Chapter 611: "You're too "Hawt" & Beautiful (3)"
The moment Jun Wu Xie dismounted from her horse, she went immediately into a tent that had been erected at the side to change into a fresh set of clothes. By the time she came out of the tent, Qiao Chu, Hua Yao, Fei Yan and Rong Ruo were already standing outside, waiting patiently for her.
"Meow?" The black cat was sprawled upon Jun Wu Xie's arm, swishing its tail leisurely, as it stared lazily at Qiao Chu and gang, who were giving Jun Wu Xie rather strange looks.
Jun Wu Xie tilted her head in bewilderment as she looked at her four companions. Their actions seemed normal, but the way they were looking at her was very different from before.
"Little Xie?" Qiao Chu looked at Jun Wu Xie hesitatingly, speaking with great caution.
"Hmm?" Jun Wu Xie raised an eyebrow.
Qiao Chu suddenly felt a warm surge in his nose. He hurriedly clasped his hands over his nose, tilted his head up to look at the sky, and run away in a fluster to the side.
Jun Wu Xie's was completely baffled, her eyes filled with uncertainty.
"What is wrong with him?"
Fei Yan had been feeling rather nervous. But after seeing Qiao Chu's antics, he suddenly burst out laughing.
"Pffft..... Dumb Qiao is just acting stupid as usual. Just ignore him."
Rong Ruo shook her head in helplessness before she looked at Jun Xie, "I wouldn't have thought that Little Xie had such a big surprise for us."
"Surprise?" Jun Wu Xie frowned slightly. "You guys came too late."
"Too late?" Rong Ruo was puzzled.
"Ning Xin was already dead." Jun Wu Xie said in all seriousness.
She had intended to treat Qiao Chu and the rest to a good performance but regretfully, they did not arrive in time.
"No..... Not Ning Xin....." Rong Ruo wanted to laugh as she looked at Jun Wu Xie. The petite little girl was usually very sharp with her wits, but in some certain aspects, it was a wonder how unbelievably dense she could be.
"Not her?" Jun Wu Xie did not understand. She had thought that the surprise Rong Ruo had mentioned was her punishing Ning Xin. Rong Ruo did not know whether she should be laughing or crying, and she just pointed at Jun Wu Xie's face.
Jun Wu Xie raised her hand to touch her face, but did not seem to find anything wrong.
Seeing their very own Heaven defying little devil in such a rare display of slow wittedness, Rong Ruo suddenly doubled up in laughter.
"My dear Young Miss! You've misunderstood me!" Rong Ruo was still laughing as she lifted Jun Wu Xie's face with her hands. They were both girls and she did not see the need to be inhibited.
"With such a face that can destroy cities and bring down nations, why did you make yourself look so ugly?" Rong Ruo laughed as she spoke. In fact, Jun Wu Xie was not ugly after altering her looks, and could still be considered delicate and attractive. It was just that after seeing her real looks behind that mask, her disguised self could not compare at all, not even a little bit.
Jun Wu Xie was surprised. As intelligent as she was, she had not for a moment considered that what Rong Ruo's words were talking about, was her looks.
Destroy cities and bring down nations.....
The phrase that she had only heard used by others swam in Jun Wu Xie's mind, in both her past and present lives, she had never once thought to link those words to herself.
In her mind, whether a person was beautiful or ugly was not a consideration she used to judge people.
As a doctor, no matter who she was looking at, she viewed them with an eye based on how good or bad person was dissected. In regards to how they looked on the outside, she couldn't really care less.
Her own face, she had seen it countless times, and she did not see that it was any different from others.
"See, when you reveal a face like yours so suddenly to us, you have really frightened our dumb Qiao out of his wits!" Rong Ruo said with a laugh, finding Jun Wu Xie extremely adorable at that moment, acting just like a ignorant and naive kid, her expression utterly confused.
Compared to Jun Wu Xie's usual cold and logical personality, Rong Ruo found the stark contrast just too endearing.
"I wasn't frightened!" Qiao Chu exclaimed, while squatting on the side still holding his nose.
With that loud cry, the nosebleed he had tried so hard to stop suddenly surged once more, and flowed back down his throat. The sudden taste of blood in his mouth gagged him and he almost spurted the blood out!
Chapter 612: "You're too "Hawt" & Beautiful (4)"
Rong Ruo was laughing out aloud.
With her face held in Rong Ruo's hands, Jun Wu Xie's was frowning slightly, her face still befuddled.
She still did not understand what was going on or what had just happened.
A genius and an idiot were just differentiated by what they knew. At most times, Jun Wu Xie was an unparalleled genius, but in certain aspects, she was just one big ignoramus.
"Say, if that bunch of creeps at the Zephyr Academy were to see Little Xie allowing her face to be pinched and kneaded being by Rong Ruo like this, I wonder what would their reaction will be like?" Fei Yan smiled mischievously as he looked at Jun Wu Xie's baffled look. If not for the fact that they were of a different sex, he would have gone over and pinched Jun Wu Xie's tiny face as well.
The little lass was really just too adorable for words!
