Chapter 323: Divine Ability, Dream Butterfly, and Meeting Empress Xi Xi

Chapter 323: Divine Ability, Dream Butterfly, and Meeting Empress Xi Xi

Heavenly Origin Divine Sect.

Golden Light Peak.

Across the vast plateau, as the heat from Prison Lotus Flame receded, the cold returned, and a chilling wave swept over the area.

The falling snow from the sky continuously drifted down to the mortal realm.

On the plateau, the atmosphere was filled with intense anticipation, and even the surging cold could not dampen the enthusiasm.

The voice of the sect leader, Lu Tai Bai, resonated like a thunderous bell throughout the entire sect.

The disciples, already drawn by the unusual events on Golden Light Peak, revealed unparalleled astonishment in their eyes, followed by joy and awe.

Six years old... breaking through the Divine Form!

Moreover, the Divine Form she had condensed was of the Three Pure Realms stage, and the higher the stage of the Divine Nature Technique, the more challenging it became. The requirements for accumulating divine nature and innate talent would reach an extremely terrifying level.

This was why the Divine Form Techniques of the Three Pure Realms and Fourth Imperial Ranks were generally taught by the elders themselves. If a disciple lacked sufficient talent and forcibly cultivated such techniques, they would only ruin their future cultivation path and be unable to reach higher realms.

They would fail to maximize their innate talent.

The Divine Nature Techniques of the Three Pure Realms and Fourth Imperial Ranks were prepared for those with ten thousand feet of purple qi!

Without the right tools, don't attempt the task.

If one were to waste their precious foundational cultivation time on incomprehensible techniques due to the high stage of the Divine Nature Technique, they would squander their life and cut off their future—something the sect would never allow.

The sect had invested resources in cultivating you, not to let you waste them on an unattainable Divine Nature Technique.

Countless disciples felt a surge of emotion, only sensing the gap between themselves and others.

Even Chi Kuang, ranked first on the True Transmission Ledger of the Upper Rank Five Elders, with his towering stature and fluttering purple hair, couldn't help but reveal a trace of astonishment.

Even with his talent, breaking through the Divine Form at six years old was still a challenge.

Wei He, ranked eighth on the True Transmission Ledger of the Inner Sect, who had once guided and protected the Golden Light Manor disciples into Heavenly Origin Dao City, now had complex emotions in his eyes.

He felt a bit dazed, and the death of Ji He Shan had temporarily left him without a pillar to lean on.

Recalling the young girl from back then, on her first entry into Heavenly Origin Dao City, he had represented Ji He Shan and wanted Xi Xi to become his junior sister. Now, he realized how foolish he had been.

What a stupid thing to do.

"Congratulations! Congratulations to the Young Master of the Sect!"

Wei He stood in the snow, clenching his fist and shouting.

A thunderous cheer rose from various locations within the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect.

"Congratulations!"

"Congratulations to the Young Master of the Sect!"

The cheer was like thunder, shattering the flying snow.

The entire sect was in an uproar.

On the plateau, Xi Xi blinked, hearing the cheers for her, and she happily placed her hands on her waist, her little belly protruding.

The cheers amidst the roaring waves filled Xi Xi's face with excitement.

This was the prestige of Empress Xi Xi!

Xi Xi loved the sect, and everyone here spoke so sweetly! Lu Tai Bai rubbed Xi Xi's head.

"In these few days of seclusion on Golden Light Peak, strive to guide the divine nature feedback from the Divine Form to strengthen and purify your physical body."

"In a while, we'll be heading to the Divine Capital. If you can break through to the Great Master realm before the Peach Blossom Festival, you'll have a chance at the festival. After all, at the Dragonlet Summit, your opponents may not be six years old, and their cultivation is beyond the Divine Form."

Lu Tai Bai said with a smile.

Xi Xi's heart sank upon hearing this.

"Ah?! Can't Xi Xi take a break?"

Xi Xi felt her energy drain away.

Lu Tai Bai looked at Xi Xi and smiled gently.

"Xi Xi, didn't you shout about wanting to earn a longevity peach for your mother at the Peach Blossom Festival? Don't you want that longevity peach to fall into the hands of other divine children?"

Lu Tai Bai began his professional motivational speech.

