150: Chapter 150 Yin-Yang Harmony is Also the Way of Alchemy

Within the Medicine Spirit Abyss, mist permeated the air. The originally cool Ten Thousand Medicine Spirit Liquid Pool now resembled a boiling hot spring.

"Splash..."

Water splashed, hitting the white jade pool wall, its sound echoing in the empty grotto, yet unable to conceal the two intertwined, hurried breaths.

Liu Hanyan felt like a small boat adrift in a storm, clinging tightly to her only piece of driftwood.

"Xu Chen... slow... slower..."

She tilted her head back, her slender swan-like neck forming an elegant arch. Her usually dignified and cold face was now flushed, her eyes hazy like melting spring water.

What Dan Tower Tower Master, what Saint Realm expert—at this moment, all were cast to the back of her mind.

At this moment, she was merely a young woman experiencing intimacy for the first time, trembling in the throes of desire and shame.

"Can't be slow. The fire poison is attacking the heart; it must be fast."

Xu Chen's voice was hoarse and low, carrying an irresistible magic. His powerful hands tightly clasped Liu Hanyan's slender waist like iron tongs, not allowing her the slightest retreat.

This wasn't entirely an excuse.

The backlash from the Nirvana Golden Flame was indeed overbearing. Although it was temporarily suppressed by the Hongmeng Creation Body, if he didn't use this 'momentum' to completely refine it, it would eventually become a hidden danger. And Liu Hanyan's Wood Spirit Body was the best accelerant and harmonizer.

"Circulate your origin spiritual power; don't resist."

Xu Chen shouted in a low voice, no longer suppressing the power within his body.

Roar—!

If someone were to open their Heavenly Eye at this moment, they would witness an astonishing scene.

In the void above their heads, a purple-gold True Dragon phantom and a green-blue Divine Phoenix phantom were circling and dancing. That was Xu Chen's True Dragon bloodline and Liu Hanyan's Wood Spirit origin resonating.

"Mmgh!"

For her, who had remained chaste for hundreds of years, this unprecedented impact felt as if it would shatter her soul.

"Relax... that's my origin, helping you cleanse your meridians and marrow."

He lowered his head, kissed away the tears at the corner of her eye, and whispered in her ear:

"Hanyan, from now on, you are mine."

That 'Hanyan' was uttered with extreme naturalness, yet also carried an overbearing declaration of ownership.

Liu Hanyan's heart suddenly constricted.

For hundreds of years, no one had dared to call her by her given name so directly. And no one had ever dared to declare ownership of her in such a matter-of-fact tone after possessing her body.

But strangely, she couldn't muster even a hint of resistance in her heart.

Instead, under that domineering declaration, an unprecedented sense of security and belonging surged within her.

"You scoundrel..."

She sighed deeply in her heart, and the tears at the corners of her eyes finally stopped.

So be it.

Since she had already given her body to him, since she had already regarded him as her savior, then this heart... she would give it to him as well.

Having come to this realization, Liu Hanyan no longer passively endured.

Biting her red lip, she endured the physical discomfort and tentatively circulated the Azure Wood Longevity Art, beginning to actively match Xu Chen's rhythm.

Boom!

With her active cooperation, the spiritual energy circulation between them was instantly opened up.

The originally violent fire poison completely transformed into a docile tonic at this moment.

Wood generates fire.

Liu Hanyan's vast wood-elemental origin became the best fuel for nourishing Xu Chen's Nirvana Golden Flame. And the pure energy, refined by the Nirvana Golden Flame, in turn nourished Liu Hanyan's physical body and divine soul.

An indescribable sensation of extreme bliss instantly shattered their last line of rational defense.

Within the entire Medicine Spirit Abyss, boundless spring filled the air.

...

A long while passed.

The wind ceased, and the rain stopped.

The Medicine Spirit Abyss returned to a deathly silence, with only the occasional sound of flowing water.

Xu Chen leaned against the white jade pool wall, feeling refreshed. The injuries from the fire poison had not only healed, but his cultivation had also subtly advanced a notch. His skin regained a healthy luster, and his entire being exuded a warm, jade-like texture.

And in his arms.

Liu Hanyan lay limp, like a kitten drained of strength.

Her wet, dark hair was scattered across Xu Chen's chest, obscuring her still flushed, pretty face. Her eyes were closed, her long eyelashes still trembling slightly, evidently still immersed in the afterglow of the recent storm and hadn't fully recovered.

