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"Gou Jun, quickly examine her injuries. Do you have any hope of saving her?" Bai Wei stood before the jade bed, her gaze filled with anguish as she looked at Xu Mengyu lying there. Her voice trembled with desperate hope.
Song Wen approached the bed and peered down at Xu Mengyu's delicate face. He extended his divine sense, slowly probing into the space between her eyebrows.
Xu Mengyu was completely unconscious. Song Wen's divine sense moved freely through her fragile Sea of Consciousness barrier, as if entering an uninhabited realm.
Deep within her Sea of Consciousness, Xu Mengyu's divine soul lay curled into a faint azure glow, flickering weakly like a candle in the wind. It seemed that the slightest external force would shatter it completely.
"How could her divine soul have become so weakened?" Song Wen asked, withdrawing his divine sense from Xu Mengyu's Sea of Consciousness.
"She was practicing the Second Divine Soul Technique, but something went wrong during the soul division..." Bai Wei's voice was heavy with grief. She choked on her words, swallowing hard before continuing, "You should be able to heal her, right?"
Song Wen's brow furrowed deeply, his expression grave. The situation before him seemed exceedingly precarious.
"Her divine soul is too weak," Song Wen said casually, making up the story as he went along. "I can't guarantee success, but I'll do my best."
Bai Wei looked at Song Wen, her face filled with gratitude.
"Then please begin as soon as possible."
"The treatment process must not be observed by outsiders," Song Wen said. "Senior, please set up a formation to isolate the entire mountain valley."
Without another word, Bai Wei strode out of the ship tower and deployed a formation, conjuring a dense mist barrier that enveloped the entire valley.
Returning to the ship tower, Bai Wei declared, "Gou Jun, proceed without hesitation. With me here, no one will dare disturb you." Her voice was resolute.
Song Wen nodded slowly and leaned down, pressing himself against Xu Mengyu. He then channeled his divine sense power, beginning to construct a conduit for the Soul Source Essence to pass through.
Bai Wei stood beside them, watching in stunned silence. Song Wen's lips were pressed against Xu Mengyu's crimson lips, his body pressing down on Xu Mengyu's chest, distorting its shape...
This is no different from indecent behavior!
Her expression grew strained, but knowing this was to save Xu Mengyu, she couldn't intervene. She could only bite her lower lip and stare helplessly.
After considerable effort, Song Wen finally succeeded in establishing a divine sense channel.
He activated the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole, releasing the Soul Source Essence. Guiding the essence through the channel into Xu Mengyu's Sea of Consciousness, he encountered the same problem he had faced when rescuing Bai Wei earlier.
Xu Mengyu's divine soul was too far from the channel's exit. The Soul Source Essence couldn't reach it, instead settling against the Sea of Consciousness's barrier, strengthening the barrier itself.
Previously, Song Wen had entered Bai Wei's Sea of Consciousness with his divine soul and moved her soul to the channel's exit. But with Bai Wei present, he dared not expose his divine soul so carelessly.
He immediately severed the divine sense channel, climbed off Xu Mengyu, and stepped down from the jade bed.
Bai Wei, unaware of the situation, tensed up, her voice trembling with anxiety.
"Gou Jun, what's wrong? Is Mengyu's injury too difficult to treat?"
"Not exactly," Song Wen replied. "Her divine soul is too deep within her Sea of Consciousness, making it impossible for me to heal her. Senior Bai Wei, would you please enter her Sea of Consciousness with your divine soul and pull her soul closer to the edge?"
"I see," Bai Wei said, letting out a slight sigh of relief. "Wait here a moment. I'll enter her Sea of Consciousness with my divine soul."
As she spoke, Bai Wei sat down on the jade bed, about to cross her legs when something suddenly occurred to her. Her gaze turned to Song Wen, her eyes filled with suspicion.
"When you first healed me, did your divine soul also enter my Sea of Consciousness?"
"Yes," Song Wen replied truthfully, though he couldn't understand Bai Wei's reaction. There was no denying it.
