Tang Yuehua pushed open the guest room door and saw Qian Renxue fast asleep beside Cao De's bed. She smiled helplessly.
Tang Yuehua stroked Qian Renxue's head.
Qian Renxue woke instantly. Seeing that it was Tang Yuehua, she asked, "Lady Yue, what is it?"
"Go sleep on the bed," Tang Yuehua said gently.
Qian Renxue smiled and nodded. She carefully tucked Cao De's quilt around him, then lay down on the bed beside his.
Just then, two streaks of light shot from between Cao De's brows, hurtling toward Tang Yuehua and Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue had been lying in bed without the slightest trace of sleepiness, but the instant the light struck her, she fell into a deep sleep.
For some unknown reason, Tang Yuehua's body went rigid, and her mutated martial soul, the Ruyi, manifested beyond her control.
What's happening?! Tang Yuehua was horrified.
But she could neither move nor make a sound. All she could do was watch her martial soul begin to shatter.
As it shattered, the soul power inside her churned relentlessly.
Martial soul mutation. The thought surfaced in Tang Yuehua's mind.
She could not understand why her martial soul would suddenly mutate, nor did she have time to think about it.
After that strange martial soul mutation, energy began accumulating inside her, causing pain so intense that she nearly fainted.
Once the mutation succeeded, Tang Yuehua felt increasingly unsettled. Her body grew inexplicably hot, and her consciousness gradually blurred.
Looking at the unconscious Cao De, Tang Yuehua felt her mouth and throat inexplicably go dry.
Tang Yuehua lost her usual elegance and nobility.
As their bodies joined, the sacred power of her mutated martial soul flowed into Cao De.
Under that sacred power, the black mist in Cao De's spiritual sea was instantly