Chapter 89 Southern Yue - Star River Tracker (Part 8) She is the most crucial...

Shi Xianxue was inexperienced in sexual matters; strictly speaking, she was still a virgin. She had never given birth herself and had never experienced it, so how could she possibly deliver a baby for someone else?

But right now there's no one else who's the most suitable candidate, so they can only grit their teeth and bear it.

But once she was on the battlefield, Shi Xianxue felt as if she had been punched in the face. She felt dizzy and lightheaded, and she did whatever Lou Su said in a daze, her fingers trembling violently.

After an unknown amount of time, the umbilical cord was cut, and the baby's loud cry echoed throughout the entire cave.

The sound of wind and snow outside seemed to have stopped.

Lou Su glanced down at the baby's face, wrapped it in a fluffy blanket, and placed it in the woman's arms.

After doing all this, he came to Shi Xianxue and took out a clean silk handkerchief to wipe her hands back and forth, his movements delicate and gentle.

Shi Xianxue was still unaware of anything at this point, and let him do as he pleased with his blank expression.

Childbirth is a great and terrifying thing, but unfortunately it is not great, and it cannot give its life for a child with whom it has no emotional foundation.

Her thoughts were like swirling snowflakes, her gaze drifting aimlessly across the stone carvings on the wall.

This is the summit of Beiyong Snow Mountain, where there are legends of guardian beasts and snow maidens. It is not a place that ordinary people can enter. Shi Xianxue thought for a moment and realized that the city lord of Beiyong at this time should still be Zhou Wu.

Zhou Wu seems to be...

As he finished wiping the last finger, Lou Su suddenly looked up, revealing a gentle, bright smile: "Rongrong, is your hand healed?"

ah?

Shi Xianxue's wooden, blank gaze fell on the two clasped hands, and the taut string in his mind suddenly snapped.

Aaaaaaaahh ...

How could she forget about that?

Help! Help!

Because the pain was unbearable, even though she had taken medication, once the effects wore off, the pain seemed to be magnified countless times in the long, dark night, penetrating deep into her bones and tearing her flesh apart layer by layer.

She couldn't eat or sleep well, and things were inconvenient for her. After weighing the pros and cons, she decided to fix a little bit today and another bit tomorrow, using her superb acting skills to pretend that she wasn't fully recovered, in order to deceive Lou Su.

But who knew Lou Su would ask him to deliver her baby!

Her expression was somewhat out of control; she didn't know whether to pretend that she was temporarily numb to the pain due to adrenaline or simply feign fainting to escape.

As she was pondering this, Yu Guangzhong saw the woman in the coffin struggling to hang a square jade pendant around the baby's neck.

"When I was a child, I was in poor health, so my mother went to a sacred mountain to get this jade pendant for me..."

Her chaotic thoughts were abruptly interrupted when someone grabbed the back of her neck.

Shi Xianxue blankly withdrew her gaze and met that deep and complex look again.

“I told you, I’ll let you guess what I calculated with the astrolabe, and there will be a reward if you answer correctly.” He grabbed Shi Xianxue by the back of the neck and pulled her close to him. “It’s still valid now.”

The Snow Woman has an ice core within her body, which is beyond the tolerance of ordinary people. The baby was already fast asleep, and she glanced at it from a great distance.

The woman gently placed a kiss on him, filled with tenderness and reluctance.

The Snow Woman knew her time was coming to an end, and could only sigh regretfully.

Shi Xianxue's lips were pale from excessive tension. She didn't want to be led by the nose by him, nor did she know if his use of the Star Compass had reached a level of divine skill. The more she said, the more mistakes she would make. All she knew was that the matter of the Wushan Divine Vein had undoubtedly been exposed.

So she said, "You've said all this and brought me here, isn't it because you know I have the Wushan Divine Vein and want me to help you save people?"

“I can help you save people, but I also have questions for you.” Fearing he wouldn’t agree, Shi Xianxue hurriedly said, “One question for one life, isn’t that too much to ask?”

"Yes, go ahead and ask."

Seeing that he agreed, Shi Xianxue straightened her back and her eyes were clear and aggressive. "Four hundred years ago, did you come to Beiyong or not?"

"Four hundred years ago? Why do you suddenly ask that?" Lou Su seemed surprised by her question. He stared at her intently, then laughed after feigning thought. "Do you take me for some immortal monster?"

Shi Xianxue stared directly at him without flinching, her clear eyes always appearing innocent. But Lou Su knew that her gentleness was just a facade. This kind of woman was sometimes more ruthless than anyone else, resilient and clear-headed, thin and heartless, like a golden night-blooming cereus born from a sea of ​​suffering.

As his eyes met those in his memory, Lou Su suddenly raised his hand and touched her face, his touch carrying the tender scent of lovers, lightly brushing against her skin. "You always feel so familiar to me."

Shi Xianxue felt physically and mentally uncomfortable from his touch and tried to break free, but he held her even tighter.

