The bright moonlight shines on the thousand-year-old stone bridge, reflecting the mottled traces left by time.
Chu Hanyan's wisp of remnant soul sat under the stone bridge, looking up at the moon reflected on the water.
Chu Hanyan had regained her spiritual consciousness some time ago. She thought she was dead, but unexpectedly, when her soul was scattered, the Dragon Pearl returned to its place, and a trace of her remnant soul was sealed under the stone bridge along with the Dragon Pearl.
At first, she had no thoughts; her remnant soul was like those flowers and plants—alive, but merely existing.
Many years have passed, and under the nourishment of the Dragon Pearl's spiritual energy, Chu Hanyan's remnant soul has slowly recovered. Some time ago, Chu Hanyan finally regained her intelligence.
Even after regaining her senses, Chu Hanyan was still unable to leave the stone bridge and could only look at the outside world from the vicinity of the bridge.
"ah!"
A scream caught Chu Hanyan's attention. Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw a small snake being attacked by a giant tortoise.
That little snake must have already cultivated into a demon, but that giant tortoise has at least several thousand years of cultivation, so the little snake is destined to become the giant tortoise's meal.
"Help! Beauty, please save me!"
As Chu Hanyan looked at them, the little snake nimbly swam towards her.
Chu Hanyan was somewhat surprised that the little snake could actually see her!
Her current state isn't really a soul state. A soul is the spirit of all things after they die, and she was a soul when she died. Now she's just a remnant of a soul's intelligence, combined with a body shaped by the Dragon Balls.
That's right, Chu Hanyan's current body is actually a dragon ball. After countless years of fusion, the dragon ball finally transformed into her original form.
Beneath the stone bridge lies the dragon vein, supplied with dragon energy by the Dragon Pearl. Because she is now the Dragon Pearl, she cannot leave the area of the stone bridge.
She should be invisible to any god, ghost, or demon in her current state, so how could this little snake see her?
While Chu Hanyan was still wondering, the little snake had already rushed in front of her, followed by the giant tortoise, which was not clumsy at all.
After the little snake rushed over, it seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and hid behind Chu Hanyan, which confirmed to Chu Hanyan that it could indeed see her.
Looking at the giant tortoise charging straight at her, Chu Hanyan knew that the tortoise hadn't noticed her presence. It seemed that this little snake was really special. Interesting.
Chu Hanyan had been lonely for too long and wanted to keep the little snake around to talk to her, so she closed her eyes and used her power.
The giant tortoise instantly felt an immense power enveloping it. It was a familiar feeling, having experienced it thousands of years ago when the fox demon fought the Netherworld Envoy.
The giant tortoise instantly broke out in a cold sweat. Wasn't it said that the Netherworld Envoy had died two thousand years ago? Could he have come back to life?
Without a second thought, the giant tortoise immediately swam downstream, even faster than when it was chasing the small snake.
After casting the spell, Chu Hanyan's face turned extremely pale. She was supposed to stay inside the stone bridge; coming out of the stone bridge was already her limit. Now that she had used magic, she naturally suffered a backlash.
The little snake watched Chu Hanyan timidly from the side, its eyes full of worry but not daring to go forward. Seeing Chu Hanyan clutching her chest and standing still for a long time, the little snake finally mustered up its courage and swam to Chu Hanyan's side, gently wrapping its tail around Chu Hanyan's fingers to comfort her.
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