Chapter 22 Little Dragon: "She will bleed from all seven orifices and die suddenly."...
He swept Yue Mingxi up in his arms and summoned his sword.
The jeweled sword tassel swayed violently in the air as Wu Shanqing flew back to the courtyard at his fastest speed.
Wu Shanqing pushed open the door to his room and gently placed Yue Mingxi on the bed.
Standing up, Wu Shanqing bit her fingertip again, the wound of which had just healed.
His well-defined hands began to draw in the air, while Wu Shanqing muttered incantations.
Until a solution is found, we can only temporarily suppress her transformation process.
Otherwise, even the dragon blood fruit wouldn't have been able to save her.
She will bleed from all seven orifices and die suddenly during the transformation process.
A huge and complex array gradually took shape beneath Yue Mingxi, and the golden disc began to rotate.
A sudden gust of wind arose, and all the windows in the courtyard began to rattle violently.
Wu Shanqing's forehead was covered in cold sweat; he was practically defying the heavens.
Moonlit Creek is a species that should never have existed in the world; it is already extinct.
Changing her fate was far more difficult than imagined.
The magic array began to devour Wushan Qing, and the golden disc turned black.
Blood flowed from Wu Shanqing's mouth, eyes, and ears, staining the white gauze crimson.
Wu Shanqing gritted his teeth, but gradually could not hold on any longer and knelt on the ground.
"Sun and Moon Sword, come out."
His veined hands gripped the hilt of the sword with difficulty, and Wu Shanqing stabbed it mercilessly toward his own heart.
He plunged the needle into the ground without hesitation, and blood quickly soaked his white clothes.
The blood of a dragon is extremely precious and has immense power, capable of accomplishing almost anything that seems impossible in the world.
This is the third time Wu Shanqing has used his own heart's blood.
Each use produces severe side effects; the first time, it caused insomnia, and the second time, it caused loss of taste.
Wu Shanqing had no idea what the consequences of using his heart's blood would be for him this time.
But time was running out for him to think about it.
The situation at Yuemingxi is extremely urgent.
Every second she spends, she may never wake up again.
He pulled the sword from his heart, and blood gathered in the air, guided by Wu Shanqing.
Finally, Wu Shanqing sent it into the core of the formation.
Finally, the disordered array began to return to normal and turned golden again.
Relieved, Wu Shanqing raised his fingertips, completing the final step of the formation.
The array plate disappeared beneath Yue Mingxi, and the Sun and Moon Sword stood comfortably on the ground, allowing Wu Shanqing to grasp it immediately.
The jeweled sword tassel hung on the hilt. Wu Shanqing bent a finger, raised his hand and touched it, and the tassel swayed gently in his hand.
Unable to resist curling the corners of his lips, Wu Shanqing raised his hand, gripped the Sun and Moon Sword, and stood up.
Gently walking up to Yue Mingxi, Wu Shanqing bent down and reached out to touch Yue Mingxi's forehead.
The previously burning hot forehead has finally returned to normal.
Wu Shanqing breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to cast a spell to clean up the bloodstains on the ground, and slowly walked out.
She should wake up in another hour.
Wu Shanqing planned to take a shower first before seeing her.
The white blindfold was stained red with blood, and blood was still flowing from the eye sockets, leaving two bloody streaks on the face. The ears were also full of blood, emitting a loud ringing sound.
Every step I took was painful.
Staggering to the backyard, Wu Shanqing could no longer bear it and transformed into a small dragon, gently exhaling on the ground.
Its tail curled up in pain, and the little dragon curled itself into a ball.
A chill ran through his body, and Xiaolong shivered uncontrollably.
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Yue Mingxi was awakened by the pain.
A familiar burning sensation rose on her back. Yue Mingxi frowned and slowly opened her eyes.
Sunlight streamed through the window and shone on her.
Blinking her eyes and taking in her surroundings, Yue Mingxi suddenly sat up in bed.
Wasn't she in that strange forest? How did she end up on Wushan Qing's bed?
She threw off the covers and carefully got out of bed.
Looking at the shoes she was still wearing, Yue Mingxi bent her aching back, pulled the sheets and blankets back into her arms, and prepared to wash Wu Shanqing later.
She faints about once a month, but it always happens at night when she's sleeping, and she sleeps for two days and two nights.
This was the first time she had fainted without warning during the day.
She didn't know how long she had been unconscious, but she needed to hurry and find Wu Shanqing so he wouldn't worry.
Carrying the bed sheets and blankets, Yue Mingxi walked out of the courtyard, placed them in a wooden basin, and called out, "Wu Shanqing, where are you?"
Receiving no response, Yue Mingxi rubbed her aching head and walked towards the backyard.
As she walked, Yue Mingxi called out, "Wu Shanqing, are you there?"
