148: Chapter 148 Medicated Bath for Healing: Please Undress to Save Me

Deep within the Medicine Spirit Abyss lay the Ten Thousand Medicine Spirit Liquid Pool.

The surface of the emerald pool water was wreathed in a layer of faint white Spiritual Qi mist, emitting a refreshing fragrance that seeped into the heart.

This pool water had been condensed by the Dan Tower over tens of thousands of years by consuming countless Heaven And Earth Treasure; not only could it bring the dead back to life and regrow flesh and bones, but it was also the coldest and purest substance in heaven and earth, specifically designed to counter fire poison.

"Splash."

With the sound of someone falling into the water, the calm surface was broken.

Liu Hanyan did not care that her own clothes were soaked through by the pool water; she carefully supported Xu Chen, letting him slowly lean back against the white jade steps at the edge of the pool, allowing the emerald Spirit Liquid to submerge his chest, reaching up to his neck.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

The moment Xu Chen entered the water, the originally cool pool water instantly seemed to boil, churning up violent bubbles around him, and large swathes of white mist rose into the air.

The Nirvana Golden Flame fire poison within his body was simply too tyrannical; even this Ten Thousand Medicine Spirit Liquid could not suppress it for a moment, and instead, the Spiritual Qi was stirred into a frenzy.

"Ugh..."

Xu Chen's brows furrowed tightly, and he let out a muffled groan of pain.

That originally handsome and resolute face was now pale and devoid of color, but beneath his skin, it felt as if magma were flowing, occasionally revealing a strange, dark red hue.

Those were two extreme forces using his Meridians as a battlefield within his body, crazily slaughtering one another.

"Xu Chen! How are you? Don't scare me!"

Liu Hanyan stood in the pool water, the depth reaching her waist.

Her soaked Dan Tower robe clung tightly to her body, outlining breathtaking curves, but she had no time to care about such things.

She reached out both hands, pressing them against Xu Chen's chest, continuously channeling her own gentle wood-attribute Spiritual Qi, attempting to help him regulate the fire poison rampaging through his body.

However, no matter how hard she tried, the moment that Spiritual Qi entered Xu Chen's body, it was like a clay ox entering the sea, instantly devoured completely by the violent fire poison.

"It's no use... With clothes in the way, the loss in Spiritual Qi conduction is too great, and I cannot precisely locate the core of the fire poison..."

Liu Hanyan was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead, and her eyes turned red.

She could feel that Xu Chen's life force was weakening bit by bit, and the fire poison had already begun to erode his heart Meridians.

"Cough, cough..."

Just then, Xu Chen, leaning against the edge of the pool, suddenly coughed violently twice, and a mouthful of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, staining the emerald pool water red.

He struggled to open his eyes, looking at the extremely anxious Liu Hanyan before him with unfocused eyes, yet a signature, heartbreakingly mischievous smirk still hung on the corner of his mouth.

"Tower... Tower Master Liu..."

His voice was weak and intermittent, as if he would stop breathing in the next second.

"Don't... don't waste your effort... This is the Divine Phoenix Origin Fire... Ordinary Spiritual Qi transmission... is useless..."

"Then what should I do? Tell me! As long as I can save you, I will do anything!"

Liu Hanyan gripped his hand tightly, her voice laced with tears; she had truly panicked.

Xu Chen looked at her concerned expression and inwardly muttered "my sin," but since the act had already reached this point, if he didn't take the benefits... cough, cough, if he didn't see the treatment through to the end, wouldn't he be doing a disservice to his own injuries?

He took a deep breath, feigning a surge of energy like a dying man's final moment, and said solemnly:

"There is... only one way."

"You possess the Wood Spirit Body... and are full of vitality... If you could use your body as a conduit... and have... skin-to-skin contact with me... to harmonize Yin and Yang..."

Saying this, he paused deliberately, his gaze sweeping over Liu Hanyan; although his vision was blurry, the meaning could not have been clearer.

"Clothes... are mundane items... they will block the microscopic conduction of Spiritual Qi... we must... be completely exposed..."

"Only in this way... can your Wood Spirit Qi enter my Meridians without any obstruction... and suck out... the fire poison..."

After finishing these words, Xu Chen seemed to have exhausted all his strength, his head tilted to the side, and he "fainted" again, though his hand still gripped Liu Hanyan's delicate hand tightly, refusing to let go.

