Glancing at Xuan Ke, who was still stunned in the distance, Chen Yuyang called out, “Take Yan Luo back to the Stone House first. I’ll be there shortly.”
Xuan Ke snapped out of her shock, nodded, and carrying Yan Luo, turned and walked back toward the Stone House they had come from.
But in her mind, the image of Chen Yuyang unleashing that sword strike lingered.
That impossibly fast figure, that vast, icy sword intent.
Back at the Stone House, Xuan Ke placed the unconscious Yan Luo on the stone bed.
Looking at Yan Luo’s pale, paper-white cheeks, the twisted shape of her right arm, and the frozen blood on her body, Xuan Ke had no idea what to do for a moment.
The bleeding had stopped, but her breathing was faint, her face frighteningly pale, and her body was nearly devoid of warmth—ice-cold to the touch.
‘How should I treat this?’ Xuan Ke frowned deeply.
She couldn’t use medicinal pills here—after all, they were “external objects,” and the laws of this place restricted their use.
If she mishandled it or delayed, it could leave her with permanent damage—that would be a truly devastating blow.
In that case, it would be better to activate the teleportation talisman now and send her out, letting the clan elders and her grandfather heal her completely to ensure she’s fine.
As Xuan Ke was pondering this, the sound of footsteps crunching on snow came from outside the Stone House.
Chen Yuyang had returned.
Xuan Ke saw the young man carrying a large, furry roll on his shoulder—something that still smelled of blood.
He walked straight to the Stone House.
“That’s…”
Xuan Ke stared at the roll, which was even bigger than Chen Yuyang himself, and couldn’t react in time.
Without explaining, Chen Yuyang simply flung the roll open, covering the Stone House with it.
Instantly, a strong stench of blood mixed with the Giant Ape’s body odor hit her, forcing Xuan Ke to frown and instinctively cover her nose.
“What is that?” Overcoming her discomfort, Xuan Ke quickly asked.
“Fur,” Chen Yuyang replied succinctly.
“From the Giant Ape?”
Xuan Ke’s heart stirred, and she finally understood.
“Exactly.”
“What are you going to do with it?”
Xuan Ke couldn’t help asking, looking at the enormous fur covering the Stone House.
“Keep warm.”
Without looking up, Chen Yuyang finished arranging the fur, then stepped into the Stone House and continued, “I’ll deal with Yan Luo’s injuries first, then I’ll process this fur into a few coats. They should be excellent for keeping out the cold.”
“But this fur stinks…”
Xuan Ke frowned.
Chen Yuyang chuckled and glanced at her.
“We don’t have time for more processing now. I’ll just do a simple treatment. Unless you prefer freezing?”
Xuan Ke was speechless.
She looked at the howling wind and snow outside and could only nod helplessly.
Although the fur was foul-smelling, it was indeed better than freezing.
Chen Yuyang went to the stone bed, leaned down, and placed his hand on Yan Luo’s body.
His spiritual sense spread like a net, carefully probing inside her.
“Internal organs shaken, multiple minor damages, spiritual power depleted, right arm broken… but…” A faint light flickered in Chen Yuyang’s eyes, and the corner of his mouth curled into a slight smile.
“This girl is pretty lucky.”
“Lucky? Did she just barely avoid a fatal blow?”
Xuan Ke heard this and asked curiously.
Chen Yuyang shook his head, his gaze falling on Yan Luo’s pale face.
He explained calmly, “She’s lucky because she happened to run into me at this moment.”
Xuan Ke: “…”
She opened her mouth but didn’t know how to respond.
‘This guy, he can really boast about himself so openly? Even though he is indeed amazing. But isn’t modesty a virtue?’
Xuan Ke mentally complained, but Chen Yuyang didn’t see anything wrong with his statement.
Because in his view, Yan Luo was genuinely lucky.
At the critical moment when she needed to condense the Hao Yang origin, she suffered this seemingly severe but actually non-lethal injury, and happened to meet him here.
Originally, if he wanted to help her condense the Hao Yang origin, it would require great mental effort to guide her—time-consuming and laborious.
But now, with her internal organs damaged and spiritual power exhausted, he could instead use this chance to break and rebuild, forging her Hao Yang Body.
It would be twice the result with half the effort, and the process of condensing the Hao Yang origin would be smoother and more natural.
So that’s why Chen Yuyang said she was lucky.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Chen Yuyang turned to Xuan Ke and raised an eyebrow.
“Could you… step out for a moment?”
Xuan Ke shrugged helplessly and retorted, “Where else can I go? This Stone House is this small. Do you want me to go out and brave the wind?”
Chen Yuyang shook his head with a smile, thinking she had a point, and said, “Alright. You’re both women. There’s nothing for you to avoid.”
With that, Chen Yuyang hesitated no more.
He slowly raised both palms.
In the young man’s hands, a deep blue flame quickly ignited.
“W-what are you going to do?”
Xuan Ke watched the deep blue flame, sensing its extraordinary nature, and raised an eyebrow.
Chen Yuyang didn’t explain.
