As Rong Shu struggled to her feet, she witnessed the crimson spring water instantly engulf Jiang Fei's body.
He kept crawling forward until he reached the shore, where the spring water seemed to be separated by a barrier, making it difficult to move forward even half a step.
Rong Shu sat blankly on the shore, her expression dazed and bewildered, staring straight at the roaring spring water.
It's so similar... Back in the human realm, on a cliff, after he pretended to be defeated and fell off, she did the same thing as now, jumping off the cliff with him without a second thought.
No, they are still different.
This time, it was because of him.
She said she liked him.
So this is what it feels like to watch her give everything for you?
Rong Shu reached out and gently touched her heart.
Overwhelming pain and despair.
He had wondered what it felt like, but now he wished he had never had it.
He only wanted to return to the time when the two of them were still in Qianjin Tower, no longer caring whether her kindness to him was due to the Forgetfulness Pill or something else.
After an unknown amount of time, Rong Shu felt a tingling sensation all over his body, as if he were soaking in warm water. He looked down and saw his hands, which had been thin and frail, becoming plump and full at a visible speed.
His limbs were growing rapidly, as if they were being reborn.
The regenerated limbs have a normal body temperature.
Rong Shu touched the back of her hand.
Human body temperature.
His hands trembled uncontrollably; if he had human body heat, then Jiang Fei…
Rong Shu looked up at the spring almost instantly.
The once raging and arrogant Hundred Cries Spring gradually calmed down, and the blood red color gradually dissipated, turning into the clear water that it was when the two of them first arrived.
The spring water still shimmered with a warm mist.
Amidst the mist, a gaunt woman dressed in white lies on the water's surface, gently pushed to the shore by the flowing spring.
She had already fainted, her face was pale, and all the blood in her body seemed to have been drained. Her thin body was enveloped by the spring water as she drifted along, and little by little, her body regained its fullness.
Her face was serene and beautiful, yet it remained completely devoid of color.
Jiang Fei.
Rong Shu got up and was about to walk towards the spring, but her limbs were too weak due to the intense pain, and she fell heavily to the ground.
He continued crawling forward quickly and hugged Jiang Fei tightly in his arms.
But his hand trembled violently when he touched her body.
Her limbs were ice-cold, devoid of any warmth.
He looks just like him in the past.
Rong Shu held her tightly, his hands still trembling slightly, his heart aching terribly.
The next instant, he suddenly embraced her and plunged her back into the spring water.
But the spring was still; this time, nothing happened.
Even the stone at the cave entrance, which was inscribed with "Life for Life," has disappeared.
Rong Shu held Jiang Fei tightly in her arms, burying her face in the crook of her shoulder, her eyes red and her body stiff.
What on earth did he do?!
After a long silence, Rong Shu finally spoke, her voice hoarse: "Let's go back."
After saying that, he carried her in his arms and walked step by step towards the cave entrance.
...
After entering Baiming Spring, Jiang Fei had the system shut down the pain sensation, and then his whole body felt like it was being immersed in warm water, which was quite comfortable.
The only discomfort was that during the blood transfusion, life was gradually drained from the body.
After a while, she really did fall into a deep sleep.
When she woke up again, she was in Rong Shu's arms, and he was holding her as they flew quickly toward Qianjin Tower.
Jiang Fei moved her fingers; her limbs were ice-cold.
It seems the blood transfusion has been completed.
Jiang Fei frowned in disgust.
However, considering that Rong Shu's favorability rating had risen to 90, the coldness in her body wasn't so unbearable at the moment.
The mountain breeze through the clouds carried a chill, causing her clothes to flutter. Jiang Fei trembled slightly at that moment, and her eyelashes fluttered.
"Feifei?" Rong Shu's voice came almost immediately from above, hoarse and unpleasant, clearly indicating that she hadn't rested for several days.
Jiang Fei kept her eyes tightly closed, curling up in Rong Shu's arms, her lips barely moving as she whispered, "Cold..."
"Feifei?" Rong Shu's expression clearly panicked as she hugged the woman tightly. "How are you?"
"It's so cold..." Jiang Fei murmured softly, "Rong Shu, it's so cold..."
As she spoke, her fingers trembled uncontrollably, and her lips turned deathly pale from the cold.
Rong Shu froze, then hurriedly reached out and covered her thin body with his wide sleeve: "It won't be cold soon, we're almost there, Fei Fei, very soon..." His tone became increasingly panicked.