Xi Xi felt like she had been struck by lightning again!

"No, no! Xi Xi must work hard to earn a longevity peach for Mother!"

Xi Xi's fighting spirit soared.

Xi Xi wanted to rush into her mother's embrace and cuddle with her.

But she also understood that the purification of the physical body through the Divine Form's divine nature was crucial.

After all, Xi Xi was still young, and although her physical development had been rapid, her martial arts progress was not slow, but ultimately, due to growth factors, she was still some distance away from breaking through to the Great Master realm.

Perhaps with the power of the Divine Form, she would have a chance to break through!

Xi Xi also knew that the Peach Blossom Festival, as the grandest event in the Divine Capital, attracted countless divine children. Some families with elders nearing the end of their lifespan also needed longevity peaches.

Xi Xi's face turned cold as she thought of other divine children taking her mother's longevity peach.

Absolutely not! Xi Xi's fighting spirit rose.

But Lu Tai Bai laughed and took over from Fang Han Shu, beginning to control the situation.

Supervisor Hong Shi Fo shook his sleeves and bowed, "Congratulations, Lu Tai Bai, for your personal disciple's achievement in becoming a six-year-old Divine Form. It's an unprecedented feat in the history of the Southern Dao!"

In the Divine Capital, among the genius divine children who enjoyed the resources of ancient aristocratic families, there were indeed some who could achieve the Divine Form at six years old.

Xi Xi's background is not one of nobility, nor does she hail from an ancient prestigious family. Instead, she comes from a humble family of commoners.

Even an unparalleled deity like Hong Shiffo was astonished and moved by her situation.

Lu Tai Bai glanced at Hong Shiffo, who had just divined a dire omen for Xi Xi. A sense of unease settled in his heart.

The divination skills of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau were indeed formidable.

Hong Shiffo's divination proved to be accurate.

No one outside knew what had transpired in the Prison Lotus Small Cavern World...

But Lu Tai Bai was well aware that Xi Xi had indeed faced a dire situation.

It wasn't Lu Tai Bai who had saved Xi Xi; it was Li Che.

A father willing to sacrifice his life for his daughter, successfully rescued her.

Just as Hong Shiffo was about to inquire about what had happened within the Prison Lotus flame-engulfed space, his expression changed slightly.

Not only Hong Shiffo but almost all the top experts present had their faces transformed.

On a mountain peak of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, a mighty burst of Buddha light shot into the sky, illuminating seven precious pearl orbs. The light on the orbs flowed, devoid of warmth, only emitting endless coldness.

Five of the pearl orbs transformed into seven Buddha statues with distinct appearances.

The Buddha statues were enormous, filling the sky above the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, overlooking the sect.

"This is..."

Hong Shiffo's eyes revealed a peculiar color.

"That Seven Treasures Pagoda of the Wish-fulfilling Heavenly King!"

Hong Shiffo had not anticipated that this strange temple, suppressed by the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect for so long, would suddenly stir! Fang Han Shu, Feng Zhiqi, and Yue Huanglong, who had already retreated to the Dao Lord Mansion, also had slightly altered expressions.

Lu Tai Bai's gaze remained unchanged, as if he had expected this all along.

Fang Han Shu furrowed his brows, and upon seeing Lu Tai Bai's demeanor, he instantly understood that this time, Xi Xi's breakthrough in Divine Form, triggering the Prison Lotus power, was likely related to the Seven Treasures Pagoda of the Wish-fulfilling Heavenly King.

After all, the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect's branch in Golden Light Manor had such a temple deity pagoda!

"The Buddhist path..."

Lu Tai Bai raised his hand, and the sword light surged, dazzling and silver-bright.

However, before he could make a move, the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect's mountain gate shook, and the 'Heaven and Earth' plaque above it trembled.

The entire plaque broke through the air, emitting an extremely dazzling white light.

In an instant, the seven Buddha statues shattered, turning into colorful broken Buddha lights that scattered all over the ground.

"Ancestral Master!"

"It's the Heaven and Earth Dao Essence!"

"The Dao Essence power of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect!"

The expressions of the various experts varied.

Supervisor Hong Shiffo's eyes flashed incessantly, and he almost couldn't resist raising his hand to begin calculating.

