In the nameless space, Adamo opened his eyes.
At that moment, Bai Xue Rong's lips were still pressed against Adamo's. Seeing him open his eyes, Bai Xue Rong's eyes curved into crescents, and she smiled like two pools of autumn water.
Then black energy suddenly surged from the space between Bai Xue Rong's brows.
Bai Xue Rong closed her eyes. Her arms slid from Adamo's body, and she toppled downward.
Almost at the same time, Adamo reached out and caught Bai Xue Rong, leaning forward slightly. The lips that had just parted came together once more.
Bai Xue Rong seemed to sense something and let out a soft, protesting sound through her nose. But Adamo ignored her refusal, imperiously parting her closed pearly teeth with the tip of his tongue.
The next moment, a golden sarira was sent from Adamo's body into Bai Xue Rong's mouth.
The black energy between Bai Xue Rong's brows was immediately suppressed by a streak of golden light. Rays of Buddhist light radiated from her body. Her hand merely clutched the corner of Adamo's kasaya before she fell into a deep sleep.
Just then, waves of Sutra Chant suddenly rang out in the nameless space. Above them, where Bai Xue Rong had called out repeatedly without seeing anyone, figures emerged one after another. They were arranged in rings, circling upward. None of the figures' faces could be seen, but each had their hands pressed together and chanted indistinct scriptures.
Adamo paid it no mind. He only looked tenderly at Bai Xue Rong lying in his arms, then lightly tapped her forehead. In an instant, white light flashed across Bai Xue Rong's body, and she transformed back into a palm-sized Exquisite White Rat. Adamo carefully lifted the rat and placed her in his robes.
"They merged