The Young Lady Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality Chapter 85

Seeing A’Ling with a dark expression, radiating anger as she strode towards her, Gu Jingyang felt even more surprised than when she’d noticed Lan Fushang’s abnormality.
Regarding A’Ling, Gu Jingyang completely agreed with Shi Qingqian on one point.
A’Ling never assumed the worst of people.
Gu Jingyang looked down at Lan Fushang, who was still clinging to her with a happy expression. Although she didn’t know why Lan Fushang had suddenly become like this, their current situation was indeed easy to be misunderstood.
But the other person was A’Ling.
Even if she saw something more outrageous, Gu Jingyang felt she wouldn’t just believe what she saw. She would at least ask first.
At the very least, she definitely wouldn’t be in a state of wanting to fight her to the death right now.
Gu Jingyang had a vague feeling that something was wrong, so she simply sat still and watched A’Ling rush towards her.
A’Ling rushed to Gu Jingyang’s front. Seeing her motionless, she became even more anxious, but her face maintained its angry expression. She stepped forward and pushed Gu Jingyang.
“Are you mute? I’m asking you, what are you two doing?!”
Gu Jingyang tilted her head and looked down at her left shoulder, which had been pushed. She felt a strange sensation from it. When she looked up again, her trembling eyes were filled with hurt.
“A’Ling, I, I’ll explain.”
Seeing Gu Jingyang’s clear expression and how quickly she caught on to her act, A’Ling felt a wave of relief. However, the anger on her face intensified.
“Hmph, I must have misjudged you.”
As A’Ling spoke, she stepped forward to pull Lan Fushang up. In her fury, she didn’t care if Lan Fushang was willing to let go. Gritting her teeth, she pulled with all her might, causing Lan Fushang to stagger.
Not far away, Shi Qingqian watched all this with cold eyes. Looking at A’Ling and Lan Fushang’s tightly clasped hands, her entire body felt as if it would freeze.
She had come out with A’Ling to look for Gu Jingyang and Lan Fushang. Just now, when they saw the scene by the river, A’Ling had said “something’s not right” and rushed out.
Shi Qingqian didn’t know what “not right” meant, nor did she know what A’Ling intended to do.
To avoid delaying A’Ling’s actions, she just stood by and watched quietly.
Even so, seeing their tightly clasped hands made the scene feel incredibly glaring.
Over there, Gu Jingyang stood up after Lan Fushang was pulled away.
As soon as she stood steady, she heard A’Ling shout, “Little Wandering, tie her up!”
The moment the words fell, Little Wandering, which was clasped in her hand with Lan Fushang, instantly transformed into a purple-gold whip. With lightning speed, it bound Lan Fushang tightly in the blink of an eye.
Gu Jingyang was startled. She had no idea what A’Ling was trying to do now.
When A’Ling pushed her earlier, she had used spiritual energy. Her shoulder felt warm. Gu Jingyang instantly understood that this was A’Ling’s hint; she wasn’t pretending to be angry for no reason.
But what exactly she was trying to do, in the situation just now, with no way to communicate, she had no idea.
Gu Jingyang stared intently at A’Ling’s figure, her eyes trembling. After Little Wandering bound Lan Fushang, A’Ling then took out a sealing talisman.
Lan Fushang was completely stiff, unable to move, speak, or even blink.
A’Ling had applied the strongest sealing talisman, one that prevented any muscle in the body from moving.
A’Ling was worried that if that thing realized she knew its existence, it would threaten her with self-harm or other means.
She had to deal with it before that thing discovered she knew of its existence.
She didn’t dare to delay at all. After applying the sealing talisman, she immediately took out a blank talisman, infused spiritual energy into her fingertips, recited a mantra, and drew a single stroke. As the talisman paper emitted golden light, she quickly affixed it to Lan Fushang’s Shen Ting acupoint.
Gu Jingyang’s pupils widened. It was the Soul Expulsion technique. How could this be? Was Lan Fushang possessed by a ghost?
A’Ling’s actions were swift and unexpected. However, she hadn’t expected the ghost possessing Lan Fushang this time to be so powerful!
Despite her series of techniques, she hadn’t managed to expel even a speck of the ghost from Lan Fushang’s body.
A’Ling was a little anxious. Time was Lan Fushang’s life now.
