I patted my head, then rose and walked outside. I gazed at the star-filled sky, yet did not feel any better. In a daze, I could only walk elsewhere. The entire way was quiet and deserted, with mist drifting faintly through the air, and my heart grew hollow and empty.
"Xia Qiliang, what's wrong?" a voice suddenly came from behind me. I froze and turned around. A beautiful woman in a lush green dress stood amid the clouds and mist. Her eyes were lively, without a trace of confusion, and her aura was extraordinary, as if a hazy immortal presence surrounded her and drew people into serenity. A cyan gourd hung from her waist, pulling my memories back to the Cloud Prefecture realm of the Nine Provinces all those years ago.
"You still remember this name?" My thoughts were in a tangled mess, but seeing Yun Bingxin made me feel somewhat better. Then, suddenly remembering the problem with her memories, I hurriedly asked, "Then your memories...?"
Yun Bingxin thought for a moment before saying, "I'm already fine. At the moment my memories were erased back then, the innate spiritual energy took the opportunity to steal them away and hid them inside the Azure Vine Immortal Gourd. By a twist of fate, I managed to retrieve my memories."
I was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "You let the innate spiritual energy enter your body?"
"Yes. You could do it. Why couldn't I?" Yun Bingxin gave a faint smile and extended her hand, condensing a stream of innate origin energy in her palm. "I was transformed from an innate Azure Vine Immortal Gourd. This aura had been entwined around the immortal gourd for who knows how many years and was especially close to me. My master was merely afraid that it