Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

"So...how do we get there?"

Qiu Puryue asked.

"Just go out directly." Qin Xiao was very patient. "Before, we talked about an exit because the edges of these mountains were covered with barriers. There was only one fixed place to go out, but now it's different. The surrounding barriers have disappeared, so you can go out freely."

Qin Yun'an nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that Qiu Puyue still didn't understand, Yin Xihui said, "For example, these mountains are a piece of land, and the barrier is a wall built from the ground. The original exit was a door in the wall. Now that the wall has collapsed, we can enter and exit freely."

"Ah..." Qiu Puryue understood, "Wouldn't this be a bit bad... Isn't this place very dangerous?"

"Why do you think so?" Mo Hanyu was surprised. "We think it's dangerous here because we don't have enough experience and strength, and because there are too many people imprisoned here who want to get out. Everyone will fight desperately to get out. Now it's different. The barrier is open, and we can go in and out freely. There is no need to kill each other for a few rings."

"...But will they believe what you said? And even if they can go out, many people here have lived here for such a long time and cannot adapt to the outside environment. What should we do?" Qiu Puryue hesitated.

"They can stay here." Mo Hanyu smiled. "You've come across this before, right? There are some traces of villages in these mountains, which means that people once lived in these mountains, and they can certainly live there now."

"But aren't there a lot of monsters in the mountains?"

"Isn't there anything out there?"

"..."

Qiu Puryue was silent.

"In fact, this place is no different from the outside world. There is just a barrier in the middle, which makes people feel that they are isolated from the outside world." Mo Hanyu smiled, "In fact, there is not much difference between the two."

While Mo Hanyu was speaking, Qin Yun'an was looking at him.

"...So, are we going to separate now?" Qiu Puryue clenched her fingers.

"You can do whatever you want." Qin Xiao said.

Qiu Puryue frowned, seeming to be in a dilemma.

Qin Yun'an glanced at Qin Xiao and said nothing.

He felt something was wrong before the white-haired child cried that night.

Qin Xiao looked at him with a strange look.

Although her eyes were still indifferent, the feeling they gave him was somewhat different.

This doubt intensified last night.

Last night, he fell asleep as usual, but because his heart began to feel inexplicably panicked since yesterday afternoon, he acted as a substitute.

After the previous lesson, he even split a piece of his soul and stuffed it in this time.

Qin Yun'an controlled his substitute to sleep at a place far away from everyone else - he had done this before so as not to arouse their suspicion.

After Qin Yun'an was finished, he used a clay doll to hide his body, not daring to breathe. He put a layer of clay on the outside and simulated the surrounding environment, so that his breath would blend into the environment.

After everything around him had quieted down, Qin Yun'an waited for a long time, so long that he thought he was overthinking and was about to fall asleep, when he finally made a move.

Qin Yun'an squinted his eyes at the time, his mind was blank, and he stared blankly at the figure.

The man walked over here and touched the top of "his" head.

Instantly, a red light flashed, and Qin Yun'an could feel that the man had directly touched his soul.

What is he doing?

Qin Yun'an frowned. He recognized the man as Qin Xiao, but he didn't understand what he was going to do. If he wanted to kill him, wouldn't it be enough to just move his fingers? Why wait until he fell asleep?

And he didn't attack or destroy, it seemed like he just did some tampering.

As soon as Qin Xiao let go, "Qin Yun'an" suddenly opened its eyes and stared at him.

Qin Xiao remained expressionless and turned to leave.

"Why aren't you sleeping? What are you doing?" "Qin Yun'an" asked puzzledly.

Qin Xiao did not pause or turn his head: "I solved the physiological problem."

?

"Qin Yun'an" frowned, obviously wanting to ask something, but in the end he didn't ask it. He changed his position uneasily and moved further away from him.

Qin Yun'an hid in the dark all night and didn't dare to move.

I retrieved it this morning and found that some memories of the substitute's soul had been deleted.

The friction between him and Qin Xiao when they met, as well as the memory of Qin Xiao being a corpse binder, were all deleted.

What on earth was he thinking?

Qin Yun'an didn't understand, but he knew he couldn't express it. So, when Qin Xiao asked him about the deleted memory this morning, he looked confused, pretended to think, shook his head for a long time, and laughed.

"I forgot... Why is my memory suddenly bad..." Qin Yun'an smiled and looked at Qin Xiao in confusion, "What did you do last night? Aren't you also a Corpse Binder?"

Qin Xiao glanced at him indifferently and hadn't said anything yet, but Qiu Puyue spoke first.

"What are you talking about? Memories are very troublesome. If you want to remove memories without damaging the soul, you need extremely strong control and accuracy. Your soul is not damaged at all. I can't do this. Instead of doubting Qin Xiao, you might as well reflect on whether you are too forgetful."

After hearing this, Qin Yun'an could only smile dryly and apologize.