He wanted to calculate the fate of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect's Ancestral Master...

Whether he had truly perished in the depths of the Enigmatic Tower.

However, Lu Tai Bai's sharp gaze, like a sword light about to burst forth, made Hong Shiffo feel awkward, and he lowered his calculating fingers, scratching his head instead.

But as Hong Shiffo looked up at the floating 'Heaven and Earth' plaque, he slowly exhaled.

"An Ancestral Master of a sect..."

"Is he really dead?"

...

...

The falling snow from the sky had not yet touched the ground when it directly evaporated, disappearing without a trace.

It was as if a colorful glow, like glass reflecting the sun, surrounded Li Che, who was meditating in the courtyard, with a fantastical hue.

Golden light flowed before him, transforming into dreamlike changing text.

[Dao Fruit: Dream Heavenly Master (lv3, 0%)]



[Dao Fruit lv3, after metamorphosis, obtain Technique Embryo "Dream Heavenly Master·Dream Butterfly"]



Li Che's breathing was calm and steady.

He did not return directly to Golden Light Peak because he knew that with the Prison Lotus Small Cavern World broken open, Xi Xi's return to Golden Light Peak would not pose any significant danger.

Not to mention Lu Tai Bai, even the Great Elder Fang Han Shu had a strength that Li Che couldn't see through.

Therefore, Li Che calmly returned to the Independent Workshop Courtyard.

The main reason was that during this trip to the Prison Lotus Small Cavern World, Li Che had gained quite a lot.

Moreover, the Dream Heavenly Master Dao Fruit was absorbing the dream realm power from the test set up by the Three-Eyed Prince, and as the dream realm power was absorbed, the Dao Fruit's maturity level began to surge.

It directly increased to lv3 level!

It's worth noting that a lv3 level Dao Fruit will undergo a metamorphosis, giving birth to a Technique Embryo!

Li Che was pleasantly surprised by this newly acquired Dao Fruit.

He hadn't expected the speed of improvement to be so fast.

This could be said to be the fastest-growing Dao Fruit Li Che has obtained so far!

However, Li Che was not surprised by the external boost.

Technique Embryo...

Dream Heavenly Master·Dream Butterfly!

Dream Butterfly?

Li Che was slightly stunned, looking at the prompt, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

After the incident of the Temple Deity Pagoda's plot against the Three-Eyed Prince, which almost harmed Xi Xi...

Li Che was sensitive to what Xi Xi had obtained in the Golden Palace of the Temple Deity.

For example...

Butterfly.

Emperor Xi Xi obtained a butterfly in the divine shrine of the Golden Temple, but it was later identified by Nan Li Huo and others as a spiritual divine beast. However, upon closer inspection, this butterfly might be part of the Heavenly King Pagoda Temple Deity's plan.

The possibility of this seemed rather slim.

Li Che narrowed his eyes slightly, his heart stirring with anticipation.

Could this butterfly be related to the Dream Butterfly? But soon, Li Che became enlightened, and that butterfly... what could it have to do with the Technique Embryo derived from his Dao Fruit? Could it be that he had come from a future time, and had thrown a butterfly next to Xi Xi? Li Che smiled and shook his head, feeling a bit superstitious.

His heart stirred slightly.

In his chest, the Dream Heavenly Master's Dao Fruit pulsed with each beat, and every time it did, it seemed as if... the butterfly flapped its wings once!

[Technique Embryo (Dream Heavenly Master · Dream Butterfly): Great Dream, Butterfly Flapping, Dao Fruit Transformation, Dream Wandering Through Time and Space]



A golden stream of introduction slowly unfolded before Li Che's eyes.

Every time a Technique Embryo appeared, there would be an introduction, and from this, one could glimpse the ability of the Technique Embryo.

But this time, Li Che was completely confused by the description, unable to comprehend it fully.

In fact, the Technique Embryo was derived from the Dao Fruit and was inherently linked to the Dao Fruit itself.

The basic ability of the Dream Heavenly Master was to construct dreams, connect with other Dao Fruits, and even use the power of the Dao Fruit as a bridge to send out the Dream Heavenly Master's Dao Fruit.

However, this time, the Technique Embryo's prompt left Li Che completely baffled.

Dao Fruit Transformation, Dream Wandering Through Time and Space?

