The loneliness of the lonely, the sadness of the sad. No one can see or hear. ——Anonymous

"The emptiness and demise have been for a thousand years..."

An ancient jungle, towering trees silently tell the years they have experienced. The majestic canopy almost blocked the dazzling light of the sun outside, and the strong vines wrapped around the thick trunks. The accumulated dust and the depth of the dry body of the vines accumulated under the trees after death further illustrate the cleanliness of the forest.

Releasing Buddha never appeared in life.

The towering trees seemed to be rising up to the sky, and the ancient forest was filled with a strong ancient atmosphere. They had already formed a solid body with yellow light flashing in the forest, flying around like fireflies one by one. Withered yellow leaves were all over the ground, and the ground was covered with a thick layer, exuding an aging and rotten atmosphere. These large leaves kept scattering into the forest, turning into soil year after year to nourish the ancient forest.

This is a forgotten land.

Corresponding to the towering trees and the decay, in some parts of the jungle, collapsed building ruins dotted everywhere in the deep forest. The thick moss and thick tree roots climb on the ruins made of stones, showing a dark green color. Sometimes it gives people the illusion that these buildings, or walls, seem to grow with the jungle. When they appear, they are like this.

A long time ago, it was like a city.

The dense jungle is vast and boundless, and the ruins dotted in the jungle can be seen everywhere.

On the edge of the dense jungle, a thousand feet high mountains suddenly rose up, surrounding the jungle, making it a basin. I don’t know how the mountains raised up were formed. With its sharp and barren surface, the lush and lush jungle makes it more vibrant.

The ancient jungle and the loess highland surrounding it are the most special terrain in this area; thousands of mountains completely surround the forest, and the release of Buddha is to protect this ancient forest. It is also these thousands of mountains that help the basin below block the cold wind in the north, which makes this vast basin have a unique natural climate, quiet and peaceful.

The Loess Highlands are a wasteland, a wasteland that can’t be seen at a glance.

Thousands of miles, deserts, Gobi, simple vegetation; numerous hills, deserted and deserted.

"Can we really find the legendary jungle?" A crisp voice broke the tranquility. This is a girl, who looked sixteen or seventeen years old, and she was playful and cute in a standard robe. She looked like a student from a certain academy: "In legend, no one can find this jungle. This desert mountain is exhausted just by walking." After saying that, she took out a handkerchief from her arms, wiped the sweat on her forehead, and saw that the handkerchief was full of loess: "Look, I'm almost dirty!"

"According to legend, seeing the ancient jungle will bring great blessings. If it weren't for our academic incompetence, we wouldn't be assigned such a difficult exam task, don't complain." Aside the girl was a thin boy, slightly older than this girl, wearing a standard long gown, and she had been stained by the loess unique to the highlands, and she couldn't see what she was like: "Little sister, how much water do you have?"

When the girl heard the words, she took out the kettle from the backpack on her back, shook it, and said with a frown: "My all is almost drunk. Brother, this exam is so difficult. If you can't finish it, you can't graduate if you can't pick the leaves of the ancient jungle!"

"It doesn't matter if I graduate or not." The thin boy smiled, a piece of loess wet and condensed by sweat fell from his face because of his smile: "It's you, I have to come with me. Your grades are much better than mine. If you didn't insist on completing this exam, I would rather give up...Oh!"

Before the boy finished speaking, the girl kicked her butt, and a piece of yellow soil spreading up the boy's butt: "You are so embarrassed to say to me? You are the brother, and you always ask your sister to help you. I will find a way to help you complete the exam, but you told me that you want to give up? Parents, let's send you to the college, just to make you do nothing?" The girl was slightly angry, kicked her and raised her hand to hit her.

"I was wrong, Xiaoru! Old sister! Don't hit me!" The boy avoided the girl's hand, turned around and ran away. Seeing this, the girl Xiaoru immediately chased after her: "Don't run!"

The brother and sister chased and played all the way, running towards the depths of the Loess Highlands. Although the highlands were deserted for thousands of miles, there was no danger except for no supplies. There was no life on this barren land except a small amount of weeds, so there was no need to worry about poisonous insects and beasts. The colleges and practice centers of the surrounding empires often had trial students entering the Loess Highlands to temper their minds, and at the same time they wanted to find the legendary jungle, but no one had ever seen this. This thing was just a legend.

