19: Chapter 19 Goodbye, Painted Glass

After Long Xi left, Yun Che did not leave immediately.

Suddenly, Yun Che felt a strange atmosphere; behind him, a gaze as sharp as sword light seemed to be staring at him.

He hurriedly looked back and saw a woman standing over ten miles away, holding a girl dressed in white in her arms. Her aura was even more magnificent than that of the Dragon Clan Supreme Elder, seemingly infinitely close to the True God Realm.

The woman leaped into the air, crossing the ten-mile distance in less than a breath, and appeared before Yun Che.

She was dressed in green, standing gracefully like a banished immortal descending to the mortal world. Though she wore no makeup, her face was naturally divine and her posture flawless, surpassing any woman in the world. Compared to Shen Xi, Qianye Yinger, or even Creator God Li Suo, she possessed a uniquely distinct temperament.

It was indeed the [Sword Immortal] Hua Qingying. In her arms, she held the severely injured and unconscious Goddess Hua Caili.

At this moment, Goddess Hua Caili's face was as pale as snow, her eyes were tightly shut, and her delicate eyebrows were slightly furrowed. Her long eyelashes were like butterfly wings, and her waterfall-like black hair floated freely. Her sacred white garments softly enveloped her body, their texture as light as clouds, rising and falling slightly with her breath.

Yun Che's heart sank violently, as if struck by a giant steel spike, the pain making it impossible to breathe.

“Young Master Yun, she has been injured by someone. Can you save her?”

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying spoke softly to Yun Che, her voice carrying a hint of faint anxiety. Born of royalty and living a life of privilege, she usually looked down upon all living beings from a high position. To condescend like this and softly seek help from a young man was a first in her life.

However, she was truly not someone skilled at asking for help. Even when pleading with Yun Che, her tone carried a trace of coldness, as if keeping people a thousand miles away.

Yun Che had already guessed what had happened. Unhurriedly, he brought out an exquisite and beautiful white jade bed from the sky poison pearl and gestured for Sword Immortal Hua Qingying to lay Goddess Hua Caili flat on it. A goddess and immortal like Goddess Hua Caili could not be laid directly on the ground even in this wilderness, as it would be beneath her dignity.

Next, Yun Che lowered his head, leaned close to Goddess Hua Caili's ear, and said tenderly:

“If you can hear my words, please relax! Believe me, everything will be fine!”

After saying this, he placed his right hand on Goddess Hua Caili's forehead and activated his profound strength. A delicate, soft white profound energy slowly flowed from her brow into her body, circulating within. Because her meridians were mostly shattered and broken into pieces, the profound energy moved very slowly.

After a full ten minutes passed, Yun Che finally stopped and lowered his right hand. His expression grew more solemn as he said:

“The profound veins throughout her body are almost entirely ruptured, her divine soul is severely damaged, and her cultivation is completely gone. The strength of the person who attacked her is unfathomable, and the profound art they practiced is extraordinary! If not for a peerless pill protecting her body, she would have already perished and her soul would have returned to the Heavens of Parting Sorrow!”

Yun Che couldn't help but feel emotional. Less than two months ago, he and Goddess Hua Caili were training in the Mist Sea, and both had broken through in cultivation. Goddess Hua Caili had reached the Divine Extinction Realm, which ordinary people could never attain in their lifetimes, while he had reached the Half-step Divine Destruction Realm. Now, her cultivation was gone, and she had fallen from the clouds like a mortal.

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying noticed the change in Yun Che's expression. Her heart grew more anxious, and she asked nervously:

“Young Master Yun, well, can you heal her?”

Yun Che nodded slightly and replied:

“The physical injuries can be cured, but...”

Hearing the word “but...”, Sword Immortal Hua Qingying's body trembled, and her voice changed.

“Young Master Yun, as long as you can heal Fairy Caili's injuries, I will agree to any condition you have, provided I can fulfill it!”

At this moment, Yun Che thought back to the Cangyun Continent, where Little Fairy Chu Yuechan was in a similar situation—her meridians were all broken and her cultivation was gone. Later, after he absorbed the six drops of Dragon God marrow granted by the Dragon God's remnant soul, he used his own Virgin Yang to help her heal and recover her power.

Furthermore, not just the Little Fairy, but later when Qianye Yinger broke with the Brahma Heaven God Clan and her cultivation plummeted, she also returned to her peak after dual cultivation with him.

