Zhang Zi fell into the dark valley of decay.
This was something he never dreamed of! He had originally run to the Rotten Valley Road full of anticipation to meet the dusty beauty in his dream, but in the end, he did not hug the beauty and even rode to see the King of Hell.
Fortunately, when he fell along with the flow of sand, he fell on a pile of thick and soft soil in the gully. Although his mouth was full of sand and his body was deeply sunk in the sand, he was almost buried alive by the sand, but he managed to save his life.
This was all thanks to the box in his arms. The box blocked the falling sand for him, giving him a chance to breathe.
When the dust settled, he woke up from a brief coma. He moved the box on his body with difficulty and stretched out a hand from the sand pile. Gradually, his head and body also came out of the sand pile.
He spat out a mouthful of sand and lay on the sand pile, panting heavily. His entire body was like a rotten persimmon falling to the ground-weak and powerless.
Where was this place? He raised his eyes and looked around. It was dark, gloomy, and lonely. The turbid air was mixed with a thick smell of decay. Had he fallen into hell? Was he really going to see a ghost?
Zhang Zi couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end. He pinched his arm hard. It hurt! He was not dead yet. He had to leave this terrifying place quickly and find an exit to escape.
He held the box and rolled down the high mound. His head and face were ashen, like fried fried dough twist. His entire body was limp. It took him a long time before he struggled to get up from the ground and looked for a way out in a daze.
With the help of the dim light projected from above, he saw piles of mounds of different sizes, like graves, row upon row. The ground was full of potholes and ditches.
He moved toward the dim light and stumbled to the bottom of the ravine, where he saw a ladder rising. He walked forward and brushed away the loose soil on the surface. Only then did he see that the ladder was made of mud bricks.
Of course, he didn't know how lucky he was. This mud brick ladder was the one that Wei Zi had built using rough mud bricks.
That's right, Wei Zi had been here before. At that time, Wei Zi didn't know that the door he passed through was actually a ventilation door in the pagoda valley. The dangerous place he entered was the Rotten Valley Valley at the bottom of the Chrysalis Tower.
Also, Master Wei would never have thought that on the last day of the deadline, Zhang Zi would fall here.
However, Zhang Zi was luckier than him. The mud brick ladder was still standing there perfectly. Although the ladder was covered with a thick layer of soil, he could still use it to climb up.
Zhang Zi held the box with the pearls tightly in one hand and held the ladder with the other. He was treading on thin ice, trembling with fear. He followed the mud brick stairs and finally climbed up a narrow stone platform.
Standing on the narrow stone platform, there was nothing in front of him. There was no cover or obstruction, and he could not see the ladder that could be used to climb up. It was like standing on a high diving platform, suspended in mid-air, unable to go up or down.
He raised his head and narrowed his eyes. He looked up at the sky outside the ravine. It was gray, and he could clearly hear the howling of the wind outside the ravine.
In his panic, he felt the stone platform under his feet shake. For some reason, it shook like an earthquake.
He stood on the shaking stone platform and suddenly felt dizzy. He was so scared that his legs went soft and he immediately fell down.
The stone platform shook more and more violently, and a crack had already appeared on the platform under his feet.
Caw! He hugged the box and cried out in despair. It was over!
The crack on the stone platform grew bigger and was about to split into two. He was about to fall into the deep ravine and die. He sighed sadly. Sigh, this time, he was really going to see a ghost!
As he lamented, a rope with a circular iron ring fell from the sky, swinging in the air and hitting his shoulder.
He looked up, up-Yay! It was really like a cooked duck flying into the sky. There were all kinds of strange things!
Above his head, a huge paper harrier was flying. There was a person lying in the net under the paper harrier. It was this person who threw this life-saving rope at him.
He recognized the paper harrier. He had seen it in the pearl before. It belonged to the dusty woman! Was she here to save him? In his bewilderment, he heard her shout,"
"Grab the-hoops-around you!”Her delicate voice was intermittent in the wind.
At this moment, he didn't have time to think. Facing his only life-saving straw, he grabbed it and wrapped the circular iron ring around his waist. Then, he hugged the box tightly with both hands. From the beginning to the end, his hands never left the box.
One had to know that the pearls in this box were his most precious treasure. Once they were lost, he would become a penniless pauper and would be unable to move an inch.
