Chapter 10

Feeling Chu Yan's energy flowing into her body, Liu Qingcheng realized she had misunderstood him, and her face couldn't help but turn red.

"Sorry... I thought you were going to... just now."

"How did you think I was going to treat you?" Chu Yan smiled slyly.

Liu Qingcheng's face turned red, and she shyly lowered her head, "I thought you were going to do that thing to me..."

Chu Yan laughed, "Miss, your imagination is really wild. Do you think I'm Qin Feng? You're my fiancée, eventually you'll be mine. If I wanted to bully you, I could wait until after our wedding. Besides, I'm very pure. I would choose a better place for my first time, not in front of a dead body, right?"

As Chu Yan spoke, he suddenly paused and said with a devilish smile, "Hey, wife, do you have any special fetishes?"

Liu Qingcheng's face turned extremely dark. If it weren't for the severe poison in her body, she might have suspected that she could slap Chu Yan into the wall, where no one could pull him out.

But Liu Qingcheng still held back. Chu Yan grinned, "That's a good girl. But seriously, you know now, right? In the future, you should listen to your husband. Otherwise, you'll easily get hurt."

Liu Qingcheng was silent. This incident had left her with lingering fear. If Chu Feng hadn't followed her, she would have fallen into Qin Feng's trap. Thinking of this, hatred rose in her heart.

"What a vicious aphrodisiac!"

By now, Chu Yan had exhausted half of his energy, but Liu Qingcheng's body still felt like it was on fire. The drug's effects showed no signs of weakening and seemed to be getting stronger, which made his expression increasingly grim.

"This poison is actually consuming my energy to strengthen itself?" Chu Yan noticed something and, as he spoke, he removed Liu Qingcheng's white robe, revealing her jade-like back.

"Ah!"

Liu Qingcheng screamed and glared at Chu Yan angrily. When she saw his exhausted face, her anger subsided a bit.

"Don't overthink it. I said I wouldn't touch you before the wedding, and I won't. This poison is tricky. With clothes on, I can't accurately find the acupoints. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you in this bloody scene."

Hearing Chu Yan's words, Liu Qingcheng blushed and lowered her head without arguing. After hesitating for a while, she murmured, "Thank you... today."

Although she was reluctant to admit it, she knew that if it weren't for Chu Yan, a disaster would have occurred. If things had gone wrong, the Liu family might have been destroyed because of her impulsiveness, and she would have become a sinner to the Liu family.

Chu Yan was taken aback, then laughed. "It seems my heroics today were quite effective. People like Qin Feng are better off in greater numbers. That way, I can climb into this little girl's bed sooner."

"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly." Although he thought this, Chu Yan decided to tease Liu Qingcheng a bit, but he received a cold response.

"Never mind if you didn't hear." Liu Qingcheng's voice turned cold.

Of course, Chu Yan didn't know that Liu Qingcheng's reaction wasn't because of his teasing, but because of her own guilt. She was a proud daughter of heaven and couldn't forgive herself for her foolish actions and the near-disaster.

Chu Yan was considerate and didn't argue with Liu Qingcheng. Instead, he focused all his energy on detoxifying her.

Another half an incense stick passed, and the poison proved to be even more powerful than Chu Yan had imagined. It almost drained all his energy, yet it showed no signs of weakening, which made him frown. Although he had been a waste for ten years and his cultivation was not as high as Liu Qingcheng's, his energy was exceptionally thick, even comparable to that of a Dusty Realm cultivator. But now, after exhausting all his energy, he still couldn't detoxify her, making his face even paler.

Soon, sweat dripped from Chu Yan's forehead, and his upper body was drenched, causing him to squint his eyes.

"It seems I underestimated this poison. I might have to use my last resort."

Chu Yan muttered to himself. With his life at stake, he realized that the aphrodisiac was slowly consuming Liu Qingcheng's energy, like a parasite. If not dealt with promptly, it could cause serious aftereffects.

Actually, there was a simpler way to detoxify this poison: sexual intercourse. The yin and yang energies would immediately neutralize the poison. However, this method was difficult to achieve otherwise.

"Phew!" Chu Yan sighed and suddenly withdrew his energy.

"What's wrong?" Liu Qingcheng frowned, worried. She knew her poison hadn't been neutralized, so why did Chu Yan stop?

"Don't turn around or ask anything. It might hurt a bit, but you have to endure it."

