Chapter 713: Chapter 713: Edge of Life and Death_1
Qin Sisi rested for a while in this brightly lit rectangular hall, feeling a bit of strength returning. Seizing the opportunity while the little devils were away, she once again used the Earth Escape Skill.
The result was still tragic, with her ending up in another dark circular hall.
Now Qin Sisi had completely given up on the idea of using the Earth Escape Skill to escape. She ignited a flame in her palm and proceeded through the tunnel on the far right. After passing through two closed caverns, she finally returned to the bright rectangular hall.
This time, Qin Sisi planned not to move any further - she simply sat down in the corner where she had rested earlier, closed her eyes and began to speculate on the various possibilities that could occur.
Maybe she really couldn’t get out. Even if the little devils no longer troubled her, she would sooner or later die from hunger or thirst.
What about Ye You? Would Ye You come to look for her?
She did not know what time it was now. Was midnight on the fifteenth of the seventh month approaching?
If Ye You could not find her by that time, would he leave alone?
Would she never see him again?
As Qin Sisi was lost in her chaotic thoughts, a ghostly breeze blew over. She immediately opened her eyes and saw the red-haired, pointed-eared little devils appearing in front of her again.
With the support of the wall, Qin Sissi stood up, slowly raised her arm to protect herself, her hand tightly gripping the black Divine Dog’s Fury.
Seeing Qin Sisi still looking extremely worn out, the leader of the little devils sneered and took out the Soul-Attracting Bell, swinging it about.
"Ding Ling Ling... Ding Ling Ling..."
The sound of the bell, usually crisp and pleasant to the ear, was now extremely irritating to Qin Sisi. Fighting off dizziness, she lifted up the Divine Dog’s Fury and swung it out.
However, due to her lack of strength, it was easily dodged by the little devils. The soul-enticing sound of the bell became even more hurried.
Qin Sisi’s vision started to blur, scenes of the underworld slowly appeared before her eyes: the desolate path of the underworld, Nostalgic Terrace looking back at her hometown, and the bustling and dangerous Evil Dog Ridge and Golden Rooster Mountain...
In the end, all that remained before her were the two lanterns floating at the entrance of Fengdu City’s Inner city, one bright, one dim. They seemed to be telling the mystery of life: life followed by death, death followed by life, and the anguish of death, and what joy in life...
Qin Sisi’s vitality was slowly ebbing away. A cold smile appeared on the face of the little devil’s leader, who was shaking the Soul-Attracting Bell with even more effort.
At this moment, a deep, hoarse, androgynous voice echoed from behind them: "Shut up!"
The leader of the little devils paused, and with the other little devils, turned his head to look back. The sound of the bell slightly subsided.
Qin Sisis’s vision briefly returned to normal, and she also looked up in that direction.
The coffin in the center of the hall had opened a crack at some point, and only darkness could be seen inside.
"Who’s speaking? Human or ghost? Show yourself!" The leader of the little devils, his impending mission disrupted, raged at the coffin in annoyance.
There was no answer – the hall suddenly became very quiet, quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
Suddenly, a burst of black smoke erupted from the coffin. The black smoke, like a giant hand, reached straight out and grabbed the leader of the little devils.
The leader of the little devils didn’t even get a chance to scream before being pulled into the coffin, which then closed shut, leaving no trace of sound behind.
The hall fell quiet once again. The remaining little devils looked at each other, then at the coffin, and then at Qin Sis holding the Divine Dog’s Fury. Not knowing what to do, one of them suddenly shouted "Run!", and they all scattered at once.
Qin Sisi, leaning against the wall, anxiously stared at the eerie coffin. The unknown was always the most terrifying, she didn’t know what was inside the coffin, or whether it would appear again and take her away just like it took the leader of the little devils.
It felt like a long time had passed, and the eerie coffin showed no signs of movement. It was as if the terrifying scene just now had nothing to do with it.
Her legs were starting to go numb, and Qin Sisi, out of strength, sat down on the floor.
It doesn’t matter anymore, she wasn’t able to escape anyway. No matter what she encountered, there was nothing to be afraid of anymore.
She finally laid down on the cold, hard floor, her heart filled with unprecedented despair.
Master Hong Bo had said that she wouldn’t live past the age of thirty.
If she ever saw Master Hong Bo again, she would definitely tell him: "Your prediction was very accurate."
When her overwhelming fatigue became unbearable, Qin Sisi used the last bit of her strength to feed herself a bit of water using the Silent Drizzle Magic Skill, then closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
When she woke up next, it was due to hunger.
The growling sensation of hunger was aggressively reminding her that if she didn’t get to eat something soon, she would die.
Qin Sisi wanted to prop herself up using the wall beside her, but found that she had completely lost her strength.
Lying on the ground, looking at the Luminous Pearl at the top of the candlestick not far away, she saw Ye You’s image appearing in its silvery light. Sometimes he appeared as the small black cat, and sometimes as a handsome young man similar to a clear sky after the rain.
"Am I dying?" Qin Sisi’s mouth moved slightly in a silent murmur, "I heard that hallucinations appear when you’re dying. Xiao Hei, Ye You, will I never see you again? Will you remember me?"
Two tears gently fell from the corners of her eyes, and Qin Sisi slowly closed her eyes, constantly calling out Ye You’s name in her heart.
If she couldn’t be with him, she would remember his name. Remember it clearly, and a little more deeply.
Her consciousness was becoming more and more chaotic. Just before all her senses faded away, Qin Sisi seemed to hear a desperate call: "Sisi, Sisi, how are you?"
Was it another hallucination?
Qin Sisi used all her strength to try and open her eyes, but her eyelids felt as heavy as a thousand pounds and just wouldn’t open.
After putting all her effort into it, she finally ran out of strength and fell unconscious completely.
She wasn’t sure how much time had passed when she felt her body lying on what seemed like a pile of soft cotton. The warmth enveloping her was very comfortable. It felt like being bathed in the gentle spring sunlight, so warm it tingled.
Was this what dying felt like? It didn’t seem like it.
The strength that had completely drained away seemed to flow back into her body like a river in springtime. Qin Sisi finally managed to slowly open her eyes.
What greeted her sight was Ye You’s small, black figure. He was raising his paw, forming a light green glow that enveloped Qin Sisi’s entire body.
"Xiao Hei..." Qin Sisi weakly moved her lips, calling out in disbelief, afraid that everything in front of her was just another hallucination.
Hearing Qin Sisi’s call, Ye You’s eyes changed. He immediately put down his claw, jumped to Qin Sisi’s side, lowered his head to gaze into her eyes, and softly replied: "It’s me, I’ve come."
