Chapter 751 - The fate of the two (1/2)

Chapter 751 The fate of the two

Although many groups had entered the Sacred Mountains, everyone here knew they were probably the only ones who were still alive.

There might still be some survivors hiding in the wilderness of the mountains, but it would not be easy to get out of the Sacred Mountains alive. To leave this place, they would either have to walk through the canyon and get hypnotized again before finally dying of exhaustion.

Or feel their way out of it with their eyes closed and come face to face with those terrifying tarantulas.

Someone escaping from the tarantula horde again on their own would be practically impossible.

The heavy fog in the mountains might even trap them forever inside.

Otherwise, they could simply take the main road where Pyro Company troops were still stationed along. Although there weren’t many troops garrisoned there due to the encirclement plan, it was not a route that anyone could take. When Cheng Yu saw Vanilla and the Anjing House members, he quickly gathered them around, and they started sharing their experiences. It was as though he had been reunited with his family members.

Cheng Yu grumbled how tough it was that he had the misfortune to lead a team like his. There was absolutely no sense of seriousness in his team, and they still had to put on shows even though they were on the verge of death. Their team had been singing and dancing for the past few days and it did not look like they had come to the Sacred Mountains to thwart the Pyro Company’s plans at all.

When he finished relating this to everyone, Cheng Yu realized Vanilla and the others had fallen silent.

“What’s wrong with you guys?” Cheng Yu asked.

Vanilla hesitated for a moment before answering, “We went through the same thing too.”

Cheng Yu was stunned. When he recalled how the Pyro Company had appeared earlier, he realized Vanilla’s plight might not be any better than his.

However, a member of the Anjing House next to them said, “But have you all realized? At the very least, both your teams have managed to survive.”

This Anjing House member was named Wang Tianming, and he was previously on the same team as Wang Congyang. As the team leader, he did not make any mistakes and the team was also considered harmonious. There was no trouble at all.

Yet, his team members were all gone now!

He would rather have a troublemaker on the team. At least, they would have been safe.

They were all practical people. Carefully thinking about it, wasn’t it a good thing that they managed to survive even though they had to suffer a little?

During the conversation, Cheng Yu happened to glance at Ren Xiaosu. He thought to himself that it was indeed because someone had been secretly helping them that so many of them survived.

Although White Mask was missing again, Cheng Yu realized Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin had to be White Mask’s assistants. Without these three around, their team would probably not have as many survivors left.

However, Cheng Yu was surprised to find Ren Xiaosu staring fixedly at the box Si Liren was carrying. He did not even blink.

Li Shentan wanted to say something, but when he noticed Ren Xiaosu’s expression, he also fell silent and just sighed.

Ren Xiaosu turned and looked at Li Shentan seriously. “Is it him?”

“Yes.” Li Shentan nodded. He wanted to say something but did not know what to say. The people around them did not even know what game they were playing. Ren Xiaosu suddenly said to Yang Xiaojin, “Wait for me here.”

Then he turned around and said to Li Shentan and Si Liren, “Can you two come with me for a while?”

Li Shentan nodded.

Ren Xiaosu, Li Shentan, and Si Liren left the group. Ren Xiaosu kept heading up a mountain path until he reached the end of it. Moonlight shone down on the mountaintop. Li Shentan looked at Ren Xiaosu’s back and suddenly felt that he seemed both a little excited and lonely at the same time.

Ren Xiaosu turned around and looked at Si Liren. “Little Liren, can you put down the box you’re carrying? I’d like to see him.”

“Mhm.” Si Liren put down the box obediently.

When Ren Xiaosu was about to open the box, he suddenly hesitated as though he was afraid of something.

“Can the two of you step aside for a moment?” Ren Xiaosu looked at Li Shentan.

Li Shentan, who always enjoyed opposing others, was surprisingly cooperative at this moment. “We’ll wait for you on the hillside.”

After the two of them left, Ren Xiaosu slowly opened up the box.

The moment before seeing Chen Wudi, he felt he was mentally prepared and could bear any grief in this world.

But once he saw Chen Wudi, he nearly broke down. Tears could not stop flowing down his cheeks and dripping off his chin.

Ren Xiaosu once told Yan Liuyuan that this world did not believe in tears. No matter how difficult things got, he would never let himself be vulnerable.

But during the battle that day, he did not even manage to say goodbye to Chen Wudi nor got to see him one last time. By the time he woke up again, all the bones in his body had been broken, and Wudi had already died in that stronghold.

Later on, Ren Xiaosu did not even have the courage to go and see this disciple of his and just calmly continued living his life. He had taken his revenge calmly and came to the Central Plains to find his family. However, Ren Xiaosu never went back to the Southwest to look for Chen Wudi.

