Liuli slept for nearly ten days without opening her eyes.
Xiao Yan had been worried at first, and several times had nearly been unable to resist waking the Young Girl. Yet after carefully examining her body with Soul Power, he found nothing wrong.
But the little Pill Beast suffered for it. Held in Liuli's arms for ten whole days, the energy leaking from its body was constantly absorbed by the Young Girl, leaving even its surface glow much dimmer.
Whenever it saw Xiao Yan looking at it, the little fellow stopped pretending to be aloof and kept crying, "Moo-yoo, moo-yoo!" with a pitiful expression.
After watching it for several days, Xiao Yan found it rather pitiful as well, so he tossed it a few Fourth-grade Pills. The little fellow could not be bothered to be picky anymore. It opened its tiny mouth and crunched them down.
Xiao Yan sat with his legs stretched out, letting Liuli rest her head on his left thigh. Xiao Yi Xian sat to his right, holding his arm and leaning against him for several days.
"It is as though she is missing something. She has an enormous need for pure energy." Xiao Yi Xian glanced at the peacefully sleeping Liuli and slowly spoke to Xiao Yan.
"Mm..." Xiao Yan gently stroked Liuli's forehead and answered calmly, "When her family's cultivation technique reaches a certain depth, it produces a Dou Qi core called the Sword Heart. It just happened to shatter some time ago."
Xiao Yi Xian slowly shook her head, a dark gleam flashing through her violet eyes. "What is missing is not part of her body."
Xiao Yan was slightly startled and hurriedly asked, "Not her physical body?"
"Want to know?" Xiao Yi Xian glanced at his somewhat anxious expression, her lips curving upward