Chapter 212 Epilogue: Immortal Image (IV) (Inverted V) We can only move forward. …
The five people's journey continued. After visiting Pearl Harbor, they rented a boat and sailed along the edge of the sea, visiting many cities.
During this process, they would occasionally disagree and quarrel, but in the end it would turn into an awkward "I'm sorry" and an equally awkward "It's okay".
We have experienced danger together, basked in the sun on the beach together, smelled the fragrance of a bowl of longevity noodles together at night, walked hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder across cliffs and stone roads in the sea, and stood up for justice together.
Together, they watched more and more brilliant fireworks, climbed higher and higher mountains, and tasted one flavor after another of the richer friendship that belonged only to the five of them.
Year after year, they stayed together and traveled the world, and had developed the habit of not being apart for too long even if something happened to them.
However, human life is always limited.
There has never been any immortal cultivator in this world, nor any magical technique that can reverse life and achieve immortality.
Therefore, people in this world no longer believe in immortals. They will rely on their own hands to plow a field and hold up the sky.
This also means that each of them will die one day.
He Yuezhe picked up the diary again, and the last line of words on the yellowed and brittle paper had forever remained at "November 18th, the 50th year".
“…”
The wind blew and blew away the pieces of paper that He Yue had folded and sewn together with great difficulty.
A few pieces of paper flew all over the sky with the wind and hung on the tassel tree in the yard that was blooming brilliantly.
"Oh." Sighing helplessly, He Yuezhe couldn't count how many times he had climbed this tree.
This tassel tree was planted by several people when they returned to the water town in their old age. Now, many years have passed, and it has grown from a small sapling into a big tree.
The tree was hung with wishing cards, some for five people, some for Shi Jiyu, Shi Jihuai, Shi Jining, Shi Jixue and Shi Ji'an.
The wishing cards jingled together. He Yuezhe took the papers and was about to jump down when he heard a familiar voice.
"Miss He, why are you climbing up the tree again?"
"Ji Huai? Why are you here?" He Yuezhe took all the papers, jumped down from the tree lightly, and looked at the girl standing at the gate of the yard.
"I came to see you." Shi Jihuai looked the same as when He Yuezhe first saw her, except that she had more scars on her body. She smiled.
"No one comes to the temple for no reason." He Yuezhe sat back in the chair and began to sew the diary. "Tell me, what's the matter?"
"No, no, it's really nothing! Miss He, I just came back from a long trip and came to see you."
Shi Jihuai sat opposite He Yuezhe, his face supported by his hands, looking at the papers in He Yuezhe's hands: "Miss He, these papers in your hands are so old, are they also your friends' things?"
“…”
"Speaking of which, where did they go? Why can't I see anyone?"
"They went for a stroll in the streets."
"Oh, Miss He, aren't you going with them? What if something happens?"
“…Ji Huai.”
"What's the matter, Miss He?"
"You really don't speak with your brain."
"Miss He, sometimes it's good to be a little stupid. At least you don't have to worry about life and death, or how to save the world."
"……Why."
Although this sounds like something a person with a sinister heart would say, Shi Jihuai is just a child who is happy to lie down.
She knows those big truths in her heart, but never shows them. She will only remind you a few times in a silly and possibly hurtful way when you are confused.
"Thank you." He Yuezhe raised his head and looked at Shi Jihuai, "I will think about it carefully."
"Well," Shi Jihuai shook his head gently, "Miss He, there's nothing to thank me for, but you really should think about it carefully. Time waits for no one, whether it's for this world, theirs, or even your own."
“…”
"By the way, Shi Jining, Shi Jixue, and Shi Jian asked me to give you a message."
“…What did they say?”
"Shi Jining told you to be careful and protect yourself, because he doesn't want to see you get hurt. Shi Jixue told you not to forget her next time, or she'll make you suffer. Shi Ji'an said he's made a lot of clothes, and you can go try them on when you're free."
"What about you?"
"Um?"
"Master Jihuai, don't you have anything to tell me?"
"...Ms. He, only people who are about to part will say goodbye, but we have never been apart, so why should we say goodbye?" Shi Jihuai smiled.
"Shi Jihuai!" Shi Jiyu's voice suddenly came from outside the yard.
"Here I come!" Shi Jihuai finally winked at He Yuezhe, stood up and ran out.
"Shi Jihuai, why are you here?" Shi Jiyu didn't know that He Yuezhe lived here, so naturally he didn't know why Shi Jihuai would come to such a remote place.
"Secret!" Shi Jihuai's voice was filled with laughter.
"You can't even tell me?"
"Of course not!"
"Very well then. Come with me to the market and buy something for little Utsai?"
"Okay!"
The two people's voices gradually faded away.
He Yuezhe took the diary that she had repaired crookedly, walked into the room and put it on the table.
Looking at the old woman's face reflected in the mirror, He Yuezhe raised his hand and touched his own face.
"If only I could become like this, then I could be with you, together..."