Lou Su's gaze seemed to be looking through her at someone else. His mood was unpredictable, and he might peel her skin and dissect her at any moment to see who she really was.

"Don't change the subject, and don't lie to me. Answer quickly, or your savior will really die."

"Threatening me, Rongrong?" Lou Su found it amusing and withdrew his hand. "I've been so good to you, and you turn around and threaten me. You're such an ungrateful little wretch."

Shi Xianxue turned her head away, pursed her lips, and refused to look at him again.

"Alright, alright, don't be angry, Rongrong. Let me think about it. Four hundred years ago, Beiyong was rebuilding from ruins..." He lowered his eyelashes and pondered, as if he remembered something. His tone dropped at the end of his sentence, "Back then, I did do some less-than-honorable things."

This includes, but is not limited to, colluding with demons and immortals to nearly wipe out the Zhou family of Bei Yong.

He was lost in the memories of that night's overwhelming Naruto, a somewhat insincere repentance appearing on his porcelain-like face: "But ultimately, whether it was a nightmare or a rebirth, who can say for sure? If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else. The end times have already arrived, and they simply couldn't protect a child."

"But Rongrong, I'm curious, why do you ask that? What is your relationship with the Zhou family?"

Shi Xianxue naturally couldn't tell him, so she pressed her advantage and pointed at the woman in the coffin, saying, "I have one more condition: after you revive her, you must teach me how to use the astrolabe."

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Behind her was a smooth stone wall. The baby's cries were fading. The woman held her hand and pleaded, "I'm alright, but could you please look after my child?"

Without a word, Shi Xianxue grasped her hand in return. The serpentine light patterns surged like flowing spring water from a mountain stream, meandering down between their brows and into their wrists.

Shi Xianxue hung the jade pendant back around the woman's neck, her expression grave: "How can it be unrelated? Doesn't your life matter?"

With limited abilities, she naturally had to save those in need. The child was not born at full term, so he was naturally smaller and weaker than ordinary children. With proper care, he would eventually recover.

But women are clearly different. If Lou Su's magic disappears completely, she will truly be powerless to reverse the situation.

She couldn't save those who were already dead.

Tears streamed down the woman's face, which was deathly pale. Hearing Shi Xianxue's words, a torrent of grievances poured out through her sobs: "It hurts so much. I miss my mother. I want to go home. I should have listened to her. She must hate me so much. She doesn't want to see me."

She was clearly not quite lucid, and her words were illogical: "If I don't survive... please help me tell this child that I am his mother and that I love him too."

"Alright, conserve your energy. You can tell him these things yourself."

The woman spoke haltingly, and she shook her head, insisting on finishing her sentence.

"Tell him that I have already chosen a name for him."

Because of excessive spiritual energy transfer, Shi Xianxue began to see hallucinations. Her spiritual energy was split in two, and Shi Huaiyu was suppressed. The abilities she could use were actually very limited.

She listened distractedly.

"Let's call it Zheyue, or Zhouzheyue (meaning 'month of twists and turns')."

Shi Xianxue withdrew her hand.

Shi Xianxue had suspected that the child was Zhou Zheyue, but the timing didn't match up. Wu Xiutang hadn't even been born yet, and Zhou Zheyue was the youngest among them, so it was even more impossible for him to be here and become this woman's child.

However, in the next instant, the baby was frozen in the coffin by Lou Su. He bent down and took out the woman who was on the verge of unconsciousness, and held her in his arms. "Didn't you want to go home? I have frozen his time and lifespan. You can enjoy your life to the fullest."

He glanced at Shi Xianxue, his smile elegant and beautiful, looking like a genuinely good person: "Rongrong is right, you are very important to me, the most important. Don't worry about so much, just do what you think is right."

Shi Xianxue could hardly believe that she could hear human speech coming from Lou Su's mouth.

Before leaving, Shi Xianxue suddenly asked, "Did you live in this coffin before?"

Before he could answer, she pointed to the carvings on the stone wall and asked, "Did you carve these?"

Those are very simple symbols and don't reveal any information.

Lou Su looked in the direction she was pointing. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Shi Xianxue shrugged, as if she had just asked casually, "I just feel like you don't have much of an artistic talent."

After returning to Nan Yue, Lou Su kept his promise. Whenever he had free time, he would personally teach Shi Xianxue everything he knew about the astrological compass.

It must be said that Lou Su is a good teacher. He shared his knowledge without reservation, explaining how to obtain the opportunity of the Star Compass at the lowest cost. When he was in a good mood, he would also reveal other interesting things to her.

But Shi Xianxue wasn't in the mood to listen.

The days were too peaceful. The sky was like a lit orange-red fire line, stretching for thousands of miles. The air was extremely humid. Wild geese flew low. When Shi Xianxue was panting as he carried all the books back to the pavilion, he was still thinking that Nan Yue was about to be hit by a shocking storm.