In the backyard, the little dragon, who was curled up on the ground, suddenly heard a noise and poked its head out from its clothes.
As she tilted her head and sensed the girl getting closer and closer, Xiaolong panicked.
I can't let her see it; it doesn't look majestic or imposing at all like this.
Concealing his form, Xiao Long leaned against his clothes, panting heavily.
"Why did you throw your clothes on the ground?" Yue Mingxi walked over, bent down and picked up the clothes.
Exhausted and unable to move, Xiaolong buried his head in his clothes and pretended to be dead.
As soon as she picked up the clothes, Yue Mingxi was startled.
The white clothes were soaked with blood, and the white gauze was also soaked with blood.
Yue Mingxi couldn't help but frown. What kind of injury did Wu Shanqing suffer?
Looking around, Wu Shanqing was nowhere to be seen in the backyard.
Yue Mingxi was anxious and worried. Ignoring her back pain, she ran towards the hot spring.
Sensing her emotions, Xiaolong popped out of his clothes again, tilted his head and roared twice.
It wanted to tell her not to worry.
Strangely, no sound was made.
The little dragon was stunned and roared again, but no sound came out.
Running all the way to the hot spring, Yue Mingxi called out, "Wu Shanqing, are you here?"
Wu Shanqing had told her that the hot spring was protected by a barrier, so from the outside, all you could see was a pool of water.
But once you go inside, you'll discover a hidden paradise.
It's uncertain whether Yuemingxi is inside or not.
She pursed her lips and called out to the hot spring again, "Wu Shanqing, are you in there?"
Xiao Long tilted his head, sensing her presence, his mind filled with questions.
Who is Wu Shanqing? She seems very worried about him.
"Roar! Roar!" Little Dragon shouted at her, sounding aggrieved.
I can't even speak up! Why should I still worry about him?
Possessiveness instantly filled Xiaolong's mind, and he climbed up her arm and onto her body.
After wrapping its long body around her neck several times, Xiaolong tilted its head and whispered a silent roar into Yue Mingxi's ear.
Strange, why does my neck feel itchy? Yue Mingxi reached out and touched it.
Xiaolong froze, standing there stiffly.
The next second, Xiaolong, as if fleeing, pulled his body out and quickly jumped into the hot spring.
As soon as it entered the hot spring, the little dragon instantly transformed into human form.
Unfortunately, Yue Mingxi, standing outside, couldn't see anything.
"She's not in the hot spring either, so where did she go?" Yue Mingxi muttered to herself as she turned and left the hot spring.
Let's wash Wu Shanqing's sheets and clothes first.
After filling the basin with water, Yuemingxi sat by the stream and just put her hand into the wooden tub.
I realized I had been gently poked by a stick.
Turning her head in confusion, Yue Mingxi's eyes lit up. "Wu Shanqing, you're back?"
Wu Shanqing retracted the branch from his left hand and nodded wearily.
"Are you injured?" Yue Mingxi observed him carefully.
Wu Shanqing shook his head and began to draw in the air with his mind.
Golden words gradually appeared in the air, just two words: "I wash".
Yue Mingxi blinked, looked up and asked, "Wu Shanqing, what's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?"
Five words slowly appeared in the air: "None of your business."
He never imagined that the price of using his heart's blood for the third time would be losing his voice.
Furthermore, due to the enormous consumption, it transformed itself into such a small prototype.
Recalling how she had just transformed into an ignorant little dragon and clung to her, Wu Shanqing was speechless.
This was truly a great disgrace to his long life as a dragon.
"I'll wash up." Yue Mingxi wiped her hands, took out a reclining chair from her storage bag, placed it on the ground, and pressed Wu Shanqing down on it.
Looking down at him intently, Yue Mingxi said seriously, "Wu Shanqing, what exactly are you hiding from me? What happened after I fainted? Why is there so much blood on your clothes? What injuries did you sustain? And why can't you speak?"
A barrage of questions came at Wu Shanqing, who pursed his lips.
He thought to himself, "Why didn't you tell me your back hurts?"
Yue Mingxi warned him, "Don't try to change the subject. I'll ask you first."
"When you fell from the sky before, I sealed your pain receptors to heal your injuries, but your back still hurts, right?"
Yue Mingxi was taken aback. "How did you know?"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Wu Shanqing's jaw tightened, and he wrote in the air much faster.
Yue Mingxi quickly coaxed, "It's an old problem of mine, I've never taken it seriously."
Wu Shanqing frowned: "Idiot, you should have told me sooner."
Yue Mingxi sighed; Wu Shanqing was truly angry.
Because the word "idiot" was written in an incredibly large font in mid-air.
Yue Mingxi shook his sleeve, "Okay, okay, don't be angry anymore, okay? It's really okay."
