After returning to his room, Ye Fei lifted his clothes to reveal the long gash on his back in the mirror.
"Hiss!"
Unable to clean the wound properly, Ye Fei was about to do a hasty job when a knock sounded at the door.
"Ye Fei, is it okay for me to come in?"
Ye Fei hastily put on his clean clothes, then walked to the door, opened it, and said,
"I'm sorry, I was just cleaning my wound, apologies for making you wait!"
Shangguan Xueer blushed and stammered,
"It's okay, I saw you were injured, so I brought some medicine to stop the bleeding and reduce swelling."
"Thank you!"
Ye Fei felt a warmth in his heart and smiled.
However, he inadvertently strained his back wound again and couldn't help but frown.
"Are you alright?"
"Does it hurt a lot?"
Shangguan Xueer asked anxiously.
"I'm fine, it's just a back injury, I must have moved it by accident."
"It's late, you should go back and rest early!"
Ye Fei said gently.
"What did you say?"
"You injured your back?"
"Quick, let me see!"
Shangguan Xueer said with great concern.
Ignoring Ye Fei's refusal, she immediately reached out to examine Ye Fei's injury.
Unable to refuse her, Ye Fei went along with it, lifting the front of his clothing. The horrifying gash was then exposed to Shangguan Xueer's sight.
"Oh my, how could it be so serious!"
Shangguan Xueer's eyes welled up with tears.
Her hands trembled as she placed them on the wound.
Then she said,
"Sit down quickly, I'll clean it for you!"
Ye Fei was indeed too weak to handle the wound himself, so he followed her suggestion and sat down.
He let her tend to his wound.
"You must bear with it, it will probably hurt a bit!"
Shangguan Xueer said directly.
"Just do what you need to do, I can endure this much pain!"
Ye Fei replied.
Afterward, Shangguan Xueer focused intently on cleaning the scar on Ye Fei's back.
When Shangguan Xueer tore off the top layer of scab, Ye Fei couldn't help but groan, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
After the wound cleaning was completed, Ye Fei felt as if he had just gone through a silent battle, his entire body drenched.
"Alright, Ye Fei, you should change your clothes quickly!"
"Your clothes are soaked with sweat!"
After finishing the wound cleaning, Shangguan Xueer suddenly felt shy.
Especially when she saw Ye Fei's broad chest, her face turned as red as blood.
"Ye Fei, I, I'll leave now."
"You, you should rest early too, goodnight!"
Shangguan Xueer didn't dare to look up and fled the room as if escaping.
Only after leaving Ye Fei's room and returning to her own bedroom did Shangguan Xueer dare to touch her burning cheeks.
Her mind was now filled with Ye Fei's lean waist and broad chest.
Thump-thump.
Her heart was pounding like a startled deer, about to leap out of her chest.
She couldn't calm down for a long time.
She thought, perhaps she had already fallen for Ye Fei.
She had a sleepless night.
In contrast, Ye Fei next door, after Shangguan Xueer changed his dressing, fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, after Ye Fei cultivated again, his injuries had already healed considerably. Even the wound on his back had faded into a pink scar after taking a pill.
Ye Fei had originally planned to return to the Artifact Sect to continue his studies today, but a sudden piece of news interrupted his plans.
Patriarch Song had sent a message, informing him that his disciple, Ye Fei's senior sister, had returned.
However, there was also bad news: their senior disciple brother had gone missing.
Ye Fei thought about it and decided to return to the Martial Sect first to meet his senior sister.
After greeting the Shangguan family's butler, Ye Fei set off alone again on the path to the Martial Sect.
Taking the teleportation array, Ye Fei finally returned to the Martial Sect.
Ye Fei didn't linger and, by the afternoon, arrived outside the office of Patriarch Song, his master.
Knock, knock, knock.
Ye Fei hurriedly knocked on the door.
"Come in!"
"Xiao Fei, why are you back so soon?"
"That's wonderful, your senior sister is here today, and I can have her meet you, her junior disciple brother!"
Patriarch Song said happily.
"Master, what exactly happened to Senior Disciple Brother?"
"How did he go missing so suddenly?"
Ye Fei asked.
"Alas, I truly don't know!"
"Originally, he and your senior sister went out for trials with others, but they were separated midway. At first, we could still contact him, but eventually, even the communication jade pendant couldn't reach him."
"Although his soul lamp hasn't extinguished, I worry that he might have encountered some great trouble!"
Patriarch Song continued.
"What's even more worrying is that his soul lamp isn't as bright as before, it's rather dim, which means he must be injured!"
Ye Fei had never heard of soul lamps before and was naturally curious.
"Master, what exactly is this soul lamp?"
Patriarch Song first explained to Ye Fei, saying,
"As the name suggests, the soul lamp signifies that when a person dies, the lamp extinguishes. Of course, if you are injured, the soul lamp will also dim significantly."
"The more talented a person is, the brighter their soul lamp will be."
Ye Fei nodded in understanding.
"So that's how it is!"
"Then, according to this, Senior Disciple Brother must be injured."
Just as Ye Fei was about to say more, a knock sounded at the door.
Then, a graceful woman in white martial attire, with a heroic aura, entered Patriarch Song's office.
"Master, this must be your closed-door disciple, Junior Disciple Ye, right?"
The woman in white martial attire said in a sweet voice.
"Haha, Yan'er, you are correct, this is your junior disciple brother, Ye Fei!"
He then introduced them.
"Xiao Fei, this is your senior sister, Gu Ningyan, whom I mentioned to you before."
Ye Fei smiled first, then said politely,
"So it's Senior Sister Gu, Junior Disciple Ye greets you!"
Gu Ningyan couldn't help but observe Ye Fei a few times.
Actually, from her master's tone, she could tell that her master was extremely satisfied with this junior disciple brother.
So she smiled and said directly,
"Junior Disciple Brother, since we are fellow disciples, and you are the master's closed-door disciple, there's no need to be so formal!"