Perhaps out of anxiety or worry, Kun Ling burst into tears. Like pearls off a broken string, her teardrops dripped into Shu Yue's dark pupils. He was startled and didn't know what to do for a moment.
This was the first time he had seen a girl cry. In a flurry, he could only clumsily wipe away her tears, his voice a bit panicked. "Kun Ling, why are you crying? I'm not even seriously injured, and they won't do anything to me."
Startled by the sudden touch, Kun Ling blushed at the roots of her ears. She slapped away the hand on her face, wiped her tears messily, and averted her eyes in annoyance. "You're such a stubborn guy."
Shu Yue looked up and noticed a transparent teardrop hanging on her clean lower eyelid. Her drooping eyelashes cast a shadow. With her head down and brows knitted, she looked even more pitiful and charming.
There were many beautiful girls, but he had never seen a woman as elegant and pure as a lotus before.
It was worth it to have such a young beauty shed tears for him in this lifetime!
"Kun Ling, if you really want to help me, do something for me," he said after thinking for a while. He felt that Kun Ling was the only one who could help him now.
Kun Ling raised her eyes, showing her gentle eyebrows. "What is it?"
"Go and check on my father. I want to know if he's safe."
"Your father? Is he also in the Kunshan School?" She had met Shu Yue several times but had never heard him mention his father, nor had she seen him.
So in her mind, she had already pictured an old man with white hair, and he should look quite heroic.
"Yes. I'm afraid that without me by his side, he'll be bullied by that Li Nao. So could you go and have a look?"
"But I haven't even met your father. How can I go and check on him?"
Only then did he remember that Kun Ling hadn't met Shu Yao. He couldn't help but pat his own head and smiled. "Look at me. I was so anxious that I even forgot this. Actually, it's not hard to find my father. As long as you see a man in white clothes, with fair skin, and more beautiful than a woman, that's my father, Shu Yao."
He was confident that with Shu Yao's peerless beauty, he would stand out in a crowd and be easily recognizable at a glance.
But Kun Ling was puzzled. More beautiful than a woman? How beautiful could he be? And was this really a description of his father?
Wasn't a father supposed to have white hair at his temples, a wrinkled face full of the vicissitudes of life?
At the same time, she voiced her doubts. "Are you sure the person you described is your father?"
Shu Yue was stunned for a moment. Was she doubting him?
"What I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can go and look for him as I described."
Kun Ling was still incredulous, but she could only go and look with full of doubts. "Fine. I'll go now. I'll come and tell you how it is."
"Thank you. By the way, could you please pass a message to my father? Tell him that I'm fine now and ask him to wait for me in peace. If possible, please take him away from Kunshan first. I'll meet up with him after my confinement."
Now the only thing he was worried about was Shu Yao's safety. As long as Shu Yao was safe, everything would be okay. He could also take the opportunity to adjust his internal energy and improve his cultivation during the confinement.
Kun Ling agreed without hesitation. "Okay, I'll definitely pass the message." Then, her autumn-like eyes lingered on Shu Yue's face for a moment. Finally, she hid the subtle emotion in her eyes and exhorted him. "You must be careful. I'll take good care of your father these three days."
"Thank you. Hurry up. It'll be bad if they find you."
Kun Ling looked back every two steps. Although she was full of reluctance and worry, she could only harden her heart and leave.
The door was closed and locked, as if nothing had ever happened.
Shu Yue avoided the harsh light, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and got rid of all distractions. He began to adjust his body and mind on his own.
In his arms, the dragon scale that he had hidden suddenly emitted a dazzling blue light due to the blood stain. He felt a throbbing in his chest. Shu Yue frowned in pain and looked down to see the brilliant light shining from his arms.
At the same time, his chest suddenly felt stuffy and painful. The pain instantly swept through every corner of his body. He curled up into a ball, his head almost buried in his chest. He felt a fishy taste in his throat and finally couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of bright red blood.
The fishy taste in his mouth and the pent-up anger in his chest were also released. But after spitting out the blood, his face was extremely pale. His charming red lips showed a bloodthirsty color, making his face look even more handsome.
His fingertips touched the scales of the dragon scale, and the image of that delicate and cold face suddenly appeared in his mind. But the scene in front of him was getting more and more blurred. He tried to hold on, but finally couldn't and fainted.
At the moment when his vision turned black, he accidentally murmured the name of that person weakly from his thin lips...
"Shu Yue!" Long Mo, who was sleeping at this time, seemed to sense the dragon scale. He suddenly sat up from the couch and couldn't help shouting out the person he had been thinking about.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Long Yun quickly walked over and looked at his sweating brother worriedly.
But he only saw Long Mo with a panicked look in his eyes and a stiff body. Long Mo murmured to himself, "Shu Yue. Shu Yue is in danger."
Before he could react, Long Mo had already pushed him away, got out of the couch, put on his wide-sleeved dragon robe, and left the Dragon Palace without saying a word.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"I'm going to save him. Don't stop me." Long Mo gave him a cold look. His tone was cold and hard, but this strictness didn't make Long Yun feel the slightest bit of fear.
Instead, it strengthened his determination to stop Long Mo. "Brother, you're being too concerned about that mortal. After the battle with Long Xiao last time, your internal energy was severely damaged, and you haven't fully recovered yet. I won't allow you to take this risk."
He really didn't understand. Since meeting that mortal, Long Mo had changed. He was always secretly protecting that mortal. Now he was even ignoring his own well - being and was determined to save Shu Yue.
"Long Yun, I've told you before. He is my destiny, the only one I'll protect at all costs."
Long Mo's voice was extremely calm, so calm that it carried a hint of sadness. Long Yun could see the indescribable emotions and a touch of firm pride in his blue eyes.
"But brother, you..."
"There's no 'but'," Long Mo interrupted his persuasion decisively. He waved his wide sleeve, and his gold - embroidered robe made his figure look even more noble. He said calmly, "Don't worry. The opponent poses no threat to me this time. I'll leave the Dragon Palace to you for now. I'll come back after I'm done."
After saying that, he flew away from the Dragon Palace, leaving Long Yun with a helpless sigh in the air...