With shouting ringing in his ears,
Lynn flailed weakly as he pulled out the hand of that cheeky Zuo Luo, but before he could even catch his breath,
he heard water ripple.
He looked up and saw the girl with branches and leaves covering her head, her whole body giving off a faint green glow, float up before him. She leaned down and stared into his eyes, as though checking whether he was still in a normal state.
"Feeling better? You were asleep for a long time."
His memories slowly returned, and his consciousness gradually recovered.
Lynn forced his hand up and slapped his aching forehead with a pained smack, saying,
"My head hurts like hell, and my control has become terribly sluggish. How long was I unconscious?"
Seeing that he could speak clearly and coherently,
the nature girl seemed to let out an almost imperceptible sigh of relief. Then, with a complicated look in her eyes, she floated back down into the pool, folded her arms, and crossed her legs.
"Eight or nine hours."
"You really are something. Even with the backlash leaving you in that state, you still dared to fight that curse head-on. If... if that person hadn't kept you alive back then, and your soul had collapsed to less than half its original state, you'd probably have become an idiot even if you did wake up."
She closed her eyes to make herself look more like a goddess.
Lynn sorted through his chaotic thoughts.
At last, they slowly settled.
Only then did he turn to examine his surroundings. She was currently in a pool, undoubtedly the one at the core of the Mother Tree of Desire's soul that could give souls physical substance. The enormous cracks around them had also shrunk considerably. Clearly, she had recovered