Vol 2 Chapter 240 (2/2)
”But the temple really does exist,” Fan Xian piped up
”Yes” X
iao En closed his eyes ”When the first E Eh that Eard, for some reason, he had an unusual fear of death All day, he would practice soht could lead to ido to worry about as Emperor It was only natural that his s,” said Fan Xian
”So Ku He took the opportunity to enter the palace and convinced the Emperor to dispatch a diplo the temple's location,” continued Xiao En ”He said that if the is on to the Emperor, then he could become immortal too The moment the Emperor heard that, there was no way he could object” Xiao En laughed bitterly ”As the Emperor's trusted aide and captain of the Red Riders, the duty naturally fell to me”
”Ku He was the one who proposed it He was fervant in his belief in the temple, so naturally I could not stay out of it,” said Xiao En caldo Finally they found a lead, so Ku He and I led a thousand uely, Fan Xian knew that the process at the time was rather complex The people worshi+pped the te no trace To be able to find a genuine clue to its existence would be a shocking developed and apathetic voice reverberated through the cave The dawn light was di with ti as he tried to sketch a roup's expedition to the temple in his head
Tio, and the yellow mountains' mild air turned to endless wind and snow In the old ht of the thousand ht beneath a sky that snowed as far as the eye could see, soldering on through the wastelands of the frozen north They wore leather boots and thick leather clothing, showing only their eyes, but they still could not stop the cold winds fro their bodies
At the head of the ranks were their two leaders: Xiao En, in the pri piousSome men perished from the cold, some fell down the icy ravines and disappeared without trace, so-fast from the skies In short, as the e mood befell them
The whole world was an endless expanse of white snow Because they had spent so long in this dull and freezing landscape, soan to falter Xiao En, ruthless, abandoned thery wolves, resistant to the cold, awaited the blindhappened in silence; even such bitter things as death
The teareat e deep in the north There was a narrow path through the h that it had already covered up the s
After the h the mountains, they found that behind the mountains was another stretch of land still concealed by ice and snohere animals rarely even appeared Tenacious, the tea to find traces of the te
It inter, the snow fell thick and hard, they were separated by est ht, Xiao En and Ku He sat back to back in their tent, a wall of dead bodies around them Their fire had burned out, and the ruined tents and clothing of the dead htest warhtest hope
”This is the wrath of Heaven”
Inside the led to open his eyes There was a redness growing denser in his pupils, but they still betrayed his endless dread ”The te to find it, so Heaven is angered Heaven has sent this boundless darkness upon us”
Fan Xian looked the oldtiht” In his head, he confirmed once more the location of the teht” was But he had sunken deep into his memories, and there was a look of frustration in his face ”At that point, Ku He was hungrily andhuman flesh while he prayed piously to Heaven I couldn't help but despise him To my surprise perhaps he had finally truly aroused the feelings of the iht suddenly ca at Xiao En How could the two ht? Even if they had flesh to eat and tents to burn, for the two of thele alone like that could well send a hed ”At the moment that day broke, Ku He and I had reached the end of our lives But suddenly, we discovered hope, a strength that ca”
”And then you found the teer and put it to one side ”What was the teo, past the snowy reat difficulty from their tent Their eyes were sunken and their skin was pallid When they breathed, exposing their rotten and swollen guns were clear - these two men would soon be dead
The dawn renounced its an to appear A handful of anied once more from their holes The two once-hardy th, but they were still ed to replenish the to their feet onceblankly at the mountains before theh hell to find – could be
All that stood before them was a vast expanse of pure white snow
Suddenly, a shaft of light descended froht that fell upon the mountains seemed to bend in sost the rand temple had been built upon the ray eaves standing against each other to create a vista of indescribable dignity
Ku He stared duround, overcome with emotion He burst into tears at the appearance of the te of inco ti down on the snow ground, unable to gather the strength to stand again for a long time
This was the temple