There was no mirror in the room, only a large water mirror outside the room. Yan Yue didn't really care about being recognized as a woman, because she didn't deliberately hide the fact that she was a woman.
Back then, the clothes that the Kuang Da gave her were all men's clothes, and she only knew how to tie her hair into a ponytail. After wearing it for a while, she got used to it.
Moreover, men's clothes were indeed more convenient and safer than women's clothes, so she continued to wear them.
Morin paced back and forth outside the door. It had already been an hour, why hadn't His Lord come out? Should he knock on the door?
No, no, it wouldn't be good if he angered His Lord.
Morin didn't have time to be conflicted for long before the door opened.
"My Lord, you're out!
You … "
Morin looked at the beautiful woman in front of him and was so shocked that he couldn't even finish his words. His eyes were wide open, and his mouth was wide open for a long time.
Not long after, a peach blossom color appeared in Morin's eyes. He felt that spring had arrived, and a suspicious liquid flowed out from the corner of his mouth. He even felt that his nose was unbearably itchy, as if something was about to flow out.
Yan Yue glanced at Morin indifferently, turned around, and walked to the water mirror to tie her hair.
But it was this indifferent glance that made Morin feel as if he had fallen from spring to winter, and his whole body was cold.
What kind of gaze was that? Her eyes were cold, without a trace of light, and her eyes were as black as ink. When she looked at you, it was as if you were a prey targeted by the Grim Reaper, without the slightest fluctuation. It was as if nothing could cause her to be moved, as if everything in the world was dead in front of her eyes.
Morin suddenly shivered. Although the beauty was beautiful, his life was more important.
Ah!
Wait, that was His Lord's room. And that beauty just now, wasn't that His Lord?
When did His Lord become a woman?
Thinking of this, Morin hurriedly looked at the person tying her hair not far away, and carefully confirmed that it was indeed His Lord. The clothes she was wearing were just bought.
At this time, Yan Yue's hair was also done. It was still a simple ponytail, but there were some strands of hair on both sides of her forehead.
Yan Yue said to Morin, who was still in shock. She then took the lead and walked outside.
Morin was stunned for a moment before he hurried over. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Master is a woman, a woman, ah, I know she's a woman. Master won't kill me, right?"
Morin couldn't help but shiver when he thought of that cold gaze just now.
"That, Mas … Master, I, I didn't see anything," Morin stammered as he followed behind Yan Yue.
Looking at Morin's nervous expression, Yan Yue reflected on herself. Was she very fierce?
Why did he have to be so nervous?
"It's fine!"
Yan Yue calculated for a moment. If they wanted to go to Guang Ming Town, the journey was still quite far. It seemed that she had to buy some things and prepare. The journey wouldn't be peaceful.
Suddenly, Yan Yue remembered that she hadn't touched a single Marrow Cleansing Pill. Because the body would only expel impurities when one's cultivation increased, she had forgotten that she still had Marrow Cleansing Pills. Instead, she had eaten a lot of Fasting Pills.
It seemed that before leaving this town, she had to properly clean her body. Ai!
If she had known earlier, she would have washed her marrow before bathing. Now it was all for nothing.
After the master and servant bought a lot of things on the street, they went to the place where they rented the cave residence last time. It was another two cave residences, but this time they were only rented for ten days.
Morin didn't have a storage pouch, so his things were placed in Yan Yue's storage pouch.
Yan Yue threw Morin a set of clothes, a Marrow Cleansing Pill, and a few low-grade Spirit Origin Pills. Oh, and a large wooden tub for bathing.
She wanted him to properly digest the Marrow Cleansing Pill in these ten days and increase his cultivation.
After closing the cave door, Yan Yue waved her hand and released the Tuantuan. She also took out the demonic beast meat that it hadn't finished eating from the contracted pet space.
"Tuantuan, I'm going to cultivate. Help me keep an eye on it. If I faint, remember to wake me up. This is an order for you."
The Tuantuan flapped its wings and didn't eat the meat at the side. It only looked at Yan Yue worriedly, but in the end, it nodded obediently. It said to Yan Yue from the bier, "Master, I will definitely be obedient. Don't be too stubborn. The Tuantuan will be worried about you."
Yan Yue walked to the Tuantuan and squatted down. She touched the Tuantuan's cute round head. It was still so small. A few years had passed, but it still hadn't grown in the slightest.
Even though the Tuantuan usually didn't say anything and often innocently chatted with Yan Yue, it didn't seem to care about its small body.
However, Yan Yue understood that it actually cared. It just didn't want Yan Yue to worry.
Yan Yue picked up the Tuantuan and kissed it on the forehead. She secretly swore in her heart, "I will definitely help you recover as soon as possible. Wait for Master. It will be very soon."
The Tuantuan nestled in Yan Yue's arms. A faint pink color appeared on its cheeks. Fortunately, it had a lot of fur, so it couldn't be seen.
It rolled left and right in Yan Yue's arms. It could be considered as acting spoiled for the time being.
Looking at such a cute Tuantuan, Yan Yue's usually cold eyes also showed a faint warmth.
