The world of martial arts, the immortal swordsman in the mortal realm.

Chapter 147, Page 162: The Witch's Miraculous Healing Night
After escorting Dugu Feng back, Lu Chen entered the main house in the central courtyard and arrived at the bedroom door. Suddenly, he sensed an unusual aura.

He gently pushed the bedroom door open a crack and caught a faint, somewhat familiar fragrance.

After a moment's hesitation, he pushed open the door, stepped into the bedroom hall, and then came to the moon gate with the bamboo curtain hanging. He lifted the bamboo curtain and looked into the bedroom. Sure enough, he saw a familiar figure sitting on the edge of his bed, gently swinging her pair of snow-white and delicate bare feet, looking at him with a charming smile.

Lu Chen entered the bedroom and stopped at the small round table seven steps away from the bed. He said to the girl sitting beside the bed:

"Miss Zhu, have you come to the wrong place?"

The girl in white, barefoot, stopped smiling and looked serious.
"I was seriously injured by some heartless guy and had to find a place to treat my wounds nearby. And you're the only person I know around here, so I had no choice but to come to your house!"

Lu Chen was both amused and exasperated.

"Miss Zhu's injuries shouldn't be too serious, right?"

Although the two had fought seriously, Lu Chen hadn't used his ultimate move, and Wanwan was highly skilled, so even though she suffered internal injuries, her injuries weren't considered serious.

It's much lighter than "leaving only one breath."

Wanwan pouted her pink lips:
"Within the Holy Sect, there is fierce competition far beyond what outsiders can imagine. Even if Bian Bufu dies, I cannot show the slightest weakness. Otherwise, my dear junior sister might not let go of this golden opportunity. Even if she doesn't dare to kill me, she might try to sabotage my cultivation."

"So... until I recover, Wan'er can only temporarily rely on Brother Lu for shelter."

"Is Miss Zhu joking?"

Lu Chen shook his head:
"Even if Miss Zhu is not well-liked within the Yin Gui Sect, the Empress Yin is in Luoyang. With the Empress Yin's protection, who would dare to take advantage of Miss Zhu's injury and harm her?"

"Huh?" Wanwan blinked in surprise. "How did you know my master was in Luoyang?"

"I guessed. But judging from Miss Zhu's reaction, I guessed right."

"So, you're not afraid at all?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"My master! You killed Bian Bufu, and you even injured me. Aren't you afraid my master will come after you?"

Lu Chen smiled:
"Not really afraid."

Wanwan's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, her face showing deep thought:

"You're not afraid of my master... So, you killed Zhu Can and crushed the Garuda army with your own true abilities?"

She knew that Lu Chen's martial arts skills were superior to hers.

When he killed Bian Bufu, the way he suddenly disappeared, dodged Bian Bufu's killing move, and inexplicably flashed above Bian Bufu was truly mysterious and unpredictable.

However, judging from her experience of exchanging a finger strike with Lu Chen, and her reaction when he was hit by Bian Bufu's dying counterattack with a palm strike from a distance after killing Bian Bufu, his martial arts skills seem to be much weaker than her master's, and he probably wouldn't be able to break through an army single-handedly...

Huh?
Suddenly, Wanwan thought of something and looked at Lu Chen with bright eyes:

"You were struck by Bian Bufeng's palm strike, yet you weren't injured?"

Lu Chen said frankly:

"He was still injured."

With two large purplish-black palm prints on his chest, his internal energy circulation was slightly obstructed, and his breathing was a little noisy. He would need to rest for a whole night to recover.

This was the first time he had suffered such a serious injury since he had mastered the "Sword Body".

"When we clashed fingers, I suffered internal injuries, while you remained unharmed; even after being struck by Bian Bufu's dying counterattack with a palm strike from a distance, you were still able to calmly escort Dugu Feng home..."

Wanwan clapped her hands, feigning sudden realization:

"I understand!"

"What has Miss Zhu understood?"

"You possess an indestructible, superhuman physique with extraordinary endurance!"

Wanwan looked at Lu Chen with a determined expression:

"Within the army formation, any expert, even the three grandmasters, will be at the mercy of others once they exhaust their true energy. Therefore, even Martial Venerable Bi Xuan would not charge into the army alone, much less allow himself to be surrounded by the army formation."

"But you are different. With your extraordinary physique, even if you exhaust your true energy, you will be invincible against ordinary soldiers. Because no matter how the ordinary soldiers fight, they can't hurt you at all!"
"I guess you launched a surprise attack first, using some kind of trick similar to the one you used to kill Bian Bufu today, to kill Zhu Can and his experts. In this way, you not only eliminated the threat of the experts, but also destroyed the backbone of the Garuda army."

"Then, relying on his indestructible physique, he smashed the morale of the Garuda army with every punch and kick!"

