Sunlight spilled across the windowsill. Conversation continued inside the room, yet an indescribable stillness hung in the air.
Empress Dowager Guo leaned against the desk, her wine-red hair gleaming with a watery sheen in the sunlight. A few cups of wine had brought a faint blush to her fair cheeks. Just as she was wondering why nothing had happened after so long, the divine whisper sounded beside her ear again:
"Catch it."
Catch?
What am I supposed to catch it with?
Empress Dowager Guo parted her lips, her eyes bewildered. Fortunately, her clever disciple took her hand and guided it beneath the desk...
The heat made Empress Dowager Guo's shoulders flinch slightly. She swiftly enveloped it in Qi to refine it. Her previously fairly normal expression turned somewhat evasive, and her green eyes darted toward the window.
Xie Jinhuan propped his chin on his hand against the desk, seemingly frowning in thought, though in truth, he had nearly forgotten his own surname. A trace of embarrassment inevitably showed between his brows.
Fortunately, this strange situation did not last too long.
A little while later, Bu Yuehua rose from beside the desk, looking like a female physician who had just finished surgery. Xie Jinhuan gently stroked her back to comfort her while asking:
"Did it work?"
Though Empress Dowager Guo's feelings were exceedingly complicated, she maintained her composure and nodded slightly:
"Yes. This method is essentially Yin and Yang Essence Absorption, merely performed in a different way. As for its effectiveness... there is a barrier involved in this method, after all, and the gap between your Daoist Cultivation and mine is considerable. A full recovery would probably take several dozen times..."
Seeing that Zisu's rotten idea actually worked, Bu Yuehua sighed in relief. But several dozen times...
That might be a