Sleepless Tonight

It took a full two hours, two whole hours, for Zhong Shan to recover from his severe injuries. Perhaps it was due to the frequent use of the Heavenly Devil Body Tempering Great Technique, as his recovery was much faster than an ordinary person's. Although his strength had not fully returned, his injuries were basically stable.

Opening his eyes, he happened to see Tian Ling'er's large eyes blinking at him.

"You must be hungry, eat something," Zhong Shan said with a smile.

"Zhong Shan, I'm sorry this time. I'll listen to you from now on and won't be willful anymore. I won't throw tantrums anymore," Tian Ling'er said with a look of regret.

"Huh? Haha, it's alright. At your age, it's normal to throw tantrums. When you're old and become an old lady, it'll be ugly to still be throwing tantrums and being willful," Zhong Shan said with a hearty laugh.

"Bah, bah, bah, I won't get old! I want to live forever, always young and beautiful," Tian Ling'er's mood immediately brightened.

"Haha, that's right, this is the Ling'er I know," Zhong Shan shook his head and smiled.

"Zhong Shan, over there are the bodies of Liu Ming, Wang Gui, and Zhong Di. It's so disgusting. It's a good thing you were here this time," Tian Ling'er pointed at the three bodies in the distance, saying with a look of disgust.

Looking at the three bodies, Zhong Shan frowned.

"You eat something first, I'll go deal with it."

After Zhong Shan finished speaking, he walked towards Zhong Di's body.

Looking at Zhong Di's deformed body, Zhong Shan took a deep breath, shook his head, and sighed softly.

He found his Great Saber nearby. Not far from Zhong Di, he quickly started digging. Soon, a large pit was dug. With a final sigh, Zhong Shan carried Zhong Di's body, along with some parts, into it. Then, with a heavy heart, he buried it.

Tian Ling'er had been watching the whole time, not interrupting, watching Zhong Shan doing something inexplicable. That person wanted to kill Zhong Shan, so why was Zhong Shan burying him?

Zhong Shan used his Great Saber to carve out a stone stele and erected it in front of the grave. He took a deep breath, shook his head, and in the end, did not engrave a single word. It was an Empty Stele.

Then, Zhong Shan looked at the other two bodies, Liu Ming and Wang Gui.

Towards these two, Zhong Shan showed no politeness. He directly searched their bodies and found a long sword on each of them, as well as a Storage Bracelet on each.

"Ling'er, can the Storage Bracelets be opened? And these swords, they should have Void Spirit Pearls integrated into them. Can the internal metal be taken out?" Zhong Shan asked Tian Ling'er.

"Yes, the Storage Bracelets and swords all have Void Spirit Pearls. However, Void Spirit Pearls have a special characteristic: as soon as they are destroyed, they immediately disappear without a trace," Tian Ling'er explained.

"Oh?" Zhong Shan looked at Tian Ling'er strangely.

"I don't know why either, you'd have to ask my father. Anyway, as soon as the magic treasure is destroyed, the Void Spirit Pearl that originally bound the materials is like a bubble, bursting and disappearing. In other words, it's gone. The Storage Bracelet is because the inside of the Void Spirit Pearl is filled with Sumeru Stone. As long as the Storage Bracelet is destroyed, the Sumeru Stone will appear, but the things that were originally in the Storage Bracelet will be gone," Tian Ling'er shook her head and said.

"Gone? How are they gone?" Zhong Shan frowned.

"I don't know, you have to ask my father, but they're just gone," Tian Ling'er said.

Hearing Tian Ling'er's words, Zhong Shan felt a wave of helplessness.

"Alright, we'll each take one of these Storage Bracelets, and one of these two swords," Zhong Shan said with a smile.

"I don't need the Storage Bracelets. I have a Storage Bracelet, and its internal space is also very large. You keep these two yourself. As for these swords, the materials are too poor. Refining them will cost me a lot of True Essence and mental energy. I'd rather not," Tian Ling'er said very directly.

"Alright," Zhong Shan nodded.

He took out his Great Saber and quickly slashed at the two Storage Bracelets. Instantly, the two white Storage Bracelets broke open, and then the original trace of luster suddenly dispersed, turning into two dull, broken bracelet shapes.

From Tian Ling'er, he took out the Void Spirit Pearl he had won from Tang Xiao You last time. Just like the first time, he slowly refined it into the shape of a bracelet. Zhong Shan's bracelet was refined to be very smooth and thin. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't even tell it was a bracelet. Zhong Shan didn't need it to be beautiful, as long as it could store things. Being thinner meant fewer collisions in the future and less chance of breaking.

He put the Sumeru Stone into it and quickly filled the inside, forming a bracelet that was almost the same color as his skin. At first glance, you really couldn't tell.

Because the Void Spirit Pearl was filled with his blood, he could see a small space of about two cubic meters inside with just a thought.

The space wasn't large, but Zhong Shan was already satisfied.

He retrieved his belongings from Tian Ling'er, put them in, took them out, put them in, took them out, and tried it many times before Zhong Shan finally let out a long breath, a look of relief on his face.

Storage bracelets, storage bags, these magical items, he had envied them for decades. Today, he finally had one, finally had his own storage bracelet.

