Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 69: We don’t owe each other anything
Just as Yun Yi's consciousness was about to dissipate, his five senses disappeared, and his mind could no longer recall this life or the previous one.

He seemed to hear a "dong dong" sound, which was first extremely small like raindrops falling to the ground, and then like the rumbling of heavy drums, disturbing him.

He could also vaguely smell a familiar fragrance surrounding him. The scent was like musk and orchid, which made him feel at ease.

Finally, he gently opened his eyes and saw Song Xinci holding him in his arms, continuously transferring his Hedao realm cultivation to him.

It seemed as if an invisible bridge was built between the two of them. From then on, they were connected by blood, their hearts were connected, they lived and died together, and it was difficult for them to separate.

This is what it looks like when you are truly infected with the Tongxin Gu.

Yun Yi instantly figured out the key and realized that it was Song Xinci who fed him the Tongxin Gu, thus connecting their lives. In this way, he could use her vitality to heal his injuries.

But in this way, Song Xinci would be like having an extra "burden", and a lot of his cultivation would be consumed in order to repair Yun Yi's body.

Judging from her aura, the early stage of Hedao Realm that she had just been promoted to was already unstable.

The moment Yun Yi opened his eyes, Song Xinci had already noticed something, but she deliberately avoided Yun Yi's gaze, as if she was being upset.

Daocheng was the second person to notice Yun Yi's "resurrection". He had no intention of interfering in the matter, so he flew directly to the ruined sect hall.

The Fuyao Sect's Heavenly Pillar was damaged, forcing the previous Sect Leader Lingyun to give up his ascension in order to maintain the Heavenly Pillar. This incident was a serious blow to the Fuyao Sect.

As for the other disciples, they left the back mountain under the leadership of their respective elders. Elder Qingwei and others did not leave, but waited there with Su Qing.

When Qi Ling'er saw Yun Yi moving, she couldn't help but shout, "He's awake! He's awake!"

Su Qing wanted to rush forward to check on Yun Yi, but stopped when she saw Song Xinci. The woman in white was covered in blood, her expression was sad, and her breathing was unstable. It was best not to disturb her.

But for some reason, she felt inexplicably sad. It was rare to meet someone she could talk to, but it seemed that the two of them were going to drift apart from now on.

As Song Xinci continued to sacrifice his cultivation, Yun Yi felt that all his limbs and bones were constantly warmed, and in a blink of an eye they were restored to their original state. However, he felt like he had just recovered from a serious illness, and it was difficult for him to move like a normal person.

Song Xinci saw his dilemma and took the initiative to say, "Master Qingwei, I will take him back to Youxi Peak first."

Elder Qingwei was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect "Shi Yucheng" to still call him Master. He was immediately relieved and sighed, "Go and rest quickly. If you need any help, be sure to tell me."

"Yes." Song Xinci held Yun Yi in his arms, and the next moment he cast a spell and flew to the disciple room of Youxi Peak.

Although the two of them had only lived there for a short time, they now felt a sense of belonging to that simple disciple room.

Although the Fuyao Sect had undergone a huge change, it still seemed peaceful and undisturbed.

Song Xinci put Yun Yi on the bed, carefully covered him with a quilt, then sat beside the bed and fell into silence.

Yun Yi looked at the other person and said, "Now we are really tied together."

Song Xinci still didn't look at Yun Yi, "Why did you do that just now?"

What she was talking about was naturally the incident where Yun Yi helped to block Yue Hua's sword.

As the Holy Maiden of the Demon Sect, she has always been extremely proud. However, today, not only was she trapped in a dead end and unable to escape, but her life was also saved by a Qi Refining Realm cultivator in the end. Her heart was extremely complicated.

Yun Yi replied, "If you hadn't wanted to take me with you, and had wasted a moment, you would have already escaped... So, I almost killed you, and I had to do something."

"But now you're almost dead, and I can only use the Tongxin Gu to save you. In the end, it's hard to tell whether you owe me or I owe you."

