After relaxing, Xia Qiu felt weak in her legs. She sat on the ground for an unknown amount of time before she reluctantly stood up. Using the plum blade as a crutch, she walked step by step towards the edge of Qingmei Island.
As soon as she reached the shore of Qingmei Lake, she could no longer walk. Rarely, there is a piece of fine sand here, and the white gravel is extremely crystal clear when illuminated by the moonlight. Xia Qiu sat down under a few coconut trees. The fruits on these trees are used to brew coconut wine. The rich fragrance of coconut wafted from the winery closest to here. It smelled amazing. People feel particularly comfortable. She couldn't explain why her sense of smell seemed sharper than usual when her soul was separated. She just wanted to sit quietly like this for a while so that she could gather some strength to fly back to Bauhinia Island.
Although the horse flute that summoned the spirit horse was still hung around her neck, she did not want to disturb the dragonfly anymore. She didn't know if it had returned safely to its companions on the island. Recalling the fierce battle just now, it had suffered a lot with her, and she had to give this hero a good show of comfort tomorrow. No.
After resting for a while, she felt that she had some strength again in her body, so she got up and tried to fly. The direction of Bauhinia Island is not difficult to determine, because even if the souls are separated, they will still attract each other, and you can definitely go back as long as you follow the feeling. But not long after flying, the strength she had managed to accumulate was exhausted again. She lost consciousness and fell into the lake. The temperature in the water dropped rapidly, but fortunately she did not feel suffocated.
She no longer had the strength to swim upstream, so she had no choice but to let herself sink. The scenes on both sides of the lake reminded her of the ruins of the mermaid settlement under the lake in Dongyao Shuicheng that she had visited. She unknowingly entered the gap between the two mountain peaks. Under the illumination of her pink spiritual fire, she could roughly see the stacked buildings on the two mountains. The square houses followed each other. One is very similar to the one on Bauhinia Island, and there are redbud trees that have died long ago with only black branches left.
As the distance from the water surface continued to increase, the weak spiritual fire in her body gradually became insufficient to illuminate the surrounding scenery. The dark water of the lake frightened her, and she felt lonely. She couldn't help but ask: Am I going to die here? Even though he had defeated the purple-eyed monster that he thought was impossible to defeat, was it still difficult to escape such a fate
At this time, a blue light suddenly flashed past her left. Although the light was not strong, the dimness of the underwater environment made it more obvious. She couldn't help but turn her head to follow the light. What was clearly in the blue light was the shape of a spiritual horse. It was running down the mountain at the bottom of the lake, seemingly chasing her. After the spiritual horse finally became parallel to her, it jumped up from the mountain and headed towards her. Swim in her direction.
As soon as it lowered its head, it carried her weak abdomen, then swam back to the mountain with her, and continued running down the mountain road. She wanted to beg it to take her back to the lake. But when he opened his mouth, he could only spit out a bunch of blisters.
The temperature under the water was getting lower and lower, and her consciousness became trance-like. After being carried by the spirit horse that suddenly appeared for an unknown period of time, her body suddenly warmed up, and her consciousness also recovered with this warmth. . It has brought her to the very bottom of the lake, which is filled with many self-luminous plants, some of them like water plants, some like mushrooms, and some colorful cotton-shaped flowers.
The spirit horse beneath him slowed down, and finally stopped, as if he wanted her to get off his back. She thought it would be difficult to roll off the back of the spirit horse, but it turned out to be surprisingly easy. When she got to the ground, she realized that the spirit horse might still be a young horse, because it was smaller than dragonflies. Much shorter.
She thought: It's hard for you to carry me underwater for so long. You must be exhausted.
The little spirit horse cupped her hand with its head, as if it heard what she was thinking, and then looked at her with its round eyes and blinked. She felt that what it wanted to express was to ask her to follow her, so she followed it. The feeling of walking underwater is more relaxed than in Dongyao, and with those densely growing luminous plants, the surroundings are no longer dim. Although she didn't know where it was going to take her, the feeling of following it gave her an indescribable sense of peace of mind.
She could clearly feel that the temperature under the water was getting warmer. The entrance to a cave not far away appeared in front of them. The little spirit horse walked towards the huge cave without looking back. She I had no choice but to keep up with its pace.
After walking very far inside the cave, there was no more water. Not only that, it was much brighter than outside, because there were balls of white flames suspended in the cave. Those flames seemed to have self-awareness, and would tentatively come closer when she walked past them. At first, she was a little scared, but they did not hurt her, they just circled her body a few times and then disappeared. Automatically return to its original position.
The warmth she felt just now came from this cave. She couldn't help but guess that the cave itself might be a living body, because she could even hear the "bang bang" sound of her heart beating, and the sound became clearer and clearer. .
