HLnovel Chapter 393 First fall into the water, then lose amnesia
Chapter 393 First fall into the water, then lose amnesia
"This is an illusion!"
Looking at the small town nestled quietly amidst the snow-covered mountains, Xue Lan couldn't help but sigh:
"Arriving in an illusion right away, is this some kind of intimidation tactic?"
Without saying a word, he directly cast the illusion.
Xue Lan raised her hand and tried to mobilize the spiritual energy within her body.
The spiritual energy that was originally at her disposal seemed to have been frozen in mid-air, unable to give Xue Lan any response.
Amidst the vast expanse of white snow, Xue Lan, dressed only in autumn clothes, shivered slightly, hugging her arms.
"If only I had raised my cultivation level before coming in. I wouldn't be completely powerless in this illusion."
The inner demon chuckled softly within Xue Lan's sea of consciousness:
"You think the best you can do is raise your cultivation to the early Nascent Soul stage? Do you think the master craftsmen in the Myriad Crafts Workshop can't handle that?"
Xue Lan thought so too. The woman skipped and hopped towards the village at the foot of the mountain in the cold winter. Dressed in a dark brown dress, she looked like a running deer from afar.
Behind Xue Lan, a carriage was slowly moving forward along a winding path through the mountains and rivers.
An elderly man dressed in a green cross-collar long gown and wearing a scholar's cap was resting with his eyes closed inside the carriage.
Beside him, a kind and gentle old lady held his hand, gently lifted the carriage curtain, and looked out at the wind and snow.
"My lord, we're home. Look at those towering mountains, and there are even deer in the forest."
The old man, who had been resting with his eyes closed, gently lifted his eyelids. He looked preoccupied, but still followed the direction his wife was pointing.
Sure enough, a brown figure was running and hopping through the woods, looking exceptionally lively.
The elderly couple watched as "it" ran down the hillside, its light steps catching as it plunged into the snow-covered stream with a "plop."
"Madam! That's not a deer, that's clearly a person!"
"Xing Hai, save him!"
At the old man's command, the strong man who had been riding alongside the carriage leaped into the air, leaving several shallow craters in the snow. In the blink of an eye, he reached the river covered with a thin layer of ice and snowflakes, and without hesitation, reached out and grabbed a small, dark patch of water that was still floating on the surface.
Xue Lan was lifted out of the water like this. Her hair and clothes were soaked, and her face was as pale as paper.
Seeing that the person he had brought up was a girl, the burly man quickly took off his outer garment and draped it over Xue Lan's shoulders, preparing to take her back to the carriage.
"This...uncle...cough cough."
The girl, soaking wet, opened her eyes miraculously as the burly man was about to pick her up in his arms.
"I'm fine, I can walk over by myself."
The inner demon within his consciousness laughed without any regard for decorum, like a noisy crow:
"Does Lord Wolf intend to drown himself here? I find that believable."
Xue Lan ignored her and, under the watchful eye of the burly man, slowly walked towards the carriage not far away.
"Go ahead and jump. Do you think you can float by leaping up?"
Xue Lan couldn't help but retort:
"I'm not stupid."
The inner demon remained unconvinced, and the woman within her sea of consciousness shook her head slightly:
“In my eyes, you are the biggest idiot in the Yuanming Realm.”
Xue Lan was truly ignoring him this time. The woman quickened her pace and walked directly to the carriage.
Just as Xue Lan's hand was about to touch the carriage frame, the burly man who had been following behind her grabbed her collar.
"Who are you anyway?"
An ordinary woman wouldn't have the speed to swim so quickly in the winter.
But to his surprise, the woman who had been walking steadily and quickly in front of him suddenly swayed like a soft willow catkin and fell into the snow beside the carriage after he grabbed her.
The old lady in the carriage happened to see this scene.
"Xing Hai!"
The burly man felt that even if he had a hundred mouths, he still couldn't explain himself clearly. But he still tried his best to speak:
"Madam, this really isn't..."
The old lady was so angry that her voice quickened:
"Of course I know it wasn't you. Quickly carry her to the car, it's the dead of winter."
The burly man then stepped forward, picked up Xue Lan, and put her into the carriage.
A heater was burning inside the carriage, and Xue Lan noticed that she had been wrapped in a warm blanket. Then the carriage sped up and headed towards the town not far away.
"So you were trying to stage an accident?" The inner demon looked at Xue Lan, who was drinking tea in her sea of consciousness.
"What are you planning to do now that you're awake, Lord Wolf who has lost his spiritual power?"
Xue Lan sipped her hot tea, squinted her eyes, and spoke:
"Xue Tong said that in situations where we don't know our own identity, we should pretend to faint first, and then say that we have amnesia after waking up."
The inner demon claps:
"A brilliant method, unheard of before."
"That's because you're ignorant. This is called the law of time travel, you know? You bumpkin."
The inner demon looked at Xue Lan's smug expression with disdain:
"You'll ruin your brain one day by reading storybooks with Xue Tong."
The winter sun was not yet warm, and the snow cleared up quickly.
The heavy snow stopped about an hour after the carriage entered the town, and a not-too-bright white sun hung in the azure sky.
The old lady who had saved Xue Lan was drinking tea in her room when a maid in a peach-pink jacket hurried in:
"Madam, has that young lady woken up?"
"You woke up so quickly?" The old lady put down her teacup and was helped up by her maid.
"Go and have a look."
Upon hearing that the old lady wanted to visit Xue Lan in person, the maid who delivered the message quickly stood in front of her.
"Madam, that girl went into the water in the dead of winter. You should not go over there now so as not to catch her illness."
The old lady chuckled softly, her tone carrying a hint of reproach:
"It's just a slight cold. I'm a girl who grew up in Wuci Town. How could I be hurt by the wind and snow at home?"
After saying this, the old lady, supported by her maid, slowly walked towards the courtyard where Xue Lan was.
"On such a freezing cold day, that little girl jumped into the river without blinking. Sui Hong, she must have suffered a great injustice."
Hearing the old man's gentle words, the maid who had tried to stop him earlier remained silent.
The old lady, accompanied by two maids, arrived at Xue Lan's room. The exquisitely carved wooden door was pushed open, and a rush of heat wafted out of the room. A beautiful girl with a somewhat dazed look was sitting on the bed.
Her eyes were exceptionally beautiful, but at this moment they resembled dull, lifeless black jade.
As soon as the old lady walked to the bedside, a maid immediately placed a stool for her.
Xue Lan felt her slightly cold hand being gently grasped, and she slowly looked at the old man in front of her.
"Young lady, where do you live? Why do you want to harm yourself?"
Xue Lan looked at her face, which, though sculpted by the relentless passage of time, remained gentle and kind, and gently shook her head:
"Grandma, I've forgotten!"