Volume 2, Case within a case, The granary of the world Chapter 40: Monster, oh monster

  I felt someone's thigh, then grabbed the net sleeve, it was that white Eulon, he was wearing a fishing net. Then I floated to the surface in one breath and scolded: "Hou Xian! You're looking for death!" What I saw was White Eulon, his tightly knitted eyebrows were trembling, presumably furious.

  "Madam!" Behind Bai Oulun's back, Hou Xuan's head appeared, and he wrapped his arms around Bai Oulun's body, starting to drag her outwards. "Madam, you didn't think much of the 7th level pagoda, but surely the 14th level will do? You're trying to save two people, look at this guy, he doesn't even want to live!"

  "Madam, your inner power is idle anyway, use it up tonight and rest for two days before coming back. And doing so frequently can also help improve it. Hurry up, hurry up, he will absorb your inner power by himself, no need for you to do anything." Hou Xuan exerted his strength to pull Bai Oulun's arm, the two palms facing each other in front of me like a game of tug-of-war.

  "Breathing in, am I taking in internal energy?"

  "Hurry up, madam! Otherwise, his life will be in danger."

  "Damn it, forget about settling accounts with me." Even in anger, one should know that human life is at stake and not the time for petty squabbles.

  I immediately turned back, and quickly took over when the white lotus left the other person's hand. In an instant, just as Hou Xian said, I was firmly sucked into the other person's palm. However, I didn't feel anything flowing out of my body, perhaps it was just because it had only just begun.

  However, the suction generated by the opposing palms surprised me.

  "The elders spent three days and nights to repair his meridians." Hou Xian leaned on the edge of the bucket, starting to explain to me, "He is now like an empty shell, as long as he feels the internal force, he will automatically absorb and replenish his true yuan. He should have practiced some kind of magical skill similar to the 'absorbing great method' before, that's why he can absorb it spontaneously. However, because his meridians have just been restored, the loss is also very severe."

  "It was only a temporary solution for me and Bai Oulun to absorb the light, but at this moment, if the true energy is cut off, it will be a case of 'one slip and all is lost', and even the original ones will disperse. Therefore, someone with deep internal power must consolidate his true yuan and fill up the true energy for him."

  "So you're going against my wishes?" Gnashing my teeth, at this moment. I start to feel the strength gradually draining away.

  "Madam, don't you know how many years of internal energy are stored in your body?! It's truly unbelievable to say it out loud! If I hadn't taught you to circulate your Qi, you would have probably died from the shock of internal energy bursting through your meridians the first time you used it."

  "Thanks to your aunt, I should be grateful to you too!"

  "Madam, you still have the energy to scold me! Indeed, your internal strength is extraordinary!" The little boy's pale lips cracked open, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. He hadn't brushed his teeth in days, and his breath was not small.

  Anger surged up to my heart. But in the next moment, it flowed towards my arm, and I looked at it in surprise, from just now until now, I had forgotten to look at his face, he really... was Nangong Qiuxue?

  His eyes couldn't help but lock onto his face, which was hidden by his long hair. He was looking down at the moment. I couldn't see clearly, through the strands of hair that were dyed half-wet by the heat, I saw a full forehead, suddenly. A bead of sweat slid down from in front of my eyes, followed by another one, capturing their source, it turned out to be his long eyelashes, my heart skipped a beat, and my pupils drifted away in thought.

  In his memory, Nan Gong Qiuyue's eyelashes were also very long. They didn't curl like Xuan Yuan Yifei's, nor were they as thick as Hou Xian's, but straight and exceptionally clear, with each lash spaced out as if measured by the gods. When he smiled, his eyelashes would cover up those bright eyes, only letting people see his smile, without noticing what expression was in his eyes.

  He hid all his thoughts with his eyelashes. That's why I was fascinated by his friendly smile for a while and couldn't pull myself out.

  Tiny droplets of water gathered on his eyelashes, clinging to this lifeline. They refused to fall off, but how could the delicate lashes bear their weight? In the end, they still slid down from those long and soft lashes, which gently sprang back, ready to welcome the next drop of water.

  "I didn't recognize him at first either." Hou Xian regained some of his strength, and his tone was no longer weak. I turned to look at him, he was staring at Nan Gong Qiu Yue, with a complex expression on his surprised face, and a faint hint of red, "It's a pity not to be the top..."

  His eyebrows twitched, and he thought he would come up with what kind of conclusion, but didn't think it would be this.

  I looked at Nan Gong Qiu Yue with suspicion again, his long hair gathered in front of him due to his lowered head, leaving only a small gap.

