Heart Protection (Back from the Brink)

CHAPTER 76

After bringing Huan Xiao Yan up the bank, Yan Hui immersed herself back in Black River to continue cleansing.

The water tranquilly flowed on. Yan Hui watched her cultivation leach out and flow away with the water. 10 years of cultivation, all of her hard work, turned into smoke. Yan Hui's gaze didn't even waver an inch.

Cleansing away cultivation was very painful, and it actually burdened the body. However, she just watched and didn't utter a sound.

Before, she would always remark about how Tian Yao was good at enduring. No matter his mood or pain, he always hid it all in his heart. He remained silent. But now, Yan Hui felt like enduring it was actually an automatic response.

Because there was no other way. It had to be endured.

Yan Hui knew that right now she was digging a knife into her own heart, cutting away at it. It was all to raise a fierce tiger inside that one day would come out. In the end, this internal tiger would grow big and become a man-eating beast.

She didn't have much cultivation left in her body. She didn't stay long in Black River before all her cultivation was washed away. From now on, she was no longer a xian cultivator. She was going to cultivate the demon pathway and learn their magic. She was going to walk a path she never considered before.

With her magic gone, Yan Hui for a moment felt powerless. She didn't even have the strength to crawl to shore.

Huan Xiao Yan was at the river bank carefully watching the water's movement. When she saw it was about time and Yan Hui still didn't appear, Huan Xiao Yan drew in a breath to call out. Off to the side, a figure dived in Black River headfirst. Just a few moments later, the figure came out.

Tian Yao held Yan Hui in his arms. She had already passed out.

Tian Yao hugged her for a long time. He just quietly looked at her and didn't say a word. Huan Xiao Yan watched on anxiously.

The illusion demon clan always stuck to a powerful demon to live. As a result, they developed an acute sense toward powerful demons. From the first moment Huan Xiao Yan saw Tian Yao, she knew he wouldn't be easy to deal with. Before it was the illusionscape, so she didn't worry about it. Now that she had to be with Tian Yao, it was hard for her to not be apprehensive.

But Tian Yao was staring at Yan Hui for far too long. Huan Xiao Yan couldn't hold it in any longer and softly asked: "Is she alright?"

"No." He swept Yan Hui's wet hair from her forehead. "But I'll make her become better."

Huan Xiao Yan was stunned by those words and rubbed her nose. When she saw Tian Yao finally start to carry Yan Hui back, she silently and cleverly followed behind without further words.

When Yan Hui woke up, it was already the second day. She was back in the courtyard Zhu Li had prepared for them.

Huan Xiao Yan was by her side. When Yan Hui opened her eyes, the demon moved closer. "You're awake. Do you want to sleep more? First tell me what you want to dream about. I'll cast an illusion for you."

Yan Hui turned her head. Her voice was still raspy from waking up: "Don't be so anxious to fawn over me. I don't plan on killing you for now."

Huan Xiao Yan curled her lip: "I'm hungry. You didn't give me any emotions to eat. I'm hungry." Her eyes lit up light she just thought of something. "Don't you hate that whats-her-name Ling Fei? I'll let you dream about her. You can kill her hundreds of thousands of times in your dream. You'll feel happy!"

Yan Hui knit her brows: "Don't let me dream about her."

Huan Xiao Yan was about to speak when Tian Yao, who was also in the room, cut in. He changed the topic: "Your xian cultivation has all been cleansed away, but your broken bones and muscles still haven't healed. If you want to cultivate the demon pathway, then you physically need to heal first."