The Spirit World

Chapter 4: Winter of Talon and the Messenger of Light and Darkness

"Long Feather Maple"

A gentle female voice called his name.

"who are you?"

Yu Feng stood in the darkness, at a loss as a green wind passed by him, leaving behind a whistling sound.

His five senses could not perceive anything in the darkness, and only the gentle breeze made Chang Yufeng's eyes bright.

He had no choice. He was afraid of the endless darkness. His heart was terrified by everything he saw - there was nothing but darkness, and only a gust of green wind flying forward as if guiding him. He had to seize this opportunity to leave such loneliness and darkness.

He started running towards the direction of Green Wind, but the road seemed to have no end.

He followed the green wind closely, stumbling and panting. He raised his legs tiredly, unable to stop chasing. He was afraid that if he stopped, the green wind might disappear, and then he would have nothing to guide him to leave here.

He was sweating profusely. The road became wider and wider under the green beam of light. The white light spots became larger and larger, forming a huge aperture. That was the end of the road. Hope was right in front of him. He ran wildly again as if he had no fatigue.

The end of the road was right in front of him, and behind the aperture was the exit. The green light flew in as if completing a mission, and Yu Feng stopped at the exit, gasping for breath. He was the only one left in this empty darkness.

Chang Yufeng slowly raised his head and put one hand into the circle of light. Suddenly, the darkness around him was illuminated. The dazzling light blinded his eyes. He used his hand to block it, but it was of no avail.

He could vaguely see an adult woman in front of him wearing gorgeous green clothes. She was smiling and looking at him quietly. After a while, he could see a beautiful woman in front of him. She was elegant and dignified, with a lovely smile.

Her green dress fluttered in the wind, and she held a long wooden wand with a beautiful pattern of green dots in her right hand. She stood there quietly, smiling at him. But he could not see her face clearly, as if the light had intentionally blocked it, but Chang Yufeng knew that she was absolutely as beautiful as a fairy.

"Where is this place?" Chang Yufeng asked first: "What happened just now?"

"This is your dream, child," she answered gently, her voice soft and beautiful, like a song.

She didn't answer him. Like she didn't hear him.

"Why am I here and why are you here?" Yu Feng continued to ask.

"I'm here to greet you, and as for you, it's a long story." She turned around, and a golden road appeared. She walked slowly on the road. Chang Yufeng followed her, walking on her right side. The green light on her staff was full and rotating rhythmically.

"You came to this dream because of a jade pendant, which is the symbol of the Eastern magician."

"Jade pendant? Eastern magician?"

"Yes, it's on you. Eastern magicians are also called practitioners."

Chang Yufeng felt his whole body and really found a green jade pendant. He was fascinated by it because there was a word "Ning" and a majestic blue dragon engraved on the jade pendant.

"This is what your parents left you. It is also your certificate for entering the spirit world. It is also proof of your identity."

"My... parents? The spiritual world?" Chang Yufeng's heart was shocked. Goose bumps appeared on his back and all over his body. He felt like he was struck by lightning and couldn't move.

"You've got to be kidding me, this is just a dream right? I have these dreams all the time, but..."

This time is very different.

His childish voice suddenly became loud and impatient. He found it hard to believe what was said because he had been abandoned by his parents for so long and he had never heard any news about them from the vice-president's grandmother. This jade pendant also appeared out of thin air. He was unwilling to believe it. He had suffered for so many years and it would have been better to tell him that he had no father or mother. The current situation made him feel painful but also a little indescribable joy.

"These are your parents..." The woman ignored his shouting and waved her staff. A pair of wall figures in gorgeous clothes were snuggling up to him and looking at him, smiling quietly.

The man occasionally stroked his wife's hair and leaned her against his arms lovingly. The woman gracefully placed her hand on his and leaned on his shoulder with peace of mind. This pair of lovers, who were undoubtedly the envy of everyone, had an inexplicable affinity, as if they were really Chang Yufeng's parents.

Chang Yufeng's eyes were inexplicably moist, as if by magic. He even began to be certain that they were his parents. He could no longer move, speak, or even breathe.

The woman looked at him with bright eyes, and shook her head gently as she saw his emotion. She said, "The end of this road is the spirit world, and they are there."

As he spoke, he waved his staff lightly again and wiped out the images of the two people on the wall.

"Do you want to go find them?" she asked calmly, like she knew the answer.

She lowered her head and looked at Yu Feng who was secretly wiping his eyes, her emerald eyes slightly shining. Her magic amazed the little boy, just like a dream.

