"Xiao'er. Don't." Looking at Xiao Ruolan reaching out to touch him, Lin Yue stopped her in her tracks.

"Don't disturb him."

Xiao Ruolan just frowned in response before asking in an emotionless voice.

"When is he going to wake up?"

Initially, they believed that he would wake up once the effects of the wine ended. But four days have passed, and he still showed no signs of waking up.

This was something that they didn't expect. Even if a mortal drank it, they would only be drunk for four hours at most or in extreme cases, up to twelve hours.

But here...

Four days had passed, and yet the man wouldn't wake up. He was just lying there with an occasional frown on his face as if going through some unspeakable nightmare.

"I don't know." Lin Yue just shrugged in response before taking a good look at the man lying there motionless.

"What is it about him?" Speaking till here, she poked his chest with her finger. "Both Lin Wan and that bitch Cang Yue seemed to care a lot about him."

This was what puzzled her the most.

If he were a heaven-defying genius or someone with an extraordinary identity, it would have made sense why Lin Wan fell in love with him. But now that Lin Wan was dead, Cang Yue had taken her place and was now taking care of him. For a moment, she couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with the two sisters or her own understanding of love was skewed.

She took a long look at the man lying on the ground before shaking her head in response. 'No... no... definitely not me.'

The man was just an ordinary person in his mid-late thirties with a weary face and wrinkles on the side of his eyes, which was proof of his hard life. His hair was all messy, and even his posture was short and thin. If not for his glance, people would assume that he was just a child.

She just couldn't understand what the two sisters saw in him.

"Such a peculiar taste. Almost as if..." Halfway through her sentence, she suddenly paused before focusing back on the man with narrowed eyes.

She first looked at his hands, then at his arms and then finally at his face.

She constantly shifted her eyes between his hands and face, and after a moment, couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Is it just me, or does the skin on his hand look different from his face?" The more she looked, the more she found it to be the case. She even reached out to touch his hand before clicking her tongue in wonder. This bastard's skin was even softer and smoother than hers.

She then looked at his face, which was filled with traces of hard life and struggle.

The difference was so glaring that she was surprised that she hadn't discovered it sooner. But upon thinking carefully, it made sense. Who would have time to pay attention to a useless middle-aged mortal?

Thinking like this, she raised her hand, wanting to touch his face and check for herself, but before her fingers could even touch his face, she felt an intense, murderous aura enveloping the room.

"YOU SLUT." Cang Yue's chilling voice dropped the room temperature by a few degrees as she stepped forward before standing directly beside Yang Ze's bed.

Only when she saw that nothing was amiss and he was still lying there undisturbed did she let out a sigh of relief.

She then gazed deeply at the two women before letting out a cold snort.

"Do you have a death wish?" Her voice got increasingly cold. "Didn't I tell you to leave him alone?"

"First, you put him in this state, and now you want to harm him even further?"

"Get out of here, before I..."

She could even complete her sentence when she saw Jian Yu stepping beside Yang Ze before grabbing his wrist and closing her eyes.

In just a few moments, her previously relaxed face had a solemn expression.

Cang Yue, who was about to curse at Lin Yue and Xiao Ruolan a few more times, swallowed back her words before looking at Jian Yu nervously. She wasn't worried about her finding the truth of his supreme Dao body.

The information could only be obtained through either an intimate act or by directly touching the lotus mark on his forehead. She wasn't worried about Jian Yue touching his forehead because of the skin mask, and as for intimate contact... what intimate contact an old lady would have with him?

It wasn't until a few more minutes had passed that Jian Yu opened her eyes with a grave expression before asking in a stiff tone.

"What happened to him?"

"It's like this." This time, it was Xiao Ruolan who answered before Cang Yue could respond. She was well aware of the identity of the old lady in front of her. If there was someone who could help them out, it would definitely be her.

"....." Jian Yu quietly listened to Xiao Ruolan before letting out a soft sigh. Her gaze towards him was now filled with pity.

"Sect leader..." Xiao Ruolan's words stunned Lin Yue, who was still wondering about the identity of the old hag who had popped out of nowhere.

"What's wrong with him?"

"There's nothing wrong with him physically." Jian Yu replied to Xiao Ruolan with a helpless smile before adding further. "The problem lies in his soul."

"Huh!?" Jian Yu's words stunned the three women at the same time. They couldn't understand what she was trying to say. How could a wine harm someoen's soul? It just didn't make any sense to them.

"You idiots..." Looking at their confused faces, Jian Yu almost cursed out loud before controlling herself as an amiable smile appeared on her face.

"What do you know about soul?"

"Eh... it is something that a person is born with, and when they die, their soul flies away, and after some time, that soul finds a body and is born again."

Lin Yue gave the most crude answer imaginable. It wasn't her fault either. She had also read it from the storybook that she found in a random bookstore.

