Having lost a third of his soul in a flash, Ling Xiaotian was in a worse state than when he first entered He Jingjing's body. As a parasite, He Jingjing herself was also severely injured due to the damage caused by Ling Xiaotian.
He Jingjing fell into a coma again. This time, she has not recovered for two years.
Two years later, He Jingjing was sent abroad by He Shumin for recuperation. Having recovered somewhat from the nourishment of He Jingjing's body over the past two years, Ling Xiaotian, after leaving China, dared to revisit his old plan and search for a new soul nourisher. This time, Ling Xiaotian was fortunate not to encounter any nemesis, such as a cultivator. Three years later, Ling Xiaotian's strength had returned to the state it had been when he first entered He Jingjing's body, and he finally stopped absorbing nutrients from her.
Because most of the nutrients in He Jingjing's body have been supplied to Ling Xiaotian over the years, He Jingjing looks shorter than her peers.
After He Jingjing returned home, Ling Xiaotian kept a close eye on the surrounding area for any cultivators. The experience six years prior still haunted him. If he hadn't experienced it firsthand, Ling Xiaotian would never have believed that a once-proud son of heaven, a Nascent Soul cultivator halfway to becoming a god, could have fallen to the point of fearing a mere Qi Refining cultivator. If any of Ling Xiaotian's former acquaintances were still around in this time and space, they'd probably have hidden their faces in their pants.
Until that day, when He Jingjing and Zhou Yuanyuan faced off, the aura Zhou Yuanyuan emitted in an instant made Ling Xiaotian terrified.
Ling Xiaotian was certain that Zhou Yuanyuan was a cultivator, and quite powerful indeed. From Ling Xiaotian's Nascent Soul stage perspective, Zhou Yuanyuan's spirit was at least at the Golden Core stage. If a Golden Core cultivator discovered He Jingjing's remnant spirit, the consequences would be disastrous.
After He Jingjing stopped practicing, Ling Xiaotian would control her body and practice every night while she slept. However, the effect was definitely not as good as if He Jingjing practiced on her own.
Because of Zhou Yuanyuan's provocation, Ling Xiaotian desperately needed a body to cultivate. Therefore, Ling Xiaotian used electric shocks, hoping to induce He Jingjing's soul to leave the body in pain. Generally speaking, when a person's soul leaves the body, it is equivalent to the person's death. He Jingjing was just an ordinary person, and her soul dissipated within an hour after leaving her body. Unlike a cultivator, she could not survive for several days relying on her soul.
Ling Xiaotian couldn't wait to take over He Jingjing's body. He wanted to become strong as soon as possible.
He Jingjing was reborn, and her soul was stronger than that of an average person. No matter how painful it was, He Jingjing's soul didn't want to leave. In the end, Ling Xiaotian's method still ended in failure.
The next day was Saturday, and in order to send Wen Ziqing off, Zhou Yuanyuan decided to skip half a day of class openly.
After making up her mind, Zhou Yuanyuan walked home and immediately called Zhao Qingshan to ask him to ask her homeroom teacher for leave. As for the reason, whether it was illness or something else, Zhou Yuanyuan asked Zhao Qingshan to make it up.
Zhao Qingshan couldn't do anything about Zhou Yuanyuan. He knew that Zhou Yuanyuan would do what she wanted, so he couldn't help but help smooth things over. Besides, it wasn't just Wen Ziqing going to the front lines; Zhou Yuanyuan's father was also on the list of combatants this time!
On the phone, Zhao Qingshan told Wen Ziqing to take advantage of the morning ahead to go home and tell Wen Yiran about their situation. After all, Wen Yiran was someone who always cared about them. As for Zhou Yuanyuan, she should hurry home early tomorrow morning. Zhou Zhixin was also going to the front lines, so as a daughter, she had to show some concern, right?
Zhou Yuanyuan then realized that Zhou Zhixin was also going to join the war. For a moment, Zhou Yuanyuan felt a little lost. She felt sorry for herself and worried about Zhou Zhixin.
In fact, after Zhou Zhixin became the head of the Special Forces Corps, Zhou Yuanyuan anticipated that Zhou Zhixin might participate in the southern campaign. After all, General Zhou's original purpose in establishing this iron army was to prepare for this possible battle in the south.
Upon her rebirth, Zhou Yuanyuan deeply resented Zhou Zhixin, believing his misconduct to have caused their family's miserable past lives. As the truth gradually unfolded, Zhou Yuanyuan realized she had wrongly accused Zhou Zhixin, and her feelings towards him remained conflicted. On the one hand, she felt a sense of guilt. In her previous life, she had resented Zhou Zhixin her entire life, and this sudden shift in perspective was somewhat embarrassing. On the other hand, Zhou Yuanyuan was not a real child after all, and she could never open up to Zhou Zhixin as freely as she did to Zhou Jiasheng.
Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't seen Zhou Zhixin in six months. Zhou Zhixin was busy in the army, only coming home once or twice a month. Zhou Yuanyuan was also busy, so she didn't spend much time at home. She was either called away by her grandfather, Zhao Qingshan, to help with researching new cases, or pestered by her great-grandfather, General Zhou, to play chess or something. She was always busy.
Zhou Zhixin was also going to the battlefield, and Zhou Yuanyuan felt that the jade talisman she had Xiaoyu prepare was not enough. Although Zhou Zhixin's current position didn't require him to rush to the front lines, who could say for sure about war? Cannonballs don't have eyes; they won't automatically turn when they see Zhou Zhixin's epaulettes.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu." Zhou Yuanyuan called out twice softly in her sea of consciousness.
"Master, I'm here." After waiting for a long time, Zhou Yuanyuan heard Xiaoyu's voice with a hint of crying.
If possible, Xiaoyu really didn't want to respond to Zhou Yuanyuan's call. After Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhao Qingshan finished their phone call, Xiaoyu knew that her workload would double tonight. However, ordinary diamond talismans are easy to draw, but the enhanced diamond jade talisman like Xiaoyu's is not easy to carve! Xiaoyu estimated that after the two diamond jade talismans were made, the spiritual energy on the jade stones that Wen Ziqing brought back this time would have been consumed by Xiaoyu. Woo woo woo... Why is Xiaoyu so unfortunate? She watched helplessly as the spiritual energy she had obtained flew away. If she only had one jade talisman, she could have retained half of the spiritual energy!
"Xiaoyu, I need two jade talismans tomorrow morning. Can you do it?" Zhou Yuanyuan didn't know what Xiaoyu was thinking and asked directly.
"Master, Xiaoyu can do it." Although Xiaoyu was reluctant, she would complete Zhou Yuanyuan's order even if it cost her life.
"Xiaoyu, thank you! When Brother Ziqing comes back from the battlefield, I will ask him to take us to the jade mine. Then, I will find you some big and good pieces of jade. What do you think?" Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't help but promise when she saw Xiaoyu was so well-behaved.
"Really? Thank you, Master!" Xiaoyu was so excited. Jade mine! It represents a lot of spiritual energy! The more it absorbs, the faster it will advance.
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