Chapter Seven, Beyond the Dream

When fully awake, Huang Ying found herself lying in bed

The expression on Yingxing's face was ashen, his striking features shrouded in a layer of frost. He raised the copper shield in his hand, intending to strike again: "I'll keep hitting this brat until he cries!"

I sincerely apologize for the trouble caused to the two fairies by my younger brother

Huang Ying gazed at him in a daze and asked, "Then why did you shed tears for me?"

I see! The learning ability of children is very strong

Sister! Xuanji, where are you going?" Huangying asked.

The youth was utterly astonished: "You... you!"

There is! A voice came from a place very close... very close... Huang Ying could even feel the breath blowing on her face... She opened her eyes in shock, only to discover an even more shocking fact—that meteor was lying right beside her! It was still smiling at her!

"This is my bed..." She closed her eyes contentedly and turned over, "So it was just a dream! There were no shooting stars!"

What do I want? Huang Ying stepped forward and said, "Did I ever say I wanted your tears? Did I ever say I was afraid of shooting stars? However, there is one thing I can be certain of, and that is— you have mistaken the person!"

A mischievous face peeked out from the cluster of chrysanthemums, grinning as it asked, "Are you alright? Was that star official just now your friend? His actions were quite ruthless!"

There is a river that remains untainted by the clamor of the world, nor does it dry up from a lack of rain. It cannot bestow its blessings upon the vast earth, nor can it stir up waves like the roar of thunder. It flows silently, traversing the entire deep blue sky. It perceives all the entanglements of human grievances and observes the annual reunion of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on either bank. Perhaps it understands everything that transpires between heaven and earth better than any celestial being, yet it simply flows quietly, from the Sea of Caution to the Abyss of Return.

However, just as Huang Ying was about to close the door, she heard someone gently call out: "Hey!"

Because Huang Ying often runs away

The handsome and tall celestial official outside the door wore a look of anxiety, while the woman in the red dress in his arms appeared more fragile than ever. Her lifeless, pale face, contrasted against the blood-red collar, was particularly heart-wrenching

"That is because... I got lost again later, and saved the wrong person..." The young man spoke with a lack of confidence this time, sobbing.

Huang Ying felt dizzy and fainted. Before worrying about her original spirit, she kept pondering a question for a long time: "Is this guy an idiot or just too naive? Can't he see that I'm about to die! ! ! ... ... I've been cultivating for one thousand eight hundred years!"

"Eh? Where has your sister Xuànjī gone?" Zǐlán looked around but did not see anyone else.

"Where, where..." Huang Ying stole a glance at Little Meteor's brother—the leader of the meteors. She noticed that the two brothers looked very similar. So, Huang Ying secretly poked Little Meteor in the back and said, "Your brother is much more serious than you! You need to work hard and strive to become a mature and reliable man."

On that day, an event occurred that was crucial to Huang Ying's future... However, she remained unaware of how significant this event was until a long time later in the future

Can one still distinguish between the cardinal directions when lost? The young man did not back down, saying, "Moreover, I sincerely tried to help! Not to mention that I was inexplicably interrupted by this big brother and had my arm broken..."

You! The young man still wanted to say something, but of course, Huang Ying did not give him that opportunity. Just as the two of them were about to engage in a remarkable debate, they were suddenly interrupted by a thunderous knocking at the door

Huang Ying nodded slightly, as if deep in thought. "Oh, so those boring idle people have wandered over again..."

"Seeing you looking quite happy, you must be unaware of..." The woman in the purple shirt deliberately kept them in suspense

Zilan seemed to suddenly understand and echoed: "Now that you mention it, it does seem to be the case! Not to mention anything else, every time they come, they force our Flower Fairy to hide and seek, which is truly heinous!"

Huang Ying looked at Xuan Ji and noticed that her complexion was becoming increasingly dim. Therefore, she could no longer afford to waste time tangling with the boy. She grabbed his collar and threatened fiercely: "I will give you one more chance, but do not waste it. This is the only opportunity—hurry up and cry! You know how many tears are needed."

