Chapter 1059: You’re Quite the Smooth Talker

Chapter 1059: You’re Quite the Smooth Talker

After narrowly escaping Liang Zhao and the others’ attacks, and after being sealed by Lin Nuo for a while, Qin Shili finally regained some strength.

But she was still a broken record, only able to call his name.

Her body was still icy cold, and even Lin Nuo’s touch felt numb.

“Are you feeling better? Can you say anything else?”

Lin Nuo asked, and Qin Shili stopped calling for him, her eyes that had just opened snapped shut again.

Lin Nuo: “…”

Seriously? You just opened your eyes, don’t close them again!

Lin Nuo felt speechless; just when he saw a glimmer of improvement, she conked out again like a zombie.

If it doesn’t work, might as well seal her again for a long, deep sleep.

Lin Nuo planned to use the sealing technique once more to seal Qin Shili, but at that moment, her hand moved and touched his leg.

That sudden chill momentarily made him feel like that leg didn’t belong to him anymore.

“Whoa, don’t suddenly get close like that! Are you for real or just faking it?”

Lin Nuo quickly stepped back to warm his leg a bit.

“Cough, cough, what’s happening here…?”

She opened her eyes again, and found herself under a blue sky, with branches swaying in the wind, leaves gently falling onto her cheek.

This wasn’t the Qin family.

“Where is this?” she asked.

“You’re finally saying something else! Thank the heavens, I thought both your body and nerves had collapsed.”

Lin Nuo leaned closer to check, and at that moment, Qin Shili’s face had regained a little color, looking less pale.

“Lin, Lin Nuo? Is it… you?”

Qin Shili tried to sit up, but her body felt so stiff that it wouldn’t cooperate.

“It’s me; you’ve called my name more than once. Do you know what state your home is in? It’s like the Arctic here! You’ve really outdone yourself—how much grievance did you have to freeze your own house?”

“Help me up,” Qin Shili spoke in a weak voice.

“Can’t help you; you’re too cold. Just rest, don’t move around. Are you hungry? I’ve got roasted meat to fix that.”

“No. The Qin family, those demons, stop… them…”

“Relax, don’t move. They’re already gone, and the Qin family is no more.”

“No… no more… I…”

Qin Shili felt a pang of guilt; in the end, she couldn’t protect the Qin family.

Although her family had evacuated the scene, their whereabouts and fates were unknown, but it was clear that aside from Qin Dao, the Qin family’s power was long gone. Now the mention of the Qin family only referred to Qin Dao leading what was left.

“What do you think? Even if there were survivors, your blizzard buried everyone. That’s what I call an icy funeral. But I didn’t see your father at the scene, and I haven’t seen your other family members either. Who knows, I might have stepped on them!”

Lin Nuo retreated back toward the fire to warm himself up again.

Qin Shili: “…I… still couldn’t do it…”

“Oh come on, you didn’t get killed by Liang Zhao; that’s pretty good already. Have you forgotten what happened before?”

Lin Nuo teased, circling around Qin Shili after warming up a bit, trying to infuse her with spiritual energy. She should be able to handle it now.

“With the current situation, you can’t change it alone. But you do have a lot of potential; that ice and snow domain? Liang Zhao has to be wary of you; it took them ages to figure out a way to crack it.”

Lin Nuo took a deep breath, and by speaking, the spiritual energy gradually flowed into Qin Shili. She could absorb it now.

Gradually, her body regained more color, although she still couldn’t stop coughing.

A cough or two helped ease her breath a bit.

“But in the end, I still couldn’t kill them. All I did was slow their attempts to kill me.”

After coughing for a while, Qin Shili spoke more smoothly, no longer stumbling over her words.

“Security can’t even protect others, let alone you,” Lin Nuo scoffed. “But it’s clear you’re yearning to grow stronger now.”

“Yes. So do you have any good methods? Such as dual cultivation?”

“No, no, no! Stop thinking about that! It shows quick results at first, but later on, it wanes. Don’t rely on that to get strong enough to fight Liang Zhao and his crew.”

“What should I do then? I can’t just stagnate.”

Qin Shili got agitated. After experiencing a series of setbacks, she was now eager to grow stronger.

She was the pride of the Qin family, yet now she couldn’t even protect her loved ones.

“Going too fast won’t get you anywhere; you can’t rush this. I will let you personally deal with them,” Lin Nuo said confidently.

“Are you going to catch them for me? Actually, I still hope to do it myself.”

“You’re not doing it alone anymore, Sister Qin. If you wanted to do it alone, you’d be dead. You have to rely on me, understand?”

Lin Nuo crouched next to her, noticing the resentment in her eyes.

Woman, although you’re stubborn, you can’t deny your strength isn’t enough to contend with them.

“You make a good point. But I want to depend on you, yet you’re helping other women—what’s up with that? In the end, I still can’t rely on you!”

Qin Shili’s words were tinged with intense grievance. If she could, she’d wish to depend on Lin Nuo for life, but many others were clinging to him, and he wouldn’t focus on just her.

“Alright, I get your meaning. Though I say this, I still came to save you. You can manage to kill Qin Dao and the others if you want; I won’t be the first to attack, but I can protect you. If you want to grow strong, you’ll have to do it yourself; I have no good tricks.”

Lin Nuo sat beside her, worried this woman might suddenly get so emotional she’d have a meltdown.

Stubborn, just stubborn.

“At this time, shouldn’t you embrace me, then comfort me? Why does your warm body have such cold words?”

“Your body is too cold, sister. You need to take care of yourself and recover alone.”

Lin Nuo sighed; this woman was nitpicking. The best way to handle it was to stop talking back.

“That’s not a good enough excuse.”

“Sure, sure. Your body temperature goes up, and I’ll dual cultivate with you; will that work?”

“Alright, I understand.”

Qin Shili could now slightly move her body; she wanted to get closer to Lin Nuo, but he’d quickly step away.

“Am I that scary? Do you like avoiding me?”

“Cold. I was already shivering when I carried you. Just take a good rest; don’t do anything mischievous.”

“During the time I was away from you, which other women did you look for?”

Qin Shili threw out a soul-searching question, but someone like Lin Nuo had long since gotten used to it.

“If I say I didn’t look for anyone, would you believe me?”

“Not at all.”

“Then who do you think I was with?”

“All the women you know.”

“You’re exaggerating a bit. I found Ruo’er, but for your sake, I put her aside to find you. So, don’t overthink it, alright? At least now, I’m right here with you,” Lin Nuo said earnestly.

“You’re getting good at this; I’m truly falling deeper for you.”