Cao Xi held the jade, and suddenly in her heart she wanted to unclasp it. It was as if this jade had been with her a long, long time ago, and then accompanied her for a long, long time.
With a sigh, Cao Xi finally held back her movements. No matter what was going on with this jade, no matter whether Di Jiu was alive or dead, this jade would stay on Di Jiu forever.
She untied the gauze from her face and wiped the blood from this jade, before carefully pressing the jade to Di Jiu’s chest.
She didn’t know anything about medicine, and there was nothing she could do for Di Jiu to be so badly injured. Perhaps the only thing she could do was to keep Di Jiu from dying in the mouth of the ferocious beasts in the Heavenly Desolate Zone.
Di Jiu’s consciousness was always in a muddled state, and occasionally when he was awake, he would think that he was about to die.
But he always felt that he was different from others, and he even subconsciously began to cultivate. Once he had heard of other people cultivating, but they all meditated and then absorbed the heaven and earth energy and then worked with the heaven and earth treasures.
Whereas it seemed that all he had to do to cultivate was to form his intention. His intention formed a circumference in his mind and ran, and he seemed to start absorbing some Yuan Qi as well, which then coalesced and began to strengthen his dull soul.
Initially, when Di Jiu was occasionally conscious, he thought that this was a return to light, or that he had been searching for a way to cultivate himself. But as time pa*sed, after Di Jiu felt that his life seemed to flourish a little more with each pa*sing week, he vaguely felt that this did not seem to be a return to light, and that he could really seem to agree to the operation of his thoughts to begin cultivation.
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After resting for some time, Cao Xie continued to carry Di Jiu on her back to look for Da Mao and the others. In the Heavenly Desolate Area, she could not find Da Mao and the others, and carrying Di Jiu alone, a dying man, would be seeking death.
The Heavenly Wasteland was boundless, and when Cao Xie escaped once again from the mouth of a horned leopard, she knew that she did not have to go looking for Da Mao and the others. At this moment, she was still not sure how far away from Da Mao and the others, and even more so, she did not have any direction.
Looking at Di Jiu behind her, Cao Xie muttered, “Perhaps the heavens have destined for us to die together, in that case, let’s follow our luck.”
Cao Xie had originally planned to come to the Heavenly Desolate Area with Da Mao and the others to search for chance, but now that she was carrying Di Jiu on her back, she was obviously no longer able to go searching for chance.
Di Jiu’s vitality was extremely strong, and after half a month of being carried on her back, she hadn’t eaten anything apart from feeding some water occasionally, and was still hanging on for dear life.
If Di Jiu had died, Cao Xi might still have found a place for Di Jiu to be buried. Now that Di Jiu was still alive, even if she met something even more dangerous, Cao Xie would not leave Di Jiu alone. Since she couldn’t leave Di Jiu behind, there would be no way to talk about her search for the opportunity.
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“Da Mao, Xiao An Hou, I’m afraid that Sister Cao won’t come back.” Cui Yuehe sounded a little choked up, if Cao Xie hadn’t taken her with her, I’m afraid she wouldn’t be alive today.
Da Mao let out a long sigh, “Sister Cao and Ah Jiu were both best friends, I just hate that it wasn’t me who replaced them.”
Xiao An Hou was most ashamed, if it wasn’t for him, I’m afraid Di Jiu wouldn’t have fallen behind. If Di Jiu had not been left behind, Sister Cao Xi would not have gone back to look for them, so much so that she did not come back.
In the end it was Da Mao who made up his mind, “Let’s go, this is not a place to stay for long, staying in this place any longer will not do us any good.”
Xiao Anhou and Cui Yuehe had just responded when they heard a muffled boom come from behind a few people.
“Someone?” The three of them looked at each other and quickly hurriedly ducked to the side. There were stone walls behind them, how could there be a booming sound?
After another moment, a booming sound came from the depths of the stone wall behind them again, as if something else had fallen into the water.
“This back here is empty.” Xiao Anhou was the first to understand, and he looked at Da Mao and Cui Yuehe excitedly and said.