The chrysanthemums swayed with their verdant branches and leaves, producing a resonant sound that seemed to express their confidence in the future promised to them by Huang Ying

Chrysanthemum Fairy, I am the Northern Sky Guardian, Yingxing. The Radiant Princess, she ... ...

"Do not joke around..." The young man was so frightened that his face turned pale, running around in a panic, trying to escape the pursuit of the firefly. "Even if you kill me, I might not shed a tear—"

The young man was not frightened by her: "I said—no, I can't do it!" He glanced at the expressions on Huang Ying and Ying Xing's faces, immediately abandoning his plan to joke—because, given the current situation, ... mishandling this scene could lead to a fatal outcome ...

The young boy stuck out his tongue, wearing a nonchalant expression: "Because I thought you were about to die. I have never seen someone on the verge of death, so I guess I was a bit scared by you..."

My sister and I are like two sides of the same coin... Although we cultivate in different bodies, we always share the same life. As long as I am safe, my sister will not face the danger of her Genshin shattering." Huang Ying said while gently patting Xuanyue's forehead with a silk scarf dipped in Tianhe water

She smiled and asked, "How come you all have the time to come to the North to see me?"

The lovely, lovely chrysanthemums. Huang Ying held a water bottle, carefully watering the endless field of chrysanthemums. She dipped her belt into the water from the Milky Way in the bottle and waved it towards the field, causing countless beautiful tiny droplets to evenly scatter among the flowers

Huang Ying—Huang Ying! In the distance, two women dressed in purple and green called out from afar. When Huang Ying looked up, she realized it was her friends

Huang Ying certainly wanted to shout at him: "Your flirting skills are rather poor! Of course I don't remember you, because I've never seen you before! And you ask me what's wrong, can't you tell that I'm about to faint?"

The young boy blinked and innocently replied, "I can't do it, oh..."

"Huang Ying, how long have we been here?" asked the woman in the red shirt

Then let's make this agreement! The woman in the red shirt smiled.

"Your... tears?" Huang Ying looked at the handsome young man in surprise. "Oh dear! How embarrassing! Do you not know that 'a man does not shed tears lightly'? Uh... did you drink it again? How disgusting!"

Huang Ying slowly turned her head, her cold gaze filled with murderous intent

So you are saying... you are leaving me to take care of the house? Xuanyi—how cunning you are! Huangying, having risen from the depths of despair, began to develop in another direction, becoming filled with righteous indignation

Since then, Yu Nong began to respectfully address Zi Lan as "Auntie"

The young man seems even stranger than her, "What, you don't remember me?! You... what happened to you!"

"Stop it!" Huang Ying stood in front of the young man, casting a dissatisfied glance at Ying Xing: "Can't you see that he has already been injured by you? Moreover, he has explained everything very clearly. How can you treat him like this? Isn't that too unkind?" She feigned a helpless expression, shaking her head earnestly as she said: "How can the Star Officer be so lacking in composure? Getting flustered over every little thing! If we talk about composure, it's still our Flower Fairy who has it... I have a way to save Xuan Ji!"

Oh, naivety! Huang Ying shook her head and pulled the nearby Zi Lan, "Yu Nong, keep an eye on this 'aunt.' Although she often pretends to be innocent, in reality, she is a wisteria that is four thousand eight hundred years old... and she still ran away!"

To this, Huang Ying replied with certainty: "It is just that the aura of our flower fairies is relatively gentle, while the aura of the meteors is rather fierce. Moreover, they come from a distant world, carrying with them an unfamiliar aura. If we were to encounter them, we might injure the original spirit... that would be serious!" She frightened the children and continued with a terrifying expression: "Not only would your life be over, but even the perpetrator would be impossible to apprehend— you know, they merely pass through here and then quickly vanish without a trace!" If we were to encounter them, we might injure the original spirit... that would be serious!" She frightened the children and continued with a terrifying expression: "Not only would your life be over, but even the perpetrator would be impossible to apprehend— you know, they merely pass through here and then quickly vanish without a trace!"

