Three days later.
"..."
So tired, very tired.
What's wrong with you?
The fragments of memory were reorganized in his mind, and everything that he couldn't believe or face came to him at this moment.
"!!!!"
Lu Ling sat up suddenly, and his movement also alarmed the little girl who was lying next to him.
Ling Ling was overturned by her rough movements and rolled half a circle to the side.
Even so, she still didn't make a sound, didn't show any signs of waking up, she just lay there softly, like a rag doll that had been drained of its strength.
"Ling Ling!"
Lu Ling's face turned pale.
He hurriedly took her into his arms, hurriedly exploring her breath and feeling her heartbeat. Her breathing was normal and her heartbeat was normal. His actions just now were so rough and out of control, but Ling Ling didn't even frown. No frown, no groan, nothing.
"Ling Ling! Ling Ling?!"
He shouted like crazy, his eyes gradually becoming mist-filled.
How could this happen... how could it become like this!?
What happened to him?
Why do you think about Ling Ling...
"Great Healing Paean..."
Lu Ling tried his best to release this healing light, and he wished Summoning would send out Divine Soul to assist in healing.
But the light fell on her little body, like falling into a bottomless well, without causing any ripples.
She wasn't "injured" at all, she just couldn't wake up...
The small body is still the pure land of smoothness.
There was only one place that was incredibly messy.
Those shocking marks silently accused her of enduring storms that she should not have endured.
"Ling Ling..."
After many attempts to no avail, Lu Ling hugged Little Ling Ling tightly, a tear falling silently from his dark brown eyes.
"I'm sorry..."
"Don't waste your efforts."
A cold voice sounded, as ethereal as if it came from a far away place, but she was definitely beside him.
"..."
Lu Ling seemed to have lost his mind and didn't hear what Shen Xi said at all. He just hugged Ling Ling and stroked her hair over and over again.
Shen Xi didn't care either. He just stood aside and looked at the two bodies with great interest, which had just experienced a ridiculous battle.
"I never expected that something like this would happen..." She clicked her tongue softly, her eyes falling on Ling Ling's peaceful sleeping face, "Her name is Ling Ling, right?"
"..."
Lu Ling still ignored her.
"Hey!"
Shen Xi's voice suddenly became an octave colder.
"Do you still want her to wake up? What's the use of crying? It's ridiculous."
"Can you... can you wake her up?"
Lu Ling raised his head suddenly, his bloodshot eyes locked on the blond beauty beside him, as if looking at the last life-saving straw.
"Answer my question first." Shen Xi said coldly.
Lu Ling was stunned for a moment, then laughed to himself.
"... Yes, her name is Leng Lingling, you can also call her Ling Ling."
He paused, swallowed something, and then spoke again, "Please, help her."
"Ling Ling... ling... you are really destined." Shen Xi said these two words thoughtfully, not knowing what he was thinking.
Lu Ling did not urge.
The only hope now is this proud woman.
"Our powers merge into one."
After a while, Shen Xi finally spoke again. It was only a few minutes, but Lu Ling felt as if several hours had passed.
"Integrated into one?" Lu Ling looked confused.
"Netherworld's fate, my soul's return, are the two flowers in her body, plus you as the origin, constantly injecting energy into her body, completely transforming her body." Shen Xi explained lightly.
"What..."
Lu Ling listened blankly, unable to fully digest it for a while.
Body transformation, destiny, soul return... these words were too far away from his anxiety at the moment, as if they were talking about things from another world.
It's really incredible.
"What should I do to wake her up?" He still asked the question he was most concerned about.
He doesn't care about body modification or anything, the most important thing now is to restore Ling Ling's consciousness.
"Go on." Shen Xi said calmly.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but the corners of her lips seemed to be slightly curved in a very shallow arc.
"Continue with what?" Lu Ling was confused.
"Aren't you having a great time these days? Why are you asking me to continue?" Shen Xi showed that smile.
It's not an illusion.
There was a condescending and clear look in that smile, like an unhurried showdown after a conspiracy succeeded.
