Chapter 46: Digging Heart’s Blood
Then, Ning Ke paid the price for his impulsive words.
Lou Yunxiao simply treated him as a large toy, or perhaps an extremely delicious dessert cake.
Gnawing on him endlessly.
Even sleeping required holding Ning Ke.
The posture was exactly like a koala, hugging him tightly like a body pillow, riding on him.
Not a trace of his usual straight and orderly lying posture remained.
Whatever was comfortable, whatever he liked, that’s how he did it.
Seeing him sleep soundly, Ning Ke stared at the stone stele.
He found that the rune in the lower-left corner of the stele was much dimmer, obviously the reason why the Great Demon escaped.
If he could reinforce the seal, he could make the Demon be sucked back into the bottom of the stele again, returning peace to this small world of the secret realm, and also preventing this Great Demon from escaping the secret realm.
Thinking this, he extended his finger, tracing that rune on the ground over and over again, making his memory deeper.
And as he did so.
His consciousness slowly entered a profound and mysterious world.
He stood in the world, with only him and that rune.
The rune was scattered, rotating around him, gathering into a surface, then scattering again.
And every scattering and restructuring took Ning Keās understanding of it to a higher level.
When the last repetition was completed, Ning Ke felt as if he had merged with the rune.
A strange voice came from beside his ear.
Steady and heavy, yet accompanied by a sigh.
Saying to him.
āPerson from another world, I entrust this to you.
Before Ning Ke could investigate the source of this voice, he felt his cheek being poked.
Then, twice, three times, four times…
Then pinched by cool fingers, pulling gently to both sides.
He twitched the corner of his mouth, opened his eyes, and saw Lou Yunxiao lying beside him, pinching his face, looking at him with a smile.
“A-Ke, you’ve slept for several days, finally woke up.”
He leaned in, rubbing noses with Ning Ke, saying happily: “Wake up and play with me. I’m so bored alone.”
He liked the feeling of touching Ning Ke extremely.
Soft, warm, fragrant.
How could Ning Ke really play with him? After all, he had to help Lou Yunxiao raise his spiritual energy amount.
Otherwise, they absolutely couldn’t escape this ghostly place.
So he got up, helping the sit-without-sitting-posture Lou Yunxiao to sit properly.
Discussing.
“We won’t play; we want to cultivate together.”
“If you can use the method I gave you to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, I will satisfy one of your wishes.”
“Cultivate together?” Lou Yunxiao said excitedly: “Is that Dual Cultivation?”
“…???” Ning Ke never expected that after a year, this kid would mention Dual Cultivation again, still having this one-track mind.
But the current master wouldn’t blush anymore; instead, his face was full of excitement.
Looking at it made Ning Ke cold all over.
“…You can understand it that way too.” Ning Ke dared not chat deeply with him on this issue, so he took out the remnant scroll the other party chose from the Profound Sky Pavilion from Lou Yunxiaoās Qiankun Bag.
Saying: “I will explain this cultivation method to you. You need to remember it carefully and apply it. If you encounter obstacles, I will act to help you clear them.”
This remnant scroll was one of Lou Yunxiaoās golden fingers (cheats); cultivating it would yield twice the result with half the effort.
Plus Ning Ke sacrificing from the side, reaching the peak of the Nascent Soul stage in half a year shouldn’t be too difficult.
After Ning Ke finished reading the remnant scroll, he looked up and saw Lou Yunxiaoās clothes draped loosely over his body, legs crossed, hands resting on his knees rocking back and forth, left and right.
Playing very happily.
Looking like he didn’t listen to a word he said seriously…
This reminded Ning Ke of a kindergarten teacher and a child with ADHD.
He sighed, reached out to help Lou Yunxiao tidy up his open robe, discovering the hideous sword wound on his chest and… the Fox Fire mark he left on the other party before.
Fingers stroked over it.
Was suddenly grabbed by Lou Yunxiao.
The young man put his hand to the side of his face, muttering: “So warm, snuggle.”
He seemed to have a little sad emotion for the first time, asking Ning Ke: “A-Ke, why can’t I see things?”
“If I could see things, I could see A-Ke.”
“And and…” His other hand pointed at Ning Keās chest and said: “I’ve been lying next to you these past few days, can feel it’s so warm so warm here on A-Ke, and can hear a thump thump sound coming from here.”
He pointed to his own chest and said: “Here on me is so cold, and there is no sound.”
“Am I very strange like this?”
His words tightened Ning Keās heartstrings.
Throat also dry.
In just two short years, Lou Yunxiao lost his family, lost his light, and lost his life in this secret realm, becoming a walking corpse.
He indeed carried the male protagonist’s halo.
But thinking carefully, he was just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man who should have been carefree and high-spirited.
And the ones who made Lou Yunxiao like this, one was him, one was his sister’s unintentional writing.
So, regardless of whether he was the original host or not.
He was indeed Lou Yunxiaoās enemy.
An out-and-out enemy.
And he, had to atone, only after atoning could he go home with peace of mind.
“You aren’t strange.”
Ning Ke gently stroked Lou Yunxiaoās pale cold face, saying.
“I promise when you reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, your eyes can see things clearly. And then here…”
He pointed to Lou Yunxiaoās heart and said: “Will also be as warm as mine. The heart inside will beat powerfully, letting you no longer feel cold.”
“Peak of Nascent Soul is that amazing?” Lou Yunxiaoās little melancholy was instantly swept away. He puffed out his chest, letting Ning Ke organize his collar, saying: “Then I have to cultivate seriously. When I reach that realm, you have to keep your word and fulfill one of my wishes.”
Ning Ke laughed involuntarily: “Just now thought you didn’t listen seriously. Now mentioning it, you didn’t forget a single thing beneficial to you.”
Afterward, Ning Ke read the remnant scroll to Lou Yunxiao, and Lou Yunxiao sat cross-legged in meditation, officially starting to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
[Host, are you really going to give him all your Heart’s Blood?]
Xiao Yuan’s tone was complex.
[Have to self-destruct anyway; what’s the harm in sparing some Heart’s Blood?]
[You have to know Heart’s Blood is your main body’s Heart’s Blood; hurting it hurts the main body.]
[I know.]
Lou Yunxiaoās heart was severely damaged. Wanting to repair it was difficult upon difficult.
Not only requiring Ning Ke to sacrifice all his cultivation, but also needing the most important Heart’s Blood.
Taking Heart’s Blood required using a specially made fine knife to insert deep into the heart, drawing out that bit of purest blood.
Really hurts.
Also tests psychological endurance extremely.
After all, who the hell likes stabbing themselves with a knife for no reason?
Xiao Yuan sighed, giving Ning Ke a thumbs up: [Host, I respect you as a man.]
Resulting in hearing Ning Ke say: Statement in advance, I’m not cowardly, I just want to ask, does your dog system really really not have a pain immunity function?
[…No.]
Ning Ke: I #@$%&…*
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