The Legend of the Devil
Ch. 136 - Passing Four Seasons
Time passes so fast. Winter changes spring, summer, autumn and then winter at the end of the year. The river in the Regret Gorge froze, and the fish in it stopped moving as the water turned to ice. The reflection of a golden red bird flashed across it.
In that place there was only a white horizon as far as the eye could see. The walls of the gorge are filled with chunks of ice, extreme weather has struck for the past two months in a new place. Sometimes the storm comes bringing a deadly cold that can even kill a demon in a standing state.
There is the western part of the Gorge of Regret that is rarely inhabited by demons due to cold temperatures that are difficult to tolerate. There were many corpses of demons that had been dead for many years but were still intact frozen in the ice. There is no such thing as autumn, spring or summer.
White mist billowed thickly as the snowfall from the wall fell. The snowflakes fell slowly, enveloping the rocks and the leafless trees. Cold air was felt all over the body, but to a young man standing on a steep high rock the temperature was meaningless.
A person in snow-white clothes walked slowly while carrying a rabbit from the forest to cook.
The trail is now bleached, covered in a winter blanket. The same is true of the air that leaves the trees. He went with Fenghuang to hunt for food that only left very little. There were hardly any animals living in this place so it took a day of searching.
Xiang Yi Bai looked up at the sight of a young man on a high rock.
Xue Zhan pulled both hands over his chest to take in as deep a breath as possible. Closing his eyes he again practiced one last move he had to master before night fell. Xue Zhan's left hand touched the stone floor while his feet spun over so quickly. When it landed on both feet, Xue Zhan opened his eyes, a thin smoke shot out from his mouth, then his voice echoed.
"Kick of the Skyscrapers!"
Xue Zhan concentrated the power on the sole of the foot still in his previous position. He tried to concentrate more until it sounded scolding from below.
"You're too excited again, rotten boy. If you keep doing it the stone will crack-"
A gigantic voice rang out, the roots of the cracks spreading under the fifty meter tall rock that Xue Zhan climbed up. Before it was finished showing the final movement the place had its footing cracked and Xue Zhan fell down from a height.
"Again." Xiang Yi Bai continued his sentence no matter, it was useless to tell his mischievous disciple, he had a brain also only used to think about meal time, bedtime and time to contradict his speech.
Xue Zhan shouted hysterically, "Teacher!"
"Heh, let's see. Where first kiss the ground, the eel or the tailbone." Xiang Yi Bai muttered as he watched Xue Zhan guiltlessly. Fenghuang glanced, "Definitely his ass first."
Unfortunately, there is no right guess. Bai Ye came out from within the freezing ice water and saved Xue Zhan. Both Xiang Yi Bai and Fenghuang looked disappointed.
Xiang Yi Bai turned his attention. "Time to eat, quick, quick, quick!" She called Xue Zhan like a mother calling her son. Xue Zhan snatched an annoyed. "It's no help, fortunately there's Bai Ye," his grunts stroked Bai Ye's head. The white dragon was a thousand times better than his master.
Xue Zhan inexhaustibly thought Xiang Yi Bai could be compact with Fenghuang, equally fond of hurting her little heart.
"How's your training going?" It was not Xiang Yi Bai, instead Fenghuang who asked impatiently. Xue Zhan let out a breath.
Of course this was all also thanks to Xiang Yi Bai. The teacher had always taught in a way that Xue Zhan understood, almost never sleeping when Xue Zhan was still training. Never answered his question. Both figures are sometimes very annoying, but they mean something to him.
Xue Zhan did not want to disappoint the two.
"Tonight I will also master the hundredth movement. Don't worry Fenghuang. After this Master will help you break the Sky Seal and you can see the upper world as soon as possible" he replied with a smile. Somehow the phoenix was always excited when it came to discussing about the human world. Xiang Yi Bai and Xue Zhan never found out about it.
Xue Zhan who was about to put the grilled meat into his mouth immediately coughed. He spewed a lot of blood. Sontak made Fenghuang shocked not artificial.
"Oh, oh, no! I'm about to die! Hey, how is this, why is he coughing up blood?! I'll be looking for a cure soon"
Fenghuang became panicked, indeed in the precarious state the demon was even more exaggerated than Xue Zhan. Xiang Yi Bai calmed down. "He's just exhausted. One year practicing desperately, give him some breathing room."
"Where is it possible, you want to let him die? Fucking zhan, stop coughing!"
"Geez-uhuk!" Xue Zhan coughed right in front of Fenghuang's face, splashes of blood soaked her beautiful fur. The Phoenix suddenly went berserk and tortured Xue Zhan with his beak.
"Feel this! You're fucking Zhan!"
"Aaa Guru!" Xue Zhan pulled over while holding his shoulder in pain, he was still coughing nonstop.
"Fenghuang," said Xiang Yi Bai, the phoenix then stopped, looking into his eyes still harboring anger.
Xiang Yi Bai moved behind Xue Zhan and placed both hands on the boy's back. Streams of strength appeared on both of his palms, the man healed the deep wounds of Xue Zhan.
For a moment the choking cold air turned into a warm air that was so familiar, like when morning came and the sun warmed his entire body. Xue Zhan closed his eyes, feeling his body begin to improve.
"Thank you Master, thank you Fenghuang. You guys always help me. Sometimes I feel happy, but sometimes I feel inappropriate. I'm scared ... One day, disaster will come. Because as before, I always bring misfortune to the person who accepts my existence." The words he suddenly uttered made Xiang Yi Bai go silent for a few seconds.
The fenghuang who is usually the most nosy does not issue a response as usual.
"In the upper world I was always ostracized, I hated everyone, they were always looking for a way to kill me. I just realized what made them hate me after almost dying." He held his chest, his eyes held sorrow.
"The Devil of Sin in me ... He is the reason I am hated. When I knew someone was accepting me, I was almost always crying. I was never treated well, so I was willing to do anything for the people who confessed to me. Including Master and Fenghuang."
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