That night, we walked to a place where there was no village in front and no store behind, Xiao Bian could no longer move. We rested whenever Xiao Bian couldn't move anymore. I thought we should find a tree because resting by the roadside always felt unreliable and empty, and our only reliance was on trees. This time, the tree was quite far away, about a hundred steps or so. We couldn't leave Xiao Bian in its original place because it was too far away and would be taken away as a wild horse, so I had to carry Xiao Bian under the tree.

  Xile said: It's really strange, you have to find a tree to sleep.

  I asked: Do you feel like it doesn't matter if there are trees or not, and that your heart won't be missing something?

  Xǐlè shuō: Méiyǒu.

  Translation:

  Xi Le said: None.

  I said: I don't know. I can only fall asleep with one thing in mind and feel at ease.

  Xǐ lè shuō: nǐ zhè yàng hěn wēi xiǎn.

  Translation:

  Xi Le said: You are being very dangerous.

  I said: I'm not afraid of any danger. When I sleep, if there's something moving lightly beside me, I can wake up. What am I afraid of? I may not be able to beat anyone in a fight, but we still have such sharp Ling (spirit/energy).

  Xǐlè shuō: Líng gěi dāngle.

  Translation:

  Xi Le said: The soul has been taken away.

  I said: Oh, I'm not afraid of that either, anyway no one can kill me, Master said.

  Xile said: I know you're great, but you've been sleeping under the tree all the time, you'll be struck by lightning to death. I said: Xile, you are really smart, when it rains, we can't sleep under the tree.

  Xile said: You useless man, are you going to spend your whole life sleeping under a tree?

  I said: Oh, we can find a beautiful place with mountains and water, no worries about food or clothing, and build a house.

  Xi Le said: At that time I must marry you.

  I said: Actually, it's nothing. We still have a lot of silver in our hands. After dawn, we'll take a look around and if the place is nice, we can build a house.

  Xile said: You really don't have any ambition.

  I said: What's the point of taking it? No big deal if we don't use workers, I've been practicing since I was young, one palm can chop down a tree, and it saves people from sawing for half a day. No wonder Master said that practicing this is very useful.

  Xile said: I'm not saying that, think about it, you're carrying the spirit that everyone in the world wants, Master taught you everything, is it just to chop trees and build houses?

  I said: I don't know, aren't all spirits already?

  Xile said: You idiot, did you really think it was real? I thought it was too dangerous for us to carry around, so I temporarily stored it in a place where no one would think of. We still have to go get it after a month.

  I said: Ah, do we have to ride the small flat (car) back?

  Xile said: Of course, it's not just that, we also need to prepare nearly a hundred taels of silver for redemption.

  I said: Why didn't you say it earlier? If you had said it earlier, I wouldn't have become one. We would have stayed by your side and could have chopped the enemy and chopped firewood, which is more convenient.

  Xile said: It's really too dangerous. Listen to me. Don't think about building a house tomorrow morning, okay?

  I said: Okay, but first cover a small one?

  Xile said: Well-behaved, listen, it will be covered in a few days. It's too close to leave Shaolin Temple here, it's not good, Master will be angry if he knows, we should cover it a bit further, okay? Go to sleep first.

  I fell asleep in a little while, thinking that the world is indeed so peaceful. Walking a bit further, building a house, and living a life of peace and security.