Did this mean... to trigger this Technique Embryo, the Dao Fruit needed to undergo another transformation? Li Che felt something strange...

If the Dao Fruit transformed again, wouldn't it awaken the divine ability?

This seemed a bit contradictory.

Li Che furrowed his brows.

However, the next moment, Li Che's body hair stood on end.

With his current Martial Saint physique, tempered to the extreme by the Dragon Elephant Vajra Dao Fruit, he felt an unbearable chill at this moment, as if an invisible deity had pierced through time and space and stared at him with a pair of infinitely cold eyes.

It was a...

Extremely cold gaze, devoid of emotion, icy to the extreme, freezing his heart!

Li Che felt as if his soul had completely frozen at this moment.

Suddenly, Li Che saw a multicolored light, flickering and flashing. With the response of the Heavenly Chessboard, he saw...

Himself sitting in the courtyard, with a multicolored butterfly slowly landing on his head and flapping its wings gently.

As it flapped, multicolored dust seemed to fall from the sky.

Li Che felt everything before his eyes becoming hazy.

He seemed to...

Fall asleep.

His breathing was steady and balanced.

The butterfly flapped its wings, and at the other end of time and space, ripples seemed to form, reflecting an unseen life.

The ripples circled and dotted, passing over Li Che, who was in a state of slumber.

...

...

The cloud canopy was torn open, and the swirling smoke slowly dissipated.

The butterfly flapped its wings, flying with all its might, creating an updraft beneath its wings that lifted its small body up and down.

But although the butterfly flapped continuously, its body moved up and down, yet the image became clear, and the scene did not shake with the up and down movement.

Li Che was surprised to find that he had transformed into a gracefully fluttering butterfly.

His body was light, but he couldn't control it; he could only observe through his line of sight.

The butterfly flew over the vast sea, crossed the starry river, and scattered multicolored dust, as if melting time and space.

As the butterfly continued to fly, Li Che finally saw the distant scene clearly.

He saw a golden ancient temple rising from the ground, spanning the heavens and the earth. In the endless brilliant golden Buddha light, there was a trace of extreme darkness, too obvious in the dazzling golden light.

Li Che, in the butterfly's perspective, flapped his wings and flew closer.

As he got closer, he finally saw that trace of darkness clearly.

It was a graceful figure, with jet-black hair that was extremely long, flowing like a waterfall down to her thighs, like a cape, slightly fluttering.

She wore a black robe, fluttering in the wind, like a black lotus blooming in the netherworld, with flickering flames that burned and twisted the surrounding void, creating cracks in the void that devoured the Buddha light.

She raised her hand, which was extremely cold, as if her pale skin had no blood, and in her hand, she held a pitch-black sword.

"Witch!!!"

It was as if a spring thunder had burst forth, like the sound of thousands of ancient Buddhas chanting Buddha's name, like an explosion in the vast sky.

On the ancient temple, it seemed as if there were thousands of Buddha niches carved, and in each niche, there was a Buddha with a different posture sitting on it.

They all glared down, staring at that trace of darkness that had forced its way into the endless Buddha light.

But Li Che, in the butterfly's perspective, felt that these Buddhas' eyes held a hint of fear, spreading like black ink.

The woman slowly lifted her head, her eyes as dark as black dates, devoid of any emotion.

Scanning the myriad Buddhas, her cold face remained expressionless as she slowly raised the sword in her hand.

With long strides, her slender legs moved as if creating a black hole, shifting with her steps amidst the boundless Buddha light.

The Buddha light couldn't suppress her in the slightest.

She stepped onto the first stair of the ancient temple, and blood began to flow from the temple, staining the ground red. It was the blood of the Buddhas, flowing down and dyeing the ground.

Li Che, transformed into a butterfly, flapped its wings and followed the woman.

The woman was so domineering that she fought her way to the top of the ancient temple, strolling as if it were a leisurely walk.

Countless Buddhas came one after another, some with golden dragons soaring, others with Buddha palms and Buddha sounds...

However, in front of the woman, they were all just a sword's edge away.

The blood-stained water dyed the golden stairs of the temple red. Every Buddha in the niches was unable to escape and was swept up by the sword light, their lives taken.

