Chapter 385 Healing

Yun Qingqing pursed her lips and said calmly:

"Wanling Pond does have a certain chance of improving the quality of one's bones, but it cannot create something out of nothing."

She noticed the hands around her waist tightening slightly and sighed inwardly.

In fact, generally speaking, ordinary people will have a certain degree of qualifications for cultivation, which is usually called aptitude. If such people enter Wanlingtan, their qualifications will become better if they are lucky.

People who have no roots are equivalent to being insulators in spiritual practice and are extremely rare.

But Xiao Changheng is just like that.

She thought for a moment and then said:

"That pool of water is indeed useless to you, but if you still feel like giving it a try, I can take you there now."

She didn't want to discourage him, but if he wasn't made to face reality sooner rather than later and was left with false hope, it would only bring greater disappointment in the future.

"...No need." Xiao Changheng's voice was flat.

But Yun Qingqing clearly noticed that the breathing sounds in her ears had become much lighter.

He sighed very slowly and lightly.

She wanted to look back at him, but for some reason, she was afraid of seeing disappointment and loneliness in those familiar black eyes, so she didn't look back.

A place like the Seven Star Hall where practitioners gather is indeed not suitable for him to stay for a long time. It is better to finish the matter quickly and take him back.

Soon, we arrived at the villa.

Yun Qingqing landed directly at the door of Xiao Changheng's room, pushed the door open, and saw a thick stack of notes on the table at a glance.

The lids of several bookcases were open, and all the books were neatly stacked inside.

She looked at Xiao Changheng in surprise:

"Have you finished reading all of this?"

Xiao Changheng nodded, picked up a note and handed it to her:

"I don't know which ones will be most useful to you, so I've written them down in categories. Take a look. Do they help you?"

Yun Qingqing took it and flipped through it, and found that it was an index.

The entries were clearly categorized, corresponding to the numbers and page numbers of other notebooks. She quickly flipped through another numbered notebook and saw that it was densely packed with themes and summaries of various books.

With these things, if she is interested in any of the content, she can find the corresponding books to check the details as quickly as possible.

Yun Qingqing's original intention was just to find him something to do to prevent him from having wild thoughts, but she didn't expect him to go to this extent.

It really exceeded her expectations far.

She suddenly looked up at Xiao Changheng and pursed her lips.

"...What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Xiao Changheng saw her frowning and silent, his expression darkened, "It seems I still don't understand these things well enough..."

"No, it's a great help!" Yun Qingqing blurted out, still frowning, "You didn't sleep all night just to sort this out?"

"Oh..." He breathed a sigh of relief and regained his composure. "It's okay. If I can help you... huh?"

He was halfway through his words when Yun Qingqing suddenly pulled over a chair and forced him to sit down.

"What's wrong?" He looked up at her serious expression and became serious too.

"Sit here and don't move. I'll be there soon." Yun Qingqing said this, turned around and walked out.

"..." Xiao Changheng waited there in confusion. After a while, Yun Qingqing came in with a basin of water.

She came to him, put the basin aside, wrung out the wet towel and wiped his face.

"Don't move."

Xiao Changheng just subconsciously dodged backwards when she pinched his chin.

The girl's delicate face was very close to him, and he could smell her breathing. His body froze and he had to stand still, holding his breath subconsciously.

Yun Qingqing gently and carefully wiped the blood off his face, and looking at the not-so-shallow scar, her brows furrowed even tighter.

She put her fingers together, a little light appeared on her fingertips, and she gently stroked the scar.

Xiao Changheng felt a comfortable coolness on his face, but it soon became itchy and numb, and he couldn't help but purse his lips tightly.

"Be patient, it's normal to feel itchy. This way it will heal faster." Yun Qingqing said softly.

Xiao Changheng listened to her rare gentle tone and secretly clenched his fingers. Undercurrents surged in his dark eyes, suppressing a bit of sadness.

Yun Qingqing focused all her attention on the wound until it stopped bleeding and became a shallow cut. Only then did she withdraw her hand and breathe a sigh of relief.

She took out another box of ointment, picked up a little with her fingertips, and gently applied it to the wound.

Xiao Changheng lowered his eyes, his face remained expressionless, but his hands clenched even tighter.

After doing this, she placed the ointment on the table and instructed:

"Apply this once every morning and night, and it will be healed before you return to the Imperial Capital. I guarantee there won't be a single mark left."

"Okay, I understand." Xiao Changheng looked at her with a deep gaze and nodded. "Go and get busy. There's no need to waste time with me."

Yun Qingqing frowned and pulled him up:

"What's the delay? Come with me."

Xiao Changheng followed her footsteps, looked down at the wrist that she was holding, curled his fingertips, and finally took a deep breath and did not struggle.

Yun Qingqing took him all the way to the back garden of the villa. After walking around for a while, the view in front of him suddenly opened up.

Ahead is a misty hot spring.

Yun Qingqing turned around and looked at him seriously.

"It's good for your health in the early morning. Take a shower and get some rest. Once I'm done with things here, we'll set off back to the Imperial Capital."

Xiao Changheng stared at her blankly for a moment, then raised the corners of his lips gently.

"good."

Seeing that he finally smiled, Yun Qingqing's inexplicable irritability finally dissipated a little. She smiled at him and turned to leave.

She was going to go directly to Chu Jingyan, but after leaving the villa, she stopped to think for a moment, and said in a deep voice:

"Ji Wujiang."

After a moment, a soft sigh was heard in the air, and the ground in front of her eyes lit up.

Yun Qingqing snorted coldly and walked into the teleportation array. The scene before her eyes changed and she had arrived at the top floor of Xuanyuan Tower.

Ji Wujiang was standing in front of him, bowing respectfully:

"Lord."

Yun Qingqing said coldly:

"Should you say something to me?"

"...My Lord, please calm down." Ji Wujiang smiled bitterly.

"It's not that I don't want to intervene in what happened at Wanling Pond. I've never encountered anything like this before. I'm clueless and don't know what to do for a moment."

"You don't know?" Yun Qingqing's eyes grew even colder. "The Seven Star Hall disciples, relying on their meager cultivation, are arrogant and conceited, attacking ordinary people and bullying the weak with their numbers. Don't you even know how to deal with this?"

"My disciple has failed in his moral conduct, and I will punish him severely. However..." Ji Wujiang lowered his head and whispered, "My Lord, you should understand that as long as Young Master Xiao is by your side, similar incidents will only continue to occur... I am bound to be hesitant. Perhaps it would be better if he could realize this sooner rather than later."

Yun Qingqing's expression froze and she narrowed her eyes as she looked at him.

"You... also look down on him for not being able to practice?"

"That's absolutely not my intention!" Ji Wujiang's eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly explained, "Young Master Xiao is a rare talent, with great luck and destiny. He is definitely not an ordinary person. It's just that he... and the master are not from the same world."

“…” Yun Qingqing was silent.

"In fact, Master, you are also very clear about this, right? Otherwise, why is it that you two are clearly husband and wife, but Master Xiao has not yet released his essence? This kind of thing cannot be hidden from the people in the Xuanmen. If you really have feelings for him, how could you..."

"Stop talking!" Yun Qingqing interrupted abruptly and pinched the Qingxin Jue fiercely.