Helping Qing Tan Dissolve the Cold Qi

Task: Teach Qing Tan to cultivate Falling Rock Fist. Reward: Charm +2.

After successfully establishing the task, Lin Yun began teaching Qing Tan martial arts.

Qing Tan had already grasped the basics of Falling Rock Fist, and her moves looked presentable, but they were all form with no substance. She simply could not bring out the power of Falling Rock Fist.

Lin Yun demonstrated the essence of Falling Rock Fist one by one, breaking it down and explaining it to Qing Tan. Occasionally, he guided her hands-on, but it was all proper teaching.

At first, Qing Tan was still a little unable to relax.

But as she slowly felt her fist technique improving, she became immersed in it.

After practicing for quite a while, Qing Tan was drenched in fragrant sweat, panting softly again and again.

Though her Physique was special, she had only just begun cultivating and could not yet endure long periods of fist training.

After such immersive practice for so long today, she was already somewhat exhausted.

Just then, Qing Tan suddenly shivered.

"Not good. The cold qi is acting up again. Why is it early?" Qing Tan's expression changed, and inwardly she cried out that things were bad.

There was a certain pattern to the flare-ups of her cold qi. By her estimate, there should still have been several days before the next attack. Could today's excessive exercise have caused it to come early?

There was no time left to think about the reason. Qing Tan crouched down in pain and instinctively curled up.

Her exquisitely delicate little face had originally been somewhat flushed from the high-intensity martial training, but now it instantly turned deathly pale. Wisps of cold qi visible to the naked eye slowly seeped out from within her body. The fine sweat on her body condensed into ice crystals, and even the ground beneath her was covered in tiny ice shards, while frost formed on the blades of grass.

Lin Yun felt the cold qi sweep toward him, and his expression immediately changed as he stared at Qing Tan.

"What's going on, Qing Tan?" Lin Yun grabbed Qing Tan's icy little hand at once, and the blood in his hand froze along with it.

Lin Yun had no choice but to surge out Yuan Power to resist and dissolve that cold force.

This was a power bursting out from within Qing Tan's body, and it was extremely overbearing.

"It's all right, Lin Yun, Brother. Don't worry. This isn't the first time. If I grit my teeth, I'll get through it," Qing Tan said, her little mouth trembling.

The cold qi had flared up from the moment she was born until now, so many times she had lost count. Each time was agony, but she had already grown used to enduring this pain.

Helpless, Lin Yun could only hug Qing Tan tightly, using his own body heat to help her, while increasing the output of his Yuan Power and sending it into Qing Tan's body in an attempt to fight the cold qi for her.

However, the effect of doing so was clearly not great. Qing Tan was still in great pain.

This was not something Yuan Power could solve. Otherwise, Lin Xiao's Yuan Power was stronger than Lin Yun's.

Lin Xiao and Lin Dong both knew about Qing Tan's cold qi, but likewise, they had no way to help ease her pain.

Although Lin Dong could use the Ancestral Stone to absorb the cold qi on Qing Tan's body, that was only absorption. As for the painful process of the cold qi rushing out from within Qing Tan's body, he had no solution either.

The best method was for Qing Tan herself to control this power.

"Lin Yun, Brother, don't waste your strength. It's useless." Qing Tan grabbed Lin Yun's hand, stopping him from consuming Yuan Power.

Although the little loli's face was young and tender, she was very strong. She endured the pain and forced out a faint smile, telling Lin Yun not to worry.

"Master, do you need me to help her?" Suddenly, a crisp voice appeared in Lin Yun's mind.

It was Chi Ling, the Alchemy Furnace.

A connection had already been automatically established between them, allowing them to communicate mentally.

"Chi Ling, you can help her? Hurry and tell me, what should I do?" Lin Yun said in surprise and delight.

Seeing the little loli suffering in his arms, he could not bear it either.

Chi Ling hurriedly said, "Master, take her into the Alchemy Furnace's internal space. Then Chi Ling can control the temperature inside the furnace and warm her."

Lin Yun did not want to expose Chi Ling's existence. After all, she was a divine artifact, just like Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone, and should be treated as a core secret.

Lin Dong had never told anyone, not even his father or mother.

