Chapter 60: Won’t you give me flowers this time?
The mist passed by the eyebrows, and the white hair and the hem of the clothes were tangled together and flew backwards, too fast, and the kitten just poked its head out of the clothes, and its fur was blown all over the place in an instant.
It pulled its clothes tightly with its two claws and said in disbelief, "Isn't this too fast?"
Passing through the mist, the man controlling the sword did not slow down, and only said, "Is there any?"
No matter how you look at it, it's completely speeding! The kitten quickly withdrew its protruding head, tucked it back into its clothes, and said, "Why don't you go and ask your elder for mercy?"
The Great Elder is in charge of punishment and has the final say. It would be more effective to let the Great Elder go to the Sect Master to plead for mercy rather than using the sword now.
Looking down at the direction of the concentric jade in his hand, Lin Zhusheng turned to the side and said, "I can't look for him. I have to go to Hantian Cliff."
It is precisely because the Great Elder is in charge of punishment that we cannot look for him. The basic principle of Guan Jingsi Hall is fairness, everyone is equal. The other party is the one among all the elders who is least likely to plead for leniency. No matter whether the final result shows that the eldest brother is wronged or not, once he pleads for leniency, fairness will be lost and he will deviate from principles.
The Great Elder is the Great Elder, and he is who he is. It is against the principle for the Great Elder to ask for mercy. He is reckless for venturing into the Cold Sky Cliff, and at most he will go to the Jingsi Hall to receive some punishment.
It turns out that this person has already considered all of this in just a short period of time. The kitten then stopped talking and shrank back into its clothes.
Hantian Cliff is in the north, passing through the mountains and fields. After the mountains under the clouds turned from green to white, the distance between the two small dots on the concentric jade finally began to shrink significantly.
The great sword gradually lowered in height and passed under the clouds, and what came towards us were snowflakes mixed with broken ice.
The sky is full of clouds and the mountains are covered with snow. The majestic snow-capped mountains reach the sky. The bone-chilling cold air fills the space and constantly shuttles between the mountains.
The increasingly dense snow blurred our vision, making it almost impossible to tell the direction, and we could only rely on the small dots on the concentric jade to find our way. His white hair was covered with snow, and snowflakes fell on his eyelashes, only to be shaken off in the blink of an eye. The joints of his fingers, which were holding the concentric jade, were already red from the cold. Lin Zhusheng raised his head to identify the direction in the vast snow.
The two small dots on the jade overlap infinitely and have reached the right place. From a plan view, it has arrived, but the height is obviously not aligned.
Looking up at the snow-capped mountain extending into the vast snow, he controlled the big sword and turned upwards.
He climbed up the high mountain cliffs, sticking to the cliffs all the way up, and finally when he passed a place, he saw a little green among the black mountains and white snow.
A green figure was vaguely visible behind the wind and snow. It was the uniform of the inner sect manager.
There was a platform on the cliff that could be easily overlooked. Lin Zhusheng jumped off the sword in the wind and snow, and landed on the platform. His feet instantly sank into the snow that was above his ankles.
Noticing the noise, the manager who was quietly guarding on the platform suddenly looked up, shook off the snow piled on his head, and was stunned when he saw someone walking out of the snow.
He was stunned, and Lin Zhusheng was also surprised.
Perhaps he thought that no one would come to such a place, so there was only this one person guarding here, and he was a familiar face, the first Manager Meng he had seen since he came to this world. Manager Meng originally worked in the outer sect, but was later promoted to the inner sect. This time, he was unexpectedly assigned to guard Hantian Cliff.
It can be seen that guarding Hantian Cliff is not an easy job. It is probably because other people pushed it back and forth, and finally it fell on the other party's head.
It would be more convenient if it’s someone you know. The original plan of breaking in by force changed instantly. Glancing at the passage leading to the inside of the mountain behind the steward, he stepped forward and took the initiative to say hello.
The favorability has reached the highest level. Although Manager Meng was surprised to see it was him, his attitude was obviously much calmer and he asked him why he was here.
"I wanted to fly my sword to enjoy the breeze, but when I got here, the snow and wind were too strong and I got lost."
"By the way, is this Hantian Cliff?"
Lin Zhusheng poked his head out to look at the cold entrance behind him and asked, "Can I go in and take a look?"
