Just as the five of them were completely confused, the members of the guild came back.
Led by the president, they were dressed in black suits, with an indelible sadness on their faces.
"Huh?"
But then the two groups of people faced each other. Old Master Luo opened his mouth wide, looking at Jolian and the others in disbelief.
"You're not dead!"
As soon as a guild member finished speaking, he was sent flying by the combined efforts of Wumulian and Zuo Meng.
"Drop dead. I'm alive and well!"
As soon as the pink - haired girl finished speaking, she felt the atmosphere in the guild turn solemn, and she suddenly became less confident.
"Could it be... I'm really dead?"
"Welcome back!"
This silence didn't last long. The guild members, with tears of joy streaming down their faces, rushed over and threw Wumulian and the others into the air, except for Ms. Vissier.
"Stop! Don't throw. I'm getting dizzy. Can someone tell me what's going on?"
Vissier looked at the suddenly excited children, shook her head helplessly, and walked past the crowd to the old master's side.
"President, what on earth is going on?"
Old Master Luo narrowed his eyes. "Do you know how long you've been gone?"
"Oh?" The lady guessed something from these words. "We found [Endria's Former Residence] in the [Quiet Forest], and then we were sucked in."
"We also met the Book of Answers... The time there was almost one night. How long has it been in the outside world?"
"A week!" The old master nodded thoughtfully, then held up one finger. "And your magic fluctuations completely disappeared."
PS: Magic fluctuation = heartbeat
"I see..." Vissier nodded, bent down, and whispered in Grandpa Luo's ear.
"I found something interesting in the Book of Answers... All our previous speculations about Jolian's identity were wrong. She's different from Fu Xinyue..."
As she spoke, she pointed upwards. A flash of shock passed through the old master's eyes, but he quickly hid it.
"I believe my child won't go astray. That's that."
"Well~ Maybe not before, but now it's hard to say... After all, people change..."
The lady said, looking at Jolian who was being tossed around dizzily in the air, with a meaningful tone.
The old master didn't catch the hidden meaning in her words, but still warned, "Yanyin! The Other Shore can be a letter from heaven or a knock on the door of hell. I don't want you to do something you'll regret!"
"Got it, President~" Vissier replied with a fake smile and then turned to leave.
After some more frolicking, Jolian and the others were put down.
According to them, after [Resurrection Night] passed, everyone set off to the [Quiet Forest] to look for them.
The place had returned to its original state, but there was no sign of them.
They asked the previous clients, and they all said they hadn't seen anyone from [The Other Shore] coming out of the jungle.
Just like that, they searched on and off for a week. Finally, having no other choice, they accepted the fact that they had died.
Otherwise, if they had come back a little earlier, they could even have caught their own funerals!
"I'm really speechless!" Wumulian rushed out of the guild angrily.
"Fire Stick, where are you going?" Zuo Meng, who had turned back into a loli, called out to her.
"What else can I do! I'm going to dig up my grave!"
Everyone: "..."
"Although it seems reasonable... but why does this sound so strange?"
Jolian looked at the impetuous pink - haired girl and shook her head helplessly.
Then she looked at Xiaomeng curiously. "There's something I'm a bit confused about. Can I ask you?"
"You... this way of speaking... I'm suddenly a bit unaccustomed to it?" Zuo Meng wriggled uncomfortably.
You know, the two of them didn't talk much before. After all, if they could fight, they'd talk less.
For this reason, the guild was often damaged by the two of them! That's why Jolian was called the most rowdy child in [The Other Shore].
"Uh..." Xiao'an was at a loss for words for a moment and automatically chose to ignore this sentence:
"What I want to ask is... about Wumulian's nickname."
"I can understand you calling her 'pup' because people from [Crow Dog] are all called that way... "
"Just like people from [The Other Shore] are called 'flower buds'... "
"But what does 'fire stick' mean? Is it because of the fire magic she uses?"
"Ah! Jolian, you've hit the point." Zuo Meng looked very knowledgeable, tilting her little head and explaining the art of nicknames to her.
"Look, her using fire magic corresponds to the 'fire' in 'fire stick'. And look at how flat she is. Doesn't she look like the surface of a stick?"
"So, do you understand now?"
"Um..." Jolian nodded thoughtfully. It seemed to make sense.
"Then you call me 'Jolian the Self - Harmer'. Does it mean literally, or do I need to understand it abstractly?"
"This doesn't need an abstract explanation. It means literally!"
Zuo Meng recalled the scenes of their previous fights, and then thought about her current fighting style in the [Quiet Forest].
"You know about Life Alchemy, right? It's the ultimate move of ordinary alchemists. Your normal attacks before, I really don't know how you survived until now. And you're still not dead?"
Jolian really didn't know how to respond this time.
The original owner... seemed to have killed herself...
"However, I think you're doing well now. At least it's very safe." Xiaomeng suddenly looked at her seriously, and her eyes were still on her stomach.
"Although I don't know what you exchanged with Life Alchemy before, I can feel that you were in great pain every night!
"So now that you've lost your memory and found a new way to fight, don't be like before, where you kill one thousand enemies but lose fifteen thousand of your own strength, okay?"
"Fifteen thousand..."
When Jolian heard this number, she felt her eyelids twitching crazily. Thinking that the original owner's strength she saw before was above that of Yimansha...
Suddenly, she felt that it was not unjust for her to die. What was going on?
After chatting with everyone for a while longer, Jolian returned to her room.
Because of the time flow rate inside the castle, there were still five days until the commission of [Underworld Land] started.
The final candidates for the trip have been determined. Yimansha will lead the team, and Jolian, Zuo Meng, and Wumulian will accompany her.
At first, Yimansha didn't agree to Wumulian joining the team...
This left the pink - haired girl completely confused. She almost cursed and turned on Yimansha, saying, "I even went to save you, and this is how you treat me!"
If it hadn't been for the president and Lady Vissier stepping in to mediate, this matter would have dragged on for two or three days.
However, what exactly is the story between Yimansha and Fu Xinyue? Why does the former always look at her with guilt in her eyes?
Jolian turned over. If the person involved doesn't talk about it, she'll never be able to guess in her life.
It's better to think about what she should prepare in the next few days. After all, she'll soon be going to the [Underworld Land], where even the original owner suffered setbacks...
She now has long - range alchemical weapons and close - combat ones too, but she always feels like something is still missing...