"To absorb the cold poison with the Bahuang Divine Art?"
Hearing Wan Yunting's proposed method, Zhou Ruoxi's expression was astonished, and she immediately said worriedly, "Then wouldn't you have to absorb Senior Uncle Jinyu's cold poison into your body? This is too risky, I don't agree."
Wan Yunting waved his hand and smiled, "Don't worry about that. In fact, the Bahuang Divine Art can not only absorb the opponent's inner energy and turn it into your own use, but it can also expel this external energy. Of course, the method I mentioned isn't to absorb all the cold poison from Senior Aunt Jinyu's body at once, but to absorb it in three stages!"
Zhou Ruoxi raised an eyebrow, still having concerns in her heart, "Are you sure you can do this without hurting yourself?"
Wan Yunting shook his head, knowing her worry for him. "Don't worry, since I came up with this method, I naturally have some confidence. Of course, if it doesn't work during the process, I'll stop immediately, and I won't hurt Senior Aunt Jinyu, nor will I harm myself."
Hearing him say this, Zhou Ruoxi finally felt relieved and said, "Then let's go find Senior Uncle Jinyu now and see if she agrees to accept your method to treat her cold poison..."
"Wait a moment, I haven't finished speaking yet."
Wan Yunting held back the rising Zhou Ruoxi, with an embarrassed smile, saying, "As you know, the Bahuang Divine Art is a very powerful internal energy technique, capable of absorbing others' inner energy from a distance. However, this time absorbing the cold poison for Senior Aunt Jinyu makes the process a bit complicated!"
"The process is complicated?"
Zhou Ruoxi looked at him in confusion, "Isn't it just circulating your energy to absorb the cold poison from Senior Uncle's body?"
"It's not that simple."
Wan Yunting waved his hand and said seriously, "Precisely because it's absorbing cold poison, which is different from absorbing someone else's inner energy, the process is a bit awkward!"
Zhou Ruoxi raised an eyebrow, displeased, "Can't you just say it all at once? What exactly is the process?"
Wan Yunting said, "Don't get angry when I tell you?"
Zhou Ruoxi, impatient with his ramblings, said, "Just say it quickly."
Wan Yunting gave a wry smile and said, "It's through dual cultivation that I'll help Senior Aunt Jinyu absorb the cold poison from her body!"
"Dual cultivation method..."
Zhou Ruoxi's autumn eyes widened, her mouth agape, and she looked at the man in disbelief.
Wan Yunting awkwardly touched his nose and said, "I know this is a bit awkward, and perhaps a bit too much, but this is indeed the best treatment method to expel the cold poison from Senior Aunt Jinyu's body. And dual cultivation, using the Bahuang Divine Art, can absorb her internal cold poison more directly, thus reducing the risks for both of us."
"Of course, this sounds a bit absurd, and Senior Aunt Jinyu probably won't agree."
Zhou Ruoxi, having recovered, looked at him with a suspicious gaze and snorted, "Tell me, aren't you coveting my Senior Aunt Jinyu's beauty, that's why you want to use dual cultivation to treat her illness?"
Being suspected by the woman, Wan Yunting rolled his eyes on the spot, stood up, and raised his hand, "I swear, it's absolutely not because of Senior Aunt Jinyu's beauty that I came up with this method. I'm serious."
Zhou Ruoxi rolled her eyes at him, although the man was sentimental, she still trusted his character. She said, "I'll believe you for now, but regarding this treatment method, I don't think Senior Aunt is likely to agree!"
Wan Yunting shrugged and sat down, smiling, "Then forget it, I'll think of another way."
Zhou Ruoxi raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you sure this is the only way that works?"
Wan Yunting nodded, "Yes, this is the only method I've thought of so far that is stable."
Zhou Ruoxi bit her red lips, thought for a moment, then grabbed Wan Yunting's arm, "Let's go find Senior Uncle Jinyu in the peach forest behind the mountain. No matter what, you mean well, whether she agrees to this treatment method or not is up to her."
Wan Yunting's expression was taken aback. He was pulled by Zhou Ruoxi towards the peach forest behind the mountain. He said, "If Senior Aunt Jinyu agrees, won't you mind?"
Zhou Ruoxi turned her head, her autumn eyes resentfully glaring at him, and she pouted coquettishly, "What use is it if I mind?"
Her words left Wan Yunting speechless with embarrassment. He followed her towards the peach forest behind the mountain. There was only a small, winding mountain path, rising and falling. After about half an hour, a peach forest appeared before them. The air was filled with a faint peach fragrance, and the two seemed to have stumbled into a world of pink...
"It's been a long time since I've been up here, the peach blossoms have bloomed, how beautiful."
Looking at the blooming peach forest covering the mountain, Zhou Ruoxi's face was filled with the happiest smile she had had in over a month.
Wearing a pink ancient-style long dress, her cascading black hair flowed as she spread her arms and danced happily in the peach forest. Petals fell on her beautiful face, stunning Wan Yunting. It was as if he had seen a peach blossom fairy descend to the mortal world, and seeing such beauty, it struck him to the very core...
"What are you doing?"
Zhou Ruoxi's cheeks turned rosy with shyness as the man suddenly hugged her. She struggled a few times, but unwilling to break free from his embrace, she shyly said, "Don't think too much, this is Senior Aunt Jinyu's peach forest, she's nearby... uh..."