She put down the Tuantuan's warm little body and walked to a place not far away to sit down. She gave the Tuantuan a few more instructions before she prepared to eat the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
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She threw a Marrow Cleansing Pill to Morin. Yan Yue still had three left.
Marrow Cleansing was a process of cleaning the body of impurities. The process was very painful. The more one ate, the more painful it would be.
Yan Yue understood that her body must have more impurities than the average person here. The world she originally lived in was not very clean. It was not as fresh as here. In addition, she came into contact with cultivation too late, so there were even more impurities in her body.
Holding the three Marrow Cleansing Pills, Yan Yue did not hesitate to put them all into her mouth. She was slower than the others at the starting line, so she had to put in more effort and endure more pain to catch up.
During Marrow Cleansing, it was best to be awake. Otherwise, the Marrow Cleansing would not be complete. In order to prevent herself from being unable to bear it, she had to let the Tuantuan watch over her.
When the Marrow Cleansing Pill entered her mouth, it was like softening ice. It melted into water and flowed through the meridians and blood vessels throughout her body.
Slowly, a trace of numbness came from her body. Gradually, this feeling became stronger, as if an electric current was flowing through her body.
At first, the expression on Yan Yue's face was still calm. At most, it was just a frown.
But as time passed, her face slowly turned pale, and lines of sweat appeared on her forehead.
Yan Yue felt that her body was like a battlefield. A battlefield where thunder and lightning were wreaking havoc. She wanted to lie on the ground and just curl up to reduce the pain.
But her reason told her that she could not. If she could not bear it this time, she would have to endure the same pain next time.
She felt as if the electric current was crushing her flesh. It was so painful that she could not even speak. She could only use all her energy to resist the waves of pain.
Three days passed. Yan Yue's clothes were already soaked in sweat and tightly clung to her body. During this time, she fainted twice. The Tuantuan did his duty to wake her up.
At this moment, Yan Yue's face did not have a trace of blood. She was as pale as a sheet of white paper. Even the color of her lips was as light as the skin on the side. A layer of dead skin had formed on her lips. With the slightest movement, it would crack and leave a trail of blood.
The thunder and lightning reaction in her body seemed to have slowly stopped. But it was not over yet. What came next was the most important.
The impurities in her body were finally separated from Yan Yue's flesh and blood under the three days of thunder and lightning reaction. Of course, they were only separated from these impurities in her body.
If they were not expelled from her body in time, they would be stored in her body and attached to her meridians, blood vessels, bones, and flesh.
Yan Yue had not even rested for half an hour when her body began to react again.
Yan Yue clenched her teeth and quietly waited for the pain to come.
This time, it was not like last time. The pain increased bit by bit, giving her time to adapt.
In an instant, in the short span of a breath, it was as if a bomb had exploded in her body. It was as if countless hands were tearing at her muscles. It was as if thousands of ants were gnawing at her body.
In just two breaths, Yan Yue cried out in pain. Although she had fainted twice in the past two days, she had only groaned twice in pain. This time, in just two breaths, she was in so much pain that she did not even have the strength to control her mind.
It was as if her body did not belong to her. Her body was tightly curled up, and she could not even turn over. She could only tremble incessantly and let out low growls like a wounded beast.
Yan Yue, don't cry out. Get up quickly!
No matter how Yan Yue's consciousness ordered her body, it was no longer under Yan Yue's control. It followed the body's instincts. When it was in pain, it cried out. When it was in pain, it curled up. When it was in pain, it fainted. This was the body's self-protection. It was not under the control of the consciousness.
Feeling that her consciousness was about to blur, she relied on the last trace of reason to fight with the body's instincts for control. After feeling that she had a trace of strength, Yan Yue steeled her heart and opened her mouth to bite her own tongue with all her strength.
After a few breaths of time, the pain came deeply. Yan Yue's consciousness that was about to faint woke up a little.
She used all her strength to open her eyes a little. Her hands and feet could not move. She opened her mouth to say something but found that she could not even make a sound.
She had no choice but to say to the Tuantuan from the bier, "Help … Help me up!"
The Tuantuan looked at Yan Yue in this state and tears kept flowing out of its eyes. It was its master's contracted beast. It could more or less feel the pain that its master was going through. It did not understand why its master was urging it to become stronger. Why would she rather suffer than slowly cultivate? Was it too useless?
It must be. It must be because it was too weak. Master was trying to protect itself and me. That must be why she was trying so hard.
Thinking of this, the Tuantuan's tears flowed out even more.
People said that the thoughts of animals were like children. In fact, demonic beasts were the same. Their thoughts were very simple. When they thought about things, they were often naive and kind. They did not have so many twists and turns like humans.
Hearing its master's voice from the bier, the Tuantuan raised its wings and fiercely wiped its eyes, not allowing more tears to flow out.
When its master spoke to it, she always spoke directly. It was as if she treated it as one of her own kind, not as a pet.
This time … It could not even open its mouth to speak!
For the first time, the Tuantuan understood the feeling of heartache that humans spoke of.