Help, I’m Being Forced to Marry a Frail and Sickly Immortal Doctor! 62

Chapter 62: A Past Dream in the Mortal World

“Ning Ruoque, I miss you so much.”

After confirming that Yin Buran’s condition was stable, Qingtong left, looking back every three steps.

She shooed away the people who were craning their necks and scolded with her hands on her hips, “What are you looking at? Do you dare to inquire about the sect master’s affairs?”

The crowd scattered like birds and beasts, and a clearing was made around them.

Seeing Yin Buran sitting on the ground, meditating with her eyes closed, her hair and clothes in a mess, she didn’t tidy them up as usual.

Chu Xuan directly summoned her flying boat. “Let’s go up and talk. It’s warmer inside.”

Si Mingyue asked considerately, “Do you need us to leave as well?”

“Just give me a quarter of an hour.”

After Ning Ruoque finished speaking, she leaned over and easily carried Yin Buran up.

The scene of her carrying Yin Buran onto a horse when they went hunting together back then seemed to be still vivid in her mind. She couldn’t help but compare.

She’s really lost a lot of weight. There’s almost no flesh on her waist.

After entering the room, she put Yin Buran on the soft couch, cast a dust-removing spell, and then brought a cup of warm tea.

Yin Buran leaned back, subconsciously wanting to touch her own bracelet. Naturally, she raised her hand and found nothing.

She held her wrist uncomfortably, as if talking to herself.

“Ning Ruoque, are you a dream?”

Without her initial proud appearance, she was like a traveler who had been walking alone in the desert for a long time.

She was so thirsty that she was about to go crazy, but she didn’t dare to believe that the oasis before her was real.

Her voice was so small that it was almost inaudible, but Ning Ruoque still heard it.

Having seen Yin Buran’s self-righteous little expressions so many times, she didn’t know when she had started to not be able to stand seeing the other person so worried about gains and losses.

Ning Ruoque’s gaze shifted for a moment, and finally, she spoke with apprehension.

“Ranran, I remember a little bit. Have we… met in the human world?”

Yin Buran looked up and stared at her without blinking. “Yes. At that time, you were still called Ning Man.”

Ning Ruoque hesitated to speak. “I…”

She frowned, annoyed at her own clumsy tongue, having to choose her words for a long time just to explain a simple cause and effect.

Ning Ruoque had recovered from her injuries later and had also thought of going to find Yin Buran. At least to report her safety, so as not to make her worry.

But her master had said that a cultivator should cut off all ties with the mortal world, otherwise, it would bring disaster to their relatives and friends in the human world.

At that time, she had heard that the world was prosperous and peaceful, and the empress was diligent and loved the people. It was a rare time of peace and prosperity.

She thought that Yin Buran would have her own medical hall and then live a peaceful and happy life.

So Ning Ruoque had reluctantly given up the idea of going to see her and focused on practicing her sword.

For a long time, she had been practicing her sword day and night, killing demons, and sparring with her master.

Until one day, her master had sent her to participate in the sword testing conference of the Cloud Sword Pavilion.

Her first trial of the sword resulted in twenty consecutive victories, and the whole audience was in an uproar.

After that, Ning Ruoque became famous in one fell swoop and was invited to join the Immortal Alliance. There, she met Yin Buran again.

Yin Buran had smiled and handed her a handkerchief, and then after she had sat down, she had brought a cup of…

Ning Ruoque frowned, and some more details came to her mind.

Yin Buran had brought her a cup of particularly bitter tea.

But at that time, she had not cared and had drunk it all in two gulps, and had even said “thank you.”

Ning Ruoque stammered as she tried to explain, “Actually, after I was taken in by my master, I wanted to go back and find you—”

Yin Buran interrupted directly, “I know. You told me.”

Ning Ruoque cautiously stole a glance at Yin Buran. Seeing that she showed no signs of being angry, she secretly let out a sigh of relief.

She then asked eagerly, “Then did you open a medical hall later?”