The little spirit horse has brought her to the deepest part of the cave, which is much wider than the place they just walked through. On a high platform, a huge white spirit horse was lying there with its eyes closed, and there were many white flames similar to what Xia Qiu had seen just above its head. But when she looked carefully into the white flames, she was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a young spirit horse in each flame. Although they were of different colors, they were all sleeping, like little angels. .
The white spirit horse, which was resting with its eyes closed, sensed her arrival, opened its eyes and stood up from the high platform. Only then did she realize that it was much taller than she had imagined, with a back height of about three meters. It lowered its head and reflected her face in the giant pupils. After a while, when Xia Qiu was at a loss, it actually started to speak.
"Are you a human? It's really strange that you can come here with your own spiritual power!"
From the sound of her voice, this was a female spirit horse. Its behavior and conversation revealed a noble temperament, which made Xia Qiu feel in awe. She responded: "Yes! Excuse me, where is this place? And you are..."
Before she finished speaking, the female spirit horse said: "This is called the Spirit Cave. It is the place where the spirit horse was born. I have been here before the immeasurable heaven was formed. My name is Silver, and it is the place where the spirit horse was born. The mother of the spirit horse can also be called the fairy spirit beast in the lake! Then who are you?"
"My name is Xia Qiu. As you said, I am a human being. Due to some special reasons, I had to flee to the boundless heaven to seek refuge with the owner of Bauhinia Island, the former Demon King Fox Ouyang Xueye." Xia Qiu responded respectfully.
"What a little girl with a strange experience! I didn't expect that my shy son Huixing would lead you here. Since he was born, he was much weaker than my other children, so he was quite inferior, even though As an adult, it was still far smaller than its siblings, so I kept it with me."
Yin looked at Huixing tenderly, as if it were a treasure in front of her, and Xia Qiu could see the special love she had for Huixing. Although it was her first time to see the mother of the spirit horse, she still boldly pleaded: "When my soul was separated, I fought a battle with a purple-eyed monster. Although I won by luck, I used all my strength because of it. Later, I fell into the lake unknowingly and was saved by Hui Xing, but I have to return to Bauhinia Island! I hope you can help me!"
"No wonder I feel that there is an inexplicable commotion on the lake tonight. It turns out to be like this! Originally, I didn't want to have anything to do with the things on the shore. Seeing that you are destined to Huixing, I will make an exception and help you!" Yin! After speaking, he spit out a bead surrounded by white flames from his mouth. It looked like a pearl. It was about the size of a thumb and could float in the air miraculously. Yinwang continued to Xia Qiu, "Swallow this bead that contains part of my spiritual power. It will definitely help you regain the strength to return to the lake."
Xia Qiu looked at the bank gratefully, saluted and said, "Thank you!"
Then she took the bead from the air and put it into her mouth without hesitation. The bead's faint fragrance and warm breath slid down her throat. Soon, she felt her whole body heat up from the inside out. As the heat expanded, she also felt an unprecedented strength growing rapidly in her body.
"You should be able to return to the shore now. Huixing will take you between the two peaks you passed through when you fell down!" Silver said with a smile in his eyes and corners of his mouth.
It looks so kind, as if Xia Qiu is also her child. Xia Qiu guessed that every time Yin saw off his children, he probably had this look on his face.
After bidding farewell to Silver, she followed Huixing back to her position between the two peaks. Huixing's eyes were full of reluctance. This was the first time it had come into contact with a soul from land. The girl in front of it felt gentle, just like the pink spiritual flame emanating from her body. Let it naturally let go of its original defenses against the outside world. Perhaps after that, it will have the courage to say goodbye to its mother and go to the world on the shore.
Xia Qiu stretched out her arms to hug Huixing's neck and rubbed her cheek on its forehead. Tears flowed out of her eyes and scattered into the lake. Without its help, she might have died alone in the cold lake. Unable to speak, she could only express her gratitude to it with such actions.
After a while, Wheesung nuzzled her, trying to tell her that it was time to say goodbye. She let go, nodded to it, and swam toward the lake above her head. Only then did she realize that the beads that Yin gave her did more than just give her the spiritual power to rush to the surface of the water. She just pushed upwards and swam a long way away. In a short time, she came to the lake.
The feeling of seeing the Seven-Colored Moon again cannot be described in words. She jumped out of the lake and flew into the air like a dolphin, while the power in her body was still pouring out, making her spiritual fire become more and more powerful. Bauhinia Island was right in front of her, and she wanted to return to her bed in the center of Ziyun as soon as possible, and to return to Xiaolibai's side. For her at this moment, what place could be more beautiful than there