Liu Dai didn't notice the change in how she addressed Gu Yueyue, but Gu Yueyue heard it clearly and felt it sounded familiar, though she couldn't remember when she had heard such words before.
Liu Dai laughed and looked Xu Yi up and down, "What makes you think you can..."
"Teacher Liu." Gu Yueyue stood behind Xu Yi, wanting to come out and talk to Liu Dai, but was stopped by Xu Yi. Xu Yi was wary of everyone now, so Gu Yueyue had no choice but to peek out from behind her and talk to Liu Dai, "Teacher Liu, it's too late today, so I won't trouble everyone. I'll stay in her dormitory for the night."
Liu Dai thought about the rumors that had been circulating before. Gu Yueyue was intentionally mentoring this newcomer, and now it seemed that their relationship was indeed quite good.
"Okay, call us anytime if you need anything." Liu Dai made a phone gesture, smiled amicably, and left.
Once everyone had left, Xu Yi felt a little relieved as she realized there were no other people around.
"Miss Gu, I feel terrible." Xu Yi tugged at her clothes, her spiritual energy was forced to stop circulating in her body, she couldn't send it out or take it back, and she felt like she was about to explode.
If her natal sword had been inside her body before, she could have transferred half of it to the natal sword to share the burden. But now, the sword spirit of her natal sword has left her body.
Moreover, even if she could transfer the sword spirit into her body now, she would not do it again.
Her comrade-in-arms, who had once entrusted her with life and death, had become her and Miss Gu's child in the blink of an eye. No matter how painful it was for her, she could not transfer her pain to the child.
Gu Yueyue helped her to sit down on the sofa, and accidentally touched her exposed skin, which was burning hot.
"Oh my god, you're burning up. You have a fever." Gu Yueyue took out her phone to call an ambulance for Xu Yi. She was annoyed. "How come I didn't notice just now? Wait a minute, they shouldn't be far away. I'll go and call them back."
"No need to trouble you, Miss Gu. Please take me back to my dormitory." Xu Yi was in too much pain, but her mind was still clear. Her Foundation Establishment was interrupted, and her spiritual power was surging. Her body was probably shattered internally. Unless she could rebuild her foundation and repair it, going to the hospital would only scare the medical staff.
"No, you're sick. You have a high fever and you have to go to the hospital." Gu Yueyue was even more determined than her, already holding the phone in her hand.
Xu Yi snatched the phone and turned it off immediately.
“Miss Gu, listen to me, I won’t lie to you. Going to the hospital won’t help. Take me back to my dorm, I have medicine.”
There was no medicine. She was just making excuses to avoid going to the hospital. Besides, she had to take Miss Gu back so Xiao Xiao could meet her. Xiao Xiao was still worried about Miss Gu's safety.
Gu Yueyue believed her, thinking that she had some underlying medical condition and that she had emergency medication with her. Instead of waiting here to take her to the hospital, she thought it would be better to take her to the dormitory to take the medicine first.
"Hang in there a little longer, we'll be there soon." Gu Yueyue supported her. Xu Yi was in a lot of pain, but she didn't show it much on her face. After all, she was a sword cultivator who had been tempered by countless trials. Although she was in a lot of pain, it was not to the point that she couldn't even walk.
"Why should I insist on walking on my own when Miss Gu can help me?" Xu Yi secretly curled her lips and relaxed her body, leaning against Miss Gu.
Upon arriving at Xu Yi's dormitory, Gu Yueyue gestured for Xu Yi to take out her room card to open the door. Xu Yi dawdled as she searched for the room card, calling out to Xiao Xiao in her heart, urging her to quickly stick on the invisibility talisman, as she and Miss Gu were already at the door.
Xiao Xiao, carrying a wool felt blanket, ran off the bed and stuck several invisibility talismans from the table onto her body.
Xu Yi received a message that she had already affixed the concealment talisman, and then took out her room card to open the door.
When Gu Yueyue pushed open the door, she saw a horrifying scene: the wool felt she had made by hand was hanging on the ground and rushing towards her.
Gu Yueyue dodged behind Xu Yi, her hands tightly gripping the back of Xu Yi's clothes.
Xu Yi hadn't expected to see this scene when she opened the door. She quickly grabbed the wool felt and placed them one by one on the table.
Turning back to comfort Gu Yueyue, she smiled and said, "I forgot to close the window when I left, and it was too windy outside."
As soon as he finished speaking, a strong wind blew outside, causing the curtains to flutter and bringing a refreshing coolness to the sweltering summer night.
Gu Yueyue felt something was strange, but as a materialist, she had no other reasonable explanation for what she had just witnessed, so she could only accept Xu Yi's words with some skepticism.
"There are often strong winds and sudden rainstorms in the summer, so please remember to close the doors and windows properly when you go out," Gu Yueyue reminded Xu Yi, because she herself had a lot of experience with this. She had left home in a hurry while filming before, and when she got back, mushrooms had grown on the floor.