Jiang Fei's eyelids trembled, and she finally slowly opened her eyes, looking at the man's restrained jawline above her: "Rong Shu..."
"Yes, I'm here," Rong Shu greeted softly.
Jiang Fei remained silent for a long time, then reached out and gently stroked his face. The coldness of her fingertips made Rong Shu stiffen for a moment, then he hugged her even tighter: "Fei Fei."
“I thought I’d never see you again,” Jiang Fei chuckled softly. “I floated in the spring, feeling like all the blood in my body had been drained. I thought…”
"Feifei!" Rong Shu interrupted her, her eyes slightly red. "You'll be alright."
"Yes," Jiang Fei nodded in response, "I'm right here with you now, so everything's alright, isn't it?"
As she spoke, she withdrew her hand from his cheek and gently leaned against his chest.
Rong Shu felt a lump in her throat; her hands were still trembling slightly, and her whole body was ice-cold.
"I want to sleep for a while," Jiang Fei's voice grew softer. "Rong Shu, just for a little while."
“Okay,” Rong Shu said with difficulty, “I’ll call you then.”
"Um……"
"Don't sleep too soundly, you'll catch a cold."
"..." This time, Jiang Fei remained silent.
Rong Shu lowered her eyes; they were already closed as she fell into a coma due to hypothermia.
He swallowed the bitterness in his throat and flew towards Qianjin Tower even faster.
The two returned to Qianjinlou in just two days.
In the past two days, Jiang Fei woke up several times, while Rong Shu was rushing on the road as if her life depended on it.
Upon returning to Qianjin Tower, Rong Shu put her down and quickly turned to leave. When she came back, she was carrying many priceless spiritual herbs and medicines. Even though she knew they were useless, she still fed them to her.
Jiang Fei obediently ate them all, and sure enough, those expensive elixirs were just a drop in the ocean when it came to the coldness in her limbs, having no effect whatsoever.
Rong Shu stubbornly brought out one medicine after another, and Jiang Fei looked at the medicine and shook his head slightly.
Rong Shu's movements were gentler than ever before: "Eat these, and you'll feel better."
Jiang Fei simply smiled and said, "Don't waste these precious medicinal herbs. I remember you really like them."
Rong Shu's Adam's apple bobbed, and his heart ached even more. "I don't like it anymore," he said softly. "It's okay, just eat it."
Jiang Fei was still smiling: "It's no use." She looked up at the palace she was in, her breath seeming to carry a chill. "Rong Shu..."
"Um."
"I want to drink some hot porridge," Jiang Fei said, squinting her eyes longingly.
Rong Shu's eyes were clouded: "Okay, I'll go make some porridge, alright?"
Jiang Fei smiled and nodded, her eyes sparkling.
Rong Shu forced a smile and turned to walk outside.
Jiang Fei watched his retreating figure and coughed softly before he even stepped out the door.
Rong Shu's back stiffened.
Jiang Fei glanced at him, lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, then curled up, hugged her knees, and trembled slightly.
Rong Shu, who was worried about her safety, looked at the woman inside the hall through the crack in the door. Her eyes instantly reddened and her body stiffened like iron.
He leaned against the door frame for a long time, swallowing the sour taste rising in his throat.
She said nothing and pretended nothing was wrong in front of him, but he had experienced days without body temperature and not even human, so how could he not know how unbearable that was?
Rong Shu's favorability rating: 93.
Inside the hall, Jiang Fei raised her eyebrows as she listened to the system's voice. Once Rong Shu left, the pitiful look on her face immediately disappeared, replaced by a light smile.
[System: Host, Rong Shu has already changed her mind by the Hundred-Ming Spring, why do you still jump...?]
Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow, wondering to herself, "How much favorability does Rong Shu have?"
[System: 93, still fluctuating wildly.]
Jiang Fei chuckled softly: "That's the reason."
【system:……】
“However,” Jiang Fei suddenly remembered something and slowly said something completely unrelated, “Do you know why Yun Jue cultivated an immortal body?”
[System: Isn't it because he became an immortal after dying in the human realm?]
Jiang Fei laughed: "A celestial being who is devoid of emotion and desire, whose incarnation in the mortal realm undergoing tribulation is also taciturn and has few desires, how could such a person so easily succeed in undergoing tribulation?"
