After returning the chest to where it belonged, I found Bai Ye's books in the lower drawers and brought them back to my room.
His stamina had surely recovered along with his sight, as he was out of bed for the first time in a month, standing by the wardrobe and organizing the racks when I came in. I halted in my tracks at the sight of a tidy bed and neatly folded nightgowns. "You didn't need to waste your spiritual power on cleansing spells!" I frowned a little.
He returned me a bright smile. "Spiritual power works like muscles in your body. It gets stronger the more you flex it."
That was the first time I had heard such a theory, and I doubted the validity of it. But considering trivial tasks like these were indeed harmless to him at this point, I didn't argue. "And you're flexing your muscles by reorganizing the wardrobe?" I asked.