The Snail Princess and Her Benefactor

Hua Chao was thinking about his worries in the thatched cottage and couldn't help but feel sad. He had thought that he would be able to see him after leaving the West Sea, but he didn't expect that finding Yang Shilin would be such a difficult task!

Suddenly, the frustration that Hua Chao had been holding in her heart for more than half a month burst out at this moment. Tears began to flow uncontrollably from her eye sockets. The surging tears soon covered Hua Chao's eyes, making it impossible for her to see anything in the house in the night.

"Am I wrong? Shouldn't I come out to look for Young Master Yang? Is it wrong to repay a favor? Otherwise, how come I can't find even a single clue after searching for so long? Is Yang Shilin no longer alive?"

Suddenly, a ridiculous thought flashed through Hua Chao's mind, and this thought really scared Hua Chao so much that he shivered.

Hua Chao shook his head vigorously, quickly getting rid of this incredible idea in his mind: "No, it can't be like this, that Ice Blue Immortal would not do such a thing, absolutely not! He is an Immortal, since he promised to save Yang Shilin, he would not fail to save him. Yang Shilin must be living in a very good place, he must be living in a very good place."

Hua Chao moved his arm which was numb from being pressed by Ling Mi. Looking at Ling Mi sleeping in front of him, Hua Chao also began to feel drowsy. A wave of sleepiness came over him and he slowly closed his eyes. After a whole day of running and bumping, Hua Chao soon began to breathe evenly.

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"Weng Rong, Weng Rong!... You finally found this place of Sichuan! We will meet soon." A deep and magnetic voice called out in a low voice, full of tenderness, as if whispering love to a beloved girl.

Hua Chao was awakened by the sound. She took a closer look through her sleepy eyes and saw that the hut was filled with ice-blue mist, which enveloped the entire hut in a tranquil color.

Hua Chao only heard someone calling in a low voice, but did not see anyone in the house, and she actually felt a little scared.

Is there some evil spirit causing trouble outside? This is the wilderness with no sign of human life at all. Such a strange sound coming in the middle of the night is bound to make people feel eerie and terrifying.

Thinking of this, Hua Chao didn't dare to move anymore. She just lay there quietly, wanting to see what the hell was causing the trouble.

"Weng Rong, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you even look at me when I called you, Weng Rong!..."

The sound came faintly from a distance, and it was not known where it came from.

"Are you looking for someone?" Hua Chao thought secretly in his heart, why does this voice sound so familiar!

It seemed as if he had heard this voice somewhere before, and it sounded very familiar, so familiar that when Hua Chao heard this voice, he felt something in the deepest part of his heart aching, so painful that he couldn't breathe.

"Weng Rong, I can feel that you are not far from me, but now I can't break the seal to find you. You must take good care of yourself, and you must wait for me to find you! ... Weng Rong... wait for me! ..."

The sound seemed to be dragged away by something, becoming farther and farther away. The sound seemed reluctant to leave, yet helpless... becoming smaller and smaller.

"Weng Rong..." After a shrill scream, the voice disappeared, and there was no sound anymore.

Hua Chao heard the sound gradually getting smaller and finally disappearing, then he thought of getting up to see what strange thing was doing it, this was not the way to scare people.

But Hua Chao suddenly found that he couldn't even move a finger.

It felt as if he had exerted a lot of strength, but he couldn't even turn over. His brain was clear, but he felt as if something was pressing down on his body and he couldn't move. Hua Chao was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

Hua Chaoyi tried hard and felt like he was sitting up a little, but the next second he found that he was still lying on the bed, his posture had not changed at all.

Hua Chao was so scared that he called out loudly: "Lingmi, Lingmi, wake up quickly. Give me a hand!" But he just felt that he opened his mouth wide, but no sound came out. He could only call out to Lingmi in vain in his heart.

"Sister, what's wrong with you!" Ling Mi exclaimed, turned around and patted Hua Chao's arm.

"Ah!..." Hua Chao's suppressed voice jumped out of her throat.

The body was able to move finally. Hua Chao turned over and sat up, patting his chest: "I'm so scared, so scared, I don't know what happened just now, I wanted to shout but no sound came out, I wanted to move but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't move...ah!... I can't move at all, not even a finger. This feeling is really scary!" Hua Chao said while panting.

Ling Mi explained with a smile: "Hey, don't be afraid, sister. This phenomenon is very common in the mortal world. They call it...what is it!" Ling Mi's eyes rolled around and suddenly remembered: "Oh...it's called sleep paralysis. It's okay. It's just a phenomenon that is most likely to occur when you are half asleep and half awake. It will disappear as soon as you wake up. Don't panic."

"Ah! There is such a thing. Why are there so many strange and bizarre things in this mortal world?" Hua Chao still felt a little scared.

Ling Mi hugged Hua Chao and comforted her, "Maybe you were too tired from running too much during the day, and you started to have all sorts of thoughts after you went to sleep, that's why this happened. It's okay, sister, don't be afraid, Ling Mi is here!"

"Good Lingmi!..." Hua Chao also hugged Lingmi tightly. The warm breath from Lingmi instantly drove away the coldness in Hua Chao's heart.

"Sister, why don't you go to sleep first? Ling Mi will stay by your side and watch over you. I will sleep after you fall asleep!"

Hua Chao touched the little flower fairy's pretty face with some heartache. Her delicate skin was as smooth as silk.

"Let's sleep together. There's no reason for me to sleep and have you stay by my side. I'm fine now. Let's go to sleep quickly. We still have to travel tomorrow. Besides, the best thing to do now is not to make any noise and wait quietly for the daybreak. There will be nothing to worry about once the daybreak comes!"

"Yeah, it would be best if we don't even talk and just lie down and sleep quietly." Ling Mi leaned over on the bed and didn't move at all. Soon, the sound of her snoring could be heard again.

Hua Chao smiled faintly. This girl must have been very tired during the day, as she fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.

Hua Chao thought of the strange dream she had just had. What was the name that the voice in the dream was calling? Why did she suddenly forget it? She only remembered that it seemed to be calling a girl with a nice name that she seemed to have heard somewhere before.

Soon Hua Chao also felt drowsy and soon fell asleep again. The small thatched house seemed even quieter in the deserted forest.

Suddenly, there was a gust of cold wind outside the thatched hut, and the weeds and dead trees in the barren forest were blown strangely.

A figure dressed in black, wearing a black cloak, with his entire face hidden in the black cloak, appeared outside the thatched hut: "Hua Chao, daughter of the god of the Jing River, today is your memorial day, so have a good journey!...Hahaha..."

A gloomy and hoarse female voice sounded, making people feel creepy.