Ding Ding either did not sleep at all or slept for days on end. Dongfang Minghui looked worried, but apart from staying beside it and watching over it, there was nothing she could do. She felt utterly helpless.
Worried that she might accidentally slide off the mountaintop again, Little Lecher laid a "net encompassing heaven and earth" outside before slipping into her soul sea to cultivate, doing its part to keep them safe.
Little Hui and White-Haired Little Hui twined around each other, clinging together more closely than brothers. They were as quiet as chickens, causing no trouble at all. Occasionally, sensing her low spirits, Little Hui would swing its long tail and slide over to her, trailing droplets that splashed water all over her face and body.
Yuchi Shou and Seventh Sister took the opportunity to cultivate nearby. Yuchi Shou, in particular, seemed to have suffered serious injuries from Ding Ding's blow.
Still, Qian Wanyu woke once each day to release a strand of metal-element spiritual power for Ding Ding to absorb. Ding Ding lay there with its limbs sprawled out like an old man, while everyone anxiously fussed around it.
"Ding Ding, how did I never notice what a little lazybones you were?" When she grew bored, Dongfang Minghui drank some spirit liquid to replenish her energy. When she became truly hungry, she ate a few mouthfuls of dry provisions to fill her stomach. Fortunately, Little Lecher's vines shielded her, keeping the cold wind from freezing her to death. Apart from Little Hui occasionally asking her for food, no one else needed her attention.
Yet her heart had been torn these past few days. All she could think about was the Soul-Severing Mirror. *Soul severing, soul severing... Could it be called that because everyone who encountered it had