Chapter 74 Shugao Girls’ High School 34
In fact, this is an easy problem to solve.
For example, the examination room that Jiang Yuelu was transferred to was controlled only by Ji Hongcha. She was above the system and made her own rules: [Solve the difficulties that our clan encountered in the past]
It seemed that everyone was rescued, but in fact, Jiang Yuelu could see that Ji Hongcha cared about herself more.
Just like in a martial arts competition, one has to aim at the opponent's weak spot. At the critical moment, he chose to run away with her on his back and the knife at his head. It was also a ruthless move that he took with all his might.
Ji Hongcha seemed to not believe it. She kept following him and kept muttering, "You will really die. I'm not kidding."
Jiang Yuelu: "I'm not kidding either."
Ji Hongcha flew into the air and paused in midair, silently watching him run to the edge of the snow forest. He used up all his strength before dawn. His back was hacked to pieces, bloody and mangled. Finally, he fell to the ground panting. Little Ji Hongcha on his back opened his eyes blankly, "...Who are you?"
This sentence successfully made her eyes sharp.
A flash of white light suddenly flashed from behind, instantly tearing the ignorantly questioning girl into pieces.
Even without turning around, Jiang Yuelu could still feel the murderous intent coming from behind. The silent Ji Hongcha seemed to be angered by her innocent question, "Don't show such a useless expression!"
"You still need to be rescued. Can't you stand up on your own? Why are you so weak?"
In fact, the ground was already empty and she was venting her anger to a ball of air.
With the heavy weight of time and life and death between them, her yelling and screaming became meaningless. She had hated for too long. When she was alive, the desire to win took over her body. After she died, she was occupied by resentment and evil spirits. Her mind had never been free and was forever locked in a cage.
"Kill him."
"Kill him."
"Kill him."
Suddenly, mourning sighs were heard all around, and Jiang Yuelu also heard it.
He had crossed the snow forest and came to the other side of the Moon River. If he guessed correctly, this was the Moon River Cemetery ten years later, where the tree people lived in the past. An illusory mirage appeared in front of him, but soon he found that it was a real scene, and a giant tree slowly appeared.
It was very tall, towering into the sky. Jiang Yuelu had to look up to see its canopy that blocked out the sun and the moon.
In an instant, he understood why people in the past regarded trees as pathways connecting heaven and earth. When people stood on the ground and saw such a towering giant tree, they would be shocked, because its branches grew to no limit. It was an existence that completely surpassed human limits and was close to a god to a certain extent.
Ji Hongcha murmured, "...Tree God?"
"Yes. You are the tree god... Your voice is exactly the same as it was then." The voice of the tree god appeared in her ears again, urging her over and over again to "kill him", "kill him quickly". Ji Hongcha's face once again showed a hazy look, and she walked in front of Jiang Yuelu and raised her hand.
But that hand never fell.
"well……"
The giant tree sighed, and the rolling green waves were like a giant whale exhaling a long breath, causing the ground to shake. Jiang Yuelu had to hold on to the protruding rocks on the ground to avoid being blown away by the strong wind. However, this also made his already severe pain worse.
"Whether you stab him again or not, he will definitely die. Not to mention now, even if he is lucky enough to get out of here, he will still face certain death."
"In order to protect those girls, he overestimated his own abilities and took on the power of God. His fragile human body should have been crushed to pieces long ago."
Ji Hongcha looked at Jiang Yuelu, "...carrying the power of God."
Her mood was indescribably complicated. What kind of person is Jiang Yuelu?
"Don't make me sound... so great." Two chuckles came from the ground. Jiang Yuelu swallowed the blood in his throat and said intermittently: "...I just want to answer the questions, that's all."
"I'll give you another chance to kill him."
The voice in the sky was extremely cold.
"This is the order of the tree god."
Ji Hongcha exhaled, "Okay."
She looked down at Jiang Yuelu. From this angle, she could see that her eyes were gathering a tiny light like a star, which covered the light in her pupils. She was in a world close to God - Jiang Yuelu believed it very much. Even though she was dead and turned into a ghost, she was still controlled by the tree god she worshipped in her life.
The so-called wizards, who have divine powers, are actually more sad because they cannot control their powers. He suddenly understood why the atmosphere in the academy is always solemn. The white jade pavilions supported by tall pillars are leading to the gods, but also getting further and further away from the mortal world. This is why wizards and the academy are far away from the human world.
They are neither ghosts, gods, nor humans. When the gods abandon them, they have nowhere to go.
but--
He still has one last desperate move.
Jiang Yuelu opened her eyes, "Are you going to kill me?"