Lou Su had been busy with something these days, leaving early and returning late. When he finally came back under the stars, the smell of blood on him was so strong and pungent that it was almost unbearable. He didn't explain or try to hide it. As he stood by the window drinking water, crystal-clear water droplets rolled over the bulge in his throat.

In this moment of utter silence, even the faintest sounds from Shi Xianxue would be amplified. She was sleeping on a small couch by the window on the other side of Tianyi Pavilion when she heard him turn over upon returning.

The teacup clattered against the table with a dull thud, and Shi Xianxue once again received that meaningful, lingering, and dark gaze.

"Rongrong".

He looked very unwell; his eyes were red, and blood was dripping from his fingers, some kind of blood.

When he called her name, it was like a demon in the River Styx looking for a substitute.

Please help me.

not good!

Whenever he has this expression, nothing good is going to happen. Human nature is complex. Lou Su was able to exhaust his magic to repay a debt of gratitude, which shows that he is not a villain. However, Lou Su is a crucial link, and Shi Xianxue does not want to gamble on Lou Su's humanity for an uncertain possibility.

Since the Star River Tracker sent her back to eighteen years ago, it means that she was the only variable eighteen years ago, the only person who could change the future.

Even if they never meet in the future, even if the story never begins, she still hopes that when Wu Xiutang is sad, he will have a warm embrace and be able to tell him that it's okay to fall down, that he is a very good child and the one who deserves happiness the most.

Shi Xianxue tensed her body and assumed a fighting stance. She had read too many books in Tianyi Pavilion and learned a lot of unorthodox spells. She knew how to transform the compassionate power belonging to the Wushan God Clan within her body into a sharp blade that could take a person's head.

But it was too early. She had never used it before and couldn't reveal it now. So, just before she let her guard down and completely lost consciousness, she heard the man sigh helplessly: "Rongrong, if you were a little smarter, you wouldn't have offered to learn the astrological compass as your condition for exchanging it with me."

Instead, you should tell me to stop attacking you.

When Shi Xianxue woke up again, it was a rare sunny day. She looked serene, her hair was tangled, and she sat by the window, resting her chin on her hand, admiring the scenery.

A tall, slender man strode into the room. Seeing how obedient she was, he smiled and said, "Rongrong."

Shi Xianxue stood up, smoothed out the wrinkles in her clothes, then looked up, her expression as usual: "Let's go."

"Um?"

"Didn't you say you were going to take me somewhere?"

Lou Su was taken aback. "Did I say that?" After saying that, he stopped arguing and just said in a good-natured way, "Alright, alright, let's not go today. How about you do something fun with me?"

Shi Xianxue looked at him suspiciously: "Interesting? High Priest, when did we become so familiar?"

“We’ve known each other for a long time,” Lou Su said with a smile. “Four hundred years ago, Rongrong, it was you who told me that we were old acquaintances.”

Shi Xianxue had no recollection of saying such a thing. She felt her mind suddenly go haywire, and a light veil clouded her bright eyes, obscuring their usual sparkle. She slowly lowered her eyelashes, feeling as if she had forgotten something.

What have we forgotten?

She couldn't remember.

"Don't make things difficult for yourself if you can't remember. Thinking too much will give you a headache." His voice was so pleasant, magnetic and gentle, making people want to get closer to him.

Shi Xianxue shook her head, feeling as if something was really wrong with her brain. Otherwise, why would she be in Tianyi Pavilion one moment and then suddenly find herself in an unfamiliar palace the next?

The hall seemed to have just been cleaned, with a faint fishy smell lingering in the air.

Shi Xianxue saw the huge, red-glowing building that resembled the Four-Way Instrument. Huh? Why is Qi Lingyu here too?

Shi Xianxue refused to go any further.

On the contrary, Qi Lingyu was quite at ease. She was not surprised at all by Shi Xianxue's appearance, glanced at her contemptuously, and then turned and left.

Shi Xianxue, not quite understanding, asked Lou Su, "Why is she here? What is this thing used for?"

Even though he had answered countless times, Lou Su remained very patient. His tone was calm, but a clumsy malice was hidden deep in his eyes: "Rongrong, didn't you say we are bad people? Of course, bad people together will do bad things."

When did she say that?

Lou Su seemed pleased with her reaction: "I thought a new goddess had appeared, but it turns out you're just a child from four hundred years ago. I'm very curious. You've only been in for three thousand lifetimes and haven't come out. How did you escape, evade layers of pursuit, and come to me silently? What is still hidden inside you?"

Shi Xianxue blinked in confusion.

"The Star Compass can't calculate your destiny, but it doesn't matter. We still have the Star Tracker you've been longing for. I captured a lot of people and went to great lengths to build this one."

Shi Xianxue stumbled forward after being pushed from behind, only to be enveloped by the light of the Star River Tracker. She then realized that it wasn't the light emanating from the tracker at all, but rather a pool full of blood.

When the black and white chessboard loomed overhead, Shi Xianxue suddenly snapped to attention for a moment.

So, she was the crucial link in the chain.