People had essence, qi, and spirit. Once they lost all three, death could not be far off.
Playing Guangling San for Verdant Green Maiden had been Ji Kang's obsession for decades. Now that obsession had faded, his body was gradually failing, too.
Verdant Green Maiden saw him through to the end.
"Alas!"
A long sigh.
Dragon Girl walked away along the mountain path.
"Damn Heaven..."
Verdant Green Maiden muttered. After a long while, Heaven finally answered her. "What is it?"
Verdant Green Maiden said, "I don't want to walk. Turn into an ox so I can ride you."
Heaven said nothing.
But the next day, after Verdant Green Maiden crossed a mountain, she spotted a wild domestic ox beside the dirt road.
Verdant Green Maiden clicked her tongue and shook her head. "We're old friends, and you're still so shy!"
She hurried over and was just about to climb onto the ox when she suddenly stopped. She eyed the old yellow ox suspiciously, then said, "This ox... looks familiar. Have I seen it somewhere before? Damn Heaven, is that you?"
She tapped the old yellow ox on the head.
"Moo—!!"
The old yellow ox bellowed.
Tsk...
That call was so familiar. Could this ox be...
"Reincarnated."
Heaven's voice sounded by Verdant Green Maiden's ear. "I went out of my way to find your old companion's reincarnation."
"What about my old companion from before?"
Verdant Green Maiden frowned. Heaven replied, "I mean your Brother Ox."
At that, Verdant Green Maiden suddenly understood!
So, for nearly a hundred years, had she mostly been riding the same ox?
What a fate...
"Brother Ox, what a miserable life you've had! I've been riding you this whole time."
Verdant Green Maiden patted the old yellow ox on the shoulder and sighed. "Good thing you've been