Even Xu Lin was curious about such a method, wondering who was scheming so meticulously that even Xi Ranchen and Yang Yao had not noticed.
Even though Xu Lin didn’t continue, Yang Yao could roughly guess what would happen.
Once this poison truly affected her constitution, even after stepping into the Life and Death Realm, her constitution would be damaged, and the Dark Lotus Mysterious Body might not even be able to nurture the Lotus Core Dao Seal.
Thinking this, Yang Yao’s eyes turned gloomy.
‘So in my previous life, I didn’t really lose to that guy; someone else was pulling strings behind the scenes, and I never discovered it.’
“Let me guess, neither of you knows who did it?”
Xu Lin withdrew his hand, quite curious about this point.
Yang Yao endured the pain but still patiently said, “I don’t know.”
Xi Ranchen had indeed started investigating, but Yang Yao didn’t even know when it started, so there was no way to know in a short time.
Xu Lin sighed with a laugh, this was within expectations.
“Then I’ll give you a hint. Think carefully about who knows about your constitution. Starting from this point is definitely not wrong. After all, they attacked your root bone, and their target also includes your constitution.”
With that one sentence pointing it out, Yang Yao was extremely surprised and couldn’t help but glance sideways at Xu Lin from the corner of her eye.
‘Is this guy helping me?’
Just as Xu Lin said, as long as she figured out who knew she had the Dark Lotus Mysterious Body, she would have a general direction.
‘But only my Master knows about my Dark Lotus Mysterious Body. Who else could know?’
As he spoke, Xu Lin kept paying attention to Yang Yao’s physical condition, and a flowing light in his eyes clearly saw the gathering of spiritual energy in her body.
Although the medicinal power was used to wash the root bones and force out most of the bone poison, blocking the meridian nodes couldn’t be maintained for too long, or it might cause problems.
When he felt it was about enough, Xu Lin walked in front of Yang Yao.
Yang Yao was startled and instinctively wanted to reach out to cover the sight before her.
But as soon as she moved, the pain intensified, and she frowned.
“What are you going to do?”
Yang Yao gritted her teeth and demanded harshly.
Xu Lin was helpless but still endured his impatience.
“To force out the poison that was washed out of you.”
Yang Yao was half-believing, half-doubting, staring at Xu Lin with hostility and vigilance.
“If you keep dawdling, if something goes wrong, it won’t be my problem,” Xu Lin warned.
There should be a limit to ingratitude; it was obvious that Yang Yao clearly didn’t know this.
“Fine, I’ll trust you this once,” she said, but Yang Yao didn’t forget to add, “But if you have any improper thoughts, even if my Master doesn’t allow it, I will absolutely kill you immediately.”
“That request is a bit excessive.”
Xu Lin didn’t know whether Yang Yao’s unreasonable behavior was learned from somewhere or if she was just born that way.
“After all, I’m a normal man. If I didn’t have any thoughts at all with a woman like you in front of me like this, then I would be the one with the problem.”
“You!”
Yang Yao was so angry she couldn’t say a word, leaving only her chest heaving continuously, stirring ripples in the medicinal bath.
Not wanting to argue further with Yang Yao, Xu Lin seized the opportunity and used the needles again.
The silver needles entered the water, quickly inserted into Yang Yao’s body, drawing out the bone poison.
“Excuse me,” Xu Lin said quickly.
Then, Xu Lin’s hand followed into the water, his two fingers pressed together, pressing above Yang Yao’s dantian.
The moment their skin touched, Yang Yao couldn’t help but tremble, but Xu Lin didn’t stop, continuously pulling something upward.
The fingertips passed through the cleavage, and even Xu Lin was briefly dazed, but he quickly shook his head to steady his mind.
And this scene completely fell into Yang Yao’s eyes, anger surging on her face, as if she wanted to devour Xu Lin.
But after staring for a moment, Yang Yao realized that Xu Lin in front of her, at some point, had beads of sweat on his forehead, his expression serious, without any trace of playfulness.
When he reached the area above her heart, Xu Lin channeled his spiritual energy and pushed it forward.
In an instant, all the silver needles on Yang Yao’s body came off and embedded themselves into the inner wall of the bath tub.
Spiritual energy, along with the medicinal power, began to wildly re-enter the meridians, and the azure lotus on her back showed an unprecedented luster.
In an instant, the power within Yang Yao became uncontrollable even for herself, and the pressure spread outward in waves.
And a feeling of discomfort surged up; Yang Yao suddenly tasted blood in her mouth and spat out a mouthful of pitch-black blood.
“This realm? Half-Step Heavenly Firmament?”
Xu Lin was startled and, before he could react, was knocked back several steps.
The residual waves swept out, continuously spreading, startling some Sunset Sect disciples.
Before everyone could understand what had happened, a divine rainbow carrying massive pressure shot out from the main hall and landed at Yang Yao’s residence in an instant.
Xi Ranchen’s expression was severe, ready to strike at any moment.
She had kept Xu Lin there, but if Xu Lin had ill intentions, she wouldn’t mind killing him on the spot.
But as soon as she stepped into the room, the medicinal bath water was flowing freely on the floor. Looking around, she saw Yang Yao quickly draping a thin gauze over herself.
“Yao’er, did that kid have some improper thoughts?”
Xi Ranchen’s expression didn’t change, but her words revealed concern.
“Master.”
Yang Yao could barely catch her breath and couldn’t explain in detail for a moment.
But one thing was certain: just like after Xu Lin’s acupuncture earlier, she now felt no discomfort, and even felt more refreshed after spitting out that black blood.
“Hey, you two, do you have any sense of humanity?”
Xu Lin climbed up from not far away, looking disheveled. On one hand, black blood from Yang Yao was touching his skin, and the contact point was sizzling, exceptionally eerie.
Seeing this, Xu Lin quickly pressed two fingers on the meridian point on his arm, then channeled spiritual energy to disperse the black blood on his skin.
The black blood would soon turn into black smoke and dissipate in the room.
During this process, he still didn’t forget to mutter, “I nearly lost my life, and you still suspect I had improper thoughts? What, so eager to kill me?”
Xi Ranchen noticed Xu Lin’s state, then looked at Yang Yao, who shook her head, answering her question.
At this moment, even Xi Ranchen was moved. She didn’t expect that this kid hadn’t hidden his abilities like before, and even risked his own safety.
“Kid, I didn’t expect that I not only misjudged you but also underestimated you.”
Xi Ranchen never stinted on praise for those she valued.
After completely dispersing the black blood, Xu Lin’s face was somewhat pale, with a smirk at the corner of his mouth.
“Sect Master Xi flatters me.”
He turned his gaze to Yang Yao, who was draped in thin gauze.
“This poison is really potent. I almost fell for it too.”
Previously, when the silver needles touched the black blood, he didn’t dare touch them, and now he nearly got contaminated.
In the end, he had still underestimated Yang Yao.
“On the contrary, I underestimated your sect’s saintess. In such a short time, she has faintly broken through the shackles of the True Mystery Realm to half-step Heavenly Firmament.”
More importantly, Yang Yao’s spiritual energy was vast far beyond her peers, and the pressure she emitted was fierce, almost approaching the Heavenly Firmament Realm. This was likely closely related to her constitution.
If Xu Lin hadn’t recently stabilized his footing in the Heavenly Firmament Realm, that previous incident would have left him far more embarrassed and miserable than now.
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