"Alright, disperse now."
Su Hongyi finished speaking and left the accounting room with Su Baiwei.
Su Lie, however, was still unwilling. His cultivation talent was the worst among the Su family elders.
While everyone else had reached the peak of the Yellow Realm, he was only at the early stage.
Seeing that Xin Ci had a secret method to temporarily boost himself to the peak of the Yellow Realm, he was very covetous.
However, as long as this brat remained in the Su family, he would have a chance to seize this secret method.
Thinking of this, Su Lie gave a sinister smile, seemingly with another plan in mind, and slowly left.
At night, Xin Ci dragged his weary body back to his small thatched hut.
The moment he opened the door, Xin Ci could no longer hold on. Before he could even reach the bed, he collapsed on the floor, losing consciousness and fainting.
Elder Han floated out from the crystal space. Seeing Xin Ci, injured and fallen, he sighed helplessly.
Although he had only known this kid for less than half a day, Xin Ci had left a good impression on him.
Furthermore, he had already accepted Xin Ci as his disciple. As a master, he had to do something for this kid.
Just as he was about to use his soul power to transport him to the bed.
Unexpectedly, Xin Ci suddenly opened his eyes, catching Elder Han completely off guard.
"You weren't unconscious, kid? ...No! Who exactly are you!"
Elder Han suddenly realized something was wrong, for he saw Xin Ci's eyes turn into the Star Wheel Pupils again.
"Xin Ci," now controlled by the second personality, Mu Qingqing, did not respond to Elder Han.
Silently, he got up from the ground, sat on the bed without a word, closed his eyes, and circulated the "Myriad Manifestations Star Wheel Scripture."
Mu Qingqing had no time to bother with Elder Han, as Xin Ci's current injuries were beyond her imagination.
She had to heal this body quickly. The unique Star Spirit Energy of the "Myriad Manifestations Star Wheel Scripture" could not only be used to increase soul power but also to heal herself or others.
The Star Spirit Energy coursed through Xin Ci's body. The burned skin on his body gradually recovered, and the charred flesh quickly grew back.
Elder Han, floating nearby, watched in astonishment.
What kind of cultivation technique was this?
It had such a miraculous effect!
Elder Han suspected that Xin Ci might have been taken over long ago, but he could feel that the soul power in the current "Xin Ci" was indeed Xin Ci's own.
Although it seemed unusual, the essence of the soul would not change.
If Xin Ci had really been taken over, his soul power should have mutated.
"Strange, this state, which is both like and unlike being taken over, is the first time I've seen it."
"Xin Ci, what secrets do you hold?"
Seeing Elder Han's expression, Mu Qingqing smiled calmly.
She knew what Elder Han was worried about, but he couldn't see the problem.
Because as Xin Ci's second personality, she possessed half of Xin Ci's soul destiny, so the soul power she used was also Xin Ci's own soul power.
While Mu Qingqing was healing Xin Ci, the unconscious Xin Ci vaguely felt as if he had arrived in a place where the sky was filled with a vast expanse of stars.
The brilliant starlight bathed his immobile body, bringing him an unprecedented coolness and comfort.
The gentle starlight washed away his fatigue and pain, making his body and mind feel much lighter.
"Where is this? How can there be such a beautiful sight?"
Xin Ci opened his eyes and looked around. He saw many beautiful little stars twinkling around him, feeling refreshed and full of energy.
He couldn't help but reach out his hands to touch the stars.
Suddenly, he vaguely saw a graceful figure approaching him, seemingly a young girl.
But under the starlight, he couldn't see the girl's face.
From this girl, he felt an unprecedented warmth, a warmth he had never experienced before.
He couldn't help but reach out to touch the girl.
However, the girl gently dodged his hand, walked away step by step, and finally disappeared into the starry sky.
Xin Ci stared at the place where the girl had disappeared, lost in thought for a long time.
Gradually, Xin Ci fell unconscious again, unknown to himself.
"So exhausting. Finally, the male lead's body has recovered more than half. The remaining injuries should not be fatal."
Stopping the circulation of the "Myriad Manifestations Star Wheel Scripture," Mu Qingqing felt a bit down.
After all, in the original novel, Xin Ci had not experienced such a situation.
Perhaps it was due to her intervention that the male lead's path to growth was more fraught with setbacks than in the original.
With a sigh, Mu Qingqing switched back to her main personality and returned to the space of consciousness.
Xin Ci also returned, but remained in a coma, asleep on the bed.
"It seems that Xin Ci should have returned to normal."
"But... the situation with this kid is still not clearly understood."
"Forget it, I'll explain it to him when he wakes up."
...
In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight shone on the edge of the bed through the gap in the door.
The long-term work of chopping firewood had made Xin Ci accustomed to waking up early.
However, after waking up this time, the burden on his body seemed to have significantly lightened, and his severely injured back from yesterday did not hurt much anymore.
"Strange, why does it feel like half of my injuries have healed, and I'm inexplicably lying in bed?"
Xin Ci muttered in confusion.
Soon, Elder Han floated out of the crystal.
"Elder Han, did you heal me yesterday?" Xin Ci asked.
"I am just a remnant soul now and cannot heal you."
"Then what's the situation with my body...?"
"You did it yourself."
"What?!"
Xin Ci's head was filled with question marks, and he looked bewildered.
He healed himself?
"How is that possible!"
Elder Han tentatively asked, "Xin Ci, do you really not remember what happened last night?"
"What happened last night? I vaguely remember collapsing as soon as I opened the firewood shed door."
Seeing Xin Ci's serious expression, he didn't seem to be lying.
Elder Han took a breath and told him what had happened last night.
After listening, Xin Ci's mouth gradually widened, his face full of incomprehension.
In his shock, he couldn't help but recall the oddities in the accounting room yesterday.
He was clearly on the verge of death under Su Lie's palm, yet he inexplicably lost a period of memory.
Coupled with the strange actions of the two guards, a hint of doubt arose in Xin Ci's heart.
"Before, I thought someone secretly intervened to save me. Now it seems that my body was inexplicably controlled."
"But... who exactly controlled my body?"
After a moment of contemplation, Elder Han slowly asked, "Do you remember the cultivation technique you practiced yesterday?"
"The 'Eternal Dao Scripture'?"
"No, the cultivation technique that healed your injuries."
Xin Ci was suddenly puzzled. Apart from the "Eternal Dao Scripture," he didn't know any other cultivation techniques.
However, as soon as he thought about it, a cultivation technique called the "Myriad Manifestations Star Wheel Scripture" surfaced in his mind.
It recorded methods for cultivating the divine soul, and after cultivation, it could imbue spiritual energy and soul power with a mystical star energy.
More crucially, although he had not practiced this technique, he felt an unusual familiarity with it.