Book Synopsis
Book Tags
Donation Rankings
Comment
0 Comments
You May Also Like
墨書 Inktalez
I saw a person standing under the East City Ruined Temple tree.
The headlights of the car illuminated the area, but I couldn't make out the person's appearance. However, upon seeing the vehicle, the individual walked straight ahead.
And their pace was somewhat quick.
I urged Wang Wei to hurry up, and after hearing my words, Wang Wei accelerated.
Once we arrived, Wang Wei parked the car, and I quickly got out, chasing after that person. After running a few steps, I asked Clay Bodhisattva to keep an eye on Wind Tree.
The person walked at a steady pace, but I could barely keep up.
Zhang Dexin was keeping pace beside me, and I asked him who that person was.
Zhang Dexin said he didn't know, but I suspected he wasn't telling the whole truth. The new secrets hidden in East City Ruined Temple were definitely related to Wang Wei and the Four Brothers.
As we chased that person, we circled around to the back of the dilapidated temple.
Then I spotted a towering tree. I had been to East City Ruined Temple twice before but had never noticed this massive tree's existence.
It was because this tree was situated in a lower area of East City Ruined Temple, with a drop of about six or seven meters.
This concealed the tree from view. Previously, when Zhang Dexin and Wang Wei came to East City Ruined Temple, they never mentioned it. They only retrieved the Relic and left it at that.
I speculated that Wang Wei had been cursing Zhang Dexin for not having taken care of him for twenty years.
Now that Wang Wei had encountered Zhang Dexin, he seemed to have backed down.
I looked from the roots of the tree all the way up to its top, but that person had vanished.
I said to Zhang Dexin, "Let him come out. I guess that person probably didn't see you, which is why he hid."
Zhang Dexin still insisted he didn't know.
Damn, what a cunning old fox he is.
I thought to myself, if you won't speak, then I'm leaving. With that in mind, I turned to leave. After taking a few steps, I bumped into Wang Wei.
Wang Wei asked me where I was going.
I replied that I was heading back. Upon hearing this, Wang Wei immediately said, "Saning, didn't you say you would help me?"
I responded to Wang Wei, "Did I ever say that?"
At that moment, Clay Bodhisattva and Wind Tree also caught up with us. It was clear that you all needed something from me, not the other way around.
"Saning Brother, what's wrong?"
I said we should head back.
Zhang Dexin stepped forward and said, "Saning, you're being unethical. Didn't you promise us before? Why are you backing out now?"
I asked, "Am I regretting it? What did I promise you?"
Zhang Dexin was so furious he almost made a move.
Wang Wei hurriedly stepped in and said, "Big Brother, don't be impulsive."
Zhang Dexin was quite upset with me and finally let out a cold snort before backing off.
The truth of the matter was simple. As long as Zhang Dexin and Wang Wei told me the truth, I could help them resolve the issue. We could uncover the secret together.
I called out to Wang Wei, "Wang Wei, I won't waste time with you. Just tell me directly what’s going on; stop hiding it."
Wang Wei glanced at Zhang Dexin, and after a moment of hesitation, as if making a significant decision, said, "Saning, there’s a secret about immortality hidden under that big tree."
Upon hearing Wang Wei reveal the secret, Zhang Dexin was instantly furious.
"Wang Wei, twenty years have passed, and you’re still this reckless."
Wang Wei was displeased by this remark. Twenty years had gone by, and he retorted, "Have you cared for me at all during these twenty years?"
His words were firm and left Zhang Dexin momentarily speechless.
"The secret of immortality," I continued to question Wang Wei.
Since it involved immortality, could it be related to Chen San?
Zhang Dexin had once made a deal with Chen San, so that transaction must be connected to this "secret of immortality."
Chen San had chosen the body of the Dead Monk, but unexpectedly, that Dead Monk attained enlightenment and produced Sarira within himself.
As a result, Chen San had been in a state of Soul Detached ever since.
What secrets lay hidden beneath that big tree? It was not just any secret.
"Wang Wei said, 'It's just like Chen San, but also different from Chen San.'
'Damn it,' I cursed at Wang Wei. 'Can you not beat around the bush?'
Wang Wei was grateful that I had saved him back then, so he still had some loyalty towards me.
'Wang Wei said we’ll know once we dig it up.'
'You go dig.'
'I’m too scared,' Wang Wei admitted straightforwardly. I still had a question in my mind: what did this secret of immortality have to do with my Wooden Box?
I was puzzled, which is why I came here seeking answers.
I voiced my confusion, and Wang Wei replied that there was a river buried beneath us.
'A river?' I asked excitedly.
Now, when rivers are mentioned, I immediately think of the River of Despair. However, it’s quite normal for there to be one or two underground rivers hidden beneath this vast underground area.
I had just returned from the River of Despair; there was no way there could be another River of Despair here.
I stared at Wang Wei, who seemed a bit tense as well; his eyelids were blinking unnaturally. After a pause, Wang Wei said, 'Saning, there is a River of Despair here.'