"Want to ask me to be soft-hearted? Forget it. It might have been of some use just now, but--" Ji Hongcha's voice, which was unlike her own, was suddenly strangled. The sudden appearance of figures all around made her stunned. She stopped what she was doing and stared at the four ignorant and stubborn girls.
That was her. She was ten years ago.
She was dead in the past.
Her fate should not have changed at all, just like she created this examination room, where she always played the role of escaping, abandoning, and betraying, and then exited in embarrassment and gloom. This was her consistent and destined fate.
But there was a slight change in her that night.
She left the stage, and then reappeared. With the anger that she had erased, and a little bit of bewilderment, she asked from a distant time and space: "He saved me, why did you kill him?"
After a pause, he adopted a more decisive tone.
"He saved me, you can't kill him!"
Exactly the same as her... Ji Hongcha answered subconsciously: "Because it is an order."
"Orders?" My past self was even angrier. "Your teacher taught you, the tree god ordered you, and the people in the ghost city told you to get out, so you got out. Why are you so obedient? Don't you have your own ideas?"
"My own thoughts..."
Ji Hongcha fell into a long silence. Just when she was distracted, Jiang Yuelu finally waited for the right moment - now.
We can’t wait any longer, we must kill him with one strike!
Just like pressing the still button, a weak airflow burst out from the ground, and Ji Hongcha's pupils suddenly widened. The shadow reflected in her pupils was Jiang Yuelu, who should have been unconscious and weak on the ground. But he suddenly revived from the near-death state, and his upper body folded up at an astonishing and terrifying speed -
Ji Hongcha subconsciously lowered her eyes to look, and when she saw how Jiang Yuelu stood up, her eyes widened even more!
This person, at some point, had put a stack of talismans on his back. The spells outlined in cinnabar corresponded to the power of the God of Fire. At such a close distance, no fool would put talismans on his back, unless he wanted to be burned to death by the blazing fire!
Ji Hongcha stepped back subconsciously, "Are you a fool? You can't escape—"
But her speed of retreat was far slower than the speed of the flames. The exploding flames in front of her eyes burned her eyes. This was her case with a distance in between. What if it was Jiang Yuelu who used his flesh and blood on his back to directly bear the explosion and flames?
She opened her eyes and saw Jiang Yuelu - no, to be precise, it was Jiang Yuelu with his shoulders and back burning, raising his hand towards her.
He can't reach my...
His hands and feet were unable to support his body, and he had no strength to move...
But Ji Hongcha watched helplessly as the air current pushed Jiang Yuelu to move a few steps quickly, and a half-burned ghost-killing spell stabbed her throat. Only then did she suddenly realize why Jiang Yuelu had to burn the flames on his back. He needed the help of the flaming air current sent by the gods to be pushed up and move forward.
For this, he was willing to have his shoulders and back burned or blown off.
This person is determined to let her die at all costs.
Ji Hongcha's throat burned with pain. This demon-killing spell was specially designed to restrain her. It must have been given to him by those people in the academy. The pain made her shout: "Even if I die, you can't live!"
"So what?"
Jiang Yuelu slowly pierced her body with the burning talisman and looked at her indifferently, "I can always live one step longer than you."
With a flick of his hand and a drop of his sword, the fight was over cleanly, and both the man and the ghost fell to the ground.
Jiang Yuelu looked behind him with difficulty.
He knew that if the "Tree God" wanted to do something, he would not be able to fight back at this time. But he guessed that the "Tree God" might just be a follower of the gods, otherwise he would not have said to Ji Hongcha "This is the order of the Tree God".
Throughout the entire process of his planning, execution, and completion, there was no movement behind him.
Soon, he heard the cry of another bird, which was extremely miserable.
A red-eyed crow fell from the sky, and a weak ghost fell from its back. He smelled like he had just been burned by fire. When Qin Xue saw Ji Hongcha lying on the ground, she ran over, "Ji Hongcha!"
"It's you." Ji Hongcha said weakly, "Why are you here again?"
"I abandoned you once in Flatiron Town, and you abandoned me once in Snow Village. We are even now. Why do you always appear in front of me and get in my way?"
Qin Xue looked at her blankly, "Why...why..."
"Why do I look like I'm about to die?" Ji Hongcha said, "It's simple, because ghosts can die too."
"In this world... a person's death does not start from the moment he dies. A person becomes a ghost after death, and the death of a ghost is the real death of a person. I have made many deals with the tree god, and the backlash has already begun, not to mention that I was seriously injured in the Ghost City. Even if he didn't kill me, I would have died a long time ago."
She closed her eyes: "Go away... I don't want to see you."
Qin Xue stammered, "I've always wanted to tell you that I left you that day, sorry——"
"Look over there." Ji Hongcha suddenly said.
