The autumn wind was bleak and cold, and the autumn was getting deeper and deeper. Xia Xiao and Azhu dug two pits in front of the bamboo, flattening the grass, but they still did not wake up.

Ah Zhu was fine, he would open his eyes from time to time and stretch his waist. But Xia Xiao had not woken up for two months, and I don't know how he felt. They were already selfless at the moment, and didn't think about the wilderness, they just stayed where they were, hoping to climb the mountain and stand higher.

When Ah Zhu woke up, she twisted her neck and immediately smelled a faint smell of blood in her throat. She looked at Xia Xiao and couldn't help but feel horrified. After sitting for so long, didn't her butt hurt? Anyway, it hurt quite a bit.

Standing up, Ah Zhu tapped her little butt, wandered around bored, and ran to the college again, walking non-stop from the blue-tiled house at the foot of the mountain to the small town on the mountainside.

Ah Zhu was different from before. She used to be in a hurry, ungirly and impatient. But now she moved gracefully, without any hurry, and even deliberately slowed down, walking on the mountain road and looking at the bare peach forest. It was a bit boring, but it was better than sitting all the time.

The shield outside the Great Wilderness remained silent, and Ah Zhu began to practice in her spare time. But after possessing that power, the control of the vitality was as easy as playing house, and it was annoying just thinking about it. Winter was approaching, and on such cloudy days, she would always wait for Xia Xiao to wake up, and then drag him to eat hot pot with her. When the body warmed up, the feeling was wonderful when she recalled it, but now she was the only one walking around the academy.

Normally, there would always be someone busy in the academy, so she could meet many acquaintances on the road, but now the town was empty, with only a pot of flowers in the dark. But no matter how Ah Zhu called him, he didn't show up, which was really annoying.

With her mouth pouting in anger, Ah Zhu suddenly remembered something and ran towards the small white building on the mountainside. She moved quickly, but suddenly she felt a little regretful because she forgot that Doudou was still in the academy and she should have come back earlier. Sure enough, in front of the small white building, a yellow dog was curled up in the same place, looking lost, with only its tail as company.

Every day, no one was there to accompany it, and the flower pot thought it was stupid and felt wronged. But before Ah Zhu called it, Doudou had already smelled a familiar smell. It thought it smelled wrong, but it felt wrong, so it immediately looked up and really saw Ah Zhu, and barked. Hearing its voice, Ah Zhu got goose bumps all over his body, and shouted apologetically:

"Doudou, come here!"

Doudou's eyes welled up with tears. She stumbled on the ground and threw herself into Ah Zhu's arms. Ah Zhu's smell had changed, with a little more blood, but Doudou would not make a mistake. It kept twisting in Ah Zhu's arms, and its excitement made the latter cry. She didn't know how long Doudou had been waiting. She stroked it with an apologetic look and said gently:

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

A dog's lifespan is not as long as that of a human, but it has already spent a tenth of its lifespan waiting for its owner to return.

After making a seal, when the little narwhal appeared next to the small white building, Ah Zhu took Dou Dou and sat on it. Because Ah Zhu's current vitality cultivation has reached the peak, she can even control the Great Wilderness, but she has not tried it. The little narwhal that had been bound before also changed into a huge monster because of her, taller than the five-story small white building.

The whale made an ethereal sound, and its back was like a starry sky, extremely gorgeous. In that contradictory temperature of bleakness and warmth, Ah Zhu was finally no longer lonely. She had been alone for the entire summer and autumn, and on the coldest winter day, she was finally able to be with her companions at ease, unlike Xia Xiao, who sat there like a stone for months.

Ah Zhu was so angry that she hugged Doudou and sulked, but her anger was not suitable for Xia Xiaosheng. She just complained and said that everything would be fine when he came back.

"Come with me to the world of void beasts sometime!"

The little narwhal made a clear little boy's voice, which was very ethereal and lovely. Ah Zhu nodded quickly and asked happily:

“Is it fun there?”

"There are many things that are not found in the Great Wilderness, and the world it is in is many times larger than the Great Wilderness."

Ah Zhu began to imagine and couldn't help but feel curious, so he asked:

"So what do you eat?"

"Feed on everything in the starry sky."

"It feels so wonderful, but it doesn't sound very delicious. But after Xia Xiao breaks through the shackles of the Great Wilderness, we will go to your hometown together."

The little narwhal agreed, and then one morning, when Azhu was sleeping in the room with Doudou in his arms, snow began to fall from the sky.

The little narwhal liked the peach forest and the sea of ​​flowers, and also liked snow, because snow is the flower of winter, with clouds as branches, falling all over the ground. But in the vast snow, Xia Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.

This action was very obvious, but Ah Zhu didn't notice it. When Xia Xiao stood up, Ah Zhu was nowhere to be seen. He stood alone between heaven and earth, staring at the half-lit sky for a long time, seeing countless snowflakes drifting, a few falling on his shoulders. There was no sense of loneliness, nor did he look for Ah Zhu or call her, but he looked at the sky thoughtfully, and the next moment he was as solemn as if he was staring at the entire universe.

There was a buzzing sound of heaven and earth in Xia Xiao's mind, and there was also a voice that seemed to ask him some questions that required deep thought to answer.

Xia Xiao responded calmly, as if he was full of confidence. In the past few months, he once again completed the task of absorbing vitality, leaving the vitality tree without any need. Afterwards, the vitality tree was connected to the universe, and he was able to talk to the universe, just like he could talk to the Great Wilderness consciousness. As for the ending, no one knew, but it did not affect his completion of the current task.

Before we knew it, the snow had gotten heavier, covering the ground with dead leaves and rotten grass.

Snowflakes turned into ice, and it was extremely cold, but the bamboos were still green and unmoved. Xia Xiao was the same, just watching silently, no matter what happened, he was close to the world. Xia Xiao seemed to be seen through by the world, and seemed to be tested, but all the conversations were very vague, just like in a dream, he didn't know what he said, he only knew that the story was still going on, and the plot was always thrilling.

The key is here. Even though Xia Xiao is a little excited, his face is calm because he doesn't know what the next question will be. He seems to be able to handle it easily, but he is a little flustered because he is not well prepared. But Xia Xiao is still waiting, waiting for the last key question to be asked.

Xia Xiao had a vague feeling that as long as he answered all the questions, he would have found his own way. After finding the way, he could reach the highest realm, which was also the top of the mountain that Xia Xiao had always pursued. Although there were cloud peaks and another world above the mountain top, he was not in a hurry. He had to take one step at a time and not be impatient.

After thinking this, the snow suddenly got heavier, making the whole world white. With the strong wind, it was a good time for snow and wind, but Xia Xiao seemed too small and too weak in it. The wilderness seemed to be testing him in this way, but Xia Xiao didn't feel it. He just kept waiting. In his blurred consciousness, an ethereal voice resounded through his mind.

Xia Xiao was cheered up because he felt it coming!

The voice soon appeared in Xia Xiao's mind and lingered for a long time. It was very clear, but he could not remember what kind of voice it was, nor could he tell whether it was male or female, rough or fine. In short, it was like a fusion of tens of millions of voices, and when it appeared it was like the entire wilderness speaking together.