Chapter 177 - The Energy Of The Wind (2/2)

”I know.” Qiu Ling smiled back at him, suddenly feeling warm. This smile … Jing He had always looked at him just like this. It was somehow happy, but also a bit melancholic, a bit like he couldn't trust this sudden bliss.

Ah, my love, I'll make you understand. I'll fulfill whatever wish you have in this mortal lifetime and then, when you wake up in that palace once again, then you'll see that you can trust me with everything. Maybe then we can finally marry.

”Come here.” Qiu Ling gripped his hands once more.

This time, he really didn't know how exactly he could help Jing Yi. Who knew how similar his magic really was to the human cultivation? After all, he didn't have to take in any energy. The magic was already a part of him. But he had to try nonetheless. Jing Yi's dream depended on this.

Alright, let's try this.

He guided the energy as close to Jing Yi's body as he could. He hoped that something might happen, that Jing Yi might understand on his own like he had managed to do it back then.

Jing Yi, too, tried to take the spiritual energy in. He had already sensed it. How difficult could it be to take this last step? Just a bit more …

He tried once again to sense that circle he had discovered in Qiu Ling in himself. But nothing. Once again, he came up empty-handed. Jing Yi suppressed a sigh and instead focused on the energy itself again. Wasn't there any clue? Any indication what to do with it whatsoever?

He furrowed his brow and gripped Qiu Ling's hands tighter. But, of course, that also didn't help. However much he concentrated and however much he tried to find some kind of link between the energy and that cycle he could feel by now, he couldn't find a way to take it in.

In the end, Jing Yi opened his eyes and smiled wryly at Qiu Ling. ”Thank you, but … I'm afraid this is as far as I'll be able to go. Maybe someone with six spirit veins like me is really not made to cultivate. I probably should have stayed in the capital from the beginning instead of attempting to become a cultivator.”

At this moment, he really felt like his dream had shattered. Feeling hope before despair was really much worse than never having any hope at all.

Qiu Ling smiled back at him but he didn't seem defeated at all. He bent forward and lightly kissed Jing Yi's cheek. ”My love, after five years of achieving nothing you finally took the first step. Is this really the moment where you should think of giving up? Trust me a bit. It might not have worked just now but we're not at our rope's end, are we? I still have an idea that might work. Let's just try it.”

Seeing Qiu Ling's confident gaze, Jing Yi's worry dispersed and he finally nodded. ”You're right. I shouldn't give up this easily. No hero would do that. Isn't that right?” His smile lightened, too. Really, to have met this man might be the best thing that happened so far in his life. Why hadn't he noticed sooner?