"But, this is just a dream, right? I've been having dreams a lot lately, although they're all bad dreams."

Chang Yufeng suddenly smiled and said this, tears were still in the corners of his eyes, he smiled happily, he even had a rosy dimple, he was really happy, although he didn't know who his parents were, but looking at their loving appearance they definitely didn't look like the kind of people who would abandon him.

Maybe they have difficulties, like Ah Pang in the next bed. His parents were in prison for committing crimes and couldn't take care of him, so he was sent here. His parents will come to pick him up when they are released from prison.

When Ah Pang told him this, Yu Feng also tried to think that his parents must be in trouble as well. Maybe they didn't want him to suffer because of the crime, or maybe they committed a more serious crime and forced them to flee to the ends of the earth, leaving their beloved son in this humble orphanage.

At that time, Chang Yufeng suddenly felt that he had grown up. He was very proud. He should not make his parents worry anymore. He never cried for his parents. He had thought about what his parents looked like before, but now he was not very sad because the poor little ones always cried their hearts out because they were looking for their mothers.

He despises them. How can parents not want their own children?
Even Ah Pang's parents had to take him back when he committed a crime. Your parents, including my parents, may have encountered such a situation. They would always come to take us back! What is there to cry about?
This dream allowed him to see his parents, but he was not sure whether they were his parents.

Because he hadn't seen them either, but when you have spent nine years under the care of others and have never seen your own parents, and one day a stranger points to a loving couple and says with certainty that these are your parents, how can your heart not be moved?

Even the most hurt heart still has a little stubbornness.

"Although this is a dream, I still want to thank you." He continued, "I don't know how to address you yet. Although this is a dream, I still hope to know your name. And then thank you. After all, none of this is real."

His mischievous behavior in real life seemed to disappear in an instant, and he politely said these words that he would not have said before.

Ever since the day Lin'er entered the hospital, he had been aching in his heart. Guilt and apology gave him nightmares. The red eyes of the deputy director made him feel even heavier.

He clearly realized that he was wrong, but he had no way to apologize and nowhere to apologize every day that passed.

But this is in a dream. His mischief should not be associated with mischief. He can play with other poor little ones, just like Lin'er.

This was his reflection, but the poor little creatures avoided him. He seemed humble but had some energy, because he knew that it takes a huge effort to move a person, just like the policeman from the security department moved the nurse.

Chang Yufeng couldn't see her face clearly, even if he had gotten closer to her on the road just now, but he knew she was smiling at the moment because he clearly heard some laughter.

"It doesn't matter who I am." She said with a smile: "What matters is that your parents are there, are you willing to find them?"

"This road will only be opened for you once. If you don't want it, you will return to reality and it will be as if nothing had ever happened, including our conversation."

She gently tapped the obvious road on the ground with her staff, and a golden door appeared not far away. His "parents" looked back and walked in reluctantly.

The woman held her staff still, staring at him quietly, waiting for his answer. She was not as eager to answer his question as before, but seemed to be talking to herself.

"I don't understand why you want me to find them. I don't know them at all. Even if you say these are my parents, but..."

Chang Yufeng was a little dazed. He shouldn't be nostalgic about them anymore. Perhaps he didn't want to, because they had been missing for so long and he was afraid to see them.

But at this moment... he wanted to hug them so much, even though they hadn't known each other for nine years and even though he didn't know if his parents were really still alive.

A small flame of hope burned in his heart...

"I..." Chang Yufeng spoke with difficulty, his mind was in a panic! If he said yes, could he really see his parents?
What kind of difficulties will be waiting for him after that? Everything is unknown. What should he do?
What if it's all a lie?
What if you don't want everything to go back to the way it was?

Return to the reality of being ridiculed for no reason?

Return to a life of malicious bullying?

Go back to that poor orphanage where I have hurt so many little ones?
As he was thinking, a little girl's smile suddenly flashed through his mind. Her sweet smile made him stunned again...

"Lin'er..."

Chang Yufeng was unable to answer. He gritted his teeth, hoping that the dream would pass quickly. It would be great if this dream could end like the last few nightmares. What would it matter whether he agreed or not?

"I...actually...can I really find my parents there?" He didn't know that he was shouting so loudly, it was as if he shouted unconsciously. After all, he could not defeat loneliness. He could not give up this opportunity. Perhaps this was the only chance for him to change his destiny.

Perhaps this was fate. He thought about how different his fate was from Lin'er's. Lin'er would have adoptive parents to take her away from the orphanage.

