After being reincarnated, I cultivated immortality.

Finally feeling comfortable, and thanks to Kong Bai's assurance, Xi Lan lowered her guard and sweetly expressed her gratitude: "Thank you!"

"It was nothing, just a small favor. Remember to pay me!" Ling Lili's words completely ruined the touching atmosphere.

Xi Lan nodded blankly and replied, "Xi Lan will definitely remember."

Ling Lili smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

"Fellow Daoist Xilan, I wonder why you are so badly injured here?" Bai Shu asked gently.

When Xi Lan heard her question, she frowned, as if she had recalled something. Her expression turned resentful, mixed with sadness and sorrow. For a moment, she was conflicted and didn't know how to speak.

Bai Shu, understanding the situation, said, "If it's inconvenient for you to tell me, that's fine too."

Xi Lan looked at Chi Yi, Hua Rongyi, Kong Bai, Ling Lili, Yun Fan, Bai Shu, Lu Qiu, and Han Xiaobao in front of her. Their eyes were all sparkling with curiosity, as if they would be disappointed if she didn't tell them.

From a young age, Xi Lan has always been gentle and considerate of others' feelings, and she can never bear to refuse other people's requests. Obviously, Xi Lan is no different this time, and will satisfy Chi Yi and the others' curiosity.

In fact, for Chi Yi and the others, it didn't matter whether Xi Lan told them or not. If she told them, it would satisfy their curiosity. If she didn't tell them, they would respect it and wouldn't insist on finding out. For example, they still hadn't asked Lu Qiu about the reason he was being hunted down.

Xi Lan composed herself and began to speak: "I once had a good friend named Chun Li. We grew up together and lived in the Merfolk tribe in the deep sea. One day, Chun Li said she wanted to go ashore to see the world, and I agreed. But I never expected that not long after leaving our tribe, an accident would happen. I saved a man, and on the way, I went to look for something I had accidentally lost. I asked my friend to watch over him. When I came back, he had already woken up. And after that..." Her sweet voice filled everyone's ears, so beautiful that it was almost like they were pregnant.

Chi Yi found it increasingly melodramatic and awkwardly interjected, "Then he mistook your savior for someone else, but you fell in love with him, and he didn't love you, he loved your friend?"

Everyone turned to look at Chi Yi, then at Xi Lan, waiting for her answer.

Xi Lan stared at Chi Yi in astonishment, her pink lips trembling slightly before she finally fell silent. The silence that followed was deafening.

She seemed to say nothing, yet she said everything.

Chi Yi was speechless with emotion. Had the Little Mermaid fairy tale come true? Although there were some deviations, it was pretty much the same.

"Um... please continue." Having guessed correctly, Chi Yi was a little embarrassed.

Xi Lan then spoke again: "I didn't care whether he recognized his savior or not, or whether he loved me or not. I had already decided to return to the Merfolk and let them be together. But I didn't expect that they would betray me when I wasn't paying attention, take away my inner core, and even wanted to kill me. Fortunately, I had a secret technique to escape, but I was seriously injured and fell into a coma. Luckily, I met you, otherwise I was afraid I would have been eaten by other monsters in the sea."

After Chi Yi and the others learned what had happened and introduced themselves to each other, and seeing that it was getting late, Chi Yi said, "We need to go back now. Do you want to find a place to recover on your own, or should we help you find one?"

Xi Lan blinked her big, bright eyes at Chi Yi and asked, "Can I choose to follow you?"