The male and female protagonists came to the Fairy Island for the Spirit Fruit.
The spirit fruit has been guarded by the Elf King for generations. The spirit tree blossoms every thousand years and bears fruit every ten thousand years. After so many millions of years, only this one fruit exists.
If a seriously ill person takes it, it can revive the dead and heal the bones. If a cultivator takes it, they can directly achieve immortality.
Outsiders were eager to take action, but the Elf King quelled their concerns.
Only those with upright character, perseverance, courage, and good intentions, and who have the right opportunity, can obtain the spiritual fruit.
The female protagonist finds the spiritual fruit's approval and wants to make a body for the skeleton male protagonist, but at this moment, an accident occurs.
Even though Elf Island rarely experiences heavy rain, a fierce wind suddenly arose, and dark clouds instantly swept across the entire sky, creating an atmosphere of impending storm.
The sorceress could no longer conceal her desires, and looking at the spiritual fruit that was within her grasp, she couldn't help but let out an excited sound.
"Child, give me the spirit fruit."
An old woman with a hunched back slowly walked towards the direction of the female protagonist, Ye Xuxi.
Her voice was rough and hoarse, and her eyes held secrets that no one could know.
Surprisingly, her skin was as smooth as a young girl's, without a single wrinkle.
The miraculous combination of these two contradictory states gives one a chilling feeling.
"A fortune teller?"
Yu Qiu didn't expect to see her here. Her face wasn't like this the last time they met.
"Good child, give me the spirit fruit. Naughty children will be killed."
The voice of a shaman has a deceptive quality and can control a person's mind.
Xu Xi retreated in fear, but the skeleton male protagonist blocked her way. Realizing that this person was up to no good, a fight broke out.
The sorceress was born from the desires of spirits and lives by devouring desires. She had been dormant for thousands of years, and the skeleton protagonist, who had lost most of his spiritual power, could not possibly withstand her.
Soon, she snatched the spiritual fruit away.
Ling Shuang's beautiful brows furrowed deeply, her expression even colder than before.
"My king, you must not use your spiritual power recklessly. After all, if the cold poison enters your body, you will suffer from qi deviation and become a demon, won't you?"
The fortune teller's words made Ling Shuang's expression even more somber.
"Don't be so surprised. I really have to thank badminton for this, otherwise how would I have known?"
Then the fortune teller turned her malicious gaze to the badminton shuttlecock and couldn't help but laugh.
As an evil spirit born from the darkest depths of human nature, what it most delights to see is these hypocritical humans turning against each other.
"No, no...that's not it...I didn't say that."
A look of panic flashed in Yuqiu's eyes. She clearly hadn't said anything, so why did the fortune teller know?
Her face turned deathly pale instantly, and a thin layer of mist welled up in her eyes. She shook her head uncontrollably, afraid to look up, afraid to see the disappointment on her beloved's face. She couldn't understand why things had turned out this way.
"Thank you, good child, come over here to the sorceress."
On the other side, the sorceress's voice continued to chant, her face, which was out of proportion to her age, wore a malicious smile, as if she were a demon that had crawled up from the depths of people's hearts.
"Stop talking!"
Ling Shuang could no longer hold back. A cold arc of light gathered from her palm and swept towards the sorceress.
The sorceress scoffed and instantly neutralized the attack.
Ling Shuang, whose body was invaded by the cold poison, was about to be defeated in no time.
Do you know what I hate most about you guys?
The sorceress walked towards the two of them step by step, her feet treading on the blood-soaked ground.
"I hate your haughty attitude the most. You have all sorts of dirty things in your hearts, but you still pretend to be noble. Who are you trying to fool?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Shuang's perpetually unchanging face suddenly darkened with an unnatural expression. He glanced at the badminton shuttlecock sitting on the ground, wanting to say something, but ultimately couldn't bring himself to speak.
The sorceress's expression gradually twisted. "But it doesn't matter. Once I eat the spiritual fruit, I will immediately attain immortality and this filthy body will be replaced."
"As for you..."
"Go to hell and experience the life I once lived."
A cloud of black mist gathered in her hand, about to smash towards Ling Shuang.
"puff……"
A warm body pressed down on Ling Shuang, and blood instantly stained the last remaining patch of white.
"grown ups……"
Yu Qiu smiled, her eyes still as clear and bright as when she first met her.
The fortune teller hadn't expected her to be so foolish as to willingly take the blow for Ling Shuang. Subsequently, the obsession with badminton that had been suppressing in her mind began to surge.
In that instant, the skeleton protagonist seized the opportunity to eat the spiritual fruit, greatly increasing his spiritual power. He and Ling Shuang took advantage of the opening and together killed the sorceress.
Ling Shuang lifted the shuttlecock, and a crack finally appeared on her usually cold and expressionless face.
He frantically wiped the blood seeping from Yuqiu's mouth, but unexpectedly made it even dirtier.
"You shouldn't have done it for me."
"I like you, sir. Shouldn't liking someone mean giving your all for them?"
Ling Shuang's emotions, buried for thousands of years, finally erupted, and she couldn't help but roar:
"But you'll die!"
"It's alright, as long as you're alright, sir."
"But after I leave, adults should eat on time and not stay in their rooms just because it's too much trouble."
"It's dark at night, remember to hang up the luminous pearl..."
Yu Qiu continued rambling on, making Ling Shuang even more uneasy.
"Also, adults should smile more."
Ling Shuang dared not miss a single expression on Yu Qiu's face, gripping her hand even tighter, as if if she let go, Yu Qiu would vanish into thin air.
"You..." Can you please not die?
"My lord... I really like you. I've liked you since the first time we met."
Finally, Yuqiu's body gradually lost its warmth in Ling Shuang's arms. This girl, who would always follow him and call him "Master," passed away because he would never see any of the beauty in this world again.
Ling Shuang held the person who was forever asleep tightly in her arms. A tear slid down from her deep, dark eyes and melted into the cold snow.
The Elf King, who had been cold and frozen for tens of thousands of years, finally understood his own heart at this last moment, and it seems that he had already fallen in love.
He took the badminton shuttlecock's body and left; no one knew where they went.
"Card."
"Congratulations on wrapping up filming." The staff handed the bouquets they were holding to Luo Jiu and Shen Jinchen respectively.
"Wait, teachers, don't leave yet. Let's go out for dinner tonight."
Every production crew and every director has a different way of wrapping up filming. In Ji Liang's crew, red envelopes and cakes are just formalities; the sentiment is what matters.
However, in Wang Xucai's film crew, there is usually a wrap party. But only the two of them finished filming; the rest of the filming hadn't been completed yet.
As a second choice, at Director Wang's request, the wrap party was changed to his lifelong favorite - barbecue skewers.
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