In Dou Qi Continent, One Talent Trait Every Day

Amid that torturous pain, he struggled to open his eyes. What greeted him was the dim ceiling of a cave.

As his consciousness cleared, Xu Qi quickly remembered what had happened.

He struggled to sit up and discovered that the clothes on his upper body were gone, replaced by loops of white bandages that had wrapped all his wounds.

However, from the messy bandaging, it was obvious that whoever had treated him was not particularly skilled at it.

Xu Qi also saw the person who had bandaged him—Yun Yun was leaning against the wall nearby, fast asleep.

Resting her head on her knees, her long lashes cast shadows across her beautiful cheeks, which held a trace of sorrow. It seemed that even in sleep, her heart was still unsettled.

Looking at her sleeping face, Xu Qi felt especially calm.

If everything from before were set aside, this scene would have felt rather peaceful.

Just as Xu Qi stared blankly at Yun Yun's sleeping face, her curved lashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Her hazy gaze instantly became clear the moment she saw that Xu Qi was awake.

"You're awake." Yun Yun asked indifferently, her tone cold.

"Mm... thank you for bandaging my wounds." Xu Qi smiled.

Yun Yun turned her face slightly away, unwilling to meet his gaze. "I just didn't want to watch you die here like that."

Her feelings were complicated.

The most precious thing she had was clearly taken by this guy, yet she could not bring herself to be cruel to him.

Especially when facing that fourth-tier Demonic Beast, Xu Qi had said, "As long as I'm alive, I won't let them hurt you in the slightest." He had even allowed himself to be covered in wounds just to protect her.

All those things he had done had unconsciously diluted much of Yun Yun's resentment toward him, and even moved her somewhat...

This was not a feeling she wanted.

Xu Qi grinned but said nothing.

In less than a day, he could clearly feel that Yun Yun's attitude toward him had softened considerably.

At least all these injuries had not been for nothing. He had nearly gotten himself killed.

The two fell silent again, and there was almost no sound within the cave.

Not even the roars of magical beasts could be heard outside. The silence was enough to make one's thoughts run wild.

After quite a while, Xu Qi barely managed to prop himself up and said, "I'll see if I can go out and find something to eat. Wait here for me."

Yun Yun turned back in surprise. Then her delicate brows furrowed. "Going out in your current state? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

Xu Qi's injuries were even worse than hers.

Going out now was no different from seeking death.

"But I still have to go find food. Are we supposed to starve to death in here?" Xu Qi looked back at her.

"One day without food won't kill anyone. Besides, it's not as if we have nothing to eat."

Yun Yun took out a pile of dried rations from her Storage Ring. "If you don't want to go out and get yourself killed, then come back and sit down to eat."

"Oh."

Xu Qi obediently sat back down, as well-behaved as a child.

Yet the atmosphere between them seemed unable to return to what it had been before.

After silently finishing their food, Yun Yun walked to a corner by herself, closed her eyes, and sat cross-legged in meditation.

Seeing this, Xu Qi did not disturb her. Besides, his injuries truly were not light. After eating, he also went to a corner, unable to resist the drowsiness washing over him, and lay down to sleep.

Over the next few days, the two remained in the cave. One focused on healing, while the other worked to break through her seal.

Nor did any magical beasts outside think that they would be hiding here.

Xu Qi's injuries improved considerably.

Though he had not fully recovered, they no longer affected his normal movements.

Yun Yun, on the other hand, had sat cross-legged there without moving for two days and two nights.

Faintly, Xu Qi could sense her aura fluctuating—and growing stronger and stronger.

"From the looks of it, she should be about to break the seal..." Xu Qi murmured softly.

At that moment, as if to confirm that his guess was correct.

A powerful aura shot skyward from Yun Yun's body, instantly spreading across the entire Monster Beast Mountain Range.

Her seal had been broken!

As she opened her eyes, an air of nobility naturally spread from her.

At this moment, she was no longer the frail woman who had cautiously sealed away all her cultivation. She was the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master, Yun Yun, restored to her Dou Huang strength!

"Sect Master, congratulations on breaking through the seal and recovering your strength."

Xu Qi walked over with a cheerful smile.

But in the next instant, a longsword was pressed against his throat, its chilling Sword Intent stinging his skin.

Xu Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he did not dare move.

"Sect Master..."

He wanted to say something, but when he saw the shame, anger, struggle, and confusion on Yun Yun's face, the words at his lips were swallowed back...