Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 2686 Awakening
"Hold the moon, hold the moon..."

In a corner of the city wall of Yanggao County, Ying Baoyue leaned against the wall, her whole body drenched in cold sweat.

"Stop shouting, her soul has left her body, she won't hear you no matter how much you shout."

Chunyu Ye, dressed in the armor of the Silver Cicada Guard, sat cross-legged to one side and yawned. "If he still doesn't wake up in half an hour, we'll find a place to bury him."

Ji Jiashu suddenly sat up straight and glared at him angrily.

Why are you glaring at me?

Chunyu Ye was speechless. "She's the one who's torturing herself like this. She's been unconscious for three whole hours, and I can barely feel her pulse. She's supposed to be a Heavenly Rank cultivator, yet she's so completely defenseless. If I really wanted to kill her, she would have died a hundred times over, okay?"

Ji Jiashu stared coldly at him, "Then even if I'm reduced to dust, I will still kill you."

Chunyu Ye shrugged. "You're really loyal."

Ying Baoyue went so far as to search for another man's soul, yet he remained so loyal to her side, even going so far as to seek out his enemy, all to protect Ying Baoyue.

"But I'm serious. If she doesn't come back, it will be really bad."

Chunyu Ye stared at Ying Baoyue, whose lips had turned pale. "Astral projection is no joke. If I remember correctly, this body doesn't even belong to her."

If Ying Baoyue's soul doesn't return to this body for a long time, it may never return.

"I have no idea……"

Ji Jiashu's lips turned slightly pale. "Baoyue only said that she needed to have her soul searched and would be unconscious for several hours, and asked me to protect her. I didn't know that her soul would leave her body for so long."

He didn't understand what soul searching was, nor did he understand why this method could be used to find Li Ji.

Ying Baoyue had been unconscious for so long that he panicked and, in his confusion, sought out Chunyu Ye.

“You’ve got some nerve coming to me,” Chunyu Ye glanced at him. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll kick her while she’s down and take advantage of the situation?”

"You are the one with the highest cultivation level in this city..."

Ji Jiashu took a deep breath. "I had no other choice."

He also consulted Mu You and Tengshe Shen, but even the gods couldn't figure out what was wrong with Ying Baoyue.

"Oh? Really?" Chunyu Ye said with a half-smile, "I seem to remember there was another Rank Two? Where's your real father?"

Ying Baoyue is not waking up, why doesn't Ji Jiashu ask Ji Mo for help?

Ji Jiashu said calmly, "I contacted him, but he ignored me."

Ji Mo's original words were, "Even if she tortures herself to death, it's none of my business."

Chunyu Ye chuckled, "Your father is truly a man of genuine character."

Ying Baoyue was, after all, the ruler of a country and the commander-in-chief of an army.

"You didn't reveal my whereabouts, did you?" Chunyu Ye asked.

Ji Jiashu shook his head. "I didn't tell anyone."

If anyone knew that he had taken the unconscious Ying Baoyue to see Chunyu Ye without authorization, even if he was the Grand Preceptor of the Former Qin Dynasty, he couldn't cover it up.

"You're really brave," Chunyu Ye couldn't help but exclaim again.

If Ying Baoyue really gets into trouble, then Ji Jiashu will be doomed forever.

He was genuinely curious about the source of Ji Jiashu's trust in him. Did he really not look like someone who wanted to kill Ying Baoyue?

“You and Baoyue spent a long time alone in Xirong,” Ji Jiashu said, “and you didn’t do anything to her.”

The time Yun Zhongjun abducted Ying Baoyue to Xirong alone, it took them so long to find her, yet she was safe and sound in the Xirong people's stronghold.

Where they couldn't find her, Chunyu Ye protected her.

Ji Jiashu had a strange intuition about Chunyu Ye, and to avoid making the other party angry, he felt it was best not to say it.

Aside from Li Ji, Ji Jiashu always felt that Chunyu Ye was the person on this continent least likely to truly harm Ying Baoyue.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Chunyu Ye felt uneasy under Ji Jiashu's gaze. "Even if you keep staring at me, I can't bring her soul back."

So what should we do?

Ji Jiashu bent down and gently wiped the cold sweat from Ying Baoyue's forehead.

Ying Baoyue's armor had been removed, and the clothes underneath were completely soaked with sweat. Chunyu Ye reached out and placed his hand on her wrist, his gaze gloomy.

My pulse has slowed down.

He closed his eyes and slowly channeled his true energy into her body, doing his best to protect her heart meridian.

The lump on his back began to stir restlessly, and a fierce glint flashed in Chunyu Ye's eyes. "Shut up! If you move again, I'll cut you off!"

Ji Jiashu watched the two of them with concern, then sat in meditation to protect them.

After an unknown amount of time, just as the campfire on the city wall was about to go out, Ji Jiashu suddenly noticed that Ying Baoyue moved.

"Hug the moon?"

Ying Baoyue, who was leaning against the city wall, trembled and suddenly opened her eyes.

She opened her eyes in the darkness, and the first thing she saw was a pair of emerald-green pupils.

“Helian…”

"I am Chunyu Ye."

Chunyu Ye released her wrist, his gaze darkening slightly.

What was she trying to call out for? Helian Yan?
Why did Ying Baoyue call out his alias as her first reaction upon seeing him after regaining consciousness?

In her heart, has he always been Helian Yan?
"Baoyue, you're awake!"

Ji Jiashu was overjoyed and rushed over to hug her, but stopped abruptly when he got close.

“Jia Shu…”

Ying Baoyue smiled, then looked apologetic, "I'm sorry."

She must have terrified Ji Jiashu by being unconscious for so long.

She never expected that the first thing she would see when she opened her eyes was Chunyu Ye.

For a moment, she thought she was dreaming.

Why are you here?

Ying Baoyue looked down at her wrist and noticed traces of Chunyu Ye's true essence within her body.

What is this person doing? Is he protecting her?
"If it weren't for our deal, I wouldn't bother with you."

Chunyu Ye straightened his clothes and stood up, expressionless. "Well, have you found Li Ji?"

Ying Baoyue gave a weak smile, "Found it."

"Impressive," Chunyu Ye whistled, but his eyes were cold. "How did you find it?"

"You're going to such lengths to find him, even resorting to soul-searching. You're really going all out."

“I can’t reveal that,” Ying Baoyue wiped the sweat from her forehead. “Anyway, I’ve found him.”

It seems they've finally stopped refusing to contact me.

Chunyu Ye sneered, "Finally, you've trained them properly?"

“You’re talking strangely,” Ying Baoyue glanced at him. “Yun Zhongjun is still alive.”

Chunyu Ye stopped laughing. "So much time has passed and you still haven't killed him? What kind of leader of the gods is this?"

“Aji said that he was protected by the White Dog God, and that in a two-on-two battle, neither of them could destroy the other.”

“The Azure Dragon God and the White Dog God are mortal enemies,” Ying Baoyue lowered her gaze. “Aji said that the Azure Dragon God can only trap Him at most at present.”

Li Ji couldn't kill Yun Zhongjun, and Qinglong Shen couldn't kill Bai Quan Shen.

Unless we perish together again.

"So how long can they be trapped? A thousand years, ten thousand years?"

Chunyu Ye remained expressionless. "And then we just stand there like that? Are you suggesting we settle this out there?"

This certainly doesn't solve the problem.

Ying Baoyue looked at Chunyu Ye, "I want Aji to release them."