Was this the body of Bai Xue standing before me, while the one accompanying me was her soul?
Perhaps she had died long ago, only she herself was completely unaware of it.
If that was the case, then there was nothing to fear. After all, having experienced so much, I had already become numb to ghosts and gods.
Not just me—even the others were probably the same.
I reached out and embraced Bai Xue's corpse, muttering, "Regardless, let's put her away first."
Held in my arms, Bai Xue's corpse was stiff and icy cold.
I took a careful look at it and couldn't help sighing. Then, I placed it inside the sleeping bag.
Pretending not to know anything, I simply walked back.
We continued eating and drinking, enjoying the rare peace. Everyone was living quite contentedly.
That evening, I found Bai Xue and asked her directly, "Xue'er, did you discover something?"
"Yeah, I discovered something very strange." Bai Xue looked at me with a frown. "I keep feeling that something has been off about me ever since I came up the mountain. It's a feeling I can't describe."
"Perhaps you've already died." I reached out and brought her corpse over.
Upon seeing this, Bai Xue's face changed dramatically at first. Soon, she calmed down and said, "Impossible. Absolutely impossible."
She shook her head as if she had lost control. But soon, she calmed down again and said, "No, that's not right. I haven't suffered any injuries. And if I had really died, given my abilities, I should have turned into a ghost."
"But I feel like I'm still alive, and my body still exists as well."
I looked at her, and Wuxin's Eyes gazed at her too. Soon, I said, "It seems you haven't died. Perhaps someone deliberately brought the