Chapter 29: A Drop of Water

  Time passed for another quarter of an hour, and the cold poison in the two women's bodies subsided again. The two women happily opened their eyes, and this time, as Gu Yun had said, there was no pain at all. However, when they opened their eyes, what they saw was that apart from their hands, all other parts of Gu Yun were frozen into a block of ice. Obviously, Gu Yun did not want the two women to know about his situation during the treatment process.

  The eyes of the two women immediately turned red, and big drops of tears fell from their beautiful faces, constantly calling out "Gu Da Ge" in Gu Yun's ear. However, Gu Yun was unable to respond to them at this time. The situation inside his body was very bad, as he had underestimated the power of the cold poison in the two women's bodies merging with the yin energy in his own body. His entire body had already been frozen solid. Previously, the yin energy in his body had only destroyed his physical form, and the Revival True Qi could still take effect. But after merging with the cold poison in the two women's bodies, it was different. The "Nine Yin Ice Destruction" in their bodies was an extremely cold thing, belonging to yin energy. After being absorbed by Gu Yun's body's yin energy, the originally non-freezing yin energy turned into extremely cold energy, greatly reducing the effect of the Revival True Qi, resulting in his current state.

  Fortunately, the explosion of yin energy in his body had passed by the time he was about to collapse. Otherwise, Gu Yun might have really ended up here. Now that the yin energy has retreated, only the cold toxin of Jiuyin Bing Sha remains in his body, wreaking havoc. Due to its fusion with the yin energy in his body, the destructive power of the cold toxin has greatly increased. Not only did it freeze and shatter all the meridians in Gu Yun's body, but also caused cracks to appear on his robust physique. As the blood vessels were frozen, the circulation of the Rebirth True Qi was slow, unable to repair the damaged body in time. If this continued, Gu Yun would likely be frozen into a pile of ice shards before long.

  Just as Gu Yun was at a loss for what to do, a small red spark in his dantian suddenly burst forth with a scorching energy. This energy coursed through Gu Yun's meridians, rapidly dissolving all the hard ice it passed through. Witnessing this explosion of energy, Gu Yun finally remembered that he still had the Three Absolutes True Fire cultivated from the Chaotic Fire God Technique at his disposal. With the high temperature of the Three Absolutes True Fire, it was absolutely the best choice to deal with these cold poisons. He quickly controlled the Three Absolutes True Fire to circulate through his meridians. Soon, all the hard ice in his meridians had been cleared out, and Gu Yun carefully controlled the Three Absolutes True Fire to spread throughout his body. This was an unbearable process; his entire body felt like it was being bitten by countless insects, causing an intense itching sensation that was difficult to endure. However, for Gu Yun, who was accustomed to suffering, he could still persist through this.

  After a whole hour, Gu Yun finally managed to stabilize the situation inside his body. The solid ice all over his body had melted, and the Revitalizing True Qi was working hard to repair the damaged areas. However, what puzzled Gu Yun was that the Nine Yin Ice Toxin that had entered his body hadn't been thoroughly refined by him. Instead, it had transformed into a small black water droplet floating in his Dan Tian, emitting waves of cold air. On the other side, a red fire flower was emitting waves of heat, opposing the water droplet, while the Dragon Embryo between them remained with its eyes half-closed, absorbing energy.

  Moreover, Gu Yun discovered that he could actually control the black water droplet. The water droplet's ability was exactly the same as the Nine Yin Ice Frost, which was an extremely low temperature, even lower than the Nine Yin Ice Frost in the two women's bodies. Gu Yun guessed that this might be because it had absorbed the purest yin energy from his body, and indeed, that was the case. Even without being refined by him, it was still due to this reason; otherwise, it would have been reduced to nothingness by the Three Realms True Fire. However, the yin energy in his body could form a chaotic energy existence, and after merging with the cold toxin, it had undergone a fundamental transformation. Gu Yun wasn't even clear about the extent of the cold toxin's current state. The only thing he could confirm was that the cold toxin in the two women's bodies was ice, while the one in his body was just water.

  This situation made Gu Yun feel a little surprised and worried at the same time. He was happy that he had this thing, which would make it much easier to treat the cold poison in the two women's bodies. But what worried him was its relationship with San Mai Zhen Huo, these two extreme energies put together, who knows what kind of trouble they would cause. It seems like he needs to find some time to ask his master about this, but for now, it's time to comfort the two women.

  Two women have been crying beside Gu Yun since they saw him turn into a block of ice, thinking that it was their fault that he ended up like this. They themselves had no way to help Gu Yun, and they even thought that if Gu Yun really died, they would follow him in death. If Gu Yun knew what the two women were thinking, he might be so happy that he would jump up - there were actually two girls who were willing to die with him.

  As soon as Gu Yun opened his eyes, he saw two beautiful faces with tears in their eyes, four big eyes staring at him tightly. Seeing Gu Yun's eyes open, the two women immediately asked anxiously: "Brother Gu, are you okay?"

  Smiling faintly at the two women, Gu Yun said: "Of course nothing's wrong, how could something happen to me, your brother Gu?"

  "Older brother Gu, we were really scared to death just now. We thought you... It's all our fault, causing older brother Gu to suffer so much. Next time don't bother with us, okay? We still have Master Lian's elixir, eating it will make everything fine. For so many years, that's how we've always gotten by. None of us want to see older brother Gu suffering for our sake again." These words were spoken by Chen Ling'er, and Chen Xue'er was also nodding in agreement beside her.

  "Silly girl, look at me now, I'm fine, aren't I? Your master asked me to come and treat you, he entrusted you to me, how could I not take care of you? Besides, this time it was my fault for being careless, next time it won't happen again, you don't have to worry." Gu Yun smiled as she said this in response to Chen Ling'er's words.

  But the two women still disagreed with Gu Yun treating them again, until Gu Yun repeatedly assured them that nothing would happen and if such a situation occurred again next time, he would give up treating them. The two women finally agreed to let Gu Yun try once more. This made Gu Yun smile wryly to himself, as it seemed that this doctor had gone to beg people to treat their illnesses.

  After comforting the two women for a few more sentences, Gu Yun returned to his residence and began to adjust his breath. At the same time, he also started to control the newly acquired extremely cold energy. If there was a problem at a critical moment, it would be troublesome. In the process of controlling, Gu Yun discovered that this drop of water had some other properties besides low temperature.

  With this extremely cold water, it was indeed of great help in treating the two sisters' cold poison. The treatment on the second night was much easier for Gu Yun. The cold poison in the two women's bodies was absorbed and became nutrients for this drop of water, and even those that had invaded into their blood and flesh were absorbed, making Gu Yun feel very happy. In this way, the day when the two women would recover was not far off.