After finishing the channeling with Ouyang Xiaoleng, Xia Qiu was sure that her time in Jinghua Village was running out. Through Ouyang Xiaoleng's description, she knew the dangers of this ritual. If she failed to return to the soul, she would face death in the other world, but she didn't know exactly what would happen to her in the state of soul separation. She would also Did the Yuhe Sage disappear like a human being? In short, before an unknown situation occurred, she decided to explain it to Elder Wan and others.
Elder Anhui spent a lot of spiritual power on the first day in blocking the invasion of white bats and fighting the black crane. Although he had rested for a night, his complexion looked slightly better, but he was still very weak. Seeing Xia Qiu's arrival, he temporarily called away the villagers responsible for taking care of him, and half-leaned on the bedside to talk to her.
Hearing that Xia Qiu was likely to leave Jinghua Village within a few days, he was also very happy for her, but from her eyes, he could feel a trace of fear in her heart. In fact, she was also looking forward to returning to her original world, especially after hearing Ouyang Xiaoleng's words during the channeling moment last night. Her yearning for him was just as intense as his yearning for her. But there was a trace of panic unavoidable. She was afraid that something unexpected had happened to Yuhe Senren. His sad past made her feel distressed, and she felt lucky to have a friend like him. However, these emotions made it even more difficult for her to face it. his death.
Seeing that Elder Anhui was still weak when speaking, Xia Qiu did not disturb him any more. After telling him to take a good rest, he walked out of his home.
In Jinghua Village, the villagers are working together to repair the houses that were destroyed in the battle. Xia Qiu is also participating. Although she has no knowledge in construction, she can at least help carry materials and prepare some food and tea for them. . At this time, Xiaolibai also came in handy. Xia Qiu commanded it to transform into a huge form, and was responsible for delivering heavier wood and tools to the villagers who were building roofs.
While the busy work made her feel tired, it also distracted her attention, leaving her with less time to worry about various speculations. Two days passed by in such a hurry. On the morning of the third day, when she woke up, she had a premonition that the time to leave had come.
Xiao Mo has become extremely dependent on her in the past few days, because the disappearance of Yuhe Immortal has also hit her hard, so she is a little afraid that Xia Qiu will leave her in the same way.
Xia Qiu gave some clothes that the Elk Fairy had made for her in the Infinite Heaven to the sewing house, and asked the mother-in-law there to modify them according to Xiao Mo's figure. Xiao Mo had said before that the materials and styles of the clothes in the Infinite Heaven should be better. They looked much better, so she decided to keep them all to her, along with her bow and arrows.
But the one she couldn't worry about was Xiaoli Bai.
In the evening, she and Xiao Mo sat on the roof together, admiring the beautiful scenery of the sun gradually setting below the mountains. Xiao Libai curled up on her lap, as warm as a ball of cotton.
She gently stroked its soft hair and said to Xiao Mo: "Xiao Mo, I leave Xiao Libai to you, please help me take good care of it, okay?"
"Sister Xia Qiu, will you come back to see us from time to time like your elder brother did in the past?" Xiao Mo pouted. Although he wanted to cry, he reluctantly held it back.
"If I can, I will definitely do it!" Xia Qiu extended her little finger to Xiao Mo and promised, "Let's pull the hook!"
"Pull the hook?" Xiao Mo stretched out his little finger curiously and hooked it with Xia Qiu's.
What was conveyed from the fingertips was the power of promise. Xiao Mo, who was still a child at that moment, could also feel it. Even though they would be separated by the ends of the earth from now on, the bond between them would not be severed.
That night, before Hai hour arrived, Xia Qiu suddenly felt like her soul was separated. She originally thought that she would feel this way because the soul-returning ceremony had begun. But soon, she discovered that it was not Ouyang Xiaoleng and the others who were trying to take her away from the state of soul separation, but some kind of dark force.
She was lying on the bed when her whole body was suddenly lifted into the air by the force, accompanied by a strange scream echoing in her brain. The scream was like a summons to her, although she tried her best not to let it go. Although he was controlled by them, he still found it difficult to resist the attraction of this powerful force.
Her body was lifted higher and higher, first through the ceiling, and then continued to rise facing the sky. When she felt that she had entered the sky, she suddenly realized that what was surrounding her was not the twinkling stars, but a dark and viscous liquid. She was addicted to this liquid, struggling constantly, trying to escape from the control of this mysterious power. The suffocation made her gradually lose consciousness. She no longer remembered where she was, and even everything about herself began to gradually fade away. Forgetfulness, consciousness and power disappeared from her body together.
Ouyang Xiaoleng completely sank into the blood pool. Being surrounded by this black liquid made every move he made several times more difficult. But he did not give up. He first tried to free one foot from the hand of the humanoid monster, and then used this foot to kick hard towards the humanoid monster that grabbed his other foot. Then he also removed his hands from the monster. liberated from it. He waved the divine ice in his hand wildly, scattering all the humanoid monsters that tried to stop him, and finally used all his strength to get his upper body out of the black liquid.
