Chapter 132 - Bewitching Soul Poison

“Nghh!”

“Ahhh...!”

“Nyaaahhh...”

“Could you stop making those sounds?”

“I... I’m not doing it on purpose.” Tian Yan fell silent for a moment, her voice trembling slightly. The Beguiling Sakura Flower and the Heavenly Desire Dao Field’s bewitching soul poison had made her body frighteningly sensitive.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, forcing down the restless heat beginning to stir in him as well, and said softly, “If you keep going like that and disturb my focus, don’t blame me for whatever happens next.”

Tian Yan’s golden eyes were misty now. She bit her lip and said nothing, only nodding in silence.

After a few breaths of quiet, Xu Yuan steadied his mind. Although his own meridians had been entered countless times by Ran Qingmo in that secret chamber beneath Suspended Heaven Cliff, this was his first time entering someone else’s.

Using source qi to help another person heal was something Xu Yuan had studied. The Blood Origin Heartfall Art contained records on it, after all. But until now, that knowledge had remained purely theoretical.

Under normal circumstances, unless the gap in cultivation was enormous, it was almost impossible to force source qi into another person’s internal meridians. But if the body’s owner willingly opened herself up, that was a different matter.

For an outsider to send source qi into someone else’s body, there were only two entry points. One was the dantian in the lower abdomen, and the other was the Converging Origin acupoint on the back.

Xu Yuan gently pressed his hand against Tian Yan’s back and carefully guided his source qi into her body. Her meridians were tight and narrow, but the inner walls were warm and smooth.

As his source qi slowly pressed deeper, Xu Yuan quickly realized that Tian Yan had not been lying to him. The source qi inside her was currently rampaging through her meridians without order. Some of the inner walls had already begun to show faint signs of tearing. It was qi deviation.

Xu Yuan was far too familiar with the term. No wonder Tian Yan had taken the initiative to ask for his help.

Seeing this, he immediately controlled his own source qi, gathering it around those completely disordered streams of qi, wrapping them up, then guiding them to calm down according to the method recorded in the Blood Origin Heartfall Art.

And once Tian Yan sensed Xu Yuan’s source qi entering her body, she cooperated as best she could, struggling to control the runaway qi and move it along the path he indicated. One meridian after another was gathered in. One acupoint after another was soothed.

But as the process continued, Xu Yuan’s brows slowly began to knit together. He discovered that the Beguiling Sakura Flower and the Heavenly Desire Bewitching Soul Poison had already seeped into every corner of Tian Yan’s body. Worse still, even the source qi within her had faintly taken on traces of the Beguiling Sakura Flower’s effects.

As Xu Yuan continued guiding Tian Yan’s qi, that medicinal power began passing through her qi and into his mind.

A tingling numbness spread through him, and for an instant, his thoughts blurred.

Xu Yuan’s pupils contracted slightly. The Beguiling Sakura Flower’s effects were actually this vicious. He had only sent his source qi into Tian Yan’s meridians to heal her, and even that was enough for it to affect him.

Fortunately, source qi was something he could cut away. The liquid source qi condensed inside his body now surged like a tide. Any portion he was controlling outside himself could simply be abandoned.

Still, this gave Xu Yuan a fresh understanding of how terrifying the Beguiling Sakura Flower really was. No wonder this thing could even drug a Sage level powerhouse into submission.

The thought flashed through his mind, and then Xu Yuan suddenly frowned. He had realized something. Wasn’t the Beguiling Sakura Flower supposed to target the soul? Then why was its poison inside Tian Yan’s body?

While continuing to guide and regulate her qi, Xu Yuan asked softly, “Tian Yan, why is there Beguiling Sakura Flower poison inside your body?”

Tian Yan bit her lip and said nothing.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan immediately stopped what he was doing. “No answer? Then calm your source qi yourself.”

Tian Yan took a deep breath, her voice carrying a faint tremor. “I already explained earlier. We... we are both in soul body form right now.”

Xu Yuan understood at once. Then, taking advantage of the opening, he asked, “Then why can you use the Heaven Deriving Art?”

