"Miss Su saved my lifeblood, her kindness greater than heaven itself," Yun Hao stepped forward, his gaze sharp and determined. "From now on, I, Yun Hao, am at your command."
Immortal Liu glanced at Yun Hao, her willowy waist sinuous as if boneless, and bowed gracefully toward me, "Noble sister, your righteous act won my loyalty. I, Immortal Liu, am willing to serve you for a lifetime to repay this debt."
"Come see us in three days," Yu Longting commanded with his eyes sweeping across their faces before striding away from Immortal Liu's home.
I slumped in Yu Longting's arms, listening in a daze as Yun Hao agreed, "I'll come again in three days, I'm leaving now."
A sound of a powerful wind breaking through the air was heard; Yun Hao must have left.
Then came Immortal Liu's voice, seductive to the bone yet somehow frigid, "I have a deep hatred with the Cloud Viper, so it's best we don't meet often. This time we managed to coexist peacefully, but next time it might be a life and death struggle. I'll come again in four days; whatever orders you have, just say them."
"As you wish," replied Yu Longting nonchalantly as he walked past the graveyard filled with tombstones, heading toward the dining hall.
His face was entirely darkened, his presence exuding an oppressiveness that made it hard to breathe, his visage as if coated in Mysterious Ice for a thousand years.
I had never seen Yu Longting emanate such a terrifying aura before; my heart constricted, and I softly comforted him, "The Spiritual Eye is like an endless spring well, the Spiritual Power in my body that's been depleted will soon begin to recover bit by bit."
"Wanwan, I will nourish you with my Spiritual Power," Yu Longting said coldly, his usual tenderness and indulgence toward me absent.
I felt he seemed a bit unknown, somewhat intimidating, "It's said to waste twenty years of your cultivation. I don't think it's worth it."
"This time making the garment has damaged your heart meridian. Without the intervention of Spiritual Power, the damage will be permanent," Yu Longting said without veering his gaze, his eyes lowered straight ahead.
His gaze felt like sharp icicles piercing through my chest, making me comply obediently, "Is it that serious? Then use your Spiritual Power to heal me quickly. Once I fully recover, I can gather Spiritual Power for you more quickly."
Even as I said this, his already weakened and nearly depleted body would likely only get worse.
But what could I do?
Once Yu Longting decided to do something, it had to be done—no use even if the king of heaven himself came.
"Wanwan, close your eyes and don't open them," he instructed.
Following the sound of Yu Longting's magnetic voice, I was laid down on the bed.
After I closed my eyes, he suddenly vanished from sight.
Feeling around carefully, I finally touched the scaly body of a snake.
I remembered him mentioning he feared I might be frightened by his snake form and sighed softly, "It's not that scary. The texture is actually quite nice. Did you revert to your original form because you gave all your cultivation to me?"
"Wanwan..." His voice was hoarse, "You touched my Reverse Scale."
"It's forbidden to casually touch the Reverse Scale of a snake, isn't it?" I did not pull my hand away.
Yu Longting let out a deep sigh, "You are the first person to touch my Reverse Scale. Wanwan... please stop touching it, will you?"
He turned from a little wolf into a little milk dog in a second!
But that description felt a bit off.
He was more like a little milk snake.
"Is it that those who wanted to touch your Reverse Scale are all dead now?" My heart fluttered, and I withdrew my hand in time.
Yu Longting's snake head nudged my hand away, "You might as well keep touching it."
Me: "..."
My fingers once again found his cold scales, and I fell asleep next to him.