Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 789 - 39: I’ll Help You Detoxify

Li Minghu, although she had fallen, hadn’t lost consciousness; she simply felt weak and her delicate body softened.

Yan Yu held her and heard her say in his ear,

"It’s fine, just a bit dizzy. I think I’ll be better after a rest."

Despite Li Minghu’s effort to appear fine, how could Yan Yu be fooled by her act? Firstly, from his past life, he knew that Valkyrie was best at pretending to be well and forcefully persevering; secondly, her body was now trembling, her limbs weak, and her complexion sickly flushed—it was obviously an unhealthy state, only a fool would be tricked!

Yan Yu swiftly sat down cross-legged, straightening Li Minghu’s body, only to find she couldn’t even hold up her upper body and could only lean weakly against him.

"Old Yan!" Below, Li Zhaojiang’s anxious voice rang out, "How is my sister?!"

"I’m still checking!" Yan Yu responded.

"Oh! Good..." Li Zhaojiang sighed in relief, thinking it was good that Old Yan was by his sister’s side, otherwise if she were alone and had collapsed right there, he would’ve been extremely worried.

Wait! Yan Yu, that lecher, is by my sister’s side; shouldn’t I be more worried?!

"Old Yan, be modest in your examination!" Li Zhaojiang shouted loudly, "Don’t touch where you shouldn’t touch!"

Xu Jin looked at him with incredulous eyes, her expression seeming to say, "Wow, not really, man, your sister is in a life-or-death situation, and you still care about male-female propriety?"

If Li Zhaojiang knew what Xu Jin was thinking, he definitely would tell her from his experience. Based on his understanding of Old Yan, if he intended to save someone, he would definitely do everything possible to help—although Li Zhaojiang often disparaged Yan Yu’s character, he held almost unconditional trust in this respect.

My reminder to Old Yan to not covet my sister actually spurs him to save her to the fullest!

"Okay!" Yan Yu responded, "Minghu can’t sit up now, so it’s normal for me to hold her, right?"

"Normal my foot! First, see what’s wrong with my sister!"

Yan Yu gently grabbed Li Minghu’s wrist, feeling her skin astonishingly hot at the moment, as if it were heated by fire.

His True Yuan probed into her, carefully infiltrating her meridians. Following the emergency maneuvers of a Mortal Warrior from his past life, he circulated through the twelve main meridians to confirm that there were no foreign True Yuan inside her. So it wasn’t an Illusion Technique or spell at work, and ordinary poisons were ineffective against a cultivator who had undergone Marrow Cleansing.

Could it be just an old ailment acting up again?

No, that wasn’t right either. Li Minghu’s body suffered from an imbalance of the Five Elements, outwardly manifesting as frequent coughing and a pale complexion, while her qi internally was weak and chaotic.

But now the qi in her body was not weak but tumultuously strong, vibrant, and robust, which didn’t resemble an imbalance of the Five Elements at all but rather seemed a bit like…

Heat?

Wait, would a female cultivator’s qi appear like this when she had a physiological reaction?

Yan Yu, always a pragmatist, only ever cared for useful knowledge and considered any useless knowledge a waste of time. Since he wasn’t a woman, he certainly didn’t study how female cultivators’ qi would behave when aroused, merely remembering the basics of how to help—just needed to transfer Runescript True Essence to help her stabilize her qi.

Without hesitation, he linked hands with Li Minghu, intertwining their fingers, and his True Yuan traveled through the Shaoyin Meridian into her, heading three inches below her navel.

Seeing Yan Yu and Li Minghu being so close and holding hands made Li Zhaojiang’s scalp tingle from down below, thinking to himself that if this kept up, would he have to call him his brother-in-law in the future?

If sis were really together with him in the future, that means I’d be considered lower than him in status, but if they aren’t together... damn it, after taking so many liberties with my sister, you dare to chase after other women?

I’d freaking stab you with a pig-slaying knife!

Li Zhaojiang’s expression fluctuated uncontrollably, while Xu Jin silently watched from the side, heaving a sigh inwardly.

It was no secret in Qing’an Team that the captain was overly protective of his sister. Mainly because Deputy Li’s health wasn’t great, which could easily draw ill-intentioned men seeking to take advantage... But Captain Yan obviously couldn’t be such a person!

Rather than worrying that he might covet your sister, it might be more relevant to worry that he might lead her on and then abandon her. Considering Deputy Li’s lack of resistance and modesty towards Captain Yan, she certainly must have developed feelings for him.

Above, Yan Yu transferred True Yuan to Li Minghu, attempting to stabilize her qi. He only felt her qi becoming increasingly strong and powerful, much like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

Li Minghu also sensed something was wrong, feeling her entire body fiercely overheating. She had the urge to plunge into water to cool down, but her limbs were too weak to move effectively, allowing Yan Yu to continue transferring True Yuan—the True Yuan merging with her own, blending like water and milk, yet like oil in a fierce fire, making her consciousness even more muddled.

"Water..." she struggled to mumble.

Yan Yu paused for a moment, thinking, cultivators don’t need to drink, why would you suddenly need water now?

However, he did have a small bottle of water on him, mainly used to help swallow large and hard-to-ingest pills, and so, he let go of her hands while reaching towards his waist to get the water.

As soon as his fingertips touched the bottle, his cheek was suddenly cradled by someone.