"After waiting so many years, I've finally found someone barely qualified."
Listening to the woman's sigh, Shen Xiaoyan was a little confused. What did she mean?
"I can't get out anymore, and the outside world is probably not what I'm familiar with. Although I want to see it, alas... Forget it, I don't have much time left."
Shen Xiaoyan felt bewildered by the woman's words, which sounded like a confession and yet like she was talking to herself.
The shift in tone was a bit too sudden, and she found it hard to accept.
"Remember this, today I will pass on all my legacy to you. You must help me fulfill my wish in the future."
Instinctively, Shen Xiaoyan asked, "What is it?"
The woman shook her head. "You'll know when the time comes. For now, just remember what I told you: don't resist, accept everything I give you. It might be too much, too complex, and take a very long time. But don't rush, don't get distracted, or it will only take longer. I can help shield you from external distractions..."
"Don't shield me."
Shen Xiaoyan didn't think about anything else. Hearing the last sentence that the woman would block out external sounds, she immediately refused.
She couldn't leave now, and based on the woman's words, she would be stuck for a long time. If she couldn't hear the outside world, she was afraid she would break down.
The woman wanted to say more, but seeing her firm attitude, she could only let her have her way.
All choices were self-determined, and the outcome was no one else's fault.
The woman felt she had said everything she needed to say.
Since Shen Xiaoyan had made her choice, there was nothing more for her to say.
She only hoped she hadn't chosen the wrong person, and that Shen Xiaoyan could truly help her fulfill her wish.
Shen Xiaoyan looked at the woman in front of her. They were so close that she could almost see the fine down on the woman's face, but this also allowed her to appreciate the woman's beauty even more.
She was truly a favorite of God, otherwise, she wouldn't be so beautiful.
From head to toe, inside and out, there wasn't a single flaw.
Shen Xiaoyan thought the woman would say something more, but suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her head.
In the next moment, Shen Xiaoyan laughed at herself.
She was now a disembodied spirit, without a body, how could her head hurt?
The pain she felt just now must have been a pain of the soul.
Before Shen Xiaoyan fainted from the pain, she took one last look at the woman in front of her and saw the woman open her mouth to utter two words: "Yue Hua."
Shen Xiaoyan instinctively repeated the two words, but as soon as she finished speaking, she fainted.
The unconscious Shen Xiaoyan didn't know that at this moment, in front of her, the stunningly beautiful woman suddenly emitted a dazzling white light from her body.
Under the radiance, the woman was as beautiful and ethereal as a dream, like the most beautiful person in everyone's imagination, yet it was hard to believe she was real.
As the light intensified, the woman's body became increasingly transparent.
The lotus leaf she had been lying on gradually shrank, and soon it was as small as a child's palm.
The woman raised her hand, and on it floated the small lotus leaf.
"You be good from now on, okay? The new master I found for you should treat you very well."
The woman's voice was soft, filled with reluctance.
This scene was like a mother leaving home, gently admonishing her young child.
Alas, time did not allow her to continue like this. As the light grew even brighter, her body became more transparent.
The woman waved her hand, throwing the lotus leaf forcefully towards Shen Xiaoyan's body. The lotus leaf vanished upon contact with Shen Xiaoyan's body.
Seeing this, the woman showed a comforting smile.
"What a shame, a shame I won't hear you call me 'Master' anymore."
The woman murmured softly and chuckled self-mockingly.
At this moment, the woman's body finally became completely transparent and vanished into thin air.
Only the woman's final self-mocking laughter seemed to echo in the space, along with the still dazzling light.
This scene only lasted for a moment. The light intensified, and finally, as if reaching a breaking point, the entire space was covered by this light. Looking around, nothing could be seen except a blinding radiance.
It was only occasionally, in the brief moments when the light weakened, that one could see the spatial environment subtly changing.
As for Shen Xiaoyan, she was already enveloped by the white light, and her whereabouts were unknown.
The changes in the space were earth-shattering, yet no one could see them.
At the same time, outside the space, not far from Shi'an Courtyard, in a bamboo house, a muddled old man, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
The moment he opened his eyes, an imperceptible, sharp gaze flashed.
But the speed was so fast that by the time one tried to focus, nothing could be seen.
All that could be seen was the muddled old man's face filled with confusion and anxiety.
Just now, he clearly felt the aura emanating from the bracelet, but it had vanished in an instant. When he opened his eyes, wanting to find it, he had no clue where to start.
The old man helplessly covered his face. What could be done?