"They will just all go mad." Rong Ruo said smilingly.
The fact that the very same Jun Wu Xie who had tortured and killed Ning Xin before the eyes of the entire academy in a gory display would allow Rong Ruo to pinch her face so carelessly would definitely be too drastic a difference for the disciples to accept.
Brushing her fingers over Jun Wu Xie's soft cheeks, reluctant to let go, Rong Ruo was feeling rather emotional. If she had been a guy, her reaction might have been a lot worse than dumb Qiao.
The soldiers of the Rui Lin Army were standing guard at the perimeters of the camp. For a distance, they were able to see their own Young Miss acting so "intimately" with the group of youths, and their eyes almost fell out out their sockets.
A few of them who were more brusque, drew their swords fully intent on cutting off those offending paws of Rong Ruo's but were made to back off meekly upon seeing the chilling stare Long Qi was giving them.
The soldiers who got stared at retreated to a corner and squatted together drawing circles on the ground with their fingers in complaint. "Young Miss was being defiled by that little brat, how could the General not do anything..... Are we to allow our Young Miss to be abused like this by a bloke like that?"
They were heartbroken, their Goddess had been desecrated by someone and they weren't even allowed to to go chop up the blasphemous culprit..... How could the Heavens allow it! ?
Long Qi ignored the group of men whose hearts lay broken in pieces scattered over the ground. He only remained in his spot and turned to look solemnly at Jun Wu Xie with Rong Ruo and the others, and only his eyes showed a rare moment of laughter.
If the Duke and His Highness were to see this scene, it might put their minds a little bit more at ease.
It was only after Rong Ruo and the others was done with appreciating Jun Wu Xie's face that Jun Wu Xie was able to escape. It was not that she disliked Rong Ruo's touch, but it was just that she did not how to react.
She rubbed at her cheeks that were still slightly pink under Rong Ruo's abuse. While Rong Ruo and Fei Yan were still laughing, she walked over sit down upon a rock.
Long Qi came over at that moment, his face stern, unaccustomed to jokes.
"Young Miss."
"Hmm?" Jun Wu Xie was still holding her hands over her cheeks as she looked up. The redness on her skin had slightly faded and now tinged her snowy white complexion a slight pink. The clear eyes on the raised face seemed to have lost a little of the usual cold and distant chill, looking at that moment, very much just like an innocent young girl, a little bumbling and coy.
The words in Long Qi's throat were suddenly stuck. He remained stiffened there a long moment before he hurriedly drew in a deep breath, to quell that sudden thumping of his heart.
He was finally just beginning to understand why the reactions of those youths had been so intense.
The face of their own Young Miss, was really able to deal such an immensely deadly strike!
"Cough, your subordinate would like to ask our Young Miss. What should we do with the disciple we brought in from the Zephyr Academy?" Long Qi composed himself and carried out his duty.
"Bring him back. Hand him over to my Uncle." Jun Wu Xie said nonchalantly.
Yin Yan might be a little dumb, but his knowledge in the Spirit Healing Technique was still adequate. She had already gotten Gu Li Sheng's affirmation in regards to this.
All the disciples in the Spirit Healer faculty, although not considered outstanding, but out of all of them there, Yin Yan was considered to possess the highest gift for it.
The Spirit Healing Technique would be very useful to the Rui Lin Army, but as Jun Wu Xie was still not able to return to the Qi Kingdom, she decided she could put Yin Yan to good use.
Who should be kept alive, and who should be disposed of, Jun Wu Xie knew it clearly in her mind.
Chapter 613: "Finally Missing Me? (1)"
People like Bai Yun Xian and Yin Yan who were timid and easily cowered, only needed her to exert adequate pressure and they would be docile and be at your beck and call. As long as they are watched properly, they would not stir up problems. But people like Qin Yu Yan and Ning Xin, must not be kept alive. Even if you could suppress them for a time, their vicious hearts would ultimately lead them to scheme and plot how they would be able to get out of the quandary.
"The Spirit Healing Technique is useful. As to how it is to be used, my Uncle will know what to do with it." As Jun Wu Xie spoke, she pulled out two medical prescriptions and handed them to Long Qi.
"One is poison, one is medicine. Hand them to Mu Chen to control Bai Yun Xian and Yin Yan. Mu Chen will be able to produce them."
When she had left the Kingdom of Qi, she had only provided Bai Yun Xian with a half year's supply of antidote. The time was approaching and if she was not provided with the antidote, Bai Yun Xian would die. Other people might not be capable enough to produce the kind of elixirs and poisons developed by her, but Mu Chen would at least be able to accomplish that.
Long Qi received the items and kept them securely. Jun Wu Xie had never missed a thing in her calculations and was extremely meticulous. He knew he only needed to carry out the orders as instructed.
"Duke Lin and His Highness has words for me to convey to our Young Miss." Long Qi said after a short pause.
Jun Wu Xie's eyes lit up.
"The Duke and His Highness said, that our Young Miss must put her safety as priority in all her actions. And that they will be waiting for our Young Miss to return home back at the Lin Palace." Long Qi voice had suddenly become rather gentle.
