He asked Xiao Ren several questions that had been lingering in his mind for a long time, but Xiao Ren just shook his head silently, not knowing whether he couldn't answer or simply didn't understand. Then he suddenly remembered what he had just witnessed and asked, "I just heard what you said when you were struggling... Xiao Ren, what is your sister not letting you eat?"
"It's my sister who can't eat meat." Xiao Ren shook his head. "My sister will become like this once she touches blood."
But Feng Xue is only at the first level of Qi Refining, and she can't practice fasting yet. Or are the exotic beasts any different in this regard? Luo Jiujiang probed, "What does your sister usually eat?"
"These are plant roots I dug up." Xiao Ren held out her hands to Luo Jiujiang. Her fingers were rough and red, calloused. These were strong and nimble hands, yet they didn't look like those of a swordsman.
Suddenly, Luo Jiujiang remembered Feng Xue's expression of "there is such a creature" when he asked her if he could catch a snowbird to eat. She must have not eaten meat for a long time and he had forgotten about this creature.
"Sister will be hungry after waking up," Xiao Ren said seriously. She stood up and looked at Luo Jiujiang, clearly worried about leaving him and Feng Xue alone together. However, she also remembered that he had just helped, and she couldn't put a sword to his neck to force him to go with them.
"Miss Xiaoren, please stay here with your sister." Luo Jiujiang smiled helplessly and asked her gently, "Where do you usually dig those plant roots? Let me do it for you."
Seeing Xiao Ren's face clearly wavering, Luo Jiujiang softened his tone, "Don't worry, I'll return with a full harvest. Back when my master locked me up in a snake cave, I invented a knife technique to kill snakes in half an hour. I call it the Dragon Slashing Knife. And when I master the claw technique to pluck wild vegetables in another moment, I can call it the Phoenix Scraping Hand. What do you think?"
Xiao Ren didn't laugh. She pointed the direction to Luo Jiujiang seriously, then stared at him and stammered, "You..."
For a moment, Luo Jiujiang thought she was going to say "You are such a strange person" or "You are such a lovely person."
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ren murmured, "You are such a person."
Luo Jiujiang: "..." No matter how stupid this kid is, how come praising someone is the same as scolding someone?
He suddenly burst out laughing and lectured Xiao Ren, "Miss Xiao Ren, you may not know that you should use a few words to describe yourself in front of others. You can praise me for being a good person, or you can say that I am a very elegant and kind-hearted person."
"Sister wants to be a human being." Xiao Ren insisted, "Human beings are the best."
Luo Jiujiang looked at Xiao Ren, then at Feng Xue, who lay limp on the ground not far away. He didn't know if he was a strange beast. At that moment, he thought of Han Qianling, Xie Chuncan, and himself, who was now trapped in this small space. Thousands of teasing words came together in his heart, and all turned into a helpless bitter smile: "Yes, being a human is the best. We all want to be human."
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Six feet beneath the snow, he could indeed find a few delicate plant roots. They grew in clusters, their roots deep inside, and the entire plant was a lifeless gray, devoid of the greenery Luo Jiujiang had expected.
Perhaps this land can only hold the white of flying snow and the red of blood, and no other colors can remain.
When Luo Jiujiang returned to the cave with a bunch of plant roots, Feng Xue had already woken up. It was unknown how much she still remembered, but the look she gave Luo Jiujiang was not one of vigilance or guard, but rather of a haggard and quiet demeanor.
"Thank you for your help." Feng Xue gently and lovingly brushed Xiao Ren's neck. "Otherwise, by the time I wake up, I'm afraid I'll have made a big mistake."
"It was the young lady who kindly reminded me on the first day I arrived here, and later frankly told me the precious news." Luo Jiujiang placed the neatly tied bundle of roots next to Feng Xue and smiled harmlessly, "Sister Xue and I are destined to be together."
Feng Xue nodded, her expression somewhat bewildered, as if she was no longer used to these normal pleasantries. Her gaze paused on the feather arrow at Luo Jiujiang's waist. "Are you... Xie Chuncan's messenger?"
As Luo Jiujiang expected, Xiao Ren drew his sword again in an instant.
Luo Jiujiang pretended he saw nothing and said with a smile, "Not really. It's just that Brother Xie doesn't want to stay in this ghost place any longer, so he asked me to ask Sister Xue if she can let him in."
"Let him come." Feng Xue nodded without much hesitation. She said calmly, "Actually, I no longer have any extravagant hopes of escaping, but as many as I can get out, I'll give it my all. I don't have much, but I know a little more than others. If it's useful to you, I'll tell you more."
"Sister Xue is too modest." Luo Jiujiang shook his head and smiled. From the moment he saw the form of the Snow Sealing Beast, a vague idea emerged in his mind, and now he had a rough outline. "Perhaps Sister Xue will be the most crucial person in our escape plan."
The author has something to say: Xie Chuncan: It's okay for you to call me "Brother Xie", but why do you call her "Sister Xue"? Calling a girl that is much more intimate than calling a man that is, Jiujiang.
Luo Jiujiang: Brother Xie, you misunderstood. Think about what Sister Xue’s last name is.
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