My city has become the last pure land in the global apocalypse

【The water is running away~ The water is running away! 】

The man on duty at midnight screamed at the top of his lungs.

People in the neighborhoods around the academy got out of bed one after another.

The academy is located next to an oasis in the desert. I heard that a famous master who came all the way from the Central Plains once settled here. There was an endless stream of people coming and visiting, and soon it became a small town.

The town is located along the oasis.

Although there is a lake in the oasis, water here is still scarce and expensive.

Some people instinctively wanted to rush to the academy carrying barrels of water stored in the house.

【I’m going to die! That fire is so big! What can you do with your bucket of water? Without this bucket of water, I wonder what you have been drinking these days, bitch! 】

The woman wearing a cloth loosened her hand.

Also.

The fire is so big...

The whole academy was on fire.

The roaring fire lit up the entire night.

[Brother Xiao...Brother Xiao, what are you doing...]

Xueyou, who was in the same room as Xiao Shi, watched in horror as Xiao Shi, who was usually taciturn and gentle, had a cold expression on his face. He held a red, pulsing object in his palm, with bright red blood hanging above it.

He looked at his friend who fell to the ground in horror.

One moment they were chatting about the marriage princess of the ancient Canaan country, and still thinking about the girl Yanyu, and the next moment Xiao Shi floated in front of them like a ghost.

The hearts of those Xueyou friends who had not had time to lie down were all dug out!

【monster! monster! 】

The black and red flames surrounded Xiao Shi, but did not touch him at all.

As the flames engulfed him, Xiao Shi suddenly felt bored.

He strode out of the house.

The flames made way for him.

He saw the Master.

The master had a look of dust on his face, and he grabbed Xiao Shi's arm anxiously.

[Quickly, leave quickly. The academy is in trouble. Where are the other people in the room? 】

Xiao Shi shook his head.

The Master sighed deeply.

[It’s time and destiny, hurry up and leave with the others]

Xiao Shi felt the loneliness and sadness from the master.

He was puzzled.

【Master, why don't you leave with me】

The light of the flame shone on the Master's face, and that wrinkled and weathered face now held a gentle smile.

[The academy was founded by my grandfather]

Master watched the flames spread around them but stopped here, surrounding the two of them in a circle.

So weird.

But he didn't panic at all.

The Master sat on the ground and patted the open space next to him.

[Sit down, Master wants to tell you a story]

Xiao Shi hesitated for a second, then sat casually on the ground, admiring the fire in the distance side by side with his master.

[My grandfather, Shi Zixu, was the youngest number one scholar in the prosperous dynasty at that time. His father's family was the prime minister of the current cabinet, and his mother's family was a general in Zhenbei. He had a distinguished status, but he was tired of the family life and hated the strict rules. He thought Women hold up half the sky, and women can also serve as officials in court. He believed that industry, businessmen, and peasants were all from the same dynasty, and their status should be elevated. 】

[His words were considered by the aristocratic family at that time to be contrary to the Dao, and no one understood his lofty ambitions. 】

[Since then, he has been depressed, drinking, writing poetry and painting all day long]

[But he happened to be very talented. Countless people walked through their homes with gold, silver and jewelry just to get a piece of his grandfather’s poems and paintings]

[Later, he founded a private school, which did not care about the identity of the students. They were taught regardless of their status. Even the son of a servant could go to school]

[In middle age, he accidentally got a gemstone, and he began to study it obsessively. Hearing that the ancient country of Canaan was rich in such gemstones, he came here with a few servants]

[At that time, the king of Canaan was selecting a tutor for the princess]

[My grandfather came to the door with countless poems and essays and became the princess’s tutor]

[He and the princess described the prosperity of the imperial capital of the prosperous dynasty, and the princess took him to the desert Gobi where gems were mined]

[In this way, the two get along day and night]

[The princess is young but kind and gentle. She has never looked down on them because of her status as a servant. She is lively and smart, and can sing and dance well.]

[Then, the princess of Canaan fell in love with the tutor who was more than 20 years older than her]

[People thought that the princess had an affair with the Taoist priest who was preaching at that time. Oh, it was obviously the Taoist priest who had six impure roots. He forcibly occupied the princess]

[Back then, my grandfather was a cowardly man. He never dared to look directly into his own heart. It was not until he heard that the princess was getting married that he regretted it. He made the decision to leave the Central Plains and go to the remote desert. He made an appointment with the princess. Okay, let’s leave together. If the great emperor of the West wants to destroy Canaan, then he will wear armor and lead an army of 100,000 from his mother clan to Canaan to garrison]

[Unfortunately, my grandfather did not leave any message about what happened that year]

[I only know that the princess was snatched away by the thief]

[The emperor’s iron hooves stepped into this desert]

[My grandfather never married and founded an academy here. He is waiting for the princess to return]

[Until the moment he closed his eyes, he was still holding himself up and drawing the portrait of the princess in front of his desk]

With tears in his eyes, the Master looked at the jade pendant Xiao Shi wore around his waist.

[The piece of jade on your waist was carved by the king of the ancient Canaan Kingdom and given to my grandfather. Later, my grandfather carved a line of poetry on this piece of jade and gave it to the princess who went to get married at that time]

Xiao Shi knew that there was a line of writing on the jade, but he could not understand the writing on the jade at the time.

[A hundred years have passed...]

[I never thought I would see this jade pendant one day]

[Your grandmother... did you leave a few words?]

Xiao Shi gently played with the jade pendant in his hand.

[She is not my grandmother, she is my mother. 】

The master's eyes were shocked.

But the surrounding flames didn't touch here at all. It was so strange that he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

[Child...you are finally back...]

The master patted Xiao Shi's shoulder.

[There is a compartment in the Master’s study, which contains the relics left by my grandfather]

The Master stepped into the flames with a relieved smile.

Xiao Shi sat on the ground and played with the jade pendant for a long time.

Finally he stood up and patted the dust on his robe.

He read the poem he had memorized in the book.

One step at a time.

Came to the master's study.

The study was engulfed in fire. He waved his robe and the flames immediately dissipated.

The hidden compartment is just behind the Confucius bookshelf.

He felt his way down the stone wall.

There are luminous pearls in the compartment that illuminate the entire secret room brightly.

The walls are covered with portraits of women.

The woman in the portrait is wearing a red dance dress and flying around the flames.

The golden tassels complement the golden rings on the feet.

A frown and a smile.

lifelike.

Xiao Shi touched the portrait.

The woman above is his mother.

She had a beautiful smile.

Like a blooming sangre.

Sanger is a flower that blooms in the desert. They bloom in clusters and cover the entire desert. They are bright red and very beautiful.

Xiao Shi hugged his mother's scroll and curled up against the stone wall.

He pressed his face against the portrait.

【Mother...I'm back】