Thump, thump...
A rhythmic, pulsating sound suddenly resounded throughout the entire barrier space.
Gu Xiaorou stopped crying, and she sat up, looking in surprise at the silver ball pendant hanging around her neck.
The silver ball-shaped pendant box opened automatically, and the black Heavenly Eye flew out from it. After drawing a mysterious and complex symbolic curve in the air, it gently landed on Ling Yun's brow.
Like the pulsating sound of a heartbeat, it instantly resounded throughout the entire barrier space. The Heavenly Eye suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light, and right next to Ling Yun's brow, ripples of broken gold were penetrating Ling Yun's skin and entering his body.
Gu Xiaorou stared in shock at everything. For the past three years, the Heavenly Eye had remained an ordinary black bead without any abnormalities. Although it had shown unusual pulsations after meeting Ling Yun, that was all. Gu Xiaorou had never imagined that the Heavenly Eye would undergo such an astonishing change.
As the golden light continued to pour in, Ling Yun's body gradually changed. His entire body radiated a dazzling golden light. After the light faded, his aged and decaying skin peeled away inch by inch, replaced by new, fair, and elastic skin. Vigorous vitality returned to his body.
Thump, thump...
As his gentle breathing deepened, Ling Yun's heart suddenly began to beat strongly and powerfully, its rhythm perfectly synchronized with the pulse of his Heavenly Eye, as if they were one voice. His body seemed to be enveloped in a divine light.
Gu Xiaorou opened her beautiful eyes wide, looking at this almost miraculous change with surprise and delight.
wake up……
A deep and majestic voice suddenly rang in Ling Yun's ears.
The boy slowly opened his eyes.
Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Apartment
"Ling Yun!" Gu Xiaorou exclaimed excitedly, rushing forward to help the somewhat bewildered boy who had just woken up.
The Heavenly Eye automatically flew away from Ling Yun's brow, and the golden light suddenly retreated into the small bead. Then, the Heavenly Eye flew back into the silver pendant box. The lid clicked softly and closed automatically, and everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
"Did you hear anything?" Ling Yun looked at his hands, which had become fair and strong again, and touched his regenerated face before asking Gu Xiaorou, who was both excited and joyful.
Gu Xiaorou was taken aback: "What was that sound? I don't know." She looked deeply at Ling Yun, "Anyway, it's good that you've recovered."
"How did I recover?" Ling Yun kept using his mental energy field to monitor the movements within his body. He felt some changes had occurred, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly where they were. This was almost unbelievable. If he was unclear about his own abilities before gaining them, it would be understandable. But to still feel the unknown even with such detailed insight from his mental energy field was truly beyond Ling Yun's expectations.
Moreover, while he was unconscious, that majestic voice was not a hallucination, but a real presence; it was just that only he could hear it.
The power returned to his body, stronger than ever before. After experiencing the fifth simulation, Ling Yun was reborn like a phoenix rising from the ashes, but this time it was clearly not the work of self-healing. Self-healing can cure any serious injury, but it has no effect on the loss of pure life force, so Ling Yun urgently needed to understand what had happened.
Gu Xiaorou briefly explained the changes in the Heavenly Eye. As for why the Heavenly Eye only affected Ling Yun, the girl didn't understand. She hoped Ling Yun could figure it out, but unfortunately, Ling Yun seemed even more confused than she was.
The two of them took out the Heavenly Eye again to study it for a while, but the Heavenly Eye showed no further changes, and even the pulse disappeared, so the two of them had to put it down for the time being.
"No matter what, it was your extraordinary treasure that saved my life," Ling Yun said with emotion, looking at his newly grown hands, a genuine joy welling up from his heart. "I owe you another favor."
Gu Xiaorou lowered her head and said softly, "I owe you. If you hadn't wanted to learn the Holy Healing Technique for me, I wouldn't have almost lost my life."
Ling Yun smiled and said, "I said I would help you, how could I not keep my promise? Besides, you saved me in return, so let's call it even. But you also saved my life before, so of course I owe you more. Let's not argue about that."
“It wasn’t me who saved you.” Gu Xiaorou gently shook her head. “I suddenly realized that you are destined to be with the Heavenly Eye.”
“It’s your Heavenly Eye, not mine,” Ling Yun said.
Gu Xiaorou remained silent. The Heavenly Eye was an unparalleled treasure, coveted by countless individuals with supernatural abilities. It was hard to believe that someone could face the Heavenly Eye without harboring any other thoughts.
"You need to use Holy Healing to treat your injuries as soon as possible." Ling Yun suddenly remembered the most important thing. "I checked the condition of the miniature barrier inside your body. If you use Holy Healing, you should recover within a week."
"Yes, I will. However, during the use of Holy Healing, my abilities will be suppressed to the minimum," Gu Xiaorou nodded and said.
"I will be there to protect you."
Gu Xiaorou remained silent, but in her heart she was thinking: That's exactly what I wanted to hear.
"How long have I been unconscious?" Ling Yun stood inside the barrier, the panoramic view already opened outside the barrier, the city still in the pitch-black night.
“Seven days and seven nights,” Gu Xiaorou said softly.
Ling Yun was startled: "If we've been absent from school for so long, won't we be punished by the school?"
Gu Xiaorou was both amused and exasperated: "You're still thinking about these things? You should worry about yourself first."
“I don’t want to break the rules,” Ling Yun sighed. “Actually, I just want to live a peaceful life like an ordinary person.”
“Ling Yun?” The girl gave him a deep look.
"Um?"
"I want to know what exactly happened to you. Can you tell me?"
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"You don't want to talk? Then forget it." Seeing Ling Yun remain silent, Gu Xiaorou suddenly felt a sense of loss.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I don't know how to say it, and I also need to get someone's consent. I'll tell you when I have the chance." Seeing her disappointed look, Ling Yun suddenly felt a pang of pain in his heart and couldn't help but walk over and hold her hand.
The girl's hand trembled slightly, then she let him hold it.
"I don't know where you can temporarily recuperate, since the school isn't very convenient." Ling Yun frowned.
The girl gave him a long, wistful look: "I have a place for you. Come with me."
It was nearly midnight. In the brightly lit lobby of Building A3, the highest-floor apartment building in the upscale Tiantongyuan residential complex in a bustling area of Beijing, the security guard on night duty sat bored in a large chair, absentmindedly flipping through the curled-up newspapers on his elegant desk. He yawned several times in succession.
He glanced at the CCTV screen behind him, and as expected, the screen was empty.
Is there any point in working the night shift? It's just a way to make a living. The security guard thought to himself, somewhat bored. He didn't notice that a young couple suddenly appeared on one of the CCTV cameras, silently and as if by magic, ascending several steps.