Treatment

Chapter 14 Treatment

The two's outstanding looks attracted more and more ordinary people to watch, and Ling Tianyu and Mu Ningxue could no longer stay and had to flee in panic.

"Ning Xue, has your frostbite worsened again?" Ling Tianyu recalled that when he touched Mu Ning Xue's delicate body just now, it felt as if he had touched ancient ice, and the coldness penetrated to his very bones.

"It's alright, I can still support you!" Mu Ningxue replied, feeling a warmth in her heart.

"Uh...right, come with me!" Ling Tianyu grasped Mu Ningxue's delicate hand and led her to a secluded pavilion in a few quick steps.

Feeling the warmth and heat of Ling Tianyu's palm, Mu Ningxue's beautiful face couldn't help but blush. The ice goddess, who almost never had any contact with the opposite sex in the capital, was now holding a boy's hand.

If the male students at the capital's top universities, who regard Mu Ningxue as their goddess, saw this scene, their hearts would probably break.

"This will do!" Ling Tianyu nodded in satisfaction.

"Could it be..." Mu Ningxue's mind raced with wild thoughts. She, so pure and innocent, had never experienced anything like this before.

"This place...isn't this inappropriate..." Mu Ningxue blushed, thinking to herself, "Isn't this progressing too fast? I'm not mentally prepared yet!"

Ling Tianyu looked at Mu Ningxue's expression strangely. It was just to alleviate her icy erosion, why was she reacting so strongly?

"Ning Xue, sit down. What are you standing there for? Are you afraid I'll eat you?" Ling Tianyu shook his head with a laugh, looking at Mu Ning Xue's dazed appearance. She was really cute!

"Is it coming? Should I accept it or wait and see?" Mu Ningxue closed her eyes, feeling Ling Tianyu's breath on her face, and her heart pounded.

"This girl..." Ling Tianyu chuckled. Could Mu Ningxue have been thinking about that?

"Vines grow!"

A verdant vine emerged from Ling Tianyu's hand and wrapped around Mu Ningxue's slender arm. He then activated [Life Granting], infusing life force into Mu Ningxue's body.

Warm currents flowed down her arms, nourishing her body, which was already exhausted from the Ice Crystal Bow [Ice Erosion]. Even her soul, which had been tormented and riddled with holes by the Ice Crystal Bow, showed signs of self-repair under the nourishment of life force.

In this warmth, Mu Ningxue couldn't help but think of her deceased mother, and her heart was filled with sorrow.

A quarter of an hour later, Ling Tianyu had exhausted all his plant-based magical energy. He was covered in cold sweat and felt completely exhausted.

Magic energy is to a mage what water is to a plant; its importance cannot be overstated. Without the nourishment of magic energy, a mage may even fall into a coma.

Mu Ningxue snapped out of her reverie and, seeing Ling Tianyu's condition, felt a pang of heartache. She quickly got up and leaned against Ling Tianyu.

The delicate fragrance emanating from Ling Tianyu's body and the sweet scent of Mu Ningxue's ice lotus mingled together, causing both of them to blush.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

"It's alright, how are you feeling?" Ling Tianyu felt weak all over and tried to get up from Mu Ningxue's arms, but Mu Ningxue pressed him back down.

"Don't move!" Mu Ningxue's cold gaze completely captivated Ling Tianyu, who obediently nestled in her arms and stopped moving.

"When will you be able to cast spells? You haven't joined the Black Church, have you?" Mu Ningxue recalled the strange sensation on her arm earlier, which was clearly a low-level plant-based spell, so she asked.

"That's right! I've joined the Black Vatican, and I'm going to get rid of you soon!" Ling Tianyu threatened.

"Tell the truth!" Mu Ningxue patted Ling Tianyu's arm in an annoyed tone.

"I awakened early at the military headquarters!" Ling Tianyu made an excuse; having connections in the military headquarters made everything easy to explain.

"I see!" Mu Ningxue understood. Her talent was also quite good. She mastered magic in nine months, and her talent was not much worse than hers.

A moment later, Ling Tianyu felt he had regained some strength and weakly said to Mu Ningxue, "Ningxue, I can move by myself, can you let go of me?"

Mu Ningxue's embrace was indeed quite comfortable, soft and tender, and her natural fragrance was intoxicating, but a grown man can't be held by a woman all the time, can he?

Of course, Ling Tianyu couldn't help but feel a little smug, like a "girl next door has grown up." Then, comparing that to Mo Fan's progress in winning him over, wow, he'd completely dwarfed him!

Mu Ningxue looked down and saw that Ling Tianyu's complexion had indeed become much rosier, so she released Ling Tianyu.

"Um... are you feeling any better?" Ling Tianyu asked. Using his life force to alleviate Mu Ningxue's [Ice Erosion] was a spur-of-the-moment decision, and he didn't know how effective it would be for her body.

"Very good!" Mu Ningxue closed her beautiful eyes and carefully felt it. "My soul has recovered about half of its original state. After another six or seven times, it should be able to return to its original state."

"Is it that effective?" Ling Tianyu was taken aback, then realized that Mu Ningxue might not have fully absorbed the fragments of the Ice Crystal Bow, so the backlash wasn't very strong yet.

Yes, if the soul backlash is too strong, even a beginner mage like Mu Ningxue wouldn't be able to withstand it for long. If it were the complete version of the Ice Crystal Bow, it would require a forbidden spell level to fully master. If a beginner mage were to forcibly absorb it, their soul would inevitably be destroyed.

It's a pity Ling Tianyu didn't awaken the fire element; otherwise, dealing with [Ice Erosion] would have been much easier... No, the ice attribute of the Ice Crystal Bow is comparable to top-tier Soul Ice. Later, during Mu Ningxue's Antarctic training, the demon bow underwent a transformation, achieving a Heavenly-grade ice seed. The effect of mortal fire would probably be useless here.

In Ling Tianyu's opinion, Mu Ningxue in the original story was at least born with a spiritual seed talent, awakening it two years ahead of time. Her cultivation speed should have far surpassed Mo Fan's. However, her cultivation was later overtaken by Mo Fan. Excluding the influence of the protagonist's halo, her weak soul was also a major contributing factor.

"Thank you!" Mu Ningxue was sincerely grateful to Ling Tianyu. She gazed at him with alluring eyes, feeling both grateful and fortunate. Since her awakening, others had either deliberately approached her because of her appearance or cut off contact due to the difference in their status. Only Ling Tianyu, who had been a ray of light silently supporting her since her childhood, was there. What girl could refuse such a boy?

"Well... Mu Ningxue, it's been a long time!" Ling Tianyu put his arm around Mu Ningxue's slender waist and whispered in her earlobe.

(End of this chapter)