Feeling confused, Long tried to observe Shi’s expression, but failed. Long found that he couldn’t walk ahead of Shi.
Shi kept walking upward, while Long could do nothing except following Shi.
Finally, they walked to the peak of the mountain after a long time.
Shi stopped in front of a large grave, then he knelt down with his head lowering.
Shi looked so sad.
Looking at Shi sinking in sorrow, Long’s heart was as painful as being ripped open.
Who did this grave belong to? Why was his Qinghzou so grieved?
Long couldn’t help looking at the grave… then he was stunned.
Because his name, Long Xiaoyuan, was engraved on the gravestone.
It was Long Xiaoyuan’s grave. Did he die? Was that the reason that Shi looked so sad?
Long was totally stunned.
At the moment, Shi, who was kneeling down in front of the grave, took out a black dagger…
Startled by Shi’s action, Long felt that things would not go well, “Qingzhou, what are you going to do!”
Without turning round to Long and hearing what Long said, Shi held the dagger to… his throat!
Being scared, Long shouted loudly, “Don’t do that.”
With Long crying out in his sleep, Long woke up with a start.
He found it was late at night and he was… dreaming.
At the moment, Liu was breaking through the seal for his internal force in sleep, who was also frightened by Long’s cry.
“What’s the matter with you?”
Long wiped his face before breathing out deeply, “It’s a dream… a nightmare.”
Liu looked at Long in surprise, “Did you have a nightmare?”
What Liu cared most was that what kind of dream scared Long like this.
Long gave a bitter smile before nodding his head, “Hmm, it’s a terrible nightmare.”
“What kind of nightmare?”
Long shook his head and didn’t intend to tell Liu.
Liu just casually asked and didn’t expect the answer, so he said, “It is just a dream. Go to sleep. We had to continue our journey tomorrow.”
Long nodded, “Hmm.”
Lying down, Long tried to fall asleep quickly, but the feeling of palpitation still haunted him all the time.
Long couldn’t help thinking that his Qingzhou… certainly would accompany him if he died in this place.
Even if Shi didn’t commit suicide, Shi would be full of sorrow like in the dream.
So he couldn’t die.
His life belonged to both himself and his Qingzhou.
He definitely couldn’t die.
He definitely couldn’t die… which became Long’s belief.
Without knowing how long had passed, Long drifted into sleep.
Then Liu let out a sigh of relief… and fell into sleep.
On the next day, Long woke up with a start when hearing the chirping of birds.
Following the sound, Long saw several birds flying overhead.
Long sat up immediately, noticing Liu’s absence.
Looking at the birds in the sky, Long thought, “These birds can fly out for sure…”
Liu came back from a short distance, with two big birds in his hands.
“How did you catch the birds?” Long was startled.
Liu answered with a flat tone, “I get some internal force back.”
“Eh… that’s good news.”
“Yes, I can regain all my internal force in about half a month.” This time was far less than a month estimated by Zhou Heng.
“Half a month… we will have left this place then?”
“I hope so.” Liu could only respond like this.
Long blinked, “Will we eat birds for breakfast?”
“What do you expect? I didn’t find other animals.”
“Well, I’ll be okay as long as it can fill my stomach.” Long said.
Liu nodded, “Hmm.”
What Long didn’t expect at all was that they were still in the desolate place after walking for twelve days.
That was to say they had walked for fourteen days in total.
But they still failed to walk out of the desolate place, which probably attributed to the lack of means of transport except legs.
However, it also proved that this place was too large.
At that moment, Liu had regained all his internal force. As a person with little internal force, Long had tried his best to maintain such a speed during their journey.
In addition, they ever starved for a whole day in the past fourteen days.
Long had been a bit used to skipping meals in these days.
Although Liu had regained his internal force, he dared not be far away from Long.
Luckily, they didn’t lack water when they didn’t have enough prey.
As a matter of fact, they could find a water source which was a brook every other day. Although some brooks had more water and others had a little water, all of them were flowing.
At the fourteenth night, Long and Liu still slept in the open as usual.
They didn’t find any house like that canbin any longer in the fourteen days.
Therefore, they had no choice but to sleep out.
Although this place was cold, there were a lot of hay helping them get through the night.
And Long had gotten his internal force back, so they were safe at night.
Sometimes Long was awakened by the cold, and Liu would warm him with his internal force.
At this night, Long and Liu lay on the hay side by side. Long sighed, “I really had no idea when we can leave this place.”
Liu kept silent.
Long turned his head, “Do you miss Ouyang Chuan?”
Liu responded this time with a word, “Hmm.”
Long gave a long sigh, “I miss him too.”
Hearing this, Liu was confused and got defensive, “Why?”
Long curled his lips, “Seeing him means we have left this place, right?”
Liu was speechless to this reasonable answer.
Long turned his head, “Is it possible that we can’t walk out of this place?”
Keeping silent for a while, Liu answered, “I just worry that… we are going the wrong way.”
“Uh? Why do you say so?”
Liu looked at Long, “Maybe the way out is in the river.”
Long was stunned, “If so, we have to go back?”
Liu gave a bitter smile, “We didn’t check the river before, now… since we don’t know where the end of the place is, if there is no way out in the river…”
Long understood what Liu said, knowing that really was a difficult choice to make.
Liu took a deep breath, “What do you think?”
Long didn’t respond this time.
After a long while, Long said in a soft voice, “None of us knows what we will face if we give up after arriving here. I suggest to keep on going. I don’t believe we can’t make it to the end. I also worry that… if there is no way out in the river. We are not sure of it. What if there is no way out in the river? And even if the way out exists, where is the precise location? I’m not good at swimming, so it is hard to say whether I can go through that river.”
Hearing this, Liu nodded, “Yes, you’re right… I also don’t believe that we can’t walk out of this place. We can make it. It is only a matter of time.”
Long laughed, “Right… well, let’s sleep. Don’t think too much. In addition, we are not fighting alone. I believe they will find us.”
“Are you so confident?” Liu frowned.
“Of course.” Long smiled, “They are my people, so I’m confident that they will find us. Even if they fail to find us, I believe that they will keep looking for us. There are countless companions making great efforts with us.”
Liu nodded, “Alright, you’re right… let’s just sleep…”