Yet Chen Jue still instinctively reached out, just as he was about to touch that towering peak.
A teasing voice rang out like silver bells.
"My lord~"
"What a special way you have of treating someone!"
Zi JI leaned against the window, her long, fair legs fully exposed beneath the clear moonlight.
"Zi JI, what brings you here?"
Chen Jue quietly withdrew his hand and looked toward Zi JI by the window.
"I sensed a rich concentration of life force here, so I came to take a look!"
"I never expected to see such an exciting scene!"
Chen Jue cleared his throat, then declared with righteous conviction, "I'm treating her! I was going to channel life force into her heart!"
"Besides, in a healer's eyes, there are no men or women, only patients!"
Despite everything he had said, Zi JI merely covered her mouth and giggled.
Seeing that Chen Jue had fallen silent, Zi JI raised an eyebrow. "My lord~"
"Has no one told you how funny you look when you spout nonsense with such a straight face?"
Chen Jue: ...
Seeing that the conversation was going nowhere, Chen Jue immediately changed the subject.
"Where's Bi Ji? Why didn't she come with you?"
Zi JI seductively brushed a hand across her red lips, fixing Chen Jue with an utterly bewitching gaze.
"Missing her?"
"She's all washed up and waiting for your favor, my lord~"
"You won't have to move a muscle, my lord. This little sister will do all the work!"
Should a girl really be saying such ravenously wild things...?
Chen Jue swallowed, then a trace of seriousness flashed through his eyes, leaving them as clear as a pool of spring water.
"Don't disturb my healer's Dao Heart. I have someone to save..."
"Oh~"
"So you don't like it,