Li Luo's face grew paler still. She was just about to speak when she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, splashing it over her clothes. Like a frost-touched maple leaf, it hung before her chest, quite beautiful.
She fainted, heaven and earth spinning. At that moment, time stood still.
He stepped forward and gently caught Li Luo, feeling only soft jade filling his arms and a floral fragrance washing over his face.
What a scene it was. Beneath a pear tree that blotted out the sky, fallen blossoms fluttered in profusion, drifting like snowflakes. An exorcist held a pear-tree flower spirit in his arms, gazing at her in a trance, forgetting the world, beautiful as a painting.
So she was the force that had drawn Lan Duo'er here. She was the very one who had tangled his heart like hemp from a thousand miles away. At that thought, that strand of yellow hair drifted like a ghost through his mind. He snapped awake, stunned.
Li Luo slipped out of Lan Duo'er's arms and fell to the ground, scattering petals that whirled and drifted.
The wind was gentle, the clouds light, the moonlight like a ribbon of white silk. From far away, night birds sent forth mournful cries.
Beneath the pear tree, Lan Duo'er circulated his qi to heal Li Luo's injuries. Blue hair streamed, and petals drifted down. He could feel his hair tangling with the petals, and an inexplicable warmth arose in his heart. As Li Luo continued receiving the true essence Lan Duo'er transmitted to her, a rosy flush spread over her whole body.
Beneath the pear tree, an exorcist and a pear-tree flower spirit entwined. The bright moon bore witness.
"Master, you saved me?"
Li Luo woke and, without reproach, hurriedly put on her clothes. Her