The ghost within her, knowing it had been discovered, could, in its rage, invade her three souls and seven spirits. If it managed to merge with them, it would be impossible to remove the ghost without harming Fushang’s soul.
“Gu Jingyang, quickly!”
A’Ling shouted anxiously, simultaneously pouring more spiritual energy into the talisman.
Instantly, a figure flashed to A’Ling’s side, so fast that A’Ling felt she had already made a move the moment she uttered the first syllable.
Shi Qingqian had understood everything the moment A’Ling made her move. However, seeing that A’Ling seemed to want to handle it herself, she just watched from the side. It was only when A’Ling called for help that she took action.
Gu Jingyang was a step too late. By the time she leaped to A’Ling’s side, Shi Qingqian had already extracted the possessing ghost from Lan Fushang’s body.
A crimson mist of light gradually condensed in Shi Qingqian’s palm.
The moment Shi Qingqian drew out the ghost, A’Ling’s infused spiritual energy rebounded, staggering her several steps back. Fortunately, Gu Jingyang caught her in time.
Upon seeing Gu Jingyang, A’Ling, without time to regulate her breath, tightly gripped her arm. “Gu Jingyang, are you alright?”
Gu Jingyang looked down at A’Ling, whose breath was unsteady and face was pale, yet she was only concerned about her. She was touched. “Shouldn’t I be asking you that? Are you alright?”
Seeing that Gu Jingyang was clear-headed and seemed fine, A’Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood up straight. “I’m fine.”
Seeing that Gu Jingyang was alright, she quickly looked towards Shi Qingqian. She saw Shi Qingqian frowning as she dealt with the crimson mist of light she had extracted, looking strained but not overwhelmed.
Only then did she fully exhale the breath she had been holding.
She patted Gu Jingyang’s hand that was supporting her. “Go see how Fushang is doing.”
Seeing that Gu Jingyang could stand steadily and her complexion had recovered considerably, she let go and went to check on Lan Fushang.
The moment the ghost left Lan Fushang’s body, the smile on her face froze. Her lips were upturned, but her eyes were unfocused. It was obvious something had happened.
She was bound by A’Ling’s Little Wandering and sealed with a talisman. So even though she fainted the moment the ghost was pulled out, she remained standing straight, motionless like a wooden post.
Gu Jingyang stepped forward to check and released the sealing talisman on Lan Fushang.
As soon as the sealing talisman was released, Lan Fushang’s body went limp, as if her spine had melted, and she started to fall.
Gu Jingyang quickly half-supported her to a nearby Suantian tree, allowing her to lean against it and lie down.
A’Ling also retracted her Little Wandering at this time.
Seeing that Lan Fushang was temporarily safe, she was about to turn around to help Shi Qingqian deal with the extracted ghost when she saw Shi Qingqian walking over, holding a transparent crimson bead.
Shi Qingqian had condensed the ghost into a bead by herself. A’Ling was not surprised she had this ability. In her past life, after she was possessed, she could now confirm it was Shi Qingqian who saved her.
Seeing that Shi Qingqian was fine, A’Ling looked at the ghost bead in her hand and said solemnly, “Thank you.”
Shi Qingqian’s hand, holding the bead, paused slightly. “No need.”
A’Ling nodded. Although Shi Qingqian said it wasn’t necessary, A’Ling still remembered it. This was not the time for such talk. Seeing that Shi Qingqian was fine, A’Ling turned to find Gu Jingyang.
“What’s going on?” Gu Jingyang looked at the unconscious Lan Fushang, still somewhat dazed by the sudden turn of events.
A’Ling frowned. She also felt that this had happened abruptly. If she hadn’t had the experience of being possessed in her past life, she might not have been able to discover it.
However, she never expected Lan Fushang to be possessed.
“I remember before we set off, you told us that people with weak willpower are easily possessed by ghosts. Fushang was just possessed,” A’Ling explained.
Gu Jingyang asked doubtfully, “Possessed? How? I didn’t sense any ghostly energy from her.”
Gu Jingyang was naturally aware of ghost possession. Before they set off, she had reminded A’Ling and Lan Fushang to be careful. But Lan Fushang had been very close to her just now, and she could be sure there was no ghostly energy on her.
This… A’Ling had also noticed there was no ghostly energy on her when she went to pull Lan Fushang earlier. She had only guessed based on her abnormal behavior and her own experience of being possessed.
