105 Hei Gous Plan (1/2)
The snow fell from the sky that was blanketed by one massive grey cloud.
The temperature was low, and every time Xue Wei or Hei Gou took a breath the air turned to steam.
Their advance was slower than before. Every step they took caused them to sink deep into the hills of snow.
The duo had been following the main road most of the day, but when they reached the point where the road split into two and one of the roads lead towards the remains of Lingyun town, the ground had gotten more difficult to traverse.
Lingyun Town had been deserted for more than six years now. It was the scene of a Primordial Beast attack, which as a result meant that no one dared to venture there. What if the beast decided to come back? Some also assumed that a place of the dead was filled with bad luck, which could affect anyone who went there.
This had resulted in very few visitors in Lingyun Town. Although the road signs still showed the direction towards this town, very few went there. The amount of people who were not Primordial Beast Hunters to visit this place could be counted on one hand.
Since no one visited the town, no one bothered to keep the roads clear either. This was the reason Xue Wei and Hei Gou were walking knee-deep through snow.
The snow impeded their movement, but neither Xue Wei nor Hei Gou were bothered by the cold and snow despite how tedious it was to walk through and the intensity of the weather. Not even the fact that they had to expend a slightly larger amount of energy bothered them.
”We need to be careful,” Xue Wei said after a bit of time. ”I fear that there will be an ambush once we get to Lingyun town. The people who are chasing me should know that at some point I am likely to return to Lingyun Town to visit my roots.”
”Since this is the case, if they are patient enough, then they will have been waiting here for a long time and waited for me to arrive.”
”Oh, then I have an idea,” Hei Gou grinned, and Xue Wei looked at him curiously.
”I am a Primordial Beast,” he pointed out. Xue Wei crossed his arms across his chest and shifted his weight to one leg while looking at the black dog with an appalled look on his face. It was not something he was likely to forget anytime soon.
”I might be fairly weak for a Primordial Beast, but I am still a Primordial Beast. I can rouse a horde of Fierce Beasts to fight against the masses of humans.”
”Even the beasts with an equivalent strength to a Heavenly Warrior are forced to follow my command as I am a Primordial Beast above the age of thirty.”
”Since this is the case, why don't we go to the forests and make a massive beast horde. Send the beast horde to the small village that's our destination and sneak in when they are going rampant.”
”The Primordial Beast Hunters might be able to defeat the beast horde when it arrives, but they are not likely to be able to cause problems for us as they will be too busy fighting. We will sneak in while the fight is ongoing and then sneak out again before the fighting dies down.”
”Since I am already an accomplice to the Primordial Beasts, I might as well use their strength,” Xue Wei nodded his head. ”Let us do that.”
”Also, it seems that there has been made a specific military company with the sole purpose of capturing and killing me. If we are unlucky, then they might also be here, so I suggest that we rally a massive beast horde. We cannot afford to be lazy, nor can we afford to gamble with our lives,” Xue Wei said solemnly.
”A whole company made for the sake of capturing you? Damn, they truly seem to be extravagant with their way of capturing you. Even Primordial Beasts themselves do not have such a thing following them.”
”But hey, does that not mean, that no matter where we go, we will constantly be chased by a group of strong experts?”
”Pretty much,” Xue Wei grinned. Although Hei Gou had seemed nervous at first, he could not help but grin as well after a bit of time.
”We will face whatever tribulation comes our way. We will kill anyone who stands in our way. Be it a company or heavenly law; it does not matter. We will never bend, we will never break!”
Hearing Hei Gou's words, Xue Wei started laughing, but there was pride in his laughter.
”That is exactly what we are. The rest of the world wants to condemn us, but we will get our revenge. We will prove to everyone that our urge to survive is stronger than anyone else. We will never give up!”
Hei Gou, whose face always had a playful smile curling on his lips and whose limpid eyes were always filled with carefreeness, suddenly had a heroic air to him.
His eyes were blazing with determination. The slight smile he always sported was gone now, and instead his mouth was cracked into a smile so big that all his white teeth were displayed.
It was clear that he was honest with his emotions at that very moment, and his emotions were making Xue Wei change too.
”You are right!” he exclaimed. ”We brothers are more astonishing than what anyone else can imagine. We will survive! We will never bend, never succumb and never give up. We will fight till our last breath!”