In truth, with Qing Tan's background, even if she knew, it would not have much impact. Lin Yun was a transmigrator, and he would not misjudge people.

However, Lin Yun still was not prepared to let Qing Tan know so early. Qing Tan's relationship with him had not yet reached that point.

Once the task to capture Qing Tan's heart succeeded someday, he could be open with Qing Tan.

"Qing Tan, I can help you. However, I have to cover your eyes. You can't peek midway. Only after I take it off for you can you open your eyes."

Time was tight, and Qing Tan was enduring pain every second. Lin Yun directly tore a piece of black cloth from his body and covered Qing Tan's eyes.

"Lin Yun, Brother, go ahead. I'll listen to you," Qing Tan said obediently. She chose to trust Lin Yun.

At the same time, she was also curious what method Lin Yun had to help her solve the cold qi pain that had troubled her for so long.

Lin Yun took out the Alchemy Furnace and opened the furnace lid. The Alchemy Furnace immediately grew larger, its mouth opening wide.

Lin Yun picked up Qing Tan and entered the furnace with her.

At the same time, Lin Yun split his attention in two and tried to establish a task.

Having already grown used to the Task System, Lin Yun would try it before doing anything.

Task: Help Qing Tan solve the pain of her cold qi flare-up. Reward: Charm +2, Luck +2.

It really succeeded. An unexpected gain... Lin Yun sighed with emotion. "Another great tool for farming tasks. Qing Tan is almost catching up to Lin Dong."

The next second, two more people appeared in the crimson Furnace Space. As the scarlet runes inside the furnace lit up, the temperature rose rapidly. Under Chi Ling's control, streams of warm and gentle aura merged into Qing Tan's body, dissolving the cold qi within her.

"Brother Lin Yun, what did you do to me? It feels so good."

Qing Tan could not help making a sound, her voice filled with enjoyment.

She had merely grown used to the cold flaring up; the pain had never lessened. And the intensity of each outbreak had kept increasing, making her suffering even worse.

After so many years without finding any way to ease that pain, she had long since stopped hoping.

But now, warmth was surging toward her from every direction, covering every inch of her body without leaving a single blind spot. It dissolved the cold rushing out from within her, leaving her whole body pleasantly warm.

The pain vanished, and her sense of happiness instantly soared to the limit.

Qing Tan was so excited she could hardly control herself. As if trying to hold on to happiness itself, she clutched Lin Yun tightly, afraid it would disappear in an instant and the pain would come crashing back again.

"Don't be nervous. This is my treasure. Looks like it really can ease your pain," Lin Yun explained.

It wasn't just easing the pain—it was enough to make someone cry from happiness... Qing Tan no longer knew how to describe what she felt at that moment. Still, she asked a little uneasily, "Brother Lin Yun, can your treasure keep helping me?"

That feeling of going from hell to heaven brought such overwhelming happiness in an instant, but it also made Qing Tan anxious about gains and losses. She was afraid Lin Yun's treasure could only hold it off for a short while, not long enough for her cold outbreak to end.

If that happened, heaven one moment and hell the next would be even more painful.

I could have endured the darkness, if I had never seen the light... Right now, Lin Yun was the person who had brought Qing Tan that light.

"Don't worry. My treasure will always be here, and it can be used all the time," Lin Yun said with absolute certainty.

When Qing Tan heard those words, her sense of security shot through the roof.

"Thank you, Brother Lin Yun!" Qing Tan said from the bottom of her heart.

Time passed minute by minute. As the warm aura of Pill Fire continued pouring into her without pause, Qing Tan's face regained its rosy flush, and the atmosphere slowly relaxed as well.

In the end, Qing Tan could not help asking, "Brother Lin Yun, can I see your treasure?"

"Don't worry. I can swear I absolutely won't tell anyone, including my father, my mother, or Brother Lin Dong."

Qing Tan added in a low voice, "I'm just too curious."

After her eyes were covered, her other senses had been magnified without limit. That omnipresent, all-pervading warmth truly fascinated her and filled her with longing.

It left her unbearably curious, as if a hundred claws were scratching at her heart.

What kind of miraculous treasure could possibly do something like this?

But Lin Yun refused without hesitation. "No. It's not time yet!"