?
Ji Hongxiu snapped back to reality, hurriedly releasing her tightly clenched right hand.
Her mind was hazy, instinctively wanting to grab onto sothing, thinking she was holding the Causality Severing Sword...
Chen Mo silently adjusted his posture, feeling the atmosphere was a bit awkward, cleared his throat and said, "Daoist Venerable, why did you suddenly collapse at the doorway?"
"I..."
Ji Hongxiu didn’t know how to explain.
Surely she couldn’t say she ca especially to see him and was eavesdropping outside the door?
Thinking of the scene she had encountered earlier, she felt a bit uneasy, turned her graceful head aside, and said indifferently, "Just a minor setback in cultivation, no big deal... Thanks for your help earlier, just pretend I never ca."
Having said that, she prepared to get up and leave.
Yet as soon as she stepped off the bed, she felt the world spinning, her vision darkening.
"It seems the Soul Power has been excessively depleted, harming the Origin..."
Ji Hongxiu gritted her silver teeth, enduring the throbbing pain from her Divine Soul, supported by the wall, and slowly made her way to the door.
Chen Mo frowned and said, "Are you sure you’re okay looking like this?"
"I know my body best. Go accompany Qingxuan, don’t worry about ." Ji Hongxiu said, without turning her head.
Chen Mo couldn’t tell if it was an illusion, but he felt her tone carried a sense of resentnt...
At the door, Ji Hongxiu took a deep breath, Zhou Shen Qi Light flowing around her, preparing to vanish into the void.
In the next instant, the Primordial Qi abruptly extinguished, her figure swayed, and she fell to the ground with a "thud."
"..."
Chen Mo walked over, picked her up, and carried her back to the bed, helplessly saying, "You’re obviously in a bad state, don’t keep up the act. You can’t even walk properly, yet you want to traverse the void?"
"I said, I don’t need your help." Feeling embarrassed, Ji Hongxiu’s tone beca a bit colder.
"Alright, then handle it yourself."
Chen Mo didn’t want to argue unnecessarily, so he turned and left the room.
Watching his back, Ji Hongxiu’s lips moved as if wanting to call him back, but she ultimately remained silent.
She lay powerlessly on the bed, staring at the ceiling, her eyes losing focus.
"What’s wrong with ?"
"I clearly wanted to talk to him properly, but the words just taste different once spoken..."
"And this strange feeling..."
Ji Hongxiu furrowed her brows slightly, her hands holding her heart.
Logically, she had already eliminated the Three Corpses, should no longer be affected by obsessions, greed, lust, and other distracting thoughts, her heart should be calm as still water.
But her chest was filled with a sourness she had never experienced, like her Peach Tree Dharma had turned into a lemon tree.
She didn’t understand why, all her past experiences, when encountering Chen Mo, were ineffective, completely defying logic...
Just then, unclear conversation voices ca from the next room.
Ji Hongxiu hesitated for a mont, moved to the wall, and pressed her ear tightly against it to listen carefully.
"Mr. Chen, where did you go?"
"Just outside for a breath of fresh air, you’re awake?"
"No... Hmm, stop teasing～"
"I have a new set of skins, want to try it on?"
"New skins?"
"I call it the Black Silk Nun outfit."
"Hmm?"
"The Heavenly Gate has opened, ready to receive the Holy Light’s baptism?"
"..."
Though Ji Hongxiu couldn’t quite understand, she knew what they were doing, inwardly cursed, feeling sowhat blocked in her heart.
She wanted to leave here, but the price hadn’t been cleared, she had no energy to get up.
Finally, she could only cover her head with a pillow and press her ears tightly with her hands, but even so, she could still distinctly feel the vibrations.
Knowing she was next door, yet deliberately leaning against the wall...
This guy is simply too wicked!
...
...
Another hour passed.
The second round of cultivation ended, Ling Ningzhi was completely exhausted.
Her hair was disheveled, her breathing rapid, the black and white nun’s robe was in tatters, holy light surrounding her, her Qi visibly climbing.
There’s no denying, Ye Zi’e wasn’t lying, this thod significantly boosts cultivation.
But anything in excess is detrintal.
After all, the Empress’s Dao Power is way too strong, with Ling Ningzhi’s Realm, she couldn’t digest too much, two tis in a short period is the limit, otherwise, she’d easily be assimilated by the Mysterious Dao Principles.
"Zhi’er’s Realm is now infinitely close to Third Grade, sa as mine, just needing a breakthrough opportunity."
"Counting the ti, that chance should soon appear, once things with Chu Heng are settled, we can prepare... Perhaps both of us can step into the Heavenly Human Realm!"
Chen Mo wiped away the fine sweat on her forehead.
The reason he initially signed a contract with Ling Ningzhi was partly to change the plot and save the Chen Family, and partly for the huge Secret Realm soon to erge.
In the original story, Ling Ningzhi is the key to opening the Secret Realm, that’s why he set the "must unconditionally obey" clause, but it seems unnecessary now.
"Before that, enhancing strength is crucial."
"The Secret Realm is extrely perilous, even if I know the plot in advance, I can’t be sure nothing unexpected will happen."
Once Ling Ningzhi’s Qi stabilizes completely, Chen Mo finally gets up to leave.
Exiting the room, heading to the next one.
Pushing the door open, he sees Ji Hongxiu lying on the bed with her back to him, apparently asleep, motionless.
"She mustn’t be having another episode?"
Chen Mo walks over, sees her eyes tightly shut, her face pale, her breathing weak, like a flickering candle in the wind.
"And she claims she’s fine..."
"Do all Ultimate Venerables like being stubborn?"
Chen Mo mutters, sitting at the bedhead, placing Ji Hongxiu’s graceful head on his lap, a wisp of purple-gold Qi emanating from his fingertips, gently pressing on her temples.
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