Chapter 25 Death
The cold winter is good for Tibetans.

In the following time, Yan Lingji kept hiding in Yang Chong's room.

Yan Lingji, who had been a prisoner for seven years, seemed to have no objection to being a stay-at-home girl for a few more years. She ate well and slept well. But poor Jiang Nu was always affected by Yan Lingji's illusion, which made Yang Chong unable to bear it any longer.

But Yang Chong also knew that Yan Lingji's approach was the best. After all, the secret between the two of them could not be known to a third person. As for Jiang Nu, she would just have to suffer for the time being.

During this period, Yang Chong practiced the Nine Yin General Principles and the Nine Yin White Bone Claw at night, and practiced the Heart Destroying Palm openly during the day. In this way, time passed quickly and fulfillingly. In the blink of an eye, it was already deep winter, and spring was not far away.

But suddenly one day, Old Man Li asked Yang Chong to find him.

When Yang Chong saw Old Man Li again in the dim room, he couldn't help but be shocked. Compared with Old Man Li a few days ago, Old Man Li now looked even older. It seemed that just a few days had taken away his last bit of energy.

"I'm going to die." Old man Li, who had never trimmed his hair and beard, now tidied himself up, but he no longer had the vitality he once had when he spoke.

"Winter is really not a good season." Yang Chong sighed. During his practice of the Nine Yin Scriptures, he became more and more sensitive to a person's qi. Therefore, he was able to sense the lingering deathly aura that permeated Old Man Li at this time.

"As long as I can survive this winter, I will have another year to live, but I can't make it through. It's really frustrating." Old man Li said with a wry smile.

The cold winter is the most difficult and dangerous thing for an old person. It will consume an old person's potential until it is dried up.

"Do you have any last words?" Yang Chong asked. Since Old Man Li came to him at this time, this was the only thing he could think of.

"What's in that cave?" Old man Li grabbed Yang Chong's arm and asked. His strength was so great that he didn't seem like a dying man at all.

"There is a person imprisoned inside." Yang Chong replied.

"As expected, as expected, can you rescue that man?" Old Man Li said excitedly.

All he wanted in his life was to live an honest life, but even such a simple request became a luxury before that incident. How could he not hate the person who caused his tragedy? Now he is dying, and if he dies with this hatred, he will not be able to die in peace.

"Rescued." There was no need for Yang Chong to hide anything from the dying person. Besides, the cave was a secret told to him by old man Li.

"Then I can feel at ease. I'll wait for him to kill those people, so I won't be lonely on the ghost road." Old man Li laughed weakly as he spoke. Years of grudges could be avenged one day, which should be the best thing for this dying man.

"You'd better make arrangements for your funeral arrangements. If you have any last wishes, tell them as soon as possible, otherwise you won't even have the chance to speak of them when you're really gone." Yang Chong urged.

"I'm a dying man and I'm not in a hurry, so why should you be in a hurry?" Old man Li said unhappily.

But old man Li only had that much temper. If he didn't have much time left and wanted to make arrangements for his funeral, why would he ask someone to find Yang Chong? In Xiliu Village, Yang Chong was the only one he could count on.

"After I die, just prepare a two-inch thin coffin for me. I've been miserable enough in my life, and I need to be a little dignified after my death." Old man Li was honest this time, and his tone was earnest.

"It's easy." Yang Chong nodded. He could afford the coffin. "Also, prepare some delicious food for me. Chicken, duck, fish or meat will do." Old Man Li added.

"Are you going to trick me again? A dying man still has an appetite to eat?" Yang Chong asked suspiciously. He had long experienced the unscrupulousness of old man Li. If he had not gotten the secret of Yan Lingji from him, Yang Chong would have strangled him to death.

"It's okay to just smell it. I can only trick you again this time." This time, Old Man Li did not quibble, but admitted it openly.

"Okay, I'll let you trick me once more." Considering that Old Man Li was about to die, Yang Chong didn't bother to make a fuss about it. Besides, after all, Old Man Li enriched his childhood.

"There is one more thing." Old Man Li said again.

"Are you done yet?" Yang Chong acted annoyed. Wasn't it that the old man Li's last wishes were a bit too many?

"The last one, the last one, I promise it's the last one." Old man Li said embarrassedly. His physical weakness seemed to make him mentally fragile as well. He was no longer as shameless as before.

"Go ahead."

"Please wait until I die before leaving. Death is too scary. I don't want to die alone." Old man Li looked at Yang Chong, with an unprecedented pleading look in his eyes.

"Okay." Yang Chong nodded. He seemed to have understood Old Man Li's feelings.

"Thank you very much." Old man Li grinned, his attitude more sincere than ever.

In a moment of silence, the dim and cold room fell into silence. Only a lamp was swaying, bringing some light to this shabby room that was cleaned up for the last time by Old Man Li.

Yang Chong's body was hidden in a place where no lights illuminated. He quietly looked at the old man Li who had fallen into a coma. His old face was lifeless, and the skin on his exposed palms was dry and wrinkled. The lifeless body also lost its support, and the skin collapsed.

Yang Chong had never been so close to natural death, and he was depressed for a while.

Death is the fate that all things in the world cannot escape. It also brings great terror. Fortunately, some people can face it calmly, but it is also fair. No matter whether you are a king, a general, or a commoner, it treats everyone equally. In the end, the ending is the same. Although the ending is the same, the process is not exactly the same. It is precisely because of this that this process, that is, living, becomes more meaningful. That is the meaning of life.

"Is this death?" Yang Chong smelled the scent of death while sensing the breath.

"If death is the final outcome for everyone, then how should I live and why should I live?" Yang Chong pondered.

"Who is this dying old man to you?" Just as Yang Chong was thinking about the meaning of life and death, a bright voice that should not have appeared in the current environment came from behind him.

A hot body appeared behind Yang Chong, the distance was so close that Yang Chong could feel the heat falling on his face.

"He once held a dream of mine." Yang Chong said.

(End of this chapter)