468: Chapter 468: So That’s How It Is 468: Chapter 468: So That’s How It Is Guo Momo and Lin Feifei tried their best to persuade, but nothing could make Zhao Yaya listen obediently.
Finally, Lin Feifei resorted to liquor and managed to get Zhao Yaya drunk.
Zhao Yaya, already in a bad mood, showed a little interest when she heard alcohol was involved.
Given Zhao Yaya’s poor alcohol tolerance, she was out cold after less than two glasses, thankfully not going into a drunken frenzy this time.
Tangyu felt Zhao Yaya’s pulse, infusing her with Pure Yang Power and carefully examining her condition.
Tangyu’s brows furrowed slightly and his face occasionally flashed with an unusual expression.
The pulse diagnosis lasted a good half hour before Tangyu finally released Zhao Yaya’s wrist.
“Tangyu, how is Yaya doing?” Guo Momo asked impatiently.
Tangyu slightly raised his eyebrows, “It’s a very strange symptom, likely caused by a peculiar and potent poison.
Fortunately, the dosage was minimal, and it is a slow-acting poison.
Otherwise, we would have had a serious problem.”
“What, poisoned?
Someone wants to harm Yaya?” Guo Momo and Lin Feifei were both startled, but they quickly fell silent.
Zhao Yaya’s status was extremely high, as a princess of the Zhao family, one of Donglin’s four major households.
If someone dared to target her, their aim must surely be the Zhao household.
Considering the entire scope of Donglin City—even the whole of Huaxia Country—very few forces would dare attack the Zhao family.
If that were the case, a tumultuous storm was likely imminent.
If someone dared target a behemoth like the Zhao house, that power wouldn’t necessarily be able to contend with the Zhao family, but it wouldn’t be much inferior, right?
Tangyu was pondering this too, “The situation is hard to say for now; it might be targeting her family, which we can’t rule out.
Donglin City is not exactly stable at the moment, and even the Capital City should be filled with undercurrents.
For any force to dare take covert action against the Zhao family, it isn’t excessive to suggest that.” In his mind, Tangyu was thinking over the strange poison that was giving even him a headache.
Had the dose not been controlled to be extremely sparse, Zhao Yaya’s condition might have been much worse—she might have even been in mortal danger.
Whoever could use such a peculiar poison, Tangyu’s first suspicion was naturally the Yin Medical Sect.
Could it be that the Yin Medical Sect wanted to make a move against the Zhao family?
Or did the Yin Medical Sect want to exploit the Zhao family’s vulnerability by controlling Zhao Yaya’s life to coerce the Zhao family?
Given the current situation, this seemed the most likely and reasonable possibility.
Otherwise, even in a feud between the four major households, they would not resort to such an extreme and radical approach.
Moreover, the strange toxin was something even Tangyu could not fully understand, it was obviously a concocted poison.
Just now, he had attempted to neutralize it with Pure Yang Qi, finding it quite difficult to eliminate.
Apart from the Yin Medical Sect, Tangyu couldn’t think of anyone else capable of concocting such a bizarre toxin.
But soon Tangyu shook his head, “Strange, based on my calculation, the poisoning should have occurred yesterday.
Yesterday morning, you all were together, and we were together in the afternoon.
How could she have been poisoned?”
“Yesterday?
We were together the whole time yesterday, never separated.
We even had our meals at home, how could poisoning occur?
If it did, shouldn’t we all be poisoned?” Guo Momo furrowed her brows deeply, a look of bafflement on her face.
Lin Feifei also thought about it and shook her head, clearly not understanding.
Tangyu himself couldn’t figure it out and, after pondering, said, “Let’s think about this later.
First, I will detoxify Yaya’s poison.
Afterwards, we can ask Yaya herself; perhaps we can get some useful information from her.”
“Mmm-hmm,” Guo Momo nodded her head.
Tangyu carried Zhao Yaya into the room, and after a full hour, the door finally opened.
Zhao Yaya emerged, smiling and back to her usual self.
“Where’s Tangyu?” Lin Feifei asked.
“Good guy brother?
He’s inside, he seems somewhat exhausted.
Hehe, it’s so weird though, why would good guy brother be alone in the room with me?
What did he do to me, why is he all sweaty?
Good guy brother wouldn’t have done anything bad to me, right?” Zhao Yaya said, clearly having no recollection of recent events.
“…”
“You were drunk and went wild, and then—your good guy brother helped you sober up,” Guo Momo said.
“Ah, I was drunk?
Why?
How could I have drunk alcohol, I don’t remember anything?
Is today a special day?
Why would I drink, and why don’t you guys smell of alcohol?” Zhao Yaya asked with wide eyes.
“Enough with the questions.
It’s all because you were greedy and snuck some drinks, now go check on your good guy brother,” Guo Momo said.
At that moment, Tangyu walked out, his steps heavy, his face covered in sweat, looking as exhausted as if he’d played an intense basketball game.
The sight of Tangyu like this nearly startled Guo Momo and Lin Feifei; they had never seen him in such a state before.
Lin Feifei hurried over to support Tangyu, her face showing concern.
“I’m fine, just a bit weak.
Help me back to my room.
Yaya is fine too, tell her to take a bath,” Tangyu said.
Zhao Yaya still blinked her eyes at Tangyu, unable to restrain her curiosity, “Good guy brother, what exactly did you do to me?”
Lin Feifei directly assisted Tangyu into her own room, without answering Zhao Yaya’s question.
