"I've learned everything I needed to know, so I won't stay here any longer. With an elder like me around, you won't feel comfortable either. I'm leaving."
"Then I'll see you off."
Seeing Dugu Bo move, Mu Ci started to rise, but he was immediately interrupted.
"Forget it. You don't need to see me off. Keep those girls company."
With that, Dugu Bo flew out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye without looking back, speeding away in the direction of the Medicine King Sect.
After watching Dugu Bo leave, Mu Ci turned back to Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er.
"In that case, absorb your Soul Bones first. Yue'er and I will keep watch beside you."
At his words, the two women took their respective Soul Bones, sat down nearby, and began meditating to absorb them.
Just as Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu officially began absorbing their Soul Bones, Mu Ci saw Shui Yue'er approach him with a radiant smile before throwing herself entirely into his arms.
"Brother-in-law, Yue'er was so worried when she heard Tang Hao had ambushed you. But with my two sisters by your side, you never properly comforted me."
Seeing Shui Yue'er pout her alluring pink lips and look at him pitifully with those watery eyes, Mu Ci could not help but laugh.
"Then tell me, dear Yue'er. What kind of comfort do you want?"
Shui Yue'er slowly closed her eyes without saying a word. Everything was understood without being spoken.
Mu Ci wrapped his arms tightly around Shui Yue'er. The instant their lips met, even time seemed to stand still.
Feeling each other's warmth and sensing one another's breath from so close, everything was so beautiful.
After a long while, their lips parted.
Mu Ci looked at Shui Yue'er's flushed face and slightly dazed