Who Xu Jiangshan

Chapter 8
The future is death, and the future is life and death.

"Let's go." Chuning and Xie Ziyu said at the same time.

The two looked at each other with a smile, walked into the long yellow sand, and walked towards the unpredictable future.

The weather in the desert was unpredictable. It was extremely hot during the day and extremely cold at night. The two walked in the desert for three days, their faces covered with dust, and they were in a panic.

That night, Chu Ning sat on the sofa, shook the kettle with only a little water left, licked his chapped lips, and asked, "Yisu, how long do you think we can last?"

"One day at most." Xie Ziyu pondered for a moment, then confessed.

Chuning was silent for a while, then stood up and said, "Then let's leave now."

"We've been walking for three days, the most important thing now is to rest." Xie Ziyu said, holding Chuning's hand, her hand was so cold that he was slightly startled, "Why are your hands so cold?"

Chuning withdrew his hand calmly, and said, "It's nothing, it's a bit cold at night." After a pause, he added, "You're right, we should take a good rest now and build up our strength so that we can go out."

After speaking, Chuning rested his head on the burden, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

In order to conserve their energy, the two of them rarely spoke in the past few days, Xie Ziyu didn't speak any more at this moment, and closed his eyes for a nap.

In the middle of the night, Xie Ziyu woke up suddenly and looked at Chuning, only to see that she shrank into a ball and kept shaking.

"A-Ning..." Xie Ziyu's voice was dry, and he called out softly. Seeing that Chuning didn't respond, he reached out to touch her. After touching her, he realized that she was actually covered with cold, and even her hair seemed to be knotted. A layer of frost.

"Ah Ning, wake up." Xie Ziyu held Chuning's shoulder and raised his voice.

Chuning opened his eyes unconsciously, and murmured: "It's okay, I'm fine, I'm sick..."

"Is there any medicine in the bag?" Xie Ziyu asked hastily.

"No, no..." Chu Ning shivered and fell asleep again.

Xie Ziyu frowned, and stretched out his hand to take her pulse. The pulse was weak and chaotic, and her wrist was icy cold, old problem?Is it a disease?Or poison?

Xie Ziyu embraced Chuning's icy body in his arms, put his hands on her back, and injected her with internal strength. After a while, her coldness dissipated a little, but it was still not enough to let her get rid of the cold.

"Cold, cold..." Chu Ning moaned unconsciously, her hands and feet were frozen stiff, her whole face was as white as snow, as if covered with a thin layer of ice, that kind of coldness seemed to be implanted in her body, She couldn't get rid of it, and wished she could just jump into the sea of ​​fire and let the fire burn the ice on her body.

In a daze, she felt that someone had unbuttoned her skirt, unbuttoned her clothes layer by layer, and then her body was pulled into a warm embrace. She was so cold that she felt hot when she touched the other person I couldn't help but press it tightly against my chest.

"It's so warm..." Chu Ning sighed, and stretched out his hand, looking for the source of the warmth.

This night was a difficult one for Chuning, as well as for Xie Ziyu, the chill on her body did not fade away until early morning.If he hadn't been using his internal force all the time, he might have been frozen into ice.

When the first ray of sunlight came over, Chuning's eyelashes moved slightly. She had been tossed all night and her mind was in chaos. Now that she woke up, her beautiful eyes were full of confusion.

She rarely had such a moment, she was always awake and alert, but this time, she was stunned for a long time, only to realize that it was Xie Ziyu's body that kept warming her.

The two of them had skin to skin, and their ears rubbed against each other.

Chuning was in a daze, unlike when he was in the valley, he would blush and get angry.At this time, a sense of sadness arose, and this sadness had nothing to do with Xie Ziyu, but that he had fallen into such a situation.

Deep in the desert, water and food are exhausted, cold and poisonous...

If it wasn't for him this night, would she have been frozen to death in this desert?

Xie Ziyu woke up quickly, as if aware of her emotional fluctuations, let go of her, sat up, brushed her slender fingers over her skin, and tied her belt, one by one, meticulously, for a long time, before asking Said: "How long have you been poisoned?"

Chu Ning sat up and shook his head: "I don't know, I had the first attack when I was nine years old, and then it happened once a year. In the past two years, it has become more frequent and the toxicity has become more severe..."

That New Year, when her father came back from the border gate, Chu Yan fell into the lake while playing in the garden. Chu Ning went to the lake to rescue her after seeing her, but after being rescued, Chu Yan pushed all the faults on Chu Ning. Ning couldn't argue with a hundred mouths.Her father locked her in the firewood room and made her think about her mistakes. At that time, her cold poison broke out and she almost froze to death.

