Falling into the mortal world

The Lan family decided to search for the person themselves. Lan Xiaotian asked the family's helpers, "Who among you is willing to come with me into the mountains to search for the person?"

The group looked at each other and then stepped forward, saying, "If our master is in trouble, we are naturally willing to help."

Lan Xiaotian now felt that they might not be so bad after all. At least they were willing to go into the mountains together to search for people, since everyone knew that the deep mountains were full of wolves and tigers.

Lan's parents also wanted to go with him to search for the person, but Lan Xiaotian told them to wait for news at home.

"Father, Mother, please wait for news at home. What if my sister comes back and there's no one home?" Lan Xiaotian said.

"Are Xiaoya and Xiaoyu at home?" Lan's mother asked.

When Lan Xiaoyu heard about this, she asked her teacher for leave. She has been searching for the village and surrounding areas for the past two days.

Lan's father wanted to go too, but his leg had improved a lot recently, and Lan Xiaotian refused to let him go no matter what.

"Dad, your leg isn't fully healed yet. If you come with us and something happens, you'll only be a burden. You should just stay home and wait. There are so many of us going; nothing will happen to us," Lan Xiaotian said.

These past few days, Lan's mother has been filled with self-blame. If she had stopped her from leaving, or gone to town sooner, she would have discovered that Lan Qingqing was missing sooner.

Most of the villagers had heard the news of Lan Qingqing's disappearance. They said she might have gone deep into the mountains. Deep mountains—what kind of place is that? Going there might mean certain death.

Many people chose to remain silent, but some couldn't bear to see the two girls in trouble, so they volunteered to come and find someone.

Before long, a large number of villagers gathered in front of the Lan family's house, each carrying their own farm tools as weapons. These people had all gone into the mountains to search for someone.

The Lan family was very grateful that these people were still willing to go with them to search for people at this time.

Just as everyone was preparing to head into the mountains, someone with sharp eyes spotted two ragged, disheveled people covered in blood walking towards them in the distance.

So he shouted, "Look, aren't those two the eldest daughter of the Lan family and Miss Feng?"

Upon hearing the shout, everyone immediately looked towards the back mountain, and someone immediately said: Isn't that the girl from the Lan family?

At this moment, Lan Qingqing's veil also fell off, and her face was covered in ash, making it impossible to recognize her original appearance.

Upon hearing the news, Lan's parents immediately went over, and the rest of the Lan family followed.

The group was quite frightened when they saw Lan Qingqing covered in blood.

When Lan's mother ran to see her daughter covered in blood, she was so frightened that she fainted on the spot. Lan Qingqing quickly stepped forward and pinched her mother's philtrum.

Lan's mother slowly woke up, and Lan Qingqing hurriedly explained to everyone: This is not my blood.

When Lan's mother woke up and learned that Lan Qingqing was alright, she was both happy and angry.

I'm happy that my daughter is alright, but I'm also angry that she lied to me.

At this moment, Lan's mother was so angry that she wanted to hit her, but when she thought of her daughter's pregnant belly, she could only slap her own thigh in anger, crying loudly as she did so.

She was still sobbing as she said, "You wretched girl, where have you been all these days! There's still no news of your older brother. If anything happens to you, it'll be like tearing your mother's heart out!"

Lan Qingqing looked around in confusion at the people gathered in front of her house, each holding a wooden stick, a shovel, or a machete...

Combining this with Lan Qingqing's mother's mutterings, there was nothing she couldn't understand. Her mother had discovered her.

Mr. Lan, his eyes red, said nothing; but his trembling hands said it all.

Lan Xiaotian wiped away his tears and asked nothing.

With red eyes, Lan Xiaoya stepped forward and said, "Sister, you made us so worried."

Lan Xiaoyu, tears streaming down her face, sobbed as she stepped forward and asked, "Sister, where did you go?"

Lan Qingqing said with some guilt: I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left without saying a word.

"It's good that you're back," Lan's father said, his voice trembling.

The village chief came over and said, "Girl, where have you been these past few days? And how did you get into this state?"

Lan Qingqing thought she was almost home when the dragging sound on the ground attracted a tiger and two wild boars.

When Lan Qingqing sensed something was wrong, she told Feng Caidie to climb a tree. Feng Caidie knew that being there would only hold her back, so she chose the nearest tree and climbed it.

Before Lan Qingqing could put down the basket on her back, the tiger leaped out from behind her. Lan Qingqing dodged it with a quick movement, and considering the baby in her belly, she slowed down her attack.

Lan Qingqing quickly took out the machete from her basket. After a few rounds, Lan Qingqing's attacks were hampered by her belly, and she was unable to gain the upper hand against the tiger.

Lan Qingqing felt that this was not a solution, so she decided to take a risk. Lan Qingqing relaxed and observed the tiger's movements.

The tiger opened its mouth, glaring fiercely at Lan Qingqing. Seeing that Lan Qingqing had relaxed her guard, it leaped up, intending to pounce on her and tear her to pieces with its jaws.

As the tiger leaped up, Lan Qingqing raised the machete in her hand and forcefully stabbed it into the tiger's chest.

Startled, Feng Caidie quickly climbed down from the tree and shouted, "No!"

Just as Feng Caidie thought her daughter would be pounced on by the tiger, a loud "boom" erupted, sending a cloud of dust flying.

Lan Qingqing dodged the tiger as it landed.

Just as Lan Qingqing was about to breathe a sigh of relief, two wild boars suddenly jumped out from the side.

Lan Qingqing cursed inwardly. Damn it, is heaven trying to kill her?

Feng Caidie quickly ran to Lan Qingqing's side and said, "Miss, find a place to hide, I'll distract them."

Before Lan Qingqing could say anything, Feng Caidie picked up her sickle, waved it in front of the wild boars, and then took off running. The two adult wild boars seemed to feel provoked and charged frantically towards Feng Caidie. Was it just good luck, or just pure luck?

Feng Caidie was running too fast and didn't see the big tree in front of her. Just before she was about to crash into it, she dodged, and the two wild boars couldn't brake in time and crashed into the tree. There were two loud thuds. One of them was killed instantly, and the other was dazed by the impact. After a while, it shakily stood up.

Before the wild boar could react, Lan Qingqing swung a machete, striking it squarely in the neck.

Lan Qingqing looked at the completely terrified Feng Caidie with amusement. "You really are a lucky star. How could this even work?"

Feng Caidie also felt a sense of relief, as if she had escaped a calamity. "I also feel that everything has gone smoothly for me since I met the girl," Feng Caidie said.

Lan Qingqing stopped teasing Feng Caidie and instead said in a very serious tone: "You can't do such foolish things again. Luck won't always be this good. And you have to believe me, if I dared to go into the deep mountains, it means I'm absolutely confident I can handle these wild beasts. You have to believe me."

"Of course I trust you, young lady. I'll be more careful in the future." Seeing Lan Qingqing's serious expression, Feng Caidie dared not argue further. After all, the young lady was worried about her.