Blue Phoenix Chapter 33 - Restoration

Seeing that the young man who was severely injured managed to move into a position which allowed him to cultivate, Cou Ling was greatly surprised and astonished. She would have never expected that he would wake up as early as he did and even less that he would have the willpower to force his beaten body to cultivate.

Most people would not think too much of it, and even Fang Wei was not fully surprised because he knew that the young man they brought with them was extraordinary. But neither he nor anyone else had experienced the genuine terror of these heavenly lightning bolts. Only Cou Ling had experienced it once before, and she knew just how devastating they were. To see someone who had managed to withstand four of these lightning bolts and still spend the evening cultivating made it hard for the blacksmith not to cough up blood from shock.

Although Hui Yue could feel her gaze aimed his way, he said nothing; instead, he fully focused his senses on absorbing the essence of the heavens and the earth. The essence entered his body and was refined, and slowly a blue cloud surrounded the young man. As soon as it appeared, so did a suction force which caused the essence which was previously lingering in the air to twist and churn and instantly head towards Hui Yue. All the essence was drawn to him, leaving nothing for the two other experts to absorb.

At least neither Cou Ling nor Fang Wei had any need to cultivate currently, so neither cared that the essence swarmed towards Hui Yue. If anything, both of them were amazed by the fact that this was possible. Frowning Cou Ling walked closer to the young man and looked at him tentatively, contemplating her next move.

Curiosity seemed to win out, and with a hesitant movement, she touched the blue cloud which surrounded him. She was astonished as she found that it did nothing to attack her like she had expected it to; instead, a force appeared in her hand that was absorbing the essence around her at a speed she had never experienced before.

“How peculiar,” she whispered as she

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