A Night in the Forbidden Pavilion, Senior Sister Urges Him to Sleep

After returning to his room, Gu Changsheng did not rest immediately.

Hu Liena, standing nearby, had no idea what had happened and only assumed their teacher had given him a few instructions.

Gu Changhe had to talk her into leaving after much persuasion.

The moment the door closed, he let out a long breath and placed the Ancient Array Scroll Bibi Dong had given him on the table.

The dim red lamp shone over the parchment scroll. The densely packed text seemed like Living Entities, faintly giving off an extremely ancient aura.

He did not hurriedly use the Myriad Heaven Book to analyze it. Instead, he closed his eyes first and slowly calmed his mind.

At that moment, everything he had experienced today began replaying in his mind.

"Murder, resentment, devouring, corruption, and that extremely violent divine residue... These things are too much of a coincidence."

"But if this was something left behind by the Rakshasa God, why was it here?"

When he opened his eyes again after thinking for a while, the Myriad Heaven Book slowly appeared in his palm, radiating a faint glow as it descended onto the Ancient Array Scroll.

[Basic Array Texture detected

Recording...

Array pattern classifications: sealing, pressure-bearing, circulation.

Degree of incompleteness: seventy percent.

Basic deduction available.]

His eyes gradually lit up when he saw those words.

This fragment did not seem to be a complete array, but rather something at an introductory level.

It explained how Soul Power flowed and was stored within different patterns, how it turned and dispersed. To ordinary Spirit Masters, these things might only have been dry and difficult to understand.

But to Gu Changsheng, it was like opening the door to an entirely new world.

So Soul Power could not only circulate through meridians, but also through array patterns.

At that thought, his heart trembled. If he could understand these array patterns, did that mean that when recording Soul Skills in the future, he would not merely reproduce them, but could also dismantle the trajectories through which the Soul Skills were executed?

The moment that thought surfaced, the Myriad Heaven Book unfolded again.

[Host cognition has improved.

Myriad Burning analysis depth has increased.

Low-level Soul Power trajectories can now be recorded temporarily.]

Gu Changsheng's breathing paused slightly. He had not expected to receive an additional reward.

As time passed, the night grew deeper, and he became completely immersed in the fragment.

By the time the red lamp had already burned down by more than half, a light knock suddenly came from outside the door.

"Little Junior Brother."

The voice was familiar. From that relaxed call, he could clearly tell it was Hu Liena.

Gu Changsheng froze for a moment, then quickly put away the Myriad Heaven Book, rose to his feet, and opened the door.

Hu Liena stood outside wearing only an outer robe, her brows tightly furrowed. Their gazes met softly at that moment.

"I knew you still weren't asleep!"

There was a faintly annoyed, haughty edge in Hu Liena's voice.

"Senior Sister, it's so late. Why did you come?"

Gu Changsheng responded helplessly.

Hu Liena merely glanced at him before walking straight into the room. When she saw the parchment scroll spread across the table and the red lamp beside it that was about to burn out, her expression instantly darkened.

"What are you doing? Studying late into the night? Do you know that the injuries on your body—both old wounds and emotional wounds—haven't fully healed yet?"

Gu Changsheng had just wanted to explain when Hu Liena had already walked to his side and pressed her right hand onto his shoulder.

"Sit down!"

He had wanted to resist, but Hu Liena became even more forceful and directly untied the cloth wrapping around his shoulder.

The edges of the wound still showed signs of splitting open. Her eyes turned even colder.

"This is what you called much better?"

"I... really am much better."

Gu Changsheng forced himself to say it, then looked up and found Hu Liena staring at him intently.

"From now on, close that thing of yours and get into bed to sleep! You can read whenever you want, so why must you do it at a time like this?"

Hu Liena directly pointed at the bed ahead with her right hand.

Gu Changsheng had originally wanted to explain carefully, but he only gave a bitter smile.

"Senior Sister, are you keeping watch over me?"

"Yes. Stop trying to shoulder everything alone all the time. You're still a child, so hurry up and go to sleep!"

"Huh? Go to sleep? Then what are you going to do, Senior Sister?"

For the first time, Gu Changsheng sensed something unusual. His face instantly flushed a little.

Seeing that Hu Liena truly did not seem to intend to leave, he suddenly felt extremely uncomfortable being watched while he slept.

"What are you looking at? Go sleep already! If you keep this up, I'll tell Teacher all about those mischievous things you've done!"

"Fine! I'm going right now!"

After getting up, Gu Changsheng straightened the bed, took off his shoes, and lay down. Yet Hu Liena unexpectedly stood up again.

"Senior Sister, I listened to you. I'm going to sleep now. What else do you want from me? Don't come over!"

Seeing Gu Changsheng's embarrassed appearance, Hu Liena smiled shyly. That bright, dazzling smile carried a hint of seduction.

"Hehe~ I never expected our usually stern Little Junior Brother to get embarrassed too. All right, cover yourself properly and go to sleep!"

Her slender fingers slowly brushed over the bedding beside him. After lifting it, she lightly raised it upward and used Soul Power to spread it evenly.

It settled steadily over Gu Changsheng's body.

Afterward, Hu Liena blew out the red lamp on the table and slowly pushed open the door with an exceedingly alluring posture.

At the instant she stood in the doorway, moonlight reflected in through the entrance. Her flawless face was looking at him with a different sort of gaze.

"Gu Changsheng, grow up quickly. Some things cannot be borne by one person alone, because you still have me!"

A gentle breeze slowly blew past. The instant the door shut tightly, it left behind only endless darkness and a faint fragrance in the air.

Gu Changsheng slowly breathed it in and unexpectedly caught a trace of osmanthus fragrance. The feeling gradually soothed his tightly wound nerves.

For the first time, he felt such tranquility and comfort. Senior Sister must have specially prepared this for him.

"Phew... Senior Sister, you really are too gentle..."

The moment he closed his eyes, thoughts began slowly gathering in his mind.

The things that had happened these past few days—the Ancient Array, the structure of the Martial Soul, and his Mental Power—if those three paths converged, they might bring about a true transformation.

He still had a long road ahead of him. The fragrance around him continued drifting as Gu Changsheng had already fallen into a deep sleep.

It seemed that Hu Liena's urging voice still lingered by his ear...