Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 235 Chapter Recollection

At 5:30 a.m. on the second day, they set off for Mount Qogir and did not arrive at an ancient village on Lop Nur Ridge until the afternoon.

"This is the famous Tuyugou Ancient Village," Alim introduced to Han Kexin and the others. "We'll camp here tonight, and tomorrow we'll travel for another half day to reach Mount Qogir."

The ancient village is located in a valley, mainly consisting of ruins built of stone, with vines climbing all over the walls, making it look quite desolate. Qin Xiaochuan stood on a hillside, gazing at it. The altitude here was already quite high, and the temperature had dropped a lot. The cool evening breeze kept blowing on him.

Looking at the people coming and going in the ancient village, he couldn't help but say, "It's really lively here. It looks like a camping paradise, not like the atmosphere an ancient village should have."

"Because this is the ideal place to camp before entering Mount K2," Alim explained from the side.

"Stop looking around, hurry up and set up the tent and prepare dinner," Han Kexin said to him, while she herself took off her sunglasses and looked around the valley.

Qin Xiaochuan didn't immediately set up the tent. Instead, he wandered around the ancient village. However, apart from the ruins, there were no other useful clues. After wandering around, he obediently set up the tent.

As he drove the last tent stake into the ground, he suddenly heard Xiaoying seemingly talking to someone: "Hey, come here, you're here too?"

He wondered if Xiaoying had run into someone she knew. But how could a young girl like her know someone in a place like this?

With that thought in mind, he came out from behind the tent and saw Xiaoying talking to a little boy. The boy was none other than the one who had played with her at the inn yesterday.

Qin Xiaochuan frowned, wondering if the boy was the child of some guide. Was it really appropriate to bring such a child into this remote mountain forest? Just then, Feifei emerged from the woods with several wild rabbits in his mouth and set up a campfire by the tent.

Night fell quickly, and when the full moon shone on the ground, it was as bright as day. The moonlight, like water, quietly sprinkled on the treetops, making the trees seem to be draped in a layer of silver gauze. Because it was summer, and we were in the deep mountains far from the city, the stars in the sky were like dazzling gems, hanging quietly in the sky. Only at this time could one understand the vastness of the universe and how insignificant human beings were in front of it.

After a day of trekking, everyone was a little tired. They sat around the campfire, chatting and admiring the stars in the sky.

Xiaoying sat obediently on the ground, while Feifei lay beside her, letting her gently stroke its head, and it comfortably closed its eyes.

The little boy sat beside her, looking at her with envy.

"Its name is Guoguo. Would you like to pet its head?" Xiaoying asked.

The boy nodded emphatically.

"Then you can touch it, it won't bite." After saying that, she leaned back to make it easier for the boy to reach out.

Feifei bared his teeth uneasily, a low growl rumbling in his throat, startling the boy so much that his hand froze in mid-air, too afraid to make a move.

"Guoguo, he's my friend, don't yell at him!" Xiaoying shouted at it.

Feifei indeed quieted down, letting the boy gently pat its head, and lay motionless on the ground.

Han Kexin frowned as she looked at the boy and said, "What's wrong with this child's parents? It's already dark and they haven't come to pick him up. They're really careless."

Qin Xiaochuan also found it strange, so he asked the boy, "Little friend, where are your family members?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I have no family."

He found it even stranger and asked, "How come you don't have any family? Who did you come here with?"

The boy pointed at Xiaoying and said, "I came here with Xiaoying."

He glanced at Han Kexin and saw that she also had an incredulous look on her face. He then opened his Heavenly Eye and looked into the boy's body. The boy only had level 1 spiritual power and was indeed just an ordinary child.

Although he had some doubts, the other party was just a seven or eight-year-old boy, so there was nothing he could do, and he couldn't ignore him either. He just kept a close eye on him.

The campfire burned quietly, and suddenly everyone fell silent, the atmosphere becoming somewhat awkward.

