In the desolate Sin Snatching Territory, Tang Xian and his party were like a few travelers lost in the desert.
Tang Xian roughly estimated that this barren land already approached one third of the area of the northern continent. Of course, whether it would grow larger was yet unknown.
They walked for a very long ti and still never seed to reach the end. During that ti, they eventually could no longer find food or water, so, out of necessity, Yuan Wu brought water and food from Baichuan City.
Tang Xian didn't like this, originally thinking that they could hunt enough ga along the way. He hadn't expected that such a desolate place could exist in the world.
As they ventured deeper, he increasingly felt that sothing was off.
During a certain part of their journey, Tang Xian felt the presence of a creature approaching, and he truly slled its scent in the air.
But quickly, the scent completely disappeared.
Everything was like an illusion.
By now, they had been traveling through the Sin Snatching Territory for twenty-six days, and Tang Xian, along with Bai Mansheng and others, sat by the campfire. They no longer traveled all night but instead slowly savored their food to replenish their strength.
"This place is just like the Netherworld," Bai Mansheng said.
"I accompanied you to the land of the dead, happy now? This can also be considered a brush with life and death," Tang Xian said with a smile.
Bai Mansheng didn't really understand Li Xiaoyu and Tang Xian.
When it ca to Tang Xian, she couldn't quite grasp or see through what he was thinking.
Sotis Tang Xian could be quite rascally, and other tis he was calm like a machine.
"If I really had to go through life and death with a man, I would also hope that man is you."
Suddenly, Bai Mansheng uttered a phrase that caught Tang Xian a bit off guard.
Tang Xian reached out his hand and touched Bai Mansheng's forehead, an action he would never have dared to do before. After all, in the past, a mont's carelessness with Bai Mansheng or Qing JiuYu could have ant his death.
"Feeling confused?"
Bai Mansheng gently moved Tang Xian's hand away and said,
"We've known each other for a while now, Tang Xian. Xu Xian may be fake, but I've always been willing to believe that there's such a persona inside you."
Tang Xian's mood abruptly soured.
It was unrelated to the atmosphere; rather, according to Tang Xian's intuition from many stories, won usually encounter bad things when they start talking about feelings.
That's why he seldom discussed these matters with Li Xiaoyu.
"That was fake, just a way of speaking about intellect and emotions. Xu Xian doesn't exist. I have always been Tang Xian. But indeed, I have gone through so things and changed."
"If only I were truly human," Bai Mansheng suddenly said.
"You're acting really strange today."
"Perhaps the long journey has tired out," she said.
Perhaps when one is in a desolate world, the sense of one's own insignificance can evoke a feeling of loneliness. Thinking this, Tang Xian said,
"You've always been human in my eyes."
"But in your eyes, there will always be a difference between beasts and humans. How many beasts have you killed, and how many humans?"
Tang Xian really couldn't answer this question because the numbers were too high to count.
Bai Mansheng's tone wasn't accusatory, just a bit helpless.
"This world has existed for a long ti; humans only stepped foot here a few hundred years ago. Sotis I think that maybe long before you, there were humans who joined the company of beasts, beca friends, and even attained high statuses."
"That's an interesting assertion," Tang Xian said, pausing for a mont.
"Are you saying that it's quite possible that sowhere in this world, there are still humans living? Maybe they even have so kind of decision-making power in this world?"
"I… I don't know," Bai Mansheng replied.
Bai Mansheng didn't want to discuss this topic with Tang Xian.
She had been away from her people for a long ti and had been adrift in this barren land for over twenty days. Everyone has monts of loneliness, and if there's soone reliable by their side, it's particularly easy to develop a sense of dependency.
But when Bai Mansheng pondered her relationship with Tang Xian, she found it sowhat unclear.
"Tang Xian, if danger cos, I will protect you," she said.
Tang Xian was sowhat unable to follow Bai Mansheng's train of thought.
On the desolate land, Tang Xiaojiu, Yuan Wu, and Tang were a small group. Bai Mansheng could only talk with Tang Xian.
In a sense, this was also a kind of isolated pairing.
Loneliness easily leads to lancholy, and once lancholic, many thoughts arise.
For example, the long journey following Tang Xian across the sea to the south, then again a long way with Tang Xian to the north.
Along the way, they had witnessed weddings among humans and experienced countless battles in the world of beasts.
Deep down, Bai Mansheng believed in romance. She had followed this man for so long, which was strange when she thought about it. Whatever he asked her to do, she did.
Even though each task seed like an exchange of benefits, she could have refused them, in reality.
So what did she really an to Tang Xian, in his heart?
Tang Xian noticed the changes in Bai Mansheng's eyes, which carried a hint of self-pity and self-mockery, and he suddenly felt a bit panic-stricken.
Thinking about Bai Mansheng's words "I will protect you," made him even more anxious, but outwardly, Tang Xian remained as calm as ever.
"If we do encounter trouble, I will protect you too," he said.
"That would truly be sharing life and death together, which is good," Bai Mansheng said in a low voice.
At that mont, in the bleak world, a light rain began to fall.
The cold rain of winter ca intermittently, chilling to the bone as it landed on the neck.
Tang Xian then urged Tang Xiaojiu and the others to go inside the tent.
The rustling sound of rain ca through, dense and unrelenting.
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