Chapter 232: with translation of chapter title

But as I tidied up, I began to feel dazed, waves of dizziness washing over my head, so I had to lean on the sofa first.

By the time Li Qingying called me to dinner, my temples were completely white.

Li Qingying looked at me full of worry, but she didn't know what to do.

That evening I only drank a little soup, feeling uncomfortable all over, and I washed up and went to bed early.

Li Qingying didn't dare let me sleep alone, and she also had to watch over Feng Wu's side, so that night I slept in her room.

As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt my body continuously falling.

My entire consciousness seemed to have sunk into an abyss, unable to pull out.

And inside that abyss, fire was everywhere.

In that sea of fire, the silhouette of the woman who had taken Feng Wu appeared again.

She simply stood silently in the sea of fire, staring at me all the while.

I carefully stepped forward, walking toward her.

I don't know why, but seeing her again this time gave me an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

That feeling of familiarity welled up from the depths of my heart, making me involuntarily want to get close to her.

But before I could get close to that sea of fire, I sensed a faint repulsive force.

Was it a formation array? Or a barrier?

I took two more steps forward, trying to figure out what was going on.

At that moment, a large butterfly flew straight at me, blocking my view and disturbing my dream.

At the same time, I felt a chill on my lips, and some fishy-sweet icy liquid flowed into my throat, instantly sinking into my limbs.

I jerked my eyes open.

"Xiao Jiu, you finally woke up, you scared me to death." Li Qingying's voice came, trembling with tears.

I was helped to sit up, and I saw two people standing at the bedside.

One was Li Qingying.

The other was… Feng Wu?

Feng Wu still had a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth.

I instinctively touched my own lips and found blood there too.

My heart skipped a beat as I looked at Feng Wu and asked, "So, did you just feed me your blood?"

Feng Wu nodded immediately.

Li Qingying helped explain: "Xiao Jiu, you were trapped in a nightmare for several hours, unable to wake up. Fortunately, Feng Wu has taken human form; she says you might be afflicted by a birth‑linked curse. She has eaten the ice silkworm and fully integrated it, using her blood to ease the curse's binding—better than the ice silkworm's effect. See, after feeding you a little of her blood, you woke up."

That explanation made sense.

From Li Qingying's perspective, she really had no choice but to let Feng Wu save me.

But the problem is, I woke up not because of that bit of blood Feng Wu gave me, but because the large butterfly blocked me and brought me back.

The ice silkworm has been fused into Feng Wu, so her blood is already permeated with the ice silkworm's gu poison.

As a fellow species, Feng Wu can withstand the ice silkworm's extreme cold gu poison, but I may not be able to.

Rashly feeding me blood…

I stared at Feng Wu with a scrutinizing gaze for a while.

She looked at me somewhat frightened, her doe‑like eyes full of innocence.

Uncle Huo once said that Feng Wu is still a young bird, having just taken human form… maybe I'm overthinking it.

I softened my scrutinizing gaze and said, "Feng Wu, thank you."

Feng Wu immediately said, "Sister, you saved my life, and I have also eaten your ice silkworm and dragon bone blood; I have nothing to repay you with, I am willing to do anything you ask."

I smiled and said, "It was just a small effort; don't take it to heart."

"Xiao Xue, stay with Xiao Jiu; I'll be right back." Li Qingying suddenly urged.

Feng Wu nodded straight away: "Okay, Sister Qingying, go quickly and return quickly; I'll take good care of sister."

Li Qingying was about to leave; I reached out to grab her sleeve but missed, and I anxiously asked, "Sister Qingying, where are you going?"

"I'm going to find Xiaoye to get dragon bone blood." Li Qingying spoke hurriedly and was already out the door, saying, "Xiao Jiu, get some rest; I estimate I'll be back by dawn."

She left too fast, giving me no chance to speak.

Only I and Feng Wu remained in the room.

I understand why Li Qingying is in such a hurry; after using Feng Wu's blood, I could suffer a gu poison outbreak at any moment.

The chance of it not happening is very, very small.

And dragon bone blood isn't something you can just get whenever you want.

Li Qingying is also racing against time for me.

I sat up straight, had Feng Wu sit beside the bed; it was still dark, a good time to chat.

I asked, "Do you know about the birth‑linked curse?"

Feng Wu hesitated a moment, then replied, "Yes, most members of the Feng Clan know of the birth‑linked curse's existence."

Most members know?

But the birth‑linked curse is used on twins, and not all twins should experience what I have gone through.

This is a very secret matter; they have even erased all traces of my existence, so Feng Wu's statement doesn't hold up.

I continued, "Then could you tell me about the birth‑linked curse? And also about Feng Liju?"

That day in the Peach Blossom Spring, it was Feng Liju who tore off Feng Wu's wing and almost bit her to death; she should know Feng Liju.

But she told me, "Sorry, sister; I've only taken human form for a few decades, I only know of the birth‑linked curse but not the details, and as for Feng Liju, I'm not acquainted with her either."

I narrowed my eyes, my tone turning cold, somewhat aggressively asking, "You're not acquainted with Feng Liju? Then how could she target you and want to kill you?"

"My family members are ill." Xue Feng said, "Lingdie Valley borders Cangwu Mountain; inside are planted many kinds of rare spiritual herbs. I sneaked from Cangwu Mountain into Lingdie Valley to secretly dig up herbs, but I didn't expect to encounter Feng Lishu, who was also sneaking in Lingdie Valley, and I almost got bitten to death by her."

So that's how it is.

I relaxed a bit, then asked: "Since you sneaked over from Cangwu Mountain and you're a member of the Feng Clan, you must be very familiar with the route to Cangwu Mountain, right?"

"Very familiar, especially familiar." Xue Feng said, "My family lives not far from the foot of Cangwu Mountain."

I felt delighted inside: "Then you know Cangwu Mountain well, huh? Could you tell me about the Great Witch and the Fire Witch God in Cangwu Mountain… uh…"

I hadn't finished speaking when suddenly my chest hurt, and a mouthful of black blood spurted out without warning.

Immediately after, the sound of chanting rang in my ears.

That chanting voice was like an invisible big hand tightly gripping my heart, causing a dull ache in my chest, surging blood qi, and incessant vomiting of blood.

Seeing me like this, Xue Feng's whole body trembled uncontrollably.

The guilt in her eyes grew even stronger.

Her doe-like eyes brimmed with tears as her lips quivered: "Sorry, sister, I can't help it; all over a hundred members of my Xue Feng clan have been controlled, I have no choice but to obey his orders… I… sorry, sorry…"

Tears streamed silently down her cheeks; she kept apologizing to me, repeatedly saying sorry.

Meanwhile, amidst my intense pain, I heard a voice both strange and familiar: "Ah Li, if you want to know about the Great Witch and the Fire Witch God, come ask me—you are my fiancée; I can tell you anything you want to know personally…"