"Okay, OK!" The boy ran for a while and stopped on a hillside: "We don't have much supplies anymore, so don't waste our energy." After saying that, he sat on the rock and gasped slightly.

Xiaoru also stopped, gasped slightly, stopped beside the boy, and watched from side to side: "Brother, we have been walking and stopping for more than half a month. No one has ever seen this legendary jungle before. I always felt that this exam seemed to be specially used to slap people. There is nothing in this place, except stones and loess!"

"Hahaha" the boy laughed: "Legend is a legend. Since there is this exam question, it will definitely be possible for people to pass it. Otherwise, why can you graduate directly by completing this exam?"

"It is precisely because of this that I feel that this exam is a prank." Xiaoru frowned and climbed onto the stone where the boy was sitting. It seemed to be taller than other places: "Otherwise, why hasn't anyone completed this task for so many years? The simplest academy trial is really a headache."

"The teacher told me." The boy stood up and patted the dust on his body hard. A piece of yellow mist dissipated, revealing the original color of the long gown. The white background has turned slightly yellow: "Since the establishment of the college, this task has been established by the first president. Not only our college has this task, but all other colleges and museums have this task, but no one has completed it so far. I can't do anything about it. Who told me not to complete this task? I'm afraid I really have to go back and study for another two years."

"So many people have been here for so many years, but no one has seen the jungle." Xiaoru hummed with anger: "I used to travel from one end of the highland to the other end of the highland, crossing two empires, but I have never seen any jungle. I gave up other exams and came with you. It seems that I will have to re-ed up for two years."

"Don't say that you are so high-sounding, you are not willing to rebuild it yourself. The college library has the most advanced books in the empire. You can use this method to stay for two more years, but you still want to read more. It seems that you are thinking more about your brother." The boy glanced at his sister.

"You still dare to say to me?" After hearing this, Xiaoru jumped off the stone and rushed over to the boy with a flying foot. The boy was expelled. She shouted in anger: "Every time you don't take the exam or the trial, you stay in the library every day. If you fail the exam, you will be dismissed. You ask the teacher in charge to give you a chance. You have planned to re-examine from the beginning, and you still have the face to say to me?"

"Hehe, brother and sister, brother and sister!" The young man smiled, jumped onto the stone, and subconsciously looked into the distance: "Xiao Ru, look over there!" The young man pointed to a strange rock in the distance and said to the sister.

Following the boy's direction, Xiaoru saw a rock that was easy to be different. She looked at it from a distance and shone with light, but she didn't know what it was.

"Come and take a look!" The young man jumped off the stone and ran directly to wherever he was. Xiaoru followed him. Not far from here, he went to a corner and a towering stone statue appeared in front of him.

The stone statue is about ten meters high and is covered with traces of time. After erosion by wind and sand, less than half of the stone statue has been buried in the sand, and most of the leaking is still ten meters high. It is not difficult to see from the details, and the carving is exquisite.

This is a portrait with a handsome appearance, but the ears are a little easier to ordinary people, and the tips of the ears are much pointed than those of ordinary people. The stone statue's eyes looked at the distance peacefully, and the peaceful and anxious look seemed to be a wanderer who was eager to return to his hometown. There was a scar on his handsome face, which extended from the right face to the corner of his ear, but this did not affect its appearance at all, as if it had added a little domineering in the air. He was not wearing a traditional long gown, but a delicate short suit. There was a seemingly ordinary dagger between his waist, and a black body. He held the handle of the dagger with his right hand and a gorgeous bow behind his back. The bow seemed to be made of meteorite iron in the sky, emitting a thick cold light. The gorgeous patterns on the back of the bow blocked the murderous aura, and looked like a gorgeous ornament.

The long hair was draped over the shoulders without any modification. The hair that flew back seemed to be facing the wind. There was a smile on the corner of its mouth, with peace.

The left hand bent slightly and hung beside him. The whole stone statue gave people a quiet atmosphere, as if nothing could be shaken.

