Chapter 56: Great Terror Between Life and Death

"I'll go and have a look."

In the peach forest, Xiao Ai said so, leaving Qianqian behind and chasing the white ape in the direction where it disappeared.

However, after she left the peach forest, she could not see any trace of the white ape.

In the morning, the forest was quiet and silent. The white ape did not even leave footprints, and no one knew where it went.

Xiao Ai searched for it in the mountains for a while, but still could not find it, so she had to return to the peach forest to accompany Qianqian to pick peach blossoms.

And not long after Xiao Ai returned to the peach forest, not far from the peach forest, the ground where dead leaves were piled up suddenly bulged slowly. Then a white ape quietly emerged from the hole covered with dead leaves.

It held a handful of peach blossoms tightly in its hand, and looked at the peach forest not far away with worry and fear. After confirming that the little girl did not chase out, it left here quietly.

The white ape's steps were light and agile, and it did not make any sound while running in the mountains.

Soon, it left the main peak and sneaked into the more wild and primitive dense jungle behind the main peak.

In this dense and primitive jungle, wild beasts lurked and snakes and insects were rampant. Even the hunters in Shuisheng Village were often unwilling to go deep into such places to hunt because the terrain was too harsh.

But the white ape passed through the jungle and climbed over the cliffs lightly and quickly. This primitive jungle, which was complex and difficult for humans, was as familiar to it as home.

Finally, the white ape arrived at a dark cave.

Neither Lu Heng nor Xiao Ai had been here. The entrance of the cave was suspended above the cliff, and no wild beasts could come up except the clever monkeys in the mountains.

As soon as the white ape climbed into the cave, a squeaking monkey cry sounded in the not-so-big cave.

All the monkeys in the cave gathered around, curiously looking at the handful of peach blossoms in the white ape's hand.

After the white ape angrily pushed away the monkeys blocking the way, he walked to the center of the monkey group. There, an old monkey lay quietly, barely breathing.

"Ji! Ji!" The white ape held up the peach blossoms in his hand and shouted excitedly at the old monkey.

However, the old monkey could no longer answer him. He just lay there weakly, barely opened one eye, and exhaled a heavy breath.

"Ji! Ji!"

The white ape shouted excitedly, regardless of the reaction of the monkeys around him. He ran to the old monkey, stuffed all the peach blossoms in his hand into the old monkey's mouth, and then shouted loudly, "Ji! Ji!"

The white ape could feel that the blooming peach blossoms contained a strong life energy. If these life energy could be eaten by the old monkey...

It stretched out its two hands, grabbed the old monkey's weak and skinny arms, and continuously transferred the weak spiritual energy in its body into the old monkey's body.

"Ji! Ji!"

The white ape shouted loudly, learning from the girl's teaching to practice, trying to use its own spiritual energy to guide the old monkey to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, the spiritual energy in its body was too weak. No matter how hard it tried, it could not do what the girl taught it to do when it first practiced.

The weak old monkey still lay there, breathing weakly, and no spiritual energy from heaven and earth entered the old monkey's body at all.

Even the peach blossoms that it had high hopes for did not improve the situation after the old monkey chewed and swallowed them reluctantly.

Gradually, the old monkey's breathing became heavier and the intervals between breaths became longer and longer. No matter how hard the white ape tried, the weak spiritual energy in its body could not help the old monkey.

"Ji... Ji..."

The white ape's confused cry sounded in the cave.

It sat beside the old monkey stupidly, watching the mother monkey who had raised it since childhood gradually lose her breath and her body gradually start to get cold, and it was a little panicked and at a loss.

When the old monkey died completely, it was even more panicked and scared and shook the old monkey's body desperately.

But no matter how it shook and shouted, the old monkey remained motionless and would never open his eyes to look at it again.

In the dark cave, the voice of the white ape gradually became lower.

In the end, it suddenly turned into a shrill and extremely painful howl, which spread far away in the forest...

...

When Lu Heng heard the commotion, he was still practicing in the underground temple.

The Yuanshen incarnation suspended in the air slowly opened his eyes, with a slightly surprised expression.

With a thought, Lu Heng's Yuanshen incarnation appeared in front of the Wolf Temple.

Under the blood-red sunset, a white ape was kneeling in front of the Wolf Temple, howling and kowtowing desperately.

In the arms of the white ape, there was a completely cold ape corpse.

