Obligations of the elderly

The so-called end point is the holy place in the eyes of Qizhou people, and it is the livable place that Palasauti found back then.Anyone who has heard the legend of Palasauti probably thinks that it must be a piece of fertile land with blue sky and white clouds, like a paradise of peach blossoms.

However, what actually appeared in front of Gong Si and the others was a desolate ice field that couldn't be more desolate.

The sky here is indeed a clear blue, without a trace of white clouds, pure blue, but there is no soil below it, only a thick layer of ice.This is the peak of a snow mountain, and it is also the highest snow mountain they have climbed all the way. When standing here, the entire no-man's land and even the Qizhou continent are under the mountain, which is extremely vast.

Why do you say that once people arrive here, they will know that this is the legendary holy place, and they will immediately realize that this is the end of their trip?

The answer is at the end of Xuefeng, closer to the east.

There is a statue there.

A statue made of silver metal, the main character of the statue is a teenager, and the giant ax in his hand pointing to the sky makes people guess his identity at once.

"It's Palasauti and Qi." Ge said, and walked towards the statue. As a Qizhou person, he instinctively admired the two legendary heroes. He bent down and performed a Qizhou-style gesture. Heavy ceremony.

Gong Si and the others also walked towards the statue, and after expressing their respect to the hero in their own ways, they looked at the statue curiously.

This statue is not very big, at most two meters high, the design is very simple, it is Palasauti and Qi, and their feet are made of "soil" made of metal of the same material. Palasauti's sculpture has no facial features, However, the body movements are very nimble, and the bulging muscles on the arms make people feel the gust of wind when he swings Qi, and Qi, who is transformed into a giant axe, is swung towards the sky by him, with the blue sky as the background, this is so beautiful. Make the metallic silver giant ax look extra holy.

The statues of the two men stood at the end of the snow peak, looking east beyond the statue, there was a steep cliff over there, and the deep blue ocean ahead.

This is a mountain on the edge of the Qizhou continent!

However, Palasauti in the statue is not looking at the sea over there. He is facing the palace and the others. From the direction they came from, Palasauti seems to be waiting there, waiting for them When there is no one, Palasauti looks like standing there quietly, watching his hometown in front of him.

"This is it, we have reached the end." Gong Si said.

Sitting on the cliff next to Palasauti, they looked side by side at the vast ocean in front of them for a while. Just when they didn't know what to do next, Nilu found something strange about the statue.

"Look at Palasauti's right hand!" Wearing the clothes that other people patched together for him, Nilu pointed at the statue and shouted.

The others came back to the statue from the cliff.

Gongsi carefully observed the statue again, his eyes were on Palasauti's right hand, and he couldn't help but glanced at the other's left hand - he realized that Palasauti was holding Qi with his left hand. , so the hero is left-handed, he thought.

Then he looked seriously at the right hand of the statue. He held a ball in his hand, which was also made of metal, but... what was it? !

"Looks like... a place where you can set fire?" Malone went over to check.He made obeisance to the statue, he walked over and touched the inside of the metal ball, his finger turned black visibly, he twisted it, turned his head and said to the crowd: "That's right, something was burnt inside, it's ashes .”

"This should be Palasauti's kindling." Xiliu also stood up and looked at the statue. He stretched out his palm and opened it, revealing a small round ball with a different color but a similar shape - that was the preservation they received. Fire storage device for tinder: "Putting the tinder in our hands in it should be the last step of the coming-of-age ceremony."

Then, he looked at Ge first, and then everyone else looked at him.

Under everyone's gaze, Ge's throat moved, and finally he opened the firearm in his hand, walked slowly to the statue, and carefully put the fire in.

In an instant, a cluster of small flames appeared in the originally cold silver fire storage device.

Raising his head, Ge glanced at Palasauti again, and then finally fixed his gaze on the giant ax in the blue sky.

He didn't stay for too long, he came back and Emin went to set fire.

One by one, everyone lined up to set off the kindling. Seeing that there were more and more kindling in the firearm, Gong Si also put his own kindling into it. He walked back and glanced at the stream that didn't seem to move. It was strange. looked at him.

"Why don't you go over?" Gong Si asked him in a low voice.

His eyes moved from the statue to Gongsi, Xiliu put a smile on his face again, and then he shook his head: "I won't go there, I am older than you, I have grown up long ago, and I have already held a coming-of-age ceremony, so This time I'll let it go."

He said, looking down at the fire storage device in his hand: "For me, rather than handing over the fire seed to Palasauti, I would like to keep this fire storage device and the fire seed inside it, which is very commemorative value."

Although they were a bit puzzled by what he said, everyone still didn't insist that he go over, and then passed the stream empty, and the last person was Udi.

Quietly looking at the statue in front of him, Udi also walked over, without any trouble like a stream, he successfully put the fire in his hand into it, then lowered his head, closed his eyes, and muttered silently in front of the statue what.

The voice was very small, and the others didn't hear it clearly, but I also knew that it was probably a whisper to Palasauti.

Then, when he retreated, everyone stood in a row again, neatly standing in front of the statue.

I don't know who said it first: "Wish us a happy adulthood!"

Then everyone laughed and congratulated each other on coming of age.

"Having this coming-of-age ceremony with your friends is much more meaningful than celebrating a normal birthday, but is it that simple?" Malone was slightly disappointed.

"This is because Qizhou has recovered now, even though it was the road back then, the danger on the road has been greatly reduced, there are no external and internal troubles, and we probably know where the destination is, so we can walk so easily. "Xi Liu said to him, and then looked at the soles of his feet, "Actually, Ah Si felt a lot easier after making the sled. Before, even I was walking until the soles of my feet were broken."

Then everyone laughed again.

Then Malone stopped laughing first.

"Wait—stop laughing, did you hear anything?" He pricked up his ears.

Amin frowned: "What's the sound? Except our laughter..."

"There is a very strange sound, rumbling." Malone also frowned.

"Did you hear it wrong—" Ai Min didn't finish her sentence, and the stream cut in.

"Malong heard it right. There are indeed other sounds, not animal sounds, human voices, or mechanical sounds." Xiliu narrowed his eyes and said.

"Under the ground! It's the sound from the ground!" Udi's eyes widened, and he looked towards the ground in horror. Not long after he said this, the ice under their feet cracked, and the ground A long gap opened, and before they could struggle to escape, everyone fell into the gap!