He breathed in the air outside which was actually full of rancid smell. After shaking out the black liquid that had been poured into his ears, his hearing began to recover again. The sound of fighting from Ouyang Hongye and others came from the shore. He knew that his companions were still trying to buy time for him.
Not far in front of him, Xia Qiu had been placed on the platform in the center of the blood pool. Countless humanoid monsters rose into the air from the liquid level, circling around the platform like ghosts. The sounds they made were very strange, as if they were some kind of monster. The most evil and mysterious curse, but there is another voice faintly in the air, competing with their voices. Ouyang Xiaoleng listened carefully and was sure that it was Ouyang Yong's voice.
"The soul whose destiny is wandering can regain the true body of evil! The soul whose destiny is wandering can regain the true body of evil..."
The louder Ouyang Yong's voice became, the louder the voices of those humanoid monsters also rose, as if they were competing with him. The former is to bring Xia Qiu's soul back to its original world, but the latter is to drag her into eternal darkness.
Seeing Xia Qiu being tortured by pain, nothing could stop Ouyang Xiaoleng. He dispersed the row of humanoid monsters blocking him with a sword, then quickly climbed up to the platform in the center of the blood pool and picked her up.
The moment the two people's bodies came into contact, the Demon King's Crown suddenly flew out of Ouyang Xiaoleng's chest, and it slowly rose with a dazzling silver light. In the center of the Source Sin Blood Pool, the huge white fox flashed again. It opened its big mouth and waved its giant claws, tearing apart all the humanoid monsters surrounding Ouyang Xiaolen, Xia Qiu and the shore.
After another flash of lightning-like light, when he opened his eyes again, the five people on the five-pointed star position returned to the empty field where the soul-returning ceremony was performed. The cover formed by the smoke of camphor incense above their heads no longer existed, and the fresh air in the courtyard, with the subtle fragrance of plum blossoms, poured into their lungs, making people feel refreshed.
They all turned their attention to Xia Qiu on the stretcher, but she was still sleeping deeply, seemingly unchanged from before. This result disappointed everyone.
"Sister Xia, why didn't you wake up?! Did we fail?!" Lingyu cried uncontrollably.
"Xia Qiu, wake up!" Qianqi held one of Xia Qiu's hands, but felt her body temperature was dropping. He shouted, "Hey, her body is getting colder and colder!"
"How could this happen?!" Mochizuki clenched his fists at a loss. He couldn't imagine that after so many efforts, he still couldn't prevent the death of the human girl.
Ouyang Xiaoleng put his palm against Xia Qiu's cheek. At this moment, there was no tone or expression that could describe his feelings. He just wanted to keep her and say in person what he was not sure whether to convey to her during the channeling that day. Tell her once, but why doesn't God want to give him and her this opportunity
While everyone was enveloped in grief and disappointment, no one noticed the change in the air around them. The huge white fox appeared again at some unknown time, and next to it was another mythical beast that they could not name. Although the divine beast is just a translucent shadow, you can still clearly see that it is carrying a unconscious girl on its back, and that girl is Xia Qiu.
The mythical beast descended from the air to the ground and walked towards Xia Qiu on the stretcher. Where its four feet stepped on the ground, colorful flowers grew and bloomed quickly and wantonly. The solemnity and intimidation it carried, The people surrounding Xia Qiu automatically moved some distance away.
Before and after walking to the stretcher, it carefully lowered its body so that the Xia Qiu on its back, which was also translucent like itself, could fall into the body on the stretcher, and then it touched it with the tip of its nose. Her nose seemed to be trying to wake her up.
A miracle happened. Xia Qiu, who was lying on the stretcher, finally slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the mythical beast in front of her in disbelief, then stretched out her hands to hug it and called out: "Xiao Libai! Why are you here?"
The huge white fox in the sky spoke at this moment: "The Holy Beast of Dew, the human contractor has awakened, it's time for you to leave with me!"
Little Libai whimpered lowly, as if in response to the white fox's words, and then it rubbed Xia Qiu's face with its big head. Xia Qiu knew that the moment of separation had come, and although she was reluctant to let go, she still let go of her arms around her.
Xiao Libai changed direction and walked back towards the white fox in the sky. The flowers that had just bloomed on the ground withered and disappeared into the sky together with it and the white fox.
Everyone gathered around Xia Qiu again. Qianqi and Lingyu were both excited and didn't know what to do. They cheered first, and then started crying. She looked at their faces, which seemed so familiar to her even though they were long lost.
The moment her eyes met Ouyang Xiaoleng's, he stopped and he picked her up from the stretcher without caring that there were so many people surrounding them. Only by holding her could he feel her body so warm and real. All the pain and suffering he experienced after being separated from her no longer mattered, and everything he had given suddenly had extraordinary significance. She was in his arms, and he could feel her heartbeat and breathing, What could be more precious than the happiness of this moment
"I want to see you! Finally I see you again!"
Xia Qiu also couldn't wait to convey her longing and lovesickness for him.
"Yes, me too!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng felt that his voice was trembling with emotion. How wonderful it was to be able to respond to her call again. He would never forget this beauty.