Back in the room, Lin Feifei helped Tangyu to a chair and said, “Tangyu, didn’t you say you wanted to ask about Yaya’s situation?”
Tangyu shook his head, “No need to ask, I already know the situation.
It has nothing to do with Yaya.
This matter is targeting me.”
“Ah, it’s targeting you?
What do you mean?” Lin Feifei asked worriedly.
“It’s nothing, don’t ask for now.
Sigh, I didn’t expect it to drain me to this extent.
This is the first time I had to confront something with all my strength, I almost didn’t make it through,” Tangyu sighed deeply.
Although Lin Feifei was somewhat worried, she didn’t ask any more since Tangyu said not to.
Men’s matters are for men to solve.
As a woman, the greatest support she could provide was often to maintain silence and stand by his side quietly.
“I’ll go draw a bath for you,” Lin Feifei said.
Tangyu cracked a smile, “I’m out of strength, why don’t you help me bathe?
Or, we could take one together.”
Lin Feifei’s face instantly turned a deep red, all the way to her ears, and she shyly ran into the bathroom.
After the bath, Tangyu felt a bit more comfortable, and of course, the little excitement in the bathroom also made him very comfortable.
Tangyu found that he had started to like bathing.
It was still early, and the two found themselves sitting on the bed much earlier than usual.
For a while, they didn’t know what to do.
Lin Feifei turned on the TV and started watching something casually, to prevent the atmosphere from becoming too awkward.
Even though she and Tangyu were already boyfriend and girlfriend—interacting with each other, there was still a bit of awkwardness.
After all, Lin Feifei was still young, only eighteen this year.
Tangyu leaned back on the bed, his mind preoccupied with the issue.
He hadn’t expected things to turn out this way.
This matter wasn’t about a force targeting the Zhao family, but was aimed at him, with Zhao Yaya merely being inadvertently involved.
However, Tangyu felt that he needed to thank Zhao Yaya.
If she hadn’t been involved, he might still be unaware of a great conspiracy stealthily unfolding against him.
If he had remained oblivious, he might not have been able to extricate himself safely in the end.
The poison this time was more terrifying and more difficult to resolve than any he had encountered before.
Even with just a trace of it, Tangyu had exhausted his Pure Yang Power and was left utterly drained before he finally managed to cleanse it.
If he had waited for the poison to accumulate to a certain level, and then combined it with a kind of Catalytic Remedy, it would have reached a frightening extent.
By then, he might need to use the last trump card of the two Flame Demon Scorpion Kings to save his life.
This move was indeed vicious enough.
If the Yin Medical Sect was behind this, the strength of the masters within the sect was terrifying.
The more formidable the Yin Medical Sect’s strength was, the more headaches Tangyu faced.
It seemed he had to become much stronger as soon as possible, or else how would he be able to contend with the Yin Medical Sect?
“By the way, Feifei, I’ve found a way to cure your illness,” Tangyu suddenly returned to his senses and said.
Lin Feifei’s face turned red again.
She looked at Tangyu and then lowered her head, “I know, it’s just—I might not be—ready mentally.
If you want to, then we can—try it again.”
“…
I’m not talking about that method,” Tangyu’s face also reddened slightly.
Although he really wanted to use Dual Cultivation with Lin Feifei, he didn’t want to force her.
Since she was not ready yet, they could wait.
After all, this kind of thing couldn’t be rushed.
“Ah, what method is it then?” Lin Feifei looked even more embarrassed.
“Close your eyes and open your mouth.
No matter what happens, don’t open your eyes.
It won’t take long; it’ll be over quickly,” Tangyu said.
Lin Feifei looked at Tangyu with confusion but still did as told, closing her eyes and opening her mouth.
Seeing Lin Feifei like this, Tangyu felt his heart stir and was tempted to kiss her.
However, he knew there were important things to settle first.
Tangyu opened his mouth, and the female Flame Demon Scorpion King flew onto his hand.
Away from the male Flame Demon Scorpion King, the female was clearly reluctant, and Tangyu could feel it resisting.
Tangyu took time to comfort them.
After a while, the two Flame Demon Scorpion Kings calmed down.
With a movement of his hand, Tangyu sent the female Flame Demon Scorpion King into Lin Feifei’s mouth, which transformed into a beam of light and headed straight from her mouth into her belly.
Lin Feifei possessed the Yin Ghost Physique, which in some ways was even more peculiar than the Pure Yin Body, extremely cold internally.
If this Extreme Cold Qi couldn’t be cleansed, it would pose a life-threatening risk.
Hence, it was said that individuals with the Yin Ghost Physique struggled to live past nine cycles of nine years—the minor tribulation at nine years old, the major tribulation at eighteen.
Most people would definitely not survive past eighteen.
If it wasn’t for Tangyu’s treatment, Lin Feifei would probably no longer be in this world.
The female Flame Demon Scorpion King’s most suitable living environment was within an Extreme Yin Body, and relatively speaking, Lin Feifei’s Ghost Yin Physique was even more suitable.
Using the female Flame Demon Scorpion King to absorb the Extreme Cold Qi in Lin Feifei’s body could definitely achieve a result no worse than neutralization with Tangyu’s Pure Yang Qi, and moreover, it could have a curative effect.
Tangyu’s Pure Yang Qi could only provide symptomatic relief.
Of course, to completely resolve the Ghost Yin Physique, Dual Cultivation was still necessary.
That said, the female Flame Demon Scorpion King could completely attract and absorb the Extreme Cold Qi in Lin Feifei’s body but could not change her constitution or enable her to ascend and transform.