"I know," Tianshi hurriedly nodded.
"If one day you really create that thing—I mean, if—could you save one for me?" Xu Zimo said with a smile.
Though he was smiling, the blood that would not stop flowing down his face made him look utterly miserable.
"When the time comes, I'll have my descendants seek you out. Give the thing to them.
Let them change my fate against the heavens. I know it will be difficult, and the hope is slim.
But let this be the final wish of a dying man."
"Alright, I promise you." Tianshi raised his head and looked at Lin Qing. "Whether for your sake or Xiao Qing's, I'll do everything I can."
"Words alone are no guarantee. I'm afraid you'll forget me by then," Xu Zimo said. "Could you give me a token, so they can find you more easily?"
Tianshi pondered for a moment, then took out a jade pendant from his Storage Ring. "I have always carried this jade pendant with me. It has never left my side.
"If, one day in the future, someone comes to me carrying this jade pendant, I will certainly do everything in my power to help him."
Xu Zimo slowly accepted the jade pendant and hung it on himself, smiling. "I'm almost done for.
"We haven't known each other for long, but I'm truly happy to have met all of you.
"After I die, bury my body underground.
"None of you come disturb me.
"Just as I came, let me leave silently, treading through wind and dust."
After Xu Zimo finished speaking, his head tilted to one side. The life gradually faded from his eyes, and his lids slowly closed.
That day, Cangyan Town was steeped in grief.
The people looked at the mound before them and