Sha Li didn't see Kaifeng for a few days, and he missed it a lot. I used to see it every day, but I didn't feel anything. After a few days of separation, his thoughts poured out wantonly in his heart like the canal that opened the floodgates. The closer I got to home, the more I wanted to see her and hug her tightly in my arms.

But when he got home, he didn't see Kaifeng. So I went to the pharmacy to greet Xue Qi first.

"Master, are you saying that Kaifeng has never come back since he went out with me that day?"

Although Kai Feng occasionally came home for a day or two when he was out on a mission, it had been four full days since she went out today, and Sha Li had never seen Kai Feng go home for such a long time.

After all, she used to worry about her grandmother, and now she cares about one more person.

"That's true. Maybe this time the task took a bit of work. Maybe she'll be back tomorrow. ”

Xue Qi closed the drawer where he had just taken out the medicinal herbs, glanced at Sha Li, and a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth: "Why, I haven't seen her for a few days, and I remember her like this?"

Sha Li was stunned for a moment, obviously it was the first time he had been teased like this by Xue Qi.

He scratched his head and snorted, "I can't hide anything from your old man's discernment." ”

"Hmph! My old man's eyes don't swear. Xue Qi poured a bowl of medicinal tea for Sha Li, "Okay, tell me about your affairs in the past few days." ”

"Yes, Master. ”

Sha Li drank all the medicinal tea, and then began to talk about what he had encountered in Zhuge in the past few days.

Speaking of the thrills of the Vermilion Bird Palace, as well as the adventure of the Vermilion Bird's soul and blood, even a person like Xue Qi couldn't help but show obvious changes in his complexion. But she didn't interrupt Shali.

As for Sha Li and Luo Hongshao's private secret agent, Sha Li did not inform Xue Qi.

It's not that he doesn't trust Xue Qi, after all, Kaifeng and Xue Qi are the people he trusts the most in this world.

It's just that behind Luo Hongshao, there may be a secret that Sha Li can't reach now. And Xue Qi is a master of the world who has no quarrel with the world, and he doesn't want these things to bother her.

"No wonder when you first entered the door, I vaguely felt that your cultivation had changed a lot, but I couldn't see your realm clearly. Xue Qi refilled Sha Li with a cup of medicinal tea, "Overnight, from Tongyuan Yipin to Zhenyuan Yipin." I'm afraid that no one will dare to believe it. Rao is as well-informed as her, and she still can't help but marvel.

"By the way, Master, have you ever heard of the Hongyu Continent that the Vermilion Bird Remnant Soul said?"

Xue Qi's hand holding the teapot suddenly trembled, and his eyes looked at Sha Li with fine eyes, "Where did you hear this name?"

Looking at Xue Qi's reaction, Sha Li's heart tightened, and he replied, "It was the Suzaku remnant soul who told me." It also said that if I set foot on the Hongyu Continent one day, I will go and find a place. ”

Xue Qi gently put down the teapot in his hand and was silent for a long time.

Naturally, Sha Li didn't dare to ask anything.

"This Hongyu Continent, I have naturally heard of it. Xue Qi took a deep breath, as if he had made some kind of determination, "Because, Kaifeng's mother once went to the Hongyu Continent. ”

"What did you say?

Sha Li was shocked. Although he already knew that Kaifeng's mother had left Qiyuan Island, he didn't expect that she was going to the Hongyu Continent.

"That was twenty years ago. At the age of eighteen, she left the island alone and embarked on a journey that seemed uncertain to her at the time. Xue Qi looked out the window, his eyes full of reminiscence.

"Kaifeng's mother, why did you leave Qiyuan Island?"

"She wanted to find her father. Xue Qi closed his eyes and sighed.

"Her father?" Sha Lixing's eyes were slightly suspicious, and then he suddenly raised his head, "Then isn't he Master's ......" Sha Li secretly scolded himself for being slow in his heart.

"Yes, it's my husband. Xue Qi nodded slightly, his tone was gentle, and there was a complicated look in his eyes.

"Master, I shouldn't have mentioned this Hongyu Continent to you. ”

Sha Li spoke with guilt. Even if he couldn't see Xue Qi's eyes, he could imagine the sourness in her heart.

"It doesn't matter. After all, these things have to be said to you. ”

Sha Li nodded. But he may not really understand the deep meaning of Xue Qi's words.

"Master, Kaifeng's mother, did you find your master in the end?"

Xue Qi shook her head slightly, "She has been there for five years and has not found any trace of her father. ”

"But......" she looked at Sha Li and laughed a little mysteriously, "She didn't return to Qiyuan Island alone. ”

"You mean, Kai Feng's mother brought someone back from the Hongyu Continent? Who is that person? Do I know him?"

No wonder Sha Li was so curious, after all, Hongyu Continent was an unknowable place full of mystery and unknown to him now. All the people and things from that continent are new

"Yes, of course you do. Aren't you getting along with her day and night?" Xue Qi rarely sold Guanzi.

Sha Li carefully went through the people he knew on Qiyuan Island in his mind, but he couldn't see that anyone looked alike, or he couldn't be sure. Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of the nonchalant smile on Xue Qi's face, and suddenly realized.

