Chapter 43 A Night Talk (1/2)

“This is what the abbot of Longning Temple told me, I don’t know the details.” Zhu Xuan shook his head. “If this is the case, then the beast Chen was probably aware that I awoke and came back here to cause a mess. Then it is my responsibility to re-seal this beast and never let it run wild again.”

“You’re a poor thing.” Su Xiaoyun gave him a sympathetic look. “You were chased by the beast Chen 30 years ago. And after you woke up, you have to deal with it once again.”

Her words seemingly devastated Zhu Xuan, and he became even more frustrated.

“You said that you need to seal the hawk-beak beast, but, uh…” Shi Yitong said cautiously, “it beat you up pretty bad today.”

“I know,” Zhu Xuan said frustratedly. “Since I gave my vitality to Ye’s spirit, I’ve lost too much power. And now that the beast Chen is stronger than before. It is very difficult for me to protect myself, let alone to seal it.”

We were speechless as we looked at each other because what Zhu Xuan said was true. The beast got stronger day after day, but Bai Ze’s injury worsened as time went by. However, if we didn’t stop the beast Chen, the same tragedy which happened 30 years ago would repeat once again, and more innocent people would die.

Just when we were in dead silence, suddenly, a voice broke the silence in the room.

“So, do you want to have sweet corn porridge or sweet potato porridge? It’s the only thing we got in the kitchen, so I just cooked them all——” Yingchen walked inside the room, carrying a plate on his hand. He said embarrassedly when he noticed our gaze. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, it’s nothing.”

“Everything is fine. We’re fine.”

“Sweet corn porridge, please give me a bowl of that.”

Just like that, the day passed quietly. We didn’t talk to each other again after that conversation. And at around nine o’clock in the evening, we said goodnight to each other and went back to bed.

However, even in the middle of the night, I was still unable to sleep. As a result, I got up from bed and went to the rooftop on the third floor of the hostel.

Although Xu Yingchen’s hostel was not big, it had a very romantic rooftop. I stood by the fence on the rooftop. The cold wind at night blew up my hair, making me feel refreshed and comfortable.

There were no stars in the sky except for the light of the moon flickering through the thick clouds. It looked like it would rain tomorrow.

I took out the phone from my pocket. I leaned against the railings and aimlessly tapped the screen.

I couldn’t tell if I did it intentionally or not, but my finger finally stopped on Wen Jiubo’s name in the contact list.

Should I tell him about what happened today?

No matter how you looked it at, what happened on Mt.Diecui was far beyond what we could handle. If we couldn’t seal the beast Chen, the consequences would probably be disastrous…

Just as I was hesitating to call him, a clear voice came from behind.

“It may rain tomorrow. There are no stars in the sky tonight.”

I turned my head and saw Zhu Xuan standing behind me. He, wrapped in a blanket, was looking up at the cloudy sky.

I couldn’t help but smile. “In my hometown, it’s very rare for us to see the stars. But that is because of the air pollution.”

“Air pollution?” Zhu Xuan frowned, unfamiliar with this new term.

“Yeah, because our city is very large and people built many factories in the city center, these factories and cars on the streets emit sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, as well as some other waste gases. as a result, the atmosphere is polluted and the stars are covered by clouds made of these gas.” I looked at the sky and shrugged.

“Are you saying the sky is covered by humans?” Zhu Xuan was suspicious. He raised his eyebrow. “Really? Can humans really do that?”

I can’t help but smile. “Yeah, we can do much more things than you think.”

It seemed that Zhu Xuan was still thinking about how humans can cover the sky, so I quickly changed the topic. “Speaking of which, are you able to get out of bed now? The injuries on your body…”

“They’re already healed.” Zhu Xuan came near and untied the bandage wrapped around his arm. I then saw that those terrible wounds he had were already healed, leaving only his smooth skin. “I’m not as fragile as you humans.”

I breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. “That’s great. Thank god you healed far quicker than we thought, or else our guilt would have tortured us to death.”

Zhu Xuan laughed. “So why are you here? Can’t you sleep?”

I nodded and said hesitantly, “I… I don’t want to sleep, so I came here to have some fresh air.”