Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

Click!

The insect was thrown to the ground by Yukine, who stomped on it and killed it, turning it into scattered ice crystals.

"Are you alright?" Gou An asked.

"It's nothing!" Xueyin immediately shook her head.

Although he appeared unharmed, he clutched his chest and looked grave.

Seeing her like this, Gou An knew she must have been poisoned, but he didn't know how serious the poison was.

Sure enough, after taking a few steps forward, Yukine seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem.

He immediately found an open space, sat cross-legged, and took out a pill to swallow, clearly intending to begin detoxification.

At the same time, she flipped her hand again and took out a slender jade bottle, which she then tilted outwards.

Several beams of white light shot out simultaneously, eventually transforming into different kinds of animals.

Among them were the messenger parrot that Gou An had seen, and the ferret that Xueyin was cuddling.

Besides the two here, there were other small animals I had never seen before, such as rabbits, pheasants, and mice.

"Go and find a way out!"

Xueyin gave them a command, and the next second all the small beasts scattered and darted out of the passage at high speed.

"You've been poisoned!" Gou An noticed that Xueyin's face had turned somewhat purple and her lips had turned black.

"I know, I have a way!"

Xueyin closed her eyes, made hand seals, and tried to circulate her energy throughout her body, hoping to use the pill she had just swallowed to fight the toxins.

"I beg you, fellow Daoist, to protect me!"

Xueyin groaned, her brows furrowing even deeper.

"good!"

Gou An didn't say much, but just waited quietly.

However, as time went on, Xueyin's complexion became increasingly grim, clearly indicating that her fight against the toxins was not going smoothly.

Although the spread of the toxin was suppressed, it could not be completely eliminated.

As an alchemist, Gou An was well aware of the seriousness of this situation.

Such a tiny ice worm possesses such potent venom, capable of forcing Xueyin, who has at least reached the Golden Core stage, into this state.

However, he wanted to help, but he didn't have any effective antidote on him.

Only Gou An can utilize the characteristics of his Water Spirit Meridian to try to cleanse and purify the body, and has a method to expel toxins.

It might actually work!

"Your Majesty, I can help you!" Gou An saw that Xueyin was not moving, so he had no choice but to step forward to greet and show concern.

But Yukine did not answer.

Gou An frowned slightly, stepped forward and gently patted her shoulder, only then realizing that something was wrong.

At this moment, Yukine's entire body seemed to be frozen solid, and her breath had become extremely weak.

Furthermore, she herself appears to have fallen into a coma, clearly having no way to fight back.

"Big sister, don't scare me. If you die, who will take me out?" Gou An tried to transfer the scalding demonic energy in his body to her body to help dispel the cold poison in her body.

However, An discovered that no matter how much demonic energy she released, Xueyin's body could not absorb any of it and was frantically rejecting it.

After many attempts, Gou An finally discovered the reason.

This Yukine is not a demon!

It's people!

No wonder I couldn't sense any demonic aura from him from beginning to end. I always thought he was good at hiding it, but it turns out he didn't have any at all.

A woman who cultivated herself actually became a demon king in the snowy region.

His subordinates were all strange and bizarre monsters, which was really quite odd.

However, at this moment, Gou An had no time to think about these reasons.

We need to help him get rid of the poison now, otherwise if we leave it unattended, she will most likely die here and eventually turn into an ice sculpture from the inside out.

"Beautiful lady, I know a little about detoxification techniques. I'm here to save your life. Please forgive me."

Gou An clasped his hands in a fist salute to her, then reached out to unbutton her clothes, wanting to check the location of the wound on her chest.

Just as she had taken off her outer garment and was about to take things further, Xueyin suddenly opened her eyes and grabbed Gou An's wrist with her icy jade hand.

"You..." She wanted to say something, but could only utter a single syllable and couldn't say anything at all.

"I'm saving you. If you want to die, I don't care!" Gou An emphasized.

"Thank you...!" Yukine managed to squeeze out a few more muffled sounds from her throat before becoming motionless, as if time had stopped.

Gou An slowly pried open her hands that were holding him and continued to slowly remove his inner garment, revealing the wounds from the ice insect bites.

The wound was in a very awkward and private location, making Gou An's heart race with fear.

Furthermore, Gou An discovered that frost was spreading outwards from the wound, gradually freezing his body.

The pills that Xueyin swallowed were indeed for detoxification, but they could only cure ordinary poisons.

This ice worm's poison carries the power of extreme cold and freezing; once poisoned, the cold air will quickly invade the entire body.

This slows down the flow of Qi in the meridians, suppressing the effects of the detoxifying pill.

The only way to neutralize this poison is with a pill containing extremely hot medicinal properties.

Unfortunately, Gou An did not have this item on him.

However, Gou An himself possesses half the efficacy of the Fiery Holy Body, and his body temperature is already extremely high.

To cure this cold poison, we must first raise her body temperature.

"Excuse me, I didn't mean to take advantage of you, I really did it to save you!"

After saying something to Xueyin, Gou An took off his outer garment, walked behind Xueyin, and hugged her tightly.

At this moment, Yukine was as cold as ice, completely frozen.

Body temperature alone was not enough. Gou An activated his demonic power, creating a fireball that enveloped them and continued to heat them up.

However, simply raising the external temperature cannot completely expel the toxins; it can only stop the spread of the cold toxins.

Therefore, Gou An still needs help to expel toxins from his body.

He then laid Xueyin down in his arms, channeling the energy of his Water Spirit Meridian and Fire Flame Holy Body into his mouth, and sucked the poison from the wound.

After the high temperature melted the frozen wound, the Fiery Sacred Body, carrying the power of the Water Spirit Meridian, went deep into the meridians along the wound, slowly dissolving the cold poison along the way.

The process was slow, but very effective.

The cold poison stopped spreading and was thawing rapidly; Xueyin's complexion was gradually returning to normal.

After drawing out all the cold poison from her body, Gou An spat out a mouthful of warm blood.

The blood has warmed up, which means that the coldness in the body has been completely dispelled.

"call!"

Gou An let out a long breath.

At this moment, Xueyin in my arms had returned to normal, and her body had softened from stiffness.

Gou An looked down at the beauty in his arms again, and couldn't help but swallow. Before he could properly admire her, he saw Xueyin's eyelids twitch slightly, and she was obviously about to wake up.

So Gou An could only prepare to dress her again, but just as he helped her put on her undergarments, Xue Yin suddenly woke up, immediately broke free from Gou An's embrace, and turned her back.

"Don't misunderstand, I just helped you detoxify, I didn't do anything improper!" Gou An immediately explained.

"I know!" Xueyin, her back to Gou An, nodded slightly, silently putting her clothes back on. Her tone was icy yet tinged with shyness: "I hope you won't tell anyone about this!"

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Gou An nodded immediately, "I definitely won't tell, I'll keep my mouth shut!"