He would always tell himself, “Right, isn’t this how the world is? Everyone is just living pathetically like they might not get to see the next day.”

It was already very tough for those who were still alive, so why dig up memories of the dead to make yourself feel sad?

Everyone knew Ren Xiaosu was very upset, but he was unwilling to admit it.

Just like when he had found out about Chen Wudi’s death, he rather used the pain of fixing his broken bones to hide his emotions than admit that he really was sad.

After all, wasn’t this how he got through his difficulties since childhood?

But at this moment, he admitted it was not so.

When he saw Luo Lan’s superpower, Ren Xiaosu swore he was really jealous Luo Lan could actually awaken such a superpower. Therefore, he desperately wanted to copy his power even if he had to waste two additional Perfect Skill Duplication Scrolls in the process.

When he realized there was a glimmer of hope, Ren Xiaosu finally understood his desire. Actually, that memory had never been erased from his mind. He felt like there was still someone addressing him as master even while lying in bed in the middle of the night.

Ren Xiaosu’s body started to glow with a golden light. It was just like how Luo Lan looked when he summoned his martyred spirits.

Ren Xiaosu sat across Chen Wudi and said seriously, “Actually, I’m not qualified to be your master, right? I lied to you and said that if you constantly feel like you’re being devoured by the darkness, then it meant that you were the light. When I said this, I didn’t even believe it myself. However, you took my words to be true because you were so naive.

“At that time, I even silently mocked you for being such a gullible disciple. But later on, I realized that I should be the one who needed to reflect.”

It was like a child asking their father, “Dad, are there any immortals in the world?”

The father would smile and say jokingly, “Yes.”

And the child would reply, “Then take me to them.”

As such, the father took the child to the top of the mountain as though he was teasing his own child. Then he smiled at the child and said, “Go on, shout for the immortal to open the Gate of Heaven for you.”

Aere

The father did not even believe the Gate of Heaven would open that day, or that there were really immortals in heaven. His fantasies about gods when he was young had been worn out by this world, leaving behind a determined but worldly heart. He started learning how to be tactful, how to get along with others, and how to eke out a survival in a secular world.

But he had never thought that when his child shouted for the Gate of Heaven to be opened, it would really open!

This was only a story, but it was just like the talk Chen Wudi had with Ren Xiaosu. “Master, should good people really exist in this world?”

Ren Xiaosu said, “Yes, and you’re that ray of light.”

But when Ren Xiaosu thought nothing would ever come out of this, Chen Wudi really became the most brilliant light in the world, engraving his goodness in many people’s hearts.

Ren Xiaosu was like most people.

He was used to a world without any fairy tales, used to a world that was not fair, and also used to not being a good person. But when he looked back, he realized he had just missed out on the beautiful moments. It was not that they did not exist.

When one braved the snow, one could see the mountains. Because there was light, people dared to dream.

This was the cause and effect of the world.

Ren Xiaosu said, “Maybe I wasn’t a good master in the past, but I’m willing to start afresh. Come back, Wudi.”

The moon hung bright and clear in the sky, casting a silvery radiance on Chen Wudi’s damaged golden armor. Although the armor had turned into stone, its former brilliance could still be seen.

Ren Xiaosu looked at Chen Wudi with much anticipation and thought he would walk out of the statue like Luo Lan’s 12 martyred spirits. But in his trance, he heard someone whisper in his mind, “Master, I’m sorry.”

Ren Xiaosu looked at Chen Wudi in disbelief. He was completely unable to accept this fact. He had worked very hard to complete his quests in order to bring Wudi back. But in the end, he still failed.

He could not tell who was talking in his mind just now. He did not know whether it was a hallucination or if it was really Chen Wudi answering him.

Li Shentan, who had come back to Ren Xiaosu’s side, said, “Don’t be too upset.”

Ren Xiaosu looked up at Li Shentan. “Why? Why did it fail?”

Li Shentan looked at Ren Xiaosu. He had never seen the young man in front of him lose his cool before. Ren Xiaosu did not even realize he had walked up to him.

Li Shentan said, “Are you trying to use Luo Lan’s power to summon him back? But Luo Lan’s power is only used to summon the dead. Have you ever considered that Chen Wudi is actually not dead yet?”

Ren Xiaosu was shocked. He looked at Li Shentan in surprise and did not know what else to say.

But Li Shentan already knew this.

Back when he entered the stronghold and sat across from Chen Wudi, he started mumbling many things to Chen Wudi for some reason. In the end, when he said he would protect his master for him, Chen Wudi clearly emitted a golden light that circulated around his body. It was like there was a dragon swimming underneath the stone sculpture.

At that time, he was stunned by that sight. Si Liren even asked him what was wrong back then, but he just said it was fine.