As her words fell, under everyone's anxious gaze, You Meng leaped up and landed steadily on Zi Yue's brow.
The red light around its body trembled again.
Zi Yue's taut body suddenly slackened. Her eyelids fell heavily, and she sank completely into unconsciousness, no longer struggling in pain.
After only a few breaths, an identical tiny crimson Gu Insect slowly crawled out from the unconscious Zi Yue's nostrils. It cowered upon the tip of her nose, unable to move.
Jiang Lu reached out and opened the black jade bottle. The Child Gu hurriedly burrowed inside.
Zi Xin stared at the black jade bottle clenched in Jiang Lu's hand, her entire body trembling uncontrollably. With lingering fear and suspicion she could not conceal, she softly asked, "Benefactor... what... what exactly is going on?"
Jiang Lu raised her hand and carefully put away the black jade bottle containing the Gu Insects. A strand of clear, lustrous pure white spiritual energy suddenly condensed at her fingertips.
She extended her hand and sent the spiritual energy into Zi Yue's brow. Zi Yue's eyes and brows twitched faintly before she slowly opened her eyes.
Her gaze was initially blank and unfocused, only gradually regaining clarity after a long while.
Seeing this, Jiang Lu slowly straightened and calmly stepped back several paces, putting some distance between them. Her expression remained tranquil as she said lightly to the anxious group, "She is unharmed now. As for the exact sequence of events, once she fully comes to her senses, you need only ask her."
As her words fell, her peripheral vision instinctively swept toward the unfamiliar man still unconscious on the ground nearby, and her brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
The doubts in her heart grew ever heavier.
She was wholly unfamiliar with this face and figure and could