"What are you trying to do?" Hun Han asked indistinctly. Even though he knew the plot of Battle Through the Heavens well, he could not help feeling nervous. He watched the woman warily.
"You lecherous scoundrel! At such a young age, you are already so lustful. You took liberties with me while I was unconscious!" the woman said coldly. Thinking of how her body, which she had guarded for over twenty years, had now been tainted by a man, she felt deeply upset. She pressed, "What last words do you have?"
"Ahem, don't you have this wrong? I was helping you detoxify," Hun Han said with a curl of his lips.
"Detoxify?" The woman's delicate brows furrowed slightly.
"Yes. Have you forgotten? You fought that woman and fell unconscious. I was the one who saved you," Hun Han explained.
The woman was slightly stunned. Only then did the memories from before she fainted return to her mind. Noticing the black, clotted blood on the ground from the corner of her eye, she asked, "You mean what you just did was to detoxify me?"
"Yes. I had no antidote pills, and my cultivation was insufficient. Other than using a crude method to suck the poison from your body, I had no other choice," Hun Han explained.
"Uh!"
With a thought, the woman stored her azure treasure sword in her storage ring. Then she sat up from the ground and looked at Hun Han. After watching him for a moment, she suddenly let out a soft laugh.
"What are you laughing at? Just because I'm handsome, don't tell me you want to offer yourself to me?" Hun Han joked with a grin.
"Hmph!"
Hearing this, the woman covered her mouth and chuckled. She nodded. "Mm, you are indeed very handsome."
"Of course I am!" Hun Han smiled smugly, then suddenly sensed that something was off. Her gaze was fixed only on his lips. He took out a mirror from his storage ring and looked at his reflection, instantly freezing. "Holy shit!"
Just look at what Hun Han had become—his upper and lower lips had turned into two huge sausages.
"Hehehe!" The woman truly could not hold it in any longer and laughed softly. With those two huge sausage lips and Hun Han's age, he looked utterly adorable.
"Miss, before you laugh, shouldn't you change your clothes first?" Hun Han reminded her, his gaze falling on her fair shoulder.
Only after Hun Han pointed it out did the woman notice that her shoulder was exposed, revealing her alluring collarbone. When she turned to look behind herself, a large patch of skin on her back was exposed as well. Nothing vital was showing, but it was still rather improper.
Thinking of this, the woman said softly, "Go outside for a moment first."
Hun Han asked, "Why?"
The woman replied, "It's a little inconvenient for me."
Hun Han curled his lips. "They're searching the mountain outside right now. If I go out, there's a high chance they'll discover this place. It's dark in here, so just change here."
The woman was speechless and stared blankly at Hun Han.
Hun Han continued, "What are you afraid of? It's very dark over there. Even if you do something there, I can't see it from here. Besides, I'm still just a child!"
The woman looked at Hun Han, hesitated, then glanced at that dark corner. She felt that Hun Han's words made sense. She immediately walked into the dark corner, where a rustling sound soon arose.
Only after the woman stood in that corner did Hun Han realize he had been wrong. Under the light of the Moonlight Stone, he could faintly make out some outlines. The deadly part was that when Hun Han looked over curiously, purple light flashed through his eyes. With his spiritual power condensed, he could actually see even more clearly. A scorching heat rose in Hun Han's lower abdomen, making his heartbeat quicken.
When the woman appeared before Hun Han again, she had already changed into a brand-new plain white dress. She elegantly sat on a stone opposite him. The noble phoenix hair ornament in her hair had loosened somewhat, making her seem a little less dignified and a little more feminine.
"The wound on your back will heal within three days. It won't leave a scar, so rest assured. However, you'll need to force the remaining poison out of your body yourself," Hun Han said with a smile.
"Thank you." There was an additional hint of gratitude in the woman's gaze when she looked at Hun Han again.
"How is your cultivation now?" Hun Han asked concernedly.
"There is still residual poison in my body. I only have twenty percent of my usual strength," the woman answered.
"Twenty percent? Then you absolutely can't go out. You must be hungry, right? Here's some dry food. To be safe, we can only leave tomorrow. They're searching the mountain right now. We'll eat, drink, relieve ourselves, and sleep in this cave!" Hun Han said seriously. The cave was not small, so it could accommodate all of that. He took out some flatbread from his storage ring and handed it to the woman.
The speaker had no such intention, but the listener took it to heart. Hearing Hun Han's words, the woman's cheeks reddened. Though Hun Han was still young, he was still a male. As a woman, her reserve made her instinctively resistant to the idea.
"Little brother, what is your name? Why are you in this forest?" The woman opened her small mouth and gently bit off a piece of flatbread. She kept her lips closed like a proper lady as she chewed softly.
"My name is Hun Han."
Hun Han was now a Dou Shi. His body had broken through its first shackle, granting him combat strength comparable to a Dou Wang. Moreover, he possessed the Exotic Water that was as terrifying as Heavenly Flames—Nine Nether Wind Ice! Hun Han was not afraid of the people from the Soul Hall learning that he was still alive. Besides, this was the remote northwest region. Thus, he directly gave his real name and continued, "As for why I'm here, naturally, it's to temper myself."
"Temper yourself? You're still so young?" The woman looked at Hun Han in surprise.
"How am I small? Don't underestimate me. I can kill a third-tier magical beast with one punch!" Hun Han said with a curl of his lips.
A third-tier magical beast was comparable to a human Da Dou Shi!
Hearing that, the woman smiled lightly. She merely thought Hun Han was bragging.
A six- or seven-year-old child with combat strength comparable to a Da Dou Shi—was that possible?
"What about you? What's your name?" Hun Han asked calmly.
"Yun Zhi!" the woman replied with a smile, her beautiful eyes flickering.
"Yun Zhi?" Hun Han smiled as he looked at the woman before him.
As for Yun Zhi, she was slightly stunned. In that instant, she had actually felt as though he had seen through her. It was as if she were standing naked before him.
"What is it? Is there something wrong with my name?" Yun Zhi asked subconsciously.
"No. It's just that I hadn't heard that the Black Corner Region had gained a Dou Emperor expert named Yun Zhi," Hun Han said with a straightforward smile.
"A Dou Emperor? Who said I have the cultivation of a Dou Emperor? I only have the cultivation of a nine-star Dou Wang," Yun Zhi said truthfully, though her eyes flickered.
"A nine-star Dou Wang?" Hun Han murmured. Only then did he realize that there were still a full ten years before the events in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range. The current Yun Zhi—Yun Yun—was not necessarily a Dou Emperor yet.
"Yes. To manifest Dou Qi wings, one does not necessarily need the cultivation of a Dou Emperor. A Dou Wang can do it too." Yun Zhi taught Hun Han some knowledge about cultivation, then added, "Once my injuries have healed, I will definitely destroy Five Poisons Valley!"
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