The empty fields suddenly became silent, the clouds and mist dispersed, the sun shone down warmly, and the Mirror Lake returned to its former tranquility and peace, as if the earth-shattering battle just now had never happened.
"Squeak--" Some small animals hiding in the caves and bushes to avoid the battle began to tentatively come out, looked around, and after confirming that there was no danger, they plucked up the courage to slowly move around. They carefully avoided the corpse that fell to the ground, as if they were still afraid of something and did not dare to get too close to the corpse. However, when the vigilance was relaxed, there were still curious people who could not resist the temptation and slowly approached the corpse. A mountain rat circled the corpse from a distance, sniffed it with its nose, and stared at the corpse not far away. The stiff corpse fell to the ground, and it looked a little eerie and strange from a distance. After a long time, as if it was sure that there was no danger, the mountain rat began to approach the corpse little by little.
"Squeak—" Suddenly, as if frightened by something, the mountain rat that had just approached the corpse suddenly let out a sharp cry, turned around and ran away, hiding back in its own cave, refusing to come out again. A mountain breeze blew, and the corpse that had already become stiff on the ground suddenly glowed with purple-black light. The light became stronger and finally gathered on the top of the head, and then gradually withdrew from the top of the head of the corpse. The purple-black light slowly condensed in the air and gradually transformed into a human face, sinister and cold, it was Kong Qianli who had just died...
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Flying back to the security hall, Ao Ningshuang carried Hu Meiniang straight to her room, pushed open the door, gently put her on the bed, lowered her head, and stared at the unconscious Hu Meiniang, looking at the woman with slightly frowned brows, as if she was in a bad dream, with pity and heartache in her eyes. "Meiniang..." She murmured Hu Meiniang's name, stretched out her hand, and a white light between her fingers slowly penetrated into Hu Meiniang's eyebrows. Hu Meiniang's frown gradually relaxed, but her eyes were still closed, with no sign of waking up.
Ao Ningshuang frowned slightly. Mei Niang's injury was more serious than she thought. She changed her hand gestures and was about to cast a spell again, but she heard footsteps. Xiaoqing and Ao Qingmei walked into the room one after another.
"Sister..." Xiaoqing walked forward quickly, and seeing Ao Ningshuang was about to cast a spell to save people, she frowned and stopped her, "-You have always been in poor health, and you just experienced a battle. How can you cast a spell to save people now?" Looking at Hu Meiniang on the bed, she volunteered, "Let me cast a spell to save her, you take a rest first." As she said that, she was about to step forward to cast a spell to heal Hu Meiniang.
Although Ao Ningshuang's brows showed fatigue, she stopped Xiaoqing and shook her head slightly, saying, "Third sister, I'm fine, don't worry about me." She looked quietly at Hu Meiniang on the bed with gentle eyes, "I owe her too much, it's time to pay her back..."
"You owe her too much?" Xiaoqing was confused and showed a puzzled look on her face. She was about to ask something when she was stopped by Ao Qingmei beside her. Ao Qingmei winked at her, turned her head and secretly glanced at Hu Meiniang on the bed. Her eyes inadvertently fell on a jade pendant around Hu Meiniang's neck, and her heart suddenly moved slightly.
"Third sister, let's go out first and let my eldest sister heal Miss Mei Niang." Ao Qingmei looked at Ao Ningshuang thoughtfully and suddenly said. Without waiting for Xiaoqing to object, she pulled her out of the room. When closing the door, Ao Qingmei looked at Ao Ningshuang again and said, "Big sister, my third sister and I will stay outside the house to protect you. Just let us know if you need anything."
"Yeah." Ao Ningshuang nodded slightly without raising her eyes. She stared deeply at Hu Meiniang, and her whole mind seemed to be focused on her.
Ao Qingmei said no more and closed the door gently.
"Second sister, what are you doing? We should have stayed in the house to help eldest sister. Why did you pull me out?" Xiaoqing complained repeatedly, somewhat blaming Ao Qingmei for forcibly pulling her out of the room.
Ao Qingmei put her hand to her lips and made a gesture to Xiaoqing to keep quiet. She glanced at the closed door and whispered, "Let's talk aside." After that, she walked towards the corridor at the side.
Xiaoqing frowned, feeling that Ao Qingmei was a little strange, but couldn't tell what was wrong. Seeing her walking away, she immediately took a step forward and followed her.
Ao Qingmei stopped at the end of the corridor, and seemed to be intentionally a little further away from Ao Ningshuang's room. Hearing the footsteps behind him, he knew that Xiaoqing had followed him, so he turned around and said before Xiaoqing could ask a series of questions, "Well, the only thing you and I have to do now is to wait here. As for the injured Mei Niang, let Big Sister save her, we don't need to worry."
"I'm worried about my elder sister." Xiao Qing frowned and said, "That Mei Niang is seriously injured. If we want to save her, we will definitely consume a lot of magic power. I'm worried that my elder sister will not be able to bear it after just fighting a big battle and then use her magic power to save people." Xiao Qing thought about it and still felt uneasy, so she turned around and walked back - "No, I'd better go and lend a hand to my elder sister."
"Okay—" Ao Qingmei grabbed Xiaoqing, curled her lips, and said with a smile: "You, you are really worried. Don't you think about how deep the elder sister's cultivation is? Why do you and I need to worry about her? Besides, the elder sister was not injured in the battle at Phoenix Mountain just now. Casting a spell to save Mei Niang at this moment will only consume some magic power. There is no need to make a fuss. And—can't you see that the elder sister cares about Mei Niang very much? How can she let you and me heal her injuries!"
Xiao Qing was startled, and after hearing the deep meaning behind Ao Qingmei's words, she blurted out, "Are you saying that Big Sister and Mei Niang know each other?"
Ao Qingmei nodded: "Of course I know her." She stared at Xiaoqing and said slowly: "You know, I saw the blood jade on Mei Niang just now - the blood jade that belongs to my eldest sister."
"What?" Xiao Qing was surprised when she heard that. She asked, "Second sister, did you really see it clearly? Is the blood jade that my eldest sister said she accidentally lost really in the possession of that woman named Mei Niang?"
Ao Qingmei did not answer, but stretched out her hand to take off the jade pendant that had been hanging on her neck and placed it in her palm. It was a blood-colored jade pendant shaped like a water drop. Staring at it, Ao Qingmei's fingers suddenly moved lightly, and a ray of light suddenly rose. It seemed that blood was flowing in the jade pendant, and the skin close to the jade pendant began to feel a trace of warmth in her heart. Slowly holding the jade pendant in her hand, Ao Qingmei's eyes were complicated. The blood jade was a magical weapon for the four siblings of the Ao family. Each of them had their own body protection. It was formed by the first drop of blood that flowed out when they were born and came into the world. It was of great significance to them, equivalent to a part of their lives. Such an important thing, but her eldest sister gave the blood jade that belonged to her to the woman called Mei Niang. It can be seen that Mei Niang actually occupies a very important position in her eldest sister's heart. But what is her origin? !