Wisps of black vapor drifted from Jingliu's body, and Lingchen actually heard screams coming from the black mist.
Was this still a space comedy? Was he sure it wasn't some horror movie? [Purification] lasted two and a half minutes before Lingchen finally had his fill of listening to Jingliu's pleasurable moans, stifled between her teeth.
Even the aloof swordswoman could look so alluring... Watching the long sword in Jingliu's hand, fashioned from a captured wisp of moonlight, slowly disappear, Lingchen kindly said, "Your mara-struck condition really is troublesome. I think you'd be better off coming to me for purification every day or two."
Jingliu seemed not to have heard what Lingchen said. The flush brought on by the purification rapidly faded from her face, leaving only a stark pallor.
After the purification, her body was still as cold as a "living corpse," but at least her mind would no longer be affected by being mara-struck. Her flexibility, normal physiological responses, and other bodily functions had also recovered considerably.
If Lingchen had possessed the Authority of [Life Force] at this point, he should have been able to easily restore Jingliu's body to its youthful state.
Jingliu felt that her mind had never been as clear as it was now, as though she had been reborn into a new life.
But a clear mind also brought clear emotions.
Her parents, Cangcheng, the living planet "World-Eater Rahu," Shuhu, Baiheng, the Cloud Knights... Fragments of the past awakened relentlessly in her memories, battering her mind.
Pain, regret, self-reproach, anger, sorrow, helplessness-all kinds of negative emotions converged into a torrent that washed through her mind. She stood rooted to the spot, dazed, unable to make any other movement. Her small mouth opened and closed as though she wanted to say something, but only silence emerged.