Jun Wu Xie lowered her eyes, trying to suppress the longing in her eyes.
"Alright, tell my Grandfather and Uncle to rest assured."
Long Qi nodded, and silently retreated to one side.
Within the woods, the crisp wind was slightly cool as it brushed Jun Wu Xie's cheeks, bringing with it the emotions of longing in her heart.
The surroundings became still and quiet. Jun Wu Xie's head was lowered, as she recalled all that had happened in the Lin Palace from before.
Uncle, Grandfather..... and Jun Wu Yao.....
"What are you thinking about?" A voice heavily tinged with mirth suddenly sounded behind Jun Wu Xie, a voice she found so familiar.
Jun Wu Xie raised her head, greatly startled. In the next moment, she found herself enveloped into a warm and comforting embrace. The familiar scent went up her nostrils, and that smell made her tremble slightly.
"Was my Little Xie thinking of me?" A slightly devilish laughter sounded beside Jun Wu Xie's ears and the warm breath tickled the sensitive skin at her neck.
Within the encampment, all was deathly silent, all eyes were turned, concentrated on the tall figure who had enveloped Jun Wu Xie into a full embrace.
Rong Ruo stood up startled, staring hard at the mysterious man that had previously made her feel so helplessly oppressed with his aura.
In the middle of the dense woods, the incredibly and flawlessly handsome man hugged the flawlessly beautiful girl, and they both just stood there quietly, as specks of the sun's rays peeked through the thick canopy of leaves overhead, falling like glittering stars, looking as though the starry sky had descended on Earth, to shine and twinkle, upon the two figures.
"Big brother....." Jun Wu Xie opened her lips slightly, calling out the form of address that had appeared before in her dreams.
A series of deep laughter, intoxicated with joy, rumbled from right behind Jun Wu Xie. The man turned the tiny Jun Wu Xie around and slightly lowered his head, pressing his forehead to Jun Wu Xie's, his eyes half narrowed with laughter.
"Little Xie can actually recognize my voice, I really like that."
A devilishly handsome smile that was able to make the Heavens and Earth lose their lustre was suddenly imprinted deep in Jun Wu Xie's eyes. Jun Wu Xie's eyes widened slightly, as her startled gaze took in those perfectly formed features.
"What? Looking at me like this. Don't tell me, Little Xie has really missed me so badly?" Jun Wu Yao said mischievously, taunting his startled and frozen little darling.
Chapter 614: "Finally Missing Me? (2)"
Jun Wu Xie's eyes blinked a few times, but she did not make a sound and just fell into Jun Wu Yao's embrace, just like a hurt little animal, seeking comfort from the familiar scent.
Jun Wu Yao's smile on his face froze a moment. Jun Wu Xie sudden display of reliance put him into a momentary loss of what to do. The pair of small hands were grasping at his clothes tightly, her soft body pressed onto his expansive chest, the two figures joined in an embrace.
They were close enough for Jun Wu Yao to hear the breaths that came with the heaving of her chest.
After being frozen for a awhile, Jun Wu Yao tightened his arms and pulled Jun Wu Xie closer tighty. The smile on his face grew wider, and he rested his chin on Jun Wu Xie's hair, muttering soft whispers, just like one coaxing a young child.
"Were you bullied? No need to worry, your big brother is here now. With your big brother around, no one will be able to bully you in the slightest."
One arm clasped Jun Wu Xie around the waist, holding her near, and his other hand was gently stroking Jun Wu Xie's smooth tresses. That deep and gentle voice soothed and coaxed, and anyone would be intoxicated just from hearing the voice alone.
Jun Wu Xie's head that was resting on Jun Wu Yao's chest shook in denial, but she still did not say a word.
She had not suffered injustice and no one had bullied her. She only missed home.....
She missed home, but she could not return.
Jun Wu Yao did not know what else to do but only hugged her tight. He did not know why his little darling was being needy this time, but he greatly enjoyed the feeling.
He would not mind her being more reliant on him.
The picturesque scene of the two figures locked in an embrace under the scatter of sun rays that shone down through the canopy of leaves remained for a long while, as though they were the only two people there.
All the other people throughout the set up camp were holding their breaths, subconsciously afraid to desecrate and despoil the scene of serenity and harmony.
Qiao Chu's eyes opened unbelievably wide as he stared at Jun Wu Yao who was holding Jun Wu Xie in a deep embrace, his eyes showing utter disbelief.
His trembling finger was pointed at the two figures as his completely shocked expression turned to look at Hua Yao, who was looking a little inquisitive besides surprise.
[Damn it! Who is that! ? He dares to hug Little Xie like that! Is he tired of living! ?]
[Why is Little Xie meekly allowing herself to be held like this? I want that too! But I don't dare to even try it! ARRRRGH!]
Hua Yao did not reply, still not fully recovered from the shock, as the scene before their eyes was rather difficult for them to digest.
Only Rong Ruo's expression was a little strange.