Just as the muddled old man's thoughts yielded no results, he heard a bang, and then saw the door of the bamboo house being kicked open violently. Yi Zhixie rushed in from outside.
"What is this... Hey, young man, what are you doing?"
The old man kept asking, but his body was already being lifted by Yi Zhixie out of the bamboo house.
In the blink of an eye, they were back in the main room of Shi'an Courtyard.
After being put down by Yi Zhixie, the muddled old man stood up, tidied his robes, and said, "I say, can't you speak properly? Can't you just tell me there's something going on and ask me to come over normally? Look at you..."
"Hurry up and come here."
Before the old man's complaint was finished, he suddenly heard Zheng Wei's cold voice.
Following the voice, he saw Zheng Wei with his back to him, standing by the bed, looking at something.
The old man felt a little puzzled and walked towards the bed.
Logically, something must have happened to Shen Xiaoyan, otherwise, Zheng Wei would have already been furious when he came in.
However, it must be related to Shen Xiaoyan, otherwise, why would they call him over again?
Thinking to himself, the muddled old man didn't slow his pace.
When he reached the bedside and looked at the bed, he saw Shen Xiaoyan still lying there, looking the same as before.
There seemed to be no problem.
The old man looked at Zheng Wei somewhat strangely. What was he supposed to look at?
Zheng Wei pursed his lips tightly and said after a while, "Just now, a blinding white light suddenly erupted from her body. In the white light, she was almost invisible."
"White light?" The muddled old man murmured the words, his mind a little slow to react.
How could a perfectly healthy person lying here suddenly emit white light from their body?
At this moment, Zheng Wei added, "The white light disappeared in the blink of an eye. Only I saw it."
The old man nodded, not quite understanding what Zheng Wei was telling him this for.
"The reason Mi Mi is like this, lying on the bed without any life, is your fault. Therefore, I hope you, regardless of our attitude towards you or any other reason, will not have any rebellious emotions. I only hope that you will do your best to help Mi Mi wake up as soon as possible."
Zheng Wei's words were extremely somber.
It wasn't just the seriousness of the topic, but also because, in his heart, he wanted to strangle the old man in front of him every second, yet he had to speak to him calmly.
The old man, however, didn't pay attention to what Zheng Wei had said. His attention was fixed on Zheng Wei's earlier statement that the white light had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Just now, he had also felt the aura of the bracelet for a moment, but it had vanished just as quickly.
Combining this with Zheng Wei's words, it must have been around the same time the white light disappeared.
So, could that beam of white light be related to the bracelet?
Zheng Wei waited for a long time without hearing a response from the muddled old man, and curiously turned to look at him.
He saw the muddled old man staring intently at Shen Xiaoyan on the bed, lost in thought, with a strange expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Wei asked with a frown.
"Huh?" The muddled old man seemed completely out of it, only giving a reflexive response. But looking at his face, it was clear that he was wandering in his mind at that moment.
"What I just told you, did you hear it?"
Fearing that he was lost in thought and hadn't heard anything, he had to repeat himself.
This time, the muddled old man seemed to come to his senses, nodded seriously at Zheng Wei, and said, "I heard."
Zheng Wei wanted to say more, but in the end, he just opened his mouth and said nothing.
Often, even if one is extremely anxious, it doesn't mean one has to keep repeating the patient's symptoms.
Especially for someone like Shen Xiaoyan, whose condition couldn't be cured by simply taking medicine or seeing many doctors.
The old man looked at Shen Xiaoyan carefully for half an hour before finally shifting his gaze away from her.
During this half hour, the muddled old man stood there without moving, and Zheng Wei stood beside him without moving.
When the muddled old man finally moved, Zheng Wei immediately went to his side and asked in a low voice, "What is it?"
The old man had just let out a sigh of relief and hadn't relaxed yet, when suddenly Zheng Wei's voice sounded in his ear.
The sound exploded like thunder, startling him.
After clutching his chest for a while, the muddled old man said, "You kid, even if you're worried sick about her, you don't have to follow me around like this. I'm not going to run away."
Hearing his words, which sounded like a joke and yet like a complaint, Zheng Wei remained silent.
The old man now understood that no matter what method he used, he couldn't amuse the person in front of him, so he simply closed his mouth.
But after closing his eyes for a moment, he felt as if he had a thousand eyes on his back. He opened his eyes and saw Zheng Wei staring at him motionlessly.
The old man sighed heavily. He knew that this person couldn't be easily fooled.
He had been wondering, even if he could hide it for now, what would he do tomorrow.
Now, he found it somewhat amusing. All his previous thoughts had been unnecessary.