Obviously not. The steward said, "No one is allowed to enter."
"Anyone," Lin Zhusheng took another step forward and said, "Can't the steward come in?"
The steward nodded, "Neither can I, at any time."
He is only responsible for preventing the people inside from coming out. No matter what happens, even if there are any problems with the people inside, he can only report it according to regulations and cannot enter without permission.
"Wait here for a moment. I'll contact other stewards to take you back..."
As the steward was talking, Lin Zhusheng was listening, and with his hands crossed in front of his chest he patted the kitten in his clothes imperceptibly.
Then the next moment, when the manager tried to contact other managers, a black shadow jumped out. The moment he lowered his head, everything in front of him suddenly became dark, and a furry texture rubbed against his face.
Before he could react to what was happening, he reached out his hand to try to grab the black shadow crawling all over his body, but out of the corner of his eye he saw that the person who was not far away had slid into the entrance of the passage.
It happened in a flash, and he finally caught the black hairy ball that climbed above his head. He ran over in two or three steps, trying to get the person who had entered the passage to come out quickly.
Before he got close, the person inside the station reached out to stop him and said in time: "The steward cannot enter, no matter what happens."
This is how I understood the regulations in one go.
The manager stopped abruptly, and the black ball of fur in his hand slipped out of his hand and returned to the person in the passage.
Lin Zhusheng drew the long sword in his hand and swung it horizontally. The sword energy was pushed out along the side of the steward, ruffling his temples and clothes, and finally fell on the majestic snow-capped mountain not far away.
“Boom—”
At first it was just a small noise, then it gradually grew larger and eventually spread to the entire canyon. The thick snow on the mountain collapsed and sank rapidly. The rumbling sound resounded throughout the world, and even the mountain began to shake.
Amid the constant noise, Lin Zhusheng put away his sword and said, "The manager encountered a snow mountain monster by chance and was unable to split himself during the fight. I, Lin Zhusheng, took the opportunity to sneak into Hantian Cliff."
The noise and the appearance just now were signs of a fight. Everything had nothing to do with the manager. He took the opportunity to sneak into Hantian Cliff. All the responsibility lies with him. This was his explanation. He said, "I will ask the elders to punish me when I get out."
Just now he could be said to be lost, but from now on, his goal is very clear.
The man standing at the entrance had snow on his long gown and his nose tip was red from the cold. He looked much more miserable than before when he was dirty all over but holding the only clean fruit. His face had changed a lot, but his eyes were still bright, and he obviously knew what he was doing.
“…”
Putting away the jade token for contacting other managers, the manager rubbed his brows and finally said: "The monsters here are generally not very strong. I can't fight for long. You try to get out as soon as possible."
This means not reporting immediately and giving it more time to stay.
With his eyes curved, Lin Zhusheng quickly thanked him, turned around and ran towards the passage, his figure quickly disappearing at the door.
It is cold at Hantian Cliff, the temperature has reached negative values. It is cold outside, and it is even colder inside, so cold that it penetrates the bones. The black stone walls are covered with solid ice that cannot be melted, and so is the ground. Your feet will slip when you run over it.
Running through the dark passage, he finally noticed a dim light before he could no longer see the surroundings clearly.
There was a lamp hanging on the stone wall, and there were icy spikes spreading on the wall, illuminating the red and white figures lying on the other side.
White was the color of his outer robe, and dark red was all bloodstains. He fell quietly to the ground, with almost no movement of his body. Judging from his appearance alone, it is hard to tell that he is the same person who was so unrestrained and upright when he left before.
“…”
His eyelashes trembled violently, not caring about the chill on the ground. Lin Zhusheng took three or two steps closer and knelt on the side. He leaned over to check the pulse and looked at the man's face, then tentatively called out, "Big Brother?"
The man who always responded to words in the past kept his lips tightly closed and did not respond. He had been here for too long, and the deep wounds on his body and his face and hair were covered with ice. They were cold to the touch and had no warmth at all.
Weak pulse, cold body.
The ground around was covered with solidified blood, and perhaps there was some new blood, but it had been frozen when it flowed out.