He felt his feet slowly floating in the air, leaving the stone platform, and his body slowly rising up.
Just as he was about to reach the mouth of the ravine, he heard a loud crash from below. The stone platform finally split into two halves, and the fragments fell to the bottom of the ravine, stirring up a cloud of dust and rushing straight into the ravine.
Zhang Zi was already drenched in sweat.
He followed the paper harrier and escaped from the mouth of the Rotten Valley. Slowly, he flew in the direction of the Ancient Dragon Tree, if that was considered flying.
To him, everything that happened before his eyes was like a dream. In a trance, Zhang Zi was suspended in the air, the wind whistling in his ears.
He was confused. Did he not know that he was flying? Or was his soul flying?
A strong hemp rope was tightly pulling the paper harrier in the air.
The dusty woman in the net bag of the paper harrier was firmly pressing on a roller lever with both hands, and the lower end of the rope released by the roller was tied to Zhang Zi.
The paper harrier swayed in the wind, trying to break free from the rope that was pulling it, but it failed. It was pulled back to the Ancient Dragon Tree by a powerful force.
That was because under the Ancient Dragon Tree, there were more than two thousand Dustmen holding tightly onto one end of the hemp rope. These Dust Men had experienced wind tribulations of various sizes, and they were all as strong as city walls. They were no longer afraid of the wind. They were the 2,000 or so Dust Men under Zhang Zi's jurisdiction.
This was something that Zhang Zi did not expect, and it was also something that he had never expected.
He had once looked down on these lowly people, toyed with them, looked down on them, and mocked them. At this moment, amidst the raging wind, these humble dust people had gathered here. They listened to the arrangements of the dust woman and formed a powerful force. With the help of the wings of the paper harrier, they rescued Zhang Zi from the valley of decay.
Finally, the paper harrier was led back to the sky above the Ancient Dragon Tree and slowly landed on the ground.
Zhang Zi's feet touched the solid ground again. He seemed to have woken up from a dream. He sat on the ground, paralyzed at the feet of more than 2,000 Dust Men.
After a long time, the howling wind stopped. The dust settled in the air.
Zhang Zi slowly regained his strength, and a trace of blood returned to his pale face. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the towering 10,000-year-old Ancient Dragon Tree in front of him. He saw that there were a lot of dusty people in front of him, squeezing tightly together.
There was also the dusty woman, the perfect girl, who was standing in front of him with a smile. Seeing that he had woken up, she praised him gently,
"You're really amazing! It's really awesome!"
When Zhang Zi heard that the first thing she said was to praise him, he was a little stunned.
What was so great about him? If not for this woman and the surrounding Dust Men, he would have almost met Hades.
"I…I…Am I really…awesome?”He stared at the dusty woman and asked doubtfully.
"Yes, I am! If you didn't protect this box of pearls with all your strength, many of the dust people present would have no hope of survival!”The dusty woman said emotionally.
"What do you mean?" After he heard that, he was even more baffled.
"Don't you know? Once the pearls in this box fall into the rotten valley, the dust man standing in front of you will wither like a withered ancient dragon flower and turn into dust!”
"Oh?" Her words surprised him again. Originally, he was just like a miser protecting his precious treasures with all his might, but he inadvertently became a " hero " who saved the Dust People.
"You're really a good person! He is our benefactor and also our benefactor! We really don't know how to thank you!”
" Actually, I... I... didn't do anything..." Her words of praise made him feel a little embarrassed. In fact, it was these dust people in front of him who saved his life. They were his benefactors!
"No, I can't! Thanks to you! Did you know? Today is the day when the last Ancient Dragon Flower will fall, and you have worked tirelessly, fearless of the long journey and dangers, to rush here with a box of pearls. In the end, you fell into the ravine, and you were still able to protect the pearls in the box! You're really awesome!"
Once upon a time, he heard Wei Zi scold him the most. Big sweet potato, club, idiot, idiot…
In his heart, he hated Wei Zi the most for knocking on his head and giving him " millet ". He hated Wei Zi even more for calling him " sweet potato ", and " big sweet potato "!
At this moment, for the first time, he heard someone praise him and say that he was amazing! Moreover, all these compliments came from the mouth of a peerless beauty.
Instantly, he felt that he was really great, really amazing! He couldn't help but feel a little light-headed, forgetting his ultimate purpose for coming here.
