The dwarf stood up, quickly reached out to lift the illusion, and called out softly into it.
"Fischer? Are you there?"
"Ding dong..."
A faint sound, as if from the depths of the cave, carried a hint of panic and surprise...
"I'm here!"
This was followed by hurried footsteps and heavy panting, approaching from afar! Just as he was about to reach the end, the man inside seemed to sense an outsider's presence, his body suddenly tensed, and he retreated repeatedly! Standing guard and alert...
"Who?! Is there anyone else?!"
The dwarf knew he was cautious and quickly explained.
"These are guests from the dwarf tribe. Because the continent's barrier disappeared for some reason, outsiders rushed in to snatch treasures. They just saved us!"
Then, the dwarf briefly explained everything, adding at the end...
"They want to forge a divine sword. The elders have all seen it and aren't confident. That's why I thought of you... Fischer, I know your talent very well. If it were you, you definitely could..."
Before he could finish, the man in the cave interjected, his tone calm and self-deprecating, with a hint of bitter laughter.
"I can't! You know... I'm just an anomaly!"
The dwarf was anxious!
"You're not! Fischer, this is a rare opportunity to prove yourself. If you can do what all other dwarves cannot, I believe the elders will look at you with new eyes!"
The man in the cave shook his head, his attitude resolute!
"You should leave, I don't know how to forge!"
Hearing this, the dwarf's expression stiffened. He lowered his head with a touch of dejection, looking quite disappointed...
Jin Bao'er, who had been listening for a while, understood the dilemma. She suddenly spoke.
"What are you so insecure about? If you truly have the skill, you should prove it to everyone! Not listen to your friend's advice and encouragement and wallow in sorrow here! You say you can't do it without even looking, no wonder the dwarf elders look down on you and scold your friend..."
"He's blind to not stand up for you!"
When he heard the first part, the man showed no reaction. But the moment the last sentence fell, a sharp intake of breath was heard! Obvious emotional fluctuations arose!
Jin Bao'er's eyes lit up! She continued,
"He said your talent is strong and that you can do what others can't. That's why I came to find you, only to find you're a coward who doesn't even dare to show your face! Someone like you, how could you forge a divine sword? Forget it, I'll just consider myself..."
"You're spouting nonsense!"
A roar of anger interrupted her words!
Immediately after, a tall and strong figure slowly emerged from the cave. His appearance was handsome, with a hint of age, looking like a man in his forties...
Jin Bao'er was slightly surprised. Due to a special power within the cave, her spiritual sense couldn't penetrate it. She hadn't expected this person to be so tall...
It was no wonder the dwarf elders disliked this person so much!
At this moment, the tall man was glaring with angry eyes. The blinding sunlight forced him to squint slightly. After a moment of adjustment, he finally made out the faces of the people at the cave entrance!
At first glance, he saw Long Li Xing. Among these people, that person's aura was the strongest and most deadly, filled with threat...
However, recognizing that it wasn't the person who had spoken, he shifted his gaze to Jin Bao'er, the only woman...
Upon seeing her appearance, his pupils contracted sharply! As if he had seen something unbelievable, his tall body suddenly trembled and he took a few steps forward, his breathing becoming rapid, his entire being tensing up!
"You... you are!!"
Jin Bao'er raised an eyebrow, completely bewildered by his words! Was he... recognizing her? Impossible! She had never been here before, and she had no memory of ever meeting this person!
Still, this face looked slightly familiar, resembling an old man from her memories...
For instance, that old man from Blue Star, frozen beneath the ice layers of the extreme cold world at the edge of the world, who died with half a god's body!
Her memory was sometimes very good, like now! Combined with his unique energetic fluctuations, she was almost certain at first glance that this person was from Blue Star. However, his robust physique bore some resemblance to a dwarf's build...
For a moment, she was truly uncertain.
Fischer, however, regained his senses at this moment and walked towards Jin Bao'er with great excitement!
"It's you! It must be you!"
She was somewhat confused, but a moment later, she finally understood, her heart filled with complex emotions!
It turned out that Fischer's father was a man from the dwarf tribe, but his mother was a genuine Blue Star person...
Nearly a hundred years ago, his mother, while fleeing, was accidentally caught in a spatial vortex. After falling into the Upper Realm, she was betrayed. Near death, she landed on the dwarf continent in the Lower Realm! She fell in love with a man from the dwarf tribe, and being severely injured, she couldn't leave. Thus, she stayed there!
Of course, these stories seemed to have nothing to do with Jin Bao'er, but when Fischer produced his mother's recorded diary, Jin Bao'er fell silent...
It detailed why she was being hunted!
Fischer's mother was the younger sister of the Blue Star Academy Head. During an accidental discovery of the Academy Head's insane actions—forcibly using divination to investigate the reincarnation of the Mother Goddess! And bringing that pregnant woman to Blue Star, secretly waiting for the Mother Goddess to be born...
Fischer's mother, upon learning the truth, knew that exposing this matter would not be good for the entire universe. Therefore, one night, while the other party was unprepared, she directly stole the child and fled Blue Star!
However, she was relentlessly pursued by the mad Academy Head, severely injured! During the confrontation, she inadvertently triggered a spatial rift vortex, which swept her into the Upper Realm! Carrying the reincarnated Mother Goddess and severely wounded, she had to seal the child to evade the Academy Head's pursuit...
Years later, she was betrayed by a couple she trusted, and the whereabouts of the infant reincarnation of the Mother Goddess became unknown! She herself had to flee to the Lower Realm, landing on the dwarf continent. Knowing her time was short, she could only write down everything that had happened, hoping that one day that child would come here! And learn the truth!
Jin Bao'er listened with a complex expression! Connecting a certain event in her memory, she found herself unable to refute the contents of the diary!
It was not difficult to imagine that the couple who lost her were likely Su Xianzhi's parents. Perhaps coveting her innate talent and fortune, they used some method to swap her destiny with Su Xianzhi's, and then abandoned her in the Lower Realm...
The innate shift in luck caused Su Xianzhi to resent her and scheme against her!
Her parents, fearing that Fischer's mother would discover the truth, spared no effort to silence her, but the other party escaped! And all this would have ended, but no one expected her to meet Long Li Xing in the Lower Realm, thus being completely reborn...