"Don't you know that divine souls cannot freely enter another's Sea of Consciousness, let alone touch their divine soul?" Bai Wei's tone carried a hint of displeasure.
Song Wen's mouth opened slightly, but before he could speak, Bai Wei spoke again, her voice softening.
"I apologize for my outburst. You were trying to save me at the time, and the circumstances left you no choice. However, the divine soul is a cultivator's most private domain, far more sacred than the physical body. It must never be touched by another. When two divine souls make contact, it's akin to dao companions engaging in dual cultivation—their minds become intertwined."
Song Wen was momentarily stunned. He had truly been completely unaware of this.
However, when he touched Bai Wei that time, he felt nothing special—no mental fusion occurred as she had described.
Could it be because of the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole? Song Wen wondered inwardly.
Bai Wei said no more.
She finally understood why she had felt a sense of closeness to "Gou Jun" back then—it must have been due to the contact between their divine souls.
Bai Wei sat cross-legged, palms facing upward, eyes tightly closed.
In an instant, a phantom shadow rose from the crown of her head—her breathtakingly beautiful divine soul.
Bai Wei's divine soul dove downward and vanished into the space between Xu Mengyu's eyebrows.
Song Wen gazed at Bai Wei's physical body, inwardly marveling: Senior Bai Wei is truly desperate to save her. She's even letting her divine soul leave her body without asking me to leave.
If he had any malicious intent, a simple spell could destroy her physical form.
After a few breaths, Bai Wei's divine soul emerged from Xu Mengyu's head.
She glanced at her physical body, confirming it was unharmed, and a flicker of relief flashed in her eyes.
Then, she turned to Song Wen and smiled radiantly.
Her eyes curved like crescent moons, as if a starry river were pouring from them.
The smile was like the first rays of dawn, brilliant and dazzling.
Song Wen felt as if the entire room had brightened by a third, his heart fluttering slightly.
Bai Wei didn't give Song Wen much time to admire her before turning and returning to her own body.
In the next moment, her tightly closed eyes snapped open.
"Gou Jun, I've moved Mengyu's divine soul. Hurry and begin the treatment."
Song Wen leaned down and resumed his position over Xu Mengyu's body.
After Bai Wei moved Xu Mengyu's divine soul, it was perfectly positioned. The divine sense channel Song Wen had constructed now rested directly against her soul.
Specks of Soul Source Essence flowed through the channel, entering Xu Mengyu's Sea of Consciousness and settling upon her divine soul.
The soul gradually began to glow with a faint spiritual light.
Song Wen quickly realized that because Xu Mengyu's divine soul was only at the early stage of the Divine Transformation realm, the treatment would be remarkably easy. He estimated that her soul could be fully healed within a dozen hours.
Recalling the many promises Bai Wei had made, Song Wen suddenly realized he couldn't heal Xu Mengyu too quickly.
Lying motionless like this was truly tedious. Three days later, he finally rolled over and sat up.
"Mengyu's divine soul hasn't fully recovered yet, and she hasn't even awakened. Why are you stopping the treatment?" Bai Wei asked anxiously.
Song Wen rubbed his temples, his face etched with exhaustion.
"Her divine soul is temporarily stabilized, but my mental energy is severely depleted. I need to rest and recuperate."
Bai Wei accepted this without suspicion, a relieved smile spreading across her face.
"Then you should focus on recovering."
As she spoke, her gaze drifted downward, landing on Song Wen's lower abdomen. Her smile froze abruptly.
Song Wen hastily tugged at his robes, realizing he hadn't noticed the situation himself.
"Senior, please forgive me. This is only natural."
"This... Fellow Daoist, please restrain yourself," Bai Wei urged.
"I wish I could," Song Wen replied, "but the treatment requires my full mental focus. I can't afford to think of anything else."
Bai Wei stared at Song Wen's abdomen, biting her lower lip, silent as if wrestling with a difficult decision.
(End of the Chapter)
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