si-mexico Chapter 482 Don't be afraid, even though I'm a cat, I don't like eating mice.
Chapter 482 Don't be afraid, even though I'm a cat, I don't like eating mice.
Xu Wan took a deep breath, feeling as if her chest was being squeezed by an invisible heavy stone!
Every breath I took caused excruciating pain in my internal organs.
She closed her eyes, concentrated all her mind, and tried to circulate the faint spiritual energy within her body.
The spiritual energy flowed slowly through the meridians like a trickle!
Sweat soaked through her snow-white Taoist robe, sticking stickily to her skin!
Time slipped by silently in this torment!
I do not know how long it has been!
She felt as if she were being drawn into an endless vortex of darkness!
Ouch!
A low, guttural roar came from the depths of the vortex, as if it wanted to tear her soul to shreds.
She told herself she couldn't give up, she absolutely couldn't.
Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the dungeon!
Then comes a delicate sandalwood scent!
Xu Wan suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils contracting in alarm, and looked out through the iron bars.
Under the dim light of the oil lamp, a figure was walking steadily towards them.
The man's magnificent purple Taoist robe shone brightly in the darkness!
Holding a whisk in his left hand, his clothes fluttered as he walked.
The newcomer had a handsome face!
only……
At this moment, however, his brows were furrowed with an unyielding worry!
"Senior Brother Baiyuan..."
Xu Wan's voice was hoarse, like sandpaper being rubbed, and so weak that it was almost swept away by the draft from the dungeon.
She tried to prop herself up, but stumbled due to exhaustion, her fingertips digging deep into the cold cracks in the stone.
Bai Yuan's brows furrowed suddenly, his eyes filled with heartache and anxiety!
He leaned closer to the iron bars!
"Junior brother, you've suffered."
His voice was still so gentle, like the warm spring sun.
Xu Wan managed to twitch the corners of her mouth!
"Senior Brother Baiyuan, I'm fine."
She paused, her Adam's apple bobbing, her voice filled with regret.
"only……"
"I regret not listening to your advice and eating too much durian, which has damaged my meridians to this extent."
"Hey……"
Bai Yuan sighed deeply, his fingers unconsciously clenching.
"It's too late for regrets now that things have come to this."
He took out a small jade bottle from his bosom; the bottle was warm and gleaming.
"Your meridians are weak now, so the most important thing is to take good care of yourself."
"This is the 'Pulse-Condensing Pill,' made primarily with three-hundred-year-old snow lotus and supplemented with ambergris, which can help you repair your damage."
He slipped the jade bottle through the gap in the iron bars.
Xu Wan took it with trembling hands, her fingertips touching the coolness of the bottle!
This moment!!
She felt as if she had grasped a glimmer of hope.
"Thank you very much, Senior Brother Baiyuan..."
Xu Wan lowered her eyes and stared at the jade bottle, her voice suddenly choked with emotion.
"But... will Master... forgive me?"
Tears welled up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.
She recalled the image of her master's furious departure yesterday!
The thought of how I had neglected the family rules in order to satisfy my appetite filled me with guilt, which clung to my heart like a poisonous vine.
Bai Yuan remained silent for a long time!
"Master is doing this for your own good."
"The matter of the Soul-Nourishing Grass is related to the Emperor's cultivation. If you act rashly, you will not only harm yourself..."
"You can stay here and cultivate in peace. Once your meridians are restored and your character is tempered, your master will surely see your sincerity."
Xu Wan nodded emphatically, and a tear finally fell onto the jade bottle!
"I understand!"
"Senior Brother Baiyuan, I will cultivate diligently and atone for my sins with my actions!"
She pressed the jade bottle against her chest, feeling its cool sensation.
"So good!"
Bai Yuan smiled with satisfaction!
He straightened the collar of his purple Taoist robe, his movements calm and unhurried!
"Junior brother! Take good care of yourself."
He whispered a few more instructions on the key points of regulating breathing before turning and leaving.
The purple figure disappeared at the end of the passageway, leaving behind a lingering, elegant sandalwood fragrance.
After a while.
Xu Wan slumped to the ground, her fingertips tracing the patterns on the jade bottle.
She carefully poured out a pill!
The pills were as white as pearls. As soon as they entered the mouth, they transformed into a refreshing herbal fragrance that bloomed on the tip of the tongue, with a bitter taste followed by a sweet aftertaste!
Instead, a gentle, warm current flowed through it!
She began to close her eyes, sit cross-legged, and regulate her breathing, guiding this power.
After a while.
Spiritual energy no longer stings like thorns!
A warm sensation gradually increased in my lower abdomen!
The excruciating pain in my internal organs receded like the tide, replaced by a long-lost sense of lightness.
She took a deep breath, and her chest was no longer constricted, but instead filled with the power of new life!
The meridians are reconnecting at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Fine spiritual threads wove together to form a net, gradually mending the broken passage.
The snow-white Taoist robe, soaked with sweat, gradually dried!
The chill of the dungeon was dispelled, leaving only the delicate fragrance of sandalwood and medicine lingering around.
Just then, a rustling sound came from the crack in the floor in the corner.
A small, snow-white mouse emerged.
It leaped lightly to Xu Wan's feet!
He tilted his head to examine her, his nose twitching slightly as if he were sniffing out the scent of medicine.
