He shook his head and came back to himself.
Li Su's eyelids twitched as he stared at the door before him, speechless for a long while.
The scene etched into his mind—scorched earth everywhere, not a trace of life, nothing but yellow sand—undoubtedly reminded him of a certain myth.
North of the Red River, there was a woman clad in green, named Ba. Wherever she emerged, a thousand miles turned barren and drought came without rain.
Could the little girl inside be the legendary Heavenly Maiden Ba?
As the thought fell, Li Su could not help swallowing. His scalp prickled.
The myths had quite a bit to say about Heavenly Maiden Ba. The origin of Huaxia's most classic and enduringly popular zombie genre came from her.
Her merits had been immense. The Yellow Emperor had relied on her to secure victory in his battle against Chiyou.
She had been an unquestionable great contributor!
Yet her ending had not been a good one. Unable to return to the heavens, and causing drought wherever she dwelled, she was ultimately placed in that desolate, uninhabited land north of the Red River. Whether there had truly been no solution or whether her achievements had threatened her lord, who knew.
This woman's identity was no ordinary one either. Some said she was a heavenly maiden, while others said she was the Yellow Emperor's daughter.
Li Su felt the former was more likely. Back then, the Yellow Emperor himself had still lived on the ground, so how could his daughter have lived in the heavens? What was more, Heavenly Maiden Ba had helped the Yellow Emperor fight Chiyou's Rain Master and Wind Earl, dispelled the calamity of wind and rain, and allowed the Yellow Emperor to kill Chiyou smoothly. Then, because she could not return, he