[System: What does the host mean?]
"Only by having possessed can one let go," Jiang Fei said calmly. "Only by having possessed desire can one have passion. Only by having possessed obsession can one let go of obsession."
"Yun Wunian became an immortal because he finally let go of his obsession with immortality, and only after giving up his physical body could he cultivate an immortal body." It's just a pity that Yun Jue did not completely let go of worldly affairs.
Jiang Fei slowly took out a smoky purple bead from his sleeve and casually played with it. A faint golden light still lingered around the bead.
This is the light that fell into her palm when Yun Wunian disappeared.
[System: Host, when did you comprehend these things?]
"Is it difficult?" Jiang Fei raised an eyebrow. "I could tell back at the wedding banquet after Yun Wunian successfully completed his tribulation."
The system remained silent for a while. [Host, you're not trying to say that you're also giving up on blood transfusions, are you?]
"Of course not."
The system breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Fei continued, "I originally planned to leave after completing the mission," she twirled the beads and chuckled softly, "but now it seems that becoming an immortal is quite fun."
Therefore, this physical body needs to be completely transformed; simply changing blood is not enough.
Footsteps sounded outside the door.
Jiang Fei lowered her eyes, and when she looked up again, she had a vulnerable look on her face.
【system:……】
When Rong Shu came in, his face was very pale, his eyes were a little red and swollen, and the white porridge he was holding was steaming. When he looked up, he saw Jiang Fei smiling at him.
"You're back!" Her voice was exactly the same as usual.
Rong Shu thought of the slight trembling in her body when she left, and her heart ached unbearably. She quickly chuckled and lowered her eyes, saying, "Mmm." Her voice was low and hoarse from tension.
Jiang Fei squinted and smiled even more happily, reaching out to take the porridge.
Rong Shu was taken aback, his hand hesitantly trying to dodge, but it was too late. Jiang Fei had already taken the porridge directly from him, but paused when he touched the bowl. He quickly recovered, took a spoonful, and smiled at him as he ate: "Did you make this? It's delicious."
Rong Shu stared blankly at her.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Fei asked, puzzled.
Rong Shu's throat tightened, and she reached out to take the porridge from Fei Fei's hand. She opened her mouth, but only managed to squeeze out three words: "Fei Fei, it's hot."
But she couldn't feel it anymore.
In the past, she would always look at him with disapproval, saying that the porridge was too hot and that he would get hurt.
But at this moment, she could no longer feel any temperature.
Jiang Fei paused for a moment, then smiled apologetically: "I..."
Before she could finish speaking, Rong Shu got up, put the porridge aside, took the ointment, sat down by the bed, gently took her hand, and wrapped her warm palm around the back of her hand. Her fingertips trembled slightly, and she hurriedly lowered her head to carefully apply the ointment to the reddened area on her palm.
Just as she had done for him.
Jiang Fei looked at him and said, "...It doesn't hurt."
"Hmm," Rong Shu said in a hoarse voice.
He's been through it, so he knows it's painful.
Neither of them spoke again.
After the medicine was applied, Rong Shu took the porridge, blew on it to cool it down spoonful by spoonful, and then fed it to her.
Jiang Fei shrank back slightly: "I can do it myself."
Rong Shu looked at her, her eyes slightly sunken: "Your hand is injured."
Jiang Fei paused slightly.
Rong Shu smiled and fed her again, saying, "You used to feed me like this too."
Jiang Fei's eyelashes trembled, and she finally drank the porridge from his hand.
Rong Shu's expression relaxed a little. After finishing her porridge, she put the bowl aside and said, "I'll go get the hand warmer."
Jiang Fei said, "No need."
Rong Shu went out as usual, not only taking a hand warmer, but also lighting the brazier in the hall as she always did, making the hall exceptionally hot.
He was repeating everything she had done.
After finishing all this, Rong Shu returned to the bedside, only to find that Jiang Fei was already asleep.
She didn't sleep well; her brows were furrowed, and even after consuming countless nourishing elixirs, her face remained pale.
Rong Shu reached out and gently stroked her cheek. It was clearly warm to the touch, but he felt no joy at the thought of being reborn as a human.
“Rong Shu…” Jiang Fei suddenly murmured.
Rong Shu paused, knowing she couldn't hear her, but still softly replied, "Mm."