Jun Wu Xie lay in Jun Wu Yao's embrace, indulging in the familiar presence that comforted all her unease and misgivings hidden under her cold and distant facade.
She might be able to complete her journey on her own, but she had come to very much cherish the family affections that she had gained after so much hardship.
Slightly releasing his arms, he pulled himself from the small figure clasping herself tightly upon his chest, creating a short distance between them. The slight lack of oxygen had made Jun Wu Xie's little face flush red. It made Jun Wu Xie look a little bashful and seeing that made Jun Wu Yao's heart feel like a cat's claws had just swiped over his heart, wrenching with longing.
"Be honest, were you missing me?" Jun Wu Yao said in deliberate low voice, his arms hung around Jun Wu Xie's hips, not allowing her to pull the distance further.
Jun Wu Xie's nose was slightly tinged red, and she raised a finger to her nose and nodded almost imperceptibly.
She missed home.
Jun Wu Yao felt as if he had been fed a mouthful of honey, and his heart warmed. He immediately pulled Jun Wu Xie back into his warm embrace.
However.....
Hidden in the shadows all this while, Ye Sha observed all of this in silence. On his perfectly stoic and serious face, no one would have any idea what he was thinking. But he suddenly said to himself involuntarily: "When will my Lord learn, can't he see that the Young Miss' reaction is because she misses home? It is nothing like what my Lord is thinking! My Lord! Wake up please!"
The moment he finished his sentence, Ye Sha stiffened up. He hurriedly clasped his hands over his mouth, his eyes filled with bewilderment.
Chapter 615: "Finally Missing Me? (3)"
[What was he saying? Why did that feel so natural to say?]
Ye Sha was shocked by his own strange actions and he held his hand clasped over his mouth and went behind a tree to reflect and repent.
"Cough, Young Master Wu Yao." After Long Qi watched the two having chatted for a long while, he could not help but step up to approach.
It was rather strange, Young Master Wu Yao was a member of the Jun Family as well, but Long Qi did not know why the Young Master was so easily forgotten. If Long Qi did not see Jun Wu Yao's person, he did not seem to remember such a person, but when Jun Wu Yao is standing before him, it just felt everything was as it should be.
Thinking back on this, Duke Lin and His Highness had not mentioned anything about Young Master Wu Yao.
Jun Wu Yao was in a rather good mood and did not show a single ounce of displeasure even after being rudely interrupted by Long Qi and his tall slender frame easily lifted Jun Wu Xie into the crook of his arm.
"Hmm?" Jun Wu Yao raised an eyebrow.
"Would Young Master Wu Yao be returning with us to the Lin Palace?" Long Qi inquired solemnly.
"No." Jun Wu Yao sneered. His darling will not be there, why would he want to go back to the Lin Palace?
Long Qi retreated to the side respectfully and did not say another word. He was well battle hardened, but without knowing why, when before Jun Wu Yao, Long Qi's heart was always tinged with a sense of fear and respect for Jun Wu Yao, a completely different kind of respect he held for the other members of the Jun Family.
Jun Wu Xie allowed herself to be held in Jun Wu Yao's arms and did not show any signs of wanting to break free. Although she was not able to see her Uncle and Grandfather, being able to see Jun Wu Yao here was still a good thing.
With Long Qi having taken the first lead, Qiao Chu and gang were finally able to bolster enough courage to go up.
"Lit..... Little Xie..... This is.....?" Qiao Chu asked in a trembling voice. Qiao Chu was befuddled as to the reason, but the man before him greatly terrified him. The man's face was all smiles, but he could not help feeling as if he was being eyed by an immensely powerful and terrifying beast, and he could be torn to shreds anytime.
"Jun Wu Yao, my elder brother." Jun Wu Xie gave him a straightforward answer.
"Your..... your elder brother? !" Qiao Chu's mind whirled, but if they were siblings, that would explain why Jun Wu Xie was willing to allow Jun Wu Yao to get so close to her.
But.....
Although both of them possessed astoundingly and flawlessly beautiful looks, their features were not in the least bit similar!
[Little Xie, are you sure this is your real brother?]
Those words, Qiao Chu did not possess the guts to utter them out loud.
"My humble name is Hua Yao."
"Fei Yan."
"Qiao Chu."
"Rong Ruo."
After knowing Jun Wu Yao's identity, Qiao Chu and his gang became less wary.
Only Rong Ruo's expression still remained a little complicated.
Yan Bu Gui had told her before, that Jun Wu Yao was not someone they could afford to offend, but had not been willing to tell her anything about his identity. Although Rong Ruo had only met Jun Wu Yao once before this, but she held absolutely no doubts about the terrible and unbelievable power the man possessed.
Despite the fact that Jun Wu Yao had not shown his power before them, but the strong oppressive aura emanating from the man far surpassed anyone Rong Ruo had ever met. Subconsciously, she knew Jun Wu Yao held much more power than Yan Bu Gui himself.
But why would such a man who possessed such Heaven defying strength appear in the Lower Realm? And how did he become Jun Wu Xie's brother?
