Healing the Princess! Nurturing Fire with Spiritual Energy!

The bedding on the bed began to smoke, and the orchid on the windowsill swiftly withered. Xiao Tianlin frowned and waved a hand. An invisible force enveloped the entire palace, sealing the heat inside.

Li Bufan paid none of it any mind. His attention was entirely on the princess.

He took a deep breath and extended his spiritual sense into Xiao Ling'er's body.

He soon saw the condition inside her clearly. Heavenly Fire filled her entire body—her meridians, bones, and even her blood were suffused with golden flames.

The Heavenly Fire had become one with her, inseparable from her. That was the mark of a Heavenly Fire Spiritual Body.

But the flames were too violent, too chaotic. Like wild horses that had thrown their reins, they rampaged through her body.

Li Bufan tried to gather the Heavenly Fire with his spiritual sense, but the flames seemed almost sentient. They resisted him and scattered in every direction.

He immediately condensed his true qi into needles and used the Spring and Autumn Needle Technique. Long needles of true qi formed at his fingertips and pierced the princess's acupoints with precision. Each needle carried the True Meaning of Water and Wood True Meaning, using water to soothe the fire and wood to feed it as he tried to guide the Heavenly Fire.

As the golden needles entered and true qi flowed through them, the Heavenly Fire began to move slowly toward where Li Bufan guided it.

But there was too much Heavenly Fire, spread too widely. Gathering it all through acupuncture alone would take a long time.

Li Bufan asked, "Senior Brother Xiao, can you force the Heavenly Fire out of the princess's body?"

Xiao Tianlin nodded. "I can. My Heavenly Fire shares the same source as Ling'er's. I can use mine to