Yi Shuihan led Xiao Qingyin back several dozen meters to avoid the attack of the falling rocks.

When the explosions subsided, Xiao Qingyin took off the dzi bead necklace she was wearing and carefully examined the five-eyed dzi bead.

It looked no different from the other beads in terms of material, the pattern was exactly the same as she remembered, and even the wear marks were exactly the same.

It blends in perfectly when placed among other beads.

Is it really a fake?

She didn't quite believe it.

Perhaps what Yeluya just held in her hand was a fake.

Yi Shuihan asked, "Can you tell the difference?"

Just as Xiao Qingyin was about to say no, she noticed the sunlight falling on the dzi beads and suddenly remembered that light transmittance could be used to test the material of the dzi beads, so she picked up the string of beads and examined it against the light.

Upon seeing this, their expressions suddenly froze.

Of the nine beads, all but the five-eyed one are opaque.

"……Fake."

She said with difficulty.

Yi Shuihan's heart sank.

"Yi Wu!"

He immediately summoned someone over.

"Seal off the entire area affected by the temple explosion and search for Serzhu. Don't miss a single inch of the area."

Yi Wu accepted the order and left.

The search lasted from sunrise to sunset.

Several beads were found in the search.

There are also quite a few fragments.

But none of them belong to that five-eyed jewel.

Xiao Qingyin smiled bitterly: "Yelüya was right at the center of the explosion; that bead was probably reduced to dust."

Yi Shuihan held her tightly.

"No, it might have flown to somewhere else. If we expand the search area, we'll definitely find it."

Xiao Qingyin shook her head: "Don't waste manpower. The capital is so big. If we search like this, we won't be able to finish searching even in a month."

Yi Shuihan's arms suddenly tightened.

"If I can't find it in a month, then I'll do it in two months, three months, even if it takes a year or two, and I have to search the entire capital, I will find it."

Xiao Qingyin: "..."

Only a madman would search in this way.

She was about to complain when she suddenly realized that he was scared.

He feared that the dzi bead would truly be destroyed, and that her soul would be scattered and leave him.

Thinking of this, she turned around and hugged him back.

"Don't worry, maybe things aren't so bad. That big monk might just be trying to scare us."

These words could not comfort Yi Shuihan.

He knew that what the senior monk said was likely true.

If that dzi bead really can't be found...

He couldn't imagine what he would do.

"I won't let you go."

He held her tightly, as if he wanted to embed her into his body so that no one could separate them.

Xiao Qingyin was very moved.

But she still patted his arm.

"Please loosen your grip for a moment, my chest hurts so much."

Yi Shuihan's expression changed slightly, and he immediately released her.

His expression was tense.

"Where does it hurt? Your heart or lungs, or..."

Xiao Qingyin took out a sandalwood box from her bosom, the one Bai Musheng had given her before he died.

"This box is painful to the touch."

Yi Shuihan: "..."

It was a false alarm.

Seeing the box, Xiao Qingyin recalled the way Bai Musheng looked when he died, and a trace of sadness crept into her eyes.

Yi Shuihan's eyes flickered.

Xiao Qingyin remained silent for a while before opening the box.

She froze instantly when she saw what was inside the box.

That was a dzi bead.

A five-eyed dzi bead.

A five-eyed dzi bead that is exactly the same as the one she lost.

She picked it up in disbelief and held it up to the setting sun.

It does not let in any light.

It's true.

Thinking about what he said when he gave her the box, she pieced things together.

—He somehow learned that the Five-Eyed Dzi Bead was in Yelüya's possession, so he deliberately sought out the mother and son who had saved her by chance, obtained the token, infiltrated her side, and obtained the Dzi Bead.

Like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, Yelü Ya created a fake for her, little did she know that Bai Musheng had also made a fake for himself.

"This is what I've been after."

Those words still echo in my ears.

He really did it to help her.

Xiao Qingyin was immediately overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

Judging from her expression, Yi Shuihan realized that the serpent bead Bai Musheng had given her was genuine, and his feelings were equally complicated.

He never took Bai Musheng seriously.

This person isn't even qualified to be his opponent.

But this selfish, despicable, and shameless person went to great lengths to obtain the last Heavenly Pearl for Xiao Qingyin, and bravely faced death to destroy the Demon Vine.

His body died, but he lived on in another way.

They will live on in her heart from now on.

It became the most cherished mark on her heart.

Even if he was unwilling, he had no choice but to accept it.

After all, the living can't compete with the dead.

Xiao Qingyin strung the dzi bead together, and when she put the string around her neck, she felt something she hadn't felt before—a sense of peace and security.

My mind calmed down immediately, and I became more confident.

Only then did she believe what the monk had said.

"Okay, you don't need to worry anymore."

She smiled at Yi Shuihan.

Yi Shuihan glanced at the direction of Bai Musheng's corpse and said, "I'll build him a magnificent grave."

Xiao Qingyin: "..."

"Let's build a more ordinary one; a big one is easy for tomb raiders to steal."

Yi Shuihan: "..."

She had indeed fallen for Bai Musheng.

They even considered whether his grave would be robbed.

He was slightly disappointed.

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