Xu Chunniang did not miss the surprise on Zhao Xingsan's face, but did not say much.
"I'm here to see Senior Brother Zhuge."
Zhao Xingsan brought her into the room and spoke softly.
"After taking the medicine, Senior Brother Zhuge's condition has stabilized. However, his heart and soul were injured, so he may need to rest for a while before he can recover."
As for the question of Tao heart, he did not mention it.
Xu Chunniang glanced at the person lying on the bed. Zhuge Yun's originally slightly feminine appearance looked even more fragile because of his illness and closed eyes.
She withdrew her gaze, sat on the chair, and poured herself a cup of tea.
Before coming here, she had thought about whether Zhuge Yun had been corrupted by the evil spirit.
But after thinking about it, she felt that it was not the case.
After all, today in the City Lord's Mansion, Xie Changyuan looked like he was going to beat him to death.
If Zhuge Yunzhen is corrupted by the evil spirit, he would be one of their own. Why should they be so cruel
On the contrary, Shangguan Xue who lives in the City Lord's Mansion... needs special attention.
Zhuge Yun was seriously injured and needed time to recover, while she was ambushed.
If she had not controlled the evil spirit, during the months when Zhuge Yun was recuperating, his soul would have been initially eroded by the evil spirit.
What role did Shangguan Xue play in this matter
Is he ignorant, or has he been corrupted by the devil's soul
Xu Chunniang took a deep breath, her intuition told her that what was implicated in the City Lord's Mansion was definitely a shocking secret.
But now she was far away from the sect, under the eyes of this group of people, so she could only keep silent for the time being.
Wait for Zhuge Yun to recover from his injuries as soon as possible, and then go to Fengku Mountain to hunt the Yuan-devouring Beast.
But looking at Zhuge Yun's condition, it's unknown how long it will take him to recover.
"Ahem..."
A low cough interrupted the silence in the room, and Zhuge Yun woke up weakly.
Zhao Xingsan stepped forward quickly, "Brother, how do you feel?"
"Haha, I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Zhuge Yun closed his eyes, looking unwilling to say more.
Despite Zhao Xingsan's repeated attempts to persuade him, he remained silent, seemingly disheartened.
It seems that this blow was very heavy for him.
Xu Chunniang stood up and looked at Zhuge Yun, "Junior Brother Zhao, why don't you let me talk to Senior Brother Zhuge alone."
"Okay, I'll go back first."
After Zhao Xingsan left, there were only two people left in the huge room.
Feeling the silence around him, Zhuge Yun inexplicably felt a little nervous.
Then he thought with some self-mockery that although he had targeted Xu Chunniang, he had not done anything excessive.
She shouldn't take advantage of his illness to take revenge on him...right
He waited for a long time but Xu Chunniang didn't say anything. Finally, he spoke softly, "Are you satisfied with my current appearance?"
"To be honest, I'm not very satisfied. I thought you had some real skills, so I agreed to duel with Xie Changyuan, but I didn't expect you to be so unbearable."
Zhuge Yun choked and glared angrily.
Xu Chunniang didn't care about his anger at all, instead she raised her eyebrows and smiled.
"Brother, you are overestimating yourself. Are you worthy enough to stand beside Senior Sister Shangguan? You are really a toad wanting to eat swan meat."
"You! Cough cough cough..."
Zhuge Yun was filled with anger, and he coughed violently. He clenched his fist unconsciously, "How dare you say that about me, that I am..."
"Toad."
Xu Chunniang looked at him calmly and uttered those three words, "If it weren't for Xie Changyuan not wanting to go too far and spare your life, how could Senior Brother be alive now?"
Zhuge Yun closed his eyes tightly, his chest rising and falling violently, and after a long while he squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "Get out."
Xu Chunniang did not leave. "Actually, I am very curious. Brother, you are such a rational and responsible swordsman, why do you become so... insane every time you encounter something related to Shangguan Xue?"
Zhuge Yun felt a chill in his heart, as if his secret was being seen.
He forced this feeling down and said solemnly, "You don't understand."
"I don't quite understand, but if we hadn't met Shangguan Xue that day at Fengkui Mountain, I'm afraid we would have hunted down the Yuan Devouring Beast and returned to the sect long ago."
Zhuge Yun was silent for a long time. "I will heal my injuries as soon as possible and help you complete the commission as soon as possible."
"I hope so."
Xu Chunniang had a cold expression on her face, but she was sighing in her heart.
Originally, she wanted to provoke Zhuge Yun to see if she could get something out of him.
But it seems that he is unaware that Shangguan Xue might be infected with the evil spirit.
However, Xu Chunniang didn't know that after she left the room, the sadness and brokenness on Zhuge Yun's face disappeared.
A flash of worry flashed across his brow, and then he turned over, put his right fingers together like a knife, and cut his left palm.
Blood gushed out from his palm, fell to the ground, and gradually condensed into a miniature magic circle.
And at the moment when he sent his spiritual consciousness into the magic circle and ignited it, a faint light was emitted from somewhere in an extremely large blood soul formation deep in the main peak of Xiaoyao Sect, nearly 100,000 miles away from Hunyuan City.
The people guarding the formation were two Jindan cultivators, so they noticed the movement of the Blood Soul Formation at the first moment.
"Zhuge Yun's soul lamp is lit. He should be in Hunyuan City now."
The two looked at each other and both had a bad premonition, which intensified after they read the message he sent back.
"Hunyuan City... Haha, what a great Hunyuan Zhenren!"
"It's not a good time to alert the enemy now, and the Tianyuan Secret Realm will open in half a year, so we must get the Realm Breaking Talisman."
After discussing for a moment, the two injected a stream of soul power into the soul lamp.
In a room numbered Xuan in Xiangyun Inn, the blood array drawn by Zhuge Yun became increasingly dim as it burned.
However, every time the blood array dimmed, he would clench his palms and release more blood to maintain the connection between it and the blood soul array.
Only after receiving the news he wanted did Zhuge Yun stop bleeding, wiped away all traces in the room, and lay back on the bed.
Thinking of the instructions given by the sect elders and what Xu Chunniang said not long ago, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
Of course, he had to go to the Tianyuan Secret Realm. The main reason he came to Hunyuan City was to find the realm-breaking talisman inside.
However, there is still a full six months before the Tianyuan Secret Realm is opened. Not many people know this news at the moment.
The wounds on his body could at most heal for a month. The remaining few months were more than enough to hunt down the Yuan-devouring Beast.
Seeing that Xu Chunniang seemed eager to complete the commission, how could he delay it for several months
Zhuge Yun felt his head hurt even more when he thought about it. He had practiced for so many years, and today was the day he suffered the most grievances.
Unfortunately, he was burdened with a heavy responsibility and had nowhere to turn to.
Zhuge Yun took a deep breath and decided not to think about it anymore, just take one step at a time.
Junior Sister Xu wouldn't just abandon him and drag the other junior brothers and sisters up to Fengku Mountain, right
Zhuge Yun was actually not wrong. Xu Chunniang had really thought about the feasibility of leaving Zhuge Yun behind to hunt the Yuan-Devouring Beast.
But she didn't do that after all, because it would have seemed too deliberate.
In order to avoid the evil soul master in the dark from thinking too much, she would rather wait a little longer.