"Pfft!" Just then, Biyu's body trembled, and her heart skipped a beat.

Biyu clutched her chest with one hand and braced herself against the stove with the other, her whole being inexplicably flustered.

Taking a deep breath, Biyu closed her eyes, tilted her head slightly back, and tried her best to hold back her thoughts...

"Sister, sister..." It was Bai He's voice, soft and faint, yet strangely clear. Could it be? I could hear my sister calling from over twenty miles away.

Biyu's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately stiffened. A sense of foreboding washed over her. She turned around, hurriedly stepped out of the kitchen, and strode out.

Mercury was sitting in the living room, watching a silent television screen.

"Jade, is dinner ready?" Thinking that dinner was ready, Mercury didn't look up, but just pressed the remote control and called out.

"I have to go out for a bit." But Biyu ignored him, walked straight to the door without looking up, changed her shoes, closed the door, and left.

"Hey, this kid!" Mercury shook her head and continued watching TV.

"There seems to be some kind of smell." The uncle, who had just come out of the toilet, sniffed and quickly ran to the kitchen.

A thick plume of smoke billowed from the gas stove and was being emitted through the turned-on range hood.

The flames were burning brightly, but Biyu was nowhere to be seen. Uncle quickly reached out and turned the ignition switch to turn off the fire.

"What are you doing?" Uncle looked at the stove, where the dishes were already prepared, shook his head, rolled up his sleeves, and got back to work.

Meanwhile, Biyu had already boarded the noon bus, heading straight for the countryside...

It seems to be here. After getting off the bus, Biyu began to search carefully, but the road she had only walked once seemed somewhat blurry in her memory.

Away from the main road, after walking along a short mountain path, she came to a fork in the road. Which way should she go? Left or right? Why is this place so hard to find? Now Biyu was even more confused. She scratched her head, frowning and at a loss.

"Oh right, I have spiritual power within me. Perhaps I could try connecting to my sister's direction." Thinking this, Biyu stopped, held her breath, closed her eyes, and sat cross-legged in the roadside grass…

"Sister, I'm here, on the left..." Sure enough, after a short while, Bai He's voice came out, this time much clearer. It seemed that Bai He was nearby.

Biyu withdrew her true energy, took a deep breath, and stood up. The moment she opened her eyes, she saw a firefly-like point of light flickering in the grass in front of her to her left.

It was her elder sister who led the way. Although her spiritual power was weak, it was enough to guide the way. Without pausing, Biyu lifted her foot and ran towards the small path on the left...

About five minutes later, Biyu arrived at a large tree stump. Here, there was a denser patch of grass, but within the grass, a narrow path led to a cave entrance, now unmasked by illusion magic. Biyu tiptoed towards the entrance. The light inside was dim; before she could even use her spiritual power to peer inside...

"Jade..." came Baihe's weak voice from inside the cave. Jade could no longer resist and stepped inside...

The scene before her startled her. In the empty stone cave, there was no sign of Bai He's beautiful and graceful figure. Instead, lying motionless on the stone bed was a small bird, its feathers now stained with blood, its once pure white plumage now covered in blood. The bird's eyes were closed, its face pressed against the ground...