As soon as Wang Wei finished speaking, waves of shock surged through me—there really was a River of Despair here.
When Zhang Dexin asked me to bury the Wooden Box here, he must have intended to go to the River of Despair, and since Wang Wei didn’t want me to bury it, that meant he was going against him."
"Is Zhang Dexin trying to go to the River of Despair?"
"And what about Wang Wei? That bastard knew the River of Despair was here, yet when I was desperately searching for its whereabouts, he didn't tell me a thing."
I fixed my gaze on Wang Wei, who seemed unnerved under my stare. He finally spoke up, "Saning, it's not that I didn't want to tell you; the River of Despair is right here."
"Then why didn't you?" My tone had grown heavy.
I had thought that after bringing Wang Wei out of the hospital, I had been honest with him, yet he had kept such a significant secret from me.
But then Wang Wei's next words silenced me: "It's your wife who told me not to say anything."
Upon hearing this, my heart sank. Was it Ke'er who forbade Wang Wei from revealing the location of the River of Despair?
And what had forced Zhang Dexin into this situation?
Perhaps all these secrets would be uncovered here—though that was just a possibility. I held back a statement that lingered on my lips but ultimately chose not to voice it.
Ke'er... Ke'er was no longer in the River of Despair.
This River of Despair harbored secrets of immortality, and I believed it. After all, the Reincarnation Tree lay within the River of Despair.
"Who among you wishes for immortality?" I asked.
At that moment, Zhang Dexin interrupted Wang Wei again.
Wang Wei, likely still irritated by Zhang Dexin's mention of events from twenty years ago, began to share many things with me.
I was also happy to listen.
But just then, someone came out and told Wang Wei to stop talking. Upon hearing that voice, Wang Wei immediately paused, and I saw the person who had disappeared earlier.
I was stunned for a moment upon seeing this person.
At that moment, Wang Wei called out to him, "Brother Two."
This man had a fierce appearance, with a buzz cut and a sturdy build.
"Wang Wei, is this all you've accomplished?" The man looked to be in his fifties.
Now, these people seemed much younger than Wang Wei.
"There's another one," I asked.
Wang Wei replied directly, "That's my Third Brother. I really have no ambition; I'm the fourth in line."
Zhang Dexin was quite upset with Wang Wei and said, "Either go down and eat from the River of Despair and bring something back, or when she arrives later, we'll all be in trouble."
Zhang Dexin was dead; his soul was in a state similar to that of a corpse. That's why Wang Wei was afraid.
Wang Wei had known the whereabouts of the River of Despair but didn't tell me because of Ke'er.
And there was a tree here, beneath which lay the River of Despair.
I looked up at the tree and thought to myself that it couldn't possibly be the Reincarnation Tree. Was this really how to enter the River of Despair?
Back then, Xiaoru could tell at a glance that Ke'er was an Eternal Abyss Dweller.
Secrets, it felt like the entire world was shrouded in them.
"What do you want to obtain?" I asked Zhang Dexin.
What else could there be in the River of Despair besides the Reincarnation Flower?
Zhang Dexin told me that I would know once I entered.
In truth, I hadn't brought the Wooden Box with me. I said so directly, and it seemed like Zhang Dexin saw right through me. "Saning, have you already returned from the River of Despair?"
I looked at Zhang Dexin in surprise; he knew this would catch me off guard.
Entering the River of Despair through the Wooden Box was only possible after my soul had been split, allowing me to emerge.
What else was there in the River of Despair besides the Reincarnation Flower? I didn't want to go back in, but just then, my phone rang. I pressed the answer button and heard a voice.
It was a woman's voice, somewhat familiar. She said, "Saning Brother, leave there now."
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm Jianjian. Didn't you recognize my voice?"
Hearing this took me by surprise.
I spoke softly, afraid that saying too much would reveal too much, so I simply hummed in response.
The voice continued, "It's Sister Ke'er who asked me to call you." Upon hearing this, my emotions began to waver.
But I still held it down.
I didn't know who Wang Wei or the Four Brothers were, but Jianjian was now calling me to leave, and the voice didn't seem to belong to Jianjian.
"Saning Brother, leave the broken temple now."
I glanced at Clay Bodhisattva and Wind Tree, then walked toward them. After distancing myself from Zhang Dexin and the others, I said, "We're leaving."
Wang Wei called out to me, and I replied, "If you want to come with me, then do so now. Otherwise, we will have no ties left."
The call had already ended.
In fact, Zhang Dexin only asked me to help protect his soul from dispersing; he didn't make any other demands. So there was no objection to my leaving him since I had already safeguarded his soul—Earthbound Twin Pa.
Wang Wei remained silent.
After waiting a few seconds, I called for Clay Bodhisattva to leave. At that moment, Wind Tree called me brother. I responded and picked up Wind Tree in my arms.
Comment 0 Comment Count