Darkness, a silent world, with only the flickering sparks drifting in the distance, playing in the midst of the darkness.

"Bailey, are you okay?" Mu Zihe asked with concern as he protected Bailey's chest and looked around, unable to help but worry.

"\"It's nothing... The dagger's stab wasn't deep when you knocked it away.\" Bai Yi weakly leaned against Mu Zihe's body, feeling a sinister energy flowing throughout his body. However, the energy remained motionless, and Bai Yi didn't want to trouble Mu Zihe any further. Quietly, he mobilized his true qi to resist the sinister energy."

"Bai Yi, have we met before?"

"Why...ask this?" Bai Yi knew in his heart that Mu Zihe was confused. Well, in this world, who would be willing to risk their life to save a stranger for no reason? Especially in the cultivation world where everyone is on guard against each other.

"I...never thought that someone would save me like this. Why?" Mu Zhehe's forehead seemed to be furrowed, but his eyes were surprisingly bright and unsettling.

"You saved me," he said, his furrowed eyebrows creasing even tighter as if deep in contemplation. After a long while.

"I don't remember."

"I know, you are the pride of the cultivation world, a great immortal revered by everyone. Immortals are known to have poor memory." The words were filled with a mocking tone.

"Then tell me, I won't forget this time."

Bai Yi sighed inwardly, Mu Zihe, oh Mu Zihe, it's not that your memory is bad, but... I am just an ordinary passerby, how could I expect you to remember me?

"Okay, I'll tell you, don't forget..."

That seems to be a very long time ago. How much can one really remember...

The green branches have already withered to a yellow hue, and the desolate land reveals sinister traces. The weary people shrink in a dark corner, avoiding the scorching sun.

The faint voice gradually became hoarse, whispering, "Water... water..."

"Dad...please don't speak anymore. There's no water left, there's no water...," Bai Yi choked up, his voice as hoarse as smoke, with not a single tear left to shed.

A cool breeze poured in from an unknown source, carrying the refreshing taste of rain. Drip, drip, drip, the sound of countless water droplets echoed outside the house in an instant. The fierce wind battered against the windows and doors, reminding people of the arrival of rain.

"It's raining! It's raining!! Oh heaven, you've finally opened your eyes... sob..." A woman couldn't help but sob.

"The rain finally stopped. Child, why haven't you brought the child over here, my dear!?" The noise outside the house grew louder and louder.

"Dad, it's raining outside. I'll carry you out to drink water. Hold on, dad." Bai Yi looked at the heavy rain pouring outside and hugged his frail father. His father's body had become as thin as a skeleton, with severely dehydrated skin resembling a decaying piece of flesh on an aging face, emitting a strong sense of lifelessness. Bai Yi supported his father and fed him rainwater at the edge of the rainfall after settling him down. Unable to resist, Bai Yi also started drinking heavily in the rain.

"Immortal, look! That's an immortal!!"

"My goodness, old man, this is how immortals cast spells to make it rain!"

"Immortal, immortal! That's an immortal!!" The people's excitement was uncontrollable, as if they had found their lifelong belief.

Bai Yi looked up and saw the immortal figure amongst the dark clouds. The figure stood on a pure white cloud that was different from the rest, gracefully drifting at the edge of the sky. With an imposing and majestic all-black robe, the figure stood high above on the cloud, looking down coldly on the crowd. It truly resembled the description of an immortal from the books.

After a moment, the sun emerged once again from behind the dark clouds, casting a faint and gentle glow upon the face of the immortal. As time passed, the radiance grew stronger and stronger. In an instant, the exalted immortal seemed to transform into a warm sunbeam behind those dark clouds, leaving Bai Yi in awe. This, this is an immortal...

The immortal calmly descended from the clouds, with a wave of their hand, the earth regained its greenery. They lightly stepped onto the auspicious clouds and departed. The immortal, will the immortal never come again... Bai Yi didn't know what they were thinking.

"Greetings, honorable Immortal." The people bowed respectfully and cheered.

"Doggie, that's an immortal... It's worth it for me to see an immortal in my lifetime." Bai Yi looked at his gasping father beside him, suddenly feeling a wave of emotions. Tears uncontrollably welled up in his eyes. "Father, you're the only family I have left. You can't leave me behind. Father, you have to live well... for me! For me..."

"Doggie, I really want to accompany you. You're still young... and still don't understand anything. But, Daddy is afraid that he can't promise you. From now on, you have to take good care of yourself... If you encounter something you can help with, then lend a hand... Life for a person is not easy... The most carefree ones are still the immortals in the sky..." After this sentence, the breath completely disappeared.

I shook my head, trembling as I called out, "No, Father... Father? Father!" After that heart-wrenching cry, there was only a long silence with no response. I didn't even know how to react, so I could only mutter to myself, "Father, are you asleep? It's okay, I'll stay with you."

Outside the house, the rain grew increasingly intense along with the setting sun. The neighbors sought shelter under the eaves as they collected water, all the while watching the father-son duo in the rain.

"His second sister-in-law, the rain was really heavy."

"Ah, that poor child."

I don't know how long it had passed, but finally the rain stopped and the sky cleared. When Bai Yi woke up hungry, he discovered that even his drenched clothes had dried. However, the dead could never come back... Silently, he buried his father's body behind the house, kneeling by the grave to clean up the surroundings.

"Dad, if I become an immortal, will you be able to come back to life? Dad, you are my only family left..." Murmured incoherently, as if talking in a dream.

After a silent night, Bai Yi lifted his head and wiped the tears from his face as he gazed at the sky. Once again, he confirmed the direction where the immortal had departed and slowly walked away, dragging his frail body step by step.

"Someday, I too will become an immortal. Father, I want to save you..."

One day, if I were to encounter that immortal again, I would say thank you. Thank you for returning vitality and greenery to this land, thank you for saving him when he was on the brink of death.