The Taiyin Sect's halls were silent under the silver gaze of the moon. In his quiet chamber, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, eyes closed, trying to calm his chaotic thoughts. He felt hollow. Too many people passed through his life lately. Too many voices, too many memory loss.
Then it appeared.
A shimmer in the room. Moonlight pooling unnaturally. A rabbit, small and glowing, stepped out from the shadows.
Its fur was like soft silver frost. Its ears drooped like velvet petals. It seemed harmless—adorable, even.
It hopped forward, red eyes gazing up at him with curious innocence.
Lin Yuan gave a tired smile. "Little guy, are you lost?"
The rabbit sniffed at him—then *bit*.
A tiny nibble. A baby's bite.
But Lin Yuan's world exploded.
The pain was unreal. It tore through his soul like butter under a blade. His meridians burned, his spiritual veins screamed. It was as if reality had peeled away, and his very being was being shredded apart.
Darkness swallowed him.
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He awoke with a gasp, drenched in sweat.
It felt like it's a real dream. But it wasn't a dream it's a nightmare. The pain was still there, lingering like ghost fire across his spiritual sea.
He whispered hoarsely, "Mom? ...Mom?"
No answer.
He reached into his sleeve and retrieved a soul-devouring ant—a tiny black ant for emergency contact—and directed it to bite the jade pendant that connected to Lady Mingyan's soul and secret realm.
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In secret realm,Lady Mingyan jolted upright in bed.
"What just bit me?" she muttered.
A second later, Lin Yuan's voice echoed softly, urgently: "Mom, it's me. I think something attacked my soul."
Her eyes narrowed. "Come."
A silver portal opened in front of Lin Yuan. He stepped through and found himself in her secret realm—lush with glowing flowers and soft spirit breezes.
She stood barefoot in a midnight robe, hair unbound, looking half-wild and fully alert.
"Why are you pretending not to be afraid?" she asked. "What are you afraid of, Yuan'er?"
He shook his head, unsure how to answer. She stepped forward, pressed two fingers to his forehead—then froze.
"Your soul is cracked. You weren't poisoned. This isn't backlash. Someone cut your soul like silk."
She pulled him onto a jade bed and activated a **Soul Condensation Formation**. Light spun around them.
"Who did this?"
Lin Yuan whispered, "A Moonlight Rabbit."
Lady Mingyan stiffened.
"...The immortal pet of the Gentle Moon Saint?"
He nodded.
"But it's supposed to be gentle. It's never hurt anyone."
Soon, Lady Baihua, Lady An, and Lady Fangyuan appeared.
"Why is his soul bleeding?" Lady An asked.
"It's not wet dream like before. "
"He saw a Moonlight Rabbit," Mingyan said. "And it bit him."
They all went silent.
Baihua knelt down and gave him a basket. "Eat. Now. Soul fruits. Eat until your body trembles."
Lin Yuan obeyed. He devoured fruit after fruit, his soul stabilizing slowly.
When he finished, Lady Baihua studied him. "I think I know what this is. It's loneliness."
"I'm not lonely," Lin Yuan argued. "I have friends. The refugee people,fat prince and Senior Sister ."
"You look like someone surrounded by people," Baihua said. "But I've seen many lonely snakes. Always smiling. Always alone."
Lady Mingyan whispered, "The Moonlight Rabbit is a lonely immortal. Maybe you saw itself in you."
She pulled him into her lap and gently massaged his spirit threads, mending the cracks.
"Sleep. We'll take care of everything."
She turned to Lady An. "Create a clone from moonstone and seal it in his spirit bag. If someone want to know where is he,it will help."
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**Seven days later**
Lin Yuan awoke feeling refreshed—and absolutely starving. He devoured another basket of soul fruit price give him.
"From now on," Lady Mingyan said firmly, "you only eat soul fruit. It supports your spirit."
She looked him in the eyes. "Your new duty: talk to people. Spend time with Xiaoluan and Tearlume. Connect. Understand."
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He found Xiao Hu watching over the babies at the Sect Leader's residence.
"Brother! You're awake! They can both stand now!"
Tearlume toddled forward slowly, while Xiaoluan ran around like a wild puppy.
"Where is everyone else?" Lin Yuan asked.
"Qingxue started her own business. She's like a boss lady now. Qingxuan visited earlier. The Sect Leader gave the babies a bath and left before you come. She's super busy ."
Xiao Hu looked shy. "Brother... I need money. I'm broke."
Lin Yuan chuckled. "After paying back Senior Sister, I've got 11,000 high-grade spirit stones. Let's walk around."
Xiao Hu carried Tearlume. Lin Yuan picked up Xiaoluan—who immediately *bit him*.
"Not again! I need to detoxify!"
He placed her down and activated a **Mini Moonlight Formation**, drawing out the venom.
When he picked her up again, she bit him again—but this time, it was just a bit without venom. "
"She's improving,she bite me like more than 100 time.But it only improve me. " Xiao Hu said proudly.
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At the tailor shop, Lin Yuan picked up his **golden ceremonial robe**, paying 600 stones for Xiao Hu's dress and 2,000 for the Sect Leader's.
Then Xiao Hu placed an order for 4,500 dresses, using his account.
"Why do you need *so many*?"
"VIP discount. Also, we saved a lot of girls. They need clothes."
He sighed. "We really are only saving girls, huh."
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Later, they visited the refugee market.
"We made a contract with a food shop," Xiao Hu said. "They supply food to the rescued girls."
"You made the deal?"
She grinned. "I gave a girl money. She runs it. It's my shop now."
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Lady Mingyan gave instructions: "Gather all refugees with soul bombs. Take them outside the sect."
Lin Yuan handed Xiao Hu 1,000 spirit stones to buy every **soul fruit** in the city.
They escorted 157 women with soul bombs. Outside the sect, Lady Mingyan personally removed each spiritual bomb.
Xiao Hu handed each woman a soul fruit. One by one, they wept, hugged him, and whispered thanks.37 people left for there home.
Lady Mingyan gave Xiao Hu 2,000 spirit stones.
"Use 1,000 to save the male slaves. 500 for tents. 200 for fruit. 100 for tools."
She handed the last 500 to Lin Yuan. "Give this to the old man you saved. Let him buy divine metal. He's going to forge something important."
Lin Yuan watched the market buzz with life as the sun dipped low.
Freedom had been bought with pain. And now, with compassion.
The memory of the rabbit still haunted his soul.
But here, surrounded by people he helped save, he finally felt a little less alone.