The girl named Xiao Ai was standing on the stairs in front of the Wolf Temple, preventing the white ape from entering.

The expression on her face was both distressed and angry.

"I said! Lord Wolf God can't help you! Birth, aging, sickness and death are the order of heaven and earth, and it is impossible to change!"

"Don't make trouble here, okay?"

"If you disturb Lord Wolf God's practice, I can't atone for your sin even if I peel off your skin!"

The girl's words were fierce and fierce, but the white ape in front of her turned a deaf ear to the scolding, just kowtowed desperately towards the Wolf God Temple, howling miserably and desperately.

The miserable howl spread far away in the mountains, and it seemed inexplicably sad.

This was the scene that Lu Heng saw when he came out...

After a few seconds, Lu Heng slowly sighed and spoke.

"Okay, Xiao Ai, you don't have to blame it."

Patting the girl on the shoulder, Lu Heng said, "Let me hear the monkey's wish."

Lu Heng's sudden appearance startled Xiao Ai.

She quickly stepped aside, a little panicked, "Lord Wolf God, I'm sorry to disturb your practice..."

"It's okay, I've been underground for a long time, it's time to come out and take a look," Lu Heng smiled at the girl, then looked at the white ape kneeling at his feet, his expression became serious.

"Do you want me to save it?" Lu Heng looked at the ape corpse in the white ape's arms and asked directly.

The white ape was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly nodded desperately, "Ji! Jijiji!"

Lu Heng looked at it and asked again, "Why do you want to save it? It is very important to you?"

"Ji! Ji!" The white ape shouted excitedly, telling the wolf god that the old monkey had raised it since childhood.

Under the blood-red sunset, the white ape, who was holding the old monkey's corpse, shouting desperately, gesturing constantly, and his voice was hoarse, looked so helpless and pitiful.

However, Lu Heng's expression did not change.

He stood in front of the Wolf Temple, quietly listening to the white ape finish all the words, and then slowly spoke.

"This old monkey is very important to you, so after it died, you immediately came to ask me for help. But you have dozens of monkeys in the monkey group in the mountains, and even your children are among them. These monkeys are also very important to you."

"If they die tomorrow, will you bring them to me to save them?"

Lu Heng's question made the white ape completely stunned.

It held the old monkey's body in its arms and knelt there blankly, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Lu Heng looked at it like this, sighed softly, and then said.

"Birth, aging, sickness and death are the order of heaven and earth, and cannot be changed. You saw me resurrect Xiao Ai once, so you thought I had the ability to bring the dead back to life, so after the old monkey died, you thought of asking me for help first."

"But have you ever thought that if I can really revive all dead creatures and bring all things in heaven and earth back to life, can the world still maintain its current appearance? Aren't those who have come back to life everywhere?"

Lu Heng's question made the white ape confused.

It knelt there stupidly, not knowing what to say.

Lu Heng continued, "Or, if I can revive the dead at will. Then why didn't I revive Xiao Ai's uncle? Why didn't I revive those old people who died in Shuisheng Village?"

Lu Heng looked at the white ape and said with soft eyes.

"You saved Xiao Ai's life, so Xiao Ai wanted to repay you and taught you the way of cultivation, hoping to lead you into the path of demon cultivation, escape from chaos and ignorance, and live longer."

"During that period, she was exhausted physically and mentally, but she didn't dare to give up easily... Why did she have to work so hard?"

"If I can really resurrect the dead at will, then Xiao Ai only needs to watch you play in the mountains, and when your life is over and you die, I will hold you in front of me and let me resurrect you. Can't you continue to play in the mountains without worries? Why does Xiao Ai have to go to great lengths to teach you the way to longevity?"

Lu Heng said softly, without any blame in his eyes.

However, in front of the Wolf God Temple, the eyes of the kneeling white ape gradually became dull.

It understood what Lu Heng meant, and also clearly realized that the mother monkey in its arms would never open her eyes again.

Slightly confused, the white ape lowered its head and stared at the corpse of the old monkey in its arms.

The afterglow of the setting sun made the old monkey look old and tired.

The white ape suddenly found that the corpse in his arms was so heavy that it almost crushed him.

He howled in despair and cried in pain. He knelt in front of the Wolf God Temple and kowtowed heavily to Lu Heng.

"Chi! Chi!"