"You... did you do this?!" Lu Ling's voice suddenly rose in pitch, with a hint of questioning.
"Me? How is that possible?"
Shen Xi laughed out loud, slowly leaned down, stretched out a finger, and gently poked Lu Ling's heart.
It was rare for her to call him master, but when these two words came out of her mouth, it only made people feel cold all over.
"How can I have such great power? How dare I control my master?"
She retracted her fingers, straightened up, and looked at him condescendingly.
"All of this happened because you wanted to do it! I just made Ling Ling a little braver. Now it's just a little earlier than what should have happened. It's too late for you to thank me. I gave Little Ling Ling such a great opportunity in vain."
Lu Ling lowered his head and looked at the unconscious girl in his arms, his eyes lost.
"... I'm sorry."
He started mumbling to himself again.
"Please... tell me... how to wake her up..."
"I've told you the method, keep doing it." Shen Xi said.
"Are you serious?" Lu Ling struggled to say.
Shen Xi's expression became serious.
"Of course, I can't be serious anymore. She has absorbed the power of me and Netherworld, as well as your energy as the source, and her physique is undergoing transformation. But it is not completed yet, that is, the energy is not enough. You need to continue to give her energy to complete this transformation. After waking up, Ling Ling should be able to transform into little Spirit Body. Otherwise, how can I say that we are destined?"
Lu Ling lowered his head and looked at the too quiet little face in his arms.
Ling Ling's eyelashes are very long, sticking to her pale cheeks, and each one is clear and distinct.
Her breathing was steady and her heartbeat was normal, but she couldn't wake up.
Her little body was curled up in his arms. He had just shaken her like crazy, and her head just swayed softly with his movements, like a powerless rag doll.
And now Shen Xi tells him to continue...
Keep doing what he did two days ago.
He continued to do the thing he regretted so much that he wanted to kill himself.
"What are you hesitating about? You have gone too far in the past two days. It's not a big deal if you continue now." Shen Xi's voice came from the side, unhurriedly.
Lu Ling did not answer.
His eyes fell on Ling Ling's eyelashes, which were still as long, but no longer fluttering across his cheeks.
The night before yesterday, these eyelashes were shaking like butterfly wings.
Same thing last night.
He didn't know what he was doing at that time.
After the light golden light faded from his eyes, and when reason came back, everything had already happened.
And now Shen Xi tells him to continue.
He looked at Ling Ling's face.
There was no expression on that little face, no smile, no frown, no blazing eyes like the night before.
She just fell asleep quietly, as if she had locked herself in a deep dream.
"Continue." Shen Xi said again. This time there was no mockery in her voice, but a calm statement, "The energy is not enough. Her physical transformation is only half completed. If you don't continue, she will never wake up."
Lu Ling's hand slowly tightened.
He hugged Ling Ling and rested his chin on the top of her little hair.
The bow headband was still half hanging in his hair, brushing against his chin, as soft as the night before.
"... I'm sorry." He said again.
This time the sound was neither a collapse nor hysteria.
It was quiet and low, as if after making a certain decision, he had swallowed up all the struggles.
He gently put Ling Ling back on the quilt. The white stockings were still wrapped around her calves, and the lace edge of the stockings was a little crooked, revealing a small section of whiter skin. He reached out and gently straightened the crooked lace edge.
Then he lowered his head and put his lips between her eyebrows.
The kiss was very light, and it landed on the same spot as the night before.
"Ling Ling, wait for me a little longer." He whispered.
"From now on, in a sense, she will be your biological daughter, and Netherworld and I will be her biological mothers. By the way, don't forget to resurrect Netherworld. Otherwise, Little Ling Ling will be too pitiful if she loses a mother..."
Shen Xi chuckled, took one last look at the entangled pair of people, and disappeared into the void again.
Lu Ling is holding Little Ling Ling, the two of them are like sculptures, motionless.
After being quiet for a long time, Lu Ling murmured with a wry smile.
"Why do you have to use this method..."
This is the first time he hates himself so much...