That languid, charming, yet somewhat shy appearance after her first experience, would surely make the Alchemists outside drop their jaws if they saw it.

"How do you feel? Tower Master Liu?"

Xu Chen's large hand idly stroked her smooth, jade-like back, his fingertips tracing her delicate skin, lingering with a hint of knowing pleasure.

Liu Hanyan's body subtly flinched, but she didn't pull away.

She slowly opened her eyes, her limpid autumn pupils misty with emotion, looking at Xu Chen with an extremely complex gaze. There was annoyance, resentment, but more so, a tenderness born of resignation.

"You... you're a scoundrel."

She opened her mouth, her voice extremely hoarse, as if filled with gravel.

"To save a life, you ruined someone's innocence... and now you ask how I feel..."

Although she was scolding him, her tone was soft, almost like coquetry.

"How can this be called ruining your innocence?"

Xu Chen innocently picked up a strand of her beautiful hair and sniffed it.

"This is called yin and yang harmony, the mutual complement of the Great Dao. Look, isn't your Wood Spirit Body purer? Hasn't your cultivation loosened? This is an opportunity many people would beg for."

"Besides..."

Xu Chen lowered his head, pecked her slightly swollen lips, and smiled like a fox who had successfully stolen a fish.

"You said it yourself, that as long as you could save me, you'd do anything. We're even now."

"You! You're taking advantage and still acting smug!"

Liu Hanyan was furious and bit Xu Chen's shoulder. But the force was so light it was like a tickle, only making Xu Chen chuckle as his large hand mischievously slid downwards again.

"No... no more..."

Liu Hanyan was scared pale and quickly pressed down his hand, shrinking back.

"I can't... I really can't..."

She was truly afraid.

This man's energy was simply monstrous. After that ordeal, she felt her bones were about to fall apart. If it happened again, she truly felt she might die in this pool.

Seeing her look like a startled bird, Xu Chen laughed heartily and didn't continue to tease her.

There would be plenty of time in the future.

She was already his, and there would be many opportunities to slowly 'train' her later.

Just then, a cold, mechanical voice, audible only to Xu Chen, suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to Host for successfully capturing the female lead—Dan Tower Tower Master Liu Hanyan!]

[Achievement completed: Dan Tower Conqueror (First Kill)!]

[Due to Liu Hanyan being the Master of the Dan Tower, possessing profound destiny, and this being a first time, a critical reward is granted!]

[Reward settlement in progress...]

[Congratulations to Host for obtaining: Emperor Grade Alchemy Art empowerment!]

[Congratulations to Host for obtaining: Clue to one of the Ten Great Ancient Divine Flames!]

[Congratulations to Host for obtaining: Family Destiny Value +10000!]

Xu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up.

Emperor Grade Alchemy Art!

This was truly a good thing!

One must know that in the current Central State, the so-called Alchemy Grandmasters were at most Saint Grade. Emperor Grade Alchemists had long been extinct for ten thousand years.

With this, coupled with the Nirvana Golden Flame, even if Xu Chen was an alchemy novice before, he was now the undisputed number one in the Dao of Alchemy!

"Buzz—"

A massive stream of information instantly surged into his mind.

Countless profound and obscure alchemy principles, ancient pill formulas long lost, and various unfathomable fire control techniques were, at this moment, deeply etched into his memory, as if he had originally been an Alchemy Emperor who had immersed himself in the Dao of Alchemy for tens of thousands of years.

Xu Chen closed his eyes, digesting this astonishing reward, the smile at the corner of his mouth growing wider.

"What's wrong?"

Liu Hanyan noticed the change in Xu Chen's aura and looked up with some confusion.

"Nothing."

Xu Chen opened his eyes, a confident glint flashing within. He looked at the beauty in his arms and said softly:

"It just suddenly feels like refining that Nine Revolutions Replenishing Heaven Pill... isn't so difficult anymore."

"Hmm?"

Liu Hanyan was startled, not understanding why.

But before she could ask, Xu Chen had already stood up with her in his arms, splashing water everywhere.

"Let's go, Hanyan."

Xu Chen casually waved his hand, and the scattered clothes on the ground instantly turned into ashes, replaced by two sets of brand-new robes.

While helping Liu Hanyan dress, he looked at the already shattered qingming cauldron and said with an arrogant tone:

"Rested enough, it's time to get down to business."

"Since the furnace exploded, then we shall... use heaven and earth as our furnace!"