Xiao Xiao, who was staying in the room, pounced on Gu Yueyue as soon as she entered. However, she gave herself away because of the wool felt she was holding. Xu Yi then took the wool felt away from her, cast a spell on her, and lifted her up to put her in a corner to prevent her from causing any more trouble.
Xiao Xiao was forced to stand in the corner as punishment, watching her mother from afar but unable to get close. She was so anxious that she was about to cry, but as soon as she opened her mouth, a silencing spell was cast on her.
She silently condemned Xu Yi's actions, roaring in her heart that Xu Yi was abusing children.
'Shut up! There aren't any children tens of thousands of years old.'
'You bullied me, I'm going to tell Little Gu's mother and have her spank you.'
Xu Yi blushed and, while Miss Gu went to pour her water, she secretly glared at Xiao Xiao in the corner.
Xiao Xiao wasn't afraid of her at all and even glared back at her.
Seeing her puffed up like a glutinous rice ball, unable to speak, Xu Yi felt both annoyed and amused. In the end, he compromised and let her go, but the silencing spell remained in place to prevent her from laughing out loud in her excitement, which would really scare Miss Gu late at night.
After being released, Xiao Xiao started following behind Gu Yueyue. She was small and chubby, and she kept darting around Gu Yueyue while trying to avoid bumping into her. The scene was so funny that Xu Yi couldn't help but laugh.
Gu Yueyue poured her some hot water. Seeing Xu Yi sitting on the sofa grinning foolishly, Gu Yueyue asked her, "Aren't you feeling alright?"
"Hmm. Actually, I just ran a little too fast, it's not a big problem." Xu Yi wasn't sick at all. The pain she felt just now was the result of her spiritual power exploding inside her body due to the interruption of her Foundation Establishment advancement, which caused her meridians to break. Now her consciousness is repairing itself, so her pain has lessened considerably.
Xiao Xiao pouted, inwardly complaining that Xu Yi hadn't shared half with it.
Xu Yi smiled but did not answer her question. She did not know the true origin of her natal sword before, and only regarded it as a good partner born into the play. Naturally, she shared the good times and the bad. She did not feel any psychological burden when she shared some of the pain with her natal sword. Moreover, at that time, the natal sword had not yet taken form. It did not even know what pain felt like. At most, its strength would decrease a little, which would not have any effect on the sword itself.
Things are different now. She knows that her natal sword is her own child. Even if it hasn't taken human form, it still can't feel pain. No matter how ruthless she is, she can't do something like transferring her pain onto her child.
Xu Yi endured the pain and drank a few mouthfuls of hot water, but the hot water had almost no effect. However, Miss Gu's kindness did soothe her heart.
"Thank you for your help tonight, Teacher Gu." Xu Yi changed her form of address back to her original one.
Gu Yueyue didn't react much, but reached out and touched her forehead. The burning sensation had gradually subsided, and Gu Yueyue breathed a long sigh of relief. "It's good that you're alright. Is there anything else that's bothering you?"
"Thank you, Teacher Gu. I'm fine, I don't feel uncomfortable." Xu Yi had managed to suppress her pain without batting an eye.
Seeing that her complexion was normal, Gu Yueyue felt relieved and advised her, "Don't run around if you're not feeling well in the future, and... if the situation gets serious, you must go to the hospital."
"Okay." Xu Yi took a sip of water, her brows furrowing slightly. Gu Yueyue noticed this subtle change and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's just plain boiled water," Xu Yi said with some regret.
Gu Yueyue didn't understand what he meant, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "You're not feeling well, drinking some hot water will make you feel better."
"Hmm." Xu Yi nodded, thinking to herself that it would be even better if she added some of the flower tea that Miss Gu had given her.
It's getting late. Xu Yi has training tomorrow, and Gu Yueyue also has to deal with the mess left by that troublemaker Fan Weiwei.
Xu Yi noticed that Miss Gu was sleepy, so she got up and rearranged the blankets on her bed. She usually didn't rest in bed and would meditate on the sofa or the floor at night.
The bed was a mess, all from the little brat playing with the wool blanket on it.
"Teacher Gu, it's getting late, you should go to sleep first." Xu Yi made the bed, then thought for a moment and took out the pajamas that the program team had given her from the closet. "These are clean, I haven't worn them yet."
"Okay, thank you." Gu Yueyue took the pajamas and went to the bathroom to change.
Inside the room, Xu Yi picked up Xiao Xiao, who was being kept outside the bathroom door.
She sat down on the sofa, nestled in Xiaoxiao's arms, and Xu Yi gently coaxed her, "You've seen Miss Gu, are you any happier?"
Actually, she didn't need to bring Miss Gu back, but Xiao Xiao sensed that Miss Gu was in danger and told her to hurry up and save her. Although everything was over by the time she arrived and Miss Gu was only slightly frightened, Xiao Xiao was still scared.