Endless questions quickly filled Rong Ruo's mind, but she did not speak a word about it, and did not even share her doubts with Qiao Chu and the others.
As Yan Bu Gui had clearly left his instructions to her, she was not about to violate them.
Jun Wu Yao's eyes swept over Qiao Chu and the others, and he tilted his head slightly. He beamed as he looked at Jun Wu Xie, the smile on his face more intoxicating than any other beautiful scenery.
"Seems like in the period that I was not around, my Little Xie had been living a fulfilling life."
Among the four companions, there was only one girl.
Chapter 616: "Finally Missing Me? (4)"
His little darling had really not been idle during this period.
Being under Jun Wu Yao's gaze, Hua Yao and the others could feel an unseen pressure envelope their bodies, an oppressive aura that almost suffocated them, which immediately made their backs wet with sweat!
This man, was extremely dangerous!
The jet black eyes brewed with murder and a dark violet shade gradually appeared over the pure black eyes.
'Smack'
A tiny snowy white hand suddenly covered Jun Wu Yao's eyes.
"Eyes." Jun Wu Xie's voice was extremely soft.
Jun Wu Yao froze, and suddenly broke out in a laugh. He raised his hand and gently removed the tiny hand covering his eyes. The dangerous glint had disappeared from those eyes of his as he turned to Qiao Chu and the others to say: "I'm grateful to all of you for taking care of Little Xie all this time."
The oppressive pressure on their bodies immediately disappeared without a trace.
Qiao Chu and the others gasped heavily for air. Just a moment ago, they had all thought they would be killed!
In the brief moment they had realized their lives had been hanging by a thread, they came to realize that this brother of Jun Wu Xie's, was in no way a simple man!
But they were still baffled why he had suddenly wanted to take their lives!
The intensity of that oppressive pressure, was something Hua Yao and Qiao Chu were most acutely aware of. The brief moment of oppression that Jun Wu Yao had released, was so much more powerful than what they had felt from those two men from the Flame Demons Palace they had met back at the Cloudy Peaks before!
[This is on a completely different level!]
"That's not true. It was Little Xie who was taking care of us instead." Hua Yao was the first to regain his breath.
Qiao Chu was just smiling awkwardly at the side, obviously still rather shaken.
Jun Wu Xie smiled and nodded. Showing he had no intentions of continuing the conversation with Hua Yao and the others, Jun Wu Yao carried Jun Wu Xie and walked a distance away before sitting down together to rest. He carried out the actions so easily it seemed as if Jun Wu Xie was completely weightless.
"Was little Xie worrying about me earlier?" Jun Wu Yao asked, holding Jun Wu Xie's small hand. That was the same hand that had covered his eyes earlier, when they were about to change in colour.
"Just afraid you will frighten them." Jun Wu Xie replied nonchalantly.
It wasn't intentional, it was just be reflex.
Jun Wu Yao's identity had always been a mystery. Ever since Jun Wu Xie was reborn, she had never heard of anyone who possessed violet eyes. When she thought of the kind of trouble the rarity of owning a plant ring spirit had brought her, she had moved to cover up Jun Wu Yao's peculiarity without thinking.
It wasn't that she did not trust Qiao Chu and the others, but she just didn't want any unnecessary trouble.
Jun Wu Yao smiled as he lifted Jun Wu Xie's little hand, and planted a light kiss on it.
His little darling was beginning to want to protect him, and that pleased him greatly.
"This is for you." Jun Wu Yao clasped Jun Wu Xie's hand in his and spread open her palm, with his other hand, he took out a tiny golden bean and put it in her hand.
The tiny golden bean was dropped into Jun Wu Xie's palm, and a warmth began to spread. Although she was just touching it lightly, she could feel the warmth spreading out from the skin that was contact with the bean, and reaching throughout her body. That warmth brought her comfort and even seemed to soothe her soul.
"This is?" Jun Wu Xie asked, raising her head to look at Jun Wu Yao.
Jun Wu Yao smiled and replied: "This can help you restore your soul. Although you will not immediately recover, but it will restore you little by little."
Jun Wu Xie stared silently at Jun Wu Yao. Ye Sha had mentioned that Jun Wu Yao was not in the Lower Realm during this period, his disappearance must have had something to do with this golden bean.
[Did he seek this out specially for her?]
"Eat?" Jun Wu Xie asked after awhile.
Jun Wu Yao, however, shook his head.
Chapter 617: "Finally Missing Me? (5)"
Jun Wu Yao shook his head and held up Jun Wu Xie's other hand, to place it over the golden bean to cover it before he whispered: "Just like how you would absorb a ring spirit, absorb the golden bean a little by little."
Jun Wu Xie closed her eyes and did as what Jun Wu Yao told her, slowly absorbingly the golden bean clasped within her palm.
Closing her mind off, Jun Wu Xie's soul seemed to plunge deep into a darkness. It was pitch black all around her, so dark she could not see her fingers before her face. But a streak of golden light suddenly flashed passed within that darkness, drawing a bright blinding arc.
