Young Master Su... My... My Clothes...

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The instant the scalding fingertips touched Shui Bing'er's heart, a large cloud of white mist suddenly rose from the surface of that inch-thick layer of dark blue ice.

Inside the cramped carriage, Shui Yue'er and Xue Wu knelt on the edge of the soft couch, their eyes fixed intently on Su Chen's right hand.

Shui Bing'er's icy blue collar, covered in frost, was slightly parted, revealing a patch of delicate skin below her collarbone, which was tinged with a bluish-purple hue from the cold.

The biting cold surged back from Su Chen's fingertips, attempting to freeze the incoming heat as well.

Su Chen frowned slightly, but did not forcefully urge the Pure Yang Ancestral Dragon True Fire.

Shui Bing'er's heart meridians are now as fragile as thin porcelain. Once the extremely strong Zhiyang dragon fire rushes in, her damaged Meridians will break inch by inch before the cold air can dissipate.

With a slight shift in his thoughts, his level 54 Soul Power quietly split into two.

A chilling surge of Taiyin Mystic Ice Dragon Qi erupted from his palm, cutting into the turbulent currents coiled around Shui Bing'er's chest!

A phoenix mark, about an inch long, appeared below Shui Bing'er's collarbone. The phoenix shadow, which had been struggling fiercely, stopped its agitation under the soothing power of the primordial Dragon Might and let out a soft, gentle cry.

As the wheels rolled over the pothole, Shui Bing'er's limp body slid forward half an inch, her skin pressing tightly against Su Chen's warm palm.

"Don't move, hold her shoulders steady."

Su Chen gave the order without looking up.

"Mmm!" Shui Yue'er hurriedly reached out and supported Shui Bing'er's shoulders. Her gaze swept over her sister's slightly open collar and Su Chen's slender and strong fingers, and her fair face flushed red to her neck.

Taking advantage of the fact that the rampaging extreme cold power was being suppressed by the Taiyin Mystic Ice Dragon Qi, Su Chen decisively activated the second stream of warm and mellow pure yang vitality, which transformed into a trickle of warm current and flowed into Shui Bing'er's chest, drawing out the cold poison that had frozen her pericardium inch by inch, while nourishing her dry and cracked Meridians.

With each breath, the frost inside the carriage receded at a visible speed.

The layer of dark blue ice on Shui Bing'er's chest gradually melted into warm water droplets, which slid down her snow-white collarbone and into the depths of her clothes.

Her lips, which had turned bluish-purple from the cold, gradually regained their healthy rosy color, the frost that had settled on her eyelashes melted away, and her weak, intermittent breathing finally became steady.

After an incense stick's time, as the last wisp of cold air blocking her heart meridian was absorbed into Su Chen's palm and dissipated, the girl on the soft couch trembled her long eyelashes twice and slowly opened her eyes.

What came into view was a handsome face with well-defined features, close at hand, with a reassuring masculine warmth emanating from its nose.

Shui Bing'er was momentarily dazed, and just as she was about to speak, the strange, burning sensation on her chest made her body stiffen abruptly.

She subconsciously looked down and saw that the neckline of her ice-blue college uniform had come undone, exposing a large expanse of her fair and jade-like skin to the air. Su Chen's large, burning hot hand was now pressed tightly against the most private and intimate spot on her chest, the residual pure yang heat burning straight into her heart through her skin.

"Ah..."

Even this usually calm, wise, and authoritative elder sister at the Skywater Academy had never experienced such a humiliating ordeal before.

Shui Bing'er's mind went blank for a moment, and her originally pale face flushed red. She said in a trembling voice:

"Young Master Su... I... my clothes..."

Su Chen withdrew his right hand and calmly gathered her loose, ice-blue robe back together, then pulled the fox fur coat from the side of the couch over her.

"Just now, your heart meridian was completely frozen outside the valley. If you hadn't removed the frost from your clothes and let in the Dragon Qi, you wouldn't have made it into the city. Now, although the superficial cold protecting your heart meridian has been removed, the extreme cold damage left by your forced overdraft of the Ice Phoenix's essence is still lingering deep in your dantian. It will rebound tonight when the yin energy is heavy, and I'll have to thoroughly clear it for you again then."

