My sister is Luna

Everyone on the lake awaited the result. Light shone from beneath the trees rooted in the lake, and they craned their necks, their eyes wide, all wondering what might be the most precious treasure...

"Hmm..." Yao didn't care about the cold lake water. He relaxed his body and let himself slowly sink to the bottom of the lake. He was observing his surroundings when suddenly, a small black dot appeared in his field of vision.

The dreamlike Kun fish swam freely in the water, skimming past one precious treasure after another that sank to the bottom of the valley, heading towards Yao.

Haha, it's finally here! Has Kun finally come to welcome me, your most precious treasure?

Yao thought excitedly. He even waved happily at it from the water.

The Kun fish drew closer and closer, approaching Yao with a leisurely air, its fins swaying gently, free and unrestrained. This reminded Yao of Zhuangzi, who was somewhat similar to it. However, Yao did not pursue the matter further. He was excited that the Kun fish had taken a liking to his treasure.

This is wonderful! I really am very important—a peerless genius comparable to my senior brother Zhuge Liang? Or the reincarnation of some great god? Or do I possess the power to change the world?

He was thinking about all sorts of possibilities.

Pull me up here, let them see how dazzling I am!

Yao was overjoyed.

Just when Yao thought Kun would carry him to the surface of the lake and show him to everyone, Kun glided past him as if he were nothing...

what? !

Yao stared in disbelief as Kun leisurely departed.

Don't run away, I'm here, the most precious treasure is here!

Yao shouted in his heart, trying to grab it quickly, but the Kun was slippery and he couldn't grab anything. Instead, his movements were consuming his strength. There was no air, and the surrounding area was icy lake water, and his strength was gradually draining away.

So, it wasn't me after all...

As Yao watched the Kun gradually disappear into the distance and continue its descent to the bottom of the lake, he felt a sense of loss.

The lake water pressed down on Yao from all sides, dragging him down to the dark bottom. The coldness licked his cheeks and his whole body, his strength was crumbling, and waves of fatigue came to his brain. It was as if a voice was whispering to him, coaxing him to sleep.

I wanted to breathe, but only lake water filled my mouth and nose, creating bubbles.

Ugh... someone help me out...

A suffocating feeling gripped Yao tightly, and he cried out in his heart.

Uncle Ban...

In his dazed state, he saw Master Lu Ban in the water bubble; it was him, who had just joined the Star Team.

Senior Brother Tai Xian...

Seeing Zhang Taixian trapped in the water, he single-handedly held off the Demon King's archer and warrior.

Sun Bin...

Seeing Sun Bin in the water, always hiding behind Zhang Taixian, he was both cute and pitiful.

Meng Ya...

Seeing Meng Ya inside the bubble, he unleashed a barrage of firepower, securing a pentakill and leading Team Star to victory.

Seeing myself in the water bubbles, seeing the past.

"You're not practicing your sword properly."

He seemed to hear a familiar, emotionless, cold voice in his ear and see his sister Jing's expressionless face.

"A hopeless case," Mirror, looking down at him from within the bubble, said disdainfully.

"You're not qualified to follow me." Jing turned and was about to leave.

Yao once had a happy and complete family. His parents were alive and well, and the family was harmonious and joyful. His older sister, Jing, was not cold but gentle and lively. She always played with him and took him out to be naughty. At that time, young Yao admired his sister and thought that having such a sister who loved him was the happiest thing in the world and that he was the happiest person in the world.

But the departure and disappearance of his parents made everything seem like a broken mirror. Although it was shattered, he felt confused. His home was still warm and he was waiting and hoping for his parents' return. Why did it suddenly disappear?

When he heard the devastating news, he was still a young child. He stood there like a puppet, held tightly in Jing's arms, unable to believe such a terrible thing. From that moment on, his sister began to change, becoming a stranger, as if she were a completely different person.

Her smile vanished, replaced by an expressionless face that remained calm even as the world crumbled. Her gentleness disappeared, replaced by indifference. She took on the responsibility of the family, taking Yao away from the Eastern family and traveling to distant lands. She began to learn to cook and train, training even harder, transforming herself into a tool. She began to travel to various places in search of ways to gain power, and she began to demand strict discipline from the growing Yao.

Yao had a passionate dream of becoming a hero since childhood, aspiring to be a chivalrous swordsman like Li Bai, the brightest star in the vast sky. But the unfamiliar Jing shattered his dream without hesitation, mocking him and training him even more rigorously, showing no mercy and revealing only coldness.

"You cold, lifeless machine!" young Yao cried out, referring to her like that.

But she still trained Yao in the most rigorous way.

Forced into training, he began to hate his sister Jing in his heart. He pretended to be heartless and started to go against her. The relationship between the siblings began to deteriorate. He hated this family member who had become emotionless. Where did his sister go?

But Yao was also afraid, afraid that his only family member would leave him. He didn't know what Jing knew, but he wanted to face it with her and bear it together. He wanted to catch up with Jing, who was getting further and further away from him, and wanted to stand by her side. He wanted her to acknowledge him and praise him. He wanted to tell her that he, her younger brother, was definitely not a burden, but had become a grown-up she could trust. There were so many things he wanted to say to her...

"Sister..." In his hazy consciousness, Yao kept reaching his hand upwards, trying to grasp that illusory bubble, that person who left without looking back.

He grabbed only a stick-like object and instinctively gripped it tightly in his will to survive. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light enveloped him, as if everything had frozen in time. In his last moments before losing consciousness, a dark, arm-like shadow, in stark contrast to the golden light, reached out towards him.

……

In the calm lake, a giant Kun suddenly leaped out of the water, soared into the air, and landed steadily beside a tree.

"It's out! The Kun is out!" someone shouted.

Suddenly, the barren trees burst into pink blossoms. The pink blossoms and the deep blue lake complemented each other subtly, creating a dreamlike visual experience. Beneath the trees, a dreamlike Kun fish swayed, and a beautiful woman sat upon it, forming an exquisite scene.

"It worked!" Cain waved from under the tree.

The pure-looking girl on Kun's back smiled back at him, as did the rest of the Moon Team.

"Congratulations, Xi Shi," Zhuang Zhou said with a smile.

"The true value of a treasure lies not in its worldly evaluation, but in the light it shines into people's hearts."

"From the moment you jumped into the lake to retrieve the jade pendant, you became the most precious treasure."

"Congratulations to Team Moon for finding your treasure."

"Well done, Xi Shi!" Zhong Wuyan patted Xi Shi on the back happily and said.

The members of Team Moon surrounded her, all smiling and looking at Xi Shi with affirmation.

"Thank you everyone, it's all because of you that I found my own treasure!"

Xi Shi smiled radiantly; she would cherish this genuine camaraderie within the team for the rest of her life.

"Woo—" Kun let out a melodious cry and dived back into the water to search for precious treasures.

Not long after, the Pearl Tournament officially ended, and eleven teams advanced to the next round.

"..." Master Lu Ban used the mechanical arm on his back to lift the soaking wet, unconscious Yao.

"Yao is really reckless. Luckily, Uncle Ban, you used the robotic arm to find him."

Zhang Taixian sighed, then turned to joy:

"However, the fact that my Extreme Cold Storm is also a treasure is a pleasant surprise."

"We're about to enter the final round." Meng Ya clenched his fist.

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