My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

The system immediately slammed its hands down firmly.

“Yes, Baozi, this is a good starting point. You’ve been growing all along…”

"Of course~ It must be that the villagers did something that made the Qilin dislike them, which led to this series of events."

Although the Qilin is an auspicious beast, if its shed skin, horns, and fur are left unattended for a long time without being treated, they will become like the mangled limbs of a flower dyed flower, turning good to good and evil to evil.

As for why Qilin made that man hurt me... it's still hard to guess the reason."

Joey shrugged, indicating that he didn't know the Shadow Monster operated on two parallel paths.

Or perhaps Qilin has some other idea.

In any case, she now needs to return to her physical body.

"Tongtong, my true form is hidden beneath this mountain. Remember to check on Hua Ran's situation and let me know at all times."

"Okay~"

When Joey's consciousness returned to her real body, another voice called to her in her ear.

"My wife..."

"Ok?"

It was a very deep voice.

At first glance, it doesn't sound like Hua Ran's voice, because Hua Ran's voice is high-pitched and has a rough yet delicate quality.

Then, the voice came again.

"My lady, can you come here? Come see me... Close your eyes..."

Joey was startled.

Is it the heart?

"My lady... my lady, time is running out, can you come and see me?"

Now that Joey had no more doubts, she closed her eyes.

Soon, her consciousness entered a dimly lit room.

White candles were lit all around.

The man in the middle knelt on the ground, his hands tied and suspended by silk threads. His face was deathly pale, and his foxy eyes were glistening with tears.

It's a heart infection!

It is an illusion of a flower-stained heart.

Joey immediately went over to him.

The threads seemed to pose no threat to Joey.

But when Joey got there, she realized that it was all an illusion, a space that Heartran deliberately created using his yin energy so that he could see Joey.

But he couldn't create any extra scenes, so he remained true to himself in reality.

His hands were bound, and talismans were pasted all around the room.

Qiao Yi could tell that the talismans were emitting both yin and yang energy, and that they were a combination of snake blood and deer blood. This thing was consuming the spiritual energy of Xin Xinran.

But Joey had no choice.

Her consciousness merely intersected with the consciousness of the heart in this space.

The reality will not change.

"Flower dyeing!"

"My wife..."

His heart was so constricted that even a slight movement was difficult, but he still tried his best to speak.

"I'm sorry... I made you see me like this."

The real me, the one who spends every day with you, Hua Ran, never intended to dismember myself. It was that woman impersonating you who appeared to me in a dream, making me mistakenly believe that you were the one who asked me to do it, which is why I dismembered myself.

He finished speaking with a wry smile, then lowered his head and spoke softly.

It was as if he was speaking to Joey, or perhaps he was confessing.

"Sorry……"

"My lady, I'm so sorry... Because I was bewitched, so many troubles have arisen..."

"In the first life too, it was because I followed her, who was impersonating you, that you lost the opportunity to save people in that fake City of the Dead, and in the end, everyone in the city died..."

He said he deserved what he was getting.

Joey went over and hugged him.

Like a hug for every illusion of a flower-stained, broken limb.

Heart was startled.

Tears welled up in my eyes.

"My wife..."

"You're wrong about one thing. It wasn't you who followed her impersonating me first. I remember that. I was the one who was bewitched and deceived by her impersonating you."

The human heart is unpredictable, and people are filled with all sorts of emotions, which always hold them back. How can one be perfectly clear-headed from birth?

After hearing the heartbeat, he turned his face and kissed Joey's cheek.

"My lady, are you trying to comfort me?"

Before Joey could deny it, Heartburn said, "But it doesn't matter whether it is or not. It's already my blessing to be able to see my wife here."

Joey immediately sensed something was wrong.

"What do you mean?"

A bitter smile crept across my face.

“I am an illusion created from the remains of a limb. I was born by absorbing the yin energy from the remains. When the yin energy is exhausted, I will naturally disappear... This is beyond reproach. So this should be my last farewell to my wife through this illusion.”

Joey pursed her lips, thinking that the heart stain must have been the first thing the Shadow Monster got.

Only in this way could the Shadow Monster carry out the subsequent tasks and plan so clearly.

Therefore, the heart suffers the longest from heart disease.

He was constantly misled and imprisoned, but he always maintained his original intentions and never changed his mind.

It must be very difficult here.

Resisting the recent temptations requires even stronger willpower and more yin energy.

Heart Dye added, “My lady, after my illusion disappears, the severed limbs will just be severed limbs. At that time, my heart will lose its activity after twelve hours. If it does not return to Hua Ran’s body, the real Hua Ran will die.”

Joey was taken aback again.

"You'll die?!"

This was something she hadn't anticipated.

He took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

"But similarly, that was also when the surrounding formations were least effective at imprisoning me. I didn't know how to get out of this room, so I conjured this space. My wife, you also can't know the way in. But the opportunity only lasts for the twelve hours I disappear."

Joey was silent for a moment.

I already have a new plan in mind.

Then Joey looked at the heart stain.

She wanted to continue embracing her heart and let it tingle.

Heartstained said, “My lady, I feel that guy is heading back. To ensure she doesn’t discover you, I can no longer maintain this space. When the snow falls in the village, that will be the time for me to dissipate.”

"Hey."

Joey also knew that time waits for no one.

So she said, "I will definitely not let Hua Ran die. When the heart returns to Hua Ran's body, I will discuss with Hua Ran the memories of our first meeting in our first life."

The heart was stained and then paused.

First meeting...

That's him.

He was born from that memory. The reason he is the heart is because... love begins in the heart, love at first sight.

He nodded.

"Wife, I love you."

Joey stopped resisting, and her consciousness was expelled.

When she opened her eyes again, she was already at the bottom of the mountain.

She closed her eyes slightly, then slowly opened them again.

"Twelve hours, which is a full day of twenty-four hours. My last shudder happened within those twenty-four hours. All actions and plans will be compressed into those twenty-four hours."

"Tongtong, because we don't know when the heart stain will dissipate, I must do things ahead of time. I need to separate another soul and transfer it to a corpse in this village!"

The system, however, was somewhat unwilling.

"Baozi, your soul is already greatly depleting your yang energy by being in the paper doll. Now you want to transfer your other soul to a corpse. Do you know that corpses belong to yin? At that time, you will not only have to deplete your yang energy, but also resist the erosion of yin energy. Can you withstand it?!"