For the past four hundred years, the copper plate had only carried Zhao Shuning's aura.
It was rather ridiculous, though.
For this faint, almost non - existent aura, Luo Qiu had spent four hundred years wandering the world in different guises, constantly searching for traces of Zhao Shuning.
What a pity!
Four hundred years had passed, and she had found nothing.
As time went by, her abilities had become more and more refined. She often thought that if her elder sister were still alive, would she now be qualified to stand in front of her and protect her?
When she learned that the woman in the Ghost Domain who resembled her sister slightly had given birth to a child for Mo Yan, Luo Qiu just smiled faintly.
However, after she returned to the Ghost Domain, she discovered something extremely strange.
Every time she got close to the child, the copper plate on her would react.
After many repetitions, her suspicion was confirmed.
But Luo Qiu clearly remembered that it was the first time the copper plate had met the child. Before that, the child had never had the chance to come into contact with this copper plate.
Luo Qiu thought that perhaps the copper plate would have unexpected effects if it was placed on the child.
So she asked for the child's name, engraved "Mo Bai" on the copper plate, made it into a bracelet, and put it on the child's wrist.
Miraculously, the moment the copper plate was put on the child, the air around him seemed to freeze.
Luo Qiu stepped forward to check and found that the child was still breathing, but his body was temporarily suppressed by the powerful force of the copper plate.
Presumably, it would take at least a decade or more for such a young child to adapt to this powerful force.
That meant that in the next decade or so, the child's body would stop growing and remain in this state until his body could be recognized by the copper plate.
"May your appearance help me find my elder sister."
After that, she set off on the journey to find her elder sister once again.
Coincidentally, this was the time when the defensive shield of the Dongze Great Wilderness was broken.
She had been to many places in the world before, but she had never entered the Dongze Great Wilderness.
She remembered that two hundred years ago, an unexpected guest had come to the Ghost Domain.
It was a man in green clothes.
Luo Qiu recognized him. She would recognize him even if he turned to ashes.
He was the man her elder sister had loved deeply.
After he arrived here, he went to look for the ferocious beasts in the Ancient Wilderness and made the White Ze, the king of all beasts, sign a non - aggression pact with him.
Because of the pact, the movement of all the creatures on the island was restricted. Perhaps because her spiritual power was relatively strong, she could still manage to get out of the Ghost Domain. The rest of the people were trapped in the Ghost Domain.
Standing under the city wall of the Dongze Great Wilderness, Luo Qiu reached out and gently touched the defensive shield. Sure enough, it was gone.
She changed her appearance and entered the Dongze Great Wilderness, starting her long - term search.
This year, the harvest in the Dongze Great Wilderness was extremely poor.
Everywhere she looked, there were villagers suffering from famine.
Among the crowd, there were two children.
The elder one was a girl. Although her outfit was not much different from that of a boy.
The younger one was a fair - skinned boy, about three or four years old.
Normally, during a famine, a disaster - stricken family would have an adult leading several children. But these two children were an exception.
The little girl's name was Ye Ling, and the boy's name was Ye Xingchen.
No one knew how they had appeared.
In this cruel world, it was already a luxury to have a full meal.
Not to mention that Ye Ling was taking care of a three - or four - year - old younger brother.
The little boy grabbed his sister's hand and said, "Sister, I want to eat candied haws."
The little girl tightened her grip on the only two copper coins left in her bosom. She originally wanted to persuade her brother to be patient, but when she saw his dull eyes and chapped lips, she gritted her teeth and said to her brother, "You wait for sister here. Don't run around. Sister will be back soon."
The little boy nodded.
The girl ran away.
Two copper coins were not enough to buy a bunch of candied haws. Perhaps the candied - haw seller was kind - hearted. Seeing the little girl's pitiful look and her pleading eyes, he nodded, took the money, and gave Ye Ling a bunch of candied haws.
However, when Ye Ling rushed back, her brother was nowhere to be seen.
She walked around with the candied haws in her hand, her eyes red, but she didn't cry.
Ye Ling called out her brother's name loudly, but there was no response.
She squatted down, wiped the corners of her eyes, and ran in one direction.
Two years passed in a flash.
Ye Ling had not found her brother. Now she was dressed in rags, and there was nothing valuable on her. The only remaining dry food was a few raisins in her bosom.
This was a good thing. She had dried and preserved them, thinking that if she met her brother, although the raisins were not as good as candied haws, they were still sweet.
Ye Ling still remembered that there had been a huge snowfall in the Dongze Great Wilderness that year.
In the past, the dilapidated City God's Temple could always provide her with shelter, but this year's snow was so heavy that it had been falling for days and nights.
The already - dilapidated temple couldn't bear the weight and collapsed.
So this winter was the most difficult one for Ye Ling.
One day, Ye Ling dragged her exhausted and tattered body through the streets and alleys. She knocked on many people's doors, but as soon as they saw her clothes, they were afraid that she would bring bad luck and dirty their floors, so they all drove her away.
Later in the evening, the snow stopped a bit.
Ye Ling leaned against the corner of the city wall and fell asleep in a daze.
In her dream, she seemed to see her brother or some delicious food. She was smiling happily.
However, the next day, she was woken up by the cold.
And something even more cruel happened. Because of the heavy snow, the city lord of the city she was in decided to temporarily seal the city.
What was even more unfortunate was that Ye Ling didn't know about it.
And on the night before the city was sealed, she had groped along the wall and left the city.
Now, she looked at the tall city wall.
Then she looked at the desolate, snow - covered land in front of her.
Ye Ling's heart sank.
Inside the city, she could still find a place to shelter from the wind. Now outside the city, the only place to shelter from the wind was the corner of the wall, but there was no hope of finding food at all.
Now, it seemed that she was really going to starve to death.
But just when Ye Ling was in extreme despair, a man appeared on the horizon.
Along with the man came a snow - white divine beast.
The divine beast was really beautiful.
The man was even more ethereal and otherworldly.
Such a person was obviously from a noble family, and he even had a contracted monster by his side. At that time, Ye Ling thought that the creature accompanying the man was at most a monster.
Should she rush out shamelessly and take a chance?
Or should she keep her last bit of self - respect and die quietly?
Ye Ling thought for a while and finally plucked up the courage to choose the former.
Better to live on disgracefully than die well.