After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 439: The Mysterious Figure is Not Human

Chapter 439: Chapter 439: The Mysterious Figure is Not Human

Quan Jinbei was reluctant to let her dwell on it and comforted her, saying, "Actually, whether we find this thing or not doesn’t really matter; even if we did find it, it wouldn’t change the fact that I won’t live past thirty."

"Instead of putting all our effort into searching, we should start from the most fundamental aspect."

He made sense.

What she was looking for now was, indeed, only a temporary solution, not a cure.

But, if it truly didn’t matter, she wouldn’t be searching so hard for it.

She looked at Quan Jinbei, her expression complex, "You’re right, whether we find it or not won’t affect the final outcome, but..."

"If we don’t find it, you’ll just have to follow the plot, can you really endure becoming someone who can only lay in bed sick?"

Quan Jinbei repeated the same phrase, "I’ve lived this way for over twenty years, I don’t mind a bit more."

His words sounded nonchalant, but Shi Yaoguang still couldn’t let go.

However, she also knew that searching aimlessly like a headless fly wasn’t the solution.

In the end, she decided to compromise.

Yet, she didn’t plan to leave right away, but said to him, "Since you don’t care anymore, I won’t look for it either."

Quan Jinbei thought he might need to persuade her further. Seeing her compromise so quickly, he was somewhat surprised, "Are you serious?"

Shi Yaoguang nodded naturally, and took the opportunity to ask, "Aren’t you serious?"

Quan Jinbei was serious, of course. Seeing that she said so, he replied, "Then let’s go back."

Shi Yaoguang shook her head, "You go back first, I’ll stay and look around a bit more."

Quan Jinbei’s gaze sharpened, looking at her with increased suspicion.

Shi Yaoguang spread her hands, showing no guilt, "You can fly back, I’ll use the Teleportation Array when it’s time."

Quan Jinbei immediately insisted that he would go with her.

"No," Shi Yaoguang refused, "Using the Teleportation Array consumes a lot of Spiritual Power. It’s much easier for me to use it alone than to carry one more person with me; if you care about me, just go back on your own."

With things said to this point, Quan Jinbei could only follow her wishes.

Before leaving, he especially reminded her, "Take care of your body, don’t waste any more Spiritual Power."

Shi Yaoguang understood. She cooperated completely, waving her hands, "I’ll just walk around these two days. Who knows, maybe I’ll get lucky and find what we’re looking for by chance?"

Seeing her like this, Quan Jinbei completely relaxed.

Having persuaded him, Shi Yaoguang breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, she also felt that what Quan Jinbei said was not without reason.

Wanting to find something in the vast Southernmost Land, a carpet-style search wouldn’t work.

Rather than wasting effort here, it would be better to...

Take a more practical approach.

The day Quan Jinbei returned home, Shi Yaoguang found a spot and began meditating.

Her Divine Sense released, little by little... five miles around...

Ten miles around...

A hundred miles around...

Her Divine Sense extended bit by bit to a thousand miles away.

This was undoubtedly very taxing on the mind and spirit.

Even in a world that emphasized cultivating mental strength, no one would dare to be so bold, so reckless.

Spreading one’s Divine Sense to such an extent was completely overusing mental strength.

If she were careless, or if she were attacked, becoming a fool would be the least of her worries.

Although the Southernmost Land was rarely visited by people, she still remembered what she had heard from Aili.

The mysterious figure was in the Southernmost Land.

Even if the mysterious figure might have already left, she still needed to be cautious.

Therefore, before releasing her Divine Sense, she had already made preparations.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t dare to expose herself so brazenly outside the glaciers.

As her Divine Sense continued to reach further out...

Accidentally intruding upon many indescribable scenes of the glacial creatures, she finally hit a wall at a certain point.

There was a direction to follow.

She gathered her Divine Sense towards that direction, and after a full-scale investigation, she finally confirmed that a certain place in the far south was immune to exploration by spiritual power.

In other words, what she was looking for was very likely inside.

Having determined the direction, she set off towards her goal.

It took her a whole half-hour of sword flight to arrive at the destination.

Unfortunately, when she got there, someone else’s footprints were already present.

This was a mountain cave.

The exterior of the cave looked unremarkable.

No different from most of the scenery in the far south.

But inside was a different world altogether.

She crouched down and went into the cave.

Halfway through, her expression suddenly changed.

Almost subconsciously, she quickly stepped back.

Following that, a loud "boom—" was heard as the cave began to collapse from the inside out.

Shi Yaoguang evaded in time and wasn’t much affected.

Watching the cave collapse at a visible rate, she continued to probe with her spiritual power.

Unexpectedly, she "saw" a person draped in a black robe beneath the cave.

This might well be the mysterious figure Aili had spoken of.

Thinking this, she began to remove the blocks of ice from the person.

To prevent the individual from escaping, she had preset a simple formation outside, ensuring they couldn’t flee before she started the rescue.

She wasn’t foolish enough to save someone for nothing.

Besides, the person was clearly not a friend but a foe.

After arranging everything and making sure the mysterious person could not escape, Shi Yaoguang then dug the person out from the glacial ruins.

The mysterious figure truly lived up to their name.

Not only were they cloaked in black, but they also wore a thick, heavy mask on their face.

It was as if the words "I am mysterious" were virtually inscribed on them.

The mysterious figure did not wake up immediately after being dug out.

While it’s not exactly good to pry into others’ secrets, but...

Since the mysterious figure had even incited the diviner Aili to kill her, Shi Yaoguang was no saint and didn’t feel obliged to be excessively polite.

Taking advantage of the mysterious figure’s unconscious state, she removed the mask from their face.

Upon seeing what was beneath, Shi Yaoguang was stunned.

The so-called "mysterious person" was simply...

Not human!

Hidden behind the mask was not a face of any particular appearance.

Instead, it was hollow.

To describe it in detail, it was as if the person underneath the black robe and mask had been erased with photo editing technology.

So much so that when the mask was removed, Shi Yaoguang could see nothing but an empty clothes hanger.

Even though she couldn’t see anything, the cloak clearly had the outline of a human figure.

Looking at it this way, it seemed there might be another "person" hidden beneath the mask.

For a moment, Shi Yaoguang couldn’t be sure if this mysterious figure could even be considered a person.

To find out, Shi Yaoguang quietly replaced the mask on them.

Then, she crouched beside him and began to shake him, attempting to wake him up.

The mysterious figure was shaken by her and truly woke up.

He had no idea that Shi Yaoguang had already seen what was underneath his mask.

Upon opening his eyes and seeing Shi Yaoguang, he was startled and then prepared to attack her.

Shi Yaoguang snorted, "That’s not a very nice way to treat your rescuer, is it?"

At her words, the mysterious figure paused in his actions.