Chapter 318: Healing

A fair, white palm wandered over Chen Che's face, pinching here and stroking there, lingering as if unable to pull away.

His sharp-angled face was resolute and profound, his brow revealing a unique, heroic spirit, radiating an extraordinary charm.

"I said before, if you handled the Jinling matter well, I would reward you properly... Although you went against my wishes and killed the Gu Yuanzong, I'll spare you for the sake of this face of yours..."

Wu Qingkui straightened her back and unbuttoned her robe with both hands; the already soaked robe fell directly to the floor, and for a moment, a dazzling white light shone, as if the entire room had brightened by several degrees.

"Splash!"

Wu Qingkui stepped into the wooden barrel and slowly sat down until the water rose over her crystal-clear collarbones.

"Your master didn't even get a taste, but it's a bargain for you, you little brat!"

Wu Qingkui leaned forward slowly, straightened Chen Che's head, and wrapped her arms around his neck.

She closed her eyes, focused her Qi into her dantian, and let her True Qi circulate throughout her body; her Yin Cold Body gradually took effect, and in an instant, the temperature of the entire room dropped significantly.

Chen Che's brows twitched, and the Ghost Gate Needle at his vital Acupoint emitted a faint cicada-like hum; the bone-chilling True Qi used the medicinal bath brewed with Zhu Yin Grass as a medium, climbed onto the Ghost Gate Needle, and slowly injected into Chen Che's body.

"Ah..."

Chen Che let out a low, painful groan, his expression turning agonizing as the cold energy and the turbid energy of the Great Red Sun Poison engaged in a fierce chase and struggle within his body.

The cunning Great Red Sun Poison gradually lost the upper hand; it began to do as it had before, shrinking its territory and voluntarily retreating into a corner, waiting for an opportunity to emerge again.

However, it did not get its wish this time.

From the Acupoint where the Ghost Gate Needle was located, silver-white chains extended one after another, binding the Great Red Sun Poison tightly so it could not move a single inch.

The cold energy transformed into a giant ice dragon, coiled around the Great Red Sun Poison, and devoured it bite by bite.

Chen Che opened his eyes abruptly and threw his head back high; the bone-eroding pain made him wish he were dead.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Chen Che twisted his body restlessly, and ripples spread across the calm water surface layer after layer.

Wu Qingkui grabbed Chen Che's shoulders tightly and snapped, "Don't move!"

However, Chen Che could no longer hear her at this moment. He punched and kicked with all his might, instinctively releasing True Qi, wanting to break free from Wu Qingkui's restraint.

The Array left behind by Song Jinhe took effect at this moment, the Array Diagram flickering on Chen Che's chest, and the pain dissipated and eased bit by bit amidst the light that flashed on and off again and again.

Chen Che quieted down, lowered his head, and stayed obediently in the wooden barrel.

"Little brat!"

Wu Qingkui licked the corner of her lip and tasted a hint of blood; it was from when she had been struck while Chen Che was struggling earlier.

Not only that, but she had also taken a few hits on her body; although this level of force was nothing to her cultivation, her dignity as an Empress for many years made her feel extremely humiliated.

"Since I began learning under your master, you are the first person to hit me. I won't indulge you; you just wait for me later, you dead brat!"

Wu Qingkui cursed, but she still circulated her True Qi to continue helping Chen Che heal, and this time she intentionally slowed the rate so that Chen Che would not be in so much pain.

Time passed minute by minute, and the temperature in the room grew lower and lower; with the wooden barrel as the center, cold energy permeated, and in just five minutes, the entire room was plated with a layer of solid ice.

The moisture in the air condensed into tiny ice crystals, which fell to the ground and shattered.

The cold energy spread to the door, and the frost spilled out from the door cracks, carrying a wisp of bone-chilling cold.

The senior sisters guarding outside the door all shivered, hugged themselves, and shuffled closer to the door.

Wu Qingkui released Chen Che's shoulders, spread her five fingers, and pressed her palm against Chen Che's chest, releasing the final wave of cold energy into him.

In an instant, a thin layer of frost covered Chen Che's face, eyebrows, and eyelashes, and every strand of his hair was also gently caressed by the frost and snow, becoming stiff and glistening.

A thin layer of ice also floated on the surface of the medicinal bath, slowly melting with Wu Qingkui's slight movements.

The giant ice dragon inside Chen Che's body turned from one into two, jointly gnawing at the Great Red Sun Poison.

The Great Red Sun Poison finally let out a wail of unwillingness and vanished into thin air.

"Hoo~~"

Wu Qingkui withdrew her palm, exhaled a breath, and leaned against the wall of the wooden barrel to rest.