Da Mao and Cui Yuehe both nodded, their eyes full of excitement and unspeakable.
What were they doing in the Heavenly Desolate Region? Wasn’t it just to look for opportunities? Many of the destinies in the Heavenly Desolate Area were similar to what they had heard and guessed, could it be that they had really met a destiny?
“Let’s go later, we’ll dig this place up first.” Da Mao immediately made a decision.
Without hesitation, the three of them grabbed out their digging tools and started digging the stone wall behind them. After the trio had dug for just most of the day, there was a click, as if a hole had been opened and a spacious area appeared in front of the trio.
“It’s really through.” Cui Yuehe also got excited, this meant that they had most likely found the chance of the Heavenly Desolate Area.
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When Di Jiu woke up, he was lying on a huge stone block. Lying beside him was none other than Cao Xi, who was still holding a broken cup with some water inside. The mouth of the cup was only a little distance from his mouth, so it was clear that Cao Xi had been feeding him water earlier.
Cao Xi’s clothes were uncovered, so he must have had a very difficult time. Di Jiu’s eyes looked outside for a moment and guessed what was going on.
He had stayed behind to block the sharp-toothed wolf, and although he had chased it away, he was also seriously injured and ended up collapsing on the side of the road. It should have been Cao Xie who had not given up on him and saved him when she turned back to look for him.
“Sister Cao, thank you.” Di Jiu was sure that if it wasn’t for Cao Xie, he was afraid that he had become food in the mouth of the ferocious beasts.
He carefully helped Cao Xie up, and then he was stunned by Cao Xie’s appearance. Before he could only feel that Cao Xie’s eyes were beautiful, but now that Cao Xie had removed her veil, he knew what true beauty was.
Picking up the gla*s of water in his hand, he sent some water to Cao Xie’s mouth. Cao Xie swallowed a mouthful of water and also opened her eyes.
Seeing herself lying in Di Jiu’s arms, she seemed relieved and said with a self-deprecating smile, “Earlier I had been thinking that when you died, I would bury you here and keep you company for three days, and then after three days, I would go to the depths of the Heavenly Desolation. I thought I would die here sooner or later, but I was just always a bit reluctant in my heart when I came here and didn’t go to the Heavenly Wasteland area to look for it. It really didn’t occur to me that you survived while I was going to die.”
Di Jiu gently helped Cao Xie smooth her hair to the side and said softly, “Sister Cao, I’ve always lived in a small mountain village, and I don’t know much about many things. But I know very well that without Sister Cao, I am afraid I would have died long ago. Don’t worry, Sister Cao, as long as I wake up, we will be fine.”
Cao Xie smiled faintly, “It’s useless, I’m poisoned, this poison of mine can’t even be saved by the Heavenly Desolate Martial Hospital, you don’t need to care about me. I was born an orphan, one more day of life is a day earned. I should be grateful to the heavens that I have you by my side when I am dying, so that I am not so lonely. Ah Jiu, may I ask you a question?”
Di Jiu lifted Cao Xie up a little further, so that she could lean on her body as much as possible, and said in a soft voice, “Sister Cao, ask away, as long as I know, I will answer you. Also, you don’t have to worry about the poisoning, then I know that too.”
Cao Xi pointed to the piece of jade on Di Jiu’s chest, “Ah Jiu, can you tell me where this piece of jade came from?”
Di Jiu took the jade off his neck and held it in his hand, “When my righteous father found me, this jade was hanging on my body, and I don’t know where it came from. Sister Cao, do you like this jade?”
“Mm.” Cao Xie gave a soft mellow, “This jade is like another part of my life in general, I even have a feeling that I am here because of this piece of jade of yours. I know, it’s just me, or I like this jade too much ……”
Di Jiu gently hung the jade in his hand around Cao Xie’s neck and said softly, “Since you like it, this jade is for you.”
“Ah ……” Cao Xi’s slightly pale face suddenly flushed as she looked up at Di Jiu, “In my hometown, hanging jade around a woman’s neck means to propose… …”