Chapter 458: Chapter 457: The Attack and Defense Transformed
The one in my heart?
Immortal Yan secretly smiled to herself, for she had long passed the age when love poison first embarks, and due to her health, she never took affairs of the heart seriously. Now that her father brought it up, she couldn’t help but find it amusing.
"No, my health is fragile, and I cannot drag others down with me," she replied softly.
Helian Zhan said with heartache, "Your health is not too bad now, and Third Senior Brother will work hard to cure you. You are still young, with a wonderful life ahead of you to enjoy. Do not belittle yourself, and don’t live each day in a dejected and pessimistic manner."
Immortal Yan felt her father’s care and nodded slowly, "Daughter understands, Father, please go back. I will return to my room to rest."
Seeing her response, Helian Zhan did not insist on staying any longer.
He already knew that his daughter was hiding Yang Fei in her room. His daughter did not want him to see her to the door, which was also her concern for him discovering Yang Fei. How could he, as a father, not cooperate?
Once back inside her room, Immortal Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But she soon fell into distress again.
The meaning of her Third Senior Uncle was to provide treatment for her, which would be a relatively slow process, so she might have to stay in Central State City for a considerable time.
She might even need to reside permanently at Qingtian Sect.
In that case, what about Yang Fei?
She had suffered from an innate hidden ailment since she was a child, hanging by a thread. It was only thanks to Third Senior Uncle and her mentor’s rescue that she had survived all these years, but the hidden danger had not been eliminated.
Now that Third Senior Uncle had the opportunity to secure her against threats to her life due to illness for the next ten years, it was only natural that she would cooperate with the treatment.
But once she went to Qingtian Sect, it would be very difficult to keep Yang Fei hidden.
And after a while, Gong Yuchong will return to Qingtian Sect too. By then, he would surely pester her every day, which would be unbearable.
Going behind the screen, she saw Yang Fei lying on the bed with a flushed face, looking at her.
His gaze swept over her body without restraint, and although she had never experienced the matters of men and women, she could tell that it was the most primitive desire and impulse of a man.
"Slap!"
She raised her hand and slapped Yang Fei across the face.
Yang Fei was originally in control of the love poison’s effect on him, but to put Immortal Yan at ease, he had pretended as if he couldn’t withstand the toxin’s torment. He hadn’t expected to be fiercely slapped by her, and was momentarily stunned.
"It’s all your fault for not cooperating. If you had cooperated earlier, I would have already verified whether the Cultivation Technique you mentioned was true or false. You have made your mistress very conflicted," Immortal Yan glared venomously at Yang Fei. Seeing him in a bewildered state, her anger flared, and she raised her hand to deliver another slap.
Yang Fei hadn’t expected Immortal Yan to slap him before, but now he was on guard. Seeing her get carried away, he got angry and grabbed her wrist at once.
Immortal Yan’s wrist was caught, and she was stunned on the spot. A flash of shock then passed through her eyes, and she began to struggle desperately.
She hadn’t expected Yang Fei to have such strength while his Martial Meridian Acupoints were sealed by her.
She had also forgotten that she had taken the Bone Erosion Powder earlier, which left her in a weakened state, perhaps no match for the man in front of her.
Yang Fei immediately felt Immortal Yan’s struggles were weak and feeble.
What’s going on? Did this demoness lose all her True Yuan just by leaving the room for a bit?
Surprised at first, he then felt an inner rush of ecstatic joy.
Heaven is truly helping me!
Yang Fei stopped pretending entirely, and the True Yuan in his limbs and acupoints burst forth. With his robust strength, he pulled at once, and Immortal Yan let out a shout of surprise, being pulled onto the bed and tumbling over onto him.
"You... what are you doing, let go of me," Immortal Yan exclaimed in a lowered voice.
She was both shocked and afraid, and at the same time worried that her shouts would be too loud and alert others, thus she suppressed her voice.
Seeing her reaction, Yang Fei felt greatly reassured.
