Ling Xiao remained calm, but Moon Lady’s body trembled slightly.
She couldn’t help but smile bitterly to herself. For over ten thousand years, she had never let any man touch her body, yet this time, this little brat had taken advantage of her.
However, seeing the clear, pure look in the boy’s eyes, she felt she might have misjudged him, assuming the worst of a gentleman.
As Ling Xiao circulated his true essence, the black spear began to slowly flow into his body along his arm.
“Won’t this hurt you?” Moon Lady couldn’t help but ask.
“Your Highness Moon Lady, you think too highly of me. I’m not that noble, sacrificing myself for others isn’t really my style,” Ling Xiao said lightly, focusing his attention back on the black spear.
This kid was just a bit prideful.
In truth, to save his benefactor, what did a little injury matter?
He clearly remembered the life-saving grace from the Fulong Mountains and the help in the Moonlight Sect’s great hall.
The problem was, even if he wanted to get hurt, it didn’t seem that easy.
His Mountain River Martial Soul was too powerful.
As the black spear gradually disappeared here, it appeared in the Mountain River World.
Before, Ling Xiao couldn’t sense the spear’s power, but now he could feel it. This thing was terrifying. Even though it had lost much of its strength due to the destruction of the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Refining Array, it still retained one or two tenths of its original power, enough to kill a peak seventh-layer Transcendent Realm martial artist with one strike.
It could even severely injure an eighth-layer Transcendent Realm martial artist.
Unfortunately, in his hands, this thing could only be used once, or it would’ve been fantastic.
“It seems my judgment was right. You’re truly gifted, and there seem to be quite a few secrets in that body of yours,” Moon Lady said with a smile.
“Your Highness Moon Lady, you can still laugh? Although the Ten Thousand Evils Beast Soul Spear has been removed, its binding effect remains. I’m afraid you won’t be able to fight for quite a while,” Ling Xiao said with a wry smile.
“You’ve got to stay optimistic. In any case, I’ve already severely injured that Evil Beast Demon King. I doubt he’ll be causing trouble anytime soon, and that’s largely thanks to you breaking the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Refining Array, isn’t it?” Moon Lady asked with a smile.
“It was a joint effort with my master, Yuan Zun.”
Ling Xiao had no reason to hide this. Moon Lady surely knew about Yuan Zun, and concealing it would only make things worse.
“Where’s your master?”
“He exhausted a lot of true essence, so he’s fallen into a deep sleep. It’ll probably be a long time before he wakes up,” Ling Xiao said with a sigh.
“I owe him a favour, and I’ll repay it,” Moon Lady nodded, then added, “Come on, help me treat my wounds. I’m too injured to even move.”
Ling Xiao glanced at her and said, “Your Highness Moon Lady, are you sure about this? Men and women shouldn’t be so close.”
“You’re just a kid, why so many rules? We’re martial artists, we should be more open-minded. Besides, it’s just the two of us here. Are you going to let me bleed out and die? That’d be too unjust, wouldn’t it?”
Despite her ethereal, fairy-like appearance, Moon Lady’s personality was remarkably friendly. To Ling Xiao, she was the most approachable person in the entire Moonlight Sect, almost like a friend.
“Alright then.”
If the lady didn’t mind, why should he, a grown man, care?
Ling Xiao didn’t hesitate any longer. He took out some healing medicine from his storage ring, gave one to Moon Lady to swallow, then began tearing her clothes to expose the wounds, applying the top-quality healing salve he’d gotten from Yang Danlin.
Of course, that alone wasn’t enough.
Ling Xiao sat cross-legged behind Moon Lady. Behind him appeared a snow-white dragon with flapping wings.
Fairy Dragon!
This was the sub-dragon martial soul of Fairy Linglong, at the first stage of the soul-release level.
Fairy Linglong’s healing ability stemmed from this Fairy Dragon Soul!
During his recovery period, Ling Xiao hadn’t paid much attention to this martial soul, mainly because there hadn’t been time.
But now, to heal Moon Lady, the Fairy Dragon Soul had to take centre stage.
“Oh? You possess such a rare martial soul, that’s quite something,” Moon Lady said, a bit surprised.
“I stole it,” Ling Xiao said calmly. “As Your Highness Moon Lady said, my constitution is a bit special. I can use others’ martial souls. Fairy Linglong from the Sha Family Fortress tried to harm me, so I killed her, and her martial soul became mine.”
A smart person would never lie to someone far stronger, more experienced, and clearly not foolish.
Besides, saying this didn’t harm Ling Xiao in any way.
“Decisive in killing, not bad,” Moon Lady nodded. “As long as you don’t slaughter the innocent, it’s fine. Though the Heavenly Dragon Continent doesn’t distinguish between good and evil, try to do fewer wicked deeds in life, or you might really end up in the eighteen layers of hell after death.”
“Your Highness Moon Lady, you believe in that? Is there really a hell? An eighteen-layered hell?” Ling Xiao asked with a smile.
“There is! When you reach the Heaven Cave Realm, you’ll understand. This mysterious world is truly fascinating. Unless you reach that level, you’ll never know how intriguing it is,” Moon Lady said with a smile.
While healing Moon Lady, Ling Xiao could still chat, thanks to his habit of training with a clone.
Of course, his knack for multitasking helped greatly.
The Fairy Dragon Martial Soul’s combat ability wasn’t outstanding, but its healing ability was nearly perfect!
Though its combat power wasn’t exceptional, it was still terrifying. Anyone who underestimated it would be close to death.
At first, Ling Xiao wasn’t entirely adept at controlling the Fairy Dragon Soul, but over time, he gradually synchronised it with his own soul.
The Fairy Dragon Soul had two forms.
In dragon form, it excelled in combat.
In fairy form, it excelled in healing.
At this moment, the Fairy Dragon was in its fairy form.
It was a beautiful woman with radiant white wings. This martial soul would surely be coveted by many girls if shown off.
“Kid, this martial soul suits girls better. How about I trade you for another one? A sub-dragon martial soul, so you won’t lose out,” Moon Lady said.
She could feel her body gradually recovering, though the binding effect lingered stubbornly. But being optimistic, she wasn’t too concerned. Instead, she worried her future disciple might be seen as too feminine using this martial soul.
“Your Highness Moon Lady, if you want to give me something, just do it. Why make me give up the Fairy Dragon Soul? Sure, it’s a bit pretty, but aren’t I pretty handsome too? How is it not suitable?”
