The essence of Xi Yun's spiritual dissipation was that the breaking of the seal caused a portion of her primordial spirit to be destroyed along with the seal, creating a hole. The method to repair this was to use another person's primordial spirit to plug this gap.
Both her and the old dragon's primordial spirits were too powerful for Xiyun to bear. Only Suixin's primordial spirit was just the right strength, and after spending so much time together, his primordial spirit should be very compatible with Xiyun's.
"What? You won't do it? We're not saving her!" Old Long immediately refused upon hearing the price, grabbing Sui Xin's arm.
A quarter of one's primordial spirit? Let alone a quarter, even four hundred percent would be an irreparable and eternal wound for a cultivator.
Unlike vitality, which is easily replenished, the primordial spirit is extremely difficult to repair. Just as a mortal might recover in a few days from bleeding, losing an arm is not so easy to reattach.
Moreover, damage to the primordial spirit can easily leave lasting effects, which will often accompany the cultivator throughout their life.
Even more terrifying is that severing the primordial spirit is extremely painful. If a cultivator loses consciousness during the severing process, they will never wake up again, making it extremely dangerous.
"No, I want to save her," Sui Xin said, breaking free from Elder Long's grasp and slowly walking to Xi Yun's side.
"Oh dear, Sui Xin, you have no idea how serious the damage to your primordial spirit is. It will accompany you for the rest of your life, and the pain involved is beyond your capacity to bear," Elder Long hurriedly explained.
“Elder Long, please don’t try to persuade me anymore. I’ve made up my mind. What will the future hold if Yun’er isn’t here?” Sui Xin said, then looked at the woman and said, “Tell me what I should do.”
"Hehe, very good," Xiaoqing laughed, and a blue gaseous substance was injected into Suixin's body. "Don't worry, you won't lose consciousness. Enjoy the process."
Before long, Sui Xin's primordial spirit also transformed into a round ball like Xi Yun, but its consciousness remained.
"Old Dragon, maintain the barrier," Xiao Qing said to the Dragon Elder.
"Go easy on me," Elder Long instructed, slowly withdrawing his primordial spirit to maintain the barrier's operation and ensure it wouldn't collapse.
Xiaoqing smiled crookedly, "Are you ready?"
"Just do it."
"Well, you've got guts, kid."
After saying that, Xiaoqing raised her hand, and a green gas emerged from Suixin's primordial spirit, which looked somewhat eerie.
"Open!" With a loud shout, Xiaoqing's outstretched hand suddenly clenched, and a blinding light came from ahead.
"Ah!" It felt like countless needles were piercing his head; the extreme pain was indescribable.
Unlike the previous method of drawing life into the soul, which only burned the surface of the primordial spirit, the cyan energy is now slowly corroding the primordial spirit, attempting to cut off a part of it.
Under torment, Sui Xin's primordial spirit was like a headless fly, running around aimlessly and crashing into the barrier again and again, as if trying to break the primordial spirit apart.
Hearing Sui Xin's shouts, Xiao Qing seemed quite satisfied. "Kid, how does it feel? It'll hurt even more later. If you want to give up, it's not too late."
"Don't...think," Sui Xin managed to say with difficulty, then continued to scream.
"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you last time, being with Xiyun isn't so easy. Are you really prepared? The road ahead will be countless times harder than it is now," Xiaoqing said seriously, her previous playfulness gone.
Sui Xin did not reply.
For a moment, there was some silence, with only shouts echoing within the barrier, so powerless yet so resolute.
He didn't know if he could protect Xiyun; everything seemed so powerless in the face of the future. But he did know that no matter what happened, he was willing to stand in front of Xiyun.
Time passed second by second, and the primordial spirit continued to be torn apart time and time again. Many fragments of the primordial spirit floated around, and a golden crack appeared on the primordial spirit sphere, dazzling with light.
The pain continued to intensify, but I stopped screaming. It was as if I had become numb and forgotten what pain felt like. It seemed like this was the norm.
He wanted to fall asleep, but the occasional stimulation from the blue gas kept him awake.
I don't know how much time has passed.
"Ahhh..." With a miserable scream from Sui Xin, a large piece of her primordial spirit was cut off from the left side and flew towards Xi Yun's primordial spirit sphere.
The moment it approached Xi Yun, the severed fragment of primordial spirit rapidly transformed, perfectly imprinting itself on the gap. Soon after, the crack completely disappeared, and the two merged together.
Xi Yun's previously chaotic primordial spirit began to become orderly, emitting a pale blue light, with the golden circle at the top being particularly eye-catching, like a sun.
Sui Xin gradually regained her humanity, lying on the ground panting heavily, her eyes somewhat vacant. Compared to when she arrived, the light of her primordial spirit was much weaker, almost transparent, all a result of damage to her primordial spirit.
After a while, Sui Xin turned to look at Xi Yun and asked weakly, "How is Yun'er?"
Xiaoqing frowned slightly, remained silent, and circled Xiyun's primordial spirit several times. Logically, she should have woken up by now.
After waiting a while, the primordial spirit ball suddenly emitted several beams of light, as if a balloon had been punctured with several holes.
Upon careful counting, there were as many as thirty-six small holes.
The original crack was quite large, so these smaller gaps were not noticeable. Now that the largest hole has been plugged, the other smaller defects are slowly starting to show.
“There are still some cracks that haven’t been sealed, but they’re not fatal,” Xiaoqing explained.
"Not fatal? What kind of impact will that have?" Sui Xin asked, as he couldn't be careless about Xi Yun.
“There might be some side effects, like memory loss or something,” Xiaoqing explained, then looked at Suixin and smiled, “But if you’re willing to make it up, I’d be more than happy to.”
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