Chu Luohen had never imagined he would see Su Jiu again under circumstances like these.
The young girl, not yet fully grown, lay silently collapsed on the bed. Great swaths of blood stained her white clothes, and blood still seeped from the corner of her mouth from time to time.
The tear mole just below the outer corner of Su Jiu's left eye flickered as well, as though announcing something.
Xia Jue, who had followed him in, was stunned by the sight of Su Jiu. Less than a day had passed, and he could not fathom how she had managed to reduce herself to this ghastly state.
Chu Luohen's expression darkened. In an instant, he appeared beside the bed and, with a cold expression, placed his right hand on Su Jiu's wrist to check her pulse.
Seeing his face grow colder and colder, Xia Jue knew things were probably not looking good.
"Did someone injure her before this?"
A faint bitterness rose in Xia Jue's mouth. He nodded helplessly and recounted the whole story.
Chu Luohen lowered his eyes without a word, then picked Su Jiu up and returned to Ice Veil Peak. At the same time, a barrier descended around the peak. This time, even a Jade Token would not allow anyone inside.
As soon as he returned, he laid Su Jiu on the Millennium Ice Bed.
Chu Luohen sneered. "You really outdid yourself, drawing both water and Ice Spiritual Qi into meridians that were already injured. You must have grown tired of living."
But Su Jiu was already in a deep coma. Whatever Chu Luohen said, she likely could not hear it.
Because Su Jiu was unconscious, she could not convert the water spiritual energy into Ice Spiritual Qi herself. Chu Luohen could only probe her meridians and