Chapter 145: Healing the Heart

Chu Huaizhou: “Alright, alright, I understand, Master, but my memories haven’t recovered yet.”

“So if you really want to pursue me, then recover your memories.”

“At that time, I will properly respond to your feelings.”

Meng Yinlu said she didn’t hear the answer she had been longing for day and night.

But this was already good; she wouldn’t do something like forcing.

She retracted her body, her delicate hands pinching Chu Huaizhou’s sleeve.

The oppressive feeling from before suddenly changed, as if she had suffered a great wrong.

“Then… Master, can you still call me Yinlu Little Treasure in the future?”

Chu Huaizhou: “Yes, of course, no problem.”

“Good, then call me once.”

“Yinlu… Little Treasure.”

“Mhm, please call me again.”

“One more time.”

“Yinlu Little Treasure!”

Meng Yinlu tugged at Chu Huaizhou’s sleeve, swaying left and right as if in a good mood.

Humming a tune that was hard to recognize.

It was hard to imagine that this third disciple, who couldn’t hide anything on her face, looking naive and innocent, had just spoken such bold words.

After the two played like this for a while, Meng Yinlu seemed to have replenished enough Master energy.

The corners of her mouth lifted slightly, revealing a satisfied expression.

As if she wasn’t embarrassed at all by the formal confession.

On the contrary, Chu Huaizhou was unsettled.

But because the third disciple’s demeanor was very cute, he felt healed.

Indeed, a beauty is most pleasing to the eye.

Especially when this beauty was close to him.

She hummed twice and let go of Chu Huaizhou’s hand.

Raised her hand to release her Dao, grasping from the void a lump of flesh that kept pulsating.

Even more terrifying was that as soon as this thing appeared, Chu Huaizhou could sense it wildly absorbing all surrounding vitality to nourish itself.

Just looking at it made him feel breathless.

Its aura was the same as that in the secret realm they had been in before.

“Hmm?”

Chu Huaizhou’s expression stiffened, pointing at the thing and asking: “This… what is it?”

Meng Yinlu held it suspended and applied two prohibition seals.

The lump of flesh was instantly imprisoned by golden arcs and transparent Dao patterns, not leaking any aura.

“This is the secret realm we were in before.”

“After we came out, to prevent it from reconnecting with the one who controlled it, I used the Dao to continuously compress its essence, finally becoming this life essence.”

Meng Yinlu placed it in Chu Huaizhou’s hand.

“Well… although its appearance isn’t good, it should contain vast and pure special Dao resonance. I checked; it can be used as a heavenly treasure to recover the body.”

“When Senior Sister Baiqian was fighting earlier, I sensed her Dao heart was unstable. Use this to supplement her—it will help and even improve her cultivation.”

So that was it. Chu Huaizhou dared not say that at first glance, he thought of tentacle-like things, fearing that Yinlu would do something inappropriate to him like Qingqiu did.

Turns out it was for healing.

He wiped cold sweat internally.

But speaking of Baiqian, her Dao heart is unstable? Was the previous battle so intense?

Seems he must hurry to find a way to recover memories; he can’t always let his disciples handle things.

Chu Huaizhou: “Alright, I’ll take this to see Baiqian.”

“Yinlu Little Treasure, you…”

Meng Yinlu stood up, walked skillfully to his desk, and sat down.

From a hidden compartment underneath, she pulled out a book and waved it at Chu Huaizhou.

It read: “A Few Things Between Me and My Cold-Faced Master”

“Master, go ahead. I’ll read a book here.”

Seeing her skillful movements, Chu Huaizhou couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.

Good heavens, this book was hidden by Bai Li.

He didn’t even know! He really needed to discipline Haji Bai later.

But… Yinlu often came to his room to read before.

He shouldn’t have that memory, so how was she so familiar?

Whatever, it didn’t matter.

It shouldn’t be the case of her using her Dao to hide at night and sitting by the desk like this.

Although the third disciple had just declared herself as a master-rebellious disciple, Chu Huaizhou thought it shouldn’t be like that.

The third disciple only liked him; she hadn’t made any heavy remarks or actions.

So he nodded.

“I’m going now.”

Chu Huaizhou pushed open the wooden door.

“Creak—”

Bai Li opened the wooden cabinet in Xia Baiqian’s room.

According to her instructions, she took out a pile of strange objects.

Raised her hand, wrapping them with cyan spiritual power, crushing and smelting them with a special ratio.

Hand-made a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox special pill.

“Here, Baiqian, eat it quickly, meow.”

She moved her lotus steps, crouched by the bed, and carefully fed it to Xia Baiqian.

“Thank you, little Bai Li.”

“What’s there to thank? Aren’t we good sisters, meow? This palace should do this, meow.”

Bai Li didn’t notice that when Xia Baiqian spoke, her eyes had no light.

It was as if her heart was dead, only forcing a faint smile in response.

The recent troubles, plus the Dao heart instability from resisting the strange creature in the secret realm, her emotions had reached a tipping point; a single spark would make everything explode.

Xia Baiqian didn’t understand either.

Clearly… clearly she came first.

She was the first to get close to Master, the first to cook, practice sword, and study techniques with Master.

How did it end up that Bai Li and Master had secrets, then she discovered Master wasn’t a primal yang body, and finally, she couldn’t protect Master.

At the critical moment, Junior Sister Yinlu arrived just in time to avert disaster.

Xia Baiqian looked back on her life and found that aside from her cultivation achievements, she was useless in all other aspects.

It seemed no one needed her.

Her existence, like in her childhood home, was superfluous.

Indeed, after all…

“Baiqian, are you feeling better?”

At this moment, a dark figure walked in at the door, temporarily interrupting her thoughts.

It was Chu Huaizhou arriving.

Bai Li immediately stood up to welcome him, still with that excessive posture.

But this time, Chu Huaizhou wasn’t moved at all, didn’t even glance.

His mind was entirely on Xia Baiqian.

As soon as he entered, he could feel a deathly silence.

Bai Li might think she was suppressing herself, trying hard to recover from injuries.

But Chu Huaizhou was clearly not that foolish.

With one look, he could see this was the last calm before the storm.

Sigh.

He sighed inwardly. Indeed, this tribulation could not be avoided.

He could only try to resolve it.

Chu Huaizhou looked at Bai Li and gave her a complicated gaze, wanting to tell her that if he couldn’t come back tonight… don’t wait for him to sleep; go to bed herself.

Seeing that look, Bai Li frowned slightly and bared her teeth: “What do you mean, human? This palace is taking care of Baiqian here, and you dare to think I’m careless, meow?”

Sure enough, expecting Bai Li to understand such things must be a mistake.

Chu Huaizhou waved his hand and said: “Alright, you go now. Yinlu gave me a treasure that can heal Baiqian.”

“Go find Yinlu to play first.”

“Really, meow?”

“Really, really, go quickly.”

Bai Li walked out slowly with a doubtful look.

After all, she had already done what she could.

Staying here now would just be for comfort.

“Creak—bang!”

As the wooden door closed, in the room, only the two of them remained.

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