Hearing Su Chen's calm and frank words, Shui Yue'er nodded repeatedly in agreement, "Sister, your whole body was covered in thick ice just now, and you couldn't even breathe! It scared Xue Wu and me to Xue Wu! It was only thanks to Su Chen expending his Soul Power to warm your heart meridian that you were able to survive!"

Shui Bing'er gripped the edge of the fox fur tightly with her fingertips, feeling the lingering warmth on her heart. She recalled the figure of the young man who had spread his wings and burned three thousand iron cavalry in the North Wind Canyon. While a sense of shame surged in her heart, an indescribable flutter of emotion and gratitude also arose.

She lowered her eyes slightly, not daring to look directly into Su Chen's eyes again, and said softly, "So that's how it is... Thank you for saving my life, Young Master Su. I lost my composure just now."

Shui Yue'er, resting her chin on her hand, squatted by the couch, her bright eyes darting back and forth over Su Chen. Curious and admiring, she said, "Su Chen, how come your Soul Power is both ice and hot? Even my sister's top-tier Ice Phoenix Martial Soul became so docile when it encountered your aura! It's much more powerful than our Dean's attack!"

You'll understand once you've settled in.

As soon as Su Chen finished speaking, a loud clanging sound came from outside the carriage, as if Qian Jun iron chain was being twisted. Then the carriage drove onto a wide and flat stone-paved road, where the light suddenly dimmed and then brightened again.

We've arrived at Glazed Tile Fortress City to the southern border that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has cultivated for a century!

The carriage door opened, Su Chen was the first to jump off the carriage shaft.

Looking up, the towering black iron rock walls, thirty feet high, resembled a reclining dragon, blocking the north and south passages. Hundreds of heavy soul-guided armor-piercing crossbows were mounted on the battlements, and five thousand elite soldiers of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, clad in luminous heavy armor, were already lined up to welcome them. Their imposing military might completely shut out the smoke of war from the chaotic world outside the city.

"Young friend Su Chen, you've finally made it through safely!"

Ning Fengzhi, along with Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, quickly stepped forward to greet them.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master, who remained in Chongcheng, had already prepared barracks and medicine. Dugu Bo was the first to escort the medicine and accompanied the military doctor to the backyard to settle the seriously injured Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue.

"Three groups of sentries have been deployed thirty miles north of the city, and the city's defensive formation has been activated." Ning Fengzhi glanced at Shui Yue'er and the other seven girls, who were being helped off the chariot by Shui Bing'er Yue'er and Xue Wu, and gently instructed, "The ladies of the Skywater Academy have come from afar and have been frightened. I have ordered people to prepare Listening to Snow Pavilion on the east side of the inner city, right next to Friend Su Chen's main courtyard. It has a hot spring pool with flowing earth vein water, which is most suitable for recuperating from cold injuries."

"Thank you for your kind hospitality Sect Master Ning." Shui Bing'er curtsied and secretly glanced at Su Chen.

At this moment, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, along with several maids, came forward carrying clean clothes and hot soup.

"Sister Bing'er, Sister Yue'er, Zhu Zhuqing and I just had the beds in the Listening to Snow Pavilion changed to brand new warm fleece quilts. Come with us to rest and change your dressings!" Ning Rongrong stepped forward with a smile and took Shui Yue'er's arm, showing the hospitality of a host.

Ye Lingling also spoke softly, "Su Chen just told you sisters that you still have external injuries. I'll go with you and use the Begonia Soul Skill to heal your Meridians again."

Xiao Wu patted her chest and laughed, "You can all rest assured and stay here. With Su Chen here, even if Yu Xiaogang and Xue Xing had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to chase us into the city!"

Seeing the warm and unpretentious care from Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the other girls, the seven girls from Tianshui, who had initially felt somewhat awkward due to being dependent on others, immediately relaxed and walked towards the Listening to Snow Pavilion, chatting and laughing, surrounded by the other five girls.

After watching the women settle in, Su Chen turned and passed through two moon gates, heading straight for the guard's quiet room at the deepest part of the main courtyard.