Zilan shook her head, deliberately wanting to make her anxious, and just wouldn't say anything. Huang Ying had no choice but to ask a five or six-year-old little girl: "Yunong, dear, please tell Sister Huang Ying, is there any news?"

The one in the yellow shirt, referred to as "Huang Ying," scratched his head and murmured, "So much time has already passed... but I hardly noticed it!"

Ah—sister! This is a secret! You must not let the Heavenly Emperor know! ... ... Of course, I won't reveal the matter of your frequent disappearances either!

It is not that I am afraid... right, Huang Ying? Although Zi Lan said this, it is evident that she lacks theoretical basis—she actually wants to quote Huang Ying's words!

Huang Ying carefully observed his arms as he waved them up and down, and indeed found that he had been injured—though it was not to the extent he claimed of being "broken." She felt somewhat guilty, but her words did not yield: "You deserve it! Moreover, you shamelessly boast about your sincere treatment—if you had truly treated her, how could my sister be in such a state now?"

Huang Ying, feeling perplexed, could not help but walk towards the young man and asked, "What are you talking about? Who are you? I have never seen you before. Are you a celestial official from the heavens?"

The star official's tightly furrowed brows were filled with sorrow, and he forced himself to suppress his grief as he said: "The fairy was strolling in the northern sky, and somehow she unexpectedly collided with a shooting star... as a result..." Before he could finish his sentence, he noticed a handsome young man peering curiously behind Huang Ying. "—It's him!"

Huang Ying then realized that she had fallen into her trap, but there was nothing she could do about it

"Hoo—" Huang Ying took a deep breath, (she felt this action was quite threatening), allowing her mind, which had exploded with a 'bang', to calm down slightly, while also gathering the power of her anger... "What did you say?!" — Crackle. ... Her shout caused the two small buildings in Beitian, which stood out like cranes among chickens, to tremble.

However, before she could shout all of this out, she felt a darkness before her eyes and lost consciousness. Yet her indomitable tongue still managed to struggle out an incomplete phrase: "You ... ... meteor!"

"Who is it?" they shouted in unison, all feeling displeased with this inconsiderate person who interrupted their contest.

When people in the world still believe in the existence of "God"

A few days later, the brother of the little meteor made a special trip back to search for his missing younger brother. Of course, this did not take much effort, as all the deities in the heavenly court knew that the two fairies, Huang Ying and Xuan Ji, had already cultivated into primordial spirits that were not afraid of meteors

Yunong was already so frightened that her face turned pale, yet she still wanted to save face, saying, "I, I am not afraid! I have five hundred years of cultivation..."

Sister!" Huang Ying shouted, rushing over to lift Xuan Ji's face, unable to contain her anger. "What is going on? How could she be like this?"

The meteor boy lay on the edge of the bed, propping his chin up as he watched, "You gods of the heavenly court are truly strange. I have traveled through many places, yet I have never seen chrysanthemums and peach blossoms as sisters..."

The little girl replied earnestly: "The Flower Fairy said that a meteor will pass through the heavenly court today, and we should avoid it. So, my sister Zilan and I came to find you"

Huang Ying said little, leaning beside Xuan Ji. Watching her sister with her eyes tightly closed, Huang Ying shed a tear. "Sister, wake up! Let me know you are okay..." The tear rolled down to the edge of Xuan Ji's lips, seeping in...

"We are different from meteors and comets; we usually do not shed tears," the young boy said earnestly. "The chance to cry may not come even once in a lifetime... My brother has wandered for sixty million years, and I have never seen him shed a tear. Tears are the most precious crystallization of a meteor. Even if this body encounters danger and disappears, as long as there is a tear crystal stone, we can be reborn. My parents never shed a tear in their lives, and as a result, they died after their bodies were destroyed. Even if this body encounters danger and disappears, as long as there is a tear crystal stone, we can be reborn. My parents never shed a tear in their lives, and as a result, they died after their bodies were destroyed... Meteors do not wish to refrain from shedding tears; rather, they long to cry. But that opportunity remains unknown as to when it will arrive. No one knows why meteors shed tears..."

"The same method?" both Firefly and Meteor asked simultaneously

The story takes place by the Tianhe River. It was a long, long time ago on a certain day.