Tian Yan suppressed the distracting thoughts in her heart and explained quietly, “The Soul chapter of the Heaven Deriving Art can... can help me resist part of the illusion’s power. The Beguiling Sakura Flower works the same way.”

Xu Yuan grew silently wary. After a brief moment of thought, he continued helping her sort out the chaotic source qi.

Time passed, second by second.

About half an hour later, Xu Yuan saw that the rampaging source qi inside Tian Yan had nearly settled. Only milky-white source qi remained, flowing obediently through her meridians. He then slowly withdrew his own source qi from her body.

Of course, before leaving, Xu Yuan also left behind a small souvenir inside her. He lifted his hand from Tian Yan’s straight, jade-like back and let out a long breath. “All done.”

Tian Yan slowly opened her eyes as well. The misty haze from before had already faded from her gaze, though her cheeks were still faintly flushed.

After circulating her cultivation art for a moment, she turned her eyes slightly toward him and asked with a frown, “What is the meaning of the source qi you left inside me?”

Xu Yuan shrugged. “Insurance.”

He did not know any proper restrictive arts, so he could only use the most primitive method. He had buried a portion of his source qi inside her body.

If Tian Yan made any suspicious moves, he could detonate it directly. Compared to those once-and-for-all restrictive techniques, though, this crude method had a major flaw. It required Tian Yan to cooperate. Without her cooperation, his source qi could not squeeze its way in.

Hearing Xu Yuan’s answer, Tian Yan said nothing. Her beautiful eyes simply stared at him, quiet and unreadable.

There was anger in her gaze, but also the faintest hint of amusement. She knew Xu Changtian was wary of her strength, but she had not expected this bastard to go this far just to keep her under control.

First, he had used that Blood Phoenix Drill to pierce through her left arm, preventing her from using the Heaven mantras.

Then he had refused to let her regulate her breathing and suppress the Beguiling Sakura Flower and the Heavenly Desire Bewitching Soul Poison, forcing her to constantly split her focus just to hold them down.

And now, he had become shameless enough to directly plant a lump of source qi inside her body. A lump of source qi like this would gradually disperse over time, even if she did not actively refine it away.

In other words, this bastard was very likely planning to make her willingly open her meridians every so often so he could plant a fresh lump of source qi inside her.

Tian Yan’s beautiful eyes flickered for a moment. In the end, she let out a sigh of resignation. After circulating her qi for several breaths, Tian Yan finally formed two Heaven mantras with one hand.

“Fortify Soul.”

“Calm Heart.”

The moment the words fell, the blush on Tian Yan’s face vanished at once, and her skin returned to its crystalline, snow-white glow.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan immediately frowned slightly.

Tian Yan shot him an annoyed glare and said, “This can only suppress it.”

Xu Yuan smiled and nodded, as if he believed her. “So that’s how it is.”

Tian Yan gave a light snort, turned around, and walked toward the outside of the palace.

Xu Yuan said nothing. He simply stared at her slender back, then suddenly erupted with full speed and flashed to her side, pinching her arm.

“Mhmph...” The young woman immediately let out a startled cry, and a flush climbed back onto her snow-white cheeks.

The Beguiling Sakura Flower and the Heavenly Desire Bewitching Soul Poison were affecting her body every moment.

She turned back and glared at him, breathing lightly. “Xu Changtian, what are you doing?”

Xu Yuan’s face showed just the right amount of awkwardness. “Just verifying what you said.”

“Heh.” Tian Yan clenched her fist and took a deep breath, forcing herself not to argue with him.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan shrugged and immediately said, “I remember the effects of the Beguiling Sakura Flower last for about a month. Let’s talk about how we’re supposed to get out of here.”

He was reminding her that the time the two of them could trust each other was only one month.

Tian Yan continued walking forward as she said, “It will be troublesome. We need to reach the deepest part of this illusion first. There should be a way out there.”

Xu Yuan listened to Tian Yan’s explanation while following behind her.

A short while later, the two arrived at the entrance of the technique transmission hall.

Outside, white cranes danced through the air. Celestial mist curled and drifted. Beneath the sunlight, jade towers and golden pavilions hidden among the mountains and forests shone with a mysterious glow. Countless sect disciples moved between them, painting the grand scene of an Immortal sect in its prime.