The female disciples who had bad intentions towards me started fighting among themselves

She just waited and waited.

The cold night wind blew on her cheeks. Fortunately, her clothes were thick enough. The girl buried her face in her sleeves and waited quietly.

As she waited, she fell asleep.

After waking up, she continued to wait, and this cycle repeated itself until the young girl realized one reality:

She has no home.

The Mad Pope's eyebrows drooped slightly and she lowered her head. Although her past experiences made her uneasy now, she had experienced too much afterwards, and the past was nothing but dust that she could easily smile at.

She was relieved.

Already relieved...

Already, let it go...?

The Crazy Pope shook her head. She must have let it go because she met someone more important. Although they were not her parents, they were very kind to her.

So good that I can’t live without him.

Until I tasted the taste of leaving him, I felt like I had lost everything and became crazy.

How did you meet him in the first place?

The Mad Pope fell into his memories again.

......

......

The night is already deep.

The streets were so quiet that not even the sound of birds or insects could be heard.

Jingyan was walking on the once bustling street, holding a quilt.

He passed by every alley, strolling through them, looking for something.

"Do you think you can find it this way?"

Ji Qixue didn't believe that it would be so easy to find Wen Youqing. She rubbed her head and said, "If it doesn't work, just find a wall to bang your head against and start over. I told you that if you don't seize that opportunity, you don't know when the next one will be."

"Bump into the wall?" Jing Yan laughed dumbly: "Can this reopen?"

"Yeah, you can reopen it as long as you die."

Ji Qixue replied: "Let's go back to the starting point and start all over again, but this time you have to follow my orders and don't disobey me."

"Good good."

Jing Yan smiled bitterly and said, "If I really can't find it, I'll listen to you, but during this time, you should say less."

"Tch, boring."

Ji Qixue yelled, but finally shut up and watched Jing Yan strolling in one alley after another.

Until a certain corner.

Jingyan stopped.

Ji Qixue followed his gaze and saw that the alley was pitch black, without any light at all, as if the darkness had swallowed up the entire world.

She shrank her head and said, "It's so dark, let's not go. How could anyone hide in here, let alone a little girl? Which little girl is not afraid of the dark?"

But Jingyan just shook his head.

"found it."

"Ha, what do you mean? What do you mean by found?" Ji Qixue asked in confusion: "How did you know? Do you have any bond with the Mad Pope?"

"Do not."

Jingyan shook his head.

"It's just that Wen Youqing is most afraid of the dark."

"Afraid of the dark?"

"You're afraid of the dark, so why are you looking for something in this dark little box?"

"Because if you hide in the darkness, you will disappear."

Jing Yan was silent for a moment: "Maybe she is thinking that it would be better if she disappeared now."

"..."

Ji Qixue shut up in confusion, not quite understanding what Jing Yan was saying.

just.

Jing Yan did not continue to explain. He took a step forward and walked into the darkness.

Until the darkness completely engulfed his figure.

He came to Wen Youqing's side.

281. Do you want to die?

What was your master like when you first met him?

Nervous, alert, scared?

Still curious?

I am curious why such a good-looking person comes to me, what is his purpose, and what does he want to do?

The corners of the Mad Pope's mouth were pursed into an arc, and she seemed to be laughing because of some past events.

Although those memories were long gone, they were still so clear, so clear that she still remembered the first words her master said to her.

......

"Do you want to die?"

The man in front of me suddenly said these strange words.

Wen Youqing was awakened from her coma. She curled up her body nervously and moved a little closer to the darkness.

Perhaps only in darkness can Wen Youqing feel a sense of security.

However, his voice was so nice that Wen Youqing couldn't help but prick up her ears and continue listening.

After saying this, the man cleaned the dust next to him and sat down.

He asked again: "Do you want to die?"

This is not a threat.

Wen Youqing could feel that he was truly asking her for an answer.

You just need to give him a "yes" or "no" answer.

So, what is your answer?

What are you thinking about?

It was not until then that Wen Youqing began to think about this problem.

She curled up her body, and her originally clear voice became a little hoarse due to thirst.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because I want to die too." The man turned around, looked at her, and smiled, "Can you talk to me?"

Wen Youqing: “?”

She was a little confused, and for a moment, she forgot her miserable situation. The man in front of her was saying incomprehensible words. She could understand every word, but when they were put together, the young girl could not understand them.

Who is more miserable between them?

"Why do you want to die?"

Wen Youqing was silent for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out. Perhaps out of curiosity, she asked her second question.

"Because I was deceived by a bad woman."

There seemed to be many stories in the man's eyes. Even at this point, he was still smiling, but his smile was a little wasted.

"I used to be a monk, but because I listened to the bad woman, I lost all my cultivation. Now, I don't even know how to get home."

"?" Wen Youqing blinked, seeming to be very interested in the story of the man in front of her.

"really?"

she asked timidly.

"real."

The man sighed: "Even now, that woman's voice still appears in my mind every moment. I can only try my best to ignore it."

"......"

Wen Youqing glanced at the man in front of her, and carefully looked at his head, wanting to see if he was a fool.

Unconsciously, Wen Youqing was getting further and further away from the darkness. In order to see the man's face clearly, she even hoped that this place would not be so dark, and it would be better if there was a little more light.

"Pitiful."

"That's why I asked you."

The man said, "Have you ever thought about what the world after death is like?"

Wen Youqing shook his head. "It's probably a piece of pure land. Isn't there a hell in legend? There are large tracts of flowers growing on both sides of the Styx. A stone bridge called Naihe Bridge connects the two sides of the Styx. An old woman called Mengpo erases the memories of the deceased on the bridge."

The girl murmured, "It should be beautiful."

"No, that's not the case."

The man shook his head.

"In fact, there is nothing after death. You will not leave any trace of your existence in this world. Time cannot remember you, years cannot remember you, darkness cannot remember you, and even a speck of dust on the road will forget you."

He took a breath.

"The most terrifying thing is that you can't even remember yourself. Everything will lose its meaning. There will be no past, no future, and everything will be chaos."

Wen Youqing trembled a little when she heard this, and her voice shook with fear.

"You...what you said can't be true?"

"How old are you?"

The man asked her.

"Five and a half."

Wen Youqing replied.

"I'm almost thirty years old, so I've seen more and know more than you, so what I say is right."

Wen Youqing felt that what he said made sense, and her heart, which had originally calmed down, was suddenly gripped with tension - she was a little afraid of death.

"So, are you afraid of death?"

The man asked her.

"A little scared."

"So do you still want to die?"

The man asked again.

"..."

Wen Youqing didn't say anything, nor did he answer him.

Because she didn't know what her answer was.

After an unknown amount of time, the man still hadn't received Wen Youqing's answer. He suddenly clapped his hands and stood up from the ground.

"Well, I have a plan."

"what's the plan?"