The speed of the golden flashes grew, leaving many light trails in the darkness. While there was only one streak of light at first, as time went by, the number of streaks seemed to increase and crisscrossed each other, forming a gigantic blindingly bright golden net within the endless darkness!
Suddenly, that golden giant net exploded in a bright flash into glittering golden sparkles, falling against the darkness, before gradually disappearing.
Soon, everything became completely dark once more. After a momentary pause, a dim ray of golden light slowly appeared in the midst of the encompassing darkness.
That was a tiny golden bean, taking form as it coalesced hanging in midair, giving out a dim golden glow to shine out in all directions.
Jun Wu Xie felt her consciousness becoming more and more clouded, as the darkness surrounding her gradually closed in.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and Jun Wu Yao's flawlessly handsome was reflected in her clear eyes.
It had been sunny before, but now, the woods was filled with the chirping of insects and the clear blue skies had been replaced by night. The moon hung over the horizon, and the vast endless skies were littered with millions of twinkling stars.
It had been just a blink, but half a day had passed.
Jun Wu Xie gathered her thoughts for a moment.
She felt as if she had only closed her eyes for just the briefest of moments but when she opened her eyes, the sky was already completely dark.
"How are you feeling?" Jun Wu Yao asked, beaming widely at her.
Jun Wu Xie snapped back to her senses and carefully checked the condition of her own soul. After the incident in the Cloudy Peaks, a part of her soul had been lacking and deficient and she had not been able to patch it up all this time. Although it was not usually obvious to people on most days, only Jun Wu Xie knew clearly how much of an inconvenience her incomplete soul was causing her.
After absorbing the golden bean, Jun Wu Xie's soul was still not complete, but at least she did not tire so easily like before.
She seemed to be able to feel that her injured soul was gradually being restored at a extremely slow speed, and of she wanted it to be fully restored, it was not something that would be achieved in a short period of time.
"It works." Jun Wu Xie clasped her hand over her chest, feeling her soul, regaining its harmony, under the mysterious healing power.
"That's good." Jun Wu Yao's mouth broke into a smile and he withdrew the hand he had on Jun Wu Xie's shoulder.
"What is that?" Jun Wu Xie had never seen anything like it. In her past life, even when science had been so amazingly advanced, it had still not been able to achieve any breakthrough in regards to the reconstruction and healing of souls.
"It's just an interesting seed. Little Xie does not need to know its origins. As long as it works for you, then that is its use. If it doesn't work, then it will just be useless rubbish." Jun Wu Yao said lightly, trying to give the impression that even such a mystical golden bean, did not amount to much in his eyes.
Was that really true?
Jun Wu Xie did not believe it for a moment. If it was something that simple to him, why had he disappeared for such a long period of time?
But Jun Wu Yao was unwilling to speak more on it, and Jun Wu Xie was not about to press him further on it.
"Thank you." Jun Wu Xie thanked him softly.
"I've said it before. With Little Xie, I have no need for any thanks." Jun Wu Yao gripped on Jun Wu Xie's small hand. Although he was saying that with his mouth, his eyes nevertheless lit up with joy.
Chapter 618: "Finally Missing Me? (6)"
Under the soft moonlight, the two people were just staring at each other. Qiao Chu was chewing on his cured beef jerky sitting beside the fire, his eyes getting more confused as he observed the two people.
Those two had remained in that position for a long time and Jun Wu Xie had even seemed to have fallen asleep in the middle.
Even if he did not have any siblings himself, he could help but ask himself why was he feeling that the way that pair of siblings interacted with each other was a little "unconventional"?
Which elder brother would hold his sister's hand for so long and always hold such a doting expression on his face throughout it all?
"Not alike..... Not alike at all....." Qiao Chu muttered softly to himself.
Fei Yan shot a glance at Qiao Chu, and stuck a roasted rabbit's leg right before Qiao Chu's eyes, blocking his voyuering eyes.
"What?" Qiao Chu snapped back to his senses as his eyes locked a moment onto the scaldingly hot and alluringly fragrant rabbit's leg before him before he turned to Fei Yan to ask.
Fei Yan rolled his eyes at Qiao Chu.
"You stare any longer at them and your eyes will pop out of their sockets."
Qiao Chu's face flushed red, and he coughed a couple of times awkwardly.
Fei Yan saw Qiao Chu's red face and mischievously poked: "Say, I was thinking why you were staring so intently at the two of them, don't tell me you have other intentions towards Little Xie? And you were staring at them in envy?"
Qiao Chu's eyes widened in alarm and he stared in shock at Fei Yan. His face quickly turned from a bright red sheen to a deathly pale white, and he shook his head like a child's toy drum*.
"Do you realise you spouting such words so carelessly will get me killed! ? How could I possibly harbour any other thoughts for Little Xie! ? My heart is still pure and unblemished alright! ? Do not lump me in together with those thoughts coming out from your filthy mind!"
Needless to say, he saw Jun Wu Xie purely only as a "revolutionary comrade" and if he were to stray and have any other thoughts towards her, he would lose his life wouldn't he? Not to mention just how cruel and brutal Jun Wu Xie was, the elder brother who had suddenly just appeared would be able to squash him with just his little finger!