Chu Yan said calmly, then without giving Liu Qingcheng a chance to respond, he suddenly produced several silver needles, each about three inches long, which he could hide in his fingers. His wrist flicked, and the needles silently flew out.

"Ah!"

Liu Qingcheng couldn't help but cry out. She felt a burning pain on her back as the needles pierced her skin.

The pain was fleeting, replaced by a warm sensation, as if a gentle hand was soothing her meridians.

At this moment, from behind, several small red dots appeared on Liu Qingcheng's back. Soon, these dots turned deep black, and a bit of the poison began to flow out of her body. Throughout the process, Chu Yan remained serious, trying to maintain a steady breathing.

"Finally, it's over."

When all the poison was expelled from Liu Qingcheng's body, Chu Yan sighed in relief. At this point, his wrists were trembling, and his energy was like a dried-up river.

Suddenly, Chu Yan's vision blurred. Due to the significant energy drain, he leaned against Liu Qingcheng's back.

"What are you doing?" Liu Qingcheng was startled.

"Don't move. I'll lean on you for a bit. Don't go out; Qin Feng's people are outside. Your energy is less than three layers of power now. We'll go out together after I recover." Chu Yan said weakly.

Liu Qingcheng stopped struggling when she saw that Chu Yan wasn't being inappropriate, but she still felt a bit uncomfortable. She had never been touched by a man before, and now she was being leaned on by Chu Yan, making her face turn slightly red.

But she also knew that Chu Yan's weakness was because of her. Chu Yan could have used the simplest method to detoxify the aphrodisiac and blamed it on Qin Feng afterward, but he didn't. This made Liu Qingcheng feel a bit of goodwill toward him.

Looking at Chu Yan's exhausted face, Liu Qingcheng's beautiful eyes were filled with questions. She kept asking herself, "What kind of person are you?"

She didn't know much about Chu Yan, only that he was the person Liu Tianfeng had chosen for her to marry, described as a dragon among men. But from the moment he appeared, he seemed more like a thug, full of evil and arrogance, which made her hate him.

But now, looking at the young man snoring on her back, she felt a bit curious.

"It seems I misjudged you, and so did everyone in Tianyong City. What are you hiding? What are you concealing?" Liu Qingcheng thought to herself, remembering a senior who once told her that the stronger a person is, the more fragile their heart might be. The more they act like nothing is wrong, the more they might have experienced hardships, and Chu Yan was exactly like that.

Chu Yan didn't know what Liu Qingcheng was thinking, but... had he really experienced hardships? Chu Yan knew he had.

On Liu Qingcheng's back, Chu Yan wasn't asleep but in a state of subconscious rest. Suddenly, a knock came from outside the inn, making him open his eyes, his gaze sharp like a waking beast.

"Shh!" Chu Yan gestured to Liu Qingcheng to be quiet. "Who is it?"

"Sir, I'm the waiter of this inn."

"Come in!"

The waiter pushed the door open. Initially, his face was filled with lust, expecting to see a scene of passion, but instead, he saw Qin Feng's corpse.

"Ah!"

The waiter screamed, dropping the tray in his hand. "You killed Young Master Qin! You're dead! You're dead!"

The waiter turned to run, but Chu Yan reacted quickly. He slapped his palm, and a sword blade he had discarded earlier flew up. With a kick, he sent the blade flying.

"Whoosh!"

The blade pierced the waiter's chest, taking his life.

Seeing this, Liu Qingcheng frowned and looked at Chu Yan with a hint of blame. "Chu Yan! Why did you kill him?"

"If I didn't kill him, we might be the ones to die next."

Chu Yan sighed, not bothering to argue with Liu Qing. He got up, wiped the waiter's body, and found a jade bottle, which he threw to Liu Qingcheng. "Take a look."

"Aphrodisiac?" Liu Qingcheng's face turned grim as she took the bottle.

"He was the one who put the poison in your drink, and he kept looking at you with lust. My wife is so beautiful, not just anyone can touch her. I was being lenient in killing him." Chu Yan huffed, then looked at Liu Qingcheng. "I've recovered. Let's go."

Hearing Chu Yan's compliment, Liu Qingcheng felt a bit pleased. Now that the poison was gone, although she couldn't use her energy, she could walk freely. She quickly followed Chu Yan.

The two left the inn. As Qin Feng had said, the area within a kilometer was under the control of the Qin family, with guards all around.