"...It's so cold," she murmured.
Rong Shu's fingers trembled. After a long while, he stepped forward, took off his outer robe, and hugged her from behind.
But he couldn't warm her heart.
She nestled in his arms, drifting into a restless sleep, feeling as if she were in an ice cave.
Rong Shu unconsciously bent down and hugged her tightly, his eyes red, and after a long while a soft sob escaped his throat.
Rong Shu's favorability rating: 95.
Rong Shu didn't close her eyes all night.
It wasn't until the next day, when it was fully light, that Rong Shu finally felt a little relieved as he watched the woman in his arms gradually calm her breathing.
Just then, a guard's voice came from outside the hall: "Lord, Immortal Venerable Yun Jue of Wunian Mountain has arrived."
Rong Shu was taken aback, and then felt a surge of displeasure.
He didn't know what it was before, but now he finally knows: it's jealousy.
The thought of Yun Jue and Xin Qi filled him with an overwhelming sense of jealousy.
"Are you busy?" the woman in his arms suddenly asked.
Rong Shu quickly lowered his eyes. Jiang Fei had already woken up at some point and was quietly watching him.
"You go ahead and do your work, I'm fine," Jiang Fei said again, then smiled with her eyes crinkling slightly.
Rong Shu pursed his lips. He did have some things to make clear to Yun Jue, such as... that from now on, Qianjin Tower and Wunian Mountain would no longer interfere with each other.
"I'll be back in a bit," he said softly.
Jiang Fei nodded and watched him leave.
Only after his figure disappeared did Jiang Fei slowly stand up.
Even Yun Jue has arrived?
Yun Jue's favorability rating has always been unclear, but now is a good time to act.
Rong Shu should be in the main hall at this moment.
After a moment's thought, Jiang Fei slowly walked towards Rong Shu's palace.
Perhaps because they had seen how considerate Rong Shu was to her, the guards did not stop Jiang Fei from entering.
Jiang Fei immediately noticed the water mirror placed on the white jade table. She slowly walked forward, took the mirror, and the mirror surface shook, revealing the answer that the person looking in the mirror wanted to know.
Just as she had expected.
Jiang Fei smiled, turned around and walked towards the main hall in front.
...
The main hall.
Rong Shu looked at Yun Jue, who had returned, and her expression darkened slightly: "Immortal Venerable Yun Jue, is there something you need?"
Yun Jue looked at him, his gaze lowered, his usually pure and ethereal aura somewhat disordered: "Where is Jiang Fei?"
Rong Shu's gaze suddenly turned sinister, and the ponytail behind her was shaken and flew wildly: "Now that the Immortal Venerable has cultivated into an immortal body and is the master of Wunian Mountain, he is without emotion, desire, or wants. From now on, please be sure to abide by etiquette and never set foot in my Qianjin Tower again. Otherwise, even if he is an immortal, my Qianjin Tower will kill him."
Yun Jue looked at him, her usually compassionate eyes now tinged with a rare hint of anger: "Who are you to her?"
Rong Shu laughed angrily: "And who are you? You're nothing but a coward who abandoned her at the wedding banquet."
"And I will marry Feifei. If the Immortal Venerable is sincere, you are welcome to come and have a drink at our wedding..."
Before he could finish speaking, a ball of golden light suddenly shot towards him from Yun Jue's hand.
Rong Shu quickly dodged, and looking at Yun Jue's slightly reddened eyes, she suddenly sneered: "What kind of crazy act is the Immortal Venerable playing now?"
Yun Jue stared intently at him: "Do you really think I don't know what you've done?"
Rong Shu's expression tightened slightly.
"Rong Shu, did you keep Jiang Fei because of her, or because of her spirit?"
"Back in the human realm, who was Rong Yu, who suddenly appeared and then suddenly disappeared?"
"And... who was it that fed Jiang Fei the Forgetfulness Pill just to make her obey you and depend on you?"
Yun Jue's voice became almost hoarse as he spoke.
Rong Shuben's usually indifferent and playful eyes narrowed.
Yun Jue added, "You're only using Jiang Fei..."
A faint sound came from the entrance of the main hall.
The two people inside the hall, both highly skilled in magic, heard it keenly and turned to look.
Jiang Fei stood there, his eyes surging like waves, but his face remained expressionless. He held a water mirror in his hand and looked at Rong Shu: "What is this?"
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