On the back is a tomb, and the tombstone says: You will no longer be lonely in the future.

There is no signature of the deceased, nor the name of the sculptor, only this sentence.

Next to the tombstone, a huge war hammer was inserted into the ground. Time had left traces on this once powerful weapon, and rust appeared on the hammer handle. A breeze blew, blew the blue cloth strip on the war hammer danced with the wind. The cloth strip was broken, but at this time, it had a sad beauty.

"This..." The boy saw the scene in front of him and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Brother, have you heard of a statue here before? Why is there a tomb here?" The girl Xiaoru walked to the stone statue and reached out to touch the surface of the stone statue, which felt a bit rough.

"This..." Juvenile Difference: "Never heard of it."

Xiaoru did not answer, but walked to the back of the stone statue and stood in front of the tomb. Looking at the tombstone in front of her, the stone statue was a little decayed, but the tombstone was like a newly established one, with a pitch-black tombstone and golden hot lettering.

"You will no longer be lonely in the future"

The boy came to Xiaoru and looked at the tombstone. For some reason, they felt endless sadness in their hearts. A sadness rose from their hearts. The boy felt tears in his eyes. When he looked at his sister, Xiaoru was already in tears.

"Why do we cry?" Xiaoru, who was crying, looked at her brother and asked.

The boy held back his tears, but he couldn't resist it. Two lines of tears came out: "For some reason, I feel sad from the bottom of my heart."

"So too, wow, wow," Xiaoru said, crying loudly.

At this moment, the stone statue vibrated slightly, and a small house suddenly appeared next to the stone statue.

"Don't disturb the dead, leave quickly." A hoarse voice came from the hut. This was a stone hut. From the appearance, it looked like it had been a thousand years.

The boy was obedient and was suddenly shocked. He turned around and saw the hut that suddenly appeared. He hurriedly grabbed his sister and jumped back. After landing, he had retreated four or five meters away.

"Who are you!" The young man blocked his sister behind him, wiped away tears, reached his hand to his waist, and his weapon was hidden at his waist, thinking that if there was any movement, he would rush out and keep his sister safe no matter what.

With a "creak", the door opened and a short figure walked out, like a dwarf. The vicissitudes of time made his beard turn white, and the broken armor was worn on him. From the broken cracks and vicissitudes, the gorgeous literature and science could be vaguely seen, which was a knight's armor.

Although he was gray, he still had a strong body and agile body. Time seemed to have not taken away his youth. He still seemed to have endless power.

He looked at the two people in front of him, with tears on his face, and a long-lost smile appeared on his vicissitudes of life, but the smile flashed and he said seriously: "I said, don't disturb the dead, leave quickly!"

The two looked at the dwarf in front of them and felt a little strange. The man was a little too short! The armor he wore was also unseen, but he no longer felt dangerous. He hurriedly bowed.

"Senior, my brother and sister are students from the trial. I accidentally entered this place. Please forgive me."

When the dwarf heard this, he was a little surprised. He glanced at the stone statue, then looked at the two people in front of him, and said, "Breaking through by mistake?"

"It's really a mistake." Xiao Ru finished her salute and said, "Grandpa, we are students of Lifeng College of the Azure Empire, and are here to conduct the graduation trial."

"Li Feng Academy?" Hearing this name, the dwarf was shocked and asked, "What trial do you do?"

"It's the hardest trial for the academy," said the young man: "Go to the legendary jungle and get back a leaf."

After hearing this, the dwarf felt a little relieved when he let the Buddha go, looked at the statue again, turned around and said to the two of them, "Go back, there is no legendary jungle."

"But senior." The boy wanted to say something, but he felt that the land in front of him was shaking slightly, and the mottled war hammer next to the tombstone shone glimmer.

"I said, there are no jungles, and there are no woods here, leave!" The dwarf's words suddenly became serious, and as the earth trembled slightly, the two teenagers suddenly felt unprecedented pressure.

Cold sweat flowed down the boy's temples. He pulled his sister back slowly. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt the pressure on his body lightening, and a gentle force pushed him back. When he looked at the dwarf in front of him, he was not as frightened as before.

