At the same moment, another floor.
Treatment room No. 8 in the core area.
Different from the morning light over there at Cai Mei'er, the curtains here are drawn. The light is filtered into a thin layer of blue-gray, like twilight sinking under the water.
There is a small bouquet of Jiutang flowers on the bedside table, which I put on top - this kind of flower will slowly release the breath of life and help Soul Power people who are exhausted to calm down.
Long Jinyu sat on the chair next to the hospital bed, looking down at the pale and quiet face.
Zhang Lexuan hasn't woken up yet.
She was lying flat on the special hospital bed, her whole body had lost weight visibly to the naked eye, the lines on her cheeks were sharper than before, and her lips were almost bloodless.
Several slender soul guidance hoses were connected to his left hand, leading to a row of slightly flashing soul guidance instruments beside the bed.
There was a faint emerald light pattern flowing on the surface of the instrument, which was the recovery array drawn by Yu Yu using the law of life. A faint emerald light liquid flowed in the hose, slowly seeping into her blood vessels.
Zhang Lexuan's current meridians and internal organs are too weak. The erosion of evil spirits, the Soul Power left behind by forceful resistance, and the mental overdraft mean that even if she is rescued, she will not be able to withstand Yu's full treatment at once.
Yu's original words are - "It's like watering a dry field. You can't fill it all at once, or it will burst." So the rest of the recovery can only be done slowly and slowly with instruments, little by little.
Zhang Lexuan's eyebrows were stretched, and he was sleeping deeply, but there was still a very shallow wrinkle between his eyebrows - a trace left by years of straining his nerves and carrying things, and it was not completely relaxed even when he fell asleep.
Long Jinyu sat by the bed for a long time.
He thought of Zhang Lexuan in the original novel, who had been lonely all her life, the person she liked didn't love her, the heavy responsibility of the school had weighed on her for half her life, and she finally came to a regrettable ending.
Shrek Inner Court Chief, it sounds like he has unlimited glory, but in the final analysis, he is just a more valuable chess piece in this world.
She was obviously very good and had done nothing wrong, but she was plotted by the gangsters and teased by fate.
Now she is in her twenties, Soul Douluo, and most of her essence and blood was extracted by Evil Soul Master, and she almost became a vessel for Holy Son to continue her bloodline.
"...Sister Lexuan."
He said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect that you would suffer such a disaster when you came to my place."
He put his hand on the armrest of the chair, exerting slight pressure on his fingertips, and his fingertips turned a little blue and white, "But don't worry... I'm here, I... I..."
He suddenly remembered those nonsensical jokes System Treasure said. The "harem" and the "fate" were just like a script, and they were getting more and more out of shape.
He shook his head gently to get those messy thoughts out of his mind.
Suddenly, Zhang Lexuan's right hand twitched slightly.
Long Jinyu lowered his head to look. The hand was resting on the edge of the bed, with long knuckles and clear bone lines. It was curling up slightly unconsciously at the moment, as if it was trying to hold something in a dream but couldn't.
He hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand and gently placed it on the back of her right hand. He wrapped his palm around her fingers and pressed his fingertips against her knuckles, transferring his body temperature little by little.
He closed his eyes, and the Dragon Core in his body shook slightly. A wisp of Dragon God Origin's power slowly seeped out from his palm, flowed along the interlocked hands, and flowed into her meridians, like a silent stream, bypassing the weak corners of her body without disturbing her sleeping consciousness.
The nine-colored light shimmered faintly from between the two people's intertwined fingers, as if they were holding a small piece of warm amber.
The instrument next to it jumped, and the value steadily moved up one level - even the magic circle drawn by Yu was illuminated by this original power for a moment.
Zhang Lexuan's brows wrinkled slightly, then slowly relaxed, and his hands gradually calmed down and no longer curled up.
He just held her hand and sat in the dark ward, listening to the steady ticking of the instruments. There was an occasional sound of wind outside the window, but it was blocked by the sound insulation layer, leaving only a deep water-like silence.
He didn't know how long he sat there. Maybe it was half a cup of tea, maybe it was an hour. The halo of the wall lamp was constant, and there was no reference. Time became a vague thing here.
He suddenly fell into a trance.
It seems like many years ago, and it seems like it was just yesterday - it was when I was at Blue Star in my previous life.
Mu Yao sister was sick and had a fever, and he sat by the bed like this, holding her hand that was giving her intravenous drip.
At that time, he was just an ordinary child. He had no "plug-ins", no medical skills, and no Soul Skill. All he could do was hold her hand, read her stories, make her laugh, and wait with her until the fever subsided.
Now he knows everything. He possesses the god-level Martial Soul, controls Ultimate Life, and can control the "living dead, flesh and white bones". But at this moment, all he can do is hold Zhang Lexuan's hand.
Zhang Lexuan never woke up.
But her fingers didn't seem so cold anymore.
Just then--
The door to the ward was lightly knocked twice, then slid open silently, and a wisp of wind swirled on the side of his neck.
A cyan figure came in from the crack in the door, his eyes fell on Long Jinyu's hand holding Zhang Lexuan, and his movements paused.
"Oh?"
Lan's voice was light and airy, "Unfortunately? Are you interrupting the Lord's waiting for the beauty?"
Long Jinyu didn't let go, turned his head and looked at her. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes."
Lan stepped through the door, her steps were very light, and she landed on the ground like stepping on cotton, "The trial is over."
"Those five?"
"Well, the three Zhongli brothers, plus Nightmare and Abomination."
Lan walked to his side, glanced at Zhang Lexuan on the hospital bed, and then looked back, "I vomited everything I needed to. The three younger ones Zhongli Family didn't resist much, and they just said a few words of threats. The two elders carried it longer, but they couldn't survive the second bottle of 'healing liquid'."
Long Jinyu The corners of his mouth moved slightly. "How many bottles of medicinal solution did you use?"
"Three bottles. The first bottle is real, the second bottle is diluted, and the third bottle -" Lan blinked, "Is water plus food coloring."
"... You really make the most of everything."
"That's~"
Lan rolled his eyes, then stopped smiling, "Let's get down to business. Shrek There's something going on over there."
Long Jinyu's movements paused for an almost unnoticeable moment.
"What's the noise?"
"Sea God Pavilion is starting an emergency meeting and seems to be preparing to welcome a...'distinguished guest'."
Lan's tone did not fluctuate, "Sister Yu asked me to take you back immediately. She said there are some things that need to be decided by you personally."
Long Jinyu was silent for a moment. He lowered his head and glanced at the hand he was still holding.
"Okay."
He gently let go of Zhang Lexuan's hand, put her hand back on the quilt, tucked the corner of the quilt, straightened up, turned around and walked towards the door.
When he reached the door, he paused and looked back at the hospital bed.
Zhang Lexuan is still sleeping, and the corners of his mouth seem to be a little more raised than before, as if he dreamed of something good.
Long Jinyu turned around and followed Lan out of the ward.
The door closed silently behind you.
The ward fell silent again.