Qin Xiaochuan said, "Alimu, don't you know how to play many musical instruments? In this situation, why don't you perform a little song or something?"

"I don't just sing, I can play instruments or blow wind instruments," Alim gestured to correct Qin Xiaochuan's statement.

"Alright, alright, whatever it is, give us a performance."

"Then I'll play the ocarina for everyone," Alim said, taking an ocarina out of his pocket and playing it.

A deep voice slowly rose, like a sigh from a distant ancient time. In this quiet and peaceful night, it sounded so melancholic and sorrowful that everyone's thoughts were drawn into an indescribable emotion along with the melody.

In a daze, Han Kexin recalled the scene from that day again. The same melody, but different people. Only at that time, she did not have the mindset to appreciate the melody.

So before he could finish playing, she jumped up anxiously, "My sister has been arrested, how can you still be playing a tune? And you played it so badly."

He glanced at the little girl and said, "The people who captured your sister are very powerful; they're not people you can afford to mess with."

"Am I better than you?" the little girl retorted.

"That's not the case," he said proudly. "It's just that his techniques are somewhat effective against me, so defeating him won't be easy."

"So that means there's still a chance, right? And with my help, we'll definitely be able to defeat him," she said confidently.

"With your level of cultivation, you'll probably only be a burden to me," he said mercilessly, showing no regard for her feelings.

"So you just stood by and watched me die? My sister was so good to you." As she spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks like soybeans.

Xiao Yan ignored her and instead took out an ancient bronze treasure mirror from his body. After he cast a spell on the mirror, it emitted a clear light. He stared at the scene inside the mirror and fell into deep thought.

The girl stood quietly beside him, watching him.

After a long while, he put away the treasure mirror and made up his mind to say to the girl, "I will go and save her."

"Okay, I'll go too!" The girl jumped up excitedly.

"Wait for me here," he said expressionlessly.

"What?" The girl stared at him, her eyes wide. "Are you kidding me? You're going to leave a little girl in the middle of nowhere?"

"Isn't there a temple here?" he said casually. The two were in a dilapidated temple. Due to years of neglect, the surrounding walls were crumbling, and wind occasionally blew in through the cracks in the walls. Even the statue in the center of the temple had become mottled and unrecognizable due to the erosion of time.

"What use is this dilapidated temple?" she said, her anger turning into a mocking laugh.

He turned to look at the statue and said, "It can protect you." As he spoke, he bit his finger, drew a pattern on the statue, and then recited a spell.

After he finished, he left with the words, "Don't leave this dilapidated temple while I'm gone."

"Are you really going to leave me here all alone? Is this...is this reliable?" She was starting to panic.

"It can at least withstand one monster attack," he said casually.

"Just once? What if two monsters come?" she said, somewhat speechless. "You adults are really unreliable."

"Here you go." Xiao Yan tossed a red jade pillar, about the size of a fingertip, into Han Kexin's hand.

"What is this?" she asked.

"The Jade of Inspiration," Xiao Yan said calmly. "If you encounter danger, infuse it with spiritual energy, and no matter where I am, I will rush to your rescue."

"Really?" She examined the small object in her hand repeatedly. "Does this thing really have such a great effect?"

"If you spot a monster approaching, use this statue. It will buy me some time," he said, before walking toward the door.

"Hey, wait a minute." She suddenly felt a pang of panic, but the other person seemed not to hear her and walked straight out the door.

She snorted angrily and decisively channeled her spiritual power into the jade of inspiration.

"Don't use it unless you're in danger, or I won't go to save your sister." The man's voice seemed to be right next to my ear, but in reality, he was long gone from outside the door.

In the end, she could only stomp her foot in frustration, muttering under her breath, "Damn Xiao Yan, dead Xiao Yan."

A gust of wind slipped in through a crack in the wall, its low, guttural sound like the wailing of some monster, which startled her so much that she quickly moved closer to the statue.