When he entered the Lu's shop, Xu Zhuchen's hands suddenly sank. She didn't have time to think, turned around quickly, and grabbed Xiao Mei's falling body.
"Azadirachta? Azalea?"
Several clerks in the lobby of Lu's shop rushed out, helping out and saying hello, and a few hurriedly ran to the back to call for help. Xu Zhuchen refused them all, picked up Xiao Mei and used Qinggong to leave.
Her efforts were of course ineffective. The restriction was pressed on top of her head, and her internal energy was blocked, like a river frozen into ice, unable to flow out for irrigation. Xu Zhuchen lost his internal strength, and it was even more impossible to use his energy to regulate Xiao Mei. She simply put her forehead against Xiao Mei's and called out urgently in a low voice: "Ah Mei, can you hear me?"
"She can't hear now. Don't waste time like this. Come in with me." An old woman with a strong figure and white hair appeared from behind the screen. She wore a pair of sharp-edged lenses and a gorgeous black embroidery. Wearing a long dark red bamboo mantle, holding a string of red and white coral beads in his hand, he only glanced at Xu Zhuchen lightly, then raised two long eyebrows, "Are you Xu Zhuchen? Xiao Fenglong's friend , then you are here to deliver things to the shop."
As she spoke, she walked forward amid the crowd. Xu Zhuchen hugged Xiao Mei and quickly followed her into a room with layered curtains.
When she entered the house, she pushed away the crowd, flicked her beads, and said to Xu Zhuchen, "Okay, don't keep holding her, put it down."
Xiao Mei's body was limp, but his right arm was stiff, covering his chest tightly. Xu Zhuchen put her on the bed as he was told. Before he touched her abnormally tight right arm, he saw the old woman's hand passing in front of her and snatched away what Xiao Mei was guarding over her heart.
"Senior Lu, you——"
The old woman in front of her widened her eyes and pointed at herself: "Me? Don't scream. I'm just Lu Ruxue's friend, looking after the store on my behalf." As she spoke, she took out a small ebony box from her arms and put it in Xiao Mei took out the brocade bag and threw it in without even looking at it.
The room was covered with black curtains everywhere, making it airtight, so the temperature was much higher than outside. The scent of agarwood in the air was surrounded by curtains and was very strong, almost pungent. The old woman closed the box and put it into the treasure chest beside her. When she turned around, she saw that Xu Zhuchen was still holding Xiao Mei's hand, looking like he was in pain, so he couldn't help but move closer behind her:
"Hey, what's the point of having to live and die here? She's asleep, but she's not dead. There's no point in crying. Why don't we think of a solution."
Xu Zhuchen was almost aroused by the old woman's words - this restriction was beyond her control. If she could restore her internal strength, why would she be so powerless? But she controlled her temper and said respectfully: "I wonder if you have any advice, senior?"
The old woman thought for a while, then whistled to call a handyman, who gave her a few instructions in her ear, then rolled up her sleeves and said, "Watch it."
As she spoke, she pinched Xiao Mei's body with one hand, firmly, accurately, and firmly. Unfortunately, Xiao Mei's eyelids only twitched and did not wake up.
Xu Zhuchen only felt that her heart was a little out of control. She was really angry. Before she showed it, the young handyman ran back and poured a basin of water on Xu and Xiao without any explanation. Xu Zhuchen's anger was completely extinguished.
It was really a mess now. The sheets, quilts, curtains, including Xu Zhuchen and Xiao Mei were all soaked. All the candles and incense were extinguished, and there were water marks everywhere on the floor and the edge of the bed. The old woman couldn't keep up with her appearance, so she assigned a few "smarter" maids to help Xu Zhuchen bathe and change clothes. As for Xiao Mei, she patted her chest and swore, "Leave it to me, and I promise to serve her well, or I'll give you my head."
It was a cold autumn day, and Xu Zhuchen had no power to protect himself at this time. He was worried about getting sick, so he had to compromise. She kicked off her slippers and followed the girls to the backyard. Within a few steps, she looked back at Xiao Mei and the old woman five or six times.
When she finally left the house, the old woman knocked on the partition at hand and whispered: "Lu Ruxue, Lu Ruxue, come out quickly and see what is causing trouble again."
There was a "creak" in the room, and a mechanical door gradually opened as the gears slowly turned. A woman wrapped in black slowly walked out from beside the old woman - her hair was as white as snow, her skin was wrinkled, her whole body was a cold bluish white, and even her lips were a shocking purple. The woman took a few steps out, and the old woman quickly jumped down from the bed, grabbed her and pulled her forward.
