Chapter 310 (2/2)

”Of course I'm not a monster…..Little sister, are you willing to sit with me?  It has been a long time since I've had someone talk to me.” The old lady looked at Chen Xue and spoke.

”Un!  Alright.”  Chen Xue immediately agreed.  She walked in and sat down on the straw beside the old woman.  That old person's clothes were incomparably tattered, almost not being enough to cover her, but it was not dirty and did not have a musty smell to it.  Chen Xue secretly took several glances at her with eyes filled with curiosity. She could even face life and death, so she did not care about the beauty and ugliness of a person's appearance.  Moreover, when she came in here, she had a vague feeling…..this was a person that was about to die, like she was struggling on the border of death already. Because she had experienced this before, she had a clear understanding of this.  Having undergone the same experience, she did not reject the old lady's request.

”Little sister, what is your name?”

”I'm Chen Xue.”

”Chen Xue……Xue…..This is a name very suited to you.”  The old woman said. Her voice was gentle, completely different from how terrifying her face was, ”You are an adventurer from another world, right?”

Chen Xue thought about it and said, ”Un!  That should be right. Granny, why are you in such a strange place?”

”Why am I here…..”  The old woman thought about it and then sadly shook her head, ”Because I am already staying here, waiting second by second for my death.”

”Ah?” Chen Xue looked at her in surprise……This person, it was the same as her feeling.  Was she really about to die?

”My body already has a part that has dried up like wood……Dying is also fine.  A hundred years ago, I should have died already, so why must I struggle to live to today.”  The old woman muttered.

Chen Xue looked at her in surprise.  Turning her head over, she said in a serious voice, ”Granny, you must not want to die, right…..Then you can't give up.  Granny, do you know that I was also sick before and was close to death several times? Just a few days ago, I was just a bit away from death and all the doctors told me that my illness could not be cured.  However, my elder brother did not give up on me and when I was about to die, he had found a way to cure me……Granny, look, now I am getting better every day…..So, granny, yout can't give up on your life this easily.  No matter how terrifying the illness is, as long as you have hope, you will be able to find a cure. I'm not lying to you.”

Chen Xue's words made the old woman's eyes slightly tremble.  She smiled again and then said, ”Little sister, your words are very good…..But I am not the same.  My body is not sick, only my life……has already burnt out. Even the legendary Water of Life can only increase my life by a small period of time…..There is no hope anymore.  Actually, I'm not afraid of this upcoming death. Since I appeared in this sealed place, I have been waiting for that day to come…..A hundred years ago, I should have died. As for them, they all died for me.  Being able to live to this day, it is already unnecessary.”

Chen Xue blinked her eyes, not understanding her words at all.

She had worry in her heart, so she was very afraid of death, not wanting to return to existing on the edge of death like before anymore.  Living, is much better than dying……Why would she say that it was unnecessary to live until now?

The old woman stared at Chen Xue and a low whisper came from her mouth, ”Crystal like girl……Is this the final grace the Xi Yao G.o.ddess is giving me at the end of my live?”

”Little sister, I don't have the ability to move anymore…..Can you help me with something?”  The old woman said.

Chen Xue nodded, ”Un!  If I can do it, then I will seriously help you.”

”Thank you, little sister.  Can you help me draw some water?  There is a stream three hundred meters ahead, you can get some water there.”  The old woman looked outside the cave and her eyes dimmed to not having any light in them.

”Alright…..I'll go right now.  Wait for me, granny……That's right, granny, can you tell me your name?  Granny must be someone who has stories.” Chen Xue looked up and asked in a curious voice.

”Name…..I have already forgotten my true name.  Later on, I had a new name. They all called me Hundred Herb Sage.  Only a hundred years ago, the Hundred Herb Sage had already become a dead person…..But no one knew that she did not really die and was sealed in a place like this to live a feeble existence.  Waiting on the edge of death, never being able to turn back.” The old woman spoke in a sad voice.

”Hundred Herb Sage?  Granny, this name is a bit weird…..Then I'll go get the water now.  Granny, I'll be back in a bit.”

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