32 Three Months

Her eyelashes quivered as her eyelids lifted, showing a pair of lusterless purple eyes. Her eyes were opened, but why couldn't she see anything but blackness?

Zhu Xiao Wan sat up on the bed and blinked her eyes several times - still black. She rubbed her eyes yet she still couldn't see. Tapping her hands around her and made her way to the bed edge. On reflex, she put her legs down and stood up.

Thud

Zhu Xiao Wan fell directly to the hard and smooth floor and sat there stunned.

'Huh?' She thought she had placed her feet on the floor...Oh, that was right, she...thought her feet were on the floor.

Touching her legs and attempted to pick herself up, nonetheless, she remained on the cold floor.

The familiar bone-chilling voice resounded in her head, "Three months."

Three months? Then...she would be in this state for the next three months?

Just as Zhu Xiao Wan was about to make another attempt to rise to her feet even after knowing she couldn't, she heard the sound of doors creaking.

"You're awake?"

She was highly familiar with the voice of the speaker. So, she had been unconscious in Song Hui Yao's residence.

"How long was it?"

Song Hui Yao went over to help her sit on the bed, which made her flinched faintly. Gazing at Zhu Xiao Wan's dull eyes and said, "One month."

"The Ning siblings?"

He raised his brows, "You're not asking about your brother but the Ning siblings first?"

"Are they alive?" She asked, disregarding his question. Beside, Zhu Xiao Qian was no more.

"They are slightly injured but they are well. However, Zhu Xiao Qian's condition is quite interesting."

Zhu Xiao Wan tilted her a bit, confused. "Xiao Qian's condition?"

Song Hui Yao chuckled, "Did you think he's dead."

"Then he's..."

"Your brother is not dead but is not alive either."

She lowered her head, "I can't walk...and see."

Hearing that, he then picked her up and carried her out the room. He knew that something like this would happen, but he didn't think that it would also blind her eyes. However, she accepted the condition she was in so quickly, including the fact that her injuries had prevented her contractual spirit from awakening.

Zhu Xiao Wan struggled in the beginning but then stopped. Although she was not used to having direct skin contact with other, she didn't want to hurt herself by hitting the ground.

"You can just put me in a wheelchair."

"But you can't see."

"Then have someone push the wheelchair for me."

"Too troublesome, it's my honour to carry such a precious beauty." Albeit his words sounded like he was teasing her, there was another meaning. How could the Owner of Lianzhou not be precious?

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In another room lied a sleeping Zhu Xiao Qian, beside him was Guang Ling. Guang Ling had finished his works and returned to Qianyu Kingdom yesterday only to find that his disciple's home was destroyed and her brother was like this.

"How is Xiao Qian?" Ning Rou Li who was standing on the side asked.

"He's not dead."

"Then, will he wake up?"

Guang Ling didn't answer while Zhuang Yin remembered something. Then, Song Hui Yao entered the room with Zhu Xiao Wan in his arms. "How is he?"

Guang Ling looked at Zhu Xiao Wan that was carried by Song Hui Yao and averted his gaze back to Zhu Xiao Qian. "He's really not dead, just sleeping. But..." His voice trailed off.

"I think he practiced the Expiry Repose..."

The people in the room turned to Zhuang Yin, Guang Ling was slightly shocked. "Expiry Repose?"

Zhuang Yin nodded while Song Hui Yao's eyebrows lifted. He once heard about the grimoire called Expiry Repose from his master. Those that practice it would...

"Expiry Repose, no wonder that he's asleep." Guang Ling looked at the young teenager lying on the bed with amazement. Seeing that his disciple and the others except for that rapscallion(Song Hui Yao) were mystified, he explained, "The Expire Repose is quite a special book. Those that practiced it or are practicing it would be able to prolong their life for a period of time after they were killed before completely died. How long did he practice it?"

"I saw him bought the book two months ago, so it was a month before he's like this." Zhuang Yin answered.

"Then he should have eleven more months before he'll be fully dead."

"Is there any ways to save him?" Ning Hai Heng who was standing in a corner questioned. Zhu Xiao Wan was also anticipated to know; since Zhu Xiao Qian was still alive, maybe he could be saved.

"I'm not a godly doctor, but I do know the thing that is needed to save him if he had been practicing for only a month - Vert Essence Fruit."

"Vert Essence Fruit?" Zhuang Yin blurted out, "Isn't that in the Forest of Brume!?"