Chapter 131: The Price and the Dilemma
Huo Ying's words should have brought a huge shock to Bai Qiyu.
However, despite the countless thoughts and speculations that had arisen in her mind, there were not many fluctuations in her mind, and after a slight surprise, she calmed down again.
"What is your purpose in doing this......? What price does it take?" Bai Qiyu asked calmly.
Huo Ying grinned, then coughed weakly twice, blood flowing from her nostrils.
"The price, that is, grandpa will definitely notice you. She slowly stretched out her hand to wipe away the nosebleed, and said: "My existence is unique in the world, it is a life created by my grandfather in order to study the most extreme secret of life's divine power, but I am not perfect, I have no soul. β
"And you are different, you have a soul, but also have the origin of life divine power, and at the same time you are still young and have great plasticity, I have fulfilled my grandfather's wish and helped you cross that hurdle at the cost of everything I have! But from today on, you are as dazzling in your grandfather's eyes as the sun in the sky, even across the Pacific Ocean, he will definitely notice you!"
Bai Qiyu narrowed his eyes.
"HΓΆrman is looking for me, why?" she asked.
However, Huo Ying did not answer.
Because she didn't have a chance to answer anymore.
After hearing Bai Qiyu's question, she showed that playful smile again, and then, the aura in her pupils dissipated.
She's dead.
Then, in less than five seconds, her body also began to dissipate, turning into loose sand in the crook of Lin Feifei's arm, falling lightly to the ground, and then being blown away by the wind and disappearing.
Lin Feifei was stunned and looked at the little girl who suddenly died and dissipated in her arms, and then looked up at Bai Qiyu, dazed.
Bai Qiyu didn't say anything, shook his head, and sighed softly.
She still can't believe that Huo Ying, who only has one side, paid her life to help her. But as Huo Ying herself said, she has something to ask for, but this kind of pursuit, Bai Qiyu has not been able to comprehend it yet, and before she can ask clearly, Huo Ying will die.
"That's it. β
Bai Qiyu said to Lin Feifei: "Let's go back." β
"But...... How are we going back?" asked Lin Feifei blankly.
β......β
Bai Qiyu was slightly stunned, and reacted, just on the verge of extreme pain and collapse, he seemed to hear Huo Ying and Lin Feifei say that this is the Soul Realm......
"Oh no, how did she bring us in?" she looked around, a little dazed.
Lin Feifei stood up, and the two looked at each other.
"This spirit is strange everywhere, let's not separate. Bai Qiyu quickly calmed down and said, "You stay with me, let's explore the surrounding situation together, and take a look at the city first." β
"Good. Lin Feifei pursed her lips.
The two walked out of the dilapidated ruins of the seaside hut and walked in the direction of Yu Hai.
They didn't use the escape technique, let alone fly into the sky, but walked step by step, after all, in this weird soul world, no one knew what would happen.
Soon, they came to Yuhai.
This city in the soul realm is not the slightest bit different from the real city, but there is no one here, all the houses are empty, not even living things. Some of the lights are on, but there is no one in the room, and at some point, the lights will go out on their own, and some doors will open and close by themselves, which is very scary.
The luminous light summoned by Lin Feifei floated in the air, illuminating their path, but their hearts grew colder and colder.
"Go to Xiaoyao Academy. Bai Qiyu said.
They came all the way to the familiar Xiaoyao Academy, where everything was exactly the same as the outside world, and they even walked to the bedroom where they usually rested, everything here was exactly the same as when they left before, and there was a wooden basin in the bathroom, and the bath towel that Bai Qiyu had used up not long ago was still damp and hung on the shelf.
"The time here should be consistent with the real world. β
Bai Qiyu stretched out his hand to take off the towel and said, "I guess that everything in the real world will be reflected in the soul world, but the changes in the soul world will not affect the real world outside. β
"That's how it should be. β
Lin Feifei lowered her head on the side and said, "That Huo Ying destroyed a hut, but told me not to care, anything that happens here will not affect the real world." β
Bai Qiyu nodded and said: "In this way, this soul realm will also have the sun rising and the moon setting, when we went to find Huo Ying, it was night, and now it is night, and after a while, it should be a normal sunrise." And after the people in the city wake up during the day, their influence on everything in the city will also be reflected in the soul realm. β
This can be confirmed by the fact that the lights in the city have just turned off and the doors have opened and closed by themselves. That's mostly caused by some people who sleep late in the real world. β
Lin Feifei replied yes and said, "However, we still don't know if there is danger here. β
Bai Qiyu shook his head and said, "No." β
Lin Feifei was stunned, but did not ask further, just said "oh".
