Chapter 37: Entering Master

She lowered her head, looking at the bloodstains on the ground, then lifted her gaze to Mu Chenxi’s pale face, worry mixed with helplessness in her eyes.

She understood her disciple too well.

She must have used a reckless, desperate method again, causing herself to end up like this.

She knew Mu Chenxi wanted to grow stronger quickly, to protect her.

But seeing her disciple act tough and get hurt like this made her feel worse than anyone.

Bai Yue didn’t speak, only gently held Mu Chenxi’s delicate body, her jade hand patting her back to soothe her breath, unable to hide the pain in her eyes.

“Master……”

Mu Chenxi leaned weakly into Bai Yue’s embrace.

“I’m fine, it’s just… I ran into a bit of trouble…”

“You… You didn’t listen to your master again and got yourself hurt…”

“Master, I’m sorry…”

“Don’t blame yourself, Master knows why you try so hard…”

Bai Yue raised her hand and gently rubbed Mu Chenxi’s head.

She didn’t mean to scold at all. How could she bear to?

The one in her arms was a disciple desperate to save her.

Mu Chenxi rested in Bai Yue’s arms for a while, the paleness in her face finally fading a little, her breath gradually steadying.

As soon as she recovered a bit of strength, she couldn’t wait to lift her head, gazing seriously into Bai Yue’s pink eyes.

“Master, I want to enter your Sea of Consciousness.”

Bai Yue was stunned by her words, her elegant brows knitting in confusion.

“Enter my Sea of Consciousness? Why do you suddenly want to do that?”

It was too complicated to explain.

Mu Chenxi simply raised her hand and gently pressed her palm to Bai Yue’s forehead, displaying everything she had witnessed in Yan Hua’s Sea of Consciousness.

Liu Ruyan’s torment.

The strange Great Stomach.

And that the torment was actually devised by Yan Hua herself, as well as the warm Bai Yue’s Shadow lingering in the Sea of Consciousness.

She transmitted all these scenes to Bai Yue.

As the images shifted, Bai Yue’s jaw clenched and her knuckles whitened at first, seeing Yan Hua’s cruel torture and burning.

The anger in her heart nearly burst through her chest.

But when she learned that the torment of the Great Stomach was Yan Hua’s own idea, she was left completely dumbfounded.

This girl she had always cherished, whom she thought was just a gentle and sensible child, seemed further and further from what she had imagined.

She even remembered praising Yan Hua’s obedience to Mu Chenxi.

Now, recalling it only filled her heart with complicated emotions.

But more than anything, it was heartache.

Watching Yan Hua’s bewildered suffering in the vision, Bai Yue’s nose stung and an inexplicable sorrow surged within her.

Especially when she sensed that her own shadow remained in Yan Hua’s Sea of Consciousness all along.

It seemed Yan Hua regarded her as the Bai Yue Light that drove away the darkness.

Bai Yue’s heartache surged uncontrollably.

Suddenly, she missed that clingy little disciple with the long tongue even more.

But this was no time for sentimentality.

Mu Chenxi’s Soul was still wounded.

Suppressing her feelings, Bai Yue took a deep breath and nodded to Mu Chenxi.

“I understand.”

With that, she helped Mu Chenxi sit up.

The two sat facing each other.

Bai Yue extended her cool hands, gripping Mu Chenxi’s tightly, her mind opening completely, without any defense, allowing Mu Chenxi’s Soul to enter her Sea of Consciousness.

Without any resistance, Mu Chenxi’s consciousness slipped smoothly into Bai Yue’s Sea of Consciousness.

What greeted her eyes was a boundless Icy Plains, snow and wind howling, the cold biting to the bone.

And Bai Yue’s consciousness stood gracefully at the center of this icy world.

Silvery hair poured like moonlight, a white dress fluttering in the wind and snow, her entire being seeming one with this land of frost, as pure and cold as an Ice Goddess untouched by mortal dust.

Mu Chenxi possessed the Cold Ice Profound Body, so this cold didn’t bother her at all—instead, it made her feel refreshed, her Soul even relaxing.

But the Bai Yue before her felt strangely unfamiliar.

That extreme coldness was completely different from the gentle, caring Master she knew.

“Master…”

A hint of unease passed through Mu Chenxi’s heart.

She called out tentatively.

Bai Yue’s expression remained cold, emotionless, her voice calm as ice springwater.

“You’ve finally come. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time, Chenxi.”

What did Master mean by that?

Mu Chenxi’s confusion deepened.

She stood frozen in place, staring at the unfamiliar consciousness of her Master, unsure how to respond.

This was clearly Master’s Sea of Consciousness.

Why would such a distant awareness appear?

“Why are you standing there in a daze?”

Bai Yue frowned, a trace of hidden helplessness mingling with her cold demeanor.

She stepped forward, moving slowly toward Mu Chenxi.

Mu Chenxi was still lost in confusion, until a pair of cold yet soft jade hands cupped her cheeks.

She snapped back to her senses.

Looking up, she saw the icy Master slowly closing her eyes, her red lips pursing, body leaning in closer and closer to hers.

Unlike the usual warm softness of her Master’s palm, the touch now was cold and gentle, carrying the unique freshness of snow.

In the next moment, Mu Chenxi felt a round, cool object pass from Bai Yue’s lips into her mouth, brimming with pure and powerful spiritual energy.

“This… What is this?”

Startled, Mu Chenxi tried to ask instinctively.

Bai Yue had already withdrawn her hands, stepping back half a pace, her expression still cold, but her tone carried irrefutable strength.

“Refine the power I’ve given you well. Your Soul will heal, and your Cold Ice Profound Body will reach a new level.”

With that, she swept her sleeve.

A gentle but powerful gust of icy wind enveloped Mu Chenxi’s consciousness, pushing her out of the Sea of Consciousness and returning her awareness to her body.

The moment Mu Chenxi exited Bai Yue’s Sea of Consciousness, she felt a soft body collapse into her arms.

Instinctively, she reached out to catch her.

The person in her embrace trembled, and the full fruit pressed against her quivered as well.

“Master!?”

Mu Chenxi’s heart clenched.

Looking down, she saw Bai Yue had fainted.

She hurriedly checked Bai Yue’s pulse and examined her mind.

Though her face was pale and exhausted, her mind and body were unharmed.

Only then did Mu Chenxi finally breathe a sigh of relief, carefully holding her Master close.

It was only then that Mu Chenxi noticed the lingering cool sensation in her mouth.

She subconsciously spat the foreign object into her palm, her pupils filling with shock.

A round Elixir Pill rested in her palm, icy blue and glowing with a lustrous sheen.

The moment it touched her skin, she felt cold energy coursing through her.

“This… Was it brought out from Master’s Sea of Consciousness?”

Mu Chenxi’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The Sea of Consciousness was a realm of the mind—how could a real object be brought out from it?

What’s more, the icy energy within this Elixir Pill was incomparably pure, far surpassing any pill she had ever seen.

It was truly unbelievable.