Lu Chen nodded with a smile:

"May you be as clever as a feather and guess the answer correctly."

Wanwan's lips curled up, a hint of smugness flashing in her bright eyes, before she uttered another surprising statement:

"With such an extraordinary physique, it's no wonder Wen Caiting is attracted to your body."

"What?" Lu Chen was stunned and said incredulously, "Wen Caiting... is lusting after my body?"

"Yes."

Wanwan's smile was strange:
"Wen Caiting is skilled in seductive arts and also has the secret art of judging men, which allows her to see a man's special characteristics at a glance. She saw that your physique was special, and your blood and energy were as strong as a furnace, which is why she hit it off with Bian Bufeng and also invited Elder Yunxia to deal with you."

"Bian Bufu wants to get revenge on you for ruining his important alliance with the Garuda army, while Wen Caiting wants to capture you and use you as her furnace."

Lu Chen frowned and muttered:
“I was narrow-minded. Lecherous thieves don’t discriminate between men and women; if there are male lecherous thieves, there are naturally female lecherous thieves as well. It’s a pity that we only killed Bian Bufu today, but let Wen Caiting go. Next time I see her, I will definitely kill her first.”

Wanwan smiled mischievously:
"You've scared Wen Caiting half to death; she probably won't dare show her face in front of you again. But..."

Her expression was solemn, and her tone was serious:

"My master will still look for you."

Lu Chen looked completely unconcerned:
"I'm eager to experience the Heavenly Demon Techniques of the Queen of the Underworld."

"However, your indestructible body, which ordinary soldiers cannot break, is probably no match for my master's attack. After all, even Bian Bufu could injure you, so my master's power is far greater than Bian Bufu's."

"It's alright, if I can't win, I can run away."

“My master’s lightness skill… never mind, you have a teleportation technique that is very similar to the ‘Illusionary Demon Movement Technique’ but is actually more magical than the Illusionary Demon Movement Technique. It would definitely be difficult to catch you if you ran away.”

Wanwan no longer mentions "lightness skill".

Because she felt that Lu Chen's method of leaving a phantom image in one place and then teleporting his real body elsewhere could not be considered "lightness skill" at all.

It's already almost like a legendary supernatural power or magic.

"Anyway, thank you for reminding me, Miss Zhu."

"Just a verbal thank you? Not even a glass of chilled honey water?"

"I'll go and prepare it right away..."

"Oh well, I don't want to drink it anymore."

Wanwan lifted her legs, which were dangling over the edge of the couch, and sat cross-legged on the couch. She stretched and yawned, and with this movement, her beautiful and moving curves, like the undulating mountains, were instantly displayed to the fullest extent.

"My injuries are too severe, I need to sleep and heal. When I was little, my master told me that I shouldn't eat candied fruit, malt candy or other snacks before bed, or drink sweet water, otherwise it will rot my teeth."

"sleep?"

Lu Chen looked strange and reminded her:
"This is my bed."

"I knew!"

Wanwan's face showed resentment:
"Someone kindly sneaked out to warn you and tell you to be prepared, but you were ruthless and hurt them so badly with a single finger... Shouldn't you give them some compensation?"

Lu Chen was speechless.

"Sleeping in my bed, is that compensation?" Wanwan shook her head and said seriously:

"This can only be considered a little interest."

"Even if you want to heal your wounds here, I do have guest rooms."

"But your bed is the biggest and the most comfortable."

Lu Chen sighed:

"Never mind, I'll heal your wounds."

"Help me heal my wounds?"

Wanwan reminded her:
"My cultivation method is special; ordinary internal energy cannot help me heal."

"My true energy is also very special."

Lu Chen dragged a chair to the side of the couch, sat down facing Wanwan, and raised his hands to her:
"Let's try it first."

Wanwan hesitated for a moment, then raised her hands and placed her slightly cool, soft palms on Lu Chen's large hands.

"The true energy of the Heavenly Demon is purely Yin in nature, and requires a purely Yang constitution..."

Before Wanwan could finish speaking, she felt an extremely warm and yang-like energy slowly flowing into her meridians.

Wherever the Yang energy flowed, she even had a strange feeling that her meridians and acupoints were melting.

This feeling often represents "damage"—the meridians and acupoints are "melting." Under normal circumstances, it often indicates that external vital energy is frantically damaging and destroying the meridians and acupoints.

But strangely enough, Lu Chen's true energy did not harm her.

Instead, after encountering her Heavenly Demon True Qi, it generated a miraculous vitality, rapidly repairing the injuries to her meridians and acupoints.

Wanwan was deeply shaken.

Lu Chen's true energy could actually react so mysteriously with the Heavenly Demon True Energy...

What she cultivates is the "Heavenly Demon Great Art," which originates from the "Heavenly Demon Strategy," one of the Four Great Classical Novels.