Qin Xue didn't understand, but still looked back along with her finger. When she saw the empty space, she suddenly reacted. Turning her head, she saw a shadow like black tea jumping high into the cliff. Ji Hongcha jumped into the abyss of the cliff! Her voice came from afar: "Only you, I don't want to hear sorry."
"Ji Hongcha——!!!"
No sound came, and he burst into tears, "There are only two of us left - only us!!!" His voice echoed in the valley, and the crow walked over heavily, wanting to comfort him.
It couldn't help but think of what Qin Xue had said to it on the way here.
"She's really vicious. She slapped you and you didn't fight back?"
Qin Xue whispered, "I owe her."
"Even if you owe her something, you can't spoil her like this..."
Qin Xue didn't say anything. He recalled a long time ago, when he and Ji Hongcha were still studying. The night before graduation, they agreed to run away without looking back. The students of the college fled that night, climbed over the wall, and ran wildly in the heavy snow. Ji Hongcha fell, but the flashlight was almost reaching their position. At that time, he hesitated for a moment and turned around.
Ji Hongcha will remember the look of disbelief in his eyes at that moment for the rest of his life.
"Will you make me remember this guilt for the rest of my life?" He murmured as he sat on the edge of the cliff. After a moment of silence, he suddenly jumped down with determination. The crow didn't even have time to call out his name.
The crow said to himself, "You have caused me a lot of trouble. I brought you out secretly, but I can't take you back. How can I explain it to you?"
“That’s all, that’s all…”
When the crow flew high into the sky and passed over Jiang Yuelu who was lying on the ground, it seemed to remember something and was shocked to find that this person looked exactly like a portrait in the Ghost King's room.
"This trip... has yielded a huge harvest..."
Jiang Yuelu was aware of all this, but his life was slipping away rapidly, and he was unable to observe the surrounding environment. Although he had escaped the disaster, the dilemma was that he would still die after leaving here.
Fortunately, he made arrangements...
Suddenly a drop of dew fell on her face. Jiang Yuelu opened her eyes with great effort and saw a huge tree - no, it was actually a human face embedded in the tree, the face of the Fat Lady.
Her face was full of wrinkles, but they were not like the natural aging lines. They reminded Jiang Yuelu of the bark of an old tree.
"Is this your true self?" he asked with difficulty.
“I guess so.”
The "tree man" nodded, and the leaves on his head fell with the snow. Jiang Yuelu felt a light snowfall on the ground.
He said to the "tree man": "You are not on any side."
Ten years ago, she helped the people of Xue Village and provided them with a way to survive. But she also instructed Ji Hongcha to seek revenge after her death. Ten years later, she appeared in the Moon Altar again, watching the priest carry out his revenge plan. When Ji Hongcha showed signs of loosening, she even let the real Ji Hongcha appear, making it impossible for her to continue her performance. She had no choice but to temporarily set the third question.
"She doesn't have much fighting spirit anymore. It was unexpected that I won." Jiang Yuelu said, "But what exactly do you want to do? What is your purpose?"
She was sighing, and then she moved to the tree, like a flurry of falling leaves shaking and falling.
"Originally, I was wondering what these kids could do. So I asked Ji Hongcha to worship the tree god. Later, she went on a killing spree in Xue Village. With my tacit approval, the priest also became a follower of the tree god. I actually wanted to see to what extent they could exert the power of the gods..."
“But this ending is so disappointing to me.”
She looked at him tiredly, her huge eyes tinged with dullness, "You are about to die, so why not tell you some of my past."
"A long, long time ago, when there was no academy, wizards in this world were actually divided into two categories. One category was the wizards that your academy claimed to be orthodox. The other category...they...were in these...giant trees..."
The voice in his ears gradually disappeared, and his soul seemed to fall into an even colder space. Everything was just as he had described to Leng Wenhan. After the soul left the body, it would enter the corresponding Yuanchen Palace of each person, and then the Luoyin official could go to the underworld to bring back the dead soul.
He needed to stay in Yuanchen Palace and wait quietly for Leng Wenhan to come and pick him up. This was their agreement a day ago. Jiang Yuelu then realized that only one day and one night had passed since the Moon River Festival.
So much had happened... He opened his eyes tiredly.
This was the first time he saw his birth palace. It was said that everyone's birth palace was different, some had a small courtyard, some had a tank of water, it was different for each person.
But when he opened his eyes, he saw a figure. He was wearing a scarlet ancient costume, with a peaceful face, lying quietly in a gorgeous coffin.
"...Xia Yi?"
Yes. The person lying in the coffin in front of him was Xia Yi. He had disappeared for a long time, but he unexpectedly appeared in his Yuanchen Palace.
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