The firefly star was clearly not as composed as they were; he nervously stared at the pale face of Xuànjī and asked, "What must be done for her to wake up?"

"Xuanji lives next door, you have the wrong door!" Huangying said impatiently.

Yunong pulled the lapels of the two seniors and innocently asked: "Why do we flower fairies fear shooting stars?"

Huang Ying looked around and indeed, located at the boundary of the Heavenly Court, this desolate Northern Sky was so barren that even terrifying meteors did not come here

Huang Ying was taken aback: "Firefly, Firefly Star... what are you doing?!"

It is thirty-two days! The woman in the red shirt sighed and revealed the answer

Huang Ying was taken aback for a moment, then immediately rushed towards the door

"Alright, alright..." Since the moment Little Meteor saw his brother, he began to feel gloomy. It was only after walking a considerable distance that he turned back and shouted at Huang Ying: "Hey—my name is Qi You!"

A heavy object struck forcefully at the back of the meteor's head

Went out to play

Lost? Why didn't you wander off to another place? Why did you specifically come to our Northern Sky... Are you intentionally trying to harm us?

The young man laughed and said: "You finally remembered! I thought you had amnesia, you startled me..."

"Bored idle person?" Zi Lan blinked and said, "Isn't it inappropriate to say that about someone?"

Who is being so evasive? Huang Ying furrowed her brows and walked into the flower field.

What is wrong? Huang Ying raised her voice and said: "You have nothing to do all day, running around aimlessly in the world. Moreover, you are causing trouble for others—it's simply worse than the average boring idle person!"

"Why worry!" Huang Ying and Xuan Ji laughed, "No wonder he has no idea what it means to be troubled..."

Amidst the shimmering tears, Xuanyi gently opened her eyes

Huang Ying patted his shoulder to offer comfort, "Now I have added Meteor Tears Crystal to my Genshin Impact. As long as I use the same method, it should ensure that Xuanyue is not in serious trouble."

The young man was overwhelmed by the situation and stammered in defense: "I... I didn't mean to! ... I was just lost, that's all..."

It was a remarkably exquisite small building, accompanied by a private courtyard. Designed by the Emperor of Heaven, who had a fondness for ancient styles, and constructed under the direction of the Empress of Heaven, who had a penchant for grand undertakings. It was not because Huang Ying was an extraordinary individual, but rather because the aforementioned two often found themselves bored. Ever since losing their nine beloved sons, it seemed they had to seek out various activities to alleviate the sorrow in their hearts

However, if you, sister, do not tell me, I truly would not know that its source lies in the Sea of Restraint A young woman in a yellow shirt lightly stirred the river water, laughing in a tinkling manner, and said, You know, I have always been quite lazy

"Do not be afraid! I have given you my tears to drink, so you will no longer need to fear meteors!" he said with a smile, "Actually, I wanted to help you like this earlier, but who would have thought that a star official would suddenly rush out... However, it is fine, he meant well in trying to save you"

However, in a distant future after that, this carefree child became a young man who was saddened by Huang Ying... Yet, Huang Ying and Xuan Ji forgot the deep feelings they had for each other, deeply hurting one another and shedding many tears...

The woman in the red shirt looked at her embarrassed and frustrated demeanor, smiling as she prepared to leave

Having drunk the water of the Heavenly River, you must practice diligently. One day, you will surely become an immortal in the heavens, just like me— is this not far better than remaining trapped in an inflexible body?

What? Huang Ying's curiosity was immediately piqued, "Zi Lan, what on earth has happened?"

After Zilan and Yunong left, Xuanyi had not yet returned. Huangying, feeling bored, returned to her own residence

Well, I have become 'missing without a trace'! The gradually fading sound carries a faint scent of peach blossoms, disappearing without a trace

"She is not someone who enjoys playing around," Zilan said with a pout. "Just make sure you don't run into a meteor! But don't worry, the meteors don't pass through the northern sky, which is why we came here to take refuge!"

Let me think..." The woman in the yellow shirt rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a long time.

Your sister has fainted!" shouted the person outside.