196: Chapter 196 Deathly Aura Rebounds! Forced to Abandon Dual Cultivation, a Loli Disciple Comes into His Arms!

"Master Brother! It hurts!"

That moan was so faint it was almost inaudible, yet it rang out more clearly than the circulating sounds of the five-layered Formation of Qingyue Palace.

Lu Chen retracted his arms from where they were braced above Yue Qingxuan and turned his head to the side.

Yue Shiyun was curled up in mid-air, held aloft by Protective Aura; her silver hair fell from both sides, and her small body was arched like a shrimp.

Her ten fingers clutched her chest, nails digging into the fabric of her pale yellow palace dress, her joints bent to their absolute limit.

Her face looked wrong; her small, previously rosy cheeks were now rapidly losing color.

Pink turned to white, white to gray, and a faint trace of black began to seep through the gray.

The light of the small, vermilion mole between her eyebrows dimmed, replaced by a thin wisp of dark gray mist that crawled out from beneath the skin.

The black mist spread from her brow to the bridge of her nose, crawled to her cheeks, and diffused downward toward her neck.

The Death Qi was lashing back.

He sat up abruptly, with Yue Qingxuan following a beat behind him.

She leaned partially against the golden silk bedding, her long golden hair scattered across the pillows, and the skin below her collarbone still bore the flush of their recent activity.

The moment she heard Yue Shiyun's cry of pain, the lingering charm in her Phoenix eyes shattered completely.

"Shiyun!"

Yue Qingxuan sprang from the bed, not even having time to pull her clothes together, and lunged toward the inner side of the bed barefoot.

She caught Yue Shiyun's body, pulling the little loli down from the air into her arms.

Yue Shiyun's body temperature was dropping rapidly.

The moment Yue Qingxuan's arms touched her sister's skin, a bone-chilling cold surged up from the point of contact.

"Shiyun! Hold on! Sister will help you!"

Yue Qingxuan's Phoenix eyes were filled with panic; she no longer possessed even a fraction of her composure as a Peerless Empress.

She mobilized the Origin of her Heavenly Overlord Body, pouring it through her arms and into Yue Shiyun's Meridians.

The bloodline Qi of the Heavenly Overlord Body was far too fierce.

The moment that golden current entered Yue Shiyun's Meridians, the effect was no different from pouring water into a boiling pot of oil.

"Ah!"

Yue Shiyun let out a tragic scream.

Her small body convulsed violently in Yue Qingxuan's arms, her limbs stiffening and her back arching to the limit.

Wisps of dark gray mist erupted from every pore of Yue Shiyun's body, enveloping her entirely.

A hand reached out from the side, fingers splayed, and slapped directly onto Yue Qingxuan's wrist.

"Stop!"

Lu Chen's face was so dark it looked like it could drip water.

He had already thrown on his Black Robe, though the sash was untied and his collar was open to reveal a broad portion of his chest, yet the pressure of a Great Emperor poured out from him.

Yue Qingxuan was stunned by the slap and looked up to glare at him.

"What are you doing! I'm trying to save her!"

"You're harming her."

Lu Chen didn't mince words as he snatched Yue Shiyun away from Yue Qingxuan.

"The bloodline Qi of the Heavenly Overlord Body is too aggressive. By trying to forcibly suppress the Death Qi inside her, you'll only make it resist. You're just adding fuel to the fire, and it will cause her immense pain."

Yue Qingxuan's hand froze in mid-air.

She opened her mouth to argue, but her reason forced her to accept the truth within a single breath.

She possessed the Heavenly Overlord Body; everything about the Overlord Body was fierce and aggressive to the extreme, including its bloodline, Laws, and Origin.

It was invincible for fighting, but for saving someone, it was equivalent to killing them.

Lu Chen didn't have time to look at her further.

He pulled Yue Shiyun into his embrace; the little loli's body was curled up, cold to the very bone.

Dark gray Death Qi seeped from her skin, winding around him in wisps; as it touched Lu Chen's bare chest, it made a sizzling, corrosive sound.

The Great Emperor Law activated instinctively, a golden light flashing across his skin that annihilated the Death Qi on contact.

But the Protective Aura alone wasn't enough. Lu Chen activated his Eternal Evergreen Body, and a surging wave of green vitality erupted from his Spirit Sea, traveling through his Meridians to his arms, and then pouring into Yue Shiyun's body.

Wherever the Evergreen Qi passed, the churning Death Qi was crushed back down layer by layer.

Yue Shiyun's body was still trembling, but the intensity had lessened significantly.

Her small hands groped around until they gripped Lu Chen's lapels, her ten fingers curling tightly and refusing to let go.

She burrowed into his embrace, pushing as deep as she possibly could.

Her small head nuzzled into the crook of his neck, her nose pressed against his collarbone, and her lips touched the skin on the side of his neck.

Then, she began to draw—not a kiss, but an instinctive suckling.