As for why there was no ghostly energy on Lan Fushang, she was also puzzled.
“There’s no ghostly energy because the ghost here is special.”
Suddenly, a slightly aged voice sounded from behind them.
A’Ling turned to look. Elder Qi Yu had somehow appeared here as well. Seeing her looking at Lan Fushang, who was half-lying on the ground, it seemed her previous words were an explanation as to why Lan Fushang was possessed without any ghostly energy.
Special? What was special about the ghosts here?
Elder Qi Yu walked around A’Ling and went to Lan Fushang’s side, squatting down. After a period of examination, she directly pinched her jaw and fed her a pill.
Gu Jingyang’s brows twitched. She wanted to stop her, but it was too late. Her eyes were filled with worry.
Although she tried her best to hide her distrust of Elder Qi Yu, the unintentional expression was noticed by Elder Qi Yu.
She glanced at Gu Jingyang and said with a hint of mockery, “Ziwei Pill, for calming the mind and gathering energy.”
This implied she was mocking Gu Jingyang for suspecting her of poisoning.
Gu Jingyang didn’t mean that. She thought it was only natural to be suspicious of a medicine whose origin was unknown. Knowing that Elder Qi Yu’s medicine was fine and possibly well-intentioned, she immediately thanked her sincerely.
Perhaps it was due to her sincere attitude, Elder Qi Yu didn’t say anything further and continued to examine Lan Fushang’s condition. She even used a healing spell to mend the slight fissures in Lan Fushang’s spiritual consciousness that had occurred when the ghost was extracted.
After Elder Qi Yu finished treating her, Lan Fushang also slowly opened her eyes.
When Elder Qi Yu made her move, A’Ling had already relaxed half of her heart. She knew the strength of her former master. If she were to act, Lan Fushang’s condition shouldn’t be a problem.
However, seeing Lan Fushang wake up so quickly, A’Ling was still somewhat surprised.
Lan Fushang covered her throbbing forehead, her face contorted. She forced her eyelids open and saw so many people surrounding her. She was startled. “Wh-what happened? Why am I here?”
She looked around. Wasn’t she picking wild vegetables? Why was she suddenly here? Where was this place? And why were A’Ling and the others surrounding her?
Elder Qi Yu glanced at the crimson ghost bead in Shi Qingqian’s hand, squinted her eyes, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes crinkled together.
She turned to look at Lan Fushang, who had a confused expression, and asked, “Were you very happy just now?”
Lan Fushang covered her forehead. Seeing that no one answered her question and instead asked such a strange one, she became even more confused.
A’Ling knew that Elder Qi Yu was a person who didn’t like to waste words, so she immediately prompted, “Fushang, try to recall your emotions before you lost consciousness.”
Lost consciousness? She really couldn’t remember how she got here.
Lan Fushang saw that A’Ling was also asking this question and guessed that it might be an important question related to her losing consciousness.
She thought seriously. Her emotions before losing consciousness?
She glanced at Gu Jingyang, who was looking at her with concern, and nodded, answering Elder Qi Yu’s question, “Yes, I was happy.”
Elder Qi Yu looked as if she expected this.
“Does Elder Qi Yu know why this happened? And what did you mean by the ghosts here being special?” A’Ling asked curiously.
Elder Qi Yu glanced at her and stood up, pointing to the crimson ghost bead in Shi Qingqian’s hand. “Look at its color.”
Everyone followed her gaze to the bead in Shi Qingqian’s hand. A’Ling answered first, “It’s crimson.”
Elder Qi Yu nodded. “Humans have three souls and seven spirits. The three souls govern essence, energy, and spirit; the seven spirits correspond to joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, resentment, sadness, and worry. Souls are formless, but spirits have color. For example, a lack of ‘joy’ would result in a crimson condensed bead.”
“The ghost just now should have been a ghost lacking the ‘joy’ spirit. Attracted by your happy emotions, it chose you to possess,” Elder Qi Yu said to Lan Fushang.
Lan Fushang looked shocked. Was it because she was too happy that the ghost had an opportunity to possess her?
A’Ling was deeply moved after listening. So ghost possession was caused by emotional fluctuations? What emotion did she have back then?