She is cute, kind, obedient and well-behaved, but who would dare to adopt a naughty child like him? Lin'er's life should get better. I will find my parents myself.

"They are at the end of the road, go quickly." The woman smiled with relief, and she reminded him, "This jade pendant will guide you to find them."

After saying this, she turned into a green wind and disappeared without a trace, as if her appearance was only to tell Chang Yufeng a fact: his parents were in a distant world, waiting for his arrival.

After a while, Chang Yufeng saw the road he came from gradually receding, and darkness was rushing towards him, and the darkness was chasing him again.

Do you really want to go look for it? The feeling of being swallowed by darkness in the dream aroused Chang Yufeng's timidity. He never wanted to come into the darkness of dreams again!

The golden road also began to disappear gradually. Without time to think, Yu Feng started running. The ancient patterns on the golden halo rotated and emitted a strange light.

Yu Feng stepped in, and his body suddenly felt like it was being crushed by a huge pressure. His head also started to ache badly, and his ears were buzzing.

He felt groggy and soon fell asleep, falling into the aperture.

His body gradually shrank, turned into a golden light, and then disappeared without a trace.

I'm sorry, my child. A gentle voice said with a hint of apology, without any cause or consequence.

【Talon】

"boom!"

The loud noise woke Chang Yufeng up!
"Snapped!"

There was another loud bang, and in an instant the surrounding rubble flew everywhere, and fragments of broken walls splashed everywhere!
Chang Yufeng was awakened by a startled gust of cold wind. He startled and looked around. The white snow covered the broken objects all around him. There were still rubble and broken wood flying everywhere!

But he couldn't move. A person with white rabbit ears was holding him and running. Blood was slowly flowing down the "rabbit man's" arm. All around him were miserable, destroyed buildings?

"what……"

What's going on? He wants to speak but nothing comes out!

It was as if someone was strangling him, making him unable to speak.

Chang Yufeng's horrified look startled the rabbit-eared man. He said gently, "Don't be afraid. I will definitely take you to a safe place..."

what?
Chang Yufeng was in a state of confusion and was at a loss for a moment. The rabbit-eared man was running with him in his arms, and snow was flying all over his face along the way.

"Ishar!" The rabbit man spoke, "I will lead this elk away, and you go to the end of the magic spring, where there is magical energy to repair the scepter of [Asar]! Once the scepter is repaired, leave here quickly!"

After saying that, the rabbit-eared man jumped out in one leap and walked on the spring-like water stream floating in the air.

Behind him was a female runner with a white ponytail. She was holding a scepter and her arms were wrapped in white cloth. Blood seeped through the cloth, soaking half of it red. She was looking straight ahead, and the tooth necklace on her chest was jingling.

She must be Ishaar.

Chang Yufeng couldn't move, he could only watch. He had observed his surroundings and found that everything was bigger than him. He was just a baby now, being held in the arms of the rabbit-eared man, unable to do anything.

"Where are you going?" Ishar shouted, as Dada had already jumped onto the floating spring.

"I'm going to Bailing Mountain, where my hometown is." He looked at Chang Yufeng who was like a baby in his arms, and said in his most determined voice, "In order to fulfill the master's last wish, I must go there!"

He jumped over the spring water easily.

He condensed a huge blue magic arrow in his hand and shot it at the giant Ezhang that was chasing Ishar. It was already covered in blood and scars. The magic bullet could cut its thick skin, but it could not kill it. It completely ignored the pain and swung its eight tentacles at the two of them more violently.

Yishaer gritted his teeth and jumped towards the spring, while behind Ezhang were several huge beasts! They were extremely ferocious, with their fangs and claws bared. They wreaked havoc around them and chased after the two of them.

Dada and Yishaer separated, and the two groups of ferocious beasts also dispersed. They chased the two people, but kept their distance so as not to be killed by the magic bullets. These cunning beasts hid behind E Zhang who had chased them all the way, and stared at the two people who were walking briskly on the ice with greedy eyes.

Outside [Talon], a beam of golden light and a beam of black light were entangled in the air.

They flew through the wind and snow, and collided in the air, making a huge "beng" sound.

Ning Ji's face was flushed red as golden sword energy burst out and gathered around him, flowing slowly. The blood at the corners of his mouth slowly dripped and was evaporated by the sword energy, leaving no trace.