She watched Chen Che silently, waiting quietly for the changes in his body.

The Great Red Sun Poison had remained in Chen Che's body for too long, and it was not so easy to eliminate it completely; the series of operations just now had only eliminated the main toxins, while those "remnants" lingering in every Acupoint of his body were like maggots on bones.

These were precisely the targets for the next stage of focused clearing, and clearing those bone-clinging maggots would require deeper contact.

"Splash!"

Ripples stirred on the water surface again, and Wu Qingkui narrowed her eyes.

Chen Che opened his eyes again and threw his head back; the Great Red Sun Poison rushed out of his Acupoints, left his body, and turned into flying smoke.

As the Great Red Sun Poison left his body, the temperature of the room rose again, everything that had frozen melted, and the sound of dripping water filled the air.

The medicinal bath boiled once more, and mist swirled.

Chen Che lowered his head and looked at Wu Qingkui; his breathing was heavy, his chest heaved violently, and his eyes were scarlet, devoid of any rationality, filled only with the violent ferocity and desire of a beast.

"It seems those residual toxins have taken effect."

Wu Qingkui looked at Chen Che indifferently, not taking the aggression in his eyes to heart at all.

"Splash!"

The water surface fluctuated, and Chen Che suddenly leaned in, his arms stretching forward beneath the water.

Wu Qingkui furrowed her brows, her body trembling slightly, and she cursed, "Little brat, you're certainly in a hurry!"

The water surface below Wu Qingkui's collarbones shook violently; her skin became even smoother and more translucent under the steaming heat of the medicinal bath, and a flush of pink appeared on her calm face, sexy and charming.

"You..."

Before Wu Qingkui could finish her sentence, Chen Che suddenly lunged forward and bit down on her neck.

Instantly, a line of blood slid down her shoulder and dissolved into the water.

"Smack!"

Wu Qingkui was incensed and slapped Chen Che back.

However,

Chen Che merely tilted his head, then sat down, sinking beneath the water's surface, leaving only his wet hair floating on top.

"Ah! Is that brat biting me again?!"

Wu Qingkui's willow-leaf brows stood on end as she looked down, glaring angrily at the black hair floating on the water's surface in front of her chest.

Annoyed as she was, angry as she was.

Wu Qingkui did not pull up that annoying tuft of hair in front of her; instead, she lifted her snow-white swan-like neck and slightly opened her mouth.

"Splash!"

At this moment, Chen Che suddenly stood up, pressed his hands onto Wu Qingkui's shoulders, and pushed her beneath the water's surface as well.

From then on, the water's surface was no longer calm, as if a giant beast were lurking and moving beneath, causing the water to ripple.

Occasionally, a pair of straight, crystalline legs would extend out of the water, swaying with the waves and trembling incessantly.

Occasionally, a broad back would emerge from the water's surface, then swiftly dive back down.

Huge waves rolled, splashing against the walls of the tub, producing a rhythmic *pa-pa-pa-pa-pa* sound.

The giant beast stirred up the winds and clouds of the underwater world, ravaging again and again the snowy peaks and hills that had sunk to the bottom of the water due to the passage of time.

It is unknown how much time passed before the giant beast's atrocities finally provoked the wrath of both man and god, and a white tiger descended from the heavens to engage in a life-or-death struggle with the giant beast.

The white tiger tackled the giant beast, biting firmly onto the giant beast's vital point, and they plummeted toward the depths.

Upon hitting the bottom, the giant beast fought back fiercely, launching a swift attack at the white tiger's fatal spot.

The white tiger, refusing to be outdone, endured the attack and grappled with the giant beast.

The battle was intense, and neither side was willing to yield.

Outside the room.

Watching the frozen door melt once again, Tang Yu'e glanced at the time and nodded, saying, "It seems to be going quite smoothly; it should be about time."

"It's a stubborn ailment of over ten years; it wouldn't be that easy. We still have to wait a while longer."

Li Qingyan had just finished speaking when she heard a crisp slapping sound from inside the room.

The women were all stunned, looking at each other in dismay.

"What's the situation?"

Someone asked in a low voice, but before anyone could answer, a series of sounds came from inside the room again.

For a moment, the several senior sisters all blushed.

Tang Yu'e immediately walked away: "I'll go patrol."

"We'll go look over there."

Cheng Kexin pushed Song Jinhe away.

Xie Wanning glanced at the door a few times, then looked at Li Qingyan: "I'm going to find Luo Lin."

Li Qingyan did not move; she put her hands on her hips, pouted, and said huffily, "I'm not satisfied. Once Chen Che's injuries are healed, he must compensate me!"

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