It couldn’t have been joy, right? A’Ling thought about what Lan Fushang had done to Gu Jingyang because of ‘joy’ just now. Although she couldn’t recall the specific emotion back then, she was sure it wasn’t ‘joy’. She wouldn’t have done what Lan Fushang did to Shi Qingqian.
She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and then continued to ask, “Elder, what did you mean by the ghosts here being special? Why don’t they reveal ghostly energy when they possess someone?”
Elder Qi Yu glanced at her, her expression not showing any impatience. She seemed to be in a good mood today, and A’Ling had never heard her speak so much before.
“In the mortal realm, the form after death is called a ‘ghost’, and those who do evil are called ‘ghostly fiends.’ They know the outcome but not the reason. After death, one becomes a ‘ghost’ and will enter reincarnation after a judgment of their merits and demerits in the afterlife. However, ghostly fiends cannot enter reincarnation.”
“The reason is incompleteness. Ghostly fiends are incomplete ‘ghosts’, those who are missing one or more of the three souls and seven spirits. The reason ghostly fiends do evil is also because of their incompleteness.”
A’Ling carefully dissected Elder Qi Yu’s words. She didn’t quite understand why missing something would lead to doing evil.
Elder Qi Yu saw her confusion and gave an example. “For example, if you lose your three souls and are left with only seven spirits, it’s like emotions without consciousness to control them. Joy leads to extreme joy, sorrow to extreme sorrow, anger to extreme anger. Uncontrollable emotions are the root of all evil.”
“Who among people doesn’t get angry? But because their three souls are complete, these emotions are controllable and do not cause great evil. The most feared thing is uncontrollability.”
So that’s how it is. A’Ling felt she understood the reason behind ghostly fiends’ evil deeds.
“Then why is it that the ghostly fiends here have no ghostly energy?”
Cultivators all knew that ghostly fiend possession was unavoidable due to the leakage of ghostly energy. Otherwise, if ghostly fiends just found people to possess, no one would be able to find them.
“Because of the ‘Heaven’s Gate Suppressing Evil Barrier.’ This barrier, while guarding, also eliminates the demonic energy on them.”
A’Ling asked confusedly, “Why eliminate it?”
Elder Qi Yu’s brow furrowed slightly. “Because ghostly fiends do not enter reincarnation, and the underworld has accumulated too many over millennia. Thus, they sought help from Mystic Crane Mountain. This place is where Mystic Crane Mountain assists the underworld in imprisoning extremely wicked ghostly fiends. However, as time passes and the world becomes turbulent, ghostly fiends increase year by year, and Mystic Crane Mountain is willing but unable to help.”
“Fortunately, Saint Venerable Dao Rong, with his compassionate heart and profound cultivation, devised this formation to resolve the demonic energy. After the demonic energy is removed, it only takes a hundred years for the ghostly fiends to naturally dissipate.”
So that’s how it is. This place wasn’t just for imprisoning ghostly fiends; Saint Venerable Dao Rong had also devised a way to resolve them.
After listening, everyone had their own thoughts.
A’Ling thought that she must complete this repair task properly and not let Saint Venerable Dao Rong’s compassion go astray.
Shi Qingqian looked at the ghost bead in her hand, questioning if that person was truly so kind.
Gu Jingyang felt that this method was risky. She thought that Saint Venerable Dao Rong was perhaps too confident. If he eliminated the ghostly fiends’ demonic energy, but the barrier couldn’t hold, and the escaped ghostly fiends found people to possess, how would they find the possessed people?
Just like just now, although she felt Lan Fushang was a bit abnormal, she never thought she was possessed by a ghostly fiend because there was no ghostly energy on her.
Thinking of this, Gu Jingyang looked at A’Ling with admiration. She used to think A’Ling was a bit unintelligent, but now she realized that in some aspects, she was much more resourceful than her.
After Elder Qi Yu finished speaking, she looked down at Lan Fushang, who had fully recovered. “You need to be careful from now on. You’re lucky this time. If you encounter a more powerful one, like the Ten Fiend Ghost Soul, your life would have ended here today.”
“Ten Fiend Ghost Soul?”
“What Ghost Soul?”
Gu Jingyang and A’Ling’s voices sounded in unison.
After exchanging glances, they both looked at Elder Qi Yu.
Elder Qi Yu repeated, “The Ten Fiend Ghost Soul, having died ten thousand times with their soul remaining but spirit lost, with all three souls lost and only seven spirits, is the most formidable existence among ghostly fiends.”
