Upon the ice plain, Gu Yuena with her silver hair cascading down to her smooth ankles, gazed quietly at Luo Yu.
She said nothing for a long time.
Slightly distracted.
Luo Yu waved his hand in front of her eyes.
"Hey, what are you looking at?"
Gu Yuena pursed her lips.
"What's wrong with looking?"
"Look, just look," Luo Yu shrugged nonchalantly.
"Who cares to look," Gu Yuena snorted disdainfully, showing her scorn.
"Alright, I really should go now."
"You just stay in the far northern lands."
Luo Yu asked puzzledly, "You still haven't said what you're going back for."
Gu Yuena gave him a sidelong glance.
"Have you forgotten? The injury I sustained from the Asura God Slash damaged my origin, and I still haven't recovered."
"Not yet?"
Luo Yu opened his mouth in surprise.
"Tsk."
Gu Yuena mocked, "Sure enough, a crying child gets milk, a girl pretending to be weak gets cared for, but nobody loves a strong one like me."
"Who says so?" Luo Yu shook his head and grabbed Gu Yuena's wrist.
Gu Yuena instinctively wanted to retract it, but the man held on tightly.
"What are you doing?"
Luo Yu said, "I'll help you check the injury."
"You first killed the Divine Envoy, then fought the Rakshasa God with such poise, I thought you had fully recovered."
"How could I not care otherwise?"
Gu Yuena felt much better after hearing this, warmth filling her heart.
However, she still shook her head and said,
"This injury has affected my origin; I can only heal it slowly by myself. Taking any sort of heavenly treasures won't help, and you can't help me either."
"Besides, our attributes don't match, and your cultivation level is not as high as mine. Your soul power would be rejected upon entry and wouldn't reveal anything..."
Gu Yuena didn't finish the last word; she was suddenly stunned.
Because she felt a vigorous soul power entering her body through her wrist, inspecting her condition, and surprisingly, her own soul power didn't reject it but instead conveyed a sense of joy and welcoming, as if it were greeting the other's soul power home.
"What... what's going on?"
Gu Yuena was dumbfounded.
She never expected such an absurd thing to happen.
Her body was actually welcoming the other's soul power?
She could clearly feel the meridians that the other's soul power had traveled through trembling as if excited.
"What's going on..."
Gu Yuena repeated incredulously.
If someone else's soul power dared to try and probe Gu Yuena, it would likely be met with instant backlash.
At best, they would be seriously injured; at worst, they would die on the spot.
While such a reaction from an expert like Gu Yuena shocked Luo Yu, he felt no excitement.
He had already discovered Gu Yuena's internal condition.
The meridians were unharmed, flowing with terrifying soul power, but the origin in the Dantian was damaged.
It felt like a part was missing.
And that missing part was very difficult to replenish by conventional means.
After all, never before had there been any mention of an object in this world that could replenish an origin.
Luo Yu sighed deeply.
He felt that even though he promised to help the Dragon Clan take revenge, she had always been the one sacrificing for him.
Carrying such an origin injury, she still repeatedly came out of seclusion to help him, taking care of his affairs.
Gu Yuena was both his close confidante and his protector on his path.
Luo Yu knew full well that without Gu Yuena's help, it would have been difficult for his strength to increase so rapidly.
His strength surge was not just due to hard work alone.
At this moment, Gu Yuena noticed the worry and pain in Luo Yu's eyes, and her cold voice softened.
She patted the man's hand.
"Alright then,"
"I really should go back."
"I need to quickly recover from my injuries, and you should also hurry to stabilize your cultivation level. Let's hurry and get the Spatial Dragon King's origin back."
"Leaving it in the Asura Secret Realm, I always feel uneasy."
"You have already absorbed eight of the Nine Great Dragon Kings. If the last one is annihilated by the Asura God, you'll be in trouble."
Luo Yu did not say much.
He became more serious.
"Focus."
"Hm?"
Gu Yuena was initially puzzled, not understanding why the man suddenly became so serious.
Then she saw Luo Yu's body erupt in a nine-colored brilliance.
A stream of nine-colored energy surged into her body from Luo Yu's palm.
The moment this nine-colored energy entered, Gu Yuena's entire body uncontrollably trembled with excitement, as if every cell was cheering and leaping for joy.
Her pupils dilated, eyes filled with shock.
In an instant, just an instant, she climaxed.
Guided by Luo Yu, the nine-colored energy smoothly navigated her meridians and entered her Dantian.
The silver light group, representing Gu Yuena's origin, eagerly absorbed this nine-colored energy.
"Boom!"
After absorbing the nine-colored energy, Gu Yuena's Silver Origin burst forth with a strong silver radiance, and her damaged origin began to heal rapidly.
"What... what power is this?"
"Why is my damaged origin recovering?"
The shock in Gu Yuena's heart was beyond words, she couldn't keep her composure.
For countless years, she had tried many methods, but the wounds to her origin could only be nursed over time and could not be healed quickly with external forces.
But now the energy the man transferred was making it possible to heal?
She could feel her entire body craving for this unbelievable energy.
It was truly miraculous.
Luo Yu smiled, satisfied,
"My guess was correct. The Dragon God Origin comes from the same source as you, and is even of a higher rank. Healing your wounds shouldn't be a problem."
"Previously, my strength was weak, so the effects might not have been noticeable."
"But with my strength reaching its current level, it's a far cry from before, and the power of the Dragon God Origin has grown to countless times its original size."
"What?"
Instead of feeling excited after hearing this, Gu Yuena became nervous and agitated.
She shook off their connected hands directly.
"Are you crazy? You're transferring your Origin Power to me, what will you do?!"
"I've lived with a damaged origin for so many years, do you think I don't know the pain of losing it?"
"Do you realize this could affect your potential?"
Gu Yuena, having said that, grabbed Luo Yu's wrist again, her spiritual power surging wildly to prevent her own origin from absorbing the Dragon God Origin.
She wanted to separate it out and give it back to Luo Yu.
Luo Yu chuckled, and with a gentle yet strong force from his hand, he separated Gu Yuena.
He stepped back.
"That will do."
"Stop fussing."
"Now that the Dragon God Origin has fused with your power, even if I wanted it back, it's impossible."
Gu Yuena stomped her Jade Feet in frustration.
"How... How could you make such a rash decision."
"Don't you ever think of yourself?"
Luo Yu shrugged his shoulders, his gaze lingering on the Ice and Snow Empresses standing to the side, his lips moving silently to convey,
"Why should you care about me? As long as you are safe, it's a clear sky to me."
Gu Yuena was struck as if by lightning, standing rooted to the spot.
Looking at the man, with somewhat pale lips but an indifferent expression on his face.
Her eyes, strong for an eternity, began to moisten.
Her nose felt a slight sting.
"You... are you stupid?!"