Unexpected events
Yu Qiu replied, "Yes, there aren't many people like that. What's the matter?"
She also reacted, with caution in her eyes.
"My grandmother's last name is also Yu, Yu Sihe. I was wondering if you two were from the same family. You look a bit alike."
Yu Qiu was visibly taken aback, a flash of panic in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure and stammered, "No... no, although we have the same surname, the Rabbit Clan does look somewhat similar, and there are many people with this surname."
Lin Bai looked away, put his finger on his cheek, and said slowly: "The person on your pocket watch just now seemed to look very similar to the one I saw in my grandmother's family photo. Maybe I remembered it wrongly."
Yu Qiu forced a smile, his laughter slightly deliberate: "Really? That's such a coincidence, haha."
Lin Bai noticed her abnormality, but did not continue to question. He just nodded and turned away. She couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Yu Qiu's reaction seemed a little too strange. She must know some secret.
Yu Qiu's heart was already swirling with turmoil. She knew the "Yu Sihe" Lin Bai had mentioned. She was the most accomplished summoner in her family's history, her unique dual divine powers propelling her to the pinnacle at a young age. But at the age of twenty, she chose to leave the family, completely severing all ties, simply because...
"What are you thinking about?" Lin Bai suddenly patted Yu Qiu's shoulder, interrupting her thoughts.
Yu Qiu hurriedly shook his head and smiled to hide his mistake, "No, nothing."
"Here, hold on to the pocket watch and don't throw it out again." Lin Bai handed the pocket watch back to Yu Qiu, then turned and walked towards the classroom.
Behind her, Yu Qiu stared at the pocket watch in her hand, feeling a complicated feeling in her heart. She forced herself to suppress the surging emotions and nodded gently: "Thank you."
That night, Yu Qiu lay in bed, her pocket watch resting quietly beside her pillow. Her fingertips gently traced the patterns on it. The family's prohibition was like an invisible wall, firmly trapping her. She knew she couldn't speak, at least not now.
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After saying goodbye to Yu Qiu, Lin Bai walked into the classroom and felt a sudden surge of attention. Almost everyone was secretly observing her, their eyes filled with curiosity. Confused, Lin Bai walked straight to her seat. Only after she sat down did she realize that her test results had piqued the class's curiosity.
Li Dong approached quietly and whispered, "Everyone is curious about how you know the story of the Earth God. To be honest, I'm also puzzled."
Lin Bai blinked one eye, raised a finger to his lips, and smiled slightly: "Secret."
Li Dong frowned, as if he wanted to ask something, but at this moment, footsteps were heard at the classroom door, and the teacher walked in, interrupting their conversation.
"Our class performed very well in this assessment. I hope we can continue to maintain this performance next week." The teacher said, his tone full of affirmation and expectation.
Lin Bai was slightly distracted. She was really curious about what secret Yu Qiu had.
So much so that after class, when she left the academy alone to find a place to eat, she was still uneasy. Just when she was distracted, she suddenly heard a heavy sound of breaking wind behind her.
"Bang!"
A tremendous force struck her shoulder, sending Lin Bai flying and tumbling to the ground. The intense pain made her gasp, instantly bringing her back to consciousness. She looked up and saw a massive, six-meter-tall dark beast crouching on a street corner, bent over and tearing at a pile of debris.
The dark beast's skeleton was exposed, a cold aura seeping from its body. Its heart was composed of ice crystals. Its fangs were jagged, licked by a scarlet tongue, and its eye sockets were sunken. Its limbs were thick and deformed, with only one giant toe.
Lin Bai was suddenly shocked and his blood almost froze.
The Wendigo is a demon in North American mythology known for its greed. The more it devours, the bigger it becomes.
Lin Bai quickly stood up, a blue globe appearing in his palm. He whispered, "Zhurong, with the body of a beast and the face of a man, red face and lips, rides twin dragons and controls flames. He controls the order of summer and the virtue of fire. He can burn mountains and boil seas, and he can also conquer gods and demons."
Before she finished her words, scarlet blood gushed out of her nose and slid down the corners of her lips, but she didn't care.
A towering figure emerged behind him, with three heads and six arms, a red face and red lips, a flaming robe draped over his shoulders, and two fire dragons under his feet. He was exuding overwhelming pressure. It was Zhurong.
"Burn it!" Lin Bai thought.
The fire dragon roared to the sky, and golden-red flames gushed out of its mouth, turning into two blazing waves of fire, which attacked the dark beast with a thunderous roar.
"hiss--!"
The dark beast let out a shrill scream and turned slightly to the side, trying to avoid it, but the fire dragon's raging flames seemed to be able to track it. Two pillars of fire flew around the dark beast, and when the dark beast was confused, they smashed into its body, instantly melting part of its bones.
The flames licked its flesh, its bones melting from the intense heat. The dark beast roared continuously, but refused to give up. It lowered its head and gnawed at the scattered debris on the ground, its body growing even larger.
Then, it endured the pain of the burning flames, and suddenly swung its sharp front claws, sweeping them out, and actually cut a gap in the flames. It took advantage of the momentum to quickly escape from the circle of fire.
"The strength is not enough." Lin Bai took a deep breath and thought again.
Zhurong's six arms stretched out simultaneously, flames surging like a tide. The surrounding flames began to shrink violently, as if summoned by some kind of force, rapidly converging into his six palms. Crimson flames surged wildly within his palms, like a raging sea about to erupt.
As Lin Bai's mind moved, the six burning fireballs shot out together, and the flames instantly burst out with astonishing power, turning into hot pillars of fire and tornadoes, interweaving into a scorching sea of fire, sweeping away wildly.
Each flame roared and tore through the air, scorching everything in its path. The heat wave swept towards the Wendigo's swollen body. The Wendigo tried to resist, but could only watch as his body began to dissolve in the flames, the frost gradually turning into liquid, and finally turning into nothingness.
“Ouch—!”
The ice crystals on the Wendigo's chest were burned by the flames until they turned transparent and blue, and cracks spread rapidly. Finally, accompanied by a shrill howl, the heart exploded into ice chips all over the sky, and the flames took the opportunity to engulf the entire body.
Lin Bai knelt weakly on the ground, gasping for breath, and wiped the blood from her nose with the back of her hand weakly. However, her whole body was already covered in blood, and the strength in her body seemed to have been drained away, making any movement extremely heavy.
Her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and she eventually fell to the ground, the scene in front of her eyes gradually becoming blurred.
"Lin Bai! Don't fall asleep, hold on!" Teacher Chen Chen's voice seemed to come from far away, with an urgent cry, as if trying to pull back her fading consciousness.
At the moment when she was about to completely lose consciousness, a strong breath swept over her, filled with an extremely rich breath of life, quickly sweeping through her body, soothing the pain in every meridian.
She was very familiar with this scent, it was her grandmother's scent.
Lin Bai struggled to open her eyes, her vision blurring into focus as she saw her grandmother kneeling beside her, her eyes filled with tears.
"Grandma..." Lin Bai tried to smile, but his throat was dry and he could hardly speak.
Grandma said in a trembling voice: "Xiaobai, don't be too anxious to move forward, or grandma will feel bad."
Lin Bai's last bit of consciousness before she fell into a coma was wandering in the chaos. She still had questions: Why was grandma here?
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