Yang Guo: I'm invincible in the opening battle against Aunt Guo!

Yang Guo felt that the body in his arms was both cold and soft.

Despite the vulnerability caused by injury, he possesses remarkable resilience due to years of martial arts training.

What Li Mochou felt in her dazed state was a hot and solid young body.

The heat penetrated through the skin, dispelling the chill from the very marrow.

"Activate the mental technique of your 'Five Poisons Secret Transmission' and guide the poison to your dantian."

Yang Guo whispered, his lips almost touching her earlobe, "I will use Yang essence as a guide and internal energy as a furnace to refine and extract the poison."

He has begun his work, gently yet firmly moving forward to detoxify.

Li Mochou let out a muffled groan.

My body tensed up instinctively.

The unfamiliar feeling of being enveloped by intense internal energy suddenly brought her mind, which was on the verge of collapse, back to a more clear state.

What followed was Yang Guo's vast and boundless internal energy.

The "Yin-Yang Harmony Chapter" began to operate completely at this moment.

It was as if an invisible bridge had been opened where their bodies were connected.

Yang Guo's pure Yang internal energy surged into Li Mochou's body like a tide, while Li Mochou's Yin internal energy, cultivated for many years, along with the Yin poison entangled in her meridians, was slowly drawn out and merged into Yang Guo's body.

Yin and Yang interact and cycle endlessly.

The icy cold of the jade bed, the intense heat of their bodies, the flow of internal energy, the refining of the poison...

At this moment, a delicate yet powerful balance was achieved.

Yang Guo closed his eyes and focused his mind, fully activating his inner cultivation technique.

He could clearly perceive every pore of poison blockage in Li Mochou's body, and feel those insidious toxins moving and resisting in her meridians like living creatures.

He used himself as a furnace and his supreme yang internal energy as fire to refine and peel away the toxins that had entered his body, bit by bit.

Li Mochou's feelings were more complex.

At first, it appears as if the body is being invaded by internal force, and then the internal force is guided to submit.

Gradually, under the mysterious influence of the "Yin Yang Harmony Chapter," she felt that her aura, internal energy, and even heartbeat were beginning to synchronize with Yang Guo's.

An unprecedented sense of fullness spread from where the two were connected to every part of their body.

That was the fusion of inner strength and the infusion of vitality.

She could clearly sense that the stubborn toxins in her meridians were being enveloped and dissolved by a gentle yet irresistible force.

What shocked her even more was...

In this intimate moment, she subtly touched upon some of Yang Guo's emotions.

There were no evil thoughts, no disrespect.

Only focused healing, unwavering protection, and... a deep-seated pity.

This feeling was like a warm current, breaking down the last icy barrier in her heart.

For more than a decade, she used ruthlessness as armor and killing as a blade to bury the girl who once blushed and had dreams deep in her heart.

And at this moment, in the midst of this life-or-death struggle for healing, in that young and passionate embrace, the layer of ice quietly cracked.

Li Mochou unconsciously relaxed her body, her arms weakly but obediently wrapping around Yang Guo's back.

The atmosphere inside the stone chamber subtly changed.

The fluorite's dim light refracted onto the icy surface of the jade bed, casting a hazy glow that reflected the overlapping figures.

At first, it was a rigorous healing process, but as the internal energy merged and gradually improved, a certain rhythm originating from the instinct of life began to dominate.

Suppressed breathing, the occasional slight tremor of the cold jade bed...

These sounds were amplified in the silent stone chamber.

Little Dragon Girl stood with her back to the bed, dressed in white, as always.

However, if anyone could see her face, they would notice that in her always cold and icy eyes, the shimmering light from the stone wall was reflected, and a very subtle ripple seemed to flash across the depths of her eyes.

Her hand, hanging by her side, curled up almost imperceptibly at the fingertips.

Time flows silently.

After an unknown amount of time, Yang Guo suddenly let out a low shout, and his internal energy suddenly intensified!

At that critical moment, Yang Guo's powerful internal energy erupted like a volcano, completely breaking through the last few shackles of poison in her body!

"puff--"

Li Mochou suddenly turned her head and spat out a mouthful of dark, foul-smelling poisonous blood!

