Midday the next day.
The bedroom door opened, and Lin Fan stepped out of the bedroom, yawning.
It was the first time he had slept until midday in a long time, not since his cultivation reached the Immortal Emperor level.
Facts proved that as the spiritual energy in his body thinned and the spirit of heaven and earth became scarcer, his bodily functions also seemed to be slowly becoming more like an ordinary human's.
If that was the case, he wondered how she was doing…?
Lin Fan turned to look towards the sofa, only to find that the blanket and pillow he had placed on it last night were untouched.
Longyue was still sitting quietly on the sofa in a meditation pose, her eyes tightly closed.
Oh?
She didn't even eat or drink, maintaining the meditation pose from last night until noon!
It must be said, she was indeed worthy of being called the Queen of the Immortal Realm. To have such willpower…
It turns out he had underestimated this woman a little…
Lin Fan cast an admiring glance at Longyue, then without disturbing her, he went straight into the bathroom to wash his face.
Just as he was scrubbing his face with a towel, there was a sudden "Thud" sound from the living room, as if something had fallen to the floor.
Lin Fan put down the towel in his hand and peered out of the bathroom with curiosity.
He saw Longyue, who was previously sitting on the sofa, had fallen face-down from the edge of the sofa onto the floor. Her body even seemed stiff…
"Hey, hey, hey, are you alright?"
Lin Fan immediately rushed to Longyue's side and crouched down with concern.
"Ngh, uh…"
Longyue had two dark circles under her eyes, her lips were dry and cracked, and her face was so weak that she could barely open her eyes. She could only let out a faint sighing sound.
"It looks like you're not alright…"
Lin Fan carefully helped Longyue back onto the sofa to lie down, then poured a glass of water and gave it to her lips.
Longyue held the glass with both hands and greedily chugged all the water in a few large gulps.
"Drink slowly, drink slowly."
"Honestly, I told you not to push yourself."
Lin Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He put the empty glass on the table and turned towards the kitchen.
"You wait here, I'll get you something to eat."
He had already anticipated that Longyue would suddenly collapse; it was only a matter of time.
She hadn't eaten a single bite of food or drunk any water, had done two and a half hours of high-intensity work cleaning the room, stayed up all night without sleep, and had previously drained her spiritual energy by forcibly activating an immortal art. Her body was already in a weakened state, lacking spiritual energy. It was very difficult not to collapse.
Honestly, the fact that she could hold out until now was slightly beyond his expectations.
Longyue lay weakly on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling, with an expression on her face as if life had no meaning.
Her celestial immortal spirit embryo could absorb the spirit of heaven and earth to nourish the immortal body, thus achieving a state where she didn't need to eat or drink, purifying her own existence. As long as there was even the slightest bit of the spirit of heaven and earth, she wouldn't need to eat or drink.
She didn't believe there wasn't the slightest bit of spiritual energy between heaven and earth here, so she tried using the spirit-gathering breathing method to absorb it.
However, she meditated all night and tried dozens of different spirit-gathering breathing methods, but she didn't sense even a trace of spiritual energy!
Unable to absorb the spirit of heaven and earth, her celestial immortal spirit embryo naturally became ineffective in this world.
Just now, her head felt heavy, and her body, refusing to obey her command, fell to the floor.
Longyue struggled to get up from the sofa and tried to move her legs, but the next second, her entire body lost balance and fell forward.
Lin Fan, who was in the kitchen, saw this and, ignoring what he was doing, leaped forward and steadily caught her in his arms as she fell.
"Queen, what's wrong with you? Why did you get up again?"
"My legs… my legs have no feeling…"
Longyue collapsed into Lin Fan's embrace, looking up at him with tear-filled eyes. She felt an unprecedented fear in her heart, and her voice was like a whimper.
In the past, when she meditated, it lasted at least a day, or at most a few decades. She had never experienced a situation where her legs lost all feeling.
Lin Fan: "…"
Looking at Longyue's pitiful and slightly frightened appearance, Lin Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
It was logical if you thought about it. Sitting cross-legged without moving for more than ten hours, it was hard not to lose feeling…
Perhaps if she sat a little longer, both her legs would need to be amputated. It was lucky that they only lost feeling.
"It's normal not to have feeling. You sat for too long, the blood circulation in your legs became poor, so they naturally lost feeling temporarily. It will be alright after a little rest."
Lin Fan lifted Longyue and sat down on the sofa, then poured another glass of water from the table for her.
"Here, drink a little more."
Longyue held the glass and, with a gulping sound, drank all the water again.
Lin Fan took the empty glass from her hand and asked:
"Do you want more to drink?"
Longyue didn't answer. Only the sound of her faint, regular breathing could be heard.
Lin Fan looked down and saw that Longyue, at some point, had already fallen into a deep sleep, leaning against his shoulder.
The Queen finally gave up and collapsed into sleep. I just don't know if she passed out from hunger or couldn't resist the sleepiness and fainted…
If she had listened to me earlier and eaten and rested well, she wouldn't have tormented herself into such a weakened state.
Lin Fan gave a helpless smile, picked her up, and walked back to the bedroom. He gently laid her on the bed and covered her with the blanket.
Time passed. The view outside the window was slowly engulfed by night. Inside the pitch-dark room, there was only a faint light from the computer screen.
"Mmm-hmm…"
On the bed, Longyue fuzzily opened her eyes and slowly sat up, her fine, dense black hair spilling and scattering in front of her.
For the first time in a long time, she had a dream, a very terrifying dream!
In the dream, she and the Demon Sovereign were trapped in another world. The scary thing was, in that world, there wasn't a single trace of the spirit of heaven and earth!
As the Immortal Queen, she was instantly downgraded to an ordinary human and even almost starved to death!
It was too terrifying!
"Yo, you're awake, Queen~"
Just as Longyue sat up on the bed in a confused state, Lin Fan, who was sitting at the computer desk nearby, took the initiative to wave and greet her with a smile.
Longyue turned her head to look at Lin Fan, her expression confused and uncomprehending. She then glanced around the room, and her face slowly changed to the dejected look of someone resigned to fate.
Ah, so it was all not a dream…
This world is truly dreadful…
"What's wrong? You look like you're about to cry. Didn't you sleep well?" Lin Fan asked with concern.
"Nothing. This Queen is just a little despairing towards this world…"
Longyue said in a self-deprecating tone, with an expression on her face as if life had no meaning.
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment at this, then couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahaha! I never expected, I never expected that I would actually hear such words come out of the Queen's mouth."
Longyue threw a disgruntled glare at Lin Fan. The stinging hunger in her stomach left her no energy to argue with him.
At this point, she also understood that it was impossible to survive in this world without eating.
If she wanted to go back, she had to at least ensure she stayed alive first.
"So hungry…"
Longyue rubbed her flat stomach and looked at Lin Fan beside her with a pitiful gaze.
With her weak and pale face, coupled with a soft and fragile voice, she seemed at this moment extremely pathetic and touching, evoking compassion.
Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, then gave a helpless smile and once again got up to walk towards the kitchen.
"Honestly, wouldn't it have been better if you were honest from the start…"