Wu Shanqing sighed, "Even the protective spell can't relieve your back pain. Does your back still hurt?"
"It's alright, I've gotten used to it over the years," Yue Mingxi said nonchalantly.
Wu Shanqing stretched out his left hand and gently tapped his forehead with a tree branch, saying in the air, "Go lie down on the bed, I'll wash your clothes."
"I'll wash it." After saying that, Yue Mingxi realized something was wrong. What was going on? Wu Shanqing had managed to get all the information out of her. He hadn't even answered a single question she asked him.
Looking down at Wu Shanqing, Yue Mingxi said angrily, "Don't try to fool me. Quickly tell me the truth: why are you injured? Why can't you speak?"
Wu Shanqing pursed his lips and said while drawing, "The blood on my clothes isn't my blood; it's blood from killing wild animals. I can't speak because my throat is inflamed."
Shaking her head helplessly, Yue Mingxi gave up on asking any more questions.
Wu Shanqing never told the truth, yet she couldn't do anything about it.
Looking down at him, Yue Mingxi asked softly, "How long have I been asleep?"
Wu Shanqing wrote: "One hour."
Yue Mingxi breathed a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, there was only one hour left.
New golden characters appeared in the air, and Yue Mingxi looked up to see them.
"Are you hungry? I'll go to Shimanlou and bring you some food."
"No need," Yue Mingxi shook her head and smiled, her eyes crinkling. "I'm planning to cook lunch for myself today to celebrate the successful completion of the assessment. Wu Shanqing, is there anything you'd like to eat?"
Wu Shanqing wrote: "What you eat, I eat."
After a pause, Wu Shanqing asked her, "What time do we leave this afternoon?"
"What are we going to do?" Yue Mingxi asked, puzzled.
"Go to the sect for the assessment."
“I’m not going,” Yue Mingxi said with a slight smile. “I’ve already completed the mission, so there’s no need to go anymore.”
During the Xuan Yun Sect's assessment, Yue Mingxi overheard the other examinees saying that the Xuan Yun Sect was the most prestigious and best sect.
Since she can already guarantee her participation, she shouldn't waste her precious time taking the exams at other sects.
However, she did not expect that she could resolve the month-long assessment meeting in half a day.
Yue Mingxi thought she would have to undergo many days of assessment before a sect would accept her.
Lowering her head, Yue Mingxi said happily, "Wu Shanqing, let's have lotus root and pork rib soup, steamed egg with minced meat, shiitake mushrooms and greens, and stir-fried king oyster mushrooms for lunch today."
Wu Shanqing was definitely injured, so Yue Mingxi chose light and simple dishes.
Wu Shanqing nodded slightly and wrote, "Okay."
After finishing writing, he stood up from the recliner, squatted by the stream, and snatched the wooden basin from Yue Mingxi's hands.
Tiny splashes of water rose from the wooden basin and landed on the two people's hands.
Yue Mingxi asked in disbelief, "Wu Shanqing, what are you doing?"
Wu Shanqing lowered his head, rubbing the clothes in the wooden basin with both hands, and a line of words slowly appeared above his head.
"I'll do the laundry, don't try to take it from me, or I won't let you cook or do the laundry."
Yue Mingxi: "..."
Looking at his handsome profile, Yue Mingxi shook her head and chuckled, "Alright, then I'll go cook."
A large "hmm" appeared above Wu Shanqing's head.
Yue Mingxi endured the slight pain in her lower back and stood up, only to suddenly find everything going black.
Shaking her head, Yue Mingxi steadied herself and rubbed her eyes as she walked towards the front yard.
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With a creak, Yue Mingxi opened the small kitchen door.
Standing in front of the dining table, Yue Mingxi hummed a little tune as she chopped vegetables.
When the pot was ready, Wu Shanqing came over and gently poked Yue Mingxi with the branch in his hand.
Yue Mingxi turned her head and saw the words he had written in the air: "I've washed the clothes."
"Okay." Yue Mingxi smiled and said, "The food will take a little while to be ready."
A "hmm" sound appeared in the air, and Wu Shanqing sat down in front of his small stove for burning herbs.
The two of them, one cooking and the other brewing medicine, created a warm and cozy scene.
After brewing the medicine, Wu Shanqing carried the bowl of herbs to Yue Mingxi's side and wrote: "Warm and sweet, drink it."
Yue Mingxi stopped stirring the vegetables, turned her head and asked, "Is it soup made from tree roots?"
Wu Shanqing nodded, while Yue Mingxi asked warily, "Is it really sweet?"
Wu Shanqing nodded again, and Yue Mingxi felt relieved, putting down the spatula and taking it from him.
After finishing the drink in one gulp, Yue Mingxi exclaimed in surprise, "It really is sweet, like osmanthus cake!"
Wu Shanqing curled her lips, took the bowl from her hands, and bent down to wash it.
