Though his ears werenât able to hear any of the words Wang Tong was saying and his eyes straining to read the possible words Wang Tongâs lips were saying, Bai Yunfei knew Wang Tong was talking about him. To say Bai Yunfei was nervous was an understatement. He was nervous.
Nervous beyond belief.
A chance for him to regain his memories was here at last! It was only just a chance, but Bai Yunfei wasnât willing to let this chance slip past his fingers just yet.
He thought that living in this village would slowly make him give up on the notion of remembering who he was. He thought that perhaps heâd decide to start anew in the village and perhaps abandon the old him.Â
But in the end, he still wanted to know. He wanted to know who he was.
He couldnât give up! The chance that had always been beyond reach on the horizon was now in front of him for the taking. Desire like never beyond kindled the flames in Bai Yunfeiâs heart. Not even a parched man in the desert dreaming of water could compete for the thirst Bai Yunfei had now!
Just who was he and where did he come from? He just had to know!
If these âImmortalsâ had a way for him to regain his memories, Bai Yunfei would pay whatever price it took! And gladly!
After what seemed like an eternity to him, Bai Yunfei watched as Wang Tong turned to look at him. âA pill to restore memories does indeed existâŠâ
âIt exists!!â Joyous wonder exploded into Bai Yunfeiâs eyes, this was his chance!
âBut that recall pill is for treating memory loss from a blow to the head. I donât believe your memory loss was from such a cause?â
Bai Yunfei deflated almost immediately. âIâŠIâm not sureâŠbut I recall being severely hurt before losing my memories.â
âItâs fine, weâll administer the recall pill to you and see if it works first.â Wang Tong smiled. âBut itâs the damage to your soul that I find more troublesome. It may require an extensive period of time to treat that particular problem.â
âThe damage to my soul?â Bai Yunfei blinked. He wasnât quite sure what Wang Tong was getting at. âI am already very grateful for the chance of regaining my memories. Anything else isnât as imporââ
âNo no,â Wang Tong chided gently, âthe damage to your soul is actually the greater concern. We must treat that first before anything else. Come with us and weâll explain it to you on the way.â
âCome with you?!â Bai Yunfei yelped. He thought that the Immortals would simply give him the âelixirâ and be on their way. He never thought that heâd have to leave the village with them.
âYes,â Nodded Wang Tong, âwe currently donât have the recall pill on us. Weâll need to head back before we give it, so if youâd like, you may come with us.â
âYe-yes! Iâll come with!âÂ
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âBig brother TangâŠareâŠare you really going to go with the Immortals?â
A tiny voice spoke out to Bai Yunfei, it was Stone. Once the plan was made, Bai Yunfei had told the rest of the village of his plans and prepared to set out with the Immortals before Stone stopped him.
âI am. Theyâve the ability to give back my memories so I have to go.â Bai Yunfei nodded. âDonât worry, Iâll come back to the village even if I donât regain them.â
âButâŠâÂ
âDonât stop him, Stone. Tang Long going with the Immortals is a good thing.â Elder Zhong interrupted Stone at once. âThey are Immortals!â He exclaimed with excitement, âTo go where the Immortals reside is a chance rarely given by fate!
âTang Long, I donât see a reason for you to rush in coming back should the chance to stay arise. Learn their âmagicâ or perhaps even how to make the âelixirsâ, this is an unbelievable chance of fortune!â
âElder Zhong is right! Tang Long, weâll all be happy for you if you become an Immortal!â
âThatâs right! Our village will be blessed if you come back as an Immortal!â
âYouâll definitely become an Immortal, I believe in you!â
âThis village is your home no matter what, Tang Long. You can always come back.â
The words of the villagers made Bai Yunfei feel happy yet sad that heâd be leaving. He wasnât one to ask for two bites after getting one. He just wanted to regain his memories and come back to the village, even if he didnât get his memories back. And if he did get his memories back and knew where his actual home was, this village was still his other âhomeâ.
The villagers were all upbeat and happy for Bai Yunfei. It wasnât as though he was leaving the village forever. Many of them were hoping that heâd get his memories back and come home victorious.
Then under their expecting eyes, Bai Yunfei was wrapped in a glow of light and slowly ascended to the skiesâŠÂ
Before they left Bai Yunfei made sure to repeat again and again to the villagers not to say anything about the Immortals or the elixirs to anyone.Â
Bai Yunfei stood behind the tiny Feiyun whose feet shined a bright red color almost like a red cloud. He watched as the village and forest beneath him shrunk smaller in size with each passing second, making him feel like he was flying above the clouds. It was an amazing feeling.
Right by his side was Lao Sha. The dog was curiously looking around the sky as they flew, but it wasnât very scared. As a previous inhabitant of the Core World, Lao Sha was often prone to paying the equally often-bored Xiao Fang company. Xiao Fang would usually allow Lao Sha to do many things in there such as take flight, so what was something like this to the dog? It was merely a trick it had long since seen beforeâŠÂ
A flicker of human-like emotion crossed Lao Shaâs eyes at the thought of Xiao Fang. The dog looked up at the chest of Bai Yunfei where the Core Stone hung around his chest. It was thinking of Xiao Fang.
It could remember what Xiao Fang said to it the moment before Bai Yunfei was critically injuredâŠÂ
âLao Sha, Iâll have to go into hibernation after I split open the void. I donât know when Iâll wake. Itâs up to you to protect Bai Yunfei when he awakes and regains his memory!â
When Lao Sha was in the Core Stone, it and Xiao Fang had both been watching Bai Yunfei fight. It knew just how powerful Bai Yunfei was, but nowâŠBai Yunfei looked like he was in awe at the act of flying. How could someone as amazingly powerful as its master be so humbled and in awe of his inferiors as these people? Lao Sha felt a strange sense of wronging, wronging on behalf of his master.
Xiao Fang had said Lao Sha would have to be the one to protect Bai Yunfei. So that meant Lao Sha had to get stronger so no one would dare attempt to harm its master!!
To protect its master. That was the very basis behind Lao Shaâs growth and how it was able to bite to death that grizzly bear three years ago and then two Soul Sprites todayâŠÂ
Every so often, the sword-riding Wang Tong would cast a curiously amazed glance at Lao Sha. To his eyes, the âhalfingâ dog was a very curious beast. The dog had attempted to get close to Feiyunâs soulbeast and was adamantly refused, but that didnât seem to deter the dog or even intimidate it in the slightest. It merely just gave a âresentfulâ look at the soulbeast before returning to Bai Yunfeiâs side.
That was the curious bit Wang Tong had.Â
âI wonder just what kind of happenstance or magical herb this dog ate in order to become a halflingâŠâ
Had Wang Tong known that Lao Sha had actually taken in a considerable quantity of primal liquid not once, but twice, and spent the last three years eating the primal stones within a mountain of it, he surely wouldâve been speechlessâŠÂ