Chapter 67 Testing my sister, she must be very sad.
It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Chu Ye told Song Xinghe that Mu Fuyue could transform into human form.
Song Xinghe was stunned for a moment, then without saying a word, he went straight to the back hall of Guizang Palace.
A restriction had been set up in the back hall. Chu Ye had come earlier and used the soul-nourishing technique to infuse spiritual power into the lotus lamp. When Song Xinghe came, Mu Fuyue, who was recuperating in it, heard the movement and, just like the day before, used spiritual power to condense the green smoke burning between the wicks and transformed it into a human form.
Just like before, she just floated up a few inches, hanging in the air, looking over with a smile, which made Song Xinghe lose his mind.
"Junior Brother - Xinghe, long time no see, how have you been lately?" She moved closer and spoke to him softly as before.
The rebellious, awkward and stubborn Song Xinghe in the past would slowly calm down whenever he heard Mu Fuyue's gentle and soothing voice. Even if he was just irritated and angry, he would force himself to suppress his anger, just because he didn't want to appear immature like a child in front of her.
However, more than two years later, when he saw Mu Fuyue again, he suddenly found that the stubbornness and eagerness in his heart did not seem to be as deep as he had thought.
Especially, when that face no longer belongs to her alone.
At this moment, a hint of confusion flashed in Song Xinghe's eyes. Facing the sudden appearance of his senior sister, he did not show emotion or excitement at first. Instead, he was blank for a moment before responding with a smile.
"Senior Sister, I'm fine, but no one has urged me to practice sword for a long time..."
He suppressed the unexpected awkwardness and soon felt the intimacy of the past restored.
But Mu Fuyue has always been very careful, and after these interactions, she noticed that something was wrong with him.
Yesterday, Chu Ye was here and it was the same.
What happened in these two years that caused such subtle changes in both of them?
"Why are you still as willful as you were when you were little?" She glanced at him with a smile, her tone slightly reproachful but with an indescribable indulgence and intimacy. "Now, you've become an independent figure in the sect, right? If others knew that you need your senior sister to urge you even for sword training, I wonder how they would laugh at you."
This was a friendly banter between the two of them that they had been doing since they were teenagers.
Every time this happened, Song Xinghe would be inspired by her words. He would pat his chest and promise that he would practice sword skills well and soon make everyone look at him with admiration, to prove that he was not an unlearned child of a noble family, nor was he a child who knew nothing and could not even be protected by his senior sister.
However, this time, although Song Xinghe was still a little emotionally aroused by her words, he did not show it as he did in the past. Instead, he raised his cheek calmly and said, "No, Senior Sister, I am now second on the sect's standings, only behind Yun Ni. Although my swordsmanship is not as good as Senior Brother's, it is not inferior either."
Mu Fuyue's face froze for a moment.
"I'm the one who worried too much. As long as you don't slack off, it's fine." She lowered her eyes and said softly.
Song Xinghe was startled, then realized that he seemed to have upset her, and quickly shook his head: "No, no, Senior Sister cares about me, I'm extremely happy, how can I be worried too much?"
Mu Fuyue opened her eyelids, her gaze swept across his face, and she pursed her lips and chuckled softly: "Why are you so anxious? I was just joking with you."
As he spoke, he lowered his eyes again, and his expression showed no emotion.
Song Xinghe noticed that she was not in the right mood, so he asked without hesitation, "Senior Sister, what's wrong with you? Are you worried about something?"
Mu Fuyue bit her lip and didn't answer immediately. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "It's nothing. I just can't adapt for a while. Xinghe, I feel that you and Senior Brother are so far away from me. It seems that you are different from before..."
Song Xinghe was stunned. He didn't expect her to say that, and even felt a little bit of agreement with it in his heart.
"Xinghe, in the two years since I left, has anything happened to the sect that I'm not aware of?"
"No, Senior Sister, don't think too much. The sect is still the same. The disciples practice every day and complete tasks from time to time. New disciples come in and some brothers leave temporarily. I guess Senior Sister has just recovered and has not been able to adapt to the current situation. Just wait until my eldest brother and I find a way to bring Senior Sister back completely." Song Xinghe tried his best to comfort her.