  In that gap between, he stood upright

  The bridge of the nose, that smooth line is so perfect, with no protrusions or obstructions in between. Some men's noses are straight, but the line from the eyebrow to the tip of the nose is not perfect, and some even have a sudden bulge, of course, if you don't look closely, you won't notice.

  But his nose is perfect, so perfect that the beads of sweat tracing down leave a straight line, and the shape of his nose is delicate and beautiful, making me think of a word used to describe a woman's nose: elegant.

  As another drop of sweat fell, my gaze was drawn to his lips under his nose. His lips were faintly visible behind the hair, and with the angle of his head being too low, I could only see the upper lip, and that wasn't even completely.

  A well-hidden lip, yet it caught my eye, because of its rare apricot color, a common color used in manga beauty types, deeper than flesh tone but lighter than crimson, with a lustrous glass-like sheen, full of temptation, that's an extremely charming lip color, making one want to carefully protect it.

  My heart skipped a beat, I suddenly withdrew my gaze, this is not Nangong Qiuyue, absolutely not! Suddenly, I felt a chill, and the temperature inside me seemed to be lost unintentionally.

  "Hou Xian... I... why do I feel a bit cold? Are all the windows closed?" I asked Hou Xian, who was leaning over the edge of the bucket to get a closer look at Nan Gong Qiu Yue, his head almost buried in her hair.

  Looking at his silly appearance made me angry: "Hou Xian! Cough cough cough..."

  "Ma'am!" Hou Xian immediately withdrew his head, worried and apologetic as he stood beside me. "The true energy has been absorbed, it's going to be cold, so this bucket of water contains all the medicinal herbs for invigorating blood, but we need to add just the right amount. If too much is added, it's easy to get out of control and go crazy, if too little is added, it won't take effect. Ma'am, please bear with me, I observed Nangong earlier, he seems to have stabilized, he should be okay soon."

  "You... what's with the staring? Cough cough cough, it's clear you're gazing at him with infatuation."

  "Who, me?" Hou Xian's face turned red with grievance, his sallow complexion taking on a strange and ugly hue.

  "I know, madam, you can't see clearly. Let me show you and you'll be surprised." As he spoke, Hou Xuan walked behind Nan Gong Qiuyue, his hands passing through the hanging hair, grasping her chin, and gently pulling her forward. The half-wet long hair suddenly spread out, revealing a greenish-black sheen, and to everyone's surprise, Nan Gong Qiuyue's hair was actually dyed dark green.

  That emerald green glow was dazzling, and the swaying candlelight created an unusual, enchanting atmosphere. I gazed into her true face behind the hair, and in that instant, time seemed to stand still as if it had stopped flowing.

  My breath was completely stagnant at this moment, I stared blankly at Nan Gong Qiuxue in front of me, everything was beyond my imagination, and everything made it impossible for me to associate with the previous Nan Gong Qiuxue. All those small scenes I saw just now were fully integrated into one at this moment, forming a Nan Gong Qiuxue that shocked me speechless.

  "Monster!" I exclaimed! But these two words were shouted out so weakly, because my true strength was also slowly being exhausted.

  His slender and long eyebrows had sharp edges, just like a wolf hair brush that swept from the center of his brow to the temples with a strong yet delicate touch.

  The eyes, narrowed into a long and narrow shape by the eyelashes, had an upward curve at the outer corners, forming a seductive arc, as if they would bloom with vibrant colors once opened.

  And then there was the exquisite bridge of his nose and those orange-red lips, which had a good lip color. The thin but not lacking in fullness, the narrow and long philtrum raised his upper lip, and the curved corners of his mouth opened up an almost evil smile. It was his smile, I recognized his smile! He was even smiling while he was unconscious!

  His rosy cheeks added a touch of seductiveness to him, and although he had an extremely delicate and charming face, the evil smile made people dare not get close to him. This was a dangerous animal, and everyone would tell themselves that.

  Suddenly, at this moment, his lips opened slightly, I was startled, the suction force in my palm was slowly disappearing, then, he withdrew his hands from my palms, slowly stretched out, drew a circle, and began to gather his inner strength, as if everything was returning to its origin. His embracing hands stopped in front of his already water-soaked transparent clothes.

  "This is going to wake up, I'll go get the clothes." Hou Xian released Nan Gong Qiuyue's chin, and Nan Gong Qiuyue's face was no longer drooping, but facing me calmly. Without thinking much, she closed her eyes and immediately used the method Hou Xian had taught before to calm down the somewhat disordered inner energy back into her dantian. Fortunately, there was still some energy left.