Yin Buran’s expression was blank. “I’m here now. What do you think?”

“…”

So she didn’t. Ning Ruoque felt sullen in her heart, a kind of indescribable sense of loss.

It was as if the person who had not achieved her wish was herself. If she had a tail, it would probably be drooping by now.

Seeing Ning Ruoque’s dejected look, Yin Buran sighed softly. “You asked me the same question back then.”

“I originally wanted to collect your body, but by a strange twist of fate, I broke into the upper realm and was taken in as a disciple by the Medicine King.”

So after all the twists and turns, the two of them had finally reunited.

Yin Buran leaned against the pillow and took a reserved sip of tea. “Are you willing to believe me now?”

The room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard, and Ning Ruoque’s mind was a blank.

After a long while, she finally took a deep breath, as if she had made a great determination. “…I believe.”

Although it was hard to imagine how the two of them had developed such a relationship.

But after much struggle, Ning Ruoque still chose to believe Yin Buran’s words.

One had to be responsible for what one had done. This had always been Ning Ruoque’s habit.

So when she had saved Yin Buran back then, she had taken the initiative to take care of her. Now that she had a good relationship with Yin Buran, she should also…

Ning Ruoque couldn’t think any further. It was as if there was a flame in her body.

With a little more thought, this flame would burn a little hotter, until it had burned her inside and out.

She turned her head away, not daring to look at Yin Buran’s expression carefully, but she couldn’t help but steal a glance, and then another.

She saw the corners of Yin Buran’s mouth slightly pursed, not looking happy, but rather particularly wronged.

Then Yin Buran suddenly sat up.

Ning Ruoque thought that Yin Buran wanted to get off the bed and quickly bent down to help her. But she didn’t expect the latter to directly hug her, and her whole body pounced into her arms.

She was afraid that Yin Buran would fall, so she quickly and clumsily held her steady, and she heard a dream-like murmur by her ear.

“Ning Ruoque, I miss you so much.”

Ning Ruoque was stunned.

No one had ever said such a thing to her before.

Ning Ruoque heard the heartbeats of the two people and also felt a slightly lower body temperature that was different from her own.

Her arms were filled with Yin Buran, and her mind was also drowned by the emotions contained in that sentence.

For a moment, she didn’t know how to react.

She felt Yin Buran move and stuff something into her arms. When she looked down, she found that it was her own storage bag.

Ning Ruoque held the person with one hand and freed the other to put away the storage bag.

Yin Buran looked up and asked her, “Why did you throw this thing to me?”

She had originally thought that there was a way to save Ning Ruoque inside.

But when she opened it, she still only found a small amount of spirit stones among a large amount of food, and also some messy grass-woven toys.

“There’s a token in there that can take you into Mount Xuansu, and also your medicine,” Ning Ruoque explained with a straight face, “If I really die, you can take any of the swords I’ve collected.”

As soon as her voice fell, Yin Buran squinted her eyes and punched Ning Ruoque’s shoulder.

Just as she was about to speak, Ning Ruoque beat her to it and stuffed a piece of osmanthus cake into her mouth.

Yin Buran chewed for a few bites, and her brow relaxed slightly.

Just as she was about to punch again, a rapid knock suddenly sounded on the door.

Chu Xuan shouted in a loud voice, “Are you two done?”

Yin Buran frowned and reluctantly got off Ning Ruoque. She tidied her own clothes, even the cuffs were neatly arranged.

The corners of Ning Ruoque’s mouth turned up unconsciously. She turned her head and replied, “You can come in.”

The door of the room creaked open. Chu Xuan was clearly impatient and spoke as she walked.

“To make a long story short, let’s exchange information first.”

Ning Ruoque nodded.

She briefly described her encounter after being swallowed by the fox phantom, only saying that she had been trapped in an infinitely looping illusionary realm.

“After I came out of the illusionary realm, I was brought here by that giant Kun.”

Yin Buran tilted her head. “Infinite loop?”

