Chapter 248: Ali's Personal Opening

Coming out of this cave, I opened the door of the neighboring cave again.

With a boom, the stone door opened, and a cool, moist breeze rushed toward me; I actually saw a river behind the stone door!

Faintly, I also heard the sound of trickling water.

The downstream of this river lies just behind the stone door, disappearing underground, unknown where it flows.

I walked upstream along the river, but after a few hundred steps, I actually saw a waterfall.

That waterfall is truly huge, falling from the mountain peak and seemingly soaring into the clouds, its source invisible.

I carefully walked along the riverbank further in, passing through the edge of the waterfall, and discovered that there was actually another opening in the middle of this cliff, an opening that could only fit one person.

After crawling through the opening, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

On this side of the waterfall, I felt a sense of déjà vu, as if I had returned to the human world.

Endless tea fields, farmland, and fruit trees everywhere bore traces of having been cultivated.

By the field ridges, I actually saw a sturdy weeping willow.

Upon seeing this weeping willow, my heart was struck with pain again.

It turns out… it turns out there really are willow trees in Mount Cangwu!

It turns out that 'Cangwu breaking the willow' is not Feng Li Nu making things difficult for Liu Junyan, but rather her deepest wish hidden in her heart.

She hopes that one day Liu Junyan will also come to Mount Cangwu and personally break off a willow branch for her?

I strode over, tiptoed, snapped off a willow twig about the thickness of a little finger, braided it into a bracelet, and wore it on my left wrist.

I raised my wrist and whispered, 'Ali, if one day I can leave this place safely, I will personally give this willow branch to Liu Junyan and tell him your feelings.'

Yes, I am the reincarnation of Feng Li Nu.

Essentially, I am Feng Li Nu.

But in my heart, Feng Li Nu's love for Liu Junyan is the most sincere and pure, enough for me to cherish and protect.

I am not jealous; I only feel pity for her.

It is still night now, the light is dark, but I can see the starry sky overhead… something the other side of the opening lacks.

This expanse of heaven and earth is just like the Lingdie Valley in the Nether Realm.

Lingdie Valley?

Thinking of this, I was suddenly shocked!

Before, when we looked from Lingdie Valley toward this side, we could indeed see the outline of Mount Cangwu.

So this place should be the backside of Mount Cangwu, neighboring Lingdie Valley?

That should be the case.

One has to say, the vast world contains everything.

Who would have thought that the border between the Nether Realm and the Feng Clan would actually be such a secluded utopia?

Namely, this expanse of heaven and earth sustains the livelihood in Mount Cangwu.

Only the Great Witch and Feng Li Nu could be self-sufficient.

Looking at the overgrown tea trees and fruit trees, at the already somewhat abandoned fields, my heart filled with mixed emotions.

If the Great Witch were still here, it certainly wouldn't be like this, right?

I returned to the previous cave, opened Feng Li Nu's wardrobe, inside were neatly stacked several sets of red-and-black archery outfits; I took one set, went back to the waterfall side, jumped in, and took a refreshing shower.

Coming out of the seawater, I was then baked by Nirvana fire, making my whole body feel sticky and uncomfortable.

After washing, I only then discovered that the back of this outfit had been burned through a hole; if not for the timely appearance of the Cangwu Nether Seal, my back would surely have been burned.

This outfit can't be worn anymore, so I took two more archery outfits, washed them clean, and hung them on the paulownia tree; the cave's high temperature means they'll dry quickly.

Having entered Mount Cangwu, I definitely won't be able to leave anytime soon, so I must prepare for a long-term stay.

After a night of tossing and turning, I'm starving.

Fortunately, the tea garden has many tea-oil trees; tea ears and tea-pour tubes are plentiful, and various fruits grow beside the fields, so simple food and warmth are not a problem.

Returning to the cave, I went to push each stone door one by one.

One of them is a storage room, containing various farming tools and such things as rice grains, but due to their age they can no longer be eaten.

Another is a room whose mechanism I could not find no matter how I tried; after feeling around for a while, I still couldn't open it.

When the last stone door finally opened, I immediately knew this was the Great Witch's residence.

The cave is huge, divided into many rooms: a bedroom, a study, an alchemy room… and also a hatching chamber, though it has been left idle and covered in dust.

I wandered around inside, and the moment I pushed open the study door, I was completely stunned.

The study is large, with bookshelves made of paulownia wood neatly arranged, filled with all kinds of books, jars and bottles, and some boxes.

Against the inner wall stands a desk made of the same paulownia wood.

Sitting before the desk was actually a person!

No.

More accurately, it is a corpse!

No one knows how many years this corpse has been sitting here, long since dried up to skin and bone.

I have seen the bodily remains of Dahui Chan Master after his sitting in meditation; this one is exactly the same.

She passed away in sitting meditation.

She wore a black witch's robe, underneath an inner garment embroidered with intricate patterns in red and blue as the main colors, and on her head a cloth cap of the same hue.

She sat cross-legged in the chair, her eyelids slightly lowered, as if she had been continually gazing at the leather envelope placed on the desk before her.

I walked over lightly, first clasping my hands together and bowing respectfully to the corpse.

Even though I haven't seen her full appearance, I know this person must be the Great Witch.

Turning my gaze to that leather envelope, I saw written on it: 'Ali's Personal Opening.'

It turned out this was a farewell letter left by the Great Witch for Feng Li slave.

I reached out, picked up the envelope, opened it, pulled out a sheet of parchment from inside, and unfolded it.

The letter opened: Ah Li, child, you can return to Cangwu Mountain, showing my remedy still has a chance.

It is Grandma who is sorry to you.

Grandma devoted her life to studying ancient witchcraft, boasting that she had fully researched the innate curse; when you and your twin sister hatched at the same time, following the clan's agreement, she rashly placed a curse on you sisters, unaware that she had caused a great disaster, ruining your whole life.

Actually, the reason is that back then your mother and aunt died in a gruesome state, barely managing to protect you two sisters, and the Feng Clan could no longer withstand such a blow.

Birth order matters; your sister was placed out in the open, so we arbitrarily decided to sacrifice you, yet we never asked you whether you were willing.

Never once did we consider whether it was fair to you.

We also never considered whether your sister was qualified to inherit the Feng Lord's position.

All the fault lies with me.

When you were tormented by the innate curse to the point of wishing for death, when they persecuted you to death, when your remnant soul returned to Cangwu Mountain and decisively threw yourself into the Nirvana fire…… my heart was also dripping blood.

Ah Li, Grandma was wrong.

Grandma truly knows she was wrong.

Grandma regrets not having done otherwise.

So Grandma voluntarily extracted her three hun and seven po, to accompany you into the Nirvana fire, hoping to leave even a single po to temporarily stabilize your soul essence, wishing you still have a chance at reincarnation……