“Sister, your immortal arts are so beautiful.”
In a dark and eerie, unknown place, a cluster of sparks bloomed on the snow-white snowflakes, the fusion of cold and heat becoming the most striking and special color in this decaying, damp, and cold environment.
Bai Shengyi, dressed in a goose-yellow light robe, touched her face and timidly asked the girl in the red dress, “Sister. Am I a bit ugly now?”
Her face was covered in many blister-like red bumps, and black threads, like an ominous curse, spread across most of her face, making her original features completely unrecognizable.
The red-clad girl beside her turned slightly, revealing herself to be a miniature Li Shiqing.
Li Shiqing held a sword in one hand and the “flower” in the other, warily scanning their surroundings. She didn’t notice Bai Shengyi’s sensitive little thoughts and casually comforted her, “You’re not ugly. Don’t be scared, little sister. I’ll definitely take you out of here.”
“It’s all Chu Tianle’s fault. He said there was a top-grade spirit vein here, and we ended up stumbling into the Soul Devourer Beast’s den.” Li Shiqing suddenly stopped, pulling Bai Shengyi behind her, “Who is it?”
“It’s me, don’t make a move, Sister Li!” A miniature Chu Tianle walked over from not far away, looking disheveled.
He was followed by two others, one dressed in the same goose-yellow light robe as Bai Shengyi, and the other in black.
“Weren’t you with Feng Wuya?” Li Shiqing warily looked at the two, “Who are these two?”
“It’s a long story. Feng Wuya and I chose different paths; I don’t know where he went.”
Chu Tianle pointed to the two, “They said they were looking for their uncle, but they were poisoned by Soul Devourer Beasts. Look, just like that little girl we met outside… Huh? The little girl is still with you.”
Bai Shengyi ignored Chu Tianle and rushed towards the two, her voice filled with affection.
“Sister, Your Highness, I finally found you, woo woo woo…” She originally wanted to rush into the arms of the man in black, but was instead hugged by the girl in similar attire.
“You’re scared now, aren’t you? For running around alone! It’s one thing for you to act recklessly normally, but you don’t know your limits in such a dangerous place. Fortunately, Your Highness and I insisted on finding you.” The girl admonished Bai Shengyi like a little adult.
“See, Your Highness and I are both poisoned because of you. You’ll have to repay us properly from now on, or we’ll abandon you!”
Bai Shengyi nodded repeatedly, crying fearfully, “Don’t abandon me…”
Bai Shengyi knew this was a dream, or rather, a fragment of the original host’s lost memories, but she couldn’t control the actions of her younger self.
However, she recognized that the one dressed the same as her was Bai Murong, and the one in black was Qin Zhao.
Unlike Qin Zhao’s later undisguised perfunctory treatment and emotional manipulation towards her, Qin Zhao at this time was gentle, courteous, and elegant.
He waited for Bai Shengyi and Bai Murong to finish talking before kindly asking Bai Shengyi if she was injured, and who Li Shiqing was…
Finally, he stepped forward and said to Li Shiqing and Chu Tianle, “Fellow Daoists, may we travel together?”
“Of course. Even if you hadn’t asked, I would have invited you. By following us, you’ll at least be safer,” Li Shiqing said chivalrously.
Qin Zhao smiled gently, “Then thank you, fellow Daoist. My sister has not yet begun her cultivation path, and she caused you trouble just now.”
“You’re too kind!”
Li Shiqing glanced at them and was about to say that the young girl hadn’t caused trouble, but then she realized that the faces of the two young girls were indistinguishable, and the rest were almost identical.
She suffered from mild prosopagnosia, and at that moment, she couldn’t tell who was who.
She could only say, “Let’s not waste any more time. Let’s get out of here quickly… These black mists seem to be getting thicker!”
Following Li Shiqing’s exclamation, a large mass of black mist instantly filled Bai Shengyi’s vision.
Bai Shengyi felt a sharp stinging pain in her eyes, and then her whole body shivered…
“Ah!”
She sat up abruptly in bed!
“Is this the lost memory?” Bai Shengyi touched her eyes, and for some reason, suddenly felt like crying.
She attributed it to the lingering emotions of the original host and forcefully suppressed it.
“Shengyi, are you alright?” Chu Tianle’s insistent knocking came from outside the door. She didn’t know how long he had been knocking; he sounded a bit anxious.
Bai Shengyi got out of bed and stretched, finding her whole body comfortable, filled with strength as if she had taken a fifth-tier Spirit Replenishing Pill. She exclaimed in surprise.
She was about to examine the changes in her body more closely when she heard Chu Tianle outside say, “We’re disembarking. If you don’t come out, I’m breaking down the door… Huh?”
“Shengyi, how are you?” Chu Tianle looked at Bai Shengyi, who had suddenly opened the door, and ruffled his hair. “Why didn’t you wait for me to come back and just went back to your room yourself? I was wondering if you needed healing pills.”
“I’m fine,” Bai Shengyi said with a calm expression. “You said I went back to my room by myself?”
She remembered losing consciousness afterward. How could she have gone back to her room by herself?
Bai Shengyi mentally asked the Reincarnation Brush, but unfortunately, the Reincarnation Brush, perhaps having fallen asleep again, did not respond.
“Yes, you were gone when I came back.”
Chu Tianle said, feeling a bit awkward. In his haste, he had forgotten and left the injured Bai Shengyi in the corridor. It was fortunate that she still had consciousness, otherwise, if she had been harmed, it would have been his fault.
Bai Shengyi frowned, lost in thought.
Chu Tianle stood beside Bai Shengyi. Seeing her lost in thought, he assumed she was still thinking about Li Shiqing’s matter. He scratched his head, shook his wine bottle, and then finally spoke.
“Um, Shengyi, Sister Li definitely didn’t mean it. Do you two have some misunderstanding?”
“Heh!”
This familiar question made Bai Shengyi feel like she was hearing a joke. She couldn’t help but let out a sneer, which also solidified her recent thoughts.
The rough-tempered Chu Tianle finally noticed something was wrong with Bai Shengyi. He realized that Bai Shengyi’s attitude towards him had become much more distant and indifferent than before!
Chu Tianle was startled. Was Shengyi angry because he hadn’t helped her yesterday?
Before he could ask, he heard Bai Shengyi’s cold voice.
“Do you know? Yesterday, your Sister Li asked me if Bai Murong and I had some misunderstanding?”
She raised her eyebrows indifferently, her empty eyes seeming to fall on the distant sky, or perhaps looking directly at him, coldly.
“What misunderstanding is there? It’s just that people have close and distant relationships. Just like you, when faced with the conflict and fight between me and Li Shiqing, you would subconsciously feel that Li Shiqing might have her own unavoidable reasons.”
Yesterday, when she was first knocked to the ground by Li Shiqing, she actually still had some consciousness.
So, she heard Chu Tianle’s conversation with Li Shiqing.
She also heard Chu Tianle’s footsteps as he left with Li Shiqing.
“Chu Tianle, I don’t think we’re suitable as teammates.”