Instead, it was a scenic spot where the river reflected the mountains. Not far away, several tribespeople of the Hou Yi Tribe were fishing.
They were presumably going to discuss something highly confidential, yet these surroundings left Du Qiu Niang feeling uneasy... did Li Yu really intend to hold a secret meeting here?
"If I could drift along in a little boat with the one I loved, wearing rain capes, my journey into this world would not have been in vain."
Li Yu's gaze gradually grew distant.
For an instant, Qiu Niang seemed to see that book-obsessed scholar beneath the tree at the Apricot Altar. He was always reading there. At first, no one paid him any attention; in terms of aptitude, he had ranked among the very lowest at the altar. Yet no one could have imagined that one day, this foolish, infatuated scholar would nearly step straight into sainthood simply by reading, shaking the entire Apricot Altar. Later, more people came to listen to him read, and little by little, there was no longer a place for her.
"The Blood Ancestor seems to have fallen."
While Du Qiu Niang was lost in thought, those words from Li Yu blasted her distant memories into chaos... her mind returned to reality, but panic seized her, and sweat instantly drenched her back.
"That..." Only after a long while did Du Qiu Niang cast a discreet glance at the tribespeople fishing in the distance. "That's impossible. If the Blood Ancestor has fallen, why hasn't the blood seal inside me disappeared?" she asked darkly.
"I planted the blood seals inside you, not the Blood Ancestor," Li Yu said calmly. "Their source lies in me."
Du Qiu Niang was bewildered and doubtful.
Li Yu slowly raised his eyes, one half blood-red and the other