There really was such a thing? Gu Jingyang was surprised. “A person can only die once. How did it die ten thousand times?”
Elder Qi Yu glanced at her and nodded. “That’s its memory. It’s stuck at the moment of its death. After ten thousand recollections, its three souls are completely lost.”
“That sounds too painful,” A’Ling lamented. She didn’t dare to imagine the scene of her own death in her past life, let alone ten thousand times. She wouldn’t even want to think about it once.
Elder Qi Yu nodded in agreement. “Precisely because it is painful, it is fierce. If it appears, the world will surely be littered with corpses for a thousand miles and rivers of blood. If you encounter it, you must do your best to subdue it. If it escapes Mystic Crane Mountain, the world will be in danger.”
A’Ling nodded vigorously. “Don’t worry, if I see it, I will do my best to subdue it. What is its usual form?”
She was worried she wouldn’t recognize it even if she saw it.
“You’ll know when you see it,” Elder Qi Yu said meaningfully, looking at A’Ling. “If you find any trace of it, be sure to inform me. You can’t deal with it alone.”
A’Ling nodded. Although she didn’t know why she would know when she saw it, it was probably because it was very special. If she encountered a special ghostly fiend, she would tell Elder Qi Yu immediately.
“Okay, thank you, Elder.”
After Elder Qi Yu left, A’Ling and the others returned to their temporary residence.
Today’s experience had been a wake-up call. Because nothing had happened for three months, their vigilance had somewhat diminished.
Gu Jingyang instructed Lan Fushang not to go out alone anymore and to always find someone to accompany her if something arose.
Lan Fushang agreed. Looking at the half-basket of weeds, she didn’t want to trouble anyone to accompany her again. It would only be enough to cook a soup.
A’Ling didn’t know that her first thought was still about those vegetables. Her mind was now filled with the Ten Fiend Ghost Soul that Elder Qi Yu had mentioned at the end. Why had Elder Qi Yu said that she would know when she saw it?
Was it very special? She went to ask Gu Jingyang, but Gu Jingyang didn’t know either. She wanted to ask Shi Qingqian, but found that person had disappeared again.
Since arriving here, she seemed very busy and was rarely seen.
She didn’t even come back to drink the wild vegetable soup that Lan Fushang made in the evening.
Perhaps it was because she was thinking about this person before sleeping, A’Ling dreamed of Shi Qingqian again. Not only that, but she also saw herself.
Bound tightly by Little Wandering.
A’Ling’s eyes were red, and her face was filled with resentment. “Why did you tie me up?”
Her mournful tone was as lingering as the spring rain in March, causing Shi Qingqian to frown even more.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Shi Qingqian heard that A’Ling had been assigned to guard the outer perimeter of Pi Lingyun Valley and was worried something might happen to her, so she came to take a look. She hadn’t expected to be discovered by A’Ling as soon as she arrived.
This person was also acting out of character. Upon seeing her, she actively came forward, saying things that Shi Qingqian could understand but were utterly baffling.
She said, “Why are you only coming now? Don’t you know I’ll be scared alone?”
She even reached out and linked her arm with hers…
Shi Qingqian was so shocked that she didn’t even think to pull her hand away. This person was complaining while her eyes turned red, acting like a devoted woman who had been abandoned, and was about to embrace her.
Worried that this person was finding a new way to trouble her, and concerned that she might be lifting a rock only to drop it on her own feet, Shi Qingqian simply tied her up. Since other magical artifacts would harm her, she used Little Wandering.
As a result, the person in front of her was even more resentful than before. Her eyes were tinged with red, as if she would start crying mournfully at any moment.
Shi Qingqian’s heart skipped a beat. Something was wrong.
“Who are you?”
Snapping back to her senses from the shock of A’Ling’s unusual behavior, Shi Qingqian immediately realized something was amiss.
A’Ling wouldn’t be like this!
A’Ling’s eyes trembled, as if startled by the sudden loud voice, or perhaps feeling even more wronged by Shi Qingqian’s sudden seriousness.
Her eyes were so mournful that Shi Qingqian’s heart tightened.
Shi Qingqian stepped forward, covered A’Ling’s eyes, and asked again in a deep voice, her voice even lower than before. But the concern in her voice would have been evident to any third party present.