This demoness was indeed worried about the fact that she was hiding him being exposed, and dared not make a fuss.
This should be easier now.
He suddenly exerted force, flipped over to press Immortal Yan beneath him, and covered the demoness’s mouth with his hand. Looking down at the panicked Immortal Yan, Yang Fei said, "Now the roles have been reversed. Remembering the opportunity you gave me before, I’ll give you one too. Hand over the antidote for the Bone Erosion Powder, and I promise not to hurt you."
Immortal Yan’s beautiful eyes remained fixed on Yang Fei, her momentary shock and panic replaced by calmness and even a hint of mockery.
It was as if she were saying, go ahead and kill me if you dare.
Yang Fei understood her provocative and mocking gaze, which instantly enraged him. Perhaps it was the influence of the love poison, or the habit formed from frolicking with Tong Yunshu, but he flipped Immortal Yan over and slapped her plump buttocks several times.
Although Immortal Yan was bold and unrestrained, she had never encountered such treatment and immediately tensed up, her eyes revealing a complex mixture of shame and fear.
Anxiety, indignation, humiliation, and restlessness surged in her, and as her True Yuan, suppressed by the Bone Erosion Powder without having taken the antidote, her frail body could no longer withstand the innate medical conditions she had. She began to convulse.
After several slaps, Yang Fei found the sensation damn good, and couldn’t help but give a few more gentle pats.
But the next moment, he realized something was off.
The woman was not screaming or struggling fiercely, but shaking violently.
Could she be this excited?
He looked down to see the demoness’s face pale as paper, her body trembling like chaff, muscles spasming, and her breath coming in quick gasps, as if she could die at any moment.
Yang Fei, being a doctor, noticed at a glance that something was seriously wrong with Immortal Yan’s condition. He let go of Immortal Yan’s mouth, from which a weak, painful moan escaped.
She wasn’t faking it.
Yang Fei immediately grew tense.
He had not yet cured the Bone Erosion Powder within himself. If this demoness were to perish, wouldn’t he be doomed as well?
Remembering Helian Zhan’s warning, Yang Fei felt chilled to the bone.
This demoness must not die.
He laid Immortal Yan flat on the bed and took her pulse.
Moments later, Yang Fei’s face showed a grave expression.
How on earth did this demoness manage to live until now?
Her Life Qi Mechanism was extremely weak. Not only that, she also had innate heart disease, low bone marrow activity, poor blood-making function, among several other conditions that were difficult to cure in the outside medical world.
All these conditions appearing in one person were practically a death sentence.
Even with his high Medical Skill, Yang Fei recognized that completely curing Immortal Yan would be very difficult and would require a large amount of precious medicinal materials.
"You’re lucky to be alive," Yang Fei muttered to himself, while looking at Immortal Yan’s barely alive and pained appearance, he let out a silent sigh.
Saving her was equivalent to saving himself.
Although the demoness took advantage of his weakness to imprison and torment him for so long, his current situation was closely linked to hers. Her death would bring him no benefits and only harm.
Without hesitation, Yang Fei prepared to treat her with the Qi-guided Needle.
But just as he activated his True Yuan, he realized it was completely depleted.
Fuck!
He had forgotten he was now a "useless person."
Looking at the extremely weak Immortal Yan, Yang Fei’s expression was incredibly complex as he said softly, "Demoness, this is your own doing. If you had not gotten rid of my True Yuan, I could have saved you, but now all I can do is watch you die."
Though in immense pain, Immortal Yan seemed to hear Yang Fei’s words. Her bright eyes looked at him, showing a longing for life.
Yang Fei met her longing gaze, his heart softened. Thinking that there was still a certain amount of True Qi hidden in the Martial Meridian Acupoints of his arms, he made up his mind and said, "Let’s give it a try, hope you’re lucky enough."
Saying this, he dilated all the Martial Meridian Acupoints in his right arm, and the True Yuan surged forth. He used this part of True Qi with the Qi Control Needle and barely managed to activate the Revitalizing Needle Technique to treat Immortal Yan.