Chapter 44
HEART PROTECTION: CHAPTER 44
Looking at her hand pressed against Tian Yao's face, Yan Hui was internally struggling with how long she should keep her hand there . However Tian Yao instinctively reached out his hand and captured Yan Hui's hand .
His hand was also freezing cold like a brick of ice . Yan Hui told herself to pull her hand back . Otherwise, Tian Yao in a moment would pull her onto the bed . . . . . . .
But this thought hadn't fully passed through her mind when Tian Yao's hand exerted force as expected . Yan Hui was directly pulled onto the bed .
Yan Hui was automatically hugged in his arms like a child looking for his mother . Shi Hui was held so tightly that she thought she could hear her bones creak .
The last time Tian Yao was sick, Yan Hui hadn't recovered her magic . She couldn't fight nor escape . However now she had her cultivation's magic . Pushing away Tian Yao in his current state couldn't be any easier . But . . . . . . . .
She unexpectedly didn't want to .
This hug was like an ice block . It made her uncomfortable from head to toe . Yan Hui couldn't sleep like this, but upon thinking upon it again, the person hugging her was ten times more uncomfortable than she was . Thinking of his lonely twenty years he spent alone in the past, Yan Hui could only deeply sigh .
She reached out her hands and hugged him . She lightly patted his back: "Go to sleep, go to sleep . No more pain, no more pain . "
It was like coaxing a child .
This was because of the lust fragrance, thought Yan Hui . Has to be the lust fragrance's effect .
After all, how could a heartless person like her suddenly start . . . . . . . . feeling for someone?
Next day, early morning .
Tian Yao opened his eyes . He saw Yan Hui's eyes were half open; her eyes had rolled upward until the whites of her eyes were showing . She was still mumbling: "Go to sleep, go to sleep . No more pain, no more pain . "
For a split second, Tian Yao wanted to kick this ugly looking demon off the bed .
But he quickly resisted the urge .
Because he felt Yan Hui's hand was still automatically patting his back .
It was like she was petting some small animal, so soft and light .
She resisted her own sleepiness and comforted him through the night .
Tian Yao's mouth slightly twitched . He moved back slightly . Only then did he realize his hand was still tightly gripped Yan Hui's wrist . When he released his hand, Yan Hui's skin still had a white mark left behind .
That movement jolted the half-asleep Yan Hui . Her eyes immediately snapped open: "What is it? Huh, what is it now?"
Tian Yao lightly coughed: "You're on my clothes . "
Yan Hui's tired eyes look at Tian Yao for several moments . Then she said: "You don't say . This bed is so narrow . Sleeping together of course would crush your clothes . " She resentfully got up and angrily said: "Really unappreciative and ignoring my good intentions . No sense and no justice . Next time the moon is full, even if you crawl and cry begging me to help, I won't hold you to sleep . . . . . . . . "
" . . . . . . . "
Tian Yao turned around and coughed a few times . Last night, his ears were unbearably cold . However now his ears were slightly warm .
Yan Hui unhappily said: "I moved aside, but you're still not getting up from bed . While it's still early, I plan to get a couple hours of sleep to catch up . After all, we're going to steal the dragon horns tonight . If I can't fight, are you able to step in? Move, move . "
Tian Yao didn't say anything and immediately nimbly got off the bed . It was like a blade had aimed at his butt .
Yan Hui also paid no courtesy . She didn't wait for Tian Yao to completely stand up before climbing onto the bed . She covered herself with the blanket and rolled around twice before finding a comfortable position . She fell asleep under Tian Yao's watchful gaze .
Tian Yao silently looked at Yan Hui for a long time . For a moment, he couldn't believe he had been shoved aside to the point he couldn't get a single word out . . . . . . . .
So thoroughly disregarded . . . . . . .
Tian Yao shook his head and smiled . He turned to return to his own room and get ready for the day . However before he could take a step, a pair of warm hands suddenly clutched his fingers .
Tian Yao was stunned . He didn't know when he became accustomed to this warmth . That's why he didn't fling her hand off .
Yan Hui's hand followed his finger up to the heart of his palm . She held on and explored the area before immediately taking her hand back: "It's normal now . " Yan Hui's hoarse voice lazily emerged from the blanket cocoon . "Go leave . "
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Tian Yao felt like a spark had been left in his palm . It continuously burned . Even after he did the morning ablutions and cultivated for a while, that scorching heat still didn't fade away .
This was probably one of few moments of Yan Hui's gentleness .
And it was precisely because Yan Hui wasn't gentle that when the day came where she became considerate, it made people . . . . . . . . hard to resist it .
Tian Yao grasped his palm . His dark eyes slightly drooped down .
By the time Yan Hui woke up, it was already afternoon . She tidied up the room and then went to Xian Ge and Feng Qian Shuo to confirm the plan . After that, she called Tian Yao and both set out to Heavenly Fragrance .
Yan Hui calculated the timing well . Right when Feng Qian Shuo started the wine banquet, Tian Yao and her charged through the back entrance of Heavenly Fragrance .
Since Feng Ming wasn't present, there were only a few disciples left at Heavenly Fragrance . They were no match to Yan Hui, who found it very easy .
It indeed turned out how Tian Yao and Yan Hui expected . When they broke in, all the disciples rushed to block them . However, there was no way they could block Yan Hui . The people who could truly cultivate the xian pathway were few and far between . To have those few rare talents guard the doors wasn't easy .
The xian disciples were repelled by Yan Hui's Qing Qiu magic .
