Female lead: No, it's me again??

Chapter 235 Not in the Human World

"You know what he looks like, right?"

The purplish-gold beads seemed to finally respond, and wisps of smoke appeared, coalescing into a silhouette.

For some reason, Xuan Li's heart began to leap with joy!

My heart is pounding strongly!

Xuan Li clutched her chest, her eyes filled with sadness. "Do you long for him even more than I do?"

The man wore a light blue robe and had his black hair loose.

Her tall figure is as upright as a green bamboo, like a traveler walking with the wind, in the world, yet not in the world.

On his shoulder was a small, furry creature, bringing him a touch of the mundane world.

The purple feathers shimmered, as if kissed by starlight.

It chirped silently, trying to stand up and get closer to the man by flapping its little wings, but it was too weak and collapsed onto his broad shoulder.

The man tilted his head slightly, tapping the little guy's head with his slender fingertips, seemingly helpless.

Although only her back was visible, Xuan Li could already guess that this person must be the one she once loved.

A glimpse of her back unconsciously made her happy and sad, all these mixed emotions causing her heartache.

This is an emotion that cannot be erased from the depths of my memory.

Xuan Li smiled, her eyes filled with tears, "I knew it! How could the person I could fall for be the one Ya Ya described?"

She lowered her head, tears falling drop by drop onto the beads. Xuan Li gripped the hairpin tightly.

"So, I am the little guy on his shoulder, Feng Xi, the thing he left me."

It seemed as if she had called its name, or perhaps Xuan Li had learned of the past, because Feng Xi stopped pretending to be dead and slowly transformed into its true form, appearing before her.

A crisp, ringing sound when touched by fingertips.

Xuan Li grew increasingly distressed and murmured, "You resent my forgetfulness, is that why you refused to help that time?"

Feng Xiheng stood before her, his spirit swaying slightly.

Xuan Li received the answer and both cried and laughed.

"Fine, fine, blame me, you should blame me."

It turns out, she really did have a lover.

Unable to accept the news of her lover's death, she acted so cowardly to escape reality, forgetting those who loved her and her friends. She truly deserves to be angry.

As the white smoke slowly dissipated, Xuan Li instinctively reached forward and exclaimed in panic, "Wait, I haven't seen his face yet!"

Unfortunately, they missed their target.

She pleaded softly, "Feng Xi..."

Feng Xi, however, remained aloof and refused to respond, transforming herself into a hairpin and re-inserting it into her hair.

Xuan Li gave a wry smile. "A punishment for me?"

She closed her eyes, and a tear slid down her cheek.

.............

This is Feng Siyue's third day of studying astrology, and she hasn't made any progress.

She sat cross-legged on the sand, pondering where things had gone wrong.

The stars are vast and their movements are ever-changing; trying to find patterns within them is like finding a needle in a haystack.

How to do this?

She rubbed her eyes, pondering a solution, when Xuan Li's voice came from behind her, "Feng Siyue, look what I found?"

She turned around. "Didn't you go out to catch fish? Why are you back so early?"

Xuan Li came over carrying a sack. "I did go fishing, but I found a bag on the way. It's full of fragrant fruit. I brought it for you to try."

"Fruit?"

The breeze carries the scent of fresh spring water, with a hint of cherry blossom sweetness.

"Ah."

Xuan Li took out a fruit, its green color arranged in concentric circles, with light pink traces of a flat boat on it.

Feng Siyue was slightly surprised.

"This is a snake fruit, did you pick it?"

Xuan Li was confused. "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Feng Siyue explained,

"The Serpent Fruit is the main spiritual fruit for refining a Grade 5 antidote pill. It is protected by a fifth-tier guardian beast, the Pink-Eyed Black Serpent, and grows on the edge of a cliff thousands of meters high. You just picked it up like that?"

Moreover, the bag is about half a person's height and seems to contain a considerable amount of items; it couldn't have fallen on its own, unless...

“Ah Li, take me to the place where you picked up the bag.”

"oh oh."

After leaving the cave, the two walked south for about fifteen minutes. Xuan Li stopped and pointed to a patch of overgrown weeds ahead. "Look, this is it."

Feng Siyue looked around and saw lush green grass standing tall, vying for the sun, with only a small patch leaning to one side.

She slowly approached, parted the sloping grass, and found a drag mark leading downwards, with some soil exposed in many places, as if something had been pulled out and fallen down.

The grassy slope was steep and the vegetation was dense. Amidst the chirping of insects, Feng Siyue seemed to hear faint breathing sounds.

"Ah Li, I'll go down and take a look."

"it is good."

Xuan Li gently hugged the tree and peeked down to look.

Feng Siyue floated down, and in a few breaths, she arrived at a flat area twenty or thirty meters below the path where Xuan Li was.

A stream flowed gently, and a girl in a light green dress lay on the riverbank, her breath faint.

She approached.

The girl's clothes were tattered, as if torn by something; her hands were white and swollen; and there were many shallow, linear scars on her shoulders, neck, waist, abdomen, and palms.

His face was bluish-black, and there was a red spot behind his ear.

It's probably caused by poisoning.

Seeing this, Feng Siyue helped the person up and carried them upwards.