Bai Qiyu didn't explain, he walked outside the house and looked up at the sky.
She didn't tell Lin Feifei about her current status.
After being "transformed" by Huo Ying with that strange and unknowable means, she has become a completely different creature from the past, non-human, non-dragon, although on the surface, she is still human, but she knows in her heart that this is not the case.
The nature of her life changed.
It was a feeling that she couldn't describe in words, she knew that she was completely different, she couldn't transform into a dragon, but she had many characteristics of a white dragon, and although she was human, even her internal organs were different from humans.
If Qi Wanli were here, he would probably be able to tell about this bizarre change: it was a genetic modification.
Now she has quietly broken through the bottleneck of the original Great Realm and become a fifth-order tree elf. What's more, she was able to easily and sensitively capture the slightest movement and sense the breath of other creatures as she did when she was a seventh-order white dragon.
It was not the ability brought by the cultivation realm, but the ability of the pure creature itself.
When she walked in Yuhai City, she already knew that there were indeed no living creatures within a radius of dozens of miles. A strange whistling sound echoed in the distance, but the owner of the voice did not seem to have any ill intent, and did not seem to sense their presence.
"We don't know how Huo Ying brought us into this spirit. Bai Qiyu said lightly: "Only by finding that way, can we go out." Or, wait for someone in the real world to notice something is wrong and find a way to find us. But I think it's more likely to be on your own. β
"Today, we're all tired, let's go to bed first, anyway, it's a familiar place, and we'll start thinking about it tomorrow. β
She turned to go back to the house, followed by Lin Feifei.
In the next few days, they not only traveled all over Yuhai, but even ran to the surrounding towns.
Before late at night, everything in the town runs on its own, horseless carriages run through the streets, roadside stalls burn charcoal and smoke but no one runs it, and fresh food is made and then disappears.
What should have been a forest is barren, and the ocean is empty of only seawater.
There are no living things in this world, only dead things.
Bai Qiyu also tried to find the thing that made a long howl in the distance, but found nothing, every time she felt that she had found a place by following the sound, the sound would sound again in the distance.
A few days have passed, Lin Feifei has been hovering on the verge of collapse, and Bai Qiyu is also extremely uncomfortable, but after the "transformation", her mood has become extremely stable, so it is not too hard.
"Still haven't found any way. β
Lin Feifei sat on the seashore with dull eyes, looking at the boundless sea, and muttered, "We, we can't go back......"
Bai Qiyu ignored her and investigated inside and outside the seaside hut alone.
Yes, after the first night, the seaside cottage was restored to its original state.
All traces of destruction were gone, and even the bowl of mushroom soup was back on the table.
"Obviously, it was in this hut that we were brought into the soul realm by Huo Ying, if something happened in the hut, most of them would leave traces, as long as this trace was not erased, there must be traces to follow. β
Bai Qiyu thought: "If the time of the soul world is indeed consistent with the real world, then we have disappeared for many days, someone must be looking for us, and they will definitely come to this seaside hut, the doors and windows of this house have been opened and closed frequently during this time, there must be such a reason." β
"However, nothing has changed much, which means that they also realize that we have disappeared from here, and everything here has an important reference meaning and cannot be moved around...... A wise choice. β
"It's just, what method did Huo Ying use to pull us into the soul realm? Why don't we feel it at all?"
Bai Qiyu was puzzled.
She had tried a variety of different methods, but nothing had worked other than to destroy the hut one more time. Soon after, the hut would be restored again, and she was back in a state of confusion.
In the end, how?
Bai Qiyu sat down at the table in the hut, even if she was calm now, she was a little anxious.
During this time, they can only "snatch" the food that has not had time to be eaten in restaurants or roadside stalls, and fall asleep in the empty and silent night, as silent as an abyss, and there is no living creature to see except each other's faces.
"If you're trying to save me, why are you trapping me in this place?"
Bai Qiyu held his forehead and asked the air.
At this moment, her heart inexplicably stopped beating for half a beat.
She was stunned, looked left and right, and then saw a mirror.
In this era of extremely low glass production, most people use mirrors that are blurred copper mirrors, not glass mirrors, which can be regarded as luxury goods.
But in this seaside hut where Huo Ying lives, there is a small mirror, which is only the size of a palm, hanging at the head of the bed.
For a girl with a noble status, it is normal to have a small glass mirror at the head of the bed, so when Bai Qiyu investigated it before, she didn't pay much attention to it, but at this time, when she looked at the mirror, she saw an extremely familiar face in the mirror!
"Wanli?!"