"I hope so." Mu Fuyue was not in the mood and still looked a little uneasy. "Xinghe, how did you and Senior Brother use to allow me to transform? And my sister, how is she doing? Is she doing well in the sect? Yesterday, Senior Brother didn't want to tell me. Is he hiding something from me?"
When mentioning this, Song Xinghe's face became a little stiff.
Not to mention Chu Ye, even he subconsciously didn't want to talk about this in front of Mu Fuyue.
But since she asked, he had to answer.
Anyway, she is now conscious, and she will definitely notice it if Mu Fuyun's blood is used to nourish her in the future.
"Sister, I don't want to hide it from you. In order to get you back, my senior brother and I had to use a secret technique that came from the Demon Realm, called 'Soul Nourishing Technique'."
"Demon Realm secret techniques?" Mu Fuyue's expression grew serious upon hearing this. "Most of the Demonic Cultivators' secret techniques are forbidden, let alone a technique that can bring someone back to life... Xinghe, what you and Senior Brother are doing is going against the will of Heaven and damaging your own future."
"We don't care about these. As long as we can get you back, we can pay any price." Song Xinghe's words were firm and decisive, which had a calming effect on people's hearts, but then he changed the subject.
"As for Mu Fuyun—" He paused, then slowly continued, "The Soul-Nourishing Technique requires the blood of a loved one to nourish the soul in order to be effective. For the past two years, she has offered this blood to Senior Sister's Lotus Lantern every two weeks. But don't worry, Senior Sister, the amount of blood required is very small and won't endanger her life. Senior Brother didn't want to talk about it, probably because he was afraid that Senior Sister would think too much."
Mu Fuyue heard this and widened her eyes in surprise: "It turned out to be like this..."
Then, sadness and sympathy appeared in her eyes.
"My sister has been a loner since she was little, always very distant from her family. Now, she must be very sad to be feeding me with her blood... I'm sorry for her. I asked Senior Brother to bring her back because I wanted her to have a better life..."
For some reason, when Song Xinghe heard her words, he felt a strange feeling in his heart, and his expression became weird.
Was Mu Fuyun sad? He didn't see it at all. As for his withdrawn personality and alienation from his family, that was true, but it was a little different from Mu Fuyue's description.
"She... volunteered. My eldest brother and I didn't force her."
At this point, Mu Fuyue was almost certain that all the abnormalities originated from Mu Fuyun.
"Really?"
Song Xinghe nodded affirmatively: "Really, she also swore an oath with us that no matter what the cost, she would do her best to rescue you, Senior Sister."
This time, even Mu Fuyue found it very strange. Would her own sister really voluntarily make such a vow?
"Why would you make such a vow? What's the price of this soul-nourishing technique?" Mu Fuyue looked at Song Xinghe with concern, and suddenly seemed to remember something. "Yesterday, Senior Brother was being vague about something, and I saw that he seemed to have seen something, and his expression suddenly became strange. Could it be that there's something else that's difficult about this secret technique?"
Song Xinghe frowned, and suddenly realized that he had not yet asked Chu Ye how this soul-nourishing technique could bring people back to life.
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Lingshanze, outside the cave.
Mu Fuyun sat on a rock on the shore, concentrating on fiddling with the small copper lamp in his hand.
After a whole day of refining, the palm-sized lampstand has changed from its original rough form to a delicate and exquisite one. The smooth and flat surface is plated with gold and decorated with flowing cloud patterns, which looks very elegant.
After carving the last small pointed corner of the flowing cloud pattern, the small lampstand is finally completed.
Mu Fuyun held the lamp in his palm and looked at it for a moment, nodded with satisfaction, and then placed it in front of Xie Hanyi.
The small lampstand had no lamp oil in it and was not lit, but a light blue light gradually melted from the wick. If you look closely, you will find that it is the water droplets formed by the white frost condensing together and melting.
Sitting in the cold pond, the layer of frost and snow on Xie Hanyi's body, who looked like a sculpture, was disappearing little by little.
Under the white frost, Xie Hanyi revealed his originally handsome and gentle face, and his overly pale complexion looked more rosy because it was no longer set off by the white frost.
He seemed to sense something, his thick eyelashes moved, and under her gaze, he slowly opened his eyes.
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