“Crash——”
A pile of fire crystals were poured out in a mess, and they collided with the ice on the ground, making a rustling sound. He activated all the poured fire crystals casually, and continued to look through his pockets. Finally, under the suspicious gaze of the kitten beside him, he took out an ordinary-looking pill, poured it out of the glass container, and handed it to the mouth of the person lying on the ground without any hesitation.
After a while, the kitten remembered what it was.
Quick-acting life-saving pill, the reward for completing the task of defeating the ultimate BOSS Nightmare. As long as you still have a breath, you can directly restore to full health after taking it. This person would rather fall into the field than eat it.
If you can get full health after eating it, you have to be able to eat it.
With his lips and teeth tightly closed, the temperature of the person on the ground was extremely low. No matter how he stuffed the pill, which would automatically melt when it encountered a slightly suitable temperature, it remained intact.
One feasible method is to put it back into the container, melt it with the fire crystal next to it, and then feed it to the person's mouth. However, the fire crystal heats up slowly, so it takes some time.
Perhaps because of the cold, the hands of the people sitting on the ground were shaking badly. The kitten took the initiative to take on the task of baking. He took the glass container that was thrown aside and worked hard to move it to the side of the fire crystal stone and stood it up. He turned around and asked for the quick-acting life-saving pills, saying, "Put the medicine..."
It didn't get to finish its words as it watched the person next to it put the pill into its mouth without any buffering. Its cat eyes instantly widened.
The slightly bitter pill dissolved in his mouth. One hand touched the bloody side of his face, and Lin Zhusheng leaned down and touched his cold lips.
“…”
The medicine in his mouth gradually decreased, and his eyelashes swept across his nose with small scars until the last bit of the medicine disappeared. He noticed the Adam's apple of the person on the ground rolling down and swallowing the medicine, so he closed his eyes, opened them again, and quickly stood up.
It was a very effective pill. The wounds of the person lying on the ground coagulated, and his body temperature began to rise rapidly. The ice edges covering the skin gradually melted into tiny water droplets, which gathered together and slid down.
Without having time to think about anything else, Lin Zhusheng just wiped the medicine from the corner of his mouth, quickly took a pile of fire crystals next to him and put them on the man, then helped him up and took out the heavy crane cloak and put it on with some difficulty.
He had no idea how to put it on and his hands were shaking, so he could only tie the two ropes into a knot. After tying it, he hugged the person tightly and almost whispered "Senior Brother" from his throat.
“…Crash.”
The sound of moving chains came from the cold space, and then something tapped his back twice. He heard a familiar low voice from above his head:
"I am here."
Tick. The only sound in the quiet space was the sound of melted water dripping onto the ground.
Lin Zhu paused in his movements, turned his head abruptly, and when he raised his eyes, he met a pair of eyes that were lowered and reflected the dim light.
“…”
Three, two, one.
They looked at each other for three seconds without any pause. Tears quickly filled up in his eyes and burst out quickly, crying faster than ever before.
"I thought you were going to die."
The eldest brother reached out to wipe away the tears, but when he raised his hand he found it was dirty, so he could only stop in mid-air, lowered his head and tried to comfort him in a low voice.
This time I couldn't stop crying, and his comfort only made me cry harder.
In the end, the kitten still has to do the job. With one paw, it overturned the bottle of pills it had erected and said, "If you keep crying, you'll have to go straight back."
The manager outside has been fighting with the imaginary monster for a while. Time is limited. If he continues crying, he will only cry on the way back.
The one who was almost crying like a bamboo stopped crying instantly, with only wide noodles of tears still flowing.
Without letting his tears interfere with his conversation, he handed over a pile of fire crystals and said at an incredibly fast pace, "These are the crystals the boss gave you. They'll be enough to last you for a while. If they're not enough, I'll find a way to send you some next time."
"The boss and the elders have already gone to investigate the situation. They will definitely clear your name." Thinking of the crime scene in the game where the elders of the clan had been burned down, he raised his head and asked, "...was that place damaged?"
Without asking whether he had done anything wrong, he had already assumed that his senior brother was a clean one.
"No," Wen Baizhou lowered his eyes to look at the corner of the eyes of the person in front of him, which were still shining with tears, and said, "They will know what happened when they go there."
As a senior brother who was very steady in his work, Lin Zhusheng breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered his head and searched his pockets, asking, "Have you finished the fruit snacks I gave you earlier?"
