Chapter 221 I'll Lend You My Eyes

The group moved quickly through the winding passage.

Jiu Xuan and Jiang Rong moved swiftly, while Yan Hui floated the entire time.

Zhang Mo, who was being carried in a princess carry, could only hold up her phone flashlight for illumination, in order to make herself seem less useless.

As they ventured deeper, the air was filled with a damp, musty smell, mixed with a faint stench of blood.

Finally, they arrived at the most secluded part of the cave.

A girl of about 17 years old was sitting quietly on an old futon, meditating with her hands clasped in a mudra.

She was slender, as if a gust of wind could blow her over. Her long hair, like black silk, fell to the ground, but was disheveled and stained with blood.

Her eyes were tightly closed, her face was as pale as paper, devoid of any color, and the veins beneath her skin were faintly visible. Blood slowly oozed from her right eye, trickling down her cheek and dripping onto the prayer mat, staining it with dark red bloodstains.

"Long Xi!" Jiu Xuan exclaimed and rushed over. She knelt beside Zhu Long, her hands trembling slightly. "Wake up!"

Jiang Rong then put Zhang Mo down.

As if she had heard a call, Long Xi's body finally moved slightly. Her brows furrowed gently, and after a long while, her tightly closed left eye slowly opened.

Long Xi's gaze was somewhat unfocused as she searched in the dim light. When she saw Jiu Xuan, a complex expression flashed in her eyes, followed by a weak voice filled with deep disappointment: "It's you..."

The voice was hoarse and low, as if squeezed out from the depths of the soul, carrying endless loneliness and helplessness, like a long-awaited hope that had suddenly vanished.

Jiang Rong stepped forward, first taking her pulse, and then skillfully treating the injury to her right eye: "You're lucky. My specialty lately is treating eyes." She paused, as if realizing something, and continued, "Of course, that's on the condition that you can find your own eyeball."

Everyone was taken aback by these words.

Jiu Xuan exclaimed in disbelief, "Your eyeballs? They've been taken from you?!"

Zhang Mo and Yan Hui were also astonished. Although this was their first time meeting Long Xi, they had heard of the power of the Candle Dragon. Who else could possibly steal her eyeballs?!

Long Xi shook her head: "No, it was I who lent my eyeballs to someone else..."

Everyone: "......"

You can lend your eyeballs to other people?! That's unbelievable!

Jiu Xuan laughed in exasperation: "Is this something you can borrow?"

Long Xi said seriously, "She won't refuse to pay it back, so why can't we lend it to her?"

Jiang Rong sighed, "Sigh, I don't even know what to say to you. I didn't bring enough medicine, so you should come back with us first. If you don't get treatment in time, your other eye will be ruined too."

But Long Xi stubbornly shook her head: "No... I can't leave... I have to wait for her... I believe she will come back..."

Jiu Xuan insisted, "Look how weak you are now!"

Long Xi remained unmoved: "I can't leave here. What if she comes back when I leave..."

With both sides holding their own opinions, Zhang Mo had no choice but to speak up: "Um... why don't you tell us what kind of person the other party is?"

She hasn't come. What if something happened to her?

Long Xi looked at her blankly: "Who are you?"

Jiu Xuan: "Wang Heng's daughter, we're all under her control now. You'd better listen to her too."

Long Xi said "oh" and, seemingly lost in thought, finally explained the whole story to them.

I don’t remember how long ago it was, but Long Xi came to this mountain by chance.

The surrounding area was desolate and overgrown, with traces of the explosion at the Japanese munitions depot still remaining. However, the area was rich in spiritual energy, and the tranquility captivated her, so she decided to sleep there for a while.

And so, she met Xiaoying here.

Xiao Ying is a blind woman. When I first met her, she was climbing a mountain alone. She was thin and staggering. She was groping in front of her with her hands, but because she couldn't see the road, she would trip over stones from time to time and fall down covered in mud.

Listen closely, and you can hear her murmuring, "I will definitely find the herbs to save my mother..."

Long Xi felt pity and decided to help her. She gently exhaled a breath infused with spiritual energy, guiding the herbs to release their unique fragrance. Although Xiao Ying was blind, her sense of smell was exceptionally keen. Following the scent, she found the herbs and happily took them home. Within a few days, her mother's illness miraculously healed.

Xiao Ying believed it was the mountain god's blessing. From then on, every now and then, she would bring carefully prepared offerings up the mountain, respectfully place the offerings on the top of the mountain, and then sit aside, pouring out her heart to the air.

She shared everything from everyday trifles to her inner struggles without reservation.

She talked about the legends and stories of the village, about her family, about the marriage she had been betrothed since childhood, and about how the barefoot doctor from town had come to treat her again.

“I know he doesn’t really like me that much, but he doesn’t want to break the engagement arranged by his elders.”

"I don't even know what he looks like."

"He is the village chief's son, but I am blind."

"The doctor said that people in the city have recently invented a very magical pair of glasses that can make even blind people see. I don't know if it's true."

"If it were true, I could see the person I want to see."

Long Xi listened quietly, finding these ordinary yet sincere stories quite interesting.

Occasionally, a gentle breeze would blow a petal to her hand, as a silent response.

One day later, Xiao Ying came and said that this was probably the last time she would come.

"Mountain God, I'm getting married tomorrow. My in-laws told me not to wander around outside after the wedding."

My mother said they were doing it for my own good, afraid that I might be in danger.

I wish I could see this...

Even if it's just for one day, I really want to see it with my own eyes...

The girl's voice was scattered in the wind, and in the end, only a single crystal tear fell.

At that moment, Long Xi decided to help her.

This allows the poor young woman to see what her husband looks like before she gets married.

That night, she secretly came to the girl's bedside, transformed one of her eyeballs into a pair of glasses, and put it into the girl's hand.

"I'll lend you my eyes. Remember to return them to me when you get back to the mountain in a day."

The girl hadn't been asleep, and upon hearing the voice, she immediately sat up: "What...you are...the Mountain God?! Wait, you..."

Unfortunately, Long Xi has already drifted away like a gust of wind.