A rare magical miracle in the world

"......."

Watching Ying Muyao's gaze, Bailuo's heart suddenly felt a stabbing pain.

"What's going on?"

Bailuo's head ached as he looked at the ashes floating past his eyes. It was at that moment that Ying Muyao's memories entered Bailuo's sight.

The Master of Miracles and the miracle were resonating...

The rustic wooden house was old, yet not dilapidated; the doors, windows, and items inside all showed the homeowner's care.

Unknown wildflowers covered the fence, and the courtyard was separated by a railing that kept chickens and ducks enclosed.

"Cluck cluck cluck, cluck cluck cluck."

A youth, holding a bamboo basket, carelessly scattered the chaff grains for feeding livestock, drawing a flurry of chickens and ducks around him, chaotic and noisy yet extraordinarily lively.

"Hey!"

As the rooster flapped, it startled the youth: "What are you doing, scaring me like that, go, go."

With anger on his face, the youth chased the rooster back into the shed and then vindictively scolded it: "You, it's always you, every time. Do you really think I wouldn't dare to butcher you? Stay put, you're getting no dinner tonight!"

"Pat pat."

After feeding the livestock, the youth clapped his hands and then sat down on the doorstep, calming his rapidly beating heart.
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The youth was called Ying Baizhou. He had no given name nor surname to begin with.

Ying was the name of the country that once belonged to this land, and his sister chose that name as their surname.

As for Baizhou, it was actually a place name, this area was called Baizhou County.

"Meow~~~"

The white cat lazily basked in the sun, lying on Ying Baizhou's lap, contently flipping itself over.

"Creak."

The wooden fence in the hedgerow swung open, and Ying Baizhou, hearing the noise, immediately stood up: "Sis!"

"Meow!!"

Because he stood up so suddenly, the white cat that was almost asleep desperately clung onto the youth's trouser leg to avoid falling off.

"Mmm."

"Why are you out again, your illness has just gotten better, go lie down quickly."

Ying Muyao spoke as she put down the wild deer she had been carrying on her shoulder.

Her ponytail secured, she was dressed like a huntress, with her longbow and spear carried on her back and a knife at her waist. Despite the dust on her face, her beauty was undeniable.

"I'm already better, and besides, always staying inside isn't good for my health," Ying Baizhou pried the white cat's claws apart, then held it and tossed it carelessly to the side before walking up with a smile, "I fed them for you today and also watered the flowers."

"Watering the flowers, you did that well."

Ying Muyao checked the shed and found that the chaff wasn't dealt with properly, scattered messily, but she still genuinely complimented: "Feeding the chickens was also acceptable."

"Right!"

Ying Baizhou shook his wrist, his face beaming with joy: "Sis, just wait a little longer, once I'm better, I'll take care of the household chores for you."

"Okay."

Seeing her brother growing up healthy and strong, Ying Muyao felt an inexplicable sense of sadness, but even more so, pride and arrogance.

'This child won't survive, just abandon him.'

Desde birth, the brother had been sickly. When they sought a physician, he said the boy had congenital deficiencies and wouldn't live past a hundred days, certain to die.

Indeed, the brother fell ill and kept coughing, kept coughing.

As the child's breath grew weaker, the parents ultimately chose to give up and abandon him, left to fend for himself.

'He's not dead yet!'

'He's still alive!!'

The girl picked her brother back up, she condemned her parents' heartlessness, but being a girl, she had no status in the family and was even less endearing.

They were from a wealthy household, but wealth only made that household more heartless.

"It's been over ten years."

Ying Muyao reminisced about those times when, just for her brother and only eight years old, she ran away from home.

A girl, carrying a baby who took in more breaths than it let out, refused to give up. Over the past decade, Ying Baizhou had been critically ill countless times, but she never gave up.

When money was needed, she went to earn it.

If some medicine couldn't be bought with money, then she would venture into the mountains to search!

Whether it was ferocious beasts or rare treasures, she would desperately bring them back for him.

"You've grown up."

Touching the youth's head, Ying Muyao revealed a relieved smile. She felt like crying, but now was not the time to cry, but to smile.

She was truly extraordinary, fighting against the heavens, and she had won.

"Is this the Ying Baizhou residence?"

However, the voice from outside the door puzzled both Ying Baizhou and Ying Muyao, and turning around, they saw a troop of official guards.

"You are..."

"We heard in the town that the Ying siblings live here," the officer said, "a male and a female. According to the household registration, the male has reached the age of thirteen and is now an adult."

"What do you mean?"

Ying Muyao had a sinking feeling about what was coming, and her face went pale.

"According to the laws of the Dong Huang Empire, males reaching the age of thirteen must serve in the military!"

Serving meant enlisting in the army, going to fight battles for the Dong Huang Empire.

But how could Ying Baizhou possibly go?

His health had improved, but only just that much—compared to a normal person, he still fell drastically short.

"Fine!"

Ying Muyao took the military token from the officer: "Tomorrow, I will have him report to the military camp."

Ying Baizhou saw his sister's reluctance. He knew her too well.

To protect himself, she would rather kill someone on the spot and then flee far away with him, wandering the ends of the earth.

Even if it meant becoming a fugitive, Ying Muyao would never let her brother march to his death.

However, the Dong Huang Empire had long been unified. The law here was very strict, and no matter how exceptional Ying Muyao was, the moment she killed someone here, she would be finished.

"Sister..."

"Tomorrow, you go to the temple on the mountain. Sister won't be by your side, you need to take care of yourself."

"Sister!"

"Be obedient!"

Ying Muyao hugged the youth tightly, using a lot of strength: "Be obedient..."

That night, Ying Muyao sat beside the youth's bed, gently stroking her brother's face. Although it was hard to let go, she had no choice.

"What's your name?"

In front of the military tent, the officer asked Ying Muyao, disguised as a man, who unfalteringly replied, "My name is Ying Baizhou, here to enlist."

"Sister..."

Tears slid down Bailuo's cheeks. He didn't understand why he was crying, only felt an intense pain, a deep ache in his heart.

Ashes fluttered before Bailuo's eyes, followed by memories of Ying Muyao.

Ying Muyao never spoke a word of hardship to her brother, though she suffered grievous injuries on the battlefield, and to conceal her identity, had to live in the most filthy conditions.

Her nerves were always on edge for fear that one moment of laxity could bring disaster to her brother.

'I can't die yet.'

'My brother is still at home, waiting for me to return and take care of him.'

'I need to survive, I must survive!!'

Fighting for her life, as a mere mortal, yet battling terrifying monsters.

Countless times, it was a matter of life and death.

Even someone as extraordinarily talented as Ying Muyao had to rely on determination to make it through.

Perhaps not even Ying Muyao had expected to reach such a point. Thanks to her talent, she emerged from the ranks, not only becoming the temporary leader of the three armies but also valued by the Emperor of the Dong Huang Empire.