Chapter 79: The Healing Oolong and the Straight Man's Helplessness
Healing Mistakes and Straight Men at a Loss
The wound on Li Jiuyou's hand, inflicted by the gray shadow, wasn't deep, but the remaining evil energy was incredibly stubborn, like a cancer in the flesh, constantly eroding his demonic power, bringing waves of burning pain and numbness. Wisps of black energy entwined around his pale skin, looking quite terrifying.
"King! Your hand!" Man Gu was the first to rush over. Seeing the wound on Li Jiuyou's hand, his face changed drastically. He swung his bone club and rushed into the fog, "Which bastard shot me in the back? Get out here!"
"Come back!" Li Jiuyou growled in an irritable tone, "He ran away a long time ago! Why are you yelling!" He tried to circulate the demonic fire to force out the evil energy, but the black energy was extremely tricky and instead had a tendency to spread to his arms along with the demonic power, forcing him to stop.
Jiang Xuelan clearly felt the pain in Li Jiuyou's hand, the unbearable force of that evil energy, and the irritation he felt under the pressure. His icy blue eyes flickered slightly, and he took a step forward. His voice remained cold, yet carried an undeniable tone: "Don't move. That energy will consume your demonic power and strengthen itself."
As he spoke, he extended his hand, gathering extremely pure, icy immortal energy at his fingertips, and cautiously reached for Li Jiuyou's injured palm. The extremely cold aura seemed to have a slight inhibitory effect on the evil energy, slowing the spread of the black energy slightly.
Li Jiuyou subconsciously wanted to retract his hand, and said stubbornly: "I'm fine! It's just a minor injury..."
"Shut up," Jiang Xuelan interrupted him, her fingertips already touching the burning skin. Icy immortal energy flowed like a trickle, trying to wrap and freeze the black energy. "Do you want your entire arm to be crippled?"
Li Jiuyou could sense Jiang Xuelan's focused and cautious mood, as well as the strangely comfortable feeling of relief from the burning pain brought by the icy currents brushing against his skin. He froze, his scarlet-gold eyes fixed on Jiang Xuelan's jade-like profile, so close at hand. His Adam's apple rolled, but he didn't struggle anymore. He simply turned his head away awkwardly, his ears still warming slightly.
This scene was a truly unique spectacle in the eyes of others!
The tyrannical demon king actually obediently extended his hand to allow his mortal enemy, the Immortal Lord, to heal his wounds? Even though his face was as sour as if someone owed him eight million spirit stones, he actually didn't get angry?
And Jiang Xianjun, who was always cold and aloof, keeping people at a distance, actually took the initiative to approach and personally healed the demon king? Although his expression was still freezing, his movements were meticulous!
Ah Che's eyes widened as he whispered to Xuan Jia, "Grandpa Turtle, Senior Brother and Big Brother Li...seem to be getting along a little better?"
Xuanjia's green eyes sparkled as he said slowly, "Well, it's progressed from 'a life-or-death struggle' to 'don't die before me'. That's cause for celebration, cause for celebration."
Xingtong chuckled softly, her voice like a feather tickling her heart: "Oh my~ Is this what you call a friend in need? Although this 'love' looks more like a cat being stroked~"
Jiang Xuelan's fingertips trembled slightly as he was trying his best to force out the black energy. Li Jiuyou's ears turned even redder as he felt awkward. He shouted at Xingtong angrily, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll dig out your eyeballs and kick them like balls!"
In this moment of slight relaxation——
The evil black energy that had been barely suppressed by Jiang Xuelan's icy breath suddenly shrank and expanded as if it had life! It actually followed Jiang Xuelan's icy breath and immortal power, and like a cunning venomous snake, it shot back towards Jiang Xuelan's fingertips!
"Be careful!" Li Jiuyou reacted extremely quickly and didn't care about the awkwardness. He grabbed Jiang Xuelan's wrist with his other intact hand and tried to pull him away!
Jiang Xuelan also used his immortal power to try to sever this connection!
The two men's movements occurred almost simultaneously, and their strength collided instinctively!
The black gas was violently bounced away by the two opposing forces, and most of it dissipated in the air, but there was still a small strand that, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, actually drilled into the skin of the two people who were touching each other at the same time!
Jiang Xuelan only felt his fingertips go numb, and a very thin wisp of cold evil energy rushed into his meridians, causing the God-killing Gu in his dantian to become restless!
Li Jiuyou also felt a pain in his wrist. When the evil energy came into contact with the demonic fire and genocide resentment in his body, it was like a spark falling into an oil pan, almost causing the origin to become restless again!
Both of them felt the chaos and discomfort in each other's bodies at the same time!
"Hiss!" The two of them gasped at the same time, shook off their hands, and took a half step back. They looked at each other with shock, anger, and a hint of... embarrassment?
What is this? Instead of healing the wound, it becomes a "cross infection"?
"You..." Jiang Xuelan looked at the black air that quickly disappeared from his fingertips with an ugly expression.
“Damn it…” Li Jiuyou rubbed his wrist which was aching again, and was so angry that he wanted to chop someone, “What the hell is this thing!”
The subtle tingling and restlessness brought about by the evil energy entering the body resonated clearly between the two of them. This feeling... was extremely weird and too intimate!
"Ahem," Xuan Jia coughed dryly, breaking the eerie silence. "Looks like it's some extremely vicious, resentful aura that feeds on energy and negative emotions. The two of you, one ice and one fire, one suppressing the Gu and the other holding back the resentment, are simply its favorite tonic... The clash of forces just now gave it a good opportunity to exploit. The amount is small, though, so it won't be fatal for now, but there might be some... minor side effects."
"What are the side effects?" Man Gu asked nervously.
Xuanjia's green eyes flickered between Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou, and he spoke slowly, "For example... this foul energy might amplify certain emotions that you sensed in each other through the blood contract? Or... it might cause your powers to occasionally become slightly chaotic? For example, one of you might suddenly feel like reciting poetry, while another might suddenly feel like swearing? In short... you'll just have to hope for the best."
Jiang Xuelan and Li Jiuyou: "..." What kind of side effect is this!
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