"Sister Qiao Ying, hurry and let me go, my big brother he..."
Xiao Xiao's anxious words were cut off by Qiao Ying, "Xiao Xiao, if... the life Ye Feng survives is just torment..."
"Cough... cough cough... I'll do it!"
At this moment, Shen Potian crawled out of the ruins. He limped to Ye Feng's side and squatted down.
"Re-rest assured, little girl!"
Shen Potian gave Xiao Xiao a comforting look.
"Heart of Jade!"
As his voice fell, green light surged around Shen Potian's body and wrapped around Ye Feng, lifting him up...
"Good~"
Seeing that Ye Feng's body was no longer shriveling, Xiao Xiao's expression relaxed, her body softened, and she fainted directly to the ground...
...
In a large room with somewhat ancient and elegant decorations,
Ye Feng, who was sleeping soundly, vaguely felt someone constantly massaging him, and a comfortable power pressing on him.
"Bing?"
Ye Feng groggily opened his eyes and saw the figure in front of him.
"Big brother, you're awake!"
As Ye Feng's voice fell, Xiao Xiao's exclamation sounded.
Ye Feng turned his head and saw Xiao Xiao looking up at him.
There was a clear indentation on Xiao Xiao's forehead from the wooden edge of the bed, caused by her sleeping by Ye Feng's bedside...
Xiao Xiao's eyes were bloodshot, clearly having stayed up for many nights, and her complexion was quite pale, but she was beaming with joy...
"Xiao Xiao, you..."
As soon as Ye Feng spoke, Xiao Xiao shook her head slightly at him, "Big brother, I'm fine, how are you!"
"I'm okay... I just feel like an old man in my eighties..."
Ye Feng raised his hand with great effort, looking at his arm which was like a withered branch, feeling quite depressed and helpless.
"By the way, how long was I unconscious?"
Ye Feng withdrew his hand, looked at Xiao Xiao, and changed the subject.
"Seven days and seven nights!"
Before Xiao Xiao could answer, the beautiful girl who had been massaging Ye Feng spoke up.
"So long..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly, "Bing, you don't need to massage me anymore, go rest..."
"I am Shuang, Bing is my sister!"
The girl who looked almost identical to Bing's face blushed and replied.
"Eh~"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was immediately taken aback. He stared at Shuang for a while and found that she did look a bit younger than Bing.
"You... are that... the girl who appeared and disappeared suddenly when we set off fireworks before? Tw... twins?"
Ye Feng thought about it and suddenly understood.
"Mmm!"
Shuang nodded at Ye Feng, "That fireworks display was really beautiful~!"
"Oh, that... Shuang, you don't need to massage me anymore... go rest!"
Ye Feng said again, then turned to look at Xiao Xiao, "Xiao Xiao, you go to sleep quickly too!"
"Let Shuang massage you a bit longer. She has water-attribute arcane energy and a special affinity for the power of heaven and earth, which will be very helpful for your recovery!"
At this moment, Yue Yan's voice entered the room, and a woman in a sky-blue long dress walked in. Behind her followed Qiao Ying and Shen Potian.
Currently, Yue Yan, Qiao Ying, and Shen Potian were all wrapped in various bandages. Shen Potian was the most seriously injured, leaning on a crutch, and his left arm seemed to be broken...
"As for Xiao Xiao, Ye Feng, you should tell her to rest quickly. She hasn't closed her eyes for almost seven days and nights!"
"I told her to rest before, but she insisted on staying by your side!"
At this moment, Yue Yan spoke again, with obvious worry in her voice.
"Xiao Xiao, go rest quickly!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng immediately turned his head and cautioned Xiao Xiao.
"Mmm, okay~!"
Xiao Xiao nodded, got up, and walked to another bed not far from Ye Feng, lying down. Within a few breaths, she fell asleep...
Looking at Xiao Xiao's extremely haggard and gaunt face, Ye Feng felt a pang of heartache...
"Do you have a mirror here?"
Ye Feng lowered his voice and asked Yue Yan.
"Yes!"
Shuang softly replied, and at the same time handed a round mirror to Ye Feng.
"Holy crap... a zombie?!"
As soon as Ye Feng saw himself in the mirror, he couldn't help but exclaim, looking shocked.
Because his face was now extremely emaciated, with skin stretched over a skull, making his eyes appear exceptionally large and protruding, looking like a zombie and quite terrifying...
And his black hair had turned white and wispy, his expression weak, making him look like an old man on his deathbed...
"Hush!"
Suddenly, Ye Feng realized his voice was too loud. He couldn't help but turn to look at Xiao Xiao not far away, afraid that his exclamation had woken her up.
"Don't worry, that little girl is so tired that she's in a near-coma sleep. Even a thunderous noise wouldn't wake her!"
Yue Yan said this, but her voice was very low.
"Alright~"
Ye Feng turned back and looked at Yue Yan, "Is there anything to eat? I'm so hungry..."
...
A few minutes later, someone brought a delicious lean meat porridge, but it was Shuang who fed it to Ye Feng bite by bite.
Although Ye Feng wished he could feast himself, his body simply wouldn't allow it. Even lifting his hand was tiring, and he had just tried, he couldn't even hold a spoon steady...
...
After eating,
"Ye Feng, to be honest, my Heart of Jade... as long as that person wasn't instantly blown to pieces, or their head completely shattered... I could save them..."
"But your body seems to be injured at the root... I can only stop it from continuing to wither..."
Seeing Ye Feng looking at his withered hands with a look of dejection, Shen Potian couldn't help but say.
"It's normal... the stronger a person is, the harder it is to get injured, but conversely, the harder it is to recover when injured!"
Yue Yan chimed in.
"Ye Feng, don't worry too much! Your body's potential has just been overdrawn too severely..."
Qiao Ying also spoke to comfort him, with a look of deep concern.
"Really... he ran away halfway through teaching me..."
Under the gaze of Qiao Ying, Yue Yan, and Shen Potian, Ye Feng grumbled with dissatisfaction.
In the previous battle with Ares, the mysterious old man had somehow controlled his body, allowing him to truly experience the power of tribulation fire...
But because of this, Ye Feng's body's potential was greatly overdrawn, leaving him in this near-death, old man-like state...
Ye Feng even suspected that if he hadn't constantly trained himself through various means, and even experienced the tempering of tribulation fire twice, he would have already turned to ashes...
"Ye Feng..."
"Ye Feng!"
Seeing Ye Feng fall silent, Qiao Ying, Yue Yan, and Shen Potian became worried.
"Shuang, take Ye Feng out for some fresh air!"
Yue Yan frowned slightly, breaking the somewhat heavy atmosphere.
"Okay!"
...