This was a self-inflicted injury, and there was still some guilt involved.

Zhao Xi felt guilty, and her heart was beating very fast.

However, her heart was already beating fast after being poisoned, so Hoshino couldn't find any clues from her heart rate.

The older dragon cub was more suspicious than the younger one. After sensing for a moment with his eyes closed, he chuckled and said, "He really did abandon you."

"..."

Zhao Xi wanted to close her eyes, lie in his arms, and remain silent.

Hoshino lowered his guard and led her to the pond.

Having previously disguised himself as Salia and mingled with the group, he naturally followed them to this small pond.

The pond was calm and still, its surface rippling gently in the breeze. A small blue phoenix was playing and splashing in the water, but startled by his footsteps, it fluttered away. Several fragments of magical artifacts lay on the ground, blown by the wind, and blue phoenix feathers, carried from afar, floated on the surface of the pond.

Everything else is the same as when they left.

He led Zhao Xi to lean against a large rock, where she found the antidote she had mentioned.

Zhao Xi thought, "The pot is in the ring. Can you wash it clean for me, chop it up, and cook it into soup?"

The little dragon scoffed, "So troublesome."

This guy is always impatient.

In the zoo, he couldn't wait for her to cook and tried to simplify her cooking steps, but the taste was unsurprisingly terrible.

Zhao Xi has wanted to cook for many years. Every step has a purpose. It's not that it can't be improved, but the taste cannot be guaranteed after improvement.

"Otherwise it won't work..."

"snort."

He took out a pot and stove from the ring, washed the antidote herb with water from the pond, picked the roots, peeled off the tough outer skin of the old leaves, chopped up the edible leaves, and boiled them in water.

Zhao Xi thought, "I'm thirsty..."

Hoshino scooped up a bowl of water from the pond.

Zhao Xi thought weakly, "Are you serious...?"

Hoshino paused for a moment, then took out a clean spring from his ring, helped her up, and fed it to her.

His starry eyes were fixed on the water sac, as if Lin Che would emerge from it at any moment.

In fact, it did not happen.

It seems that Lin Che has really left.

He relaxed his guard a little.

After drinking the spiritual spring water, Zhao Xi felt much better. She leaned against a rock and warmed her stomach with a fire talisman, then asked softly, "You just said he didn't marry me, what's going on?"

Hoshino sat by the stove, watching the fire and stirring the leaf soup: "If he marries you, you will become a god and regain your divine power from several lifetimes. Sister, you used to be the goddess of cooking, a descendant of the fire god. Before the fire god died, he sent you to another world, which is how you survived. You kissed me in the temple because you remembered..."

Why did she have to become a god after Lin Che married her?

Is she a descendant of the god of fire?

Before Vulcan died...

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information, Zhao Xi was completely baffled and asked, "What does this have to do with Lin Che?"

"There is no other fire god in this world. Your relatives, like the Black Water Dragon, were all killed by Lin Che. Once you awaken, you will become the only fire god in the immortal realm."

"But……"

"Sister." Hoshino put the spoon in the pot, came to Zhao Xixiang's side, and knelt down on one knee.

He held her hand in his, his starry eyes filled with deep affection. "The wedding of gods is not the union of two people, but the fusion of their essences. The water god has many wives. When water and wind combine, clouds are born; when water and earth combine, mud and sand are created."

"this……"

Zhao Xi was at a loss for words.

When she first saw Lin Che turn into water, she was both surprised and astonished. Fortunately, he was able to maintain his human form and stay by her side.

Just when I finally got used to it, Hoshino said something so bizarre again.

Can this be called a marriage?

Is this a combo move?!

“Sister…” he called out affectionately, holding her hand. “If you really remembered everything from the past, you wouldn’t be so confused and resentful of him. You and I are a match made in heaven. Long before the beginning of time, when this world was just beginning to shine, it was only you and me.”

"..."

"The stars that appeared in the sky brushed past this world, and we shared countless moments together. Back then, he didn't even exist. It was only a very long time later that he was sent here by another star; he doesn't belong to this world!"

"…………"

Hoshino cupped her face in his hands and emphasized again, "Sister, once you awaken, you will be the only Vulcan in this world! We were meant to be together!"

He leaned down and kissed her, their lips and tongues entwining.

A passionate and breathless kiss.

Zhao Xi felt like she was suffocating.

What if it's true?

If everything turns out to be the exact opposite of what she thinks—that Lin Che is the newcomer and Xingye, this seemingly sinister one, is the oldest deity—then many years later, when she suddenly wants to recall the past and thinks of countless past lives, she will surely regret it.

But……

If water didn't exist in this world, there wouldn't be any adorable and diverse animals.

Without a celestial realm, without humans, and without a belief in nature, where would spiritual energy come from?

Everything is dead.

No, even the meaning of death doesn't exist. If there is no life, what is the meaning of death?

This world is like countless giant spheres orbiting stars in the universe.

That kind of world...

Will she be happy?

Zhao Xi tried to close her eyes, and glistening tears slid down her cheeks.

I'd rather not...

Although she had to work hard to take care of the children, cook a lot of meals, and constantly guard against other sects trying to harm them.

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