So brief that there wasn't enough time for anything else; it was already coming to an end.
There was a large rock by the stream. Su Jin climbed up and half-lay down, gazing at the moonlight.
It remains forever serene, hanging high in the sky, untouched by dust, unlike people who always have many worries.
Shen Qianxue, do you know I'm lost?
Will you come looking for me?
Will I end up like my predecessors, spending my whole life alone here, only able to talk to you through my imagination?
Or perhaps you already know my true nature, and you don't care whether I live or die.
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On the cliff, the moonlight shone even brighter, and a skeleton lay scattered on the crimson earth.
Shen Qianxue felt dizzy and unsteady on her feet.
He discovered bloodstains in the forest and followed them to the edge of the cliff, where he witnessed this scene.
The blood was still fresh, the bones were still tender, and only Su Jin was missing.
A sudden, intense pain in his heart made it hard for him to breathe, and the color drained from his face instantly, leaving it deathly pale.
The man-eating flower smelled the human scent, poked its head out from under the cliff, twisted its waist, looked down from above, and opened its blood-red maw.
Qu Yi stood in front of Shen Qianxue.
"Danger! My lord, you must go first!"
Shen Qianxue's eyes were frighteningly red as she walked forward recklessly, muttering, "Bones."
"I'll go get it!"
Qu Yi rushed forward even faster, with the others protecting him as they killed the man-eating flowers.
Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet shook, and several man-eating flowers burst forth from the ground with great force, one of which was right beneath Qu Yi's feet.
Before Qu Yi could finish picking up the scattered bones, he fell into the mouth of the man-eating flower.
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