He treasured his life too much for him to want to get himself needlessly tangled with such a ridiculous pair of siblings!
"Since you claim that you have no ulterior motives, then here, you go give them this leg of rabbit." Fei Yan grinned evilly, obviously having set Qiao Chu up for this.
Qiao Chu glared at Fei Yan, and Fei Yan continued to say: "If you don't bring it over to them, you must be guilty."
Qiao Chu felt like he wanted nothing more than to throttle the crossdressing scoundrel at that moment.
"I'll bring it! Do you think I'm afraid to do that! ?" Qiao Chu grabbed at the roasted leg of rabbit and stood up in a huff, and he began striding towards Jun Wu Xie.
Fei Yan and Rong Ruo exchange a glance and they both gave a conspiratorial grin.
Hua Yao just shook his head helplessly as he sat on the other side of the fire.
Qiao Chu was about midway there when he paused a moment before he resumed walking to finally come before Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao.
Jun Wu Yao raised his head, and his eyes were smiley as he looked at Qiao Chu.
The expression before him was very obviously friendly, but without knowing why, it sent a shiver up Qiao Chu's entire body.
"Erm..... This, for you two to eat..... now. You haven't eaten anything yet." Qiao Chu stammered, jittery with fear as he stared at Jun Wu Yao, and in his heart, he was already crying pitifully.
Jun Wu Yao smiled slightly, and replied: "Thanks."
Qiao Chu stiffened. Jun Wu Yao's smile did not contain a single trace of aggression, and even he, as a male, found the smile pleasing to the eye. The inexplicable fear that had previously gripped him all this while suddenly dispersed into the wind with that winsome smile.
Wu Xie's elder brother..... might not be as terrifying as he had imagined him to be.....
That was what Qiao Chu thought.
"No thanks needed....." Completely defenceless against beautiful people, Qiao Chu grinned and immediately turned to return back to his companions.
Completely wiping clean from his mind just how terrifying Jun Wu Yao had been before.
Jun Wu Yao held the roasted leg of rabbit and brought it before Jun Wu Xie's mouth.
Chapter 619: "Personal Attendant (1)"
"Having just absorbed that thing, I was thinking you must be hungry."
Jun Wu Xie looked at Jun Wu Yao and said: "I can do it myself."
She reached out and took the leg of rabbit and bit on it. Jun Wu Xie then shifted her body, moving out from Jun Wu Yao's embrace, and sat on the grass by herself on one side.
Jun Wu Yao did not restrict her and only smiled as he observed Jun Wu Xie as she bit at her food.
Qiao Chu was feeling a little unsteady as he returned to the fire and sat down, the expression on his face a little dazed.
Fei Yan gave him a light slap and asked: "What? Got yourself frightened again?"
Qiao Chu stared at Fei Yan and retorted: "Of course not! I was just thinking..... I feel..... Little Xie's brother isn't too bad a person." [He looked really good when he smiled.....]
Fei Yan was surprised a moment and he asked: "And how did you come to that conclusion?"
Qiao Chu snickered and said: "He smiled at me! He looked fantastic! They might not look alike, but they are both beautiful people."
The smiles of beautiful people were just too nice to look at.
Fei Yan stared speechlessly at Qiao Chu. [You mean as long as anyone with beautiful looks smiled at you, you would indiscriminately assume that person to be good..... Heavens! Just how dense could you be?]
Fei Yan had never held not much confidence in Qiao Chu's intelligence all this while and he decided to ignore and disregard the moron this time. He shifted his position and turned to eat, drink and be merry with Rong Ruo and Hua Yao instead.
At dawn the next morning, Long Qi and his men readied themselves to return to the Qi Kingdom. Yin Yan was knocked unconscious and stuffed upon a horse's back for the journey, while Jun Wu Xie and the others were to return to the Zephyr Academy.
"Together?" Jun Wu Xie looked quizzically at Jun Wu Yao, who had suggested that he would go back to the Zephyr Academy with her.
Jun Wu Yao had always appeared and disappeared whenever he wanted and when he had suggested going to the academy with her this time, Jun Wu Xie had thought it strange.
"We've not seen each other for so long, can't you accompany me a little longer?" Jun Wu Yao asked with a laugh.
Jun Wu Xie did not have an answer to that, and could only nod blankly in reply.
Fei Yan was looking in the direction where Jun Wu Xie was when Fei Yan shook his head, mourning in silence for the disciples in the main division of the Zephyr Academy.
Qiao Chu and his gang were going to return to the branch division and they left first.
Jun Wu Xie stepped into the tent and changed into the Zephyr Academy's uniform and transformed herself back to the delicate little youth become stepping out slowly from the tent.
As she stepped out, she saw the back of a slender figure standing quietly in the morning sun. Jun Wu Yao's face was filled with mirth as he turned around, his devilishly handsome face suddenly looking younger and edged with the immaturity of youth.