Li Che, in the butterfly's perspective, witnessed the fall of a Buddha land.

In the end, the Buddhas began to flee in terror, no longer daring to fight. They abandoned resistance, allowing the witch to ravage their sacred land.

Her long, dark hair fluttered in the wind, like a black cape.

The woman reached the top of the ancient temple.

At the summit, she saw a lotus pond with countless golden flames dancing incessantly, like a shackle binding a black lotus.

The woman reached into the pond and plucked the black lotus.

She also picked up a few dark black lotus roots.

Patting the black lotus root, she held the sword in one hand and grasped the burning black lotus in the other.

Finally, at the top of the fallen temple, the woman turned around.

The Buddha sounds echoed, and on the golden firmament, a giant Buddha slowly appeared.

Beneath the temple, countless creatures knelt densely, including commoners, rich people in lavish clothes, beggars in tattered rags, pregnant women, and elderly women with trembling hands...

The dense crowd of people knelt like black ants, devoutly bowing on the ground, performing three bows and nine kowtows, pleading with the woman to put down the black lotus and black lotus root.

The enormous golden Buddha seemed to gaze down from beyond the heavens, slowly opening its slender eyes.

The woman, standing atop the fallen temple, finally showed a hint of emotion on her expressionless face.

Her gaze swept over the countless kneeling people, and a sarcastic smile appeared on her lips.

The butterfly landed on the woman's shoulder, its wings fluttering against her fluttering black skirt.

Then, Li Che saw the woman with the sarcastic smile slowly offering the sword in her hand.

Everything shattered.

The golden Buddha from beyond the heavens was torn apart by the sword, its pieces scattering.

It was like a golden firework exploding in mid-air.

Outside the temple, the kneeling crowd formed circles upon circles, extending to the horizon, all swept by the sword light and exploding. Blood-red flowers blossomed in the golden world, like blood-colored fireworks, with blood flowing everywhere.

The entire world was scarred and silent, a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, filled with deathly aura.

The woman stood atop the temple, a scene of blood and gore, her black skirt fluttering in the wind like a lotus from hell blooming in the golden realm.

Holding the black lotus and black lotus root, the woman whispered softly.

The butterfly on her shoulder seemed to hear her words.

"Are you praying to the Buddha or to me?"

"You're praying to me..."

"Then who do I pray to?"

She didn't even glance at the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

Putting away the black lotus and black lotus root, the woman rubbed her stomach.

"I'm hungry."

...

...

Hum—!!!

A buzzing sound reverberated.

Hoo—!!!

Li Che suddenly opened his eyes, and in his pupils, there was a sense of chaos.

His body, buried in thick snow, began to shake, causing the snow to fall off.

He stood up from the ground, covered in snow, his black robe fluttering, and his dark, sturdy hair whipped the air like black lightning.

"That is..."

Li Che's gaze held a hint of confusion.

Recalling the previous scene, he couldn't help but exhale again.

"Xi Xi?"

The woman with the smooth, dark hair falling to her thighs was none other than the woman who had come to eat a bowl of noodles with two eggs in the restaurant owner's dream.

It was... grown-up Xi Xi!

Li Che's mood became slightly heavy.

Expressionless, cold and indifferent, her entire being exuded a chilling aura, as if she had wrapped herself in a protective layer of coldness.

Only when she spoke did a hint of softness emerge from her.

In contrast, the current happy and carefree Xi Xi stood out vividly.

"Can I see Xi Xi from another world through the dream butterfly?"

"Is it really Xi Xi from another world?"

Lu Che furrowed his brows, the blood connection confirming that the woman was indeed Xi Xi...

But if it was the future...

Where had he, Li Che, gone?

What had Xi Xi encountered that made her wrap herself so tightly, rejecting everything in the world, and ignoring everything?

A trace of anxiety and longing appeared in Li Che’s eyes.

He wanted to continue his dream wandering through time and space, to flap his wings once more and see his daughter in that world.

However, Li Che gradually calmed down.

A transformation of the Dao Fruit, dream wandering through time and space...

In other words, if he wanted to see his grown-up daughter again, perhaps... he needed the Dream Heavenly Master Dao Fruit to undergo another transformation!

Li Che, gradually calming down, walked through the courtyard and sat down under the eaves.