The next second, Wan Yunting kissed her peach-petal-red lips. Zhou Ruoxi instantly felt her body go weak, and she softly fell into his arms. Feeling the man's masculine aura, she lost herself, forgetting their current location in the peach forest...
Meanwhile, in the depths of the peach forest, there was a small bamboo house with a thatched roof. Several sparrows chirped on it. As the sky gradually darkened, the hazy sky enveloped the entire peach forest.
To the right of the bamboo house, not far away, there was a small stream. A bamboo pavilion was built beside it. Senior Aunt Jinyu, wearing a gray robe with her black hair cascading vertically down her shoulders and back, was sitting on a small bamboo stool. In front of her, a small iron stove had a clay pot simmering, containing a vegetable soup, with a little peach blossom added to give this light and simple vegetable soup a different flavor...
Living alone in the peach forest, Senior Aunt Jinyu was accompanied by emptiness and loneliness. Perhaps she had long been accustomed to living alone, otherwise, she would not have stayed alone in this peach forest for decades.
Her simple way of eating, these vegetables were all grown by herself in the fields cleared within the peach forest. The disciples from below the mountain sent vegetable seeds, and she personally planted them. With rice or noodles, she could solve her daily sustenance.
Holding a book in one hand and cooking vegetable noodle soup with the other, Senior Aunt Jinyu, with a clear and cold expression, her heart like still water, ignored external disturbances. Taking advantage of the remaining daylight, she focused on the book in her hand...
Later, seeing Zhou Ruoxi's face flushed like a peach blossom, and seeing Senior Aunt Jinyu ahead, she nervously tidied her clothes and asked the man beside her to check if there was anything amiss, lest Senior Aunt Jinyu notice anything unusual.
Wan Yunting playfully teased Zhou Ruoxi, making her roll her charming autumn eyes in annoyance. Then, nervously, she approached the bamboo pavilion. Standing outside, she saluted and called out, "Senior Uncle Jinyu."
Senior Aunt Jinyu, who was reading her book, did not turn her head, as she already knew that Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi had arrived in her peach forest. She asked in a calm tone, "What brings you here?"
Zhou Ruoxi looked up at her, stepped into the bamboo pavilion, and said, "Senior Aunt, Palace Master Wan said he has a method that can treat the cold poison in your body!"
This statement made Senior Aunt Jinyu's exquisite eyebrows slightly arch. She maintained her reading posture and said nothing.
Wan Yunting also entered the bamboo pavilion and said, "Senior Aunt Jinyu, I told you that night that I have a technique for absorbing energy, and I can try to absorb the cold poison from your body!"
This time, Senior Aunt Jinyu put down her book, turned her head, and looked at Zhou Ruoxi and Wan Yunting standing beside her, saying, "Absorbing the cold poison from my body into yours with the energy absorption technique is not a good thing for you. Why are you helping me?"
Wan Yunting looked at the stunningly beautiful Senior Aunt Jinyu, still captivated by her almost perfect appearance, but he couldn't show it. He said, "Senior Aunt Jinyu can rest assured, I know this technique, which can both absorb and expel the cold poison."
"Of course, I can't absorb all the cold poison from your body at once. Doing so is too risky, so I will absorb it in three stages, once a month, for three consecutive months to draw out the cold poison from your body!"
Zhou Ruoxi nodded and echoed, "Senior Aunt Jinyu, Palace Master Wan is confident he can help you treat your cold poison, why not let him try?"
Senior Aunt Jinyu's phoenix eyes glanced at the two of them, finally resting on Wan Yunting, and asked, "What's your success rate?"
Wan Yunting said seriously, "I have at least a seventy percent chance of success!"
"Good."
Senior Aunt Jinyu nodded in agreement.
Zhou Ruoxi's expression stiffened. She turned her head and exchanged a look with Wan Yunting, their eyes conveying a message for the other to speak...
Senior Aunt Jinyu also noticed the change in their expressions and asked, "Are there any other issues?"
"Oh, it's just..."
Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi, having recovered, turned back to look at her, hesitant to speak.
"Speak."
Senior Aunt Jinyu seemed impatient to listen to their nonsense.
Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi exchanged glances, and finally, she said, "It's like this, Senior Aunt Jinyu, the process of Palace Master Wan absorbing the cold poison from you is a bit special, which is to use dual cultivation to circulate energy and absorb the cold poison from your body!"
As soon as this was said, Wan Yunting awkwardly turned his head to look elsewhere. Zhou Ruoxi herself felt embarrassed, her autumn eyes observing Senior Aunt Jinyu, but she showed no expression, only silence for a moment.
Senior Aunt Jinyu of course knew what dual cultivation was.
For a moment, an awkward atmosphere filled the bamboo pavilion. Seeing Senior Aunt Jinyu's silence, Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi exchanged glances again, their eyes communicating, saying, "See, I told you she wouldn't agree?"
"Nonsense, if it were me, I'd kill you with a sword!" Zhou Ruoxi resentfully glanced at the man with her autumn eyes, her eyes conveying fierce words.
Wan Yunting put on a scared expression, "So ruthless?"
"Hmph, Senior Aunt Jinyu not killing you now is already doing me a favor," Zhou Ruoxi's eyes conveyed, snorting.
The next second, Senior Aunt Jinyu calmly spoke, "When should the treatment begin?"
The sudden response made Wan Yunting and Zhou Ruoxi's eyes widen in disbelief as they looked at Senior Aunt Jinyu...