Pema… If it were a happy ending, how could she have appeared in the drum?

But Lushan didn’t seem to remember these things, but instead said in a relaxed tone, with his hands resting on his head and a distant tone in his voice, “It was quite exciting. At the time, I was a little boy riding a horse, rushing to catch up with the sheep… Those prairie wolves were cunning. Instead of rushing to bite my sheep, they slowly tried to surround us… And it was at this time that I passed by a mani pile and I saw White Horse. She came out from behind the mani pile.”

“Oh, it was a surprise.” I also lay down in the same position as Lushan and said with emotion.

“No, it was definitely not sudden. The Mani Stupa is sacred. In the eyes of Tibetans, it has great magical powers and is to be worshipped… I think it was the gods who brought her to me. I will never forget that encounter. I was so flustered, but when I saw her, I wasn’t flustered at all. I was completely frozen. At that moment, I thought she was a little goddess, because only goddesses are so beautiful… her face was as white as jade, her eyes as pure as the lakes on the plateau… standing in front of me so quietly.” Lushan’s voice became intoxicated, as if he had already fallen into that memory and could not extricate himself.

It is said that people who are truly destined to be together are always shocked at the moment of their encounter… because their hearts are touched, and the current of their hearts cannot be stopped… just as I first saw Ruoxue, just as Qin Huai first saw Yue, and just as Lushan first saw Baima.

And for those who have experienced some togetherness, it is not that they are not destined to be together, but that they may have completed their cultivation in a previous life, and are not so entangled and mixed up… Just like Wei Chaoyu and Daotongzi, how should one comment on such a destiny?

I didn’t interrupt Lu Shan. I was willing to go with him to recall the past. Accompanied by his voice, I seemed to have arrived at that vast prairie, surrounded by wolves, and then I was stunned when I met the goddess.

“Can you let me get on the horse?” This was the first thing Baima said to Lushan. At that time, Baima was holding a small baby in her arms.

“Get on… get on.” Lushan stammered a little.

“I don’t actually want to stutter… but, you know what? Surrounded by that kind of divine light, I felt so inferior that I couldn’t speak well. It’s really embarrassing to think about it now.” Lushan suddenly laughed as he spoke… He had a rough life at that time, and at a young age he became a shepherd boy… I guess he didn’t wear very clean clothes at that time, and at the age when he first knew the difference between men and women, it was understandable to meet such a little girl.

Although Lushan had such a mentality, Baima didn’t care about it either… She wore a smile, which, in Lushan’s words, had a kindness that a little girl shouldn’t have, and then she hugged the baby in her arms and got on Lushan’s horse.

At that time, Lushan did not know where she came from. The vast grasslands were full of danger. How could a little girl be carrying a baby here? But he did not dare to ask.

Even on the horse, he bent slightly, not daring to get too close to the little girl, for he was afraid of desecrating her.

But the little girl did not feel the slightest bit strange about Lu Shan, and it was even less likely that she would despise him. She held the baby in her arms and turned gently, saying to Lu Shan, “Ride the horse that way.”

At this moment, her hand pointed to the direction of the wolves…

Lushan was stunned. Could it be that this girl did not see the terrible prairie wolves? The wind was blowing gently across the prairie… The lush grass on the other side was also swaying in the wind. It was clear that the prairie wolves were hiding in the grass.

“There are wolves over there.” Although the sheep were making an uneasy bleating sound, it could not stop the frantic heartbeat of Lushan, because he was so nervous when he spoke to Baima.

“Don’t be afraid.” At this time, she turned around and smiled again… At this time, she revealed a little bit of the innocent feeling of a little girl, as if she was encouraging a big brother, and then she said something to Lushan: “Do you believe me?”

“Yes,” Lu Shan nodded heavily, as if he had been bewitched, mounted his horse, and without hesitation charged toward the pack of prairie wolves.

“What were you thinking at the time? At 11 years old, you’re not stupid, how dare you charge at the wolves?” I asked, and at this time, Lushan handed me another cigarette… Smoking is not a good habit. The reason men rely on it is simply because they cannot express their emotions too passionately, and can only use this kind of tobacco that contains paralysis and calmness to stabilize their emotions.

“Haha… you want to ask me this? The memories are too long ago! But how could I forget her smile and the words “Trust me”? Chengyi, you have never seen a smile like that… it makes people feel pious towards her from the bottom of their hearts.” Lushan lit a cigarette, his tone as calm as possible, but the heat in it, even if spoken in a cold tone, could still penetrate people’s hearts.

I didn’t say anything, and fell silent… In this world, there is also a person’s smile that can make me feel pious, because that smile is like a fairy in the snow, an elf under the moon… It is also so holy and beautiful that I can’t bear to profane it… Once, I often looked at the smile like snow and was stunned.

So I understand Lushan… And on that vast grassland, a horse carrying three children, without hesitation, rushed toward the wolves. This picture is too cruel… but there is an indescribable meaning in it.

“Are you afraid?” The wind blew up the long hair of Baima, which was decorated with stars and dots… It fluttered on the face of Lushan, carrying a strange fragrance. This is a fragrance that is not found on the bodies of girls in general Tibetan areas. It is a very special fragrance that belongs only to Baima.

“I’m not afraid.” Lushan’s voice was shaky from the wind, or perhaps she was really a little scared… There were so many stories about the ferocity and cunning of the prairie wolves.

“Why aren’t you afraid?” The distance is getting closer and closer… and Pema’s voice is also full of the curiosity of a little girl.

“Because you want me to believe in you.” For some reason, Lushan’s words came out exceptionally smoothly… and he wasn’t trembling in the wind anymore.

At this time, the little girl sitting in front of the horse took the reins and pulled them. The horse stopped, and the closest prairie wolf was less than 10 meters away. The cunning and fierce wolves had cold eyes and stared at the three children on the horse.

“If the wolves really want to surround us and bite us to death, I will protect her.” This is what Lushan thought in his heart. He did not blame Baima for bringing him to the wolves, and he also forgot about the anxious sheep not far away. He just infinitely cultivated this courage and this firm idea.

“Don’t talk, I’ll talk to the wolves,” said Baima’s voice, which at this moment entered Lu Shan’s ears, very calmly, calmly to the point of being taken for granted.

“Ah?” Lushan was shocked… Was this mysterious girl telling him a fairy tale?

But the next moment, the girl was waving her hands and chanting something that Lushan couldn’t understand. It was really mysterious. It seemed like she was talking to the wolves, and I judged that this must be the unique hand signs and incantations of the temple at this time.

Moreover, I am not surprised that Baima has this ability… I remembered the eagle that was chasing us on the grassland, and the giant wolf next to Manba… This is the heritage and tradition of this temple, right?

Lushan’s narration continued… Although at that time, Baima made such a mysterious move, the wolves did not change at all. Even the cold gaze in their eyes gradually became ferocious, and the head wolf, who was crouching on a large rock in the distance, had a humanized feeling, as if it was laughing at them.

But after Baima finished making the gesture and reciting the words that Lushan couldn’t understand… everything was quiet. Lushan felt that Baima was emitting a different kind of power, not directed at the prairie wolves in the grass, but at the alpha wolf.

Lushan didn’t understand what it was. But he was also born extraordinary… He sensed some unknown, mysterious, and profound power spreading.

This power made him forget the danger around him… forgetting that he was surrounded by wolves, and that these wolves were already itching to pounce… waiting for the alpha wolf’s command, they would pounce without hesitation.

“Ahhh…” Finally, the leader of the pack let out a long howl.

Lushan, who had been caught in this mysterious power, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.