The girl carved from wood was none other than An Dong'er!
She was the last surviving bloodline of Divine Doctor An's family, and one of the few survivors of Mo Village.
And she was also... Fang Yue's sworn younger sister.
Fang Yue hadn't expected that, just as he had resolved to kill An Dong'er to save You Sisi, fate would take a turn and bring An Dong'er back to life.
"An Dong'er, is it really you? Do you still remember me?"
"Of course I remember. At An Mansion, Grandpa asked me to accept you as my sworn elder brother. After Mo Village was destroyed, I followed Captain Wu all this way, hoping to find you in Qingsi County. But on the way, I ran into people from the Phoenix Organization. They kidnapped me and eventually turned me into something neither human nor ghost..."
An Dong'er clenched her fists. Memories surged back like a tide, and she quickly understood the situation.
Seeing Fang Yue still anxiously cradling You Sisi's head, An Dong'er reassured him. "Brother Ye, I don't know what your relationship with this woman is, but don't worry. She's not in any danger."
Almost as soon as An Dong'er finished speaking, a sapling sprouted from the base of You Sisi's neck, beneath her flower-like head. It rapidly grew in an instant, like a tree bearing a human head, lifting You Sisi's head high into the air.
"What is this?!"
Fang Yue was startled and looked at An Dong'er, but she replied succinctly.
"I gave her a body."
The human-headed tree grew to about the height of an adult, then its roots thickened at once, growing and shifting like human bones. In the end, they formed a wooden body resembling An Dong'er's.
Once all this was done, You Sisi's living head