The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 343 Coveting
Princess Jade Face turned her head away, her face showing reluctance.

Ding Lin suddenly raised his hand, seemingly casually pointing a finger, and a point of emerald light flew out and entered Princess Iron Fan's body. She shuddered, as if a dying patient had been injected with a stimulant. Two unhealthy blushes suddenly appeared on her ashen face, her breath surged violently, and her almost dissipated spiritual energy gathered again. Then the blush on her face faded, and her face turned pale and bloodless, but her breathing stabilized.

"Your Excellency, you... saved her?" Princess Jade Face's expression was somewhat complicated. It was no longer appropriate to use the titles she used in her private quarters.

"Why am I so cold to you?" Ding Lin asked.

“That’s not what I meant. I just felt…” Princess Jade Face carefully chose her words and said in a low voice, “that you wouldn’t do these meaningless things.”

"Isn't it enough that you want her to live? Besides, saving her isn't difficult. She's already taken ninety-nine steps out of a hundred. All it takes is a little support and a tiny bit of life to get her through this. It's just a small favor for me."

Ding Lin said, looking at Princess Jade Face with gentle eyes. He wasn't lying, but he wasn't entirely lying either. His actions this time were indeed partly due to Princess Jade Face.

But only a portion of them.

A very small portion.

As for the rest.

Ding Lin may have initially kidnapped Princess Iron Fan out of revenge against the Bull Demon King, but after succeeding, he may have had other thoughts. Especially after his encounter with Princess Jade Face, those vague thoughts began to emerge. And just now, seeing Princess Iron Fan's striking resemblance to her in blue robes in the morning light, the evil in his heart finally became clear, a very subtle impulse.

But these are things that are best left unsaid.

Moreover, although Ding Lin wasn't very emotionally intelligent, he still had some. When it came to coaxing girls, he naturally had to say the same thing in front of Princess Jade Face.

“She has survived. The laws have been engraved, and her true spirit has gathered. But the little bit of life force I injected is only enough for her to survive the death calamity. Her injuries will gradually improve day by day. But at this moment, she is indeed in the weakest state. When she wakes up, she will probably have difficulty even moving,” Ding Lin said to Princess Jade Face, revealing his true nature in a single sentence. “These next few days, you might as well take better care of her. You have already done so much. You can’t just keep giving silently. You have to let her know that you appreciate it.”

Ding Lin turned and went back to his thatched hut.

Meanwhile, after seeing Ding Lin make his move, Wang E knew the matter was settled, so he stopped watching and returned to his thatched hut to cultivate.

……

A gloomy and stale atmosphere permeated the air.

Time flowed slowly, and before we knew it, dusk had fallen again.

Princess Iron Fan's consciousness stood in her sea of ​​consciousness, and a new chain of laws stretched across the shattered cave, bringing a sense of security she had never felt before. With this newly comprehended law, there was finally hope for the repair of her Dao injury.

She recalled the perilous moment when she comprehended this law, still feeling lingering fear and some doubts.

Princess Iron Fan clearly remembered that at the very last moment, when she was about to fail, an external life force was injected into her, which allowed her to barely hold on. However, at that time, her consciousness was about to dissipate and her senses were dulled, so she could not distinguish the source of this life force at all.

Let's not think about it for now.

Princess Iron Fan opened her eyes. Contrary to her abundant soul, her physical weakness was unprecedented. She frowned, feeling pain all over her body, and her face paled again. She steadied herself and found herself lying on the couch. "Sister Iron Fan, you're awake."

Princess Iron Fan was taken aback when she heard a familiar voice, but then felt it was perfectly natural.

Indeed, besides Princess Jade Face, there would be no one else here who would help her.

“You are still very weak. You should lie down for the next couple of days until your injuries and magic power recover somewhat before you get up,” said Princess Jade Face. As she spoke, she took out a jade bottle, poured out a few pills of medicine, and fed them to Princess Iron Fan.

Princess Iron Fan closed her eyes again, paused for a moment, and circulated her internal energy. As the medicine took effect, her meridians, which had been completely dried up, finally regained a trace of life, and demonic energy flowed through them again. She opened her eyes once more.

"Thank you, sister." Princess Iron Fan said weakly, expressing her sincere gratitude. She tried to get up by supporting herself with her hands, but her elbows buckled and she fell down again.

Princess Jade Face quickly caught her: "Sister, be careful. You can only talk now, you can't move... He said that your physical body is too weak this time. When you first woke up, you were not as good as a mortal who was seventy years old and about to die. You need to recover for at least a day and a night before you can get up."

"Him?" Princess Iron Fan immediately noticed. "It was...he who saved me?"

“Otherwise, I could. I’ve only just achieved the status of a Celestial Immortal. How could I possibly help you when you…?” Princess Jade Face said, which was exactly what she wanted.

"I'll thank the Venerable One when I'm feeling better. Good sister, I know it must have been you who pleaded for me," Princess Iron Fan said absentmindedly. The Bull Demon King, however, didn't stop. The image of the iron cudgel he was about to swing down reappeared in his mind. If he could treat his wife with such devotion, how much more so a stranger? "Otherwise, how could someone of that level care about the life or death of an ant under my feet and lend me a helping hand for no reason?"

Princess Iron Fan's expression was somewhat complicated. When Ding Lin rescued Princess Jade Face, Jade Face was restraining her, which is how she was rescued as well. Counting that time, this was the second time she had been rescued because of Princess Jade Face.

“Sister Iron Fan, I only mentioned it briefly, and the Venerable One immediately came to your rescue,” Princess Jade Face said. “What happened before may have given you some reservations about the Venerable One, but he… is actually a very good person.”

"Yes, he really treats you very well," Princess Iron Fan said, her heart aching slightly again. This kind of pain could only be gradually accepted, but it would not disappear, and with the passage of time, it would harden her heart like iron.

“Sister, don’t think too much. It’s all in the past. The Venerable said that you have extremely strong talent in cultivation, and it is possible that you will even advance to the Taiyi realm in the future. When that time comes, chop off that bull’s head to quell the hatred in your heart!” Princess Jade Face said. Originally, she only wanted to comfort Princess Iron Fan, but as she spoke, she couldn’t help but grit her teeth.

"That day will come." Princess Iron Fan's eyes were icy, radiating a chilling aura.

……

Inside the thatched hut, Ding Lin sat cross-legged on a futon, closing his eyes in meditation.

Having witnessed Princess Iron Fan comprehend the laws, he also gained some insights.

Sprouting, sprouting, reaching its peak, and then breaking and decaying...

Perhaps Princess Iron Fan herself didn't realize that, despite only comprehending the decaying aspect of wood, she was actually developing a complete life cycle of plants.

(End of this chapter)