His gaze fixed on Nalan Jie's face.
Years of poison had ravaged it into something skeletal, nearly unrecognizable.
Yet beneath the decay lingered a faint trace of unyielding pride....pride befitting the name "Jie."
Ye Chen pressed his left hand upon the elder's shoulder.
A pulse of force rippled out, disintegrating the old man's robes into powder, exposing a frail,
emaciated body that resembled nothing more than a skeleton wrapped in skin.
Ye Chen's brows furrowed deeply.
Beside him, Nalan Yanran's eyes reddened. Mist blurred her vision, softening her proud face into fragile delicacy.
Summoning his soul power, Ye Chen wrapped the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, suppressing its violent heat, and guided it carefully to Nalan Jie's back.
With a faint whoosh, the flame sank into the elder's body.
The unconscious man convulsed at once, his body trembling violently.
Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, steering the flame along the elder's meridians with precise control.
It coursed swiftly through vital channels, driving deeper toward the bones blackened by poison.
As the flame's temperature rose, pain twisted Nalan Jie's face.
His withered hands clenched, veins bulging like cords along his arms.
"Aaaah!"
The elder's eyes snapped open. A hoarse, agonized roar tore from his throat.
A fierce aura burst forth, flaring like a final blaze before death.
"Grandfather!"
"Old Master!"
Nalan Yanran and Nalan Su cried out in unison.
"Grandpa Nalan, I'm purging the poison.....please endure it a little longer!" Ye Chen urged quickly.
The elder turned his head slightly at the voice. Through the haze of pain, he saw the young face before him and paused. Then, gritting his teeth, he forced a raspy laugh.
"Little brat… so you're the one saving me?"
"This junior cannot guarantee success," Ye Chen admitted honestly. "But I'll do my utmost."
"Haha! Then go on boldly. Even if you kill me in the process, no one will dare blame you!"
Despite the agony, Nalan Jie managed a bold laugh.
"Grandfather, how can you say such things!"
Relieved to see him awake, Nalan Yanran nonetheless pouted, her voice tinged with grievance.
"You shameless girl!" Nalan Jie snapped, glaring fiercely at her.
"You still dare come back? If it weren't for you breaking off the Xiao family engagement,
would I have been so enraged that my cultivation faltered, leaving me prey to this cursed poison?"
His rebuke struck like thunder.
Nalan Yanran shrank back instinctively, but then she lifted her chin.
"Grandfather, the one detoxifying you right now is my Senior Brother!" she declared, pointing toward Ye Chen.
At those words, Nalan Jie's eyes widened in astonishment.
Of course, he knew the truth. Since her return, he had learned why his granddaughter had so stubbornly annulled her marriage with Xiao Yan:
because she had already pledged her heart....and her future....to her Senior Brother from Yunlan Sect.
And now, that very man was at his bedside, wielding Heavenly Flame in a battle against poison and death.
As silence fell over the room, the atmosphere quietly settled.
"Are you that kid from the Mittel family?"
After a moment, Nalan Jie regained his focus and looked Ye Chen over, a glimmer of interest appearing in his eyes.
"Ye Chen pays his respects, Old Master," Ye Chen said respectfully.
This man was of the same generation as his own grandfather, so he dared not show any disrespect.
"You… you can even detoxify?"
Learning that Ye Chen was his granddaughter's beloved, Nalan Jie looked at him more closely.
"Grandfather, the Burning Poison in your body is something even Dan King Gu He cannot handle.
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