Great Emperor Origin Qi mixed with the vitality of the Eternal Evergreen Body seeped from the skin of his neck, greedily devoured by Yue Shiyun's small mouth.

With every breath she drew, the dark gray on her face receded a bit more; with every breath, her curled body relaxed a fraction.

Lu Chen looked down at the little koala in his arms who was about to leave marks on his neck; he raised a hand to support the back of her head, fingers sliding into her fluffy silver hair to hold her steady.

"Don't rush, take it slow. No one is competing with you."

Yue Shiyun gave a muffled response, but she didn't let go; instead, she sucked even harder.

The color was returning to her face. Gray faded to white, white became a warm cream, and that warm cream slowly flushed with pink.

The small vermilion mole between her eyebrows lit up once again.

Her small body stopped shaking, her breathing shifted from ragged to long and steady, and her heartbeat calmed from its frantic rhythm.

Her two small legs also wrapped around him, her knees locking at Lu Chen's waist and her ankles crossing behind his back.

She was hanging on him again.

Her entire person was pressed seamlessly against Lu Chen in the exact same posture as before, leaving not an inch of space between them.

Yue Qingxuan stood by the bed, barefoot, her long golden hair disheveled, wearing only a thin silk inner garment.

She watched as Yue Shiyun gradually grew quiet in Lu Chen's arms, watched as color returned to her sister's deathly pale face, and watched as she let out a satisfied hum against Lu Chen's chest.

Her own chest finally loosened.

The breath she had been holding finally escaped her, and her knees went weak, causing her to sink down onto the edge of the bed.

"That scared me to death..."

She whispered, her voice still trembling.

In that moment just now, she truly thought she was going to lose her sister.

Yue Shiyun nuzzled against Lu Chen's chest, her red eyes closed; her small mouth finally released his neck, her lips curving into a smile as her breathing became even, falling back into a deep sleep.

A wet mark from her mouth remained on his neck.

Lu Chen tried to wipe it with his thumb, but it didn't come clean, so he gave up.

He looked up at Yue Qingxuan.

"In the future, when her condition flares up, don't try to force Overlord Body bloodline Qi into her again."

Yue Qingxuan pursed her lips, her Phoenix eyes downcast.

"I understand."

The two words were spoken very softly, laced with self-reproach.

She was the Peerless Empress who ruled the Northern Border of the Central Continent, with tens of thousands of Cultivators under her command, yet she was powerless before her sister's illness.

But Lu Chen could do it.

When he held Yue Shiyun, the little loli became quiet, stopped hurting, and fell asleep.

Yue Qingxuan raised her Phoenix eyes to look at the mass of silver hair in Lu Chen's arms.

Yue Shiyun's small hands gripped his lapels, her face buried in the crook of his neck with a smile on her lips, sleeping more soundly than she ever did on any Dragon Bed in the imperial palace.

A surge of warmth rose in Yue Qingxuan's chest.

It was gratitude, and it was heartache.

And then, there was a trace of jealousy so absurd she almost couldn't believe it herself.

She, the dignified Peerless Empress, had just been pinned under this man, and now she had to wait in line just to get close to him?

Her sister was hogging her man's embrace and sleeping so righteously?

Yue Qingxuan narrowed her Phoenix eyes slightly.

"Lu Chen."

Lu Chen was busy channeling Evergreen Qi into Yue Shiyun and didn't even look up.

"Hmm?"

"It's fine for you to hold my sister."

Yue Qingxuan stood up from the edge of the bed, her bare feet stepping onto the Warm Jade floor as she walked toward him step by step.

She leaned down, her Phoenix eyes meeting his at eye level.

"But your other hand must hold me."

Lu Chen's hand paused in Yue Shiyun's silver hair.

He looked up and met Yue Qingxuan's Phoenix eyes.

In those eyes, the upper half was filled with an undeniable dominance, while the lower half was brimming with a jealousy so deep it was about to overflow.

The corners of Lu Chen's mouth twitched twice.

A Great Emperor Peak, using his left hand to hold his loli disciple as a Human Heater, while his right hand had to hold and coax the Peerless Empress.

This was a life he wouldn't trade for all the gold in the world.

Yue Qingxuan didn't wait for his answer; she sat down directly on his right side, her shoulder leaning against his arm and her long golden hair draping over his sleeve.

She reached out her hand, her fingertips touching Yue Shiyun's forehead.

The little loli's forehead was warm, no longer icy.

Yue Qingxuan's fingertips lingered on her sister's forehead for a moment before she withdrew them.

Then she reached out, grabbed Lu Chen's right arm, draped it directly over her own shoulder, and pulled it into her embrace.

Lu Chen's right arm was locked tight by her, unable to move.

"Yue Qingxuan, This Emperor is currently treating your sister, my disciple!"

"You can treat her with your left hand."

Yue Qingxuan closed her Phoenix eyes, resting her head in the crook of his neck, her golden hair brushing against his skin.

"The right hand belongs to me."

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