Nobody saw the transparent light that had always surrounded her body, shielding her in the middle. It was the spiritual energy of her own body, automatically protecting her, preventing the seawater and rocks from harming her.
It wasn’t until Qin Qin’s body reached a dark sea floor that numerous fish swam over from the distance, all gathering around Qin Qin and feeling the spiritual energy emanating from her body.
Qin Qin, lying quietly at the bottom of the sea, suddenly had a flower appear on her wrist, with seven petals, vibrant as blood—the Ancient Medicinal Flower, the Spirit Tide Flower.
The Spirit Tide Flower emitted a faint red light, enveloping Qin Qin within, and then her figure disappeared from the seafloor. Many fish wandered around in the spot, not understanding why the comfortable feeling had vanished, why the person who emitted that comforting aura had also disappeared.
In the space of the Medicine Realm, upon the Jade Bed lay Xiao Fong, her body fiery red and curled up. She continuously emitted a faint glow, which gradually grew larger. The spiritual energy of the Medicinal Realm swirled invisibly towards Xiao Fong, constantly pouring into her body. After a burst of light, Xiao Fong— no longer on the Jade Bed—had transformed into a delicate and charming young girl, a flame-red gauzy dress clinging to her body, her long, straight legs slightly curled, hands propped beside her cheeks, her exquisite brows and eyes a vision to behold, and her eyes tightly closed beneath her curly eyelashes.
Xiao Fong lay on the Jade Bed, disturbed by an intense sense of unease that forced her to transform into human form prematurely. This sleep was supposed to be an important step in her advancement to take human form, but now this unease compelled her to transform and wake up early. Her eyes—crystalline and striking, black as beads and stunningly beautiful—opened, revealing a faint red light that was almost invisible unless looked at closely.
Xiao Fong and Qin Qin had a mind-link; she knew something had happened to Qin Qin.
Jumping down from the Jade Bed, Xiao Fong leapt up, ran out of the cottage, and headed towards the outside of the space.
At the boundary stone of the Medicine Realm, Qin Qin lay in her wedding dress, quiet and still, her eyes closed tightly, her hands resting on her lower abdomen as if peacefully asleep.
The Spirit Tide Flower on her wrist slowly disappeared, reverting to its original appearance.
Xiao Fong, still unaccustomed to walking on human legs, stumbled through the space, falling to her knees in panic before Qin Qin.
"Master, Master! How could this happen? How could this happen?"
She could feel that Qin Qin had no breath, not a trace of the aura of life.
Why had this happened?
"You open your eyes and look at Xiao Fong, look at Xiao Fong, please! Xiao Fong has become human, look how nice Xiao Fong has become!"
Xiao Fong’s sweet voice was both anxious and urgent as she held Qin Qin, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Xiao Fong thought of becoming a girl to surprise Master, so why did this happen?"
Xiao Fong held Qin Qin, endlessly hoping that she would come back to life, but it was to no avail.
As her tears stopped, she picked up Qin Qin from the ground and walked towards the inside of the cottage.
Laying Qin Qin on the Jade Bed, Xiao Fong, in a frenzy, ran to the chest where Qin Qin kept her treasures. "Where, where is it?"
She was looking for the Heavenly Bead; the only solution now was the Heavenly Bead—maybe only the Heavenly Bead could save her master.
"Not this one, not this one, nor this one."
Xiao Fong rummaged through Qin Qin’s gift boxes in the space, discarding one after another, until at last, she found the box that held the Heavenly Bead.
"Found it, finally found it!"
Xiao Fong quickly ran to Qin Qin’s side, "Master, you’ll be okay, Xiao Fong will save you."
Opening the Heavenly Bead box, five beads exuding a soft luminescence appeared before Xiao Fong. The small beads were held in her hand.
"What should I do? How do I use these to save you?"
Though she held the Heavenly Beads in her hands, she didn’t know how to use them to save her master.
Xiao Fong tried to stuff the Heavenly Beads into Qin Qin’s mouth directly, but couldn’t get them in.
"What do I do? What do I do?"
Xiao Fong stood up, holding the Heavenly Bead in her hand, pacing back and forth anxiously.
Suddenly, a method flashed through her mind—Heavenly Beads had spirit, perhaps they need to be driven by spiritual energy.
With the Heavenly Bead in her hand, Xiao Fong’s hand emitted a silvery white spiritual power. She tried to channel the spiritual energy from her body towards the bead, but the bead seemed to be repelling the spiritual energy from within her.
As she forced her transformation into human form prematurely, Xiao Fong was already weak, and as she directed the spiritual energy from her body into the Heavenly Bead, a trickle of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth towards the bead in her hand. Upon receiving Xiao Fong’s blood, the bead emitted a faint light and then settled back into calmness.