ICAY Chapter 138

What’s Your Relationship with Her?

This was the first time Ye Bei had heard someone speak this way.

If it had been anyone else saying such things in front of him, he would certainly have been angry, but with Yun Dan it was different.

He didn’t want anything to happen to Yun Dan. At least not now—he didn’t want the only disciple he cared about to leave him.

Throughout his life, Ye Bei had never possessed much, and all those things he had cherished had left him. Even those people he had cared about had all lost their lives.

So Ye Bei couldn’t help but wonder: was he the type of person who brought misfortune to everyone around him?

Why did everyone and everything that came close to him meet with a bad end?

Noticing that the person in his arms had fallen asleep, Ye Bei carefully tucked in the blankets before walking out.

Sure enough, just as Ye Bei had predicted, upon receiving the letter requesting help from the Heavenly Sword Sect, the people from the Divine Physician Sect set out immediately without a word.

Naturally, the one who came this time was Lian Jiu. Since the sect master couldn’t get away, his daughter came instead.

Moreover, Lian Jiu’s medical skills were among the highest in the Divine Physician Sect.

However, Lian Jiu never expected she would encounter an acquaintance at the Heavenly Sword Sect.

When she saw Xiao Yueqing, she was clearly quite surprised.

“Why are you at the Heavenly Sword Sect, and not wearing your mask?”

Lian Jiu was one of the few people who knew what Xiao Yueqing actually looked like. This was due to the deep friendship between their two families.

Therefore, Xiao Yueqing was not guarded around Lian Jiu. After all, she had once saved his life.

Xiao Yueqing shook his head and said somewhat helplessly, “It’s a long story, but while I’m at the Heavenly Sword Sect, I’m Yan Ke. Don’t forget this.

The other disciples don’t know my true identity, though Ye Bei does know. Actually, Ye Bei came this time hoping you could save someone. That person is also very important to me. I hope you can save her—I’ll do anything.”

On the way here, Lian Jiu had been wondering why someone as cold and unfeeling as Ye Bei would suddenly seek help from their Divine Physician Sect. Now it seemed they were both doing this for the same person.

Carrying her medicine chest, Lian Jiu followed Xiao Yueqing to Changge Hall.

At that moment, Ye Bei was in the room keeping Yun Dan company. He had just finished transferring his internal energy to her, temporarily preventing the poison from flaring up.

Suddenly hearing a knock at the door, Ye Bei stood up and opened it to find Xiao Yueqing standing outside with a woman.

He naturally recognized the woman—this was Lian Jiu, the daughter of the Divine Physician Sect’s master.

“Miss Lian Jiu, please save my disciple.”

Lian Jiu was only momentarily surprised before closing her mouth.

She quickly stepped inside and walked to the bedside, where a beautiful young woman lay.

Beautiful as she was, compared to an extraordinary beauty like Xiao Yueqing, she naturally fell short.

After all, in terms of beauty in this world, who could compare to Xiao Yueqing?

But thinking it over, this young woman had prompted both Ye Bei and Xiao Yueqing to seek her help and hope she could save her—she must have some exceptional qualities.

After taking Yun Dan’s pulse, Lian Jiu couldn’t help but furrow her brow. She turned to look at Xiao Yueqing.

“How does she have such a powerful poison in her body? I thought after ten years, I wouldn’t encounter deadly poisons anymore. Did you administer this poison?”

Lian Jiu was an extremely perceptive person.

Combined with her familiarity with Xiao Yueqing, how could she not discern the truth?

The first look she saw in his eyes when he looked at Yun Dan was guilt, and within that guilt was deep affection. Clearly the poison was connected to him.

Besides, she knew Xiao Yueqing was someone who worked with poisons. It was easy to guess that he had administered this poison.

Xiao Yueqing didn’t deny it, only repeatedly begged Lian Jiu to save Yun Dan.

“The poison is indeed related to me. I was the one who made her take it initially, but I didn’t expect things to get out of hand. This poison has no antidote.

Every month I use my blood to suppress the toxicity in her body, but this time Xiao Yi came out. He captured Yun Dan and did something to her that caused the poison to flare up early, and it’s more severe than before. Even I have no solution.”

Hearing Xiao Yi’s name, Lian Jiu was clearly surprised.

Everyone in the jianghu knew that Xiao Yi had long since died. Otherwise, Xiao Yueqing wouldn’t have ended up in such circumstances.

But she was also puzzled—this father was clearly alive and well in the world, even capturing his future daughter-in-law.

So why, over all these years, hadn’t he come out to properly protect his own son?

Even after Tang Lan did those things to Xiao Yueqing, he hadn’t come out to avenge his son.

Could it be that in Xiao Yi’s eyes, his biological son simply wasn’t important?

After thinking it over, Lian Jiu decided to call Xiao Yueqing outside to ask him alone.

She stood up and explained the situation to Ye Bei.

“Sect Master Ye, I have some matters and situations I need to discuss privately with Xiao Yueqing. Please wait here.”

The two found a secluded place before beginning their conversation.

“Is your relationship with her different? I’ve discovered she’s no longer a virgin, and I think this is one reason that accelerated the poison in her body. The other reason, I suspect, is related to Xiao Yi.

He must have known this and catalyzed the poison in Yun Dan’s body. Actually, without Xiao Yi’s catalyzation, she shouldn’t have been in mortal danger. Even if you had to suppress the toxicity with your blood for the rest of her life, it would have been manageable.”

Xiao Yueqing didn’t understand why this would be connected to him.

“But before, when she and I… that… you know, I didn’t notice any problems with her poison.”

Lian Jiu couldn’t explain it all at once, but she chose to use plain language to tell Xiao Yueqing.

“Xiao Yi, like you, carries poison in his body. You must know that back then Tang Lan administered many slow-acting poisons to him. Although he didn’t die, the poison has remained in his body ever since.

If Miss Yun had remained a virgin, he wouldn’t have been able to use the womb-blood infusion technique to transfer his poison to her. But she wasn’t, which allowed all of Xiao Yi’s poison to transfer to her body and merge with the poison she already had. Xiao Yi was afflicted with poison for many years—Yun Dan naturally can’t withstand it, which is why she suddenly became like this.”

He naturally understood what “womb-blood infusion technique” meant.

But he hadn’t expected Xiao Yi to use such a vicious method.

“She carries your aura, which is why Xiao Yi could succeed. You and Xiao Yi essentially share the same blood. He used internal energy transmission to transfer all his poison to Yun Dan, and now he no longer has any poison in his body.”

Xiao Yueqing finally understood what Yun Dan had meant before about how Xiao Yi had tortured her.

So Xiao Yi had actually used such a vicious method, transferring all the poison from his own body to Yun Dan through internal energy transmission.