lcionline Chapter 352 The Cold and Pure Human Buddha Child VS The Adorable and Devoted Demon Cat Emperor [28]
Chapter 352 The Cold and Pure Human Buddha Child VS The Adorable and Devoted Demon Cat Emperor [28]
Chapter 352 The Aloof and Holy Human Buddha Child VS The Adorable and Devoted Demon Cat Emperor [28]
Shiga frowned slightly, feeling the weight of the other person's chin resting on his shoulder, his back pressed against their chest, and a pair of arms embracing him from the front.
He hugged me from behind, very tightly and intimately.
Shiga paused, taken aback.
In the Buddhist realm and in the human world, and even in his long life, he had never had such close contact with anyone, so close that he could feel the other person's breath gently brushing against his face.
Wherever the gaze falls, it is as if carved from jade, transformed into human form, with red lips and a white face, the corners of the eyes seeming to exude the fragrant beauty of peach blossoms drifting on flowing water.
If all things in the world have a spirit, they can cultivate themselves and transform into human beings, whether beautiful or ugly. To monks and nuns, they are all just bones and flesh.
Shiga didn't perceive much of this, but the heat was no different from that in the illusion, and it was still coming from behind him or from this person.
Jiang Xiyu indeed embraced Shijia from behind, reluctant to let go like a lover, and kept him firmly in front of her.
Shield him from the cold wind and leave him with warmth.
His long, silvery-white hair cascaded down his back, some falling onto Shiga's shoulders, others onto his robes, a myriad of strands intertwined and tangled.
Jiang Xiyu was still asleep, which was contrary to his usual sharpness.
Shiga noticed that his brows were slightly furrowed, paused for a moment, and then came to his senses.
He didn't know what had happened last night, but he vaguely guessed that the warmth and softness in the illusion all came from this person.
Even Buddha has compassion for all living beings. If he sees grass and trees withering, he will reach out and return them to dust. How much more so for people?
Shiga turned around, closed his eyes and waited quietly for a while, slowly turning the prayer beads in his hands.
The person holding him showed no signs of waking up; in fact, their breathing became increasingly heavy.
Shiga recalled that at the Compassion Temple, this cat had absorbed merit for him and slept for seven whole days...
Perhaps it was because he had been lost in thought for too long, or perhaps it was because the body he was holding was too upright and tense, Jiang Xiyu's chin was starting to hurt a little. His head tilted to the side for a moment, then subconsciously moved back. As if feeling the coldness, Jiang Xiyu's ear tips twitched.
The soft, thin cat ears brushed lightly against Shiga's cheek, causing a slight tickle.
Shiga paused in his hand as he twirled the prayer beads, then raised his hand, intending to untie Jiang Xiyu's clasped arms.
Jiang Xiyu snorted in dissatisfaction, her tone as coquettish as a cat.
Shiga's hand remained motionless in mid-air.
When he saw that Jiang Xiyu was still unconscious, he slowly broke free from his embrace.
Jiang Xiyu had indeed fallen into a deep sleep without realizing it, but he would instantly wake up if any demonic energy approached. Now that no demons dared to approach this place and Shiga was not in danger, he could take the opportunity to sleep for a while.
He didn't know how he transformed into human form in the middle of the night. He just vaguely felt that he was being warmed by Shiga's Buddha light, and his body reacted by transforming into human form and shedding his soft hair.
Shiga placed him on the stone platform.
The stone platform was transformed by Jiang Xiyu last night so that Fushiga could sit down; it was very flat.
He slept peacefully, showing no signs of waking.
Shiga lowered his eyes, looked at him quietly for a while, and then turned to face the sunlight.
He clasped his hands together and silently recited the scriptures, his aura gentle yet subtly powerful.
For some reason, his magical power recovered faster than expected.
In the past, it could only recover 30% in a day, but after last night, it recovered 50%.
Thinking of the cultivation in the illusion, Shiga's tone lowered slightly as he recited the scriptures.
Those temperatures were not an illusion. Shiga now clearly understood that those temperatures were given to him by that cat. Just as he knew that when his cultivation reached its deepest point, his body would be plunged into bone-chilling cold, and those soft, fearless creatures would cling to him, relieving his suffering.
Isn't he afraid of the cold?
I'll be scared.
The world is full of human emotions and feelings, and this cat is no exception.
But he still wanted to get close to me.
Little did they know that getting close to him meant getting close to the bone-chilling cold.
Shiga does not have such an ability.
Despite his immense power, he lacked even the most basic human perception.
But after last night, he discovered that he did have the ability to sense temperature after each backlash. The time it took to sense temperature varied, but Shiga never interacted with people, so he naturally couldn't detect it.
Shiga suddenly had an epiphany.
If he couldn't sense it, how would he know that during cultivation, it was bone-chilling cold?
He was completely unaware of all this simply because no one was around him and no other warmth was falling on him.
At that moment, Shiga stood in the sunlight, and his clasped hands slowly separated.
Light shone through his slender, snow-white hands, and beneath his skin, a genuine warmth of humanity surged.
It's hard to describe that feeling. It's like a moment when ripples appear in the center of a dream, and he feels unfamiliar with it, yet he doesn't reject it.
In still water, ripples are fleeting, but the warmth lingers.
Shiga suddenly opened his eyes.
Footsteps sounded behind me, accompanied by a familiar and gentle call.
Jiang Xiyu smiled gently and called out, "Master."
"Master, you've finally woken up?"
Just as Shiga was about to turn around, a pair of arms reached out from behind him and landed tightly on his waist, the water stains on his back covering his warm body.
"Master, I was so worried about you, you've finally woken up..."
Even when Jiang Xiyu was a cat, she was used to being close to Shiga.
When she woke up, she was still groggy and had forgotten that she had transformed into human form. She reached out to hug him and rubbed her cheek against Shiga's broad shoulders with great affection.
Shiga's body suddenly stiffened.
He looked down at the long, slender hand at his waist, and for a moment he didn't know how to react.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Xiyu felt the body she was holding like a taut string, and blinked her eyes slowly.
He stared at the Asura knot hanging from Shiga's back, then glanced at his own height in a daze.
Jiang Xiyu realized that she was now a human being, and closed her eyes with some annoyance. She immediately let go of Shijia's arms and took a few steps back.
Shiga then turned around and looked directly at Jiang Xiyu.
His eyes were deep and cold, and his expression remained indifferent, as if Jiang Xiyu's rude behavior had not bothered him at all.
Jiang Xiyu was extremely troubled. He instinctively covered his head with his hands, as if he had done something wrong, and whispered, "Master, Master, I've offended you, I'm sorry..."
His tone was full of apology.
Seeing that Jiang Xiyu had his head down and his ear tips drooping slightly guiltily, Shijia knew that he was troubled by the intimacy they had just shared.
Shiga did not speak immediately, but remained silent for a moment before saying, "No offense intended."
The tone was calm, yet it seemed to be a reassurance.
He was trying to appease Jiang Xiyu; it wasn't an offense, and he didn't feel that Jiang Xiyu had offended him.