Within one or two breaths, Nalan Yanran's body began to emit steamy white mist.
"Teacher..." Nalan Yanran felt as if the Dou Qi within her body was burning, and she felt like she was about to spontaneously combust the next second.
"Yanran, what's wrong with you?" Looking at the student who had fallen into her arms, and feeling the terrifying heat emanating from her cheeks, Yun Yun channeled some Dou Qi to protect herself, saying with some alarm, "How can she be so hot!"
Leaning in her teacher's soft embrace, Nalan Yanran's pretty face was full of pain: "So hot..."
"She's that Nalan Yanran..." Xue Ni and Instructor Ruo Lin murmured, looking at the girl emitting high-temperature heat.
They had also heard some things about the girl and Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan had noticed Nalan Yanran's condition was somewhat bad earlier, but he didn't expect it to be so critical to her life!
Could it be that Gu He's current alchemy methods are not good...
Xiao Yan had no time to think more, quickly came to Yun Yun's side, and placed his hand on Nalan Yanran's shoulder: "Let me see."
Watching Xiao Yan's actions, Instructor Ruo Lin was greatly surprised. The girl named Nalan Yanran's body temperature was extremely high, hotter than boiling water, yet he could directly place his hand on her.
"Let me do it, my Dou Qi is water-attributed Dou Qi." Instructor Ruo Lin extended her fair jade hand, and a faint light blue warm energy enveloped it.
Yun Yun looked up at Xiao Yan. Water-attributed Dou Qi, among the classifications of Dou Qi, belonged to the most gentle kind, most suitable for healing others, generally called a mobile healing medicine.
"No," Xiao Yan refused outright, and then explained, "Her entire body temperature is too high; if your water enters, it will probably be immediately boiled, making her even more uncomfortable."
Instructor Ruo Lin withdrew her hand, pondered for a moment, and felt it made perfect sense; she was indeed not suitable to act.
While speaking, Xiao Yan had already transmitted a stream of Dou Qi into Nalan Yanran's body, letting it travel through her burning meridians.
Although his Dou Qi was primarily fire-based, at this moment, fire-attributed Dou Qi coming into contact with Nalan Yanran would be like adding fuel to the fire, but that was for ordinary fire-attributed Dou Qi.
The quality of his Dou Qi was far more powerful than even some Heavenly Flame.
Once Heavenly Flame appeared, all other flames submitted, let alone the fire-attributed energy within Nalan Yanran's body, which wasn't even real flame.
Under Xiao Yan's control, a stream of his own fire-attributed Dou Qi quickly enveloped the Dou Qi in Nalan Yanran's meridians.
After occupying all the meridians, it began to absorb the scorching energy within Nalan Yanran's limbs and bones.
Under Xiao Yan's furious and overbearing Dou Qi, strands of heat within Nalan Yanran's body were continuously absorbed.
Although Nalan Yanran's initial temperature was extremely high, compared to Heavenly Flame, it was completely insignificant.
In just a few breaths, Nalan Yanran's complexion returned to normal. She had simply been rendered unconscious by a surge of heat entering her Dou Qi Cyclone in her lower abdomen.
"Yanran..." Yun Yun anxiously called out as she took her disciple.
Xiao Yan comforted her, "She's temporarily alright."
"What are you doing?" A puzzled voice came, and Xun'er's elegant lotus-like figure floated gracefully over like a butterfly.
"Xun'er, you're here," Instructor Ruo Lin said gently, like flowing water.
Xun'er nodded with a smile, looking at the unconscious Nalan Yanran with some confusion.
Xiao Yu pouted and explained, "Although I don't like her much, she can't have anything happen to her while she's staying at the Xiao family."
Xun'er thought for a moment and probably understood what was going on, nodding in agreement: "The family's objective has been achieved. If this Nalan Yanran dies, it would seem a bit too aggressive."
"This has little to do with us." Xiao Yan shook his head and pondered, "It should be the medicinal pill she took."
"Medicinal pill?" Yun Yun looked at Xiao Yan in confusion, "That medicinal pill came from Dan King Gu He's hand. He's a sixth-grade alchemist; there shouldn't be any problems with the medicine he refines, right?"
A sixth-grade alchemist! Instructor Ruo Lin looked sideways in surprise. Even Jia Nan Academy currently had no one of that caliber.
The Misty Cloud Sect being able to dominate the Jia Ma Empire indeed had a profound foundation.
Yet, even so, the Xiao family was able to capture the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect back to their family without causing any retaliation from the Misty Cloud Sect.
Thinking this, Instructor Ruo Lin felt that this family in Wu Tan City was truly unfathomable.
Xiao Yan chuckled lightly: "Although a sixth-grade alchemist is good, they are not gods. There are still unforeseen circumstances."
"That medicinal pill itself is an extreme item. Even if the formula is good, it requires long-term dedicated cultivation to fully absorb its medicinal power. But..." Xiao Yan shook his head.
If Nalan Yanran had cultivated diligently, she would indeed have benefited.
Unfortunately, he had caused many things, and without sufficient strength, he could only push himself to the brink of collapse.
It was similar to going berserk.
Yun Yun sighed deeply. The recent developments of events were too much of a blow for a girl under sixteen like Yanran.
"What should we do? She won't..." Xiao Yu asked.
Although the person was a bit unruly, it wasn't a crime punishable by death. Moreover, dying in the Xiao family would not be good for the family's reputation.
Glancing at Xiao Yu's dazzling long legs, Xiao Yan turned and said, "She'll be fine. I've temporarily sealed her Dou Qi in her Dou Qi Cyclone. This place isn't suitable for her healing; take her to the hot spring. The environment there will help with her treatment and recovery."
"Hot spring!" Hearing those two words, Xiao Yu's delicate body trembled.
Since that incident, she hadn't been there for a long time.
A moment later, the group walked through a narrow passage and arrived at a place filled with mist.
As it concerned a life, according to Xiao Yan's request, Yun Yun, Ruo Lin, and Xun'er took off their clothes and helped the unconscious Nalan Yanran into the hot spring.
"Alright."
After being reminded by Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan walked over from a distance, sat cross-legged on the bank, waved his hand to take out the guqin, and placed it on his legs.
In an instant, in this hidden place, moving zither music gracefully resounded.
Xiao Yan lightly plucked the guqin, and vast Dou Qi condensed at his fingertips, marking a new breakthrough in his understanding of warming meridians and nourishing veins, and Buddhist secret techniques.
Suddenly plucking a series of notes, the melody drifted aimlessly, fully displaying a grandmaster's realm.
As the zither music surged, Xiao Yu and Xue Ni, standing by, felt as if their entire bodies were being soothed by a mysterious force, and the speed of their Dou Qi circulation suddenly accelerated.
As the rapid arpeggio swept across the strings, both Xiao Yu and Xue Ni felt a chill arise within their hearts.
Even Yun Yun, Xun'er, and Ruo Lin, who were in the hot spring, felt a chill throughout their bodies, as if rinsing with ice and bathing in snow.
(End of Chapter)
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