At that time, she was lying on the cold floor of the woodshed with only thin clothes on her body. When she was almost unconscious from the cold, she heard the sound of firecrackers outside the woodshed and the laughter of the General’s Mansion. There's nothing wrong with it, she was superfluous in the General's Mansion from beginning to end.

"Then do you know what kind of poison it is?" Xie Ziyu frowned and asked.

"Rejuvenation." Chu Ning came back to his senses, and twitched the corners of his lips. What a wonderful name, how could it be Huichun?It is to freeze people alive!
This is a poison that even Yujin can't undo. Although Yujin has been helping her recuperate her body and trying to research the antidote for the past few years, she has failed every time.

That's why she left the imperial capital so neatly. If she couldn't find the ghost doctor, she would have to die.

"You went to North Vietnam to find an antidote?" Xie Ziyu asked after pondering for a while.

Chuning acquiesced.

"Let's go, we will find the antidote." Xie Ziyu stretched out his hand in front of her and said.

Chu Ning nodded, but just as she was about to get up, her body went limp again. She pulled the corners of her lips helplessly: "Every time I have an attack, I feel weak all over, and it takes a long time to recover."

"I'll carry you." Xie Ziyu looked at Chuning seriously.

Chuning hesitated for a moment, and finally fell on Xie Ziyu's back. She put her arms around his neck and asked softly, "Yisu, what will happen to you if we can't get out?"

"I have nothing to worry about in this world. It would be nice if I could die with you." Xie Ziyu thought for a while and said slowly.

"But I'm not reconciled. It's hard for me to get rid of everything and get freedom. I haven't enjoyed the beauty of this world, and I haven't loved anyone. I don't want to die." Chuning was silent for a while, and said softly.

"Then I won't let you die." Xie Ziyu said in a soft but solemn voice.

Chuning's heart trembled slightly, her eyes were slightly hot, but she didn't say a word. This was a rare moment of vulnerability for her. She closed her eyes and lay quietly on his back, enjoying the touch he gave her at this moment.

After walking for another day, there was still a long stretch of yellow sand in front of us, boundless, the water was gone, and the strength of the two of them was also depleted.

Chuning got off Xie Ziyu's back, and walked forward with him supporting each other.

Suddenly, the sky changed color, and a large piece of yellow sand covered the sky and covered the earth in the distance. Chuning and Xie Ziyu changed their colors at the same time. The speed of the yellow sand was too fast, and there was no way out for the two of them. Xie Ziyu suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged Chuning , shouting loudly in her ear: "Hold me tight!"

If they were separated at this time, it would be a dead end. Even if they were going to die, it would be better for two people to die together than one person.

Chuning naturally understood this truth, so he took the opportunity to tie the belts of the two together, and then stretched out his arms to hug Xie Ziyu tightly.

The yellow sand all over the sky brought great force, and Chuning and Xie Ziyu were thrown out. Chuning's eyes darkened and he passed out.

The body seemed to be falling apart, and the lips were so dry that the whole body was clamoring to drink water. A warm liquid suddenly poured into his mouth, and Chuning swallowed it subconsciously.

The smell was a bit strange, and there was a faint fishy smell lingering in his nose. Chuning opened his eyes suddenly, and saw Xie Ziyu putting his wrist by her mouth.What he gave her to drink turned out to be his own blood!

Chuning pushed him away suddenly, turned around and was about to vomit, but heard his hoarse voice slowly: "If you vomit, my blood will flow in vain."

Chuning's movements froze immediately, and she turned her head to look at him. At this moment, he was covered in yellow sand, ragged, and in a state of distress, with blood dripping from his wrists, and only his eyes were still a little clear.

She remembered the first time she met Tiangu, he was tall and tall, like a heavenly man, and he was decisive in killing, which was in stark contrast to the present. At that time, she never thought that this person who wanted to kill her several times would one day meet with him She was in adversity with life and death, and she never thought that at this moment, he would sacrifice his life for her and leave her the last chance of life.

She looked around, but her eyes were still full of yellow sand, without a trace of life.

"What day is this?" Her voice was dry and hoarse.

Xie Ziyu shook his head.

Chuning wiped the dust off her face, and suddenly smiled. She looked at Xie Ziyu, and said softly, "Let's not leave. It is fate that we can die together. On the road to Huangquan, we are not alone."

Xie Ziyu was startled, then smiled. He stretched out his hand to straighten Chuning's disheveled hair, with starlight in his phoenix eyes, he nodded with a smile, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)