"Sir, look, the dark clouds have covered the sun. There might be a storm in the evening. You have to leave this place before sunset! All the Dust Men here had to leave this place! Please take out the pearls from the box!”
"Why? They are my most precious treasures. Why should I take them out?”
"Yes, I am! They are all your wealth! Now, they are standing in front of you, waiting to build a ladder for you!”
"Build a stairway for me? Are you sending me back to Kun Pavilion?"
"No, I can't! You now have more than 2,000 pearls. If you pay them all, they can send you to a higher level. Are you unwilling?”
"Of course I'm willing! It's even a dream!"
"It's getting late. Please act quickly!”
Zhang Zi still refused to let go of the box and hesitated."
"You want me to give them all the pearls in the box? If I don't have the pearl, what will happen to my journey in the future?”
"Benefactor, I can see that you are a person with ideals. You have great ambitions and dream of becoming a Chongshan man one day, right?”
"Yes! That's right!"
"You must know how long the road to Chongshan Town is. Who can accompany you on this long journey?”
" This…Um…" He tilted his head and thought about his parents.
His parents, who had doted on him the most and had been by his side since he was young, were now in Sparrow Town and did not accompany him to the Kun Pavilion. As for who would accompany him on the journey, he could not answer.
" They, the dust people in front of you, are just passers-by in your life journey. They can only build a ladder for you and accompany you through a certain distance, but they can't accompany you all the way!”
Alas-indeed! Other than a sigh, Zhang Zi was completely speechless. Her words convinced him.
Since that was the case, he had to act quickly. He would strive to build the stairway up before sunset.
He immediately took out the pearls from the box and distributed one to each of the Dust Men present.
The 2,000 Dust Men standing in front of him had all been selected from the soul-stirring wind tribulation. All of them were as strong as bulls. Under the nourishment of the pearls, they were transforming. After sunset, they would transform into mud people, and their lives would continue.
After Zhang Zi paid all the pearls in the box, he realized that he had missed out on one person. She was the only one who did not get the pearls.
How could this be? The dusty woman stood in front of him, staring at the empty box. Tears of sadness welled up in her eyes. She held back her tears and asked with a smile,
"Benefactor, could it be that my pearl is not in your hands?”
His words really woke him up from his dream. Zhang Zi suddenly realized that Wei Zi had once given him her pearl and told him to take it to the Rotten Valley Road to find her. Now, this pearl was hidden in his underwear pocket.
He quickly reached into his pocket and took out a pearl. He held it up and said with a smile,
"Yu Nu, look-your one is here!”
She smiled and took the pearl from his hand.
She knew that her life was about to transform into a mud person. Her life would also change. However, this was far from enough. She wanted to borrow his strength to take a bigger step towards her long-cherished wish.
"Noble, I can't repay your kindness in this life! We can only wait for the next life…"
"Why wait until the next life?" Zhang Zi was anxious." You can repay me now!”
"How do you want me to repay you?"
"Follow me! To tell you the truth, I rushed here to get you!”
"This is my greatest honor! However, if you want me to go with you, you have to pay 1,500 pearls!”
"What is it? Why do you need so many pearls?" His brain was a little confused.
" Originally, the 2,000 Dust Men in front of you could build a Heaven Stairway for you. Now, if you want me to follow you, you must build two Heaven Stairways so that I can climb up with you!”
"As long as you come with me, I can build as many stairways as you want!”He patted his chest and replied heroically.
"Noble, you're so good to me! From now on, this little girl is willing to do anything for you!”The dusty woman said softly and knelt in front of him.
Zhang Zi quickly helped her up and pulled her into his arms. He smiled brightly. This time, it was not a dream, but a real hug.
Soon, two staircases made of more than 2,000 Dustmen led to a higher place in the pupa tower.
Zhang Zi and the Dust Girl climbed the Heavenly Stairs together. The huge paper bow was still slung on Yu Na's back.
"Where are we going now?" Yu Nu asked softly,
"I heard that above the Kun Pavilion is the Moon Pavilion. We might go to the Moon Pavilion!”
To be honest, Zhang Zi wasn't confident either. He didn't know where their destination was, and he didn't know if the two of them could reach the Moon Pavilion. He didn't know what kind of place the Moon Pavilion was.
At this moment, their hearts were filled with anxiety and longing.
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