The Sorrowmender

Chapter 47 – White-haired girl, Ancient Golden Crow

The white light gradually converged, forming lines of text.

Xu Qingzhou looked down, carefully studying each line.

[Name: None (Street Urchin)]

[Race: Demon Race]

[Age: Twelve years since transformation]

Personal Introduction: The ancient Golden Crow fell from the heavens, using its last essence to reverse yin and yang, reforming into an egg. However, it fell into the Extreme North Ice Region, where it was attacked by cold energy for endless ages, unable to hatch.

Due to a chaotic battle among the emperors of the heavens in the Extreme North ten thousand years ago, it accidentally fell to the mortal realm, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, eventually transforming into a fetus.

Yet, because the extreme cold of the Extreme North had penetrated its marrow, it lost all memories of its past life, its inherited marks vanished, and its Twelve Beast Veins were severed.

Thus, it became a mortal, unable to transform, unable to soar the nine heavens.

And every full moon, when the tides of the heavens in the Extreme North surge, the cold poison acts up, as if falling into an ice cave, suffering the pain of being cut and chiseled, wishing for death.

Concern: Transformed into a human, living in ignorance, met Xu Wuyou, treating her as family, thus the concern is how to keep the promise without killing Mister Forgetting Worries.

Note: The white worry is an unsolvable worry, it cannot be resolved, only investigated.

Xu Qingzhou examined each word and sentence carefully, his expression changing as a hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes.

Before this, he had speculated about the white-haired girl's background, but he never expected that this child was actually the transformed ancient divine beast, the Golden Crow.

"The Twelve Beast Veins severed, reduced to a mortal, yet still possessing such a formidable physique, truly worthy of being an ancient divine beast."

He murmured to himself, secretly amazed.

Of course, what shocked him the most was not the white-haired girl's background, nor her inner worries, but the fact that this worry could not be resolved.

Having crossed over for more than a hundred days, and having resolved over a hundred worries, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.

This seemed completely inconsistent with the system's introduction.

Calming his inner shock, he quickly communicated with the system through his thoughts.

"Foster Father, what's going on, why can't I resolve this worry?"

In response to Xu Qingzhou's inquiry, the system spirit quickly replied.

[Because the Worry-Free System only resolves worries for females.]

The system's voice was steady, without any fluctuation, yet Xu Qingzhou's eyebrows furrowed, "What do you mean, are people of the Demon Race not considered female?"

[Of course, they are.]

"Then why can't her worry be resolved, could it be..." Xu Qingzhou's voice trailed off, his pupils gradually dilating as he glanced, intentionally or unintentionally, at the white-haired girl on the bed exuding cold air, speaking in a low voice, "Is she male?"

As soon as he asked the question, even before the Worry-Free Book could answer, Xu Qingzhou shook his head, the light in his eyes shifting, talking to himself.

"No, no, no, if she were male, how could the Worry-Free Book form words, how could I know her past..."

[The Golden Crow is an ancient top-tier divine beast, from the heavens above, inherently hermaphroditic, without distinction between male and female. Although now transformed into human form, it is only due to the invasion of the Extreme North's yin cold energy, damaging the Golden Crow's true essence, extinguishing the essence fire, thus the yin within is stronger than the yang, forming a female body. Such an existence can be investigated by the Worry-Free Book, but cannot have its worries resolved by it.]

[Does this explanation make sense to you?]

The system spirit explained in great detail, and Xu Qingzhou, not being ignorant, naturally understood.

Hermaphroditic, thus investigable but not curable, it sounded very reasonable.

Cold is yin, fire is yang, yang is male, and yin is female, also quite logical.

But for the dignified Golden Crow, a beast of extreme yang, to be afflicted with cold poison, it sounded somewhat absurd.

However, how can the matters of the world be clearly explained, especially with the existence of crossing over and systems, what else is impossible?

His gaze fell again on the white-haired girl, the cold air still continuously emanating, the person just now had turned into an ice sculpture, with ice flowers forming on the ground and paper windows.

Even he, standing there, had a layer of white frost on his eyelashes and hair.

The cold was the most intense Xu Qingzhou had ever seen in his life.

"Though you keep saying you want to kill me, your worry is actually hoping I can live, your heart is not bad, you just met the wrong person, followed the wrong person."

"You shouldn't be like this, shouldn't be like this..."

He talked to himself, feeling secretly sorrowful.

People are not plants, who can be without feelings? The white-haired girl in front of him, though transformed from a Golden Crow demon beast, still had a mortal heart.

Even if she said she wanted to kill Xu Qingzhou, after spending so much time together, they had already formed a deep bond, not something that could be easily severed.

Xu Qingzhou had once said, a child is always a blank sheet of paper, what is written on it depends on the person holding the pen.

A twelve-year-old mind, traveling with Mo Shengge, yet still having such a nature, was enough to prove this child was not bad.

From both her nature and her background, he should step in and guide her onto the right path.

Like with Wuyou, keeping her by his side to nurture her was the best course of action, both emotionally and logically.

His eyes focused, making a decision, then he asked the system spirit.

"Since I can't resolve her worry, is there a way to cure her cold poison?"

[It can be cured. Seek the twelve types of the most yang, most firm, most fierce, most pure, and most extreme fires in the world, have her consume them, and reforge the Twelve Beast Veins to reignite the Golden Crow Essence, then the cold poison can be driven out.]

"Where can I find them?"

[Unknown!]

"Can I buy them?"

[Yes.]

[But you can't afford it, and the Forgetting Worries General Store only sells one type, priced at 1 million Merit Points.]

Xu Qingzhou's facial muscles twitched wildly, some frost falling from his eyelids. One million, that number was a fantasy for him now.

Even if he wanted to buy, it was impossible.

And only one type, even if he had the money, he could only buy one type.

"Isn't there any other way?"

He still unwillingly asked.

[The cold energy within her is the Nine Yin Frost Qi from the depths of the Extreme North, only by reforging the Golden Crow Essence can it be dispelled.]

Hearing this, Xu Qingzhou asked no more, shaking his head helplessly, murmuring softly, "Are we really not destined?"

[Though it cannot be resolved, there is another way to suppress it.]

"What do you mean?" Xu Qingzhou asked curiously.

[Though her beast veins are severed and her essence fire extinguished, the blood of the Golden Crow still flows within her, otherwise, with the cold poison acting up once a month, she would have died long ago.]

[Didn't you acquire an immortal herb today? Just refine and have her consume it, using the abundant fire source of the Flame Grass to suppress her cold poison for three years.]

[But let me be clear, it can only suppress, not eradicate. The Flame Grass is incredibly valuable, capable of forging divine weapons, whether to use it is your decision.]

"Three years?"

An immortal herb could suppress the cold poison for three years, was it worth it? He hesitated.

After a moment of hesitation, his gaze deepened, and with a pat on his waist, a fiery red grass floated in his palm, illuminating the surroundings brightly.

The cold retreated, the frost dissipated.

Xu Qingzhou gazed at the herb in his hand, speaking softly.

"For Wuyou, and for the future, it's just an immortal herb."

"Do good deeds, ask not about the future..."

"This young lady, Xu will guide her."