Chapter 85: Guidance from the ‘God

That night, Grandma Ling Qing slept very soundly on the bed of firewood I had made for her. Perhaps the warm water soothed her heart, which had been wandering in this place for a long time and was exhausted. She even snored slightly, and even Xiaohua followed her snoring rhythmically flapping its wings, as if they had fallen asleep together.

I sat in front of the fire, guarding her, but I wasn’t sleepy.

I wanted to spend more days with her like this, but time kept chasing me. The gray-eyed man, the monsters, the hopes of my friends, Ji Qing, who died for me, the faces of my elders, kept flashing in my eyes until I was dazed.

In this haze, I seemed to be listening to a voice.

“Chen Chengyi, shouldn’t you have come?”

“Chen Chengyi, go south!”

“Chen Chengyi, don’t be afraid. You go south, with the old woman.”

Who is it? In this confused state, I involuntarily broke out in a cold sweat. The voice was cold, ruthless, and aloof, but it knew all my thoughts and knew everything that happened to me here. Is it that powerful?

But I just couldn’t wake up. In the midst of my confusion, I seemed to see a figure in white, wearing white, with his hands behind his back, facing away from me. I couldn’t see the figure clearly, not even whether it was tall or short. I just felt that this back was so high and mighty.

I always had a clear mind, knowing that this might be the so-called god, and also knowing that my current situation was a kind of nightmare. However, I just couldn’t break free. I never thought that since I had learned from my master, I would encounter such a situation, being forcibly controlled in a dream.

This is different from the time on the plane when that strange man entered my dream. After all, it was so close that he could easily influence me with his strong spiritual power, even hypnotizing me… I can’t imagine being so far away, knowing everything, influencing me, and not being able to break free.

But the figure seemed very strange, and suddenly let out a strange “huh?”

Then, I don’t know what kind of power suddenly appeared, reaching all the way to my heart, like a powerful engine suddenly “humming” a sound, producing a powerful force that suddenly woke me up.

At that moment, I realized that cold sweat had soaked my entire body, and the damp clothes stuck to my body made me very uncomfortable… But the faint snoring of Grandma Lingqing somehow made me feel at ease, and I immediately calmed down.

I subconsciously reached for a cigarette, and the taste of the cigarette that had been soaked in water was actually very strange, but I didn’t care.

This nightmare was neither good nor bad, but it inadvertently pointed me in a certain direction.

It seems that the god really cares about whether I want to find him or not. And, with his abilities, why does he want us to come to him? With so many “food grabbers” here, he must not want the “sacrifices” he sent with so much effort to be really snatched by some unruly ones. Then why doesn’t he personally come to “escort” them?

In addition, he didn’t lie or anything. He said it was safe, so it would be safe to go all the way south. It’s not that I believe him, but I really feel the importance he attaches to me!

Is it because all the cultivators were intercepted by the gray-eyed man? Is that why he cares so much about me?

I couldn’t understand it, but when the cigarette was about to burn out, I glanced at Grandma Lingqing and made a decision in my heart.

When the time pointed to 10 o’clock in the morning, Granny Ling Qing finally stretched out with satisfaction, looking very well-rested. It seems that it was a correct decision not to wake her up and let her sleep.

I was afraid that I had only slept a whole night, but I also felt that my mental state was not that bad. I think I am not used to the lack of a clear distinction between day and night, so I can’t sleep well.

Although it was difficult to say, I still managed to convey to Ling Qing that I wanted to take her across the river and then walk south.

I didn’t tell her that I was going to find the so-called God, because she wouldn’t understand… but after I had finished expressing my meaning, I saw her take a sudden step back, and then her eyes revealed great fear and pain.

I don’t know why, but her expression made me feel very uncomfortable. God knows what kind of pain she must have suffered to show such fear. What about my master? What about the other elders? What about Uncle Hui and the others?

“Otherwise, you’re not going? Here, just listen to me, don’t go anywhere, I’ve prepared a lot of barbecue for you?” I asked tentatively. I admit that in the face of this sadness, I am a very unprincipled person. I don’t want to drag Grandma Lingqing to face her fear.

Although this reunion made me not want the elders to leave me for even a moment,

However, unexpectedly, she kept holding onto the hem of my shirt, shaking her head to stop me from leaving, and began to painfully restrain her fear, saying that she must follow me.

I sighed, and the world is really a cycle. In those days, we also wanted to hold on to our elders’ sleeves, saying that no matter how scared we were, we wanted to follow them. The difference is that we didn’t have this opportunity, and now that we have experienced this pain, we know that if she wants to follow, we must take her with us.

Since I had made up my mind, I broke off a small tree and insisted that Grandma Lingqing lie down on it. Then I went into the water and pushed her slowly across the river.

I knew how terrifying the monsters in the river were… I could never forget the scene yesterday when Ji Qing was almost swallowed up. In the water, I had to admit that I was tense and on edge, and I kept looking around, afraid that something like yesterday would happen again, that a huge water monster would silently follow me without me knowing.

However, to my surprise, there was no accident at all on the calm river surface, and even the low-level existence of the water snake did not appear… I was still in a daze until I climbed ashore with Lingqing’s grandmother. Is all this real?

The dense forest here is no different from the dense forest over there. It is also covered with bushes, fallen leaves and strange rocks.

Because it is so similar, and there is no sun here, it is actually very easy to get lost. When Ling Qing’s grandmother arrived in this forest, it was as if she had lost her spiritual connection to the forest, and she began to shrink back. Many times, I could only carry her on my back.

In fact, I had spent so much time in the old forests of the northeast that I had learned a little bit about how to find my way, but in this strange space, I didn’t know if it would be useful. So, after an hour in the forest, I had hardly walked much, for fear of getting lost in this strange forest.

But what is this place? This is Guidaowan… What unexpected things won’t happen? So, when an inexplicable voice once again sounded faintly in my ear, guiding me in the right direction, my heart had already completely gone numb.

I subconsciously followed the voice, knowing that it was the god who was impatiently guiding me to see him.

And I was able to face his dissatisfaction with great wonder. For example, I saw a skeleton on the road. From some of the features and the clothes, I was very sure that it was the skeleton of the cultivator who was traveling with me… If I didn’t bury it, that would really be too cold-blooded, so I would stop and let them not be left in the wilderness.

Even though it was just a skeleton, I did what I could.

Whenever this happens, I can always hear a snorting sound, as if it were intentional, and it hurts my head every time… I met two sets of bones in total. The second time, I stubbornly chose to fight back, even though I felt like I was fighting a losing battle.

Surprisingly, the so-called god did not press me at all, but instead let me go my own way.

So, under some inexplicable guidance, we set off at 10 a.m. and walked for seven hours in the dense forest, when the time pointed to 5 p.m.

I seemed to see the edge of the dense forest. Is this it?