The north wind howled, and heavy snowflakes fell.

Sitting under the eaves, Li Che’s eyes gradually sharpened.

"A bunch of bald monks, daring to bully my daughter... even in dreams, it's unacceptable!"

Although it was Xi Xi who slaughtered the ancient temple and killed countless Buddhas, even annihilating an entire world, Li Che felt it was definitely the fault of those Buddhas!

"Who did you beg for help, and who would I beg in return?"

Muttering the words he had heard, Li Che felt a sharp pain in his heart and slowly exhaled.

"My daughter... doesn’t need to beg anyone."

"Doesn’t need to."

Li Che clenched his fists.

"I must become stronger... much stronger."

"The current me is far from enough."

Boom—!!!

Suddenly.

Li Che lifted his head and looked towards the direction of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect’s mountain gate.

He saw a spinning Buddha tower.

The Seven Treasures Bodhimanda Wishful Heaven King Pagoda!

It was one of the three remaining temples of the Heavenly King Pagoda, located within the mountain gate of the Heavenly Origin Divine Sect, a strange temple of the Upper Rank Five Elders!

Another temple was located in the capital, at the Fourth Imperial Rank...

"What are you angry about?"

"Angry that I destroyed your Golden Light Sub-sect’s Heaven King Pagoda and suppressed it with my summoning deity power?"

Li Che, looking at the golden tower that was being suppressed by the Heaven-Earth plaque, murmured.

"Don’t be angry, it’s your turn soon."

Sitting under the eaves, Li Che said calmly.

His mind slightly moved.

He sank into the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

There, on the chessboard, a treasure tower was suppressed, with the Impure Heart Divine Spirit acting like a shackle, pressing the tower down.

"Six Ministries Rank Temple Deity..."

Li Che’s primordial soul floated, his fingers spread wide.

In the next moment...

In the inner landscape of the mud pill.

The divine essence golden core, which pulsed like a heart, suddenly appeared in the Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

Inside the golden core, the Law of Heaven and Earth Spiritually Bright True Ape suddenly opened its eyes and stuck to the wall of the golden core, reflecting a true ape’s face!

Roaring,

With the help of the summoning deity power, the Six Ministries Rank treasure tower was slowly pulled through the wall of the divine essence golden core.

And the tower, once summoned and pulled into the divine essence golden core, was slowly devoured by the Law of Heaven and Earth Spiritually Bright True Ape.

Creak, creak...

A bone-chilling sound echoed in the silent Heaven and Earth Chessboard.

...

...

Lead clouds rolled, and snow fell horizontally!

Whistling winds raged!

In the depths of Thunder Listening Lane.

A dim orange-yellow light illuminated a small area, emitting a mesmerizing glow.

Huge snowflakes, upon landing within the restaurant’s range, vanished without a trace.

In front of the restaurant, a fat, large black dog lay lazily.

The owner, dressed in a white robe as pristine as the snow, sat in a chair, looking extremely relaxed. He was slowly wrapping tobacco with paper, carefully rolling it into a long, thin cigarette.

Every move he made was solemn and serious, as if it were the first time he had learned to make a cigarette.

"Tap tap tap!"

He tapped it on the back of his hand, then placed it in his mouth and lit it with a match.

Holding the cigarette between two fingers, he didn’t take a puff, just held it there.

The smoke curled, blurring the orange-yellow light.

The man and the dog seemed out of place in this world.

Suddenly.

The big black dog’s nose twitched, and its listless eyes widened, jumping up in excitement.

The entire ground seemed to shake.

The dog turned to look at the owner, its nose twitching, eyes filled with disbelief.

This smell...

This smell!

No mistake, Dog Smash would never be wrong!

The big black dog was extremely excited, its tail wagging so hard it seemed to crack the air!

The owner’s expressionless face showed a slight lift at the corner of his eye, his eyes brightening as he turned to look into the dark depths of Thunder Listening Lane.

Someone was walking through the snow, step by step, the snow crunching underfoot.

In a daze, it seemed like a black lotus was seen.

But when the owner looked again,

he saw that it was just Li Che, dressed in a black robe.

The owner’s hand, holding the cigarette, trembled slightly, and the ash fell to the ground.

Blown by the wind, it scattered.

(End of Chapter)

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