408 Who Is She?
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On the cold stone floor. In a small shed where hay and seed are placed for farming at the back of the Li family home complex. The girl, or what was left of her because of her thin little body seemed to be one with the floor, with half of her face to her hand and feet blackened, itâs rotting, the smell emitted was strong enough to make the Crown Prince reluctant to approach.
He held Bai Yingâs hand who was about to enter. They all stand right at the opened door watching inside from their position.
âYing Yingâ
Chen Ming glanced at the helpless girl, sheâs looks worse than death, he thought.
âBrother, why do you need to ask her again? Itâs clear that she is the incarnation of a red bird, but she is definitely not the mystical vermilion bird we are looking for, just see what happens to her now? Mystical Vermilion birds donât fall down like that easily, and they can definitely heal themselves, whereas she, just look at her, is almost dead, with rotting wounds, she does look pretty pitiful.â
Bai Ying swallowed hard, he also thought that so weird, while when she was near Huo Li yesterday that girl was so strong, she even broke his protective spheres aura and captured Er Wang and Xiao Wuâs protective aura within her circle of fire, but now, she couldnât even lift her own head up.
Old man Li Mo who was also standing behind the Crown Prince shook his head.
âHeh poor kid, actually a Er did not do anything bad while living in this house, apart from being the cause of Uncle Lo leaving the house, this is really strange, if sheâs really is a vermilion bird that has turned into a human, she shouldnât have to stay so long in this house, what is sheâs waiting for exactly?â
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Luo Xiang and Bai Ying turned their heads, hearing Li Moâs words which were true with some points, if she was the incarnation of a red bird, why would she stay in this house for a long time as a mute servant?
âPerhaps, because she wants to be an ordinary human, uncleâ replied Bai Ying, who slowly lifted his feet to get inside the warehouse.
Luo Xiang was too late to stop him.
âYing Yingâ
Finally, everyone went into the warehouse where the girl slumped weakly in the middle of the small room.
Bai Ying lowered his body in front of the helpless girl, the wounds on her face and right side of the body, rotting to the point of oozing disgusting pus. Bai Ying couldnât bear to look at her, he widened his palm near the girlâs body.
âYing Ying what are you doing?â cried the Crown Prince as he was about to grab Bai Yingâs hand, but he couldnât get any closer, a greenish energy was already released from the young manâs palm enveloping the rotting wound on Erâs body. The sound of the wind rustling quite clearly from his green aura filled the entire small warehouse.
Li Mo widened his eyes, he almost couldnât believe what he saw, not because he didnât believe in King of Wah Yeâs healing aura, which is a legend, but didnât believe that he could see it with his old pair of eyes.
âOh Your Majesty, this..â he was even at a loss for words.
The dense green aura covered the wound on the right side of the girlâs body, slowly, healing every visible wound even the invisible one, starting from Erâs legs which were slowly back and smooth again, to her hand and face, the wounds on her face also disappeared, bring her back her very beautiful and smooth faces.
Chen Ming and Bei Yau looked at each other, especially Chen Ming who saw Bei Yau who couldnât take his eyes off the ugly girl who had now become a very beautiful girl.
âWowâ The guard was stunned in his place.
Chen Ming pushed Bei Yauâs stomach to wake him from his daydream. Bei Yau who was stuttering because he had been caught red-handed watching unblinkingly scratched the back of his head, Chen Mingâs pair of eyes were ready to pounce on him.
The bodyguard grabbed Chen Mingâs hand, but the prince withdrew his hand quickly and pushed the bodyguard away from him.
A Er who has now completely changed into a beautiful young girl again canât believe what happened to her, she takes a look at her hands to her arms, touches her face. Everything is back to how it was before. The girl was about to cry, she crawled over to Bai Ying and knelt down in front of him, thanking him profusely.
Luo Xiang raised Bai Ying up from his crouch, and pulled the young man behind him, staring at the mute girl who was kneeling with her whole body crouched on the ground.
âWho are you really? If indeed you are the mystical red bird, how can you lose your strength and be seriously injured and unable to heal yourself, if you are not the red bird, how can you break the protective sphere of Er Wang and Xiao Wu, who are you? And where is the real mystical red bird at, and above all, who is that bastard Huo Li?â Luo Xiang asked, he would not give the girl a chance not to be silent let alone to lie.
Even though she was a girl, where Luo Xiang would not hurt a girl, the girl in front of him was not just any girl. She was the incarnation of a very powerful mystical being who helped the man harass Bai Ying. Luo Xiang would not hesitate to kill her if it was necessary.
A Er raised her head, her round eyes with a slightly red colour, unlike Bai Ying, the red colour of A Erâs eyes resembled a smouldering red flame. Those big round eyes looked at Luo Xiang and Bai Ying alternately, until she stopped at Bai Ying. She held out her hand to the young man.
Bai Ying was about to approach, but Luo Xiang held him.
âYing Yingâ
Bai Ying looked at the worried Crown Prince, he smiled and lowered the Crown Princeâs hand from him slowly.
âYour Majesty, just trust Ying er, I can do it, Your Majesty no need to worryâ
Luo Xiang couldnât see his Ying Ying trying without him being able to help, but, it was something he had to do alone, his weak and helpless Ying Ying, has grown up now.
Luo Xiang let go of his grip.
âRemember, if thereâs anything bad happens, Ying Ying must withdraw immediately.â
Bai Ying nodded.
âYes, Your Majestyâ
The young man slowly approached A Er again and lowered his body, sitting in front of her, looking at the girlâs palm. By touching it, Bai Ying might be ushered into the girlâs memory, all the truth that she could not reveal by herself.
Bai Ying swallowed hard, he had never done this before, communicating with animals and mystical creatures is different from this, then, can he do it?
The moment Bai Yingâs two palms finally got on the girlâs palms, something happened. A strong wind blew hard in a circle that pushed everyone in there away.
âNo, Ying Yingâ
The Crown Prince was pushed far enough to the barn door, the wind swirled in Bai Ying and the girlâs body, this was not what he expected, seeing the girlâs memory what was the need for this?
âNo Ying Ying, get out of there!â
The Crown Prince was about to charge forward but Chen Ming and Bei Yau held him.
âYour Majesty, please stay calm!â
âRotten Crown Prince, do you want to die? The wind is like a knife it can tear you!â Chen Ming exclaimed.
The Crown Prince looked at Chen Ming who looked calm, whether he was exaggerating.
âPrince Chenâ
Chen Ming took a deep breath, looked at the circle of wind that Bai Ying and the girl were in, and sat cross-legged while shutting their eyes with their palms touched.
âHe can do it, I trusted himâ
Luo Xiang calmed himself down, he was probably too worried about Bai Ying and didnât think straight, even Prince Chen Ming could still restrain himself and trust Bai Ying, why couldnât he?
âheh Ying Yingâ
While inside the circle of wind.
Bai Ying who closed his eyes was invited into a Erâs memories, a Erâs memories when she was still a red bird who lived in the depths of the Spider forest at the foot of the Vermilionâs volcano.
âSan Hong Jie!â the sound of someone calling, or, a bird, that, Xiao Hong? Whos was approaching from the direction of the forest towards San Hong Jie who was still in her bird form.
However, Xiao Hong, unlike the Xiao Hong he saw at Old Man Loâs house, that bird, had a smaller form with very beautiful shiny feathers, a long tail coiled in dark red and black colours, as well shiny scales on its chest that was so hard like the shield, with long toenails with slender legs, he, is the mystical red bird? Xiaohong?
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