After sorting out his thoughts, Xianyu put Fable back into the System Inventory and fell silent.
Gray Wind glanced at the cold expression on the face beside her and promptly changed the subject.
"I almost forgot. Congratulations, Eric. Happy marriage."
Xianyu murmured an acknowledgment, then began thinking about the message Jingliu had sent him.
Jingliu was desperate to establish a more intimate relationship with him.
Was it because of her age?
Was Jingliu... afraid of becoming mara-struck?
She had come into contact with his blood.
Would she become unable to die, like Guan Liang and the others?
Or would she never become mara-struck again?
Xianyu had no way of knowing.
Back in Scalegorge Waterscape, he had learned through the System Panel that Yingxing had acquired the "ageless" trait.
Thinking back on it now, that result had not been accurate.
"Ageless" was very likely a Vidyadhara trait.
In previous cycles of reincarnation, no one had come into contact with his blood.
Besides, even if anyone had come into contact with it and studied it, no traces could possibly have remained.
Eric's goal had always been to keep him alive.
As such, the system would conceal his unusual qualities as thoroughly as possible.
Now, Xianyu could not rely on the system to determine Jingliu's physical condition.
He gathered his thoughts.
Next, he would work with Zandar and use the test subject "Shuhu" to find the answer.
But... what if the result wasn't what he wanted?
What would happen to Jingliu and Yingxing?
Would Jingliu someday yearn for death, just as he did?
Xianyu turned to look out the window.
Gray Wind followed his gaze outside.
They watched the streets flashing past, neither speaking for a while.
Just as Gray Wind thought their silence would continue, Xianyu suddenly spoke.
His voice was barely