"arrive."
There was only one archway outside Yicun Village, and behind it was an empty space filled with mist, which made Zhang Yu a little scared.
"There's nothing behind this archway."
"Zhang Yu, when did you become so timid?" Zhou Qiyan grabbed his collar and strode forward. "I'll take you in, what are you afraid of?"
As you step through the archway, the surrounding mist quickly dissipates, and the scenery changes completely. It's like a paradise on earth. A long river runs through the entire village, which is very quiet, except for a woman washing clothes by the river.
"Auntie, where is your clan leader?"
Zhang Yu stepped forward and asked. The woman looked up and was not surprised to see them. She did not say anything, but simply raised her arm and pointed to a certain place.
Sisi looked in that direction; it was the mountaintop.
It seems that the clan chief has always lived on the mountaintop.
"Let's go."
The higher they climbed, the thinner the air became. Zhang Yu was short of breath and soon collapsed weakly by the roadside. "Second Master, Madam, you go ahead. I'll rest for a while."
Sisi held Zhou Qiyan's hand and continuously channeled her spiritual energy into him, asking, "How does it feel?"
"fine."
Upon reaching the mountaintop, she found a group of people dressed in white robes who seemed to have been waiting for a long time. Upon seeing her, they knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you have arrived."
Did you know I was coming?
"Yes, our people have been in contact with the gods for generations. I can sense your thoughts. You have come here to protect the Yi people. My people and I are deeply grateful to you."
"..."
Sisi frowned slightly. "You can sense my thoughts? Then tell me, what am I thinking right now?"
The clan chief closed his eyes and quickly spoke, "You're thinking about how to reincarnate the man beside you as someone with a spiritual root, right?"
Sisi laughed, "That's impressive, but I've never heard of the Yi Clan before, and you've never appeared in the Book of Phenomena. You don't belong to the Six Realms?"
"Not."
The clan chief glanced at Zhou Qiyan and said calmly, "Your Majesty is as clear-headed as a mirror and already knows the answer in your heart. Our Yi clan has been isolated from the Six Realms for generations and does not participate in the affairs of the outside world."
"How can you know my thoughts if you don't participate?"
His heart skipped a beat. Seeing Sisi's calm yet threatening gaze, he unconsciously bent down.
He made a grave mistake by presumptuously speculating about the Heavenly Emperor.
"I am just here for sightseeing, clan leader, there is no need to be nervous."
The clan chief replied in a tight voice, "Yes, I will have someone entertain you. You are free to move around."
Thinking of that place, he opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back. She came here for this reason, so how could she not go to that place?
Zhou Qi was completely bewildered. "What are you talking about? What reincarnation? You're planning to reincarnate me?"
"Um."
Sisi rubbed his head. "That's the same idea. You need a spiritual root so that you can live forever."
"You're going to kill me?"
Sisi led him to a forbidden area on the mountaintop. Zhou Qiyan understood the formation inside as soon as he saw it.
"So you agreed to come to Lianshan with me, which was something you had planned a long time ago. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I didn't know at first either."
If she hadn't seen the gap in the formation unintentionally revealed on the summit of Lianshan Mountain in the book of phenomena, she probably wouldn't have thought that the Yi Clan truly existed in the Six Realms.
She had seen the Yi people in books several times; they were the only ethnic group that could read the emperor's inner thoughts.
They have lived in the Fog Mirror for generations. The Fog Mirror connects the heavens above and the cycle of reincarnation below. Because of cracks, it had to be sealed and hidden in the Lianshan Mountains, detached from the six realms.
The Yi people do not rely on traditional methods for inheritance; they rely on this crack. Before they die, they jump into the crack, and in the next life, they will be a person with spiritual roots.
Only the most capable person can possess the ability to read the emperor's mind and become the clan leader, thus ensuring the continuation of the lineage for generations.
Sisi looked down from the mountaintop and said, "Ayan, look, the whole Yicun is like a mirror, and that river is a crack in the mirror, only a bigger crack has been sealed off."
"So, are you going to send me away?"
Zhou Qi's eyes reddened. "We've only been together for a few months. You promised to stay with me for life. You lied to me."
"I'm not lying to you." Sisi kissed his cheek helplessly, her voice softening. "I just found the Fog Mirror and wanted to tell you. I will accompany you to the end of your life and then send you into the rift to be reborn."
What if I'm reincarnated without any spiritual roots?
Zhou Qi said listlessly, "In my previous life, I was a demon king, so I'm afraid my spiritual root wouldn't recognize me."
"Then I'll think of another way for Ayan. Ayan will always be by my side. Doesn't Ayan want to?"
"Of course I want to."
"Then there's no need to worry, trust me?"
Zhou Qiyan hugged her tightly, "I believe you."
Time in the human world is always very short. After leaving Lianshan, the two went to many places, saw many things they had never seen before, and met many people with different personalities.
Sisi had never gotten pregnant, and Zhou Qiyan understood that it was because of him. Until he was seventy-three years old, when it snowed heavily in Qingcheng, Baizhi rushed over to call him.
"Madam, the Second Master has fallen."
When Sisi arrived, the old man was lying on the bed, holding a wooden carving in his hand, his eyes wide open. If it weren't for his trembling lips, Sisi would have thought he was dead.
“Ayan.”
Zhou Qiyan blinked. The person in front of him was still the same as when he saw her at fifteen, with glass-like eyes, crimson lips, and delicate, smooth skin. She hadn't aged at all.
He was old; his flesh sagged on his face, his back was bent, his face was covered with brown spots, and he had an old man's smell that he could never wash off.
He is no longer good enough for her.
Sisi grasped his hand, which was as withered as tree bark, and Zhou Qiyan gave a weak laugh, "Am I going to die?"
Sisi wiped away his tears without saying a word.
"It's better if I die. I want to be reincarnated. I'll be ugly and old, and I won't be good enough for you anymore."
"Nonsense."
He raised his hand and handed her the wooden carving. "I carved this. I thought we would have a child, and this is what I imagined she would look like. It's a pity..."
"Sisi, I'm leaving now. Wait for me."
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you."
Sisi gripped the wooden carving tightly and led him into the misty mirror. The clan chief knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, there are too many uncertainties within the rift, please reconsider..."
Over the years, ten people from their tribe have gone down into the crevice, but only three have been able to come back up; it's too dangerous.
Sisi didn't answer. She reached out and tied a red string around his wrist, then lowered her head and kissed his forehead.
"I am the Heavenly Emperor, of course I can protect him."
"yes…"
The clan leader opened a crack, and Sisi pushed the person down, watching him disappear into the darkness, her face icy cold.
"Approximately how long does it take to reincarnate?"
"Three days."
The words had barely left his mouth when the crack suddenly widened, and a howling wind rushed out. The clan leader hurriedly went to investigate and saw that a world had appeared within the darkness.
And, something unknown that intruded.
"Your Majesty, someone has broken in! It's Lord Zhou! He...he...he's been split in two..."
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