The poisonous blood splattered onto the cold jade bed, making a hissing, corrosive sound, and blue smoke rose up.

As she spat out the poisonous blood, the hideous Five Poisons Palm print on her chest faded and became lighter at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The bluish-black poison lines quickly receded and disappeared, leaving only a pale red palm-shaped mark and slightly swollen skin around it.

The poison has been refined.

Yang Guo slowly withdrew, letting out a long breath.

It also carried a faint, sweet, and slightly fishy smell.

Those were the impurities in his body after he refined some of the poison with his internal energy.

He looked down at Li Mochou in his arms.

Her face was still pale, but the bluish-black death aura had faded, and her breathing, though weak, was gradually becoming steady.

Most noticeably, her previously furrowed brows relaxed, and the lingering resentment and gloom that had permeated her for years revealed a rare peace and gentleness in her weakened state due to her serious injuries.

Yang Guo pulled over a robe from the side and gently covered her with it, then carefully laid her flat on the cold jade bed.

He also sat down cross-legged and began to regulate his breathing using the Nine Yin Manual.

Although the treatment was successful, it was extremely taxing.

At the stone gate, Little Dragon Girl turned around.

She walked to the bedside, checked Li Mochou's pulse, and then looked at the fading palm print on her chest, nodding gently.

"The poison has been neutralized. What remains is internal injury and weakness, which requires recuperation."

Yang Guo opened his eyes: "Yes, the cure is complete. All I need to do next is take some medicine..."

Before she could finish speaking, the stone door opened slightly, and Granny Sun walked in carrying a bowl of medicine.

The old man's gaze swept across the bed, noticing the undergarment covering Li Mochou and her noticeably improved complexion. A look of understanding mixed with complexity flashed in his eyes, but he asked nothing, only saying softly, "The medicine is ready, and the temperature is just right now."

Xiaolongnu took the medicine bowl, helped Li Mochou up, and carefully fed her the medicine spoonful by spoonful.

In her dazed state, Li Mochou instinctively swallowed the warm medicine, which entered her stomach and transformed into a warm current that nourished her riddled meridians.

After feeding her the medicine, Granny Sun tidied up the medicine bowl and left. Little Dragon Girl straightened Li Mochou's clothes, covered her with a thin blanket, and quietly retreated to the side.

Silence returned to the stone chamber.

Only the faint, cold light emanating from the jade bed and the soft breathing of the three people could be heard.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Mochou's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes.

She first looked blankly at the top of the stone chamber, then her memory returned.

Poisoning, returning to the ancient tomb, healing wounds...

My cheeks started burning uncontrollably.

She instinctively tried to move, but her whole body was sore and weak, so she could only turn her head away.

His gaze met Yang Guo's, who was sitting cross-legged at the foot of the bed, meditating.

The young man closed his eyes and concentrated, his bare upper body still bearing the thin layer of sweat from the intense treatment, which gleamed healthily in the dim light.

His profile was sharply defined, with long eyelashes drooping and a focused, calm expression.

Li Mochou looked at him, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

There was shyness, confusion, a hint of excitement that she herself didn't want to delve into, and a sense of exhaustion and...gratitude after surviving a disaster.

"How are you feeling?" Yang Guo had opened his eyes at some point and was looking at her.

Li Mochou opened her mouth, her voice hoarse: "...Much better."

She paused, then whispered, "Thank you."

"No need." Yang Guo smiled, his smile regaining its usual composure. "Since you are from the Ancient Tomb, I naturally won't stand by and watch you die."

The people in the ancient tomb.

These four words sent a shiver down Li Mochou's spine.

Many years have passed, and she has long been expelled from her sect. Everyone in the martial arts world regards her as a demon.

But at this moment, in the boy's words, she is still "a person from the ancient tomb".

My eyes suddenly felt hot.

She turned her head away, unwilling to let anyone see her vulnerability at this moment.

Yang Guo didn't say much. He got up, put on his outer robe, and said to Xiaolongnu, "Miss Long, please look after them. There are two 'guests' outside who need to be dealt with."

Little Dragon Girl nodded.

Yang Guo walked out of the stone chamber, and the stone door closed gently behind him.