"Yun Zhi, I'm ready."
After Xiao Yan was almost dragged half-way by Yun Zhi to collect the tools and materials needed for healing, he looked at Yun Zhi who was leaning on him now, with only his back covered with large blood scabs exposed in front of him. He unconsciously fell into silence, but it didn't last long. He collected himself and spoke.
"... Hmm."
Leaning her chin on Xiao Yan's shoulder, Yun Zhi no longer acted as coy as before. Facing the inevitable skin-to-skin kiss that followed, she just let out a soft hum.
"The belt has been burned. If you want to take it off, just tear it off."
Yun Zhi's voice was very light, very light, not as gentle as the wind as usual, but with a faint sense of sleepiness and vulnerability.
It is like an extremely fragile piece of porcelain. If you are not careful, you may leave other unnecessary cracks on it.
When Xiao Yan heard Yun Zhi say this, there was no excitement or restlessness in his heart. Now, what was filling his heart was only the faint bitterness lingering at the base of his tongue, as if coming out of his throat.
He remained silent, as if he was afraid of disturbing the fragile beauty who was leaning on his shoulder, holding his breath and concentrating, and then stretched out his hand.
Yun Zhi's plain skirt is naturally no longer the same one as before, and the wearing style is also similar.
The belt around her waist had been completely burned by Amethyst Winged Lion King's Purple Fire. It was not that difficult for Xiao Yan to take off the blood-stained clothes on her body.
"Tear-"
The Tsing Yi with excellent fabric texture made a series of overwhelming torn sounds in Xiao Yan's hands. The dried blood adhered to the beauty's skin that had not been damaged by the flames and the fragments of the skirt, and was then thrown aside by Xiao Yan.
Amid the sounds of clothes breaking, Yun Zhi was as quiet as if he had fallen asleep.
Only her uneven breathing and the slight ups and downs and tremors of her delicate body silently showed that Yun Zhi was actually awake all the time, even more awake than usual.
Not long after, Yun Zhi's body was no longer naked, and her soft body pressed against Xiao Yan's somewhat numb shoulders, but it was difficult to bring him any charming touches.
He just looked at the ferocious dark red blood scab on the beauty's back without the obstruction of the broken dress.
Dou Emperor's constitution allowed her body to instinctively start to heal itself, but the burnt wounds still contained Purple Fire's anger. Even after the anger was suppressed by her body and Dou Qi, inevitable hidden injuries would still be left.
Xiao Yan frowned slightly, and after a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Yun Zhi, I'm going to clean your wound."
"Cleaning the wound and extracting the fire energy from your body... it will be very painful. If you can't help it, just bite my shoulder. I have rough skin and thick flesh, so it won't be a problem."
"..."
After a long while, there was no reply from Yun Zhi.
But Xiao Yan knew clearly that she didn't sleep, she was always awake.
"... Why do you think I can't help it?"
I don't know how much time passed, but Yun Zhi finally spoke out. Her voice was very soft and seemed to contain a somewhat calm smile.
But whether this is a show of pretending to be strong, Xiao Yan naturally cannot expose her anymore.
"——Okay."
Xiao Yan nodded slightly, and then picked up the bottle of Medicinal Liquid at hand.
The cold bottle mouth pressed against the back of Yun Zhi's neck, causing her body to shrink into Xiao Yan's arms.
Then a translucent clear liquid flowed out of the bottle and landed on Yun Zhi's back covered with blood scabs, quickly melting the already solidified blood scabs again.
This was undoubtedly like a closed wound being torn open again. Xiao Yan felt it very clearly, and the delicate body in his arms trembled slightly——
"Ho--"
Xiao Yan heard a very light gasp, and was stopped by the owner of the voice.
Does it hurt? Of course it hurts.
When the numb feeling is awakened again by the piercing pain, that is something no one is willing to accept and face.
But Xiao Yan certainly didn't want Yun Zhi to be tortured by the pain all the time, so he cleared away the half-dried blood scabs on her back as quickly as possible.
At the same time, a twinge of pain shot through his shoulder.
Xiao Yan didn't want to see Yun Zhi being tortured by pain, and didn't say a word about the pain that was almost biting off the flesh on her shoulders.
He was just thinking about one thing quietly——
Is the pain on my skin and flesh now only a fraction of the burn scars on her body?
The black fire energy was cleared away along with the blood scab by Xiao Yan, and the most difficult step in the healing process was finally solved.
All that's left is to apply the medicine.
He picked up a bottle of medicinal powder and sprinkled it on Yun Zhi's jade back that was oozing blood. After experiencing the bone-piercing pain just now, the coolness and numbness caused by the powder falling into the wound made the delicate body in his arms no longer tremble.
Slowly, the pain on Xiao Yan's shoulder gradually disappeared.
"Hey... wrap... bandage the wound."
Yun Zhi's voice was a little tired, as if he was exhausted.
Xiao Yan silently picked up the clean gauze, wrapped it around her body, and bandaged the large wound behind her.
Even if Xiao Yan's hand accidentally touched something by chance, Yun Zhi didn't make a sound.
She just waited quietly and suffered silently.
Finally, Xiao Yan once again took out a black robe from Storage Ring and put it on her.
When putting on the loose black robe, Yun Zhi just felt that his Phoenix Hairpin was a little in the way, so he took it off, shook off the three thousand green hair on his shoulders, and slipped it off.
Xiao Yan couldn't help but startled slightly when he saw her black hair slipping.
To be fair, he prefers Yun Zhi's current appearance to that of Dou Emperor with a phoenix crown on his head.
But now he can't tolerate talking anymore. He knows better than anyone else who made Yun Zhi look like this again.
He likes the look of Yun Zhi, but that doesn't mean he wants to hurt her for it.
"... You might be more accustomed to this look, right?"
After applying the medicine and bandage, Yun Zhi seemed to be a little more energetic. A faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth and she couldn't help but say.
"Whether you're used to this, or you're not used to that superior female Dou Emperor - it doesn't matter."
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan shook his head.
"... Why? Isn't it bad?"
Yun Zhi couldn't help but ask, although she didn't do this on purpose, but the words Magical Beast Mountain Range Yao Yan said before still bothered her.
"No." Xiao Yan replied without thinking.
"If it is to see you like this and end up like this, then I would rather not do it."