Xia Xiao smiled bitterly. Perhaps this was a strategy she had made unintentionally. She was slightly better than him, as she could make herself so distressed by doing nothing.

He shook his hands, closed his eyes and opened them again. Finally, he no longer felt wet, but he was shaking violently. Xia Xiao wanted to take a pill from the backpack beside him, but it fell on the back of the little narwhal. He wanted to bend down but couldn't, which made people feel very sad.

Ah Zhu, who was standing aside, bit his lip and watched, feeling extremely conflicted, but in the end, out of pity, he intercepted the rolling pill and placed it in his palm, handing it to Xia Xiao. Seeing the abnormality in his palm, Ah Zhu picked it up and pretended to feed it to him.

"Why and how to spell it?"

This was not the first time that Ah Zhu asked Xia Xiao this question, but his eyes were bloodshot. Looking at Ah Zhu in front of him, he had a lot of words in his mind, but he didn't know how to say them. In the end, he could only say sorry. But this kind of words should not be said at this time, because it was too useless, but Xia Xiao couldn't say anything else except this sentence.

Xia Xiao opened her mouth, but Azhu retracted her hand, forcing her to raise her eyes to look at her.

With a hint of resentment in Ah Zhu's eyes and a look of grievance on his face, he asked the question about something that Ju himself was unwilling to admit.

"You just still love her, right?"

Xia Xiao didn't like to talk about love all the time. Even if he really loved her, he felt that the word would become mundane once he said it. But Ah Zhu didn't have so many scruples. He just stared at Xia Xiao. Seeing him shaking his head, he clearly felt better. He even felt that he loved her as much as before, but he couldn't suppress the negative emotions.

She was like a mad woman, forcing her husband to do things according to her wishes, otherwise she would go crazy and become extremely unreasonable.

This shouldn't be the case at this time, no matter from which perspective.

Ah Zhu knew that she chose to follow in order to help Xia Xiao, but she was not ignorant of reason. Everyone knows a lot of great principles, and they have been exposed to them since childhood. But if everyone listened to them, wouldn't everyone in the world be a saint? How could there be so many corpses outside of Xiyang in the Great Xia that have not thawed since winter?

Xia Xiao's eyes were horribly red, giving Ah Zhu a feeling that they were about to explode and bleed. Even at night, she could see clearly with the starlight on the back of the little narwhal. That color, like a ripe red dragon fruit, made her nose sour, and she quickly fed the pill into Xia Xiao's mouth.

"sorry."

Ah Zhu no longer had the courage to look into Xia Xiao's eyes. She didn't know what happened to her. It was as if she had suddenly become a different person. She wanted to go back to the way she was before, to hold Xia Xiao's hand and dance while humming a dialect ballad that he couldn't understand. But those ordinary times seemed to be gone forever and could only remain in her memory.

Seeing Ah Zhu's painful expression, Xia Xiao also felt bad, and the tears in his eyes were red. Ah Zhu saw it, knelt in front of him, held his face with both hands, and cried.

The pill turned into a warm current that entered Xia Xiao's empty body, allowing him to absorb vitality at a very fast speed. The power of the medicine also nourished him, making him gradually become normal. But hotter tears kept pouring out of his eyes, as if he was continuing to be tired in another way. Xia Xiao didn't know how to comfort Ah Zhu, so he just said in her ear with very dry lips:

“This too shall pass.”

Ah Zhu was in tears and nodded continuously, but Xia Xiao suddenly started to twitch, which made Ah Zhu panic.

"It's okay, don't touch him."

Ju Mang reminded from the side that Xia Xiao raised his head high and stiffened his neck. The blood vessels in his body became extremely thick and the blood flowed in them at a very fast speed.

Ah Zhu didn't dare to get closer. Her brief emotions were dominated by fear and anxiety, but she was clear about her feelings for Xia Xiao. Just like Xiao Ran had done to Ju Mang before, she kept praying that he would be fine.

The vitality is recovering, Xia Xiao's vitality tree is returning to normal. He looks at the night sky, and his eyes are no longer Shu Shuang's face, but Shangshan. Saving her is what he has to do now. If he really wants to find a reason, it is that he doesn't want to live in guilt and self-blame!

The bloodshot grew into a big tree in Xia Xiao's eyes. Before they faded, Xia Xiao's palm pressed on the scroll again, but this time, Ah Zhu's hand also fell on it. Ah Zhu didn't have the ability to take over the talisman formation, only Xia Xiao could. No one else in the world dared to say that he had the most complete power of a certain line. And obviously, she wanted to persuade Xia Xiao.

"You can't bear it."

Xia Xiao looked at him, gently took his hand away, his voice hoarse but firm.

"able."

Xia Xiao simply read out a word, and in the night sky, another light broke through the clouds, causing the little narwhal's body to fall a little. Xia Xiao wanted to use all five talisman arrays, but it was impossible. He didn't have the strength to do so now. First, because of the lack of vitality, even if there were pills to replenish it, it would be far from enough. Second, his body couldn't withstand the pressure of the talisman array.

With all those pressures piling up, Xia Xiao's body was gradually collapsing, but he still had to fight tomorrow, so he stopped at the right time. After activating a certain talisman formation, he began to make seals to absorb vital energy.

Xia Xiao's physical condition was recovering at an astonishing speed. His vitality was replenishing, and the injuries to his body caused by the pressure of the talisman formation were recovering rapidly. Little by little, he was transformed from a tree struck by lightning back to his previous state. But in the morning sun, Ah Zhu was facing north, as if he was ready for a decisive battle.

Standing up, Xia Xiao walked to her side and bathed in the warm glow of the morning sun like her, but they did not come from the front, but hit her face from the right side in the east, dragging their voices into the clouds.

"Since you want to do it, I'll accompany you, but we must return alive."

Ah Zhu held Xia Xiao's hand, as if to encourage her. No matter how willful she was, she was very clear about her position and what she should do when it came to life and death. Xia Xiao looked at her in disbelief and asked her:

"You don't blame me anymore?"

Ah Zhu would never say anything hypocritical. He snorted and said unhappily:

"I'll deal with you when everything is over."

"Okay, as long as you come back to the academy, I will do whatever you say as punishment."

"Um."

Ah Zhu's nod suddenly became heavy, because they had reached the deepest part of the Barbarian Grassland. This land could become their grave, or it could make them heroes to be sung by others. But their thoughts were simple: coming together and returning together was the best thing.

The little narwhal dropped from the clouds, gradually descended, and flew at a low altitude. Behind Xia Xiao stood Xiao Ran, stood Ju Mang, Huo Dou and the golden spirit beast moved forward together, and so did Xiao Yu and the three big fish. There were deep red bloodshot in their eyes, because since they were summoned out of the Five Elements Space by Xia Xiao, they have never rested.

Xia Xiao was worried that he would not have the chance to seal the woman, so he called them all out. At this moment, he held the knife, his eyes became sharp and extremely determined, even with a hint of hostility and ferocity.

Unconsciously, everyone's eyes were like this. The sunny and lively Ah Zhu was like this, the elegant Xiao Ran was like this, Ju Mang was like this, even the timid Xiao Yu frowned as a sea lord at this time, with a fierce look between her eyebrows. She would not show such an expression, but she wanted to live, that was an endless desire for life. And if you want to live, you have to fight!