“Why are you covering my eyes? Tell me, why are you so late? Do you know I’ve been waiting for you?”
“They all dislike me. My fellow disciples dislike me, my master dislikes me. This ghostly fiend mission is only for me. I want someone to accompany me, too. Why am I always alone…”
Shi Qingqian felt the eyelashes under her hand tremble, tickling her palm with each flutter.
“You are not her.”
Shi Qingqian released her hand from A’Ling’s eyes and stated with certainty.
Immediately, she cast a sealing spell to immobilize A’Ling. As she was about to investigate what had happened to A’Ling, she suddenly heard voices from a distance, people were approaching.
Shi Qingqian’s expression sharpened. She immediately picked up the person in front of her and used spatial teleportation to bring her back to her cave dwelling.
After setting up a good barrier for the cave dwelling, Shi Qingqian immediately began to examine A’Ling’s body. As expected, she found something that didn’t belong to her.
Shi Qingqian activated her spell, stripping away the ghostly fiend that possessed A’Ling. Seeing the moon-white ghost bead that condensed in her hand, her heart was filled with even greater confusion.
What was this thing?
Seeing A’Ling, who was being stripped of the ghostly fiend, slowly go limp, Shi Qingqian retracted Little Wandering, which had bound her, and casually tossed it aside. She picked A’Ling up and gently placed her on the only bed in the cave dwelling.
After a thorough examination confirmed that the person on the bed was unharmed, merely unconscious for the time being, Shi Qingqian circulated her spiritual energy and, holding the person, used spatial teleportation again to take her to the Zhenpu Medicine Pavilion at the foot of Mount Panyan.
“See what’s wrong with her.”
Shi Qingqian saw Mu Ling and carefully placed A’Ling on the white jade bed in the secret chamber of the Zhenpu Medicine Pavilion.
Apothecary Mu Ling saw Shi Qingqian suddenly appear and thought something had happened. Seeing that it was A’Ling, she breathed a sigh of relief. After a period of examination, she asked what A’Ling had encountered.
After hearing Shi Qingqian’s account, Apothecary Mu Ling glanced at the moon-white bead in her hand and immediately understood.
“A’Ling must have harbored ‘resentment’ while guarding outside Pi Lingyun Valley, and was possessed by a ghostly fiend lacking the ‘resentment’ spirit. This will amplify her inner resentment and release all the emotions deep within her heart.”
She then meticulously explained to Shi Qingqian the functions of the three souls and seven spirits and what would happen if any were missing.
After Shi Qingqian listened, she only cared about one question: “Are the things she said and did after being possessed also her true inner thoughts?”
Apothecary Mu Ling nodded. “You could say that. For example, a person possessed by a ghostly fiend lacking the ‘joy’ spirit, although influenced by the ghostly fiend, will definitely do things that she truly feels happy about.”
Shi Qingqian’s eyes flashed with surprise after hearing this, and she remained silent for a long time.
Seeing this, Apothecary Mu Ling left a calming pill and respectfully exited the secret chamber.
Shi Qingqian looked at A’Ling on the bed, her brows gradually furrowing. Could the mournful words she had just spoken truly be her inner thoughts?
She didn’t want to be alone?
Shi Qingqian slowly sat down by the bed, looking down at the person who seemed not to have emerged from her recent mournfulness, even though she was unconscious.
She reached out and gently stroked A’Ling’s face, which would always pucker when she was angry, and then lightly touched her lips, which could never say pleasant words when she saw her. Following the bridge of her nose upwards, her fingertip stopped on her tightly furrowed brows.
This person’s ‘resentment’ was due to others not liking her and leaving her alone?
A flicker of unnoticed heartache flashed in Shi Qingqian’s eyes. She applied a little more force to her hand.
As her fingertip forcibly smoothed across it, the furrowed brows smoothed out, but only for a moment. The moment her fingertip left, the brows furrowed again.
Shi Qingqian found these furrowed brows filled with resentment to be glaring.
“Wait for me a little longer.”
Shi Qingqian sighed inwardly and gently whispered in A’Ling’s ear.
Looking at this face that often appeared in her dreams, Shi Qingqian reached out to stroke the furrowed brows again and gently tilted her head.
Her heart moved with her thoughts, and her warm lips moved from A’Ling’s earlobe to her brow, and she slowly leaned down.