The moonlight on the blue stone slabs was sliced into shards of silver by the eaves. When Ye Fan took Su Qingxue's hand and pushed open the wooden door of the inn, the hairs on the back of his neck suddenly stood up—the strange fluctuation emanating from the Jiuxiao Huanpei was clearer than it had been just a moment ago.
"Is the young master tired?" Su Qingxue tilted her head to look at him, her fingertips brushing lightly across his palm while the hairpins in her locks caught the warm glow of the candlelight. "Back at the ruined temple, you unleashed three consecutive 'Great Sun Seals'; my qin strings were vibrating and growing hot right along with them."
Lin Zhaoyue stood by the door holding her sword, the moonlight shining through her snow-white Daoist robe and illuminating the jade pendant at her waist. She lowered her gaze to tidy the strands of hair at Ye Fan's temples that had been ruffled by the night wind, her voice as light as snow falling on a blade: "I checked your pulse for you. Although your inner breath is somewhat disordered, your foundation in the Void Breaking Realm remains firm."
Chapter 136