Chapter Eleven: Return in Vain
In the valley, although lonely and hard to bear, time still passes quickly, unwilling to stay for a moment.
It wasn't until he was with Yan Feng that Xiao Huan Yue realized his vast knowledge and multiple talents, no wonder he was envied by others to such an extent.
To treat the wound and alleviate her own suffering, Yan Feng taught her to recognize some medicinal herbs, understand their properties and uses. At first, he only taught her the most basic ones, but unexpectedly, Xiao Huan Yue was clever and had also been exposed to some traditional Chinese medicine knowledge in modern times. She could learn what he taught in one go and even apply it flexibly, which made him secretly admire her and teach her wholeheartedly.
Days passed as Xiao Huan Yue picked herbs, identified them and made medicine. On the 20th day, she started to feel anxious and absent-minded, but became more considerate towards Yan Feng; after excitedly passing the day she was supposed to leave on, her mood sank but still held a glimmer of hope, occasionally gazing at the time-space device on her wrist, observing its reaction. Until over a month had passed, with no change in the time-space device, she finally understood that it was possible she would never return, forever staying in this unfamiliar other time and space.
Anxiety, confusion and despair slowly turned into calmness. When she calmed down to face reality, a happy smile appeared on Yan Feng's scarred face, which was a heartfelt smile of relief, so radiant that it made people overlook his disfigured face and feel no ugliness at all.
Dazedly looking at his smile, Xiao Huan Yue let out a deep sigh and acknowledged "You win. Is all of this really fate? Can someone truly see through destiny?"
"Now that you've accepted reality, don't be too disheartened. You're not the kind of person who can't withstand setbacks. There are still many things for you to learn and face." Yanzhi put away his smile and said seriously.
"I can take the blow so quickly because I've been through too many blows, and I used to avoid them, but I found that avoiding doesn't change anything, not only does it come with a great cost, but in the end, you still have to face it." Xiao Huan Yue lowered her head, seemingly thinking about something, after a long while, when she lifted her head again, her face had returned to its usual calmness.
"You're not from Qinglan country, nor do you seem to be from any country I'm familiar with. Can you tell me where you come from?" Yan Feng gazed at her thoughtfully, and Xiao Huan Yue surprisingly felt his tension.
She glanced at him strangely, Xiao Huan Yue hesitated for a moment before smiling and saying "There's nothing that can't be said, I'm just afraid you won't believe me if I say it. I'm not from Qing Lan country, nor am I from any other country on the Xiang Long continent. I come from another space-time continuum, originally heading somewhere else but somehow ended up here..."
Xiao Huan Yue's words were left unfinished as she was startled by Yan Feng's agitated expression.
"Star of another world!" Yanfeng excitedly trembled all over, repeatedly muttering "Star of another world, you must be the Star of another world, Star of another world......"
Seeing him like this, Xiao Huan Yue's mouth twitched violently.
What's with this reaction? He shouldn't be surprised to the point of treating her like a monster, or at least laugh and say it's impossible. At worst, he should just keep quiet. How can he be so excited, no, that's not right, abnormally excited, what's gotten into him?!
"A star from another world, bringing peace to all under heaven, the phoenix dances and the dragon soars, accompanied by the seven stars and the moon." Yan Feng muttered to himself, seemingly crazed, but after calming down, he turned his head and stared at her.
Xiao Huan Yue shuddered involuntarily, and although his eyes were tightly closed, she somehow felt that his current expression was like a wolf who had been starving for a long time and had just discovered a piece of meat.
"You... you... are you okay?" Xiao Huan Yue asked weakly, glancing at him cautiously.
"Cough, I'm fine." It seemed that he had sensed his own loss of composure, so Yan Feng coughed a few times and returned to normal, asking "What are your plans for the future?"
"Leave here and go find my two good friends." Xiao Huan Yue let out a sigh of relief, revealing a smile. "I came with them, they should also be here, even if I really can't go back, I must find them."
"With your current situation, you can't even protect yourself, let alone find someone else." Yanfeng smiled and said "You probably don't understand the situation in Qinglan country, or even the entire Longxiang continent. A thousand years ago, a female-dominated nation appeared on the Longxiang continent, a very powerful and prosperous nation that once swept across the entire continent. But with the decline of this nation, women's status also plummeted, and men who had turned over took control of everything, starting to strictly restrict women, even controlling their numbers, which is also the main reason for the current shortage of women in various countries."
Xiao Huan Yue's mouth twitched again, and she felt that the men here were "turning over the peasants to sing songs". She somewhat understood the meaning of the phrase "it's not the east wind overpowering the west wind, but the west wind overpowering the east wind".
"Twenty years ago, the ruler of Qinglan asked my mentor Tianji to predict the fate of the country. My mentor divined a phrase: 'A star from another world brings peace to all under heaven, the phoenix dances and the dragon soars, seven stars accompany the moon.' The ruler's face changed color after hearing this, and he asked my mentor for more details, but he just shook his head and sighed, saying that the star from another world had already been born, and there was hope for unification under heaven; he said no more."
"What's next?" Xiao Huan Yue furrowed her brow, and for some reason, she had a bad premonition.
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