Jiu Baiyun’s fingers hovered above the ghastly wound on Yun Yao’s shoulder.
The faint golden glow of Spiritual Energy had not yet fully dissipated, and the air still carried the charred smell of flesh seared by Spiritual Energy.
Yun Yao’s words, “Is it you?” made Jiu Baiyun pause slightly.
“Tsk, troublesome.”
The Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s voice immediately sounded, reminding, “Don’t just stand there. The bleeding hasn’t fully stopped yet. The one on the waist and abdomen is deeper!”
Jiu Baiyun snapped back to reality, his gaze quickly sweeping to the terrifying wound that almost penetrated Yun Yao’s waist and abdomen.
Dark red blood was still slowly, stubbornly seeping out, staining the torn fabric and the rough bed board beneath her.
Stopping the bleeding on the shoulder was only the first step.
This wound was the real fatal threat.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the surging complex emotions in his heart, and brought his fingers together again.
Then, carefully avoiding the internal organs that might be injured, he precisely aimed at the rolled-up flesh at the edge of the waist wound.
A faint sizzling sound rang out again, accompanied by a stronger burnt smell.
Yun Yao, unconscious, convulsed violently.
Her pale face was instantly covered in fine cold sweat, her teeth clenched tightly, and she let out a pained groan.
Seeing this, Jiu Baiyun dared not be distracted in the slightest.
He focused all his concentration on controlling the faint Spiritual Energy at his fingertips.
The pale golden glow little by little cauterized and sealed the ruptured blood vessels and wound surface.
This process was slow and arduous.
Sweat beads also formed on Jiu Baiyun’s temples, and the small amount of Spiritual Energy he had just absorbed from the Jade Token was rapidly depleting.
Finally, the speed of bleeding from the most terrifying wound on the waist visibly slowed, eventually almost stopping, leaving only the blackened, rolled-up wound surface and clotted dark red blood scabs.
Although the wound was still hideous, at least the fatal blood loss had been temporarily stemmed.
Jiu Baiyun let out a long breath, his tense nerves relaxing slightly.
Only then did he feel a strong sense of exhaustion wash over him.
The already meager Spiritual Energy in his body was almost completely depleted again.
He had intended to pick up the Jade Token again and absorb some more Spiritual Energy, but at that moment, the Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s voice rang out once more.
“Tsk, it’s not over yet.”
“The residual Spiritual Energy from that mass of Dark Qi is eroding her origin. If we don’t draw it out, stopping the bleeding will be a wasted effort.”
Jiu Baiyun’s brows immediately furrowed again.
‘How do I draw it out?’
To be honest, he had no experience in saving people.
“Idiot! There’s residual Spiritual Energy of yours inside her!”
The Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s voice carried a hint of impatience.
“Even if it’s not much, you can transfer a mouthful of Spiritual Energy into her through her mouth!”
‘Through the mouth?’
Jiu Baiyun was stunned, his gaze subconsciously falling on Yun Yao’s pale, cracked, bloodstained lips.
This demand… was far too intimate, and also too challenging given his current predicament.
“Otherwise? What else?”
The Yao Fox Demon Venerable let out a scornful laugh.
“This is the fastest and most effective method. What are you dawdling for? Waiting for her vital energy to be completely cut off?”
Jiu Baiyun looked at Yun Yao, who was barely breathing.
He took a deep breath, suppressing the surging thoughts and embarrassment in his heart.
‘In an emergency, one must adapt. Saving her life is what matters!’
‘Sorry about this!’
He hesitated no longer.
Leaning down, he approached the bedside.
Jiu Baiyun carefully adjusted his posture, trying not to touch Yun Yao’s wounds.
Then, he extended a slightly trembling finger.
With the calloused pad of his thumb, he gently stroked Yun Yao’s cold jaw, applying the lightest pressure in an attempt to open a gap between her tightly closed lips.
Yun Yao, unconscious, offered no resistance.
Under Jiu Baiyun’s careful force, her jaw obediently opened a crack.
At that moment, Jiu Baiyun’s fingertip clearly felt the texture of her lips.
It was a softness that was hard to describe.
This softness made Jiu Baiyun instinctively lighten his touch even more.
He held his breath and carefully inserted the fingertip, which held the last trace of his Spiritual Energy, into the slightly parted slit.
The moment he made contact, the soft warmth inside her lips was clearly transmitted. He could even feel Yun Yao’s faint, blood-scented breath brushing against his knuckles.
Daring to hesitate no longer, Jiu Baiyun channeled his will.
The faint golden light at his fingertip, like a tiny golden stream, carefully and tricklingly poured into Yun Yao’s mouth.
Yun Yao, unconscious, seemed to instinctively feel this warm and familiar energy flowing in.
A very faint swallowing sound came from her throat, and her tightly furrowed brows seemed to relax a little.
Jiu Baiyun immediately withdrew his finger, his fingertip still seeming to retain that feeling of cool yet strangely soft and moist touch, along with a faint scent of blood.
The faint Spiritual Energy that had been injected slowly converged and flowed within Yun Yao’s damaged meridians, beginning to arduously wash away the remnants of the cold Dark Qi.
Though the process was extremely slow, that yin-cold, sinister erosive force was indeed being neutralized bit by bit.
Yun Yao’s tightly furrowed brows seemed to relax a bit more.
“Huu…”
Jiu Baiyun let out a long, turbid breath, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
“Yao Fox,” Jiu Baiyun called out in his mind, with obvious exhaustion and helplessness.
“The bleeding has stopped for now, and that Dark Qi is also dissipating. What should we do next?”
“I don’t have any healing medicine here either.”
The Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s voice quickly sounded, with a hint of speechlessness.
“Go check her body! You don’t have any, but that doesn’t mean she wouldn’t carry some life-saving pills on her.”
Jiu Baiyun was stunned, then suddenly realized.
‘That’s right! How could I have forgotten about this?’
He had been so focused on getting the Jade Token that he had forgotten to look for any pills.
He took a deep breath and approached the bedside again.
This time, his goal was clear.
To search for any pills or healing items that might be hidden on Yun Yao.
Looking at Yun Yao, Jiu Baiyun’s fingers, with some hesitation and embarrassment, began to search along the inside of her waist sash and sleeve pockets.
For some reason, doing this always gave him a sense of betrayal.
Jiu Baiyun steadied himself and quickened his movements.
His fingertips soon touched a hard, small bulge on the inside of the sash.
Delighted, Jiu Baiyun carefully untied Yun Yao’s sash and pried out a jade bottle only the size of a thumb joint from the inner pocket.
“Found it!”
Without much hesitation, Jiu Baiyun immediately pulled out the stopper.
An extremely rich fragrance of herbs instantly filled the air.
Just by smelling it, one felt refreshed, and even his exhausted body from the depleted Spiritual Energy felt a bit relieved.
‘This is…’
Without needing the Yao Fox Demon Venerable to explain, Jiu Baiyun recognized at a glance what kind of pill was in the bottle.
Yes, compared to those pills refined from human flesh and blood, only this kind of pill with a rich herbal fragrance could truly make Jiu Baiyun feel at ease.
After all, this was a pill he had developed himself!
And back then, it was only a half-finished product.
He never expected that Yun Yao had already perfected it.
Just from sensing it, he knew the medicinal effect must be good!
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