"Hurry up and stop whining. What if the child is really tortured to death?"
When Lu Ruxue saw her coming forward, she didn't move and stretched out her hands to lie on the old woman's body.
The "old woman" pressed her eyebrows, but felt that the touch was too strange, so she reached out to her neck, tore off the entire mask and stuffed it into Lu Ruxue's hands. She carried Lu Ruxue on her back, smoothed back her messy red hair, and sighed: "Just because of these two little girls, do you have any important reason why you had to stay up late last night to read the astrolabe?"
Lu Ruxue got close to the "old woman"'s body, and her pale face finally began to ease: "I... saw that the resentment stored in King Wei's banner left the carrier, and she was going to cause harm to the world." She finished these words. , the body has gradually returned to normal rosiness, and the dry and curled hands and feet have gradually become plump, "Wenxu, did I hurt you?"
Under Lu Ruxue's "cannibalization", Gu Wenxu's body gradually showed some signs of aging, but he recovered quickly. She shook her head and put Lu Ruxue down. The two of them looked at Xiao Mei on the bed. For a moment, neither of them could say anything.
The restriction set by Lu Ruxue is not to restrict the use of all internal powers, but to limit those with internal powers and those without internal powers to the same power. Therefore, warriors will feel restricted, while ordinary people will feel energetic. Logically speaking, this is the time when warriors are at their most vulnerable and ordinary people are at their most powerful.
The situation of Xiao Mei in front of her was very special - the internal power in the ring was blocked, so there was no trace of her own internal power in her body. Lu Ruxue had a premonition that the King of Wei Banner was coming, so he modified the upper limit of the restriction. Under the power specified by the restriction, even if the Banner of the King of Wei came into close contact with the human body, it would be impossible to break through the restriction and forcibly drag people into the sea of consciousness.
Unless, the restriction also limits Xiao Mei's other vitality.
Gu Wenxu saw what Lu Ruxue was thinking and said, "It's impossible. The restriction is here. Even if she has any special skills, she can't be restricted to such a fragile state."
Lu Ruxue also nodded, sighed, and said: "The chess pieces are no longer useful, just put them away casually. The only thing worth celebrating is that King Wei Banner has to plant the 'poison seeds' twice in a row before it can take root in the body. This can be regarded as What a blessing among misfortunes. Wenxu, go and get the purification bottle, and I will remove the consciousness from her body. Let her wake up first."
As she spoke, she scratched her wrist with her left hand, and a bloodstain immediately appeared. Gu Wenxu used a clean bottle to catch the blood on her wrist. He touched the mouth of the bottle with his finger, and a flash of green fluorescence flashed. A few drops of blood flowed into the bottom of the bottle and merged with the contents at the bottom of the bottle.
Lu Ruxue took the purifying bottle and muttered something, and saw a few bright and light drops of water flying out of the purifying bottle, which immediately melted between Xiao Mei's eyebrows. After the water droplets disappeared, there was no movement for a long time. Lu Ruxue's face looked a little bad. She gritted her teeth and tried to force out more blood, but Gu Wenxu held her back:
"I'm here, you protect me."
A piece of black cloth appeared in her hand at some point, with dark red words embroidered on the four corners, which read "Warning off evil and suppressing life". A burst of black air gathered in the room, almost blowing out the flickering candlelight. Gu Wenxu bit his finger and pointed it at the center of the handkerchief, and the blood was immediately absorbed by the handkerchief. Lu Ruxue formed a seal with her hands to isolate the black energy around Gu Wenxu. A white light enveloped her hands, and the handkerchief in Gu Wenxu's hand stretched out and penetrated directly through Xiao Mei's chest.
"Caught it." Gu Wenxu smiled.
In an instant, the surrounding black energy fled in all directions, and spots of blood-red appeared under Lu Ruxue's protector. Gu Wenxu withdrew his hand, and there was a black eye-like object in his hand, spinning around. She took a look and pressed into the bottle handed over by Lu Ruxue.
Looking at Xiao Mei again, he had just taken out the spiritual object from her chest. It did not cause any harm to her, but instead caused her to cough. Gu Wenxu and Lu Ruxue looked at each other, and had no choice but to put on their masks again and take her to bathe and change clothes.
"Wenxu," she was about to go out when she heard Lu Ruxue's voice behind her, "I'm still a little uneasy. Plant a 'good karma' in her."
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