Chapter 1045: The more you have, the more you fear (2/2)

“Find a doctor!” Long Feiye’s face was frightening as he pulled her away.

Han Yunxi stopped him. “It’ll be fine after a little pain. I can apply the medicine myself.”

Long Feiye ignored her. He was already thinking of writing a letter to Gu Beiyue after they found a doctor down the mountain. Then Gu Beiyue could write them a prescription. If the doctor knew that his talents were being used on such a little thing, it was a wonder how he’d feel.

Very soon, Han Yunxi stopped Long Feiye with a single sentence. She said, “Long Feiye, can you just wait a second? Let me hug you properly. When I couldn’t find you back then, I was--”

Long Feiye pulled her into an embrace before she finished speaking. She wasn’t the only one who panicked. He too, wanted to hold her tight.

“A little tighter, okay?” Han Yunxi murmured.

Long Feiye held her tighter without a word, but Han Yunxi still wasn’t satisfied. Her muffled voice was extremely soft and almost pleading. “Feiye, it’s not enough. Hold me even tighter.”

They said experience built courage. But why was it that after all their life and death experiences, she only felt more fearful and reluctant towards danger? They said possession provided security. But why was it the more she had, the less she could take losing any bit of it? It made her more insecure instead. Sometimes, she wanted to keep her distance from him, but when that actually happened, she ended up panicking all too soon.

As long as it was a request from Han Yunxi, Long Feiye would fulfill it no matter what. Still, he was afraid that hugging her too tightly now would hurt her instead. He simply pushed her aside, bent down, and locked lips. Gradually, his kiss grew more passionate as she wrapped her arms around his neck and raised her head to meet him. She gave him what he wanted while desiring more, allowing his tongue to drive straight into her mouth.

After the descent of heavenly lightning, the bolts in the skies returned to their normal selves. A flash of lightning illuminated their kissing forms. Soon after that, raindrops the size of peas began to fall, but the two of them ignored it all to lose themselves in the kiss. When feelings were passionate, who cared about thunder and lightning?

Han Yunxi was kissed until she was dizzy. In the end, Long Feiye picked her up princess-style and brought her back, although she had no recollection of how they made it. Before she could break the good news about the Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons, Long Feiye thoroughly ate her up. After they both calmed down, he took her to the pool behind the house to soak in the hot springs and get rid of the chill.

Han Yunxi leaned lazily against the edge and wished she could go to sleep, but Long Feiye wouldn’t let her. He carefully dried her hair first and carried her to bed.

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When Tang Li and the rest saw Long Feiye and Han Yunxi at breakfast the next day, all of them were bewildered. When did these two get back last night?

“Your Highness, Old Pill master is leaving,” Xu Donglin hurried to report.

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi quickly got to their feet. Pill Furnace Master had given them huge help this time, but they didn’t even get to thank him.

Xu Donglin ended up taking out a box and presenting it respectfully to the pair. “Your Highnessn Old Pill master is already gone. He was in a hurry to refine the dan pellets and said he didn’t need to be sent off. He only asks that you give this item to Gu Qishao.”

Long Feiye took the box and wanted to open it, but stopped after some hesitation. He didn’t ask where Gu Qishao was but simply kept it on his person. “Go to the poison grounds and recover the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace,” he said. “Deliver it to Old Pill master, think of it as a thank-you gift.”

Even without earthly fire, the Earthly Fire Kun Furnace was of unusual make and much better than the other furnaces in the old man’s hands. Tang Li was too busy to probe into Gu Qishao’s affairs and asked, “Sister-in-law, can you let us see the Fire of Ten-Thousand Poisons?”

Han Yunxi took out the poison teardrop created from the fire and everyone looked at it curiously.

“Sister-in-law, how do you use thes poison teardrops?” Tang Li was still lost. If the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion and these items were supposed to break through the Poison Gu human’s constitution, were they supposed to forcefed it all to Bai Yanqing? That wasn’t realistic!

Han Yunxi was lost, too. She tried mixing all the poison teardrops together, but found that they refused to assimilate. Before they gained the last two teardrops, she wouldn’t risk trying any experiments. After she stored the teardrop away, Tang Li spoke up again.

“Big bro, sister-in-law, you two should hurry on.”

Today was the eighth day of the second lunar month, so Celestial Mountain’s snows should have already started melting. There was less than a month to go before they could scale the peaks. Tang Li had been keeping track of time all along. It was time for him to return to Three-Way Black Market too. Ning Jing’s delivery date was approaching fast, so even if he couldn’t be by her side, he could at least be slightly closer, geographically speaking.

Naturally, Han Yunxi understood Tang Li’s anxiety.

“Mm, we’ll set off for Celestial Mountain today. You should hurry back too. Don’t worry, we’ll go and be back in a jiffy, so wait for our good news!” She truly wished to give him a parting boost.

Tang Li nodded seriously. “I already told my parents last night, so I’ll be leaving in a bit!”

Long Feiye didn’t speak beyond resting a large hard on Tang Li’s shoulder. After patting it, he released him and said, “Wait for our return.”

“Definitely!” Tang Li’s voice was steady.