"Wuwuwu..."
"Wuwuwuwu..."
"Wuwuwuwuwuwu..."
Xu Yi frowned, enduring the mournful cries beside her ear.
But after an hour, the crying did not stop; instead, it grew louder.
She finally couldn't help it and growled, "Stop crying."
"You're scolding me, wuwuwu! Wuwuwu!"
The person glared at her and cried even more sorrowfully.
Xu Yi: ...
"Miss Zhu Zhu, this is only temporary. When we arrive at Kunlun Academy, we will find you a new body. For now, you'll have to make do."
If the person sobbing, hiccuping, and gasping for breath before her was Miss Zhu Zhu herself, Xu Yi would have felt pity.
But the crucial point was that it was Yue Hantian crying with a face full of tears, which made her very uncomfortable.
"I, I, I..."
Zhu Zhu was extremely sad and kept hiccuping.
She knew Xu Yi had placed her in Yue Hantian's body to save her, but she truly couldn't accept it.
Setting aside the difference between male and female, Yue Hantian had done so many disgusting things to her that she felt nauseous just seeing him. To be trapped in his body was practically a form of torture.
"Do I look very ugly now?" Zhu Zhu asked sadly.
Xu Yi desperately wanted to lie and say she didn't, but the words wouldn't come out no matter how hard she tried. She could only change the subject.
"Just bear with it a little longer. We'll be back at Kunlun Academy in two days at most."
Xu Yi instinctively reached out to pat Zhu Zhu's shoulder, but as her gaze shifted and met Yue Hantian's large face, all her intentions vanished. Her heart turned colder and more unfeeling than Bei Xinghan's sword.
"Then let's hurry."
Zhu Zhu was not unreasonable. After a thorough release of her emotions, she wiped away her tears and stood up.
However, as she stood, she noticed her field of vision had become incredibly wide, and she had to lower her head to make eye contact with Xu Yi.
The intense discomfort made her recall her tragic fate, and her eyes welled up with tears again.
"Don't cry, let's go quickly. The sooner we set off, the sooner you can get a new body," Xu Yi urged, her scalp tingling.
"Mhm!" Zhu Zhu nodded heavily and followed Xu Yi, walking quickly.
The gentle breeze caressed her face, and the birds sang amidst fragrant flowers. Zhu Zhu's sorrow gradually dissipated with the beautiful scenery flashing past her eyes.
Basking in the sunlight, walking on the earth – it felt so good to be alive!
She had been trapped in a magical artifact for seven hundred years, confined to a minuscule territory, and the only person she could see was Yue Hantian.
Initially, she had thought that if she could somehow survive and get out, she would personally kill Yue Hantian to avenge Qi Xiao Yu.
But as a hundred years passed, then two hundred... all her ambitions faded. She even wished for her soul to be scattered, as that would be a form of release.
If Yue Hantian hadn't occasionally emerged to provoke her, she probably would have given up long ago.
When her remnant soul was released from the artifact by Xu Yi today, she truly believed she was about to vanish completely. Fortunately, Xu Yi had saved her with the Soul Stabilizing Grass, the only minor flaw being that it was done using Yue Hantian's body.
At first, she had petulantly thought that Xu Yi might as well have let her die.
But after truly perceiving the world with her eyes and heart, she realized that being alive was the most important thing.
Zhu Zhu slowly exhaled the last bit of pent-up frustration in her heart, her eyes radiating a bright glow.
Because they were in a hurry, Xu Yi and Zhu Zhu made no stops along the way. In just one day and one night, they returned to the location where they had activated the teleportation talisman.
Just before returning to Kunlun Academy, Zhu Zhu suddenly called out to Xu Yi.
"Xu Yi, wait a moment. I'm a little nervous."
"Hm? What are you nervous about? Yue Hantian did something wrong; you are just an innocent victim."
"But Yue Hantian is very powerful, and he's the top disciple at Kunlun Academy. I..."
Yue Hantian's character was flawed, but his talent was undeniable. Furthermore, Yue Hantian often bragged to her late at night about his high status at Kunlun Academy. Zhu Zhu feared that Kunlun Academy might blame her for Yue Hantian's death.
"I killed him. If anyone is to blame, it's me. Let's go," Xu Yi activated the teleportation talisman and forcibly teleported back to Kunlun Academy with Zhu Zhu.
Hua Wuchang, passing through Kunlun Academy's training grounds, happened to see Xu Yi and Yue Hantian pulling and tugging at each other in front.
His eyes lit up. He had heard a few days ago that Xu Yi and Yue Hantian had gone out on a mission together. At the time, he had wondered how Xu Yi had connected with Yue Hantian. Now it seemed their relationship was quite close. He had thought Xu Yi was different, but she was quite disappointing.
"Xu Yi, can you let me prepare myself mentally first?"
Zhu Zhu, leveraging her physical advantage, stood her ground, which greatly annoyed Xu Yi.
"Then I'll give you five breaths to consider."
"Five breaths? Five breaths are too short~ Xu Yi~" Zhu Zhu reached out and grabbed Xu Yi's hem, shaking it gently.
"Stop!"
Seeing Zhu Zhu acting coquettish with Yue Hantian's face, Xu Yi felt a burning pain in her eyes.
"Then give me a little more time, okay? Just a little." Zhu Zhu extended her palm, as large as a winnowing fan, and used two fingers, as thick as carrots, to gesture a small amount.
Xu Yi swallowed with difficulty, turned her head away, and tacitly agreed.
Not far away, Hua Wuchang's eyes were about to pop out. He even pinched himself to confirm this wasn't a hallucination. The usually domineering Yue Hantian, in private, acted like a coquettish young girl, while Xu Yi seemed more like the superior party. The way they interacted was indescribably strange, yet carried a peculiar harmony.
Hua Wuchang watched for a while longer before leaving in a daze. The shock he received today was more intense than when he heard that Wan Yanxue had defected from Kunlun Academy. He felt he would need a full day to process what he had just seen and then spread the word about today's events. Such an interesting matter could not possibly be kept to himself.
Ultimately, Zhu Zhu did not get her wish. Before Xu Yi could even notify the academy's teachers, they were discovered prematurely. Dazed, she and Xu Yi were led by a stern-looking elder to a thatched hut, her palms sweating with nervousness.
"Xu, Xu Yi, are you sure they won't do anything to me?"
"Absolutely sure," Xu Yi confirmed.
Yue Hantian wrongly believed that being ranked first among disciples would earn him favor with the teachers at Kunlun Academy. However, he didn't realize that in the eyes of those teachers, he might not even be as significant as newly admitted disciples like Yu Xiaoyu or Bai Shan. Moreover, the matter had originated because of him. He had killed Qi Xiao Yu and Zhu Zhu, and then harbored ambitions to harm his fellow disciples. His current predicament was a just deserts.
Xu Yi believed the dean would not blame them and might even commend them, so she was very at ease. Zhu Zhu, unaware of the underlying situation, could only stand obediently, her mind racing with anxious thoughts.