Unfortunately, I can't do it. Even if I learn all the formations in the world, I can't find the magic that can make me age naturally.
"I miss you guys so much." He Yuezhe murmured.
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"But, but, if I only cling to the warmth of being with you and give up on saving the world and saving you, then wouldn't you also think I'm a coward and incompetent?"
“…”
"I don't want to be a friend like this," He Yuezhe lowered his head and stroked the words, "so, wish me good luck."
She left the yard and climbed the small hill behind it.
There are five tombstones standing on the small hill.
He Yuezhe placed the food and flowers he brought in front of the tomb, knelt down and paid his respects.
Then he led the horse, went down the mountain, and walked towards the Shilian Temple in Shuixiang.
The action, delayed for decades, has finally begun.
…
"You finally came."
As soon as he stepped into the Shilian Temple, He Yuezhe heard the voice.
The wide-open temple door revealed a statue of an immortal standing upright on the altar behind it.
"You made the right choice."
A line of blood slowly flowed from the corner of the immortal statue's mouth.
"No, it's not so much the right choice as it is..."
“Chi!”
“Crash…”
A dagger pierced the mouth of the immortal statue, stained red with blood, then was quickly pulled out and stabbed into the heart.
The immortal statue immediately cracked and shattered onto the ground.
He Yue walked out of the temple, stepping on the fragments of the immortal statue, closed the temple door, and dust fell to the ground.
She thought again of the little bird, her Awu, the child who sacrificed itself for her.
“…”
After leaving the water town, He Yuezhe quickly headed towards Baiyujing.
The journey that originally took her a day and a half took her less than a day, and she rushed to Baiyujing.
Without much hesitation, I entered the city before dawn and found the Shilian Temple which had moved.
In recent years, people have become less and less convinced of immortals. Meng Qingshan has passed away, and Shi Lian's temple has gradually become empty, with no young monks cleaning it anymore.
Without saying a word, the immortal statue just stood there quietly, looking at her with bright eyes, and a line of blood and tears flowed down.
"You don't speak, that's good." He Yuezhe took out a dagger, "so that I don't get upset."
“Chi!”
The dagger pierced the eyes and heart of the immortal statue neatly. The cold and damp feeling disappeared in an instant, replaced by a feeling of boiling blood.
"Goodbye."
“Crash…”
Next is the one from the Lotus Sect.
The Lotus Sect, once a sect of immortals, has not been affected. Countless disciples come to learn martial arts, and now the sect has occupied more mountains, including Shi Lian's former teachers.
Although people say that they were killed because they did bad things, everyone in the know knows that the killing was just a natural disaster that could not be reversed by humans.
Shi Jining got the news from somewhere and waited for He Yuezhe at the gate of the Lotus Sect.
The two of them didn't say anything. He Yuezhe ignored his following and went to Shilian Temple.
The temple, which used to be home to many wanderers, has now been abandoned and has become a pitiful temple that is about to be demolished.
A young girl wearing a cloth shirt embroidered with lotus patterns walked out of the temple.
He Yuezhe suddenly remembered the thought that came to his mind when he first came here and met this girl - "keep to himself".
However, when she actually entered this world and had real connections with the people in this world, she realized how ridiculous her idea was.
He Yuezhe walked out of the temple after stabbing the statue's bleeding hands and heart with a dagger.
Shi Jining stopped in a brightly lit place. He Yuezhe looked at him without saying a word, then jumped on his horse and went into the darkness alone.
The one from the Lotus Sect has been dealt with, and now it’s the one from Shijia Village.
Shijia Village has developed very well now. Every household lives in a better house, and there are many more stalls and shops on the streets.
The road from Lianhua Sect to Shijia Village was not easy to travel on before, but now it has become particularly easy to travel on.
He Yuezhe saw Shi Lian's mother and father at Shi Lian's home, and even a "she" and a "sister". They were not dead, but were a little old.
He Yuezhe squatted on the wall and watched them for a while before arriving at the Shilian Temple, a temple that had been demolished and was about to disappear.
The immortal statue was awkwardly squeezed on the altar by the shops on both sides. There were faint signs of fractures on its legs, and traces of blood were flowing out.
He Yuezhe walked over, cut her legs with a dagger, picked her up, carried her to a big rock outside Shijia Village, laid her flat, and then stabbed her in the heart.
The next one, or rather, the second to last one, is above the tall tree that reaches to the sky.
He Yuezhe met his "sister". She was quite old, with white hair and loose skin.
She still called herself sister, even though she had never fulfilled even a little bit of her responsibilities as a sister.
If I could do it again, I would probably treat her well, at least, so that she wouldn't live just for me.
He Yuezhe sat on the small boat, looking at his "sister's" tired but excited expression, thinking.
Climbing up the tree again, there were no longer piles of corpses, only streamers filled with people's expectations for the future.
The sea below no longer swallowed up corpses, but instead used wave after wave to lift up the people who were climbing up.
[...]
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[Feel sorry]
"You don't need to apologize."