Without waiting for anyone to speak, he took out a bunch of food and said, "If you're bored or hungry here, eat these. I've tried them all and they're pretty delicious."
He had already taken out a lot of things, and he wanted to continue taking them out, but the eldest brother stopped him in time, turned to look at his hand with only blood and no wound, and asked: "What did you give me to eat?"
He knew clearly the extent of his original injuries and knew that there was no possibility of self-healing. There was a slightly bitter taste in his mouth and he could roughly guess that the person in front of him had given him some medicine.
Medicine that can heal injuries of this degree is as rare as a purple-level spiritual weapon and cannot be easily obtained.
When the medicine was suddenly mentioned, Lin Zhusheng paused and reflexively wanted to touch the corner of his mouth to check if there was any residual medicine, but he resisted the urge. After thinking quickly, he said, "It's just a small pill. You're lucky. There are exactly two. I tried it before and there is still one left. It's just right for you."
Then he made a brief comment: "It's bitter, I don't like it."
The kitten said nothing and just looked away from him.
He quickly ended the topic, feeling that he had said everything he needed to say, so he stood up and said, "Time is running out, I'll be leaving first. Take care of yourself, Senior Brother."
He didn't stand up. Just when he was halfway up, his wrist was grabbed by the eldest brother and he sat down again. This time he didn't sit directly on the icy ground. Instead, he was led to sit on someone's legs, which was much more comfortable than sitting on the ground.
"?"
Thinking there was something else, he turned around and asked, "Anything else?"
"Lanjun flowers," the eldest senior brother looked over and asked, "Are you not sending them this time?"
"flower?"
He repeated it with his mouth first, but his brain was a little slow to react. Lin Zhusheng opened his eyes slightly and said in disbelief, "Big Brother finally likes this flower?"
After sending flowers many times, he finally got a good result. His eyes curved and he quickly took out the orchid flowers that he still carried with him in his backpack and handed them to her.
He was so happy that the flower he had saved with so much effort had finally found a good home. He was so happy that he forgot that the fragile little flower could not withstand excessive cold or heat. He handed it over happily, and then watched the little flower shrivel and wilt at a speed visible to the naked eye, with its petals drooping.
“…”
The corners of the mouth and eyes also drooped down along with the petals, and the wide noodles that had just been put away were about to burst out.
Just before his tears burst out, a hand with clotted blood clots took the wilted blue flower from him.
His sight passed over the tip of the nose and fingertips that were red from the cold. Holding the blue and white flower in his hand, Wen Baizhou closed his eyes and buried his head in the familiar smell of the shoulder and neck, saying, "Thank you, I like it very much."
The reason why she carried flowers with her every day was just because of this sentence. Her flowers were recognized, and she was very satisfied. She was so happy that she held back her tears in an instant, smiled with curved eyebrows, patted the person on the back, and said, "If you like it, I will plant more. I will plant more in the future and send it to you every day."
Just like before. In order to increase his favorability every day, he spent a huge amount of money to buy a lot of seeds and planted a whole field of orchid flowers. He will continue to do the same when he has money in the future.
The brief time together finally ended when the manager outside shouted that the monster had been dealt with.
The person who sat down again really wanted to leave this time. He waved goodbye, picked up the kitten, walked away, and said see you next time.
Watching the figure completely disappear from sight, the people left in the cold and gloomy space finally withdrew their gaze. There was a fire crystal on his body that was constantly emitting heat. With the light of the fire crystal, he lowered his head to look at the blue flowers in his hands, felt a little warmth, and bloomed a little more. Finally, he lowered his eyes and smiled.
Walking out of the entrance, Lin Zhusheng saw the bright sky and the manager outside again. It was so bright that he couldn't help but squint his eyes and stretch at the same time.
Seeing that he and the cat had come out, the steward breathed a sigh of relief, took out the jade token and began to contact the people in the sect. While waiting for the contact, he glanced at him and asked, "Have you cried?"
"?"
Lin Zhusheng paused after stretching and quickly denied, "No."
The steward pointed at his eyes and said objectively: "But your eyes are quite red."
The eyes, eye sockets, and nose are all red, and it is especially obvious on the already pale face.
Lin, a tough guy, refused to admit it. He slowly withdrew his hand and said, "I was too excited just now. I punched myself in the eyes twice."
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