The four criminals were so terrified that their eyes widened. The young man before them was incredibly formidable, instilling a genuine, heart-pounding fear.
"Scram!" Lin Fei roared without even raising his head.
Hearing this, the four criminals felt like they'd been pardoned, hastily fleeing in panic.
After they escaped, Lin