Clouds gathered and scattered.
Below the hovering Leixia, in a forest that had stubbornly survived the devastating attack, there was a damaged area that was not too badly ruined.
The girl was leaning against the trunk of a fallen giant tree. She had just awakened.
A beam of faint light scattered through the branches of a tree that had partially toppled over. Half the girl's face was bathed in light, while the other half was cast in shadow.
"You're awake."
The girl heard the voice. Her purple pupils no longer looked so dull... but they did not seem particularly lively either—and the agitation from before was gone as well.
Luo Qiu watched the girl for quite some time, only to find her staring at him the entire time without moving or blinking.
"Can you hear me?" Luo Qiu tried to soften his voice as much as possible—though he had never been someone who spoke loudly, he sounded especially gentle now.
The girl looked hesitant and nodded. Her expression began to grow more varied, changing from bewilderment into unease. She cautiously examined her surroundings. Everything around her seemed unfamiliar.
Luo Qiu watched the girl again for a long while before suddenly asking, "How much do you... still remember?"
The girl shook her head.
"Your name?"
The girl still shook her head.
"What about me?"
The girl studied him very seriously for a while, but ultimately shook her head again.
"Looks like this is the price..."
Luo Qiu shook his head and walked in front of the girl before crouching down. "I'm sorry. I'm afraid my various abilities were obtained by paying some kind of price. So when I saved you, I may have violated the rules a little... But those things alone didn't take everything from me. So I think it