Yue Mingxi said happily, "Just wait a little longer, we'll be able to eat soon."
A large "好" (good) character appeared in the sky. After washing the dishes, Wu Shanqing was not idle. She ladled the pork rib and corn soup that had been cooked in the pot into a basin and put the steamed buns into a small basket.
The two of them busied themselves for a while and finally finished cooking the meal.
Wu Shanqing asked Yue Mingxi to sit down at the table and brought all the food over to her.
Under the crooked tree, Yue Mingxi ate corn and couldn't help but say, "The corn in the spare ribs is so delicious, even better than the spare ribs."
Wu Shanqing wrote in the air, “Delicious, everything you make is delicious.”
After finishing the corn, Yue Mingxi reached out with her chopsticks to pick up some ribs, but her vision suddenly blurred, and everything looked as if it were seen through a layer of fog.
Yue Mingxi blinked violently, finally understanding.
After putting the ribs into the bowl, Yue Mingxi thought that it must be because she had been using her eyes too much while memorizing books lately.
She needs to get plenty of rest in the days to come.
After the meal, Wu Shanqing put away the bowls, chopsticks, and basins and took them to the kitchen to wash them.
With nothing to do, Yue Mingxi just followed him around.
Wu Shanqing wrote in confusion, "Are you very free?"
Yue Mingxi chuckled and tilted her head to look at him, "Wu Shanqing, when are you going to start talking?"
Wu Shanqing paused for a moment, then said, "I will speak when I want to."
"Stubborn as a mule," Yue Mingxi secretly thought to herself.
After playing for a while, Yue Mingxi yawned and said, "Wu Shanqing, I'm going back to my room."
Wu Shanqing nodded.
After entering the room, Yue Mingxi sat down at the dressing table and began to organize the various jewelry pieces that Li Shizhi had given her.
This was given to her by Li Shizhi this morning. The girl looked aggrieved and said that if she didn't accept it, it meant she didn't consider her a friend.
Yue Mingxi rubbed her head and had no choice but to accept Li Shizhi's kindness.
Jewelry and ornaments filled the entire table. It took Yue Mingxi a long time to tidy up before she finally finished.
Feeling sleepy, Yue Mingxi rubbed her eyes, took off her shoes, and went to bed.
It started raining outside sometime during the day, and the rain was pouring down.
The sound of rain woke Yueming Xihuan, and she slowly opened her eyes.
But all I could see was darkness, and I couldn't see anything.
Yue Mingxi vaguely wondered if she had slept until evening.
I turned my head and looked towards the dressing table, but it was still completely dark. It was strange; the big gemstone wasn't shining anymore.
Sitting up, Yue Mingxi fumbled in her storage pouch to take out the Bright Flower Lamp, recited the incantation, but still there was no light.
Yue Mingxi gradually realized something was wrong. Could she have gone blind?!
I raised my finger and waved it in front of my eyes, but I couldn't see anything.
A wave of panic washed over Yue Mingxi, and she instinctively called out, "Wu Shanqing, are you there?"
There was no response. Yue Mingxi remembered that Wu Shanqing was now unable to speak.
She groped her way out of bed and looked around helplessly; all she saw was darkness.
It was all nothingness; nothing could be seen.
She really went blind.
Yue Mingxi asked helplessly, "Wu Shanqing, are you there? Could you come to my room for a moment?"
Unless it was an emergency, Wu Shanqing rarely entered her room.
Upon hearing her words, Wu Shanqing finally appeared before Yue Mingxi.
Walking up to her, Wu Shanqing began writing in the air, "What's wrong?"
Hearing his movement, Yue Mingxi raised her head in confusion, "Wu Shanqing, I've gone blind."
Wu Shanqing was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth as if to say, "Are you kidding me?", but no sound came out.
A deafening clap of thunder sounded outside. Suppressing her fear, Yue Mingxi pursed her lips and whispered, "Wu Shanqing, will I feel better after a good night's sleep?"
Hearing the girl's feigned calmness, Wu Shanqing felt a sudden pang of pain in his heart.
Taking a step forward, Wu Shanqing reached out and grasped Yue Mingxi's arm.
Wu Shanqing took out a calligraphy brush from thin air and began to write in her palm.
The brush bristles landed in my palm, creating a ticklish sensation.
Yue Mingxi couldn't help but try to pull away, but Wu Shanqing held her firmly, preventing her from moving.
In the darkness, Yue Mingxi carefully sensed the direction of the brush.
The rain was pouring outside the window. He said, "Don't be afraid, I'm always here."
Author's note: Both of them will recover later. [droopy-eared rabbit head]
I'm about to put on a clip! The next chapter will be updated Wednesday night at 11:11 PM, and I'll have a little more to update then! My darlings, kisses!
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