In Goddess Hua Caili's current state, if she wanted to recover her power quickly, he feared it would inevitably require the ultimate move—dual cultivation.

He stopped that line of thought and turned to comfort Sword Immortal Hua Qingying:

“Senior, there is no need to be nervous. Fairy Qu has shared skin-to-skin intimacy with me; she is my woman. My urgency to save Fairy Qu is the same as yours.”

He continued:

“There is no time to lose. Let's treat the injuries first. Everything else can wait until she is healed!”

After speaking, Yun Che opened his hands, and strands of white light profound energy overflowed from his palms, surrounding the white jade bed where Goddess Hua Caili lay, tightly enveloping her.

The profound energy grew thicker and denser, like fresh and delicious milk, slowly and continuously seeping into her body through her limbs and various acupoints on her skin.

Moments later, Goddess Hua Caili's face and skin began to regain their luster and elasticity, like a white lotus by the water bathed in morning dew.

Gradually, this change deepened, moving from the surface to the interior. Beneath the invisible skin, her meridians, profound veins, muscles, and bones were all joyfully and greedily absorbing this pure, dense light profound energy—the essence of heaven and earth. They began to regenerate, revive, and become smoother, more tender, and more vibrant than before...

Throughout the process, Yun Che did not lose focus for a single moment. He gave his all, concentrating intensely, using his will and divine soul to perceive and touch every meridian and every injury, manipulating the profound energy to heal and repair them like delicate embroidery.

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying stood motionless, quietly watching Yun Che perform the healing. She felt that Yun Che enjoyed this healing process, and she also enjoyed witnessing him do it.

After nearly eight to ten hours, Yun Che finally let out a long breath, showing a hint of fatigue. He said softly, “The physical injuries are basically healed. She only needs recuperation and care now; it won't be long before she fully recovers!”

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying also finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the quietly lying Goddess Hua Caili, she thought to herself, “Even if your cultivation is gone, just like you were before awakening your Divine Divinity, it's not a bad thing. At least you are back by my side.”

“Brother... Brother Yun...”

Suddenly, Goddess Hua Caili made a sound like someone in a nightmare, and then she opened her eyes. Her spirited eyes, like the green ripples of a cold pool, looked at Yun Che and Sword Immortal Hua Qingying standing before the bed. Surprised and joyful, she asked:

“Aunt, Brother Yun, why are you both here?”

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying wept with joy and choked out:

“Fairy Caili, you have been unconscious for over ten days. It was Young Master Yun who saved you.”

“Oh!”

Goddess Hua Caili tried to sit up, but as soon as she exerted strength, she felt something was wrong. She said in a panic:

“What's going on? My cultivation...”

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying, worried she couldn't handle the shock and would be heartbroken, quickly said:

“Fairy Caili, don't worry. Aunt will definitely find a way to help you recover your cultivation!”

Yun Che, on the contrary, looked relaxed and said gently:

“Not only can your cultivation be restored, but it will also be significantly more powerful than before!”

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying looked at Yun Che; he didn't look like he was lying at all, appearing very confident, which inevitably raised doubts in her heart.

Goddess Hua Caili, having no more worries, was in high spirits. She sat up and looked around in wonder. As far as the eye could see, it was a wasteland, the air filled with strands of abyssal dust. In the boundless wilderness, there was only her lying on this jade bed, along with Sword Immortal Hua Qingying and Yun Che.

She had too many questions in her mind and asked in succession:

“Aunt, Brother Yun, where is this? And, where is Brother Datou?”

A chilling coldness immediately appeared in Sword Immortal Hua Qingying's eyes, and her tone became sharp and terrifying:

“You still mention them? If it weren't for them, would you be in this state? If anything had happened to you, I would have personally slaughtered that little brat and fought that old thief to the death.”

Yun Che was startled. It seemed the rumors were true: Sword Immortal Hua Qingying lived for Goddess Hua Caili. Hurting Goddess Hua Caili was crossing her bottom line, and would definitely meet with her relentless revenge at any cost!

Goddess Hua Caili stopped speaking and reached out with her jade-white hands, wanting to take Yun Che's hand.

A wave of warmth rose in Yun Che's heart. He gently took her small hand into his palm, stroking it tenderly. His heart was racing, yet he said nothing.

