Chapter 251 Not a Dream
Mu Jianjian used the Yellow Spring Water to get to Nian Qing. Even though she couldn't remember what the other person was doing, she managed to block a bit of true energy with the attraction of the Illusionary Butterfly and the Yellow Spring Water. Just when she thought she was going to be knocked away, she felt someone grab her waist.
Along with this came an endless flow of true energy, which slowly relieved the swelling sensation she had felt from absorbing the vast true energy of the other party in the Yellow Spring Water.
"Jianjian, I'm touched that you're here, but it's too dangerous." Nian Qing sighed softly, but her dark eyes held an uncontainable joy.
His Jianjian had even comprehended the realm of the Yellow Springs.
Mu Jianjian whirled around and started rattling off, "Didn't you hear me tell you to hide? If I had come any later, he would have kicked you out! And coming here without a word to get the Three Stone Flowers, don't you consider me a friend? What if I just left—"
What if she really just leaves...?
The two didn't even get to see each other one last time.
Nian Qing felt the warmth from his arms and heard the girl's excited accusations. He seemed to be pondering with difficulty, "I never wanted to be friends with Jianjian."
Mu Jianjian bit her lip, speechless as she listened to the obvious veiled meaning in the other person's words.
Seeing the girl's evasive manner, a hint of hurt flashed in Nian Qing's eyes, but he did not show it. His expression remained gentle and humble. "I came to get the Three Stone Flowers because I wanted to make a gift for Jianjian."
"What? I don't need a gift—" Mu Jianjian breathed a sigh of relief after changing the subject, but she still felt a sense of emptiness.
"Is it pretty?" Nian Qing interrupted her. Seeing the girl looking dazed, he raised his hand and patted her head. With a flick of his wrist, a palm-sized flower of gold and silver of different colors appeared.
Jianjian has a habit when she's fighting.
She would unconsciously reach for something on her hair bun, but it was empty, as if she had lost something before.
But it had become a habit for her, and even if the original things were no longer there, she would still do this.
Instead of correcting Jianjian's movements, he should personally craft a hairpin for her to wear. It should be carved from three stones and would surely complement Jianjian's appearance.
Nian Qing's gaze lingered on the girl's flawless face, now healed, and she had never felt so at peace.
It was as beautiful as he had imagined.
The Three Stone Flower also has the effect of binding the soul; as long as the flower is taken back, carved, and given to her, she will never be able to leave him again.
Mu Jianjian stared at the Three Stone Flowers, unable to come to her senses—
This is exactly the same as the three flowers on the hairpin that her senior brother gave her.
As if remembering something, a tear welled up and fell into the cold pool behind her. She stared intently at Nian Qing's worried face as he looked at her, "Your Highness... what is your name?"
"Boom boom boom—"
As soon as Mu Jianjian finished speaking, a deafening roar, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, suddenly resounded from beneath the cold pool. The strange noise echoed through the sky, shaking and surging the surrounding valleys, and reverberating with a long, melodious sound.
A sudden change occurred.
"Bang—"
A powerful force surged from the bottom of the pool, and Mu Jianjian, in a daze, lost her footing and plunged into the icy pool with a "plop." The speed was so fast that Nian Qing didn't even have time to raise his hand!
Without hesitation, he turned and plunged into the icy pool.
"Lord! This is their conspiracy! We must not enter the icy pool!" Huo Jin shouted.
Meanwhile, Mu Jianjian, who was underwater, felt the suffocating sensation she had experienced after becoming a cultivator. She tried to open her eyes to see everything around her, but all she could see was a huge, brightly lit talismanic mark at the bottom of the cold pool.
It was... the talisman array I saw underneath the mansion of the Sand Cave Master.
Because this formation has been traversed, it now needs to be traversed back.
Mu Jianjian smiled, but as she smiled, tears welled up in her eyes again. The tears dissolved in the water and vanished without a trace.
What is this...?
She hasn't even figured out everything yet, and now she suddenly has to go back...
The suffocating feeling that had been suppressed in her chest was magnified to the extreme in an instant. In despair and despondency, she vaguely saw a white-clad man swimming towards her.
Your Highness.
In her last conscious moment, Mu Jianjian engraved these three words in her heart, and the next moment her whole body pressed against the talisman array at the bottom of the pool.
In the blink of an eye, the girl vanished. On the vast array of runes at the bottom of the pool, only a silver ring shimmering with light floated in the water and slowly settled on the sand.
He watched the girl disappear before his eyes once again.
——
When Mu Jianjian opened her eyes again, it felt like a long time had passed. The gentle breeze and warm sunshine blowing in from the window made her feel somewhat dazed.
She seemed to have been out of the sunlight for a long time.
"Miss is awake!" Lu Shaocheng looked at the girl with surprise and served her a medicinal soup that had been simmering for a long time. "Miss Mu, don't worry, we have already won the battle in the East District and have reached an agreement with the newly appointed head of Duyun Workshop."
"Who... are you?" Mu Jianjian's mind went blank for a moment, and she asked softly.
East District, Duyunfang, the new head of the workshop...
"Ah?" Lu Shaocheng paused in his hand as he held the medicine. "I'm Lu Shaocheng, Xiao Cheng. Miss Mu, you suddenly disappeared there and only reappeared several days later..."
Mu Jianjian took the medicine, and her memories were finally reconnected.
In other words, she only suddenly appeared in that formation after the eastern area had already been occupied by the group from the grotto.
It's only been... less than five days.
She lived for about a month ten thousand years ago...
Or was what she experienced earlier just a dream?
“Miss Mu, we no longer have to worry about food and medicine, and—” Lu Shaocheng paused, a hint of shyness on his thin, sallow face, “and I never expected that Miss Mu would be so beautiful after her appearance was restored.”
So beautiful!
She was stunningly beautiful, yet possessed a sharp and aloof demeanor. No wonder Miss Mu was taken into Baili Yicheng's household after leaving the Red Chamber; it's likely that Baili Yicheng ruined her beauty!
Thinking of this, Lu Shaocheng felt a pang of heartache and resentment.
Mu Jianjian touched her cheeks, and they were indeed as smooth as before, without the previous bumpy scars. "It's not a dream."
His inner energy was still there, even more abundant than before—
My body has indeed been cured.
Mu Jianjian reached out and touched the hairpin, wanting to confirm that she hadn't misread it at first glance, but found it empty; the Morning and Evening Hairpin had long been taken away.
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