"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang..."
A rhythmic knocking sound came from outside the window.
"Cough cough... Qing Meng, are you here? Cough cough... "The little girl dragged her weak body to the window and opened it as usual.
"Yo, how are you feeling today?" The sparrow flew into the room, circled the girl's head twice, and landed on the window.
"Cough cough, much better than yesterday."
The little girl's haggard face showed a smile, and then she took out a walnut from the pocket of her hospital gown. "I'm sorry, Qing Meng... Cough cough, the nurse auntie didn't allow me to go out, so I couldn't get anything to eat today... This is the only thing I have."
"It's okay, I'm not picky."
The sparrow jumped onto the walnut that was bigger than its head and started to peck at it.
"Is there a story today?" The little girl coughed a few times and asked the sparrow.
"Yes, there are many stories... For example, in the city park today..."
As usual, the sparrow pecked at the walnut while telling the little girl what it saw and heard.
But after a while, it still didn't get a response from the little girl, which made it curious. So it raised its head and found that the little girl had fallen to the ground and lost consciousness.
"Oh no! Help, help... Damn, I forgot that the mortals in this world can't hear my voice. "
The sparrow circled the room in a panic for a few rounds before flying to the nurses' station in the hospital. It made a big fuss there, scaring the nurses who thought they had encountered a supernatural event. It also made them notice the little girl's strange behavior.
When the little girl regained consciousness, she found herself lying on a pure white hospital bed with an oxygen mask on her face.
A doctor by the bed was recording something when he saw her wake up. He first scolded the little girl for being immature. Her body was so weak, but she still opened the window to let the cold wind in. She must have a death wish. Then, he saw the little girl's lowered head and looked depressed, so he comforted her that she was fine for now and not to worry too much.
After the doctor left, the little girl raised her head and looked at the window, but Qing Meng's figure was gone, and only half a walnut was left.
After that, the girl's physical condition deteriorated day by day. Although the sparrow still flew to her window every day and pecked at the window, the number of times the girl had the strength to get out of bed to open the window decreased.
However, the sparrow didn't care. It always talked to the girl about the scenery outside through the glass. When the girl apologized to it for not being able to get food, it would peck at the walnut twice, indicating that she didn't need to care.
He didn't know what method the sparrow used, but that half of the walnut seemed to have taken root on the windowsill. The wind couldn't blow it away, and the rain couldn't break it. Even if other birds saw it, they didn't dare to peck at it.
No matter how slow-witted the little girl was, she could tell that this little sparrow was different from how it was half a year ago when it almost starved to death. In the past half a year, it had soared through the wind and rain, and its once weak wings had become much stronger. Its ability to see everything, no matter how big or small, must have allowed it to find other ways to hunt for food.
It was only here to see her.
This made the little girl's heart feel warm. It also gave her enough courage to accept all kinds of treatment, because she knew that there was always a green sparrow waiting for her by the window of her ward.
After a few days, the nurses in the hospital began to talk about a Taoist master coming to the hospital. The little girl was curious and asked a nurse she had a good relationship with. In the end, she found out that the reason was that a few days ago when the sparrow made a scene at the nurses' station in order to call someone to save her.
Mortals couldn't see Green Dawn, so it was naturally regarded as a supernatural incident when it made a scene at the nurses' station. Moreover, judging from the intensity of the scene at that time, it was as if there was an evil spirit causing trouble. Although not many people believed it, the head nurse, who was one of the people involved, had an ancestor who was related to a very famous Taoist temple. That Taoist temple's master, who had long disappeared from the world, was actually invited by her.
After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, the little girl felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She knew very well that although the sparrow was very likely to be a legendary monster, it was just a little monster that didn't even have a place to eat half a year ago. In the end, it had no choice but to come here to beg for food from a human. If it was really met by the master of the Taoist temple, it would undoubtedly die.
From that day onwards, no matter how Green Dawn knocked on the window and talked to the little girl, she just bit her lips tightly and covered her head with the quilt, ignoring it, hoping that it would be disappointed in her and leave.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but the window in her ward finally stopped making banging sounds. And that half of the walnut, at some point in time, was left with some residue.
The little girl's first friend in her life disappeared from her life just like that.
Although she had expected it, at that time, she was still very sad. Her condition, which had been improving, took a turn for the worse. Within a few days, she could only lie in bed and struggle at death's door.
It was a night.
The sleeping little girl seemed to have sensed something and opened her eyes.
Then she saw a sparrow, which was emitting a fluorescent green light in the dark night, landing on her bed and looking at her with a pair of bright eyes.
"That's great." Green Dawn broke the silence between the two and said happily, "I thought something had happened to you. I was so scared that I almost ran to the Mistress to ask for an elixir of immortality."
"Why are you still here …" The little girl didn't know whether she was angry or happy. She only felt that her tears kept flowing. "There will soon be a very powerful Taoist priest here. You will be beaten to death by him!"
"Is that why you're ignoring me?"
Green Dawn wasn't stupid. It only took a little thought for it to understand the reason why the little girl was acting strangely these few days. It jumped around the little girl's bed like a real sparrow, looking very happy.
But then its raised tail drooped down again. "I have to go."
The little girl didn't answer. She just buried half of her face in the quilt.
"My two brothers found me. I have to go home with them …"
Green Dawn said dejectedly.
"Oh, then hurry up and go." The little girl didn't know if it was because she was angry or something, but she didn't look at Green Dawn. She only stared at the oxygen tube not far away, as if it had grown a flower.
"Do you know? Actually, I'm not a monster, so even if that powerful Daoist priest you mentioned comes, he won't do anything to me." Qing Meng continued, "I'm a green bird, a spiritual bird."
The little girl knew that Green Dawn wanted her to ask it to stay. If she really did ask, with Green Dawn's personality, it might really stay.
But she didn't want Green Dawn to take any risks for her.
So the two of them (one human and one bird) remained silent.
After a long time, Green Dawn suddenly pulled a tail feather from its tail and put it on the little girl's chest.
"We, the Cyan Bird, grow three tail feathers in our lifetime. Each one has the power to bring happiness to others... Xingyan, I hope you can get healthy. Then, one day..." Qing Meng's voice turned a little hazy, "One day, I hope we can meet again in the Immortal Realm..."
Green Dawn left.
The little girl didn't even know how it disappeared, but from then on, no matter where she went, she would never forget to bring that feather that was as beautiful as a work of art.
Her illness also recovered quickly, which made the doctors exclaim that it was a miracle.
On the day she was discharged from the hospital, a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe passed by her room and was attracted by the little girl's talent.
"I'm the head of the Bailu Temple, Yun Guanyu … Girl, do you want to become an immortal?"
— End of memory —
"So much time has passed in the blink of an eye …"
Leaning against the wall, Qin Xingyan was in a daze. To be honest, she had almost forgotten Green Dawn's appearance and voice, but the last sentence 'I hope we can meet again in the Immortal Realm' kept echoing in her ears. This was also the biggest motivation for her to concentrate on cultivation.
"It's about time to continue cultivating …" Qin Xingyan sighed and collected her thoughts. She struggled to sit cross-legged, intending to cultivate her cultivation method.
But at this moment, there was a loud bang. The top half of the confinement room, along with the roof and the door, disappeared, leaving behind a broken wall that was less than three feet tall.
In front of the confinement room, the landlord, who was holding a green foxtail that she didn't know where, smiled at her. "Yo, I'm here to pick you up ~"
"Really, senior …"
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then she smiled bitterly. "I'm just cultivating."
"… Eh?"
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