"It's Kaifeng, it must be Kaifeng!Master, look, why am I so stupid......" Sha Li patted his head lightly.

But at that time, Kaifeng was still in her mother's belly. Xue Qi looked at Sha Li's appearance and smiled.

"I've also heard Kaifeng say that her father is not from Qiyuan Island. Could it be that Kai Feng's mother met him when she was in the Hongyu Continent?"

Xue Qi shook his head slowly, and a faint sadness gradually appeared on his face: "She didn't mention that man to me. I didn't press her either. But since she returned to Qiyuan Island, she has rarely been happy, and she has lost her former look. In order not to worry me, she always tries to act calm in front of me. But I know that she often murmurs alone until late at night, and even can't help but hide her face and sob. ”

Xue Qi gently stroked the hair on her forehead with her hand, but Sha Li knew very well that her hair did not need to be tidied up.

Soon after, Kaifeng was born, and she, too, was gone. In this way, we left our grandparents and grandchildren. Xue Qi sighed, and his voice gradually returned to flat.

"I've heard Kaifeng say that his mother had a difficult birth when she gave birth to her, so ......" Sha Li suddenly felt that he shouldn't continue.

"You're asking why I couldn't save her, right?"

Sha Li couldn't bear to admit it, but he didn't deny it either.

Before she returned to Qiyuan Island, she was already injured and very weak. If you can recuperate well for three years and five years, you will be able to recover gradually.

It's just that at that time, she already had flesh and blood in her womb. Doing things with people before has already allowed the vitality to enter the body and injured the fetal gas. Therefore, after she came back, not only could she not recuperate with peace of mind, but she also had to protect the Kaifeng in her abdomen with her own essence.

In addition, Kaifeng was born with a different body, as if it was condensed by the aura of heaven and earth. When she was about to give birth, it took four days and three nights to finally bring Kaifeng into this world, but she finally ran out of oil.

At that time, I didn't have the medical skills I have today, so I could only watch her die with reluctance and attachment to Kaifeng. ”

Xue Qi tried his best to make his tone flat, but Sha Li still clearly noticed that her hands were trembling slightly. The eyes, which had been bright and had little waves, gradually became a little cloudy.

Sha Li's heart was like someone holding something and gently twisting it, and then slowly pulling, indescribably uncomfortable.

He could imagine that Xue Qi should have had the intention of persuading Kaifeng's mother to take out the fetus in her womb at that time, after all, compared to the unborn child, her daughter was alive by her side.

However, as a mother, she must also know that a mother's love for the flesh and blood in her womb is even more than her own life.

The torment of the dilemma alone was too much for her to bear. When Kaifeng's mother cried alone every lonely night with endless thoughts of the child's father, Xue Qi, who is also a mother, looked at her daughter's increasingly thin figure, why didn't her heart cut like a knife?

In the end, she also watched her daughter die in childbirth, as a doctor, she was so helpless and had no way to recover. In her heart, how helpless, helpless and even self-blaming she should be.

Sha Li guessed that perhaps it was precisely because of this that she never asked about the world, concentrated on medical skills, and was diligent in cultivation, which led to today's Doctor Xue.

It's just that all this can't make up for the endless regret of failing to save my daughter.

It's no wonder that when Kai Feng took him to the Silver Beach rally for the first time, he was made to cry by Yan Lingku's harsh words or two. It turned out that she had always felt deeply guilty about her birth taking her mother's life.

"Yan Lingku!" Recalling the scene of that day, Sha Li roared angrily in his heart, his fists clenched.

Xue Qi seemed to notice Sha Li's strangeness and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know anything. "Since I came to Qiyuan Island, I have found that except for the main island and the surrounding affiliated islands, no one on the island has ever seen the world outside the island. Perhaps, I didn't even think about it. ”

"This is due to the fact that the people of Qiyuan Island have always adhered to an iron law from an endless time ago, and the islanders of Qiyuan Island are not allowed to leave the island without authorization.

Even if you leave the island, you will lose your vitality, and you will not be able to survive the 'green sea of death'.

And no one could get through that barrier. ”

Sha Li knew that this "Green Sea of Death" was naturally the dark green ancient sea that tightly surrounded Qiyuan Island. However, Xue Qi's words still left him with many uncertainties, so he continued to ask:

"Who made this so-called iron law, and who laid the barrier to prevent the people of Qiyuan Island from leaving the island?"

"The iron law is naturally made by God. And the barrier that encloses the entire Qiyuan Island, I'm not sure, but I think it should be the work of the gods. ”

"Divine envoy, it's a divine envoy again......" Sha Li remembered the title that Kai Feng had mentioned to him when he was in the dome that day.

At the moment, though, he doesn't care too much about that.

"In that case, how did Kaifeng's mother leave Qiyuan Island? By the way, and Kaifeng's maternal grandfather, your husband, didn't he also leave Qiyuan Island and go to Hongyu Continent?"

"That's because he wasn't from Qiyuan Island in the first place. ”