Qin Yun'an sorted out all his memories and the memories that Qin Xiao had touched, and found that Qin Xiao had slightly changed the friction between them. So according to the memories that Qin Xiao had fabricated and reshaped for him, he and Qin Xiao should have a good relationship, and without the curse mark on his neck, he cooperated with Qin Xiao because of a sudden impulse, and the cooperation process was also very pleasant.

Why did he do this?

Qin Yun'an became more and more confused.

but……

Qin Yun'an touched his neck.

Although Qin Xiao deleted his memory of the curse, he did not remove it. So now he could not ask any questions about the curse, nor could he show any fear towards Qin Xiao...

Could it be that this kid had already figured out that he was pretending and was now testing his acting skills?

Qin Yun'an looked up at the sky.

Logically speaking, shouldn't he be waving goodbye to them with a smile?

But the curse has not been broken!

It’s not certain whether the barrier has been lifted!

But according to his memory, he trusted them very much and should not doubt their words.

Qin Yun'an was speechless and swallowed back the bitterness in his mouth and the tears in his heart.

Taotie stretched deeply in Qiu Puyue's arms, rolled over and sat up.

Qiu Puryue was afraid that Taotie would fall down, so she held its waist lightly and looked at Yin Xihui, as if she wanted to ask Yin Xihui's thoughts.

Yin Xi's eyes darkened slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"Are you going out?" Taotie suddenly spoke.

"I will definitely go out." Qiu Puryue said, "I just don't know when."

"If this barrier really disappears, someone will definitely notice it..." Yin Xihui said, frowning, "What Feng Yaoshan said before, the so-called end of everything, is this, right? Now that his wish has come true, he and Shen Hao should have noticed it."

Yin Xihui was right. Feng Yaoshan, who was building at the "exit", did feel it.

"You've been walking around for several times." Shen Hao said, looking a little impatient.

"You know why I did that, didn't you feel it too?" Feng Yaoshan turned back suddenly, his eyes flashing with a light he had never seen before, but this light was covered with a little haze, "Although I don't know who took it, the seals on these mountains are gradually becoming lighter... Maybe they will be lifted soon, and these mountains will be exposed to everyone's eyes, and those children who have been isolated in the mountains will also--"

"These are not what we should worry about, right?" Shen Hao said unconcernedly, "Isn't this the fulfillment of your wish? The treasure has been taken away, the seal has been lifted, and everything is about to end... There is just some cleanup work left."

"You've endured it all these years, haven't you?"

"...Then those children... probably won't come here again, right? After all, the barrier between the mountains and the outside world has been broken, and they can leave from any direction at any time."

"That's right." Shen Hao sneered, "Then do you still want to wait here? Those old guys have already started to gather people."

Feng Yaoshan thought for a moment and said, "I'll stay here, you go."

Shen Hao was not surprised at all. He shrugged his shoulders and turned away.

Feng Yaoshan sat on the top of the mountain, and wherever he looked, he saw endless mountains that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Feng Yaoshan's eyes were complicated.

Who got that thing? This farce that has lasted for nearly a thousand years... Who is the winner among these noble families?

Feng Yaoshan didn't know.

He didn't know whether there was any point in him staying here.

"You didn't go either."

There was a slight sound beside him. Feng Yaoshan turned his head and saw a man in white clothes who had appeared here at some point.

"Dong Muqi? What are you doing——"

"Oh, Mu Ling is there, so it's fine for one person from each group, right?" Dong Muqi shrugged indifferently, walked to Feng Yaoshan familiarly, and put his arm around him. "Honestly, who do you think took it? I think there are two very talented kids in my group, but they didn't come out last year."

"I don't know." Feng Yaoshan shook his head, "But according to the current situation, they may not come out from here."

"I never thought... it's really over." Dong Muqi said, his eyes serious, "There are so many dangerous things hidden in this mountain... Not only that, the old guys most likely sent people there to find the person who got the treasure."

"They haven't given up yet...it's been so many years." A trace of disgust flashed across Feng Yaoshan's eyes.

"There's nothing we can do about it." Dong Muqi sighed, "Aren't these things all about getting the so-called treasure in the mountains? Of course they want to know who took the so-called treasure away."

"What exactly is that treasure?"

"I don't know either." Dong Muqi shook his head. "It's been nearly a thousand years. Although there are some rumors, they are too outrageous to be taken seriously."

Feng Yaoshan frowned and didn't ask any more questions.

"What I mean is, we should find Feng Yaoshan and the others first." Yin Xihui said.

"Why? Didn't they say everything is open? We can all go out now." Qin Yun'an didn't understand.

"Then how do we get out?" Yin Xihui smiled, "Do we have to walk? What should we do after we get out of the forest? I stayed on the back of the Cuckoo Bird for two full days. It's such a long distance, are you going to let me walk back?"

Qin Yun'an: ...

Qin Yun'an smiled awkwardly: "I really didn't consider that..."

"Yeah, when I came here... I also sat here for several days." Tian Miao nodded in agreement.

"I think we should spend more time. Since they are responsible for our training before we come to the mountain, it means that their purpose is not to watch us die. So after the barrier is lifted, they will definitely send people to clean up the mess."

