When everything returned to calm, the only sound left in the silent room was Xing Xi's slight breathing.
She slept in a pool of her own blood, looking at the ceiling. The pain in her body slowly went away, but the girl felt as if this body was not her own.
She turned her head and saw the old woman with gray hair.
The ancestor was wearing a dark brown dress, and her originally golden hair had slowly lost its color over time, but her eyes were still a distant golden color.
She stood beside Xing Xi's bed, with deep pity in her eyes.
"Do you feel better now?" she asked.
"Yes." Xing Xi nodded quietly: "Sorry, I soiled the bed my mother-in-law gave me."
"Which is more precious, your life or the bed I gave you?" the ancestor asked quietly.
Xingxi didn't know how to answer for a while.
"So in your mind, your life is not as good as this mere bed?" The ancestor sighed, and as she said this, she stretched out a hand.
From her dry fingertips, a little golden spark jumped and fell, landing on the big golden bed, and a warm flame instantly rose.
The golden flames enveloped the entire bed, and of course Xingxi herself.
But these flames did not ignite the exquisite bed made of silk and goose velvet. On the contrary, the blood stains all over it began to burn quickly.
When the flames finally went out, all the blood disappeared before Xing Xi's eyes.
She sat back on the clean and soft bed.
"Mother-in-law is so amazing." Xing Xi said softly.
Mother-in-law can easily do things that she cannot do, so of course she is very, very powerful.
The ancestor sighed: "As powerful as I am, I still can't make you live like a normal child, so I'm not powerful at all."
Saying this, the ancestor stretched out his index finger, leaned forward, and quietly touched Xing Xi's eyebrows.
In just an instant, the wrinkles on her face became much deeper.
"Why did you still choose to practice and use the power in your body?" The ancestor sighed deeply: "Didn't I tell you that everyone in the world can practice, but you can't."
The ancestor said this and looked into Xingxi's eyes quietly: "What exactly happened today?"
Xingxi opened her mouth, but in the end no words came out of her mouth.
"Is there something that can't be said?" the ancestor asked, looking at Xingxi.
Xingxi nodded and said softly: "Secret."
The ancestor couldn't help but laugh at that moment: "I never thought that a child like you would have his own secret."
"Since it's a secret, I won't ask."
"But you should know about your physical condition."
"The fact that you were lucky enough to survive was the result of many efforts and the blessing of the goddess of luck."
"I know you're smart, and I know you're strong."
"You may have a chance to become the smartest and most powerful kid in the world."
"But you should know that I don't care about this."
"I promised Xia'er back then that I would watch you grow up little by little. I didn't want you to become anyone. I just wanted you to grow up under my wings."
The ancestor looked at Xingxi, his eyes full of sighs.
"Does it hurt?" she asked.
Xing Xi looked at the other party and finally shook her head slowly.
"How could it not hurt?" The ancestor looked at her: "Those two forces have fought countless times in your body, completely tearing your internal organs, bones and muscles into pieces. This is countless times more painful than being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts. Punishment, if it weren’t for your special physique and your constant repair of your body, you would have already turned into a puddle of flesh when I found you.”
"Now these two forces have reached a delicate balance in your body again, but this balance is extremely fragile. All I can do is to help you re-seal this power, but after all, you have taken a step that you should never take. That step."
"I know I'm going to die." Xing Xi lowered her head and said softly.
"Mother-in-law, you have tried your best to keep me alive. I can already feel your weakness, mother-in-law. A child like me is not worthy of what you do. Even though you and mother have made an agreement, mother has never thought about it. , it’s such a difficult thing for me to survive.”
"If you continue like this, maybe before I grow up, mother-in-law, you will..."
The ancestor interrupted Xing Xi, and she smiled softly: "You underestimate me, mother-in-law."
"Also." Xing Xi continued to lower her head and said, "Someone needs my power, and I want to use this power to help him."
"If I am bound to die, then I hope I can help him a little bit before I die."
"Even just a little bit..."
"That person is Xi Che, right?" The ancestor looked at Xing Xi and said calmly: "In my eyes, he is not even as good as a hair of yours. If you say so, I can make him disappear immediately. in this world."
Xingxi raised her head and looked at her ancestor, and the little girl smiled.
She actually smiled.
"Mother-in-law, what you said is no longer a threat."
"I like brother Xiche very much. Mother-in-law, you also know that I like brother Xiche very much. He is the only person here who respects me from the bottom of his heart. If mother-in-law, you kill him, it will make me die faster."
"Also, although that is a secret that cannot be told, brother Xiche is really powerful. He may become even more powerful in the future. He may even become more powerful than my mother-in-law."
The ancestor looked at Xingxi quietly.
"you sure?"
She was asking about being better than her mother-in-law.
Xingxi knew exactly which floor she was on.
But Xingxi still said such words.
Xingxi looked into her ancestor's eyes and said softly, "I'm sure."
"How interesting." The ancestor laughed.
She looked at Xingxi: "I know that you have always wanted to die, but you are afraid that your death will cause us trouble."
"Children like you always make us old guys feel heartbroken when we see them."
"So instead we will try our best to get back from you, the God of Death."
Saying this, the ancestor sighed.
"Even if that day does come, I will still have a way to keep you alive. Although you may not like this method, I like it very much."
"Mother-in-law." Xingxi looked at her ancestor and said in disbelief.
"Even if you do nothing, you will still die. Just like the old woman, if I don't do anything, I can still feel the God of Death approaching me step by step." The ancestor said softly: "Since you really have it for the first time. What you want to do.”
"Then just do what you want."
"If that day really comes, I can finally see what that old immortal thing can do."
Saying this, the ancestor stretched out his hand and pulled the quilt on Xingxi.
"Go to sleep." Her voice seemed to have infinite magic power, and Xingxi instantly felt endless sleepiness coming over her.
Fall into a deep sleep.