The black-robed man who was hostile to him showed a sinister smile. His black sword energy was like a steel knife that wanted to cut off Ning Ji's sword energy. His sword pressed against Ning Ji's sword, rubbing in the air, making a loud noise. He suppressed Ning Ji but could not attack again.

The black-robed man's evil smile made Ning Ji's heart tremble three points. He had recognized him.

[Ning Qing!
Hahahaha! Ning Ji, prepare to die! 】

Just when Ning Ji relaxed, the black sword of the black-robed man [Ning Qing] burst out with strange magic patterns, which instantly suppressed Ning Ji's golden sword energy.

【Boom——】

There was a crisp sound of a sword falling on the ice, and the sword was surrounded by a wave of golden light that spread out in all directions, then gradually weakened until it disappeared.

Dada, who was still jumping on the dragon-shaped spring, suddenly froze. In the distance, the master's breath began to weaken.

He couldn't believe it, tears welled up in his eyes, he looked at the baby in his arms and walked away from Taron without looking back.

"Ning Ji, my spiritual power has long surpassed yours. I should have been the one to look after the Demon Sealing Well. You actually let those damn rubbish gods look after them for so many years!"

Ning Qing took off his black robe, revealing his naked body with all his blood vessels exposed. His hideous blood vessels were beating horribly, and the mark of the devil could never be erased from his body.

"Do you know how I have been through these years? I have been eating raw meat and drinking blood with the Iron Ghosts of the Ghost Clan, and I can only survive in the darkness every day. Do you know how much suffering and pain I have suffered?"

He shouted wildly, gasping for breath, and then laughed excitedly: "Hahahaha! Now, I'm going to destroy the Demon Sealing Well and let the demons return to the world! You can't stop me anymore! Ning! Ji!"

The blood in Ning Qing's arm, which was exposed on the ice field, surged. The sword energy emanating from the black sword in his hand was turbid and filthy, and the darkness was intertwined, swallowing up the surrounding air. He strode towards Ning Qing, as if diving in the air.

The huge energy creates intense friction with the air, making a crackling sound!

"Hahahahahahahahaha, Ning Qing, you still don't understand..."

Ning Ji fell into a lake that was formed by the ice caused by the fight just now. The ice was still melting into water due to the intense magical energy. Ning Ji, who was standing in the middle with his back hunched due to severe pain, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He raised his hand and drew the sword. The sword in the distance clanged on the ice and then rubbed against his hand. The golden aura slowly returned to the sword, his body, and a plum blossom lightly dotted his forehead between his eyebrows.

With golden pupils shining, Ning Ji stood sideways, raised his sword, stepped forward, and flew towards Ning Qing diagonally.

Two beams of light, one gold and one black, collided with each other, splashing with transformed light spots. Heat began to rise from the two men, and the two swords, one gold and one black, cut each other.

There were violent explosions in the sky, and the white mist covered the two people. [Bang!] A violent explosion was heard, and all the beasts trembled and scattered. Yishaer also stopped in a hurry. In that direction, the dazzling aurora illuminated the white mist that was already dispersing.

Ishar seemed to have known something and jumped off the terminal of the dragon-shaped magic spring.

The bursts of white light in the sky, together with the colorful auroras, make the night sky of Talon look like a fairyland.

If you want to know where is the most beautiful place, go to Talon. There are the most beautiful aurora, some unique and cute Slowpokes, a legend of a bunny man and a guardian, and a unique magical spring... There are many more that I haven't told you...

Tevar arrived a step too late. He stood on the ruins of Talon. The red walls, gray rubble and falling snow once again embellished the lost legend.

He stood there, everything around him was so quiet, except for the dragon-shaped magic spring, there was only new water flowing into a quiet lake, and the snow fell into the lake and formed a thin layer of ice in a very short time.

He had no time to feel the tranquility of it all. He shouted Ishar's name. He stood on the high ruins, shouting, over and over again.

The Far North will not pity any weak creature. Under the ruins where he was standing, a black sword was humming, as if its master was calling it. "Swish" the black sword flew over his head. Tewal was stunned for a moment, and then he was pulled down into the ruins by a hand.

Caught off guard and frightened, he tried to grab the rubble with his hands, but failed and disappeared under the rubble.

Everything was quiet again.

The sound of running water could be heard again. The gurgling sound of the running water overwhelmed everything else. In Talon, that is, Huazhou, only the heavy footsteps were left. The wind and snow poured in, bringing with them a whistling sound.

Talon has perhaps never been so quiet.

The cold icy rain hit my face randomly.
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(End of this chapter)