Don't you hate me?
I lied to you.
"You are a part of me, and I will never hate you."
[...]
"To be honest, I've often been timid and have thought about retreating. I've also wondered if as long as I stayed somewhere and enjoyed a stable life, I wouldn't have to face the terrifying future and truth forever."
[...]
"But, well, there's really no but."
"You should know why I do all this, but I can't know. Hey, do you know what 'can't know' means?"
What does it mean?
"It means I have no choice but to move forward."
"Once I stop, I will end up with nothing and no remains left."
[No]
[want]
“…”
“…”
"Okay, I won't become like that, please believe me."
[good]
“Chi!”
“Crash…”
The dagger pierced the brain and then the heart of the immortal statue hiding behind the curtain.
[zaijian]
"Goodbye?" He Yuezhe covered it with the curtain again, "Never again."
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As for the sixth statue.
He Yuezhe has been found.
“Tick-tock.”
“…”
He Yuezhe lay on the hill where her friends were buried. The soft grass gently embraced her, and the warm breeze covered her.
The sunlight seemed real, no, it was real. It was so warm and so dazzling. It shone on He Yuezhe's body, but she gradually became cold.
Closing his eyes, He Yue curled up the corners of his mouth and murmured.
"Yuan Yang, you have a very bright mind. You have always been interested in and talented in this kind of craft. You are always calm when encountering things, but surprisingly, you are not cold. You are very kind and polite to others, and you are also very caring."
"To me, you are like a machine that can completely synchronize with me. We can always work together well."
"It's nice to be your friend."
"Chen Shuo, we have been dependent on each other since we were young. From the orphanage to your small vegetable garden, we have been through so much together."
"You're a bit introverted, but in my opinion, that's also your strength. At least you won't be fooled by bad people. You're also kind, even kind to the point of being a bit 'saintly'. At the same time, you're also strong, brave, and smart. Yes, that's also you."
"To me, you are my family, my sister, and the one who understands my mood..."
"Anyway, I'm glad to be your friend."
"Tang Xiqin, you're a tsundere, you really are, but you're also really good at fighting. Sometimes, I envy you because you're invulnerable. No matter what others say about you, you don't care. Of course, I know that's just your stubbornness sometimes."
"You are unyielding and destructive, and I like you that way."
"To me, you are like a weapon that can strike wherever you point it. Sharp, all-powerful, and unwavering."
"It's nice to be your friend."
"Ban Weile, you little glutton, you really can eat a lot, especially meat buns. But ignoring that, you're also a happy person who can really liven up everyone's mood. You're good at making people happy, making friends, and treating every friend with the same sincerity."
"To me, you sometimes really become the motivation that supports me to keep going and live. You are like a little sun that will never burn out."
"It's nice to be your friend."
"As for you, He Yuezhe, you are a fool. That's right, a fool. A fool as big as can be."
As He Yuezhe spoke, he couldn't help laughing.
The dagger was still stuck in her heart, and when she smiled, she suddenly coughed up a large mouthful of blood with the pain grimacing.
"But... I'm still... ahem... happy... to be... ahem... friends with you..."
"But...how could you, how could you...cough cough cough..." He Yuezhe was choked by the blood, tilted his head, and curled up into a ball due to coughing.
She struggled to crawl into the earthen kang next to her.
As she moved, pieces of mud fell and hit her body.
Yes, the sixth immortal statue, the immortal statue that He Yuezhe and her friends have been searching for all over the world, is none other than He Yuezhe herself.
There is no construction without destruction. The immortal statue on the tree was just a delaying tactic. He Yuezhe had long guessed that if she wanted to truly leave this world, she had to destroy all six immortal statues.
And this means that she must fight for her life at the risk of her life.
So until all his friends died, He Yuezhe never revealed any information about this matter to any of them.
However, before she had time to say another word, the soil that had been loosened before she lay down covered her body and blocked her mouth.
“…”
“…”
“…”
"What is Yuezhe?"
"..." In the last second before He Yuezhe slowly closed her eyes, she heard someone calling her name.
Who is that?
...It seems so familiar, but I can’t remember where it is.
"He Yuezhe!"
She heard the sound of footsteps hitting the grass.
"What Yuezhe?!"
Her body was completely covered with mud, and He Yuezhe felt that death was eating her bite by bite.
“He Yuezhe!!!”
The man seemed to be digging away the soil covering his body.
"He Yuezhe, He Yuezhe, you can't die, you must not die, I finally saw you, why, why..."
“…”
"He Yuezhe, open your eyes and look at me. Just look at me, and treat it as alms, isn't that okay?"
“…”
"He Yuezhe, I beg you, please don't die, okay?"
"Xiao...Yu..."
“…”
“…”
“…”
"What Yuezhe...?"
“…”
“…”
“…”
It's you.
You are here.
very good.
He Yuezhe finally let go and closed his eyes completely and thoroughly.
...welcoming "death".
——Fifth World Ends——
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