"Fun, isn't it? When I first got a storage bracelet, I played with it all night before I was willing to sleep. The next day, my eyes were red, and my dad lectured me," Tian Ling'er said with a smile.

Looking at Tian Ling'er, Zhong Shan shook his head and smiled. Tian Ling'er couldn't understand his feelings.

He looked at the two swords. Zhong Shan shook his head. Both swords were first-grade swords. Their owners were dead, so they couldn't be upgraded. Only the material remained. According to Tian Ling'er, the material was too poor, but no matter how poor, it was better than ordinary iron. He put them away for later.

Tian Ling'er was injured and couldn't move around much, so the two of them temporarily rested at the bottom of the valley. Zhong Shan spread out a blanket for Tian Ling'er to rest on and continued to meditate and heal his injuries.

Half-lying on the blanket, Tian Ling'er stared blankly at Zhong Shan, wondering what she was thinking. She stared blankly, and suddenly, as if she hadn't even noticed it herself, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

It gradually got dark, but with Tian Ling'er's eyesight, the moonlight allowed her to clearly see Zhong Shan not far away. Zhong Shan was still meditating, clearly, his injuries were too severe.

He didn't know how long it had been when Tian Ling'er suddenly frowned, a look of distress flashing in her eyes. She looked at Zhong Shan, her expression becoming extremely unnatural. She opened her mouth to call Zhong Shan, but each time she was about to call out, Tian Ling'er stopped, as if it was better that Zhong Shan was meditating now.

Looking at Zhong Shan, Tian Ling'er's face was completely red. She looked at Zhong Shan again carefully and found that he really wouldn't wake up. Only then did she gently straighten her body and hobble behind Zhong Shan, staying far away, looking down at the entire valley. Tian Ling'er was extremely anxious.

Finally, she even pressed herself against the mountain wall.

Standing far away, she couldn't find a large stone, as if all the large stones were in front of Zhong Shan.

She secretly looked at Zhong Shan in the distance, Tian Ling'er biting her pink lips, her expression extremely worried. But, she had to pee, she couldn't hold it. She was still in the Innate Stage and couldn't refine the impurities in her body into waste gas like Golden Core Stage experts.

She walked to the mountain wall, looked at Zhong Shan meditating with his eyes closed again, and only then did Tian Ling'er nervously untie her belt. Her eyes were constantly fixed on Zhong Shan, afraid that Zhong Shan would turn around.

Now that he was in the valley, the danger was unknown, so Zhong Shan naturally wouldn't fully immerse himself in meditation, but was in a semi-conscious state.

When Tian Ling'er left the blanket, Zhong Shan felt it.

What was she going to do? But Tian Ling'er didn't call out to Zhong Shan, but struggled to retreat behind Zhong Shan.

Zhong Shan had a habit of putting the safest place behind him, which was inside this valley. Zhong Shan's back was against the safe mountain wall, and the unknown valley passage was in front.

It was naturally fine for Tian Ling'er to go behind him, but what was she doing behind him? Zhong Shan didn't disturb Tian Ling'er, but concentrated and listened, maximizing his hearing.

He only heard a rustling sound from behind.

Hearing these sounds, Zhong Shan frowned slightly. What was Tian Ling'er doing? He sat up straight and listened carefully.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

It wasn't until he heard the sound of flowing water from behind that Zhong Shan suddenly felt his body stiffen. He finally knew what Tian Ling'er had gone behind him to do.

A ridiculous feeling instantly flooded Zhong Shan's heart. At this moment, Zhong Shan's stiff body suddenly trembled. He immediately pretended not to notice, pretending to be in deep meditation.

However, Tian Ling'er was even more nervous than Zhong Shan, a hundred times more nervous. Her eyes were fixed on Zhong Shan. When Zhong Shan's body trembled, Tian Ling'er's body also trembled rapidly. The original sound of flowing water also suddenly stopped.

He found out? Zhong Shan woke up? Tian Ling'er's face was so hot it could boil an egg.

But, holding back the flow of water halfway was very uncomfortable. Seeing that Zhong Shan was no longer moving, Tian Ling'er finally couldn't hold it in and continued to make the sound of flowing water.

Until the end, Tian Ling'er kept staring at Zhong Shan.

The sound of water stopped, followed by the rustling of clothes being put on.

Tian Ling'er limped back to the blanket she had been on before. However, at this moment, her mind was in chaos. Zhong Shan woke up? Did he hear me just now?

Lying on the blanket, Tian Ling'er's face felt like it was on fire.

No, Zhong Shan didn't wake up. Otherwise, why didn't he turn around?

Tian Ling'er kept comforting herself in her heart, repeatedly comforting herself. Finally, after an hour, her heart calmed down considerably. With a calm heart, Tian Ling'er thought of another problem, which was herself. Regardless of whether Zhong Shan woke up or not, she had done something shameful earlier. While using the latrine, she had been staring at a man.

How could this be? How could I be like this? How could I be looking at a man while...

Tian Ling'er pressed her face against the blanket and covered her head with the pillow Zhong Shan had prepared, as if trying to hide her face that was about to smoke.

This night was destined to be a sleepless one.

PS: Asking for recommendations again, squeezing out the last recommendation vote (^__^)