Under Jian Ruyan's gentle massage, Mu Jinyu unknowingly fell into a deep sleep.
Yun Ge stood aside, watching the beautiful and warm scene between them, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
Xie Chenkun saw this and winked at Yun Ge. Then the two of them stepped away.
Time slowly passed.
In no time, an hour had passed.
However, because the square was destroyed, the Blood Sword Sect had not yet rebuilt it, and Zhou Taiping didn't believe giving Mu Jinyu a little more rest time would help him recover, so he did not urge him to fight Dao Wuming immediately.
Of course, because the disciples rebuilding the square were all cultivators in the Divinity Transformation Realm, in Huaxia, they would be regarded as sect hierarchs, all extremely powerful. To rebuild a square wouldn't take several days; even two hours would be enough.
So the time left for Mu Jinyu to rest was about an hour.
Jian Ruyan gently rubbed Mu Jinyu's head, watching the disciples of the Blood Sword Sect zealously rebuilding the square, and seeing the once dilapidated square gradually regain its original appearance, she looked down at Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu rested his head on her lap, sleeping quietly. His face was still pale, but it wasn't as deathly pale as before, like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness. His complexion was relatively good at this point.
Seeing Mu Jinyu like this, Jian Ruyan furrowed her delicate eyebrows and her bright eyes revealed a hint of worry.
At this moment.
Mu Jinyu quietly opened his eyes.
And directly met Jian Ruyan's gaze.
Jian Ruyan didn't expect Mu Jinyu to suddenly wake up. Seeing him looking at her with a somewhat peculiar expression, her face reddened slightly, and she asked coldly, "Why aren't you sleeping?"
Mu Jinyu, now fully awake and not confusing Jian Ruyan with Wen Rou, softly said, "It's been an hour, hasn't it?"
The reason he woke up suddenly was that he knew the time to duel with Dao Wuming had arrived.
"Yes," Jian Ruyan responded, explaining, "But the square hasn't been rebuilt yet, so you should be able to rest for another hour…"
"I see…"
Hearing this, Mu Jinyu smiled, showing a neat row of white teeth.
Under the dappled sunlight through the trees, it looked very clean and pure.
Seeing this, Jian Ruyan's gaze momentarily turned dazed, then she said, "You should continue to sleep."
Mu Jinyu shook his head slightly and said, "I've had enough sleep, I can't sleep anymore."
After saying that, he got up directly, no longer resting his head on Jian Ruyan's lap.
As Mu Jinyu suddenly got up, Jian Ruyan felt a bit uncomfortable, and then her thigh felt slightly numb.
But blood circulation quickly resolved it, and without such close contact with Mu Jinyu, Jian Ruyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Jinyu sat up straight, looking at the square in the distance gradually being restored, in a daze for a few minutes.
Then, with a flip of his palm, an ancient-looking small cauldron appeared in his hand, engraved with complex and mysterious patterns.
It was the Bi Fang Cauldron that had almost exhausted his essence blood to obtain!
Because of it, Mu Jinyu had completely destroyed all his few magic treasures!
Including the Sacred Wood Branch that Mu Jinyu valued the most.
Since he had enough rest and the duel with Dao Wuming was delayed a little, Mu Jinyu decided to check his spoils and refine them again.
Of course, this time he wouldn't use essence blood for refining, but True Yuan and Spiritual Thought.
After all, without the terrifying Bi Fang Flame spewing everywhere from the Bi Fang Cauldron, neither True Yuan nor Spiritual Thought would be incinerated. Now, both refining methods could be used.
As Mu Jinyu covered the Bi Fang Cauldron with True Yuan and Spiritual Thought, preparing to nurture and refine it slowly, he also checked if there was anything inside.
At this moment, he felt somewhat regretful that Di Shitian had perished from the cauldron's backlash, burning his storage bag too.
If he had kept the corpse intact, given Di Shitian's wealth, he might have found many valuable items.
"Hmm…"
At this moment, as Mu Jinyu's divine sense penetrated the Bi Fang Cauldron, he saw a small cluster of green liquid about the size of a fingernail floating quietly in the dark space inside.
"What is this…"
Seeing the small cluster of green liquid, Mu Jinyu felt a sense of familiarity, then realized that this aura was the same as the Sacred Wood Branch?!
"What's wrong?"
Sitting by his side, Jian Ruyan noticed Mu Jinyu taking out the Bi Fang Cauldron for inspection and curiously leaned over to look. Seeing Mu Jinyu's expression change, she guessed there must be something inside the cauldron and couldn't help but ask, "Is there something inside?"
Mu Jinyu's expression was one of surprise and hesitation. Hearing Jian Ruyan's question, he came back to his senses and then carefully took out a small drop of green liquid.
Seeing the small drop of green liquid floating before her, Jian Ruyan asked, "What is this?"
Mu Jinyu frowned slightly and said, "It seems to be the essence refined from my Sacred Wood Branch?"
He recalled that when he was using the Sacred Wood Branch to whip away the Bi Fang Flame, he could vaguely feel strands of energy flowing into the Bi Fang Cauldron as the branch was incinerated.
At that time, he thought it had turned to fuel, but unexpectedly, it had been extracted into a cluster of wood essence and left in the Bi Fang Cauldron.
But, what's its use?
Jian Ruyan also knew the mysterious and marvelous nature of Mu Jinyu's Sacred Wood Branch. Even without being forged into a spiritual treasure, it already had capabilities comparable to one. When she learned that the Sacred Wood Branch had been burned by the Bi Fang Cauldron, she felt it was a great pity.
Then she thought that as long as Mu Jinyu was safe, it didn't matter.
Now that she learned the Sacred Wood Branch wasn't truly destroyed, but transformed into a cluster of wood essence that was preserved, she was also very curious about the green liquid's use.
Alchemy? Or artifact refining?
After thinking for a while, Mu Jinyu still couldn't figure out the green liquid's purpose.
After all, the Sacred Wood Branch didn't seem like a spiritual medicine for alchemy. With its lethality, it seemed more like forging material for making magic treasures or spiritual treasures. Now it had become this; could it be consumed?
However, feeling the immense life force and the mysterious aura emanating from the drop of green liquid, and a sensation urging him on, Mu Jinyu suddenly felt a hunger and a strong desire to swallow it.
"I want to eat it. Do you feel the same?"
Suppressing this desire, Mu Jinyu turned to Jian Ruyan.
Startled by his words, Jian Ruyan shook her head, "No, why do you have such an idea?"
Hearing this, Mu Jinyu furrowed his brows a few times.
Why did he have the urge to ingest the green liquid, but Jian Ruyan didn't?
Thinking of various reasons, Mu Jinyu considered the seedling in his Sea of Consciousness? The Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Body? Life Source Energy?
He couldn't pinpoint the exact reason, but after considering it, with his constitution and Life Origin Force, he wasn't afraid of poisoning or injury, so...
Following his body's instinct, he decided to eat the green liquid to see what happens?