"There are so many people in this mountain now. Once the news of the disappearance of the barrier is released, some families will come here to look for people. Their aftermath work will definitely not be completed overnight. So my suggestion is to go to the original exit to find him and see if there is anything else."

After Yin Xihui finished speaking, he looked at Qin Xiao and said, "Of course, this is my personal wish. The details depend on you."

Qin Xiao looked at Mo Hanyu, wanting to hear what he meant.

Mo Hanyu frowned and remained silent for a moment, then nodded and looked at Yin Xihui: "I agree with your idea."

Since Mo Hanyu nodded, Qin Xiao didn't say anything else. Qiu Puyue also agreed after thinking for a moment. Tian Miao followed their instructions and nodded repeatedly.

Qin Xiao suddenly thought of something and looked at Qin Yun'an: "What about you?"

Qin Yun'an closed his eyes and remained silent for a moment.

What could he do? He couldn't feel whether the seal was removed or not, and he wasn't sure what Qin Xiao was going to do. What could he say?

Qin Yun'an nodded and agreed.

Forget it, he doesn't lack this little time anyway.

Been here for so many years.

Seeing this, Qin Xiao decided: "Then let's keep going."

As he spoke, he thought of something and looked at Qiongqi who had been silent the whole time.

"you--"

"I'll just follow you guys." Qiongqi yawned and lazily lay on Mo Hanyu's shoulder, "I don't need this little bit of time anyway."

Taotie also said that he could do both.

Qin Xiao nodded and said nothing more.

……

“Really…really came out?!”

The skinny man lay on the ground trembling, looking at his hands.

"Yes."

Hearing the voice above his head, the man looked up and saw a man in a bright red robe leaning over him.

Feng Yaoshan closed his eyes slightly and smiled at him: "The seal has been lifted."

"Teacher Feng...?" The man was stunned. "After so many years...you are still like this."

Feng Yaoshan's eyes flashed with self-mockery: "Yeah... Congratulations, you're finally out."

The old man's eyes suddenly filled with tears. Tears slid down his thin face and dripped onto the weeds on the ground.

"I--"

"It looks like this is it."

The man was startled by the noise behind him and slowly turned his head.

A white-haired boy closed his mouth slightly, and it was obvious that the words just now came from him.

When Feng Yaoshan saw this group of people, he was stunned for a moment.

Qin Yun'an stared at the man lying on the ground with a complicated expression.

"Try?"

I heard a sound beside my ear, and when I turned around, I saw Qin Xiao staring at me with his chin slightly raised, his meaning was very clear.

Qin Yun'an met Qin Xiao's gaze, and was a little dazed, looking ahead.

The barrier that I had tried so hard to cross before disappeared without a trace this time.

Qin Yun'an was still in a daze until he walked in front of the man. He stared blankly at the dense woods in front of him, his mind blank.

Feng Yaoshan knew what was going on as soon as he saw him and turned to look at Qin Xiao.

"Congratulations, it's out." Feng Yaoshan said with a smile.

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment and exclaimed, "Ah."

Feng Yaoshan slowly shifted his gaze towards Mo Hanyu and was about to say something.

"Teacher, didn't you say before that only those under 12 years old can come out? Since someone like him can come out... does it mean that the treasure has been taken by someone?"

Before Mo Hanyu could react, Yin Xihui asked first, looking at Feng Yaoshan curiously.

Qin Xiao glanced at him.

Feng Yaoshan was stunned: "Yes, don't you know?"

"Well... although I heard about it on the way, I'm still not sure." Yin Xihui smiled, "This person has been saying that he wants to go out, so I thought of coming to see him. It turns out that he can really go out. It's really surprising."

“………Didn’t you go looking for the treasure?” Feng Yaoshan turned his gaze to Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao's expression remained unchanged: "I went there, but I didn't see him."

"Before he left, the thing was taken away." Yin Xihui seemed to have some regrets when he said this, and sighed, "How sad."

"Eh? You didn't take it away either?"

A man suddenly walked out from behind Feng Yaoshan. He raised his eyebrows and looked at them with interest: "In the six months since the seal was lifted, everyone who came out said that they didn't get it. Then who got it?"

"How should I know that?" Yin Xihui laughed and shook his head in distress. "But... why did you say that everyone who came out can go out? Since the barrier has been lifted, can't people from all directions go out?"

Dong Muqi smiled and said, "Of course it's because we have surrounded all the places where we can get out. We three are in charge here."

"...three?" Qin Xiao turned his gaze to Feng Yaoshan.

Feng Yaoshan was about to say something when a clever female voice suddenly sounded.

"Yes, three."

As the female voice was speaking, a woman in blue suddenly appeared behind the crowd. Mo Hanyu turned around and found that the woman looked a bit like the man next to Feng Yaoshan.

The woman gave Mo Hanyu a very fake smile and looked at Dong Muqi.

"We checked and found that these children did not show any abnormal reactions. They should not be them."