Ning Ruoque: “Yes. Now that I think about it, my consciousness should have sunk into my sea of consciousness.”

That was why she couldn’t control herself and could only repeatedly read her past memories under the influence of an unknown thing.

Until she broke through that barrier.

Chu Xuan sat on a chair in a carefree manner and snapped her fingers after listening.

“After you disappeared, the Mirage Sea Realm lost control. It indiscriminately dragged everyone into the illusionary realm, and it couldn’t be stopped. This might be the reason why you repeatedly fell into a loop.”

“If it weren’t for Yin Buran releasing a strand of sword qi, I would probably be unconscious and not far from death by now.”

After she finished speaking, she suddenly pointed at Ning Ruoque and shouted in a very loud voice, “I think that strand of sword qi looks like yours. The fortune-teller can also testify!”

Si Mingyue, who was suddenly called out: “Eh?!”

She was still dazed, but her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of Yin Buran’s calm and otherworldly expression.

She seemed to be uninvolved, but in reality, her nails were digging into the soft pillow.

What else did Si Mingyue not understand? Not to mention that it was the truth.

She nodded, her face serious. “That very fierce aura, it really looks like you.”

Ning Ruoque was stunned. “You’re saying that the big pit on the island was caused by my sword qi?”

Come to think of it, she did hear the hum of her life-bound sword when she was in a daze.

Yin Buran had also said that she had given her a strand of sword qi.

This was another piece of evidence, proving that she did have a large part of her memory forgotten, or even tampered with.

No one spoke, only Yin Buran coughed a few times.

She held the teacup listlessly, her lips pale, and her long hair had lost its luster.

She looked like a skinny cat that had been wandering outside, very pitiful.

Ning Ruoque wanted to coax her with food, but she also felt that what she wanted was probably more than that.

In this brief silence, Chu Xuan’s voice suddenly came to her mind.

【To cut through a god’s formation with one sword strike, for you to be able to give her such a high-level sword qi, you must have really loved her to death.】

This kind of transmission was only between two people, and it was difficult for others to hear.

Ning Ruoque pressed her lips together and lowered her head to pinch her ear.

What does it mean, to love her to death?

Before she could answer, she heard Chu Xuan continue.

【Of course, for me to be able to make a bracelet that can contain your sword qi, I am also a genius.】

Ning Ruoque: 【How do you know that the bracelet was made by you?】

Chu Xuan: 【Nonsense. Who else would sell you a heaven-tier artifact at a low price? Do you think you’re very rich?】

【……】

Ning Ruoque could not refute.

She was probably the poorest of the four of them. She had nothing but her sword.

If Yin Buran went back to Mount Xuansu with her, she would probably be wronged.

That was why she found it hard to imagine her usual way of getting along with Yin Buran.

Chu Xuan was still rambling: 【Although this bracelet is only a little bit worse than my Nine Heavens Xuan Yao Grand Formation, but—】

【I don’t remember how I made it.】

【Is there any way to make me remember too? I really want to know how I made this bracelet back then, ahhhh!】

Her mind was filled with Chu Xuan’s penetrating howls. Ning Ruoque shook her head and forcefully cut off the secret chat.

As soon as she came back to her senses, she heard a commotion outside the flying boat.

Ning Ruoque pushed open the window in a few steps and saw the giant Kun leap into the sea in the sky, letting out a mournful cry.

When she looked down again, a fluffy white fox with a fluffy tail was running on the ground.

It bared its sharp teeth and bit at the cultivator beside it.

Due to the extreme psychological trauma from the previous battle, everyone subconsciously dodged, and some had even fled far away.

Yin Buran also saw it.

She immediately got up and threw a soft pillow at Ning Ruoque. “It was this fox that hurt me.”

She complained softly, “You said you would help me get revenge.”

Although she didn’t remember saying such a thing at all.

But after hearing this, Ning Ruoque jumped off the flying boat and rushed up without any hesitation.