To help her heal, Lu Chen's cultivation technique must be at least no lower in rank than the Four Great Mystic Books, and it must also be able to complement and benefit the pure Yin nature of the Heavenly Demon True Qi.

Lu Chen not only met all the conditions, but the healing effect was even better than Wanwan had expected.

Her injuries would normally take several days to heal on her own.

But given the current recovery trend, it will probably be back to normal in just one night at most.

A strange and indescribable feeling welled up in Wanwan's heart.

Accepting Lu Chen's treatment was actually extremely difficult for her.

Because receiving healing from another person's true energy requires allowing that energy to enter one's own meridians.

During this process, one's own meridians are almost completely undefended, and for ordinary martial artists, it can be said that their life and death are in the hands of others.

While the "Heavenly Demon Great Art" is unlike ordinary cultivation techniques, allowing one to absorb the opponent's true energy with Heavenly Demon True Qi when the opponent harbors evil intentions, thus launching a counterattack and causing the opponent to suffer the consequences of their own actions, and thus ensuring one's own safety to a certain extent, this does not mean that Wanwan is free from risks.

Whether it's attracting the enemy's true energy or using their strength to counterattack, it all has to start within her meridians and acupoints, making her body the battlefield.

Even if she manages to launch a successful counterattack, she will be injured. The most likely outcome is a lose-lose situation where she kills a thousand enemies but loses eight hundred of her own.

Despite the considerable risks, she still accepted Lu Chen's treatment.

This is very strange. Given the environment in which she lived and grew up, she shouldn't have been so trusting of others.

But she still trusted her intuition.

Ever since that beautiful encounter on Tanhu Creek, where the lake reflected the starry sky and the scene of "drunk and unaware that the sky was in the water, a boat full of dreams pressing down on the Milky Way," she has had a strange feeling for Lu Chen.

She always felt that he didn't belong to this world.

In the days that followed, they spent time together.

When he earnestly asked her if she had any "unwanted old sword techniques or visualization methods," as if he were taking advantage of her; when she brought him sword manuals and visualization scrolls, but he didn't even brew a pot of tea and just offered her plain water; when nine books of sword techniques and one visualization method couldn't even get her to treat him to a meal.

Although she felt a little annoyed and even doubted her own charm, Lu Chen's casualness made her feel relaxed.

Because of the Holy Sect's philosophy of "survival of the fittest" and "the strong are respected," she grew up in the Yin Gui Sect amidst intrigue and deceit.

On one hand, they must strive to cultivate and continuously improve their cultivation level; on the other hand, they must compete with their peers, guard against their schemes, and also deal with their elders to protect themselves from being harmed by beasts like Bian Bufu.

Although she was the most outstanding genius in the history of the Yin Gui School, this kind of life also put her mind under tremendous pressure at all times.

This pressure certainly forged her into an indomitable spirit and made her ruthless, capable of killing with a smile. However, she was not a born witch who was completely devoid of emotion and nature. Deep down, she occasionally longed to relax a little.

The few days spent together at Lu Chen's Peach Blossom Manor gave her a sense of ease she hadn't felt in years.

This sense of ease made her feel very comfortable.

Even when she was undercover at the Duba Manor, whenever she recalled that last day when she finally managed to make Lu Chen suffer a great humiliation with a meal that she herself dared not taste, she could not help but smile.

Because of that strange feeling that Lu Chen didn't belong to this world when they first met.

She also felt an unprecedented sense of ease and comfort that Lu Chen brought her.

She set aside the wariness and suspicion that a demonic sorceress should possess and accepted his healing.

As it turned out, her intuition was right; she hadn't misjudged him.

Lu Chen was as serious as ever.

When she gave him the sword manual and visualization method, he truly acted like a sword master, earnestly instructing her in swordsmanship.

Today, she did him a favor by warning him, and he felt guilty for injuring her, so he focused intently and earnestly on treating her injuries.

Furthermore, his true energy could actually produce a near-perfect positive reaction with her Heavenly Demon True Energy.

This was still only when she was passively receiving treatment.

If she were to actively participate and use a healing technique similar to Lu Chen's to treat her injuries, she might be able to recover in just one hour.

"Brother Lu."

The demoness spoke softly.

"Ok?"

Lu Chen continued to heal his injuries while casually replying.

"Could you teach Wan'er your healing method? If we practice our internal energy at the same time, it should be faster."

"..."

Lu Chen's expression turned strange.

His healing method evolved from the "Pure Yin to Supreme Yang Dual Cultivation Method," and he taught it to Wanwan...

Well, it's not impossible, it's just an application for healing.

With Wanwan's cooperation, the healing process can be faster.

He then taught Wanwan the incantation for the healing technique that had evolved from the dual cultivation method.

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