"Perhaps, we are even?"

Song Xinci couldn't help but chuckle and said, "No one owes each other anything?"

In fact, both of them found these four words unacceptable, because their current situation could hardly be said to be "neither owed the other anything". Fate had already tied them together, and it would be difficult to separate them from now on.

Yun Yi was the first to figure it out. After all, he had experienced a similar situation in his previous life, so he immediately made his position clear: "Now that things have come to this, I will accompany you back to the Demon Sect. As long as you don't intend to confine me, I will do my best not to drag you down." Song Xinci said dejectedly: "Yun Yi, I've returned to the Return to Void Realm. And what's worse is that there's a hole in my Supreme Forgetfulness Path. It's a huge hole, and I don't know how to repair it."

In addition to these, she also lost her signature magic weapon, the Xisheng Sword, which really made her heartbroken.

"This...don't worry, there is always a way to solve it."

"I just feel a little confused. Why is it that when I see your breath is about to end, my path is also shaky and crumbling?"

Yun Yi wisely shut his mouth. He naturally knew the reason for the almost narcissistic behavior, but Song Xinci could only figure it out on her own. Otherwise, no one could tell whether she would do something out of shame and anger.

Song Xinci continued, "Ever since I met you in Wuming Town, you've always been trying to ruin my Daoist aspirations. Yun Yi, are you and I naturally incompatible?"

"Probably... not that much."

"Is it only by killing you that I can return to the Hedao realm?"

"Don't make trouble."

Song Xinci thought for a long time, and suddenly chuckled. She finally dared to look Yun Yi directly, as if she had untied the knot in her heart.

She said, "Forget it. I finally saved you. I'm going to squeeze you hard in the future."

Yun Yi also laughed and said, "It was me who blocked the sword for you. If it weren't for Fang Yuanjian, neither of us would have survived."

Song Xinci was indeed a genius of her generation, and her depressed mood only affected her for a moment.

She quickly pulled herself together, first casting a spell to wipe away the blood stains on her clothes, then taking out a bronze mirror from her Sumeru Ring. As she cleaned herself up, she said, "Since we're now tied together, isn't it time for you to explain something to me?"

Yun Yi pretended to be confused: "What do you mean?"

"The first time I tried to force out the Heart Gu, I felt a sharp pain in my heart. You weren't poisoned at all, so why did you pretend to be in excruciating pain too?"

"To be honest, I guessed. When you said that the Tongxin Gu had a master-servant relationship, I felt like you were trying to trick me."

"Then how did you know my mother was going to put a Gu on you, and that she hid the Heart Gu in a bamboo tube?"

"You can tell there's something wrong with that bowl of water at a glance, but Aunt Qiu's eyesight is bad so she doesn't know."

"And when we parted in the desert, I asked you if you weren't poisoned, why didn't you admit it?"

"I was afraid that if I admitted it at that time, you would kill me in a rage and just celebrate your advancement to the Hedao realm."

"I think you're lying to me again."

"Uh...ahem!"

Yun Yi's unreasonable talk made Song Xinci doubtful. Knowing Yun Yi well, she knew that he was definitely not telling the truth, or at least not telling the whole truth.

But there was no way around it, after all, no one could pry open his "iron mouth" now. He would "hurt someone to death" at any moment, and it was really impossible to hit him or scold him.

It seemed as though the two had never opened their hearts to each other since they had met, even on their wedding night. They were supposed to be husband and wife, yet they were always wary of each other, seeming strange and distant.

But today, after Yun Yi had experienced the brink of death, he actually felt closer to Song Xinci. This was because he realized that in his previous life, he actually didn't understand Song Xinci at all, which was why their relationship was always cold.

This life seems to be back on track, and the two are bound together again by the same heart Gu, but it is actually very different from the previous life because the relationship between them has become ambiguous.

Instead, they look more like a genuine young couple.

(End of this chapter)