Healing Yun Yun's Injuries, the Sect-Breaking Pill Is Complete!

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Yun Yun slowly opened her beautiful eyes, filled with despair. As she looked at the tall figure standing before her like a god, shielding her, she was utterly shaken.

What an extraordinarily young and handsome figure he was!

His black hair fell over his shoulders, and his face was refined and striking. His eyes were as deep as the starry sky. Though he merely stood there casually, he exuded a supreme, mountain-like presence, as if he could hold up the entire heavens!

Yet this young man had just delivered such a terrifying slap that he had knocked unconscious the peak Sixth Grade magical beast that had driven her into a dead end!

"Th-thank you, Senior, for saving my life."

Yun Yun forced herself to hold on and struggled to bow. In her eyes, someone with such a youthful appearance yet such earth-shattering strength had to be some ancient monster who had mastered the art of preserving his looks and lived for countless years!

Hearing this, a teasing curve formed at the corner of Xiao Yao's lips.

Senior? This woman really thinks I'm some old monster pretending to be young.

He had just been about to tease her a little when Yun Yun could no longer endure it. The sealed Dou Qi within her body and the severe injuries she had suffered in the earlier battle erupted at the same time!

"Mm..."

With a pained groan, intense dizziness flooded Yun Yun's mind. Her delicate body went limp, and she fell forward uncontrollably, straight into a warm yet powerful embrace.

As for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, which Xiao Yao had knocked unconscious with a single slap, after sensing the familiar terrifying aura emanating from him—the very aura that made its soul tremble—it did not even dare open its eyes. It continued lying motionless amid the rubble by the stone wall, playing dead.

Xiao Yao paid no attention to that dramatic lion and lowered his head to look at the beauty in his arms.

At that moment, Yun Yun's pretty face was pale. Even unconscious, her brows were tightly furrowed, showing that she was enduring tremendous pain. Her pale green gown had long since been torn to shreds in the fierce battle. A vicious wound ran diagonally from her rounded left shoulder all the way to her flat lower abdomen. Blood dripped from it, forming a stark visual contrast against her jade-white skin and lending her a tragically beautiful yet bewitching air.

Fortunately, the close-fitting inner armor over her vital chest area, glowing faintly with watery blue light, had absorbed most of the impact. Otherwise, those breathtakingly full curves would not have escaped the claw strike.

"The Sea Heart Armor... not a bad protective treasure."

With a sweep of his divine sense, Xiao Yao had already examined Yun Yun's internal injuries in full.

Without any hesitation, he willed the Eight Trigrams Furnace into existence once more.

He casually took several medicinal herbs brimming with vitality from his Storage Ring and tossed them into the furnace. His golden Immortal Family Mana transformed into divine flames, and based on the medicinal principles needed to treat Yun Yun's injuries, he immediately assembled a new pill formula. In only a few breaths, a jade-green pill marked with faint pill patterns and emitting a refreshing fragrance took shape!

A Fifth Grade Muscle-Generating Bone-Beautifying Pill!

Holding the pill between his fingers, Xiao Yao gently pried open Yun Yun's tightly closed teeth and placed it into her rosy mouth.

The pill melted upon entering her mouth, turning into pure, gentle medicinal power that flowed through her limbs and organs.

Xiao Yao's immortal power surged as he deftly arranged Yun Yun into a meditative posture. He pressed his right hand against her smooth, beautiful back, sending a stream of pure mana into her body to help her dissolve and absorb the medicinal power more quickly.

After a long while, Xiao Yao withdrew his hand. Having finished everything, he casually placed Yun Yun's delicate body—the body coveted by countless men—onto a clean boulder beside him as though tossing down a sack. Then he sat cross-legged again and devoted his mind to refining the Sect-Breaking Pill.

This time, he no longer held back.

He incorporated his understanding of the Way of Heaven and Earth from the True Explanation of Alchemy, together with the fact that Dou Zong experts in this world needed to control space in order to break through. Countless insights that formed in his heart were all fused into the refinement of this pill!

As he continuously formed hand seals and cast mysterious energy marks into the furnace, the Eight Trigrams Furnace radiated an unprecedentedly brilliant light! An incomprehensibly profound Alchemy Dao aura, one that subtly aligned with the laws of space, spread throughout the cave dwelling!

Who knew how much time passed before Yun Yun slowly woke up.

The first thing she noticed was the change in her body. The wound that had been burning with pain now felt cool and refreshing. Not only had it stopped bleeding, but it had not even left behind the slightest scar. Her skin was smooth and flawless as new! The Dou Qi within her body was also circulating freely again!

She sat up in shock, then witnessed a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life!

Not far away, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was sneaking toward the depths of the cave. Though it was clearly its own cave dwelling, it acted like a thief, not daring to make the slightest sound. It was obviously afraid of disturbing a powerful being. Meanwhile, that mysterious "Senior" sat cross-legged before an ancient pill furnace that was radiating seven-colored light!

"Rumble!"

At that instant, rolling thunder sounded outside the cave dwelling! Vast heavenly might descended from above!

Pill Lightning?!

Yun Yun's beautiful eyes instantly widened!

He... he was actually refining... a Seventh Grade pill?!

This was a legend she had only ever seen in ancient records!

Who exactly is he? He looks so young, possesses golden Dou Qi I have never seen before, is such a powerful Dou Zong expert, and can now even refine a Seventh Grade pill capable of drawing Pill Lightning! A person like this cannot possibly belong to the Jia Ma Empire! Could he be an expert from some great faction in the Central Plains who came here? But saving me was an act of kindness. I must repay him and cannot make wild guesses.

A monstrous wave surged through Yun Yun's heart as her thoughts churned endlessly.

Once the Pill Lightning dispersed, Xiao Yao placed the flawless Sect-Breaking Pill, wreathed in faint silver patterns, into a jade bottle. Yun Yun suppressed the shock lingering in her heart from the Heavenly Thunder and stepped forward, bowing respectfully.

"This junior is Yun Yun, Sect Master of the Yun Lan Sect in the Jia Ma Empire. Thank you, Senior, for saving me today! Yun Yun will never forget your great kindness! May I ask Senior's honored surname?"

Xiao Yao waved his hand, drawing the Sect-Breaking Pill, which flew about as though it possessed intelligence, into his palm. Feeling the formidable effect of this improved pill, which could increase a peak Dou Emperor's chance of breaking through to Dou Zong by sixty percent, he was delighted inwardly. Yet outwardly, he maintained an aloof and indifferent expression. "My surname is Xiao."

"Senior Xiao?" Yun Yun's heart stirred upon hearing that, and she suddenly recalled a matter that had recently caused a huge stir throughout the Jia Ma Empire.

"Could Senior be connected to the Xiao Family that has recently risen to prominence in Wutan City? This junior heard that the Xiao Family has risen suddenly, with a young prodigy emerging from within the clan. Their patriarch has broken through, and the Xiao Family has officially become a newly ascended Dou Wang family. It is said that an expert is backing and supporting them, so I presume..."

"Not coincidentally." Xiao Yao directly cut her off. He turned around and looked at her with a faintly amused smile.

"Sect Master Yun Yun, I am from the Xiao Family."

"But I am not some old monster hiding in the shadows. I am the one who defeated your precious disciple, Nalan Yanran, with one punch... Xiao Yao of the Xiao Family!"

"Boom—!!!"

Yun Yun's mind went completely blank at that instant, as though countless bolts of lightning had struck her all at once!