"Completely... exposed?"

Liu Hanyan froze on the spot, her mind buzzing.

She naturally understood what Xu Chen meant.

That was asking her to... take off all her clothes, in this pool, with him...

"This... how can this be..."

A sense of shame washed over her like a tide, instantly submerging her.

She was the Tower Master of the Dan Tower, a holy goddess revered by countless people in the Central Plains, pure and pristine for hundreds of years, having hardly even held a man's hand.

Now, not only did she have to undress in front of a man, but she also had to...

"But..."

Her gaze fell upon Xu Chen's paper-pale face.

The pain on it was not faked; those shocking injuries were sustained only to save her.

"If I don't do this, he will die."

Once this thought emerged, it instantly overwhelmed all her shyness and reserve.

"Liu Hanyan, oh Liu Hanyan, at a time like this, are you still concerned about such superficial reputation?"

"If it weren't for him, at the moment the furnace exploded just now, you would already be a dead person. Your life was given by him; now, it is merely asking you to sacrifice your beauty to save him, what is there to hesitate about?"

She fiercely scolded herself in her heart.

Afterwards, she took a deep breath, the panic in her eyes gradually fading, replaced by a determination to face death, and a trace of... anticipation that even she herself had not noticed.

"You wretch..."

Liu Hanyan looked at the unconscious Xu Chen, biting her red lips, and cursed softly.

"This time... I owe you."

She slowly straightened her waist, standing in the waist-deep Spirit Liquid.

The surrounding water vapor was dense, making her figure appear dreamlike and illusory.

She raised her hands and, with some trembling, unfastened the buttons at her collar.

One piece.

The moon-white outer robe slipped off, revealing the light cyan undergarment inside.

The soaked fabric clung tightly to her skin, and the outline of her bodice could be vaguely seen, a hazy and extreme temptation.

Two pieces.

The undergarment was removed, and her snow-white, rounded shoulders were exposed to the air, emitting an ivory luster under the soft light of the luminous pearls.

Liu Hanyan's cheeks were so red they seemed ready to drip blood; she kept her eyes tightly closed, not daring to look at herself, and even less daring to think about what would happen if Xu Chen woke up at this moment.

The last piece.

As her close-fitting undergarment slowly slipped off, a jade body, perfect without a single flaw, was finally completely revealed within the enclosed Medicine Spirit Abyss.

Plump without appearing bloated, slender without appearing withered.

It was a beauty that was mature to the extreme, yet carried an aura of holiness, enough to drive any man in the world crazy.

"Huu..."

Liu Hanyan let out a long breath, as if laying down a burden of a thousand pounds.

Since she had already reached this step, there was nothing to be coy about.

She slowly crouched down, letting her entire body soak in the warm Spirit Liquid, revealing only a slender swan-like neck and that stunningly beautiful face.

The warm pool water wrapped around her skin, bringing a strange sensation.

She gently moved through the water, slowly swimming towards Xu Chen, who was leaning against the bank.

As the distance closed, she could clearly feel the scorching aura emanating from Xu Chen's body; it was the scent of masculine virility mixed with fire poison, extremely aggressive.

Finally, she arrived at Xu Chen's side.

Looking at the man before her, his upper body bare, his muscle lines smooth and full of explosive power, Liu Hanyan's heart beat as fast as a drum.

"Xu Chen..."

She silently recited his name in her heart, then reached out her arms, white as jade, and gently wrapped them around Xu Chen's waist in the water.

Afterwards, she pressed her delicate, water-like skin against him without reservation.

"Sizzle—"

The moment their two bodies made contact, it was as if some marvelous chemical reaction had occurred.

Xu Chen's scorching body temperature was continuously conducted over through their clinging skin, so hot that Liu Hanyan trembled all over, almost collapsing in the water.

"To save you... I have gambled everything away..."

Liu Hanyan whispered in his ear, her voice trembling slightly, and even more, carrying a gentleness of resignation.

"If you... dare to betray me in the future, I will... I will refine you into a Medicinal Pill!"

Having finished this threat that lacked any deterrent power, she closed her eyes and began to circulate her internal Wood Spirit Origin, preparing to perform the so-called "completely exposed" healing.

And what she did not know was.

That man leaning against the bank, "unconscious," although he had his eyes closed at this moment, the originally tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly at this instant.

Even the originally painful curve of his lips seemed... to lift a few degrees higher?