Letting go of the knot in his heart and shedding his worries, Yu'er's smile grew ever more pure, and he was finally able to play to his heart's content.
With a candied hawthorn skewer in his mouth, Yu'er ran through the streets and alleys of Qingzhou City. One moment he was looking at lanterns, the next at street performers, and then he would stare unblinkingly at several spirit beast cats and dogs.
Mo Hua followed beside Yu'er, his expression gratified. Yet Yu'er's words still lingered in his heart.
"Three 'Yu'ers'—one in the mountains, one in the water, and one was himself, silently watching him..."
Mo Hua could not help recalling the nightmare Yu'er had told him about long ago: "There were many mountains in the dream, and many monsters, all dripping with blood..."
"What rabbits, what crying, what one mountain, one water, one person..."
"Many people were going to die. Blood would flow into rivers, bones would be laid into lofty towers, human flesh would be cast into cities, all connected together..."
"Because of Yu'er, everyone was going to die..."
Without showing it, he pondered in silence.
His opportunity to enter Ganxue Prefecture and join the Void Gate had been Yu'er.
Mr. Tu had wanted to capture Yu'er. The Demons of the Great Wilderness had invaded Yu'er's Nightmare. Upon the Authority of the Evil God of the Great Wilderness, Yu'er's mark had been clearly visible...
All of this showed that Yu'er and the Evil God of the Great Wilderness must share some kind of connection.
"The rabbit cried..."
After racking his brains for a long while, Mo Hua turned to look at the innocent Yu'er and suddenly froze. "Could this child have meant... Cunning Rabbit with Three Burrows..."
Cunning Rabbit with Three Burrows—one mountain, one water, one person?
"Many people