Chapter 195: Wanting to See the Heavenly Sheep
Qi Xia slowly stood up and looked at the wooden door.
*Creak—*
With the faint sound of the door opening, Qiao Jiajin and Li Xiangling poked their heads out.
"Fuck...?" Qiao Jiajin let out a carefree laugh. "What a coincidence, Liar Boy... and... that girl."
Seeing Li Xiangling's injuries, Qi Xia's expression darkened as he quickly walked over. "How are you?"
"I'm fine..." Li Xiangling smiled. "I should be fine now."
Qi Xia examined Li Xiangling's wound. The wooden stick had pierced her arm but hadn't hit the bone. Logically speaking, it wasn't a fatal injury, but here in the "Land of the End"... she would likely suffer through the next few days in great pain.
"I got stabbed practicing my spear techniques before too. It'll heal soon..." Li Xiangling smiled with a relaxed expression.
Jiang Ruoxue, with her arms crossed, slowly stood up. A moment later, she touched her chin.
*Clang!!*
A bell sounded in the distance, startling Qi Xia and the other two.
Qi Xia turned around, staring warily at Jiang Ruoxue. "What are you going to do?"
"Mind your own business?" Jiang Ruoxue chuckled, then stepped forward to grab Li Xiangling's arm. She spoke softly, "Little sister, you need to understand the logical relationship here."
"Lo-Logic?"
"This piece of wood didn't hit your bone, only your flesh. Besides, you've been injured like this before. It's the same this time—it'll heal quickly." After saying this, Jiang Ruoxue patted Li Xiangling's head. "So don't worry. Just rest up and recover."
"Huh?" Li Xiangling's eyes slowly widened. She felt the pain in her right arm suddenly diminish.
Taking advantage of the moment, Jiang Ruoxue placed her hand on the wooden stick and swiftly pulled it out.
A trace of blood trickled down Li Xiangling's arm, but the wound wasn't large. It looked like just a flesh wound that should heal in a few days.
"You... aren't you an 'Extreme Path' member?" Li Xiangling asked, confused.
"Yeah." Jiang Ruoxue nodded.
"I don't understand..." Li Xiangling glanced at Qi Xia and Qiao Jiajin, then said to Jiang Ruoxue, "Aren't we enemies? Why are you helping me?"
"You don't need to understand." Jiang Ruoxue tossed the stick aside and chuckled lightly. "When have we 'Extreme Path' members ever needed your understanding for what we do?"
Qiao Jiajin checked Li Xiangling's arm and found that the wound had indeed healed considerably.
"That girl, you're pretty amazing," Qiao Jiajin said cheerfully.
Jiang Ruoxue sighed helplessly. "Alright, now I definitely won't be able to pick up those three. Nothing else to do, so I'll be going."
She stretched again, then turned to leave.
"Wait..." Qiao Jiajin said. "That big woman and the leather jacket guy are probably beyond saving, but the Stone Man dropped out midway. You should still be able to find him."
"Stone Man?" Jiang Ruoxue nodded. "Alright, got it."
She waved goodbye to everyone with her back turned and then disappeared down the street.
Qi Xia came back to his senses and looked at Qiao Jiajin and Li Xiangling. Both were covered in blood and had likely sustained numerous flesh wounds.
"So? Did we win?" Qi Xia asked.
"Ah!" Qiao Jiajin suddenly shouted. "You mentioning it reminds me—we haven't won yet!"
He quickly turned around and pulled Li Xiangling back toward the elevator. "Big Guy is still up there waiting for us, silly. Kung Fu Girl, come up with me quickly."
...
Zhang Shan was sitting beside the blue flag, waiting with a worried expression.
"Big Guy!" Qiao Jiajin shouted happily as he stepped off the elevator. "I brought Kung Fu Girl!"
Hearing this, Zhang Shan quickly stood up. "Great!"
Qi Xia also stepped out of the elevator. The game was about to end, but he still had questions for Earth Tiger.
Following the rules, Qiao Jiajin and Li Xiangling crossed the single-plank bridge one after the other and, along with Zhang Shan, touched the flag.
The game was over.
Earth Tiger, who had been standing to the side the entire time, finally moved.
"Red team has all touched the blue team's flag. Game over." He pulled a cloth pouch from his bosom and tossed it to the three. "Take the guy who didn't pay the ticket and get lost."
"Your attitude really isn't endearing." Zhang Shan shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at Li Xiangling. "Xiao Li, you're injured?"
"Yeah... but it's not serious." Li Xiangling smiled. "Unbelievable, actually. One of the 'Extreme Path' members helped us."
"Oh?"
Li Xiangling recounted the encounter with Jiang Ruoxue to Zhang Shan in detail.
Meanwhile, Qi Xia slowly approached Earth Tiger.
"What?" Earth Tiger asked irritably.
"How do I meet her?"
"Who?"
"The 'Heavenly Sheep.'"
"How the hell would I know?!" Earth Tiger shoved Qi Xia aside and headed straight for the elevator.
"Hey!" Qi Xia grabbed Earth Tiger's thick arm, which felt like grabbing a rock. "This is really important to me... I'm willing to trade anything..."
Hearing this, Earth Tiger slowly stopped.
He stared intently into Qi Xia's eyes for a moment, wanting to curse him out, but the words Qi Xia had spoken earlier echoed in his ears.
*There are many roads in this world, and everyone can find their own path.*
Earth Tiger was silent for a long time before speaking. "They say that the 'Zodiac' who becomes a 'Tian (Heavenly)' can freely enter and leave the 'Land of the End.' So I don't know where the 'Heavenly Sheep' is."
Qi Xia's eyes gradually dimmed.
"So that's it... She really did lie to me...?"
"Hmph." Earth Tiger snorted coldly. "And you think I wasn't lied to?!"
His tiger claws slowly clenched into fists as he muttered to himself, "Things we agreed on before... not a single one came true... I was such a fool to actually trust the 'Sheep'..."
"What...?" Qi Xia was stunned. "She lied to you too?"
"Hmph." Earth Tiger snorted again. "Being deceived is my own business. What's it to you?"
Hearing this, Qi Xia frowned, and a sudden idea came to him.
"Look... since you were deceived too, and I was deceived too, why don't we stand on the same side?" Qi Xia felt like he was going crazy, trying to form an alliance with a tiger-headed man.
Upon hearing this, Earth Tiger grabbed Qi Xia by the collar.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" He looked down at Qi Xia from head to toe. "An ordinary person without 'Echo' dares to think of standing on the same side as an 'Earth-grade'? What makes you think you're worthy?!"
A massive killing intent erupted. Earth Tiger's eyes looked like they wanted to devour Qi Xia.
"Alright..." Qi Xia slowly raised his hands, trying to calm Earth Tiger down. "Calm down. I was just being delusional..."
Seeing the sudden disappointment in Qi Xia's eyes, Earth Tiger loosened his grip, slowly turned around, and his deep voice rang out again. "Get lost."