“Brother Yun, did we know each other before?”

Yun Che looked at her in confusion and asked:

“Why do you ask that? Don't we already know each other?”

Goddess Hua Caili blinked her eyes, seemingly recalling something, and then replied:

“I don't mean it that way. What I mean is, I feel like I've known Brother Yun for a very long time. While I was unconscious, I had many fragmented dreams. Sometimes you were in them, and sometimes there were other sisters. I feel like I've known you all for a long time; it's not strange at all.”

Yun Che became increasingly surprised and asked further:

“Do you remember where you saw me in your dreams?”

“I don't know where it was; I've never seen it. I only know that pure white snowflakes were falling from the sky, there was a thick layer of ice on the ground, giant ice mountains in the distance, and a palace of ice and snow...”

Yun Che's heart jolted violently; this place sounded inexplicably familiar. He felt this was no small matter. With an expression of disbelief in his eyes, he asked:

“Did you dream of anything else?”

Seeing Yun Che's strange expression, Goddess Hua Caili answered in confusion, “Not much, just that! If Brother Yun wants to know anything, I'll definitely tell you the next time I dream!”

Yun Che stroked her soft, jade-like hand and comforted her:

“Your divine soul was injured, so it's not strange to dream of odd things. Rest for a while.”

But at this moment, Goddess Hua Caili not only felt no sadness over losing her cultivation but was instead in high spirits because of her reunion with Yun Che, with endless things to say.

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying felt awkward, feeling like she, the aunt, was an outsider. She actually had something to ask Yun Che, still keeping in mind the “but...” he had mentioned earlier.

Goddess Hua Caili possessed the Ice-Snow Glazed Heart; when she looked at Sword Immortal Hua Qingying, she easily peered into her thoughts. She hurriedly helped out enthusiastically:

“Brother Yun, my aunt wants to ask you, what was the ‘but...’ you wanted to say earlier?”

Yun Che paused and said:

“What I meant was, if Fairy Qu wants to recover her cultivation quickly, she can only...”

He stopped, pondering how to express it, while vivid and charming images surfaced in his mind.

“Oh, Brother Yun, so you want to do *that* again!”

Goddess Hua Caili had not experienced much of the world and did not know of social taboos. Peering into Yun Che's true thoughts, she blurted it out.

Sword Immortal Hua Qingying understood immediately and looked at Yun Che with a strange expression.

Yun Che was also very embarrassed. Discussing such a topic with two women, even with his vast experience with women, was very uncomfortable.

Finally, he spoke up, bravely saying bit by bit:

“I can actually act as a furnace... I will condense a drop of my own essence blood, containing my pure yang power... Fairy Caili can at least quickly recover to the Half-step Divine Destruction Realm, which is comparable to me. Moreover, her own profound veins will become more perfect and break through to a new level because of the integration of the Azure Dragon, Divine Phoenix, Golden Crow, and Ice Phoenix powers within my essence blood.”

Yun Che did not mention the Evil God's profound veins because if Goddess Hua Caili did not possess the Ancestral Holy Body like he did, she wouldn't be able to integrate them. This was also one of the reasons why Jasmine had given him the Evil God's essence blood, which she had risked her life to find.

The more Sword Immortal Hua Qingying listened, the more she felt something was off. Last time in the Mist Sea, it was because of the Qiu Dragon's blood poison, but this time it was to recover power...

Yun Che looked at Sword Immortal Hua Qingying and gave an embarrassed, bitter smile. “Actually, this is just my suggestion. The specifics depend on Fairy Qu.”

“Of course I'm willing!”

Goddess Hua Caili was sitting right there, seeing the thoughts of both Sword Immortal Hua Qingying and Yun Che clearly, and she made her decision without hesitation.

As long as Goddess Hua Caili herself didn't feel embarrassed, then the only ones who could be embarrassed were Sword Immortal Hua Qingying and Yun Che.

Adults, the more they know, the more they are constrained; instead, it was this nineteen-year-old girl who lived authentically.

...(Several words omitted)...

Ten days later, Goddess Hua Caili's cultivation had reached the sixth level of the Divine Master Realm once again. Her profound vein world had also undergone profound changes, faintly emitting the auras of the Azure Dragon, Divine Phoenix, Golden Crow, and Ice Phoenix.

Setting everything else aside, for her, this could be considered a blessing in disguise!