Jian Yu didn't even glance at her before shaking her head. She then looked in the direction of Cang Yue, but Cang Yue couldn't care less about it. She was in no mood for a lesson and had even less interest in explaining about souls to these bums.

"Can he be cured?" She directly asked what she wanted to know the most.

"....." Jian Yu's face twitched as she shook her head with a smile.

"There are a few ways, but..." Her sudden pause caused Cang Yue to almost pounce on her in annoyance.

"But what?" Cang Yue was starting to lose her temper. Her future depends upon the safety and well-being of the boy.

"They are difficult." Jian Yu replied in a leisurely voice.

"I am listening." Cang Yue's breathing quickened. As long as it could be done, she was willing to risk everything.

"The first way is relatively simple."

"Just find someone at the peak of the Soul Tempering realm and ask for their help. They could easily wake him up."

"Then..." Cang Yue's eyes flashed with excitement. Wasn't the old hag in front of her a powerhouse at the peak of the Soul Tempering realm?

But before she could even open her mouth to speak, Jian Yu's next words were akin to pouring cold water on her.

"NO." It was a simple but direct refusal.

"I have no intention of helping you out. You and I don't even know each other that well. Why would I help you out?"

Jian Yu's face had a gentle smile as she uttered those words.

"Besides... I have already helped you enough."

Cang Yue wanted to retort... she wanted to protest and ask her to consider it again. But deep in her heart, she knew it was of no use.

Just as the old hag said... The two of them were, in a sense, enemies. Jian Yu helping her out twice was already more than enough. She had no reason to help her further. Especially for a mere mortal.

"What about other ways?" Cang Yue's voice turned cold as the excitement on her face faded.

There were only two people she knew who were truly at the peak of Soul Tempering. One was the old hag in front of her, and the other person was her mother.

But the current her wasn't in any position to get their help. On the contrary, she was their enemy. It was already a miracle that they weren't taking any action against her. She didn't know what the two of them were planning, but with Yang Ze's help and her future improvement, it was bound to fail.

In front of absolute strength, everything else is useless.

"The second way is to find the soul gem and use it through a medium on him."

"Fortunately for you, you already have the medium. You just need to find the soul gem"

Jian Yu paused for a moment as she glanced at the small blue butterfly resting on Yang Ze's shoulder.

Cang Yue followed her gaze only to see the small, insignificant butterfly there.

"Spiritwing?" During the past few days, she had been taking care of Yang Ze, and she noticed it too. But she didn't pay any attention to it.

In her eyes, it was just a decorative pet. One that was absolutely useless.

As for the prophecy... she didn't believe it in the slightest. What a joke... There was no other world. This was it...

"This is the medium?" She didn't believe that a useless half-demonic pest like it could help Yang Ze.

"Full of surprises, isn't it?" Jian Yu just let out a soft chuckle.

"Once you find the soul gem, dip it in both yours and his blood, and once you do that, you will be able to reach for his soul through the spiritwing."

"But be careful..." Jian Yu's voice turned grave as she warned Cang Yue.

"A human soul carries its memories and karma. If you dare to pry into someone's soul, you will be entangled with the karma. You might be able to see what this person has seen, but at the same time, if there are soul tempering realm powerhouse in those memories, they could sense you too."

"It will be best for you to avoid such a scenario. Otherwise, your own soul would get injured too."

Cang Yue didn't say anything but clenched her fists tightly as she looked at the boy lying on the bed.

In the end, she gritted her teeth and spoke in a muffled tone.

"Where do I find the Soul Gem?"

The moment she finished this sentence, Jian Yu immediately let out a smile as if expecting it.

"You don't have to worry about that. I will make some arrangements."

"You will have your answer by tomorrow morning."

She walked out of the room at a leisurely pace.

Cang Yue just stood there in silence, thinking about what the old hag had just told her.

Lin Yue, on the other hand, gritted her teeth before walking out of the room as she chased behind the old lady.

Even though Xiao Ruolan couldn't listen to their conversation, she saw Jian Yu nodding her head with a smile before patting Lin Yue on the shoulder.

After that, she left.

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After walking out of the house, Jian Yu directly headed back to her luxurious manor.

It wasn't until she sat comfortably in her garden that a soft voice echoed in her ears.

"Really?"

"Since when could cultivators at the realm of Soul Tempering interfere with other people's souls and even heal them?"

"Also, what's with the nonsense of Soul Tempering cultivators sensing the spiritwing's presence through memories?"

"Your imagination is getting more and more ridiculous."

Jian Yu wasn't surprised by this voice; she just let out a laugh before shaking her head.

"Once she uses that Soul gem, she will definitely be able to see that man's memories. And if my guess is correct, she will see the scene of her sister's death too."

"I just wanted to give her a fright and make her drop this idea."

There was a brief silence before the other voice asked.

"Do you think she is going to listen to your warning?"

Jian Yu didn't give an immediate answer but looked at the sky before bursting out in laughter.

"AHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHA."

"NO."

"OF COURSE NOT."

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