Xu Wan opened her eyes, a weak smile playing on her lips:
"Hey, little one, you've come to see me again!"
"Don't be afraid, even though I'm a cat, I don't like eating mice."
"Would you just stay put and help me cultivate?"
The little mouse seemed to understand human speech, squatting with its front paws folded over its chest, its bright black eyes unblinking.
Xu Wan thought it was just an ordinary dungeon rat!
Completely unaware that this spirit rat was actually a shadow sentinel secretly dispatched by her master, the Nine Yang Immortal!
Its ear tips have hidden golden patterns, which can transform her every move into a stream of light and transmit it back to the Nine Yang Immortal.
Xu Wan continued to regulate her breathing, and her spiritual energy became increasingly solidified under the catalysis of the elixir.
suddenly.
A warmth filled her heart!
The spiritual energy finally flowed through the Ren and Du meridians, and the meridians, like withered trees coming back to life, radiated a resilient vitality.
She focused her inner energy on her dantian!
That faint flame has transformed into a blazing candle, illuminating the abyss of the soul.
Right now!
The little mouse suddenly stood up, its ears twitching slightly!
It received a mental instruction from Master Jiuyang, requiring it to record whether Xu Wan's temperament was calm and composed.
It quietly leaped onto the stone wall, its claws lightly touching the surface, and a ray of golden light disappeared into the cracks in the bricks, sealing away Xu Wan's persistence and self-reflection.
Xu Wan felt a warm sensation all over her body, and even the musty smell of the dungeon seemed to have faded.
When the warm current surged into the meridians of the right arm, the previously severed "Tianshu" acupoint suddenly trembled!
"Hmm~"
She groaned, and cold sweat broke out again.
The little mouse immediately raised its tail and looked around warily, only to see Xu Wan gritting her teeth and persevering.
After a while!
The pain is gone!
She let out a long sigh, and a faint blue light condensed at her fingertips.
"It's done!"
A spark of hope rekindled in her eyes.
My cultivation is progressing smoothly!
Spiritual energy flows like streams converging into rivers, surging through the body in a grand circulation.
Xu Wan guided the warm current to flush away the last few blocked "Guanyuan" acupoints!
The little mouse suddenly darted to her knees and gently nudged her trembling wrist with its nose.
She paused for a moment, then said softly:
"Little one, are you getting anxious too? Don't worry, I'll be done soon."
She slowly finished her practice, the blue light at her fingertips disappeared, and a faint halo appeared around her.
"little guy!"
Xu Wan couldn't help but chuckle and took out a green lotus seedpod from her wide sleeve.
The lotus pods are plump like jade hairpins, topped with tender green stems.
"Here, try this?"
She broke off a lotus seed and held it to the little mouse's nose!
"I secretly picked them a couple of days ago and hid them in my sleeve pocket!"
Lotus seeds are sweet with a slightly astringent taste!
She took a bite herself first, a sly smile spreading across her cheeks!
"Sweet, isn't it? The lotus flowers in the center of the pond are the tenderest; I walked there by stepping on the floating duckweed!"
"Oh dear, we almost got spotted by the patrolling crane whistle!"
The little mouse hesitated for a moment…
Then it picked up the lotus seed, chewed it slowly, and wagged its tail happily.
A golden glint flashed in his eyes, and he imprinted every word and action of Xu Wan into his spiritual consciousness.
The moment the lotus seed touches your tongue, it causes a slight tingling sensation!
The lotus seed actually contained a trace of mixed spiritual energy!
It turns out that Xu Wan hadn't purified the herbs before stealing them, which only created a hidden danger.
"Little one, are these lotus seeds sweet?"
The words have not yet been spoken!
A sudden, dull pain rose in her abdomen; the foul odor of the lotus seed clashed with the medicinal pills!
The spiritual energy suddenly became stagnant.
"Hmm~"
She groaned softly, her body drenched in cold sweat.
The little mouse immediately pricked up its ears and lightly touched the ground with its paws, as if weighing whether to report it.
Xu Wan forced a smile and stuffed the remaining lotus pods back into her sleeve:
"Fine, I'd better just focus on practicing my skills."
She readjusted her breathing, guiding the mixed energy to her fingertips, where it dissipated as a wisp of green smoke.
The little mouse crouched quietly, watching the beads of sweat roll down her forehead and then evaporate!
She saw blood seeping from her bitten lip, which was then smoothed away by a flash of inspiration.
The candlelight flickered in the dungeon, casting silhouettes of a man and a rat!
As the night deepened, a faint silver glow emanated from Xu Wan's body, and her meridians appeared as if they were newly woven spider webs, supple and clear.
She finished her practice and opened her eyes, but the little mouse had vanished, leaving only half a lotus seed in the crack of the rock.
She picked up the lotus seeds and chuckled softly!
"hehe!"
"Little one~~"
As my fingertips caressed the lotus seedpod, I suddenly felt the jade bottle in my sleeve was slightly warm.
The lingering effects of the Condensing Meridian Pill murmured in my blood!
She looked out into the deep night beyond the iron bars, clenching her fists:
"Tomorrow, I can cultivate to a higher level."
In the shadows of the corner, a ray of golden light quietly disappeared, vanishing into the void.