In the beginning, Yan Hui wan't confident that people wouldn't be able to see her limits . However, a xian disciple quickly started to cry out .
"She's using fox demon magic!"
"Not only fox demon magic . . . . . . it's . . . . . . . the nine-tailed fox demon magic! It's Qing Qui's nine-tailed fox!"
With that shout, everyone became terrified . All knew of the nine-tailed fox demons' might . In legends, that demon could swallow people whole . Not a moment later, those so-called xian disciples fled . None dared to directly fight with Yan Hui .
Yan Hui watched them throw down their armor and flee . As someone from the same discipline, she grew so angry from their actions that she could barely breathe: "What a bunch of cowardly xian cultivators! If I were their shifu, I would discard that group of worthless trash . Otherwise they would be a disgrace!"
Tian Yao only blandly looked at Yan Hui: "Who is not a secular person? Do you think everyone is like you, unafraid of injury and death?"
"I have what's called responsibility in my heart and integrity in my bones," returned Yan Hui . She paused . "Later if there's a change, you should meet my senior disciple . Only then will you know the meaning of hard-headedness and unafraid of dying . "
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As they conversed, they sought out the courtyard where Tian Yao sensed his dragon horns were .
They've came three times . This time, they finally stepped into this courtyard .
According to how they planned, Feng Ming should have received news of what was happening at Heavenly Fragrance . He was probably rushing back now . Tian Yao only needed to enter the courtyard, take the dragon horns, and carefully place it back into his body . Then they would just wait for Feng Ming to arrive and deal with him .
However, when they pushed open the door of the building in the courtyard, Tian Yao's footsteps stopped . Yan Hui also immediately retreated three steps: "Crap . "
The room suddenly lit up in brilliant rays of light . A crisp and clear hoot filled the horizon . Yan Hui saw a barrier formed, blocking the powerful cry in front of them .
After the light receded, Yan Hui carefully looked . Standing there as tall as a person was a courageous and powerful bird .
"Blue Luan Bird . " Tian Yao's eyebrows furrowed .
Yan Hui was stunned by what she heard: "What?"
"The Blue Luan Bird is a mystical bird, related to the Phoenix . It's Su Ying's mount . "
Su Ying unexpectedly left her mount here to guard over the dragon horns . No wonder why she dared to so openly and brazenly leave Heavenly Fragrance . Turns out she left behind a hidden trap .
Yan Hui quickly calculated the time: "Not good, Feng Ming will return soon . I can't handle both the bird and him . I'll lure the bird away, and you go get your horns . If there are any other hidden tricks . . . . . . . . we'll see what fate has planned for you . "
Splitting up . That was the best method in these circumstances .
Tian Yao nodded: "The Blue Luan Bird isn't an easy foe . Be careful . "
Yan Hui didn't waste any words . She immediately used the nine-tailed fox demon magic to create a fireball . She threw it at the Blue Luan Bird: "Hey bird! Look at me!"
The Blue Luan Bird is a mystical creature . It is the natural predator of demons . Now that Yan Hui used demon magic to hit it, it naturally focused the entirety of its attention on Yan Hui .
Yan Hui lured the bird and rapidly ran toward the courtyard exit . Tian Yao rushed into the building .
It was dark inside, but the dark was no obstacle to Tian Yao because it didn't hinder his senses . With every step he took closer to the dragon horns, he felt his heart, which had been empty for twenty years, start to beat .
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Beat by beat, it forced his blood to circulate .
Tian Yao's dragon horns had been properly stored behind a hanging curtain . There was nothing supporting it, but the horns were floating in mid-air . Because they are spiritual objects, the horns could self-absorb the surrounding spirituality . They stayed forever bright, dazzling with power .
Dragon horns, the horns that were separated from him twenty years ago . . . . . . Back then, they had been cut from his head while he was still alive . . . . . .
Tian Yao reached out a hand . His fingers were separated from the horns by only the hanging curtain when Tian Yao froze .
Su Ying's figure suddenly appeared behind the curtain!
It was an illusion! Tian Yao reminded himself . Su Ying had laid out an illusion technique here . He had to break the spell . . . . . .
Su Ying's illusion reached out a hand from behind the curtain, mirroring Tian Yao's posture . Then her fingertips touched Tian Yao's fingertips with only the curtain between them . Tian Yao could feel the cold emitting from her .
"Tian Yao . " Su Ying started to speak . "You found it in the end . "
Tian Yao's face grew cold . His eyes fixed on Su Ying . Her expression was apathetic, like she was looking at insignificant ants to be crushed .
"It's been twenty years . You've returned," continued Su Ying . "How did you return?" Su Ying raised her head . Her innately chilly eyes looked straight at Tian Yao . "No, that's not important . Do you think I should be scared of you? But I actually want to thank you . "
It wasn't an illusion .
Tian Yao's eyes grew colder . It was a message left by Su Ying .
"Your soul escaped . You found your dragon bones . Now, I'll return your dragon horns back to you . With your horns, look harder . Quickly go find the rest of your body parts . Then . . . . . . " Su Ying's hand suddenly moved . Her hand passed through the curtain and touched Tian Yao's heart . "Find the heart protection scale . "
Su Ying lifted her head . The light in her eyes grew brighter: "This time, I won't lose him again . "
Tian Yao lifted his hand . With a wave, he ripped down the curtain and shattered Su Ying's image .
Tian Yao's eyes were a deep abyss: "This time, you will obtain nothing as you did before . "