Chapter 95: Strangers Face to Face

The huge tentacle was roasting on an open fire. It sizzled and smelled delicious, dripping with succulence.

Qu Xiaoxing rotated the wooden stick and swallowed mouthfuls of saliva again and again. Next to him, Luo Jinsang also stared at it hungrily and urged on, "Can we eat it yet? What about now? Why can't we eat it already?" Qu Xiaoxing looked at Changyi who was still caring for Ji Yunhe.

The burning inside her body had been reduced by quite a bit after taking the sea lingzhi, but she was still unconscious, so he remained close by her side. Qu Xiaoxing cautiously asked, "Um, Your Highness, you have been taking care of Yunhe all day, why don't you eat something first?"

Changyi said, "You can eat." Luo Jinsang immediately pulled out her sword, sliced off a piece of meat, blew at it a few times and gobbled it up.

"Ah... so delicious!" Luo Jinsang exclaimed.

"Delicious! Where did you get such a giant squid, it tastes so good!" Qu Xiaoxing also took a big bite.

"Yes yes, this squid is delicious."

"It's not a squid, it's a sea demon." The two immediately froze and their faces turned green. "Sea demon?" Luo Jinsang stuttered.

"A… a demon?" Qu Xiaoxing also asked stiffly,

"The kind that can talk?" They looked at Changyi, who nodded with a "mhm."

Qu Xiaoxing: "..."

Luo Jinsang: "..."

They then looked at the juicy meat still dripping oil in their hands, and their spirits withered.

"It's a demon."

"A live one."

"Can talk..."

"Are we eating people..."

The two fell into an uncontrollable panic and began to mutter incoherently. Changyi ignored them and looked at the unconscious Ji Yunhe with concern. She should have woken up already after taking the sea lingzhi, how come...

Aji could not sense his gaze right now, or the distress of the other two inside this hut. She had been trapped in chaos ever since passing out under the lava.

As if she had fallen into hell, its fire constantly burned at her skin and flesh. And she could not shout out a single word amidst the agony. Her lips felt like they had been melted by the flame, and were now stuck together.

Only when some cool air occasionally blew in did she get a moment of relief. She did not know how much time had passed, but her lips were somehow parted and something cool was poured into her mouth. A bitterness flowed down her throat and into her stomach, slowly expelling the burning pain all over her body.

The flames of hell faded, and she was finally able to look at the world around her. She found herself floating in the air with a layer of white clouds under her feet. The wind blew past her ears, and she heard a woman's voice.

"Ji Yunhe." Aji was startled. She looked around, trying to find the person speaking.

"Ji Yunhe..."

But the voice only came with the sound of the wind, and would stop when the wind passed. Aji felt an inexplicable familiarity with that name.

"My name is Aji. Who is Ji Yunhe?"

"It's you." Another gust of wind blew by, and Aji saw a woman dressed in white at the very far end of the clouds. She felt like she should know her, but could not remember anything.

"Who are you again?"

"Ning Xiyu." The woman faded in and out, and her voice was near and far.

"Find your memories," she said. "Retrieve your memories."

"Why?" Aji tried to get closer to her, but no matter how much she went forward, the woman was always at a distance.

"I can lend you my power..."

"What power? Be clear, why do you know me? You..."

Aji wanted to keep asking, but something cool pressed against her forehead, and the sensation pulled her off of the clouds.\n\n

Aji opened her eyes with a jolt. She saw the morning light of the rising sun beam through the wooden hut, and birds chirped and fluttered outside the crumbling roof. She lifted a limp, weak hand and removed the strip of wet cloth resting on her forehead, then looked around...