89: Chapter 89 The Saintess's Secret

"Having it alone is not enough?"

Gu Yan's smile froze slightly upon hearing this.

Looking at Leng Yuechan's beautiful face, filled with hesitation and shyness, countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.

Could it be... that this ice heart grass has some special method of use?

Or perhaps, does it need to be combined with other auxiliary medicines to achieve maximum efficacy?

"Miss Yue, please speak freely," he said gently. "Between you and me, there is no need for any reservations."

"Brother Gu..." Leng Yuechan bit her red lips gently with her pearly teeth, and those phoenix eyes, which had regained their coldness, once again became shimmering with moisture.

She hesitated for a long time, as if making an extremely difficult decision.

In the end, she took a deep breath, as if having made up her mind, and spoke slowly.

This time, she did not use sound transmission, but instead directly revealed her greatest secret, without reservation, before Gu Yan.

"To be honest with you, Brother Gu, the reason why my Dao Foundation is so severely damaged is not simply due to being injured by external forces."

Her voice was very soft, yet carried a sense of fatalistic helplessness.

"It is because... my Physique is different from ordinary people."

"I am... one in ten thousand..."

"Ice Dao Body."

Ice Dao Body!

Gu Yan's pupils contracted sharply!

He had only seen sporadic records of this term in the most ancient classics within the Zhao family treasury!

It was a legendary, top-tier, water-attribute variant spirit body that was most compatible with the Dao!

Anyone possessing such a Dao Body was born with an unparalleled affinity for the Ice Law!

Their Cultivation speed would advance by leaps and bounds!

Their future achievements would be limitless!

Any Cultivator with an "Ice Dao Body," as long as they did not fall midway, was almost guaranteed to become a Golden Core Master in the future! Or even... a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor!

No wonder... no wonder the System gave her such an "???" super-spec rating!

So, she was such a... proud daughter of heaven!

"...The person who schemed against me is my fellow Senior Brother. He has coveted the Origin of my Dao Body for a long time."

Leng Yuechan's voice became somewhat low, and a trace of deep-seated hatred flashed in those cold phoenix eyes.

"That day, he took advantage of me when I was unprepared and used an extremely vicious Demonic Path secret technique to forcibly damage the Foundation of my Dao Body, attempting to... strip away and seize my Origin!"

"Although I fought to the death and managed to keep my Origin, my Dao Body... suffered irreversible... damage as a result."

"Now, the Ice Origin Qi within me is leaking out every moment, and I cannot control it at all. The fire poison of the 'Bone-Eroding Powder' has taken advantage of this weakness, intertwining with my leaking Origin cold Qi, like a maggot on the bone, constantly eroding my Dao Foundation."

Gu Yan listened quietly, his heart filled with understanding.

He finally understood why Leng Yuechan's injuries were so severe and so tricky.

This was no longer as simple as damaged Meridians or poisoning.

This was an injury to... the Foundation!

"Although this ice heart grass is a High Grade healing medicine, its nature is extremely cold, and it can indeed greatly replenish my leaking Origin cold Qi and suppress that fire poison."

Leng Yuechan looked at the profound ice jade box on the table, her voice tinged with bitterness.

"But, it can only 'replenish,' not 'plug'."

"As long as the damage to my Dao Body is not repaired, the Origin cold Qi within me will be like a leaking bucket; no matter how much I replenish, there will eventually come a day when it... runs dry."

"By then..."

She did not continue.

But Gu Yan already understood.

By then, it would be the time when her Dao Foundation completely collapsed and she became a useless person.

"Then..." Gu Yan's brows furrowed tightly, "How can it be cured at the root?"

Since there were records about "ice heart grass" in her Sect's classics.

Then there must also be a... method on how to repair the "Ice Dao Body"!

However, upon hearing this question from him.

On Leng Yuechan's face, which had been relatively calm, two unprecedented, moving flushes of red suddenly flew up!

Her cold phoenix eyes, which had dared to meet Gu Yan's gaze, lowered in a panic at this moment, like a startled little deer, and she dared not look at him again.

Her jade hands, which had been relaxed on her lap, were once again nervously twisted together.

Hmm?

Gu Yan was slightly taken aback at the sight.

He looked at the Saintess Your Highness before him, who a moment ago had been as cold and aloof as a ten-thousand-year iceberg, but now had suddenly turned into a shy, infatuated young girl.

In his heart, he couldn't help but develop some... strange guesses.

"Miss... Miss Yue?"

"The method to repair... to repair the Dao Body, indeed... exists."

Leng Yuechan lowered her head, her voice as thin as a mosquito's, so quiet that if it weren't for Gu Yan's astonishing hearing, he would hardly have been able to hear it.

"It's just... it's just that the method... is a bit..."

She stammered "a bit" for a long time; her beautiful face, already crimson with shyness, turned even redder, almost as if it were about to bleed, yet she still could not continue.

[Host, don't ask!]

In his mind, the System's lewd laughter, filled with the meaning of "I know what you mean," rang out at the right time.

[According to this System's rich experience of reading billions of romance novels across the heavens and myriad worlds!]

[With this kind of behavior from the female lead, ninety-nine point nine nine percent of the time, it's because the so-called treatment method requires...]

[Hehehehe...]

[Yin and Yang harmony, Dual Cultivation and Body Integration!]

Gu Yan's heart skipped a beat uncontrollably.

His gaze fell once again on the beautiful woman before him, who was so shy that she was about to bury her head in her chest, and his eyes also became somewhat... strange.

Could it be... really... such a... simple, unadorned, and... pleasant treatment method?