"What's going on?" the boy thought to himself, and wanted to turn around and leave, but he couldn't move.

"Senior, I..." Xiaoru also felt this way. She was about to make an excuse, but she saw the dwarf glaring at the grave with anger and shouting, "You, mom! You haven't stopped dead for so long! What are you going to do!"

After the dwarf shouted, he raised his hand slightly, the ground stopped shaking, and the light of the warhammer disappeared. He walked to the two of them, looked up and looked at the two boys carefully, and finally sighed heavily.

"Okay, since that's the case, okay." The dwarf's tone suddenly became quiet. He stopped looking at the two teenagers, turned around and walked towards the stone house.

The brother and sister were wrapped in light green power, but they were no longer afraid. The moment the dwarf turned around, the power disappeared, and they looked at each other, not knowing what happened. The boy thought of the dwarf's tone just now and the war hammer that emitted a faint light, and he was afraid in his heart, and pulled his sister: "Xiao Ru, this senior has amazing cultivation, what should we do?"

"We will die long ago." Xiaoru stroked her chest, calming her emotions: "I can't run away. I'll avenge you and leave."

"Okay." The young man responded, then bowed to the dwarf and said loudly: "Senior, please forgive me for being disturbed suddenly. If nothing else, my brother and sister will take their leave."

While speaking, the dwarf had already walked to the front of the stone house. When he heard this, he turned around and shouted at the two of them: "Who told you to leave! Wait!"

Suddenly, they were shocked again. At this time, the two of them had no light green power to protect them. This roar shocked them very much. Seeing the dwarf fumbled in the stone house for a while, suddenly I felt a dazed in front of me. For a moment, I felt like I was in the forest, towering trees covering the clouds and sunlight, and a rotten and fresh aura was emitted around me.

The boy shook his head and looked at it again, but there was still a deserted state in front of him, stone statues, graves, and stone houses.

"Xiao Ru." Shao said young: "I suddenly had an hallucination just now, and I don't know what's going on."

"So too, I feel like I'm in a huge forest!" Xiaoru stared at her eyes and looked around, as if she didn't believe what had just happened.

"Hold it, this is the leaves you want."

Hearing this sentence, the boy felt a green light in front of him. He subconsciously raised his hand and grabbed it. A green leaf appeared in his hand. The leaf was more than three times larger than what he had seen in the past, and he vaguely felt a slight green light emitted on it.

The boy was shocked and looked up at the dwarf. Just as he was about to speak, the dwarf raised his hand. The two felt that they were in illusion in front of them, and a piece of wind and sand covered their eyes. They hurriedly closed their eyes. When they opened their eyes again, they found that they were beside the stone that had just stopped. There were no stone statues in front of them, no graves, and no dwarfs.

"Brother!" Xiaoru looked at the green leaves in the boy's hand with a little horror and surprise, unable to believe that this was true.

The boy looked down at the green leaves in his hand, and his heart was frightened no less than his sister. After thinking about it, he seemed to understand something. He pulled up his sister Xiaoru, knelt down in the direction he had just run over, and kowtowed three times.

"Sister, this thing was given to us by our predecessors. Although I don't know why, don't talk about it to anyone." The boy stood up and talked to his sister solemnly.

"Why, brother, aren't we here just for the legendary forest and for this leaf? If we don't tell anyone, what should we do in the exam?" Xiaoru stared at the boy with confusion in her eyes.

"You don't understand, sister. Let your hand come over!" The boy handed the green leaves in his hand to Xiaoru, and Xiaoru put his hand on the green leaves. In an instant, he felt that there was no longer a desolate place in front of him. The sky-covering forest that he had just been in a trance, and now they are in it.

Xiaoru was shocked and shrank her hand. The forest around her disappeared and returned to a deserted area.

"This...this..." Xiaoru was shocked and pointed at the green leaves in the boy's hand, speaking incoherently.

"Don't tell anyone! We haven't completed the exam! We can't find the legendary jungle!" The boy stared at Xiaoru's eyes and said in an abnormal tone: "If half of this matter comes out, you and me will be killed!"

Xiaoru looked at her elder brother, slowly recovered from peace, and nodded heavily: "Brother, I understand."
To be continued...