Chapter 156 - Big Threat
I don't know how long I drifted, but just when that little starlight was about to completely dissipate...
Amidst the turbulent flow of the cracks, a faint yet remarkably tenacious breath of life suddenly emerged! Like a straw in the abyss of despair!
A small hand, with the fragrance of soil and herbs, held the dying star with extreme precision and tenderness amidst the chaotic flow of energy!
Warmth! The indescribable warmth that came from the very source of life, through that tiny hand, instantly passed to the star beast's consciousness that was on the verge of dissipating!
The picture is focused, and the one holding the starlight is a little girl wearing coarse linen clothes, pigtails, with a dirty face but a pair of eyes so clear that it makes people tremble - it is the young White Deer!
She didn't know why she appeared on the edge of this dangerous space-time rift. There was no fear in her clear big eyes, only pure worry and curiosity.
She looked at the faint but beautiful starlight in her palm, her mouth slightly open, as if she wanted to say something.
At that moment, an old woman with a hunched back and wrinkled face rushed over anxiously from behind the little girl and pulled her away from the edge of the crevice. "Little deer! You're trying to save your life! Go!" The old woman's voice was hoarse, and her eyes were filled with fear and deep worry. Around her waist hung a worn medicine bag, which exuded a faint herbal fragrance.
The cracks in time and space slowly closed behind her. The little girl, held tightly in her grandmother's arms, ran toward a dilapidated mountain village in the distance. Her tiny hands remained tightly clenched, protecting the faint starlight in her palms.
Back in the dilapidated wooden house in the mountain village, under the dim oil lamp, the grandmother carefully looked at her granddaughter's outstretched palm. The starlight was so faint that it was almost invisible, but it still exuded a pure starry aura.
"Grandma... its body is so cold..." The deer's voice was filled with childish worry.
A complex light flashed in the old woman's cloudy eyes: shock, worry, and an indescribable pity. Her rough fingers trembled as she gently brushed the starlight in her granddaughter's palm and then touched the fawn's head.
"Silly child... this is... a wounded star..." Grandma's voice was old and tired, "It needs a home... and also... a companion..."
Late at night, with the help of her grandmother, the little deer carefully placed the extremely weak star core into a small wooden box covered with hay. The moment she closed the lid of the wooden box—
A pure glimmer of light with the breath of a deer's soul unconsciously merged into the star marrow!
Then, the star marrow shone brightly! It instantly ripped the small wooden box apart! In the light, a snow-white rabbit with ruby eyes... curled up in the haystack, purring faintly.
The soul contract seemed like a joke, concluded silently at this moment between the girl's ignorant kindness and the star beast's instinct to survive!
A dilapidated mountain village and simple wooden houses.
The fawn held the newborn, naive moon-eating rabbit, its face a picture of pure joy. Grandma sat on the threshold, watching her granddaughter and the rabbit, her cloudy eyes filled with deep worry and unrelieved sadness. She coughed violently from time to time, and the medicine bag at her waist exuded a bitter taste.
Days passed. Moon-Eating Rabbit was just an ordinary little white rabbit, keeping the lonely fawn company. It was naive, greedy, and fond of nibbling on anything with aura. While the fawn dug for wild vegetables, Moon-Eating Rabbit dug the soil nearby. While the fawn gathered herbs, Moon-Eating Rabbit chased the insects that crawled on them.
Grandma's health is getting worse and worse.
It was a stormy night. The dilapidated wooden house groaned in the howling wind. The flame of the oil lamp flickered. Grandma lay on her simple bed, her face pale and her breath weak. She clutched Fawn's hand tightly, her cloudy eyes fixed on the little rabbit in her granddaughter's arms, seemingly uneasy, its ruby eyes gleaming faintly in the darkness.
"Little Deer..." Grandma's voice was like an old bellows, and every word was frothed with blood. "Listen to grandma...you...you are not an ordinary child..."
"This rabbit...is not an ordinary rabbit..."
"Your parents... they... they are great heroes... they are here to protect... to protect..." A violent cough interrupted her words, and blood stained her clothes red.
"Grandma!" The little deer was so scared that his face turned pale and his tears fell like beads that had broken off the string.
Grandma mustered her last bit of strength, her withered fingers trembling as she pointed northward. A last glimmer of strange light flashed in her eyes, as if she could see through the shabby roof and into the distant horizon: "... Guixu... There... there are answers... but also... dangers... Sooner or later, this world will face a great threat..."
"Live...with it...must...live..."
Before she finished her words, grandma's hands dropped weakly, her cloudy eyes lost their last bit of luster, and only the gesture pointing to the north remained frozen.
“Grandma——!!!” The little deer’s heart-wrenching cry echoed through the rainy night.
The little rabbit in her arms seemed to sense its owner's immense sorrow, its ruby eyes suddenly lighting up with an unprecedented brilliance! An invisible sense of sorrow and protectiveness emanated from its tiny body, gently enveloping the weeping little girl...
Boom——!!!
In the main hall, the three beams of light connecting Chu Linyuan, Bai Xiaolu and Moon-Eating Rabbit shattered!
Chu Linyuan groaned and took three steps back before he could steady himself. The dark golden dragon pattern on his left cheek flickered violently, and he had obviously suffered a huge mental shock.
His cold face turned a little pale, but his eyes were filled with the tragic grandeur of the ancient star beasts, the coldness of the cracks in time and space, the warmth of the little hands, and the grief and instructions of his grandmother before her death!
Bai Xiaolu suddenly sat up from her coma! Her clear eyes were no longer filled with empty fear, but were filled with great sadness and helpless tears! She looked around blankly, as if she was still immersed in the great grief of losing her grandmother.
"Grandma... Grandma..." She murmured, her little body trembling violently, tears pouring out.
"Woo..." The Moon-Eating Rabbit also woke from its cocoon of light, its ruby eyes filled with the same sadness and attachment. It struggled to jump into the white deer's arms, rubbing its little head against her cheek desperately, and a comforting "purr" came from its throat. The star rune that had awakened on its body lit up slightly, emitting a soft starlight that enveloped the deer.
The white deer hugged the rabbit tightly and buried his face in its soft fur. The suppressed crying finally broke out, full of heartbreaking grievance and longing.
Xie Zhao looked at the little girl and the little beast hugging each other tightly, immersed in great sorrow, looked at the prehistoric storm in Chu Linyuan's eyes that had not yet subsided, and listened to the calls of his grandmother... The Jinghong Talisman Pen in his hand dropped weakly, and his peach blossom eyes were filled with unprecedented shock, pity and enlightenment.
Guixu...Burial of the Gods...Protecting the heroes...A huge threat...
Grandma's last words seemed to be unable to form a sentence, but they exploded like thunder in Xie Zhao's mind!
Bai Xiaolu is no ordinary abandoned baby! Her parents were heroes. What did they sacrifice themselves to protect? Her grandmother took her into hiding, and before her death, she led her to the edge of this eternal burial ground!
The Moon-Eating Rabbit, a star beast from the ancient times, was saved by the kindness of the little deer when it was on the verge of death. Its ignorant soul was closely connected with the little girl who had a huge secret in the contract!
They are all people who were thrown into this abyss of burying gods by fate!
Chu Linyuan slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, his cold eyes swept across the crying white deer and the guardian Moon-Eating Rabbit, and finally fell on Xie Zhao.
No words were needed, the same heaviness and determination could be seen in the eyes of both of them.
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