"Don't rush. Take it slow."
Watching the still-shaken An Ran, Zhao Yan spoke softly, doing her best not to agitate her.
Fear still lingered in her eyes. An Ran trembled as she forced herself to breathe, again and again, trying to calm both body and mind.
It was nearly half an hour before a trace of color finally returned to her deathly pale face. Her body was no longer so tightly wound, the violent trembling visibly subsided, and her mana gradually stabilized.
Huu~!
Letting out a long breath, An Ran rasped out a thank-you to Li Su, signaling that he could stop.
Li Su nodded, withdrew the Calamity Heart Sword embedded in her heart chamber, and took two steps back.
At that moment, something strange flickered in the depths of his eyes.
As the chief culprit who had scared the young woman half to death, being thanked by her felt rather awkward.
At the side, Xue Xue swiftly handed her a large jug of water.
This was healing water, a special spiritual brew. Unlike alcohol, it could rapidly replenish lost energy and restore the body.
Over the course of nearly an hour, she had lost a tremendous amount of water. Fortunately, she was a Taiyi cultivator. Had she been a Heavenly Immortal, she would have long since dried to death from this degree of dehydration.
Though her Taiyi cultivation had allowed her to endure it, she was in fact already somewhat withered by now.
Oh, and while "water" here also referred to sweat, it was not the kind produced by mortals. After reaching the Heavenly Immortal realm, a cultivator's body could already become energy-based. So-called profuse sweating was actually the energy within the body transforming uncontrollably into the form of sweat and flowing out.
An Ran did not stand on