Jun Wu Xie was taken aback with surprise. The Jun Wu Yao standing before her looked much younger and at a glance, he would easily pass off as a eighteen or nineteen year old handsome teenager, without his usual dominating aura, and felt more like a pretty boy.
The sun shone on the teenage Jun Wu Yao's face, making the youthful smile on his shine face more brilliantly.
"Looking like this, would not cause Little Xie to feel that it is too much trouble anymore, right?" Jun Wu Yao rubbed at his younger and fresher face. He could no longer remember how long it had been since this countenance had last appeared.
"....." Jun Wu Xie remained silent.
Compared to Hua Yao's skill at controlling his bones, Jun Wu Yao's transformation was intense and incomprehensible. He had not only changed his bone structure, even his skin and vocal chords had completely transformed. If she had not seen Jun Wu Yao's original looks, Jun Wu Xie would have thought that he was completely different person.
Jun Wu Xie suddenly had a ridiculous thought, even if all the most advanced machines from her past life were brought before Jun Wu Yao now, they would still not be able to determine his real age.
The woods was not too far away from the Zephyr Academy's main division and the two of them did not take long before they reached the academy.
Jun Wu Xie had just stepped in through the gates of the main division when several youths came rushing towards her.
Chapter 620: "Personal Attendant (2)"
"Jun Xie! You've finally returned! So many big events happened yesterday that put all of us in great shock! You're lucky you were not here." Those youths had not even spoken to Jun Wu Xie much previously but after Gu Li Sheng had grandly announced Jun Wu Xie's identity and status, many in the Zephyr Academy had suddenly felt that they were "rather close" to Jun Wu Xie.
It did not matter whether they had ever communicated with Jun Wu Xie before, but they were all now eagerly solicitous.
Several youths were all shooting their mouths off at the same time, as they raced to tell Jun Wu Xie about the events that happened the day before.
Jun Wu Xie listened to them in silence and the little black cat that was lying in Jun Wu Xie's arm gave a big long yawn.
The bunch of youths jibbered and jabbered, prattling on. It was only when they saw no reaction from Jun Xie, and he was not even showing his usual impatience but just exhibiting a cold indifference, that they began to feel a little awkward. At the moment that they stopped talking, they noticed the fabulously handsome youth behind Jun Xie, and their eyes bulged, wide with surprise.
They had not noticed when such an amazingly handsome youth had appeared behind Jun Xie. His face was completely unfamiliar to them, but that poise and his looks was something they were unable to disregard.
"Who are you?" Seeing that the youth was not dressed in the uniform of the Zephyr Academy, the youths asked immediately.
Jun Wu Xie was just about to reply when unexpectedly, Jun Wu Yao suddenly took a step forward and said with a smile: "I am the humble personal attendant of Young Master Jun."
"....." It was Jun Wu Xie's turn to widen her eyes in surprise, as she stared at Jun Wu Yao's profile as he stood there beaming brightly.
Attendant.....
Those youths whispered a little among themselves before they quickly turned to leave.
Jun Wu Xie gave Jun Wu Yao a puzzled look and he raised his hand and rubbed Jun Wu Xie's head affectionately before he said: "If I am to come with you, I do not want to cause you any distress."
Only an attendant would be able to stick by his Master's side, isn't it?
Jun Wu Xie still felt that something did not sit right but she could not put her finger on it, so she could only just agree with a murmured: "Mmm."
Back at the bamboo grove, Fan Zhuo and Fan Jin were having tea together and when they saw Jun Wu Xie return, Fan Jin shot right up from his chair, his attractive face turning red as beetroot in an instant.
"Lit..... Little Xie..... You..... You are back....." Fan Jin found that his tongue was tied up in knots and stammered badly as he spoke, his manner greatly flustered and actions klutzy.
And when Fan Jin noticed the highly attractive youth standing behind Jun Wu Xie, he froze suddenly, his flustered expression immediately becoming one of utter shock.
"And this is....."
"Young Master Jun's personal attendant." Jun Wu Yao replied familiarly by now.
On their way here, he had gathered from Jun Wu Xie that in the time that she had been in the Zephyr Academy, Jun Wu Xie had stayed in the little dwelling in this little bamboo grove, and she was on rather familiar terms with the Fan brothers before him.
Jun Wu Yao's mouth was curled up just slightly at the corners as he silently gauged the Fan brothers undetected. The youth sitting calmly at the table held a normal expression, but the youth right before him was acting a little strange. That beet red handsome face and his flustered actions was sending an undeniable message to Jun Wu Yao.
[Looks like Little Xie really hasn't been idle all this time, she had attracted quite a significant number of annoying flies.]
[Should I squash them?]
Completely unaware that he had been noticed by someone, Fan Jin was currently gauging Jun Wu Yao as well.
As the eldest son of the Headmaster, he had seen countless peerless elites in the Zephyr Academy. But a scant few was able to compare to the youth before his eyes at that moment. His flawlessly unmatchable looks and the aura he gave out, was nothing like what a simple personal attendant would possess.
Fan Jin subconsciously glanced at Jun Wu Xie, but he did not detect anything abnormal on Jun Wu Xie's face.