"Drip, drip..."
Falling from tree leaves, splattering onto the soil, then forming ripples that spread across the lake surface.
Months after Hua Changdeng lit his lantern to hunt ghosts, the Mournful Emperor realm welcomed its first rain.
This signaled the normalization of the weather. The Emperor realm returned to its natural state, and everything resumed its proper order.
The sound of rain grew louder and heavier.
Bubbles in the mountain lake burst forth more plentifully, as if the fish were suffocating, desperately vying to surface for a breath of fresh air.
"Wow!"
The lake surface exploded, revealing numerous Bei Huai.
There were mermaids with human heads and fish bodies, and mer-creatures with fish heads and human bodies...
While the other fish inhaled the fresh air, one Bei Huai swam near the shore from afar. It had a human head and fish body, its face rounded like a baby's cheeks—utterly adorable:
"What are you thinking?"