After the sword spirit took human form, it shed the cold and murderous aura of a sword soul and gained a childlike innocence. If she didn't see Miss Gu safe and sound, Xiao Xiao would probably feel uneasy. Xu Yi also sensed the little sword spirit's panic, so he tricked and deceived her into bringing Miss Gu back.
"Happy." Her small smile revealed just how happy she was, but after laughing, she reached out her little hand to touch Xu Yi's cheek, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. It's nothing." Xu Yi held her soft little hand. Being cared for by her own child, Xu Yi ignored the pain in her body.
Xiao Xiao didn't believe her. "You're most afraid of pain. I don't believe you. Open your heart and let me hear how miserable you are."
Xu Yi's face stiffened, then she coughed lightly twice. "Children shouldn't concern themselves with so many things. You need to learn to respect your mother's privacy and not always listen to my thoughts."
"I am a child who is tens of thousands of years old."
"That's my little one too." Xu Yi picked her up and weighed her in his arms. "You'll have to sleep on the sofa with me tonight."
"Okay." Xiaoxiao had no objection. She was a bit immature, but she wouldn't cause trouble. Even if she wanted to be close to her mother, she wouldn't deliberately scare her.
Xu Yi patted the two little tufts of hair on her head and praised her, "So good."
Little Gu smiled, her eyes crinkling, and covered her mouth with her little hands, whispering, "I'm the best baby. I want Mommy Gu to hold me."
"Yes. You're the best behaved. But we'll have to wait a bit. If you suddenly appear, you'll frighten Miss Gu. She's just an ordinary mortal now, and she can't handle being frightened. She might easily end up reporting to the underworld prematurely, understand?"
"...Okay." Xiao Xiao pouted unhappily, then turned her gaze to the bed, looked up at Xu Yi with a blank expression, and asked, "Are you going to sleep with Little Gu's mother? Will I have a little sister tomorrow?"
A note from the author:
It's just a little sister, right? You two, put in the effort and hurry up and make her one! Get it done, get it done!
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Chapter Thirty
"Xiao Xu." Gu Yueyue came out of the bathroom. Her figure was not much different from Xu Yi's, except that Xu Yi was slightly taller than her. The pajamas distributed by the program team fit her well.
Xu Yi looked up at her, a faint smile on her face, "Teacher Gu, are you going to rest now?"
"Hmm. It's getting late." Gu Yueyue looked at the bed. She didn't mind sharing a bed with others. When the girl group performed before, there weren't enough rooms, so she would squeeze into a bed with the other members. Sometimes, it was common for the three skinny girls to sleep together. Even later, when she went on a business trip with Xiao Ye, they would sleep together due to special circumstances.
Xu Yi rarely slept with others. The only time she shared a bed with someone was a long time ago when she was tricked by Miss Gu in the secret realm. Otherwise, as the head disciple of the Cangyun Sect, she would never need to humiliate herself by squeezing in with someone else.
"Teacher Gu, you should sleep in the bed. I'll just rest on the sofa."
Gu Yueyue disagreed, "This bed is big enough for both of us."
“But Teacher Gu…” Xu Yi didn’t know how to explain to her, and stood up in a hurry, speaking haltingly, “I’m used to sleeping on the sofa.”
I've always been meditating on the sofa, isn't it just a habit?
Gu Yueyue didn't understand the reason for her words, but she was amused. "You usually sleep on the sofa?"
Xu Yi couldn't offer any explanation for Gu Yueyue's teasing; she scratched her head anxiously.
Gu Yueyue stopped teasing her and gave her two choices, "Alright, this is your dorm room. You have a lot of training tomorrow. Either we sleep in the bed together, or you can give me the sofa."
“That won’t do.” Xu Yi thought for a moment. “Then I’ll sleep in the same bed as Teacher Gu.”
Xu Yi gave the little brat on the sofa a look, as if to say, "You'll have to sleep on the sofa by yourself tonight."
She pouted slightly, wanting to cry but too lazy to. Tens of thousands of years had passed; she was long since used to her mother's character.
Seeing that the relationship between the two was progressing, Xiao Xiao was quite happy, and the family of three could ascend to the upper realm in no time.
Xu Yi changed into her pajamas in the bathroom and came out. Gu Yueyue was already lying down, so Xu Yi carefully lay down next to her.
Gu Yueyue felt a heat source beside her and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Xu Yi on the other side tried to keep her distance so that there was enough room for another person to sleep between them.
Xiao Xiao sat on the sofa, watching longingly. Finally, after the lights in the room were turned off, she climbed onto the sofa and pretended to sleep.
Having failed to establish her foundation today, Xu Yi had a rare day off from cultivation. She closed her eyes and began to sleep, something she hadn't done in a long time, and she actually fell asleep.