Chapter 6: The Aftermath

It turns out that the chain was actually a map. If Qin Huai hadn’t happened to have seen it, we would never have been able to figure out what it meant.

Chengxin and I looked at each other, and the next moment we almost said the same thing: “Find Jiangyi to cooperate.”

“We must work with Jiang Yi.”

Yes, the map on the chain is probably only specific to the comparison of confidential military maps to see where the map on the chain represents.

And since it involves rivers, lakes and seas, it is not difficult to guess that the hidden map is related to Penglai!

At this point, I suddenly understood why my master chose to cooperate. If he hadn’t, he probably wouldn’t have been able to figure out where the map was pointing.

But then I had some doubts. According to Master Liu, as long as we can find the sea dragon, we should be able to get close to Penglai. Why are there still so many maps? Is it not as simple as that?

Everything is like a thick fog surrounding me. Unfortunately, guessing won’t get me anywhere. I’ve decided to leave this small town tomorrow. It’s time to put my sorrows behind me and move on with my life.

“Chengyi, will you come back here again in the future?” After hugging me tightly, Lao Zhang asked me with some reluctance.

I was about to get on the bus with my backpack, and Qin Huai Ru Yue Cheng Xin Ge had already said goodbye to the Zhangs and was waiting in the car.

I had been under the care of Mr. Zhang for a year, so of course I had a lot to say when it came time to say goodbye.

I was about to get on the bus, but when I heard Zhang say that, I stopped again and said to him seriously, “Come on, why not? Zhang, if I ask you to take me into the forest again in the future, will you still agree?”

“Why not? There are still old friends in the forest, and I want to see them again.” Lao Zhang also said to me seriously.

“Okay, when I’m done with everything, I’ll come back! We’ll go see the old friends together,” I said to Zhang seriously. Whether it was because my heart was still alive or because I missed them, I always wanted to go back to that river again. Even if there was no longer a straight peak or a magical ice road, I just wanted to go back to see it. That way, I would be closer to Ru Xue.

In the car, Qin Huai drove, and outside the window, the snow scene in the north was rapidly receding. The faint line of mountains in the distance was where we had had many stories, and where she and I had eventually parted ways…

Perhaps the way I leaned against the window in the car was too dull. Ruoyue, who was sitting in the front seat, turned on the car stereo and said to me in a soft voice, “Third brother, if you feel bored, listening to music is good.”

I smiled and said nothing, but I didn’t expect to hear such a song in the car.

Once upon a time, now, and then gone.

The red leaves are buried in the dust.

The beginning and the end are always the same.

You are drifting in the clouds beyond the horizon.

The sea of bitterness, love and hate.

In the world, it is difficult to escape fate.

Intimate, yet unattainable

Or should I believe it is fate

After parting, the lover never comes again

I sit alone, looking out at the world…

I was so lost in the song that many memories and bitterness suddenly surged in my heart. The back view when I first saw her, the look in her eyes when she cured me of a parasite, carrying my weight in the wormhole, and stubbornly carrying me on her back when we came out of the wormhole… all the way to the end, the back view that disappeared into the darkness.

What she gave me was always a back view, but I can no longer hold on to it. I can only say that, perhaps, I should believe it was fate.

Whenever I think of her sadness, I always can’t help but cry, but rarely like today, looking out the window at the snow-covered mountains, listening to the sad song, tears flow silently.

Everyone in the car was silent, and I just wiped away my tears and said to Yueyue in a calm tone, “Play it again.”

I thought, I won’t cry again. A year of decline is enough. She doesn’t want to know that I am like this.

After we left the north, we parted ways. Chengxin and Qinhuai went back to Beijing to wait for me, and Ruyue went back to her company and then back to the village. She had to guard the village for Ruoxue and train the new girl.

As for me, I have to go to do one thing first, which is a thing left over from the ghost market back then, and then go home again. Before I finally go to Beijing, I also decided to go to Tianjin once more to see Master Liu and his daughter. I don’t know how they are doing now.

Whenever I think of it, I always worry about Master Liu. Such a daughter, two years of life. Oh, and that silly Guan Laidi.

The schedule was too slow and the time was always tight, but this time I was quite successful. According to the clues provided by the skeleton official at the ghost market, I found his descendants in a city in the south quite smoothly.

To be precise, it was the youngest generation of descendants. I didn’t expect that the lineage had been passed down to the present day and that there was only one male descendant.

I didn’t think about what the identity of the descendants of the skeleton official would be on the road, but the result surprised me. I didn’t expect that his descendants were very wealthy, including the youngest generation. The man in his 30s was already the general manager of a large company, and it seemed to be a family business.

This situation makes me a bit embarrassed. If life is difficult or ordinary, perhaps I would be interested in learning these things. But if it is so wealthy, can this heritage continue?

But I don’t know why, I have a sense of responsibility that I can’t shake off. When I was preaching in Kunlun, I was risking the crime of “going against heaven.” If I paid such a price and let the heritage be broken, how could I have peace of mind?

It would be like paying the price and then having it all be for nothing.

Since the fate of the young boy has been passed on to me, I should do it well, even if it is not a transaction!

It was not easy to meet the young man. I had to make an appointment and wait for two days before I could sit in his office. Across the desk, he stared at me with an expression that I couldn’t quite read, and the atmosphere was a bit stiff.

But I was not disturbed by this. I looked at him calmly and was curious to see what he would say after learning my purpose.

“Are you sure you’re not joking, and that you’ve come to me to be my apprentice?” After a two-minute silence, the young man didn’t send me away, but asked me that strange question.

I took a sip of tea on the table and said calmly, “You’re wrong. I’m not qualified to be a master of anything I’ve learned so far! I made it very clear that I’m only passing on an inheritance to you, and I’m also conveying a message from someone, asking your family to learn this inheritance well, and, well, to pass it on as your family’s inheritance.”

The young man looked at me with a look of madness, then stood up with a “swish” and leaned forward to look at me. This is a skill that can be used to put pressure on others during a conversation, take the initiative in the conversation, and to a certain extent, avoid others’ lies. However, for me, who has seen too much, it is useless.

I guess he got promoted at a young age, and his eyes were very focused. His gaze at me gradually became fierce, but I looked at him calmly and said, “I have already delivered the goods. If you don’t understand something, you can call me at any time. This is a promise I made to someone else.”

While talking, I casually picked up a pen from my office and found a piece of sticky note paper, writing my phone number on it.

Although I appeared calm on the surface, I was actually thinking to myself, “What kind of work does this skeleton official do? Why doesn’t he send me a dream or something? Seeing his juniors like this, it’s like I’m a liar, ready to beat me up at any time.

After writing down my phone number, I stood up and said, “General Manager, you must be very busy. It’s embarrassing to meet a swindler like me, and it’s unbelievable. After all, this is not Hong Kong, and swindlers have no status. I won’t waste your time.”

After saying that, I turned around and left, but a voice came from behind me: “Wait a minute.”

I turned my head in surprise. What else did he want?