He just focused on Yan Luo on the stone bed and slowly moved his hands down, pressing them against her lower abdomen.
The Hao Yang True Flame danced and spread instantly from his palms, completely enveloping Yan Luo’s entire body.
The flames rose, casting a deep blue glow throughout the Stone House.
The leaping fire instantly turned Yan Luo’s clothes to ashes.
In the blink of an eye, Yan Luo was completely naked, exposed within the Hao Yang fire.
Her well-proportioned figure took on a strange luster under the deep blue firelight.
Xuan Ke’s eyes widened as she stared at the scene, her mouth slightly open.
‘No way, so open. No wonder he told me to leave earlier… And, what is he doing… roasting Luobo?’
The Hao Yang fire blazed fiercely.
Yan Luo’s body instantly turned black and charred.
The air filled with a strong burnt odor.
“Wait… Yuyang, are you really going to burn her to death?”
Xuan Ke blurted out, seeing the charred surface on Yan Luo.
Chen Yuyang said nothing, his expression focused.
Xuan Ke wanted to step forward to stop him, but worried that interrupting might cause something worse.
Fortunately, she didn’t have to worry for long.
With a crisp crack, the layer of charred skin on Yan Luo suddenly split open, peeling off her body like broken pottery shards.
And beneath that black shell, instead of a bloody mess, there was a translucent body wrapped in flowing deep blue flames.
Xuan Ke’s eyes widened in shock.
“What kind of skill is this?”
At this moment, Xuan Ke could no longer comprehend what she was seeing.
What she didn’t know was that Chen Yuyang was using the Hao Yang True Flame to forge Yan Luo’s body, to condense the Hao Yang Body.
At the same time, he was also treating her injuries.
In her current state—internal organs shaken, meridians damaged, unable to use pills or spiritual power—only this method of tempering her body, like reforging a blade by throwing it into the furnace, could fully heal her and even make her stronger than before.
Yan Luo’s eyes remained closed.
The frown on her face, which had been tight at first, gradually relaxed.
The pained expression on the girl’s face faded, replaced by a sense of relaxation, and even a hint of comfort and enjoyment.
Under the forging of the Hao Yang True Flame, the girl’s body became increasingly translucent, revealing her internal organs, bones, and meridians with perfect clarity.
Xuan Ke watched all this, and the shock in her heart was beyond words.
Watching Yan Luo’s body being refined in the flames, Xuan Ke also felt that Yan Luo was undergoing a complete transformation.
However… Xuan Ke’s gaze unconsciously fell on Chen Yuyang’s face.
The young man had been focused the entire time, all his mind on controlling the fire.
And facing Yan Luo, who was right in front of him, naked and with a translucent body, he truly remained completely indifferent, as if she were just an ordinary rock or piece of steel.
Was his self-control really that strong, or was their relationship so close that they could ignore such gender differences?
Xuan Ke didn’t know, but she felt that watching this scene, she inexplicably felt a hint of envy.
She couldn’t tell whether she envied Yan Luo for getting this chance to transform, or for her relationship with Chen Yuyang.
Or perhaps both.
Shaking her head, Xuan Ke dispelled these messy thoughts and turned her attention back to Yan Luo in the fire.
At the break of the girl’s right arm, the bones automatically reconnected.
The torn tendons and muscles quickly fused and reshaped, leaving no trace of injury.
After a while, Yan Luo suddenly let out a trembling, soft moan from her throat.
The sound was especially clear in the silent Stone House.
Inside Yan Luo’s body, countless tiny streams of orange-red heat surged and converged from her limbs and bones, flowing like rivers to the sea, all heading toward her lower abdomen.
Chen Yuyang’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He extended his right index finger and pressed it steadily on the center of Yan Luo’s flat, smooth lower abdomen, right on her navel.
Spiritual power swirled at the tip of his finger, guiding the converging heat to slowly rotate within her abdomen.
The rotation grew faster and faster, gradually forming an orange-red vortex.
Then, from the center of that orange-red flame vortex, a point of deep blue silently emerged.
As the Hao Yang origin appeared, in just a moment, the deep blue completely replaced all the orange-red.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Yuyang slowly withdrew his finger.
A hint of fatigue showed on his face, but his eyes held relief and delight.
Hao Yang Body, complete!
Not only that, but Yan Luo’s physique after this refining was several times stronger than before.
It was even comparable to a body cultivator of the same rank.
However, the consumption for himself was indeed not small.
Chen Yuyang took a few deep breaths before standing up.
He took out a set of clothes and placed them aside, then said to Xuan Ke, “Help her get dressed. It’s not convenient for me.”
Xuan Ke gave Chen Yuyang a small glare.
“You’ve seen and touched everything. Now you know it’s not convenient? But, fine… everything just now was necessary.”
Xuan Ke thought to herself and stepped forward to take the clothes.
But as soon as she picked them up, she suddenly realized a problem and turned back in shock to look at Chen Yuyang.
“I understand it’s not convenient for you.”
“But why do you have a full set of women’s clothes?”