Chapter 154 - The Stars Are Crying
Tie Niu's massive body rushed forward like a cannonball, his huge palms protecting Luo Hongyi's poisonous mist threads. He roared in a deep voice, "Senior Sister Luo! What happened to Xiaolu?!"
Chu Linyuan and Xie Zhao were also alarmed by this sudden change!
The repair of the tower's core ground to a halt! The Frost Silence fragment lost its guidance, and the icy blue light became manic and unstable again. Xie Zhao's Jinghong Talisman Pen suddenly stopped, and the light of the talisman array fluctuated violently!
"Brother! Over there, the deer!" Xie Zhao shouted anxiously, his eyes looking anxiously at the fallen white deer.
Chu Linyuan's cold eyes swept across Bai Xiaolu's empty and painful eyes, then across the Moon-Eating Rabbit on the ground whose star-blue vortexes were spinning wildly in its eyes and whose body was twitching constantly, and finally fell back on the Star-Attracting Talisman Array that was on the verge of collapse and the manic fragments.
A rare flicker of struggle flashed in his eyes! This opportunity to repair the Frost Silence Sword was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! But...
"Receive!" Chu Linyuan's cold voice carried unquestionable determination! He clenched his left hand fiercely! He forcibly cut off the mysterious ice evil spirit and dragon evil power that were injected into the Star Attracting Talisman Formation!
Without its support, the Star Attracting Talisman Formation instantly dimmed and collapsed! The Frost Silence fragments emitted an unwilling humming sound, and the icy blue light converged, becoming silent again, and fell from mid-air.
Chu Linyuan didn't even look at the falling debris. His body turned into a cold stream of light and instantly appeared beside Bai Xiaolu!
He put his fingers together like swords, and a wisp of extremely pure and peaceful black ice evil spirit condensed at his fingertips. With powerful soothing and soul-calming power, it pointed at Bai Xiaolu's eyebrows like lightning!
The icy aura of mysterious ice was like sweet spring water, instantly pouring into Bai Xiaolu's chaotic and violent sea of consciousness!
Almost at the same time, Xie Zhao also rushed over! He hadn't put away his Jinghong Talisman Pen yet, and a gentle, pale golden light flowed from the tip of the pen. However, this wasn't an attack, but rather the power of the Soul-Guiding Lamp in his heart, transforming it into countless fine, tough, pale golden threads. Like the most gentle net, it instantly enveloped the twitching Moon-Eating Rabbit on the ground!
"Calm the mind! Calm the soul!" Xie Zhao shouted softly, and the talisman line, carrying his pure protective intention and the power of the origin of talismans, forcibly penetrated into Rabbit's original consciousness that was impacted by the chaotic memory fragments!
Two forces, one icy to calm the soul, the other warm to soothe the spirit, acting at the same time!
"Woo--!" The star-blue vortex in the Moon-Eating Rabbit's eyes suddenly slowed down, and it let out a whimper of pain and relief. Its small body finally stopped twitching and curled up in the golden net formed by the runes. Its ruby eyes slowly closed and it fell into a deep sleep.
And in Bai Xiaolu's empty eyes, the crazy and shattered light and shadow of the stars also receded like the tide.
His pupils refocused, but there was still a huge amount of fear and confusion left in his eyes. His little face was pale and his body was trembling slightly in the poisonous mist threads of Luo Hongyi.
"Xiaolu! Xiaolu, how are you?" Su Tang approached cautiously with a crying voice.
Bai Xiaolu's gaze slowly swept over the crowd around her, finally landing on the dormant Bunny within the talisman net. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but only a broken breath came out. Silent tears streamed down her clear, large eyes.
"Stars..." Her voice was extremely weak, filled with great fear and sadness, as if she had exhausted all her strength, "...many stars...are crying..."
After she finished speaking, she tilted her head and completely fainted in Luo Hongyi's poisonous mist threads.
"The stars... are crying?" Xie Zhao's heart trembled, his peach-colored eyes filled with surprise and doubt. He looked at the Moon-Eating Rabbit, sleeping in the talisman net, then at the white deer, whose heart meridians were protected by Chu Linyuan's mysterious ice energy. An unbelievable thought exploded in his mind—that terrifying soul-level shock just now was a fragment of the rabbit's memory! And the deer... could actually resonate so deeply with the Moon-Eating Rabbit's soul?! Even... could it perceive the images in its memories?!
Tie Niu's huge hand hung in the air, bewildered, and he said in a muffled voice, "Xingxing...why is she crying? Is the little deer frightened and confused?"
The poisonous mist from Luo Hongyi's fingertips softened. Holding the unconscious Bai Xiaolu, her beautiful face was filled with solemnity and an unprecedented sense of inquiry. "It wasn't because of fear. The fragments of memory released by the rabbit contain an extremely ancient and sad will... This little girl, her soul... is not simple."
Chu Linyuan withdrew his finger from Bai Xiaolu's brow. His cold gaze lingered on her pale face for a moment before sweeping over the drowsy Moon-Eating Rabbit. He bent down, his movements abruptly altered from his usual coldness, a gentle, almost rigid gesture, as he lifted the unconscious Bai Xiaolu from Luo Hongyi's poisonous mist thread.
"Return to the sect." The cold voice left no room for doubt. He held Bai Xiaolu in his arms and turned, striding towards the Guixu Sect's main hall.
Xie Zhao immediately understood, and with his fingertips, he carefully lifted up the sleeping Moon-Eating Rabbit and followed closely behind. He retracted the Jinghong Talisman Pen, and the talisman thread transformed into a pale golden cocoon, enveloping the rabbit.
Su Tang and Tie Niu also hurried to catch up, and Luo Hongyi walked at the end, with the poisonous mist on his fingertips silently detecting the remaining traces of soul fluctuations around him.
Inside the main hall, Chu Linyuan gently placed the white deer on a stone bed covered with soft star-patterned grass mats.
He stood silently beside the bed, his cold eyes falling on the little girl's furrowed brows and tear-stained face.
The dark golden dragon pattern on the left cheek seemed to light up slightly for a moment under the dim light in the hall.
Xie Zhaoze placed the pale golden cocoon wrapped around the rabbit next to the white deer's pillow. The cocoon exuded a gentle magical power, like a protective lamp.
"Brother," Xie Zhao looked at the unconscious man and rabbit, his peach blossom eyes showing an unprecedented seriousness, "Just now... that was not a simple shock. The soul of the deer and the essence of the rabbit just briefly... merged.
What she saw and heard were probably the fragments of Tutu’s deeply buried memories! Those weeping stars…”
Chu Linyuan remained silent, then slowly raised his right hand. A faint trace of Bai Xiaolu's remaining soul lingered on his fingertips. He closed his eyes for a moment, sensing it, his cold brow furrowed deeply.
"Ancient... stars... extinct..." He opened his eyes, his voice heavy, "Sadness... longing..."
These words were like cold stones dropped into Xie Zhao's heart! Bai Xiaolu's words, "The stars are crying," were confirmed! The Moon-Eating Rabbit's origins were likely tied to some ancient secret! And the fact that Xiaolu could resonate so deeply with it... her background couldn't possibly be that of an ordinary abandoned child!
"No matter what, she is a member of our sect." Chu Linyuan's gaze fell on Bai Xiaolu and the rabbit in the light cocoon.
"Yes!" Xie Zhao nodded heavily, and the Jinghong Talisman Pen slipped into his hand. "I'll set up a talisman array to soothe their souls! First, stabilize their spirits!"
Pale golden runes began to light up around the stone bed, emitting a warm and peaceful aura.
Chu Linyuan sat cross-legged not far from the bed, the Frost Silence Sword across his knees, his eyes closed as he steadied his breath. His aura was profound, like the most silent rock, guarding this small space.
Outside the hall, Su Tang was holding the photo stone, and her clairvoyant eyes were watching everything inside the hall through the crack in the door. The playfulness on her little face was gone, and only worry and awe remained.
Tie Niu's massive form stood guard at the temple's entrance like a gate god. Luo Hongyi stood by the herb garden, looking at the wilted Star Tear Grass from the previous soul shock, poisonous mist swirling between her fingertips as she pondered.
The night in Guixu Sect became exceptionally long and solemn because of this sudden change.
The little girl sleeping on the stone bed and the little beast in the light cocoon beside her pillow are like two stones thrown into a deep pool, quietly uncovering a dusty past of the stars in the long river of fate.
Inside the main hall, the pale golden light of the soul-soothing talisman array gently enveloped the stone bed like a quiet stream.
White Deer remained in a deep coma, his brow furrowed tightly as if trapped in an endless nightmare. Beside his pillow, the pale golden cocoon encasing the Moon-Eating Rabbit rose and fell slightly, like its breath.
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