White Love

"Xiao Yi Xian, why is your hair white?"

"Dyed it."

"Xiao Yi Xian, do you like white?"

"It's alright."

"..."

"Eh?" Xiao Fan was desperately searching for things to say. Now that they had truly reunited, he did not know how to begin amid the countless words in his heart. Looking at his closest friend and kindred spirit from his previous life, he realized that he seemed to know far too little about Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yi Xian from his previous life had loved wearing white. At the very least, every time Xiao Fan saw her, she was dressed in white robes and skirts.

Xiao Fan could not help asking, "Then, Xiao Yi Xian, why are you wearing all white..."

As he mentioned it, Xiao Fan's gaze uncontrollably drifted downward, recalling the glimpse of scenery beneath her skirt just now.

"Where are you looking?!" Xiao Yi Xian immediately blocked his view.

"What color I wear is none of your business!" Xiao Yi Xian was both furious and embarrassed. Is this guy seriously this familiar already?!

"Hehe... right, right." Xiao Fan gave an awkward laugh and scratched his head. The things he had asked really were too abrupt.

"Hm? Xiao Yi Xian, why is your face red?"

Xiao Fan noticed that the delicate face beneath Xiao Yi Xian's veil was not only flushed, but even the roots of her ears had turned red.

Xiao Yi Xian felt as though her Woe Poison Body was about to flare up beyond her control.

Fortunately, the clerk brought the packaged medicinal ingredients over at that moment. "Young master, your medicinal ingredients have been packed."

"Oh... ah, alright..."

Xiao Fan looked around for Zi Yan, but could not find her anywhere. "Where did that girl run off to now?"

"Wuwu... Xiao Fan, it's so dark in here..."

"Xiao Fan... I'm scared..."

When he opened the large bag containing the medicinal ingredients, he found Zi Yan lying inside, tightly bound...

Not only was Xiao Fan speechless, but the clerk was stunned as well. He hurriedly explained, "Y-young master, we really didn't do it on purpose."

"It has nothing to do with you." Xiao Fan waved his hand and untied Zi Yan.

He followed it up with a sharp knock on Zi Yan's little head. "You're something else. You ate so much that you got yourself packed up with the goods. You're truly one of a kind."

"You even ate a Dou Wang's strength into your stomach!"

"Wuwuwu, Xiao Fan, mean!"

Xiao Fan lectured the aggrieved Zi Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian beside them rubbed her fingers together, looking somewhat awkward.

Her youthful lips beneath the veil parted slightly. She wanted to say something, but stopped herself.

Zi Yan was quite carefree. She grabbed Xiao Fan and wanted to go refine pills, muttering nonstop, "I'm rich, I'm rich! So many medicinal ingredients, enough to eat for at least three days!"

"..."

Xiao Fan inwardly rejoiced that Sister Ya Fei had given him a Black Card. Otherwise, even if he sold everything he owned and sold himself along with it, he probably still could not afford to raise Zi Yan.

"But I owe Sister Ya Fei another favor..."

Carrying the mountain-like pile of medicinal ingredients on his back, Xiao Fan smiled and said goodbye to Xiao Yi Xian before leaving. "Xiao Yi Xian! I'll come find you again!"

Only after watching Xiao Fan disappear from sight did Xiao Yi Xian raise her lowered head...

Tears had long filled her eyes, and her beautiful pupils trembled faintly as she answered in a tiny, nearly inaudible voice, "Mm."

Gazing at the place where Xiao Fan had vanished, Xiao Yi Xian's thoughts returned to the past.

"I had planned to die in that little valley during winter, but someone gave me a white silk dress, one meant for summer."

"Then I... should live until summer first..."

"Fool."

"You were obviously the one who liked white..."

This was love tied to the color white...

"Xiao Fan~"

"Hurry up~"

By now, Xiao Fan had become completely immune to Zi Yan's urging.

At least he would not suffer the embarrassment of blowing up the furnace again.

"Stop rushing me. With my current Dou Qi, how could I refine them that quickly?"

"Mm... then Xiao Fan, grow up faster."

"Don't call me Xiao Fan!"

"You're younger than me!"

"I'm taller than you!"

"You're weaker than me!"

"I'm taller than you!"

"I'll grow up too! Once I do, I'll definitely be taller than you!"

"I'm taller than you!"

"What else can you do besides being taller than me?!" Zi Yan stomped her little foot in dissatisfaction, her bare, jade-like feet stepping directly on the smooth floor.

"I can refine pills too. Also, don't put food on the floor."

"Uh... then Xiao Fan, hurry and refine." Zi Yan picked up a fallen Sugar Pill and became obedient again. She knelt beside Xiao Fan, her dainty little feet hidden behind her and swaying back and forth. She could not let her long-term meal ticket get away.

However, Zi Yan could not keep it up for long. She secretly glanced at Xiao Fan, who was still seriously refining pills, then quietly rose onto her tiptoes. She intended to go look for some treasures she had sensed.

"Be careful."

"Mm."

"Eh? Xiao Fan, how did you know I was going out?"

Looking at Zi Yan, who was still acting all sneaky, Xiao Fan rolled his eyes. "Could I not know you that well? Remember to come back tonight. I'll make you dinner."

"Hehe, alright, Xiao Fan!" Zi Yan replied with a grin.

"No stealing!"

Zi Yan's little ears drooped again. (Not hehe.)

"You can pilfer."

(Hehe.)

"That little Xiao Yan'er..."

Xiao Fan understood the current Zi Yan far too well. She was naturally restless and simply could not stay still. Only food and treasures could move this purple-haired Little Dragon Maiden.

Xiao Fan was not worried about Zi Yan's safety. Probably no one in the entire Jia Ma Empire could keep her behind. The spatial talent of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan was no joke.

Xiao Fan considered the next stage of his journey. First, I should get the treasure and fragment map in that cave...

Xiao Fan could not possibly give up the fragment map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. After all, in his previous life, he had absorbed and refined the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to leap from a low-level Dou Saint to a high-level Dou Saint in one stroke.

"I should bring Xiao Yi Xian along too. Her Woe Poison Body has clearly awakened, yet she still said her hair was dyed."

"So Xiao Yi Xian could lie too..."

"Then again, the current Xiao Yi Xian and I are still strangers."

Fate played cruel tricks. Xiao Yi Xian, who had longed to become an Alchemist, had instead become a poison master feared by all.

Perhaps no one could accept a joke from fate like this, yet Xiao Yi Xian walked on step by step until the very end. She had even established the Heavenly Poison Sect in the Central Plains, a force comparable to Danta.

Was it her refusal to admit defeat, or her unwillingness to submit to fate's arrangements? Yet perhaps neither was the answer.

No matter what, Xiao Fan would never have imagined that all of this was because of himself.

"I have the feeling that many things from my memories have changed considerably. Is it because I lived another life?"

Xiao Fan shook his head and stopped dwelling on the matter. Since he had already been reborn, he had to cherish this opportunity. He would charge into the Dou Emperor realm in one go, and perhaps beyond the Dou Emperor realm, there was also...

"After that, I'll head to the Tagor Desert and meet Medusa of the Snake-People. Then I'll take the Green Lotus Core Flame..."

"Tsk... Medusa..."

"Maybe I should stay far away..." Thinking of Medusa from his previous life, Xiao Fan suddenly felt a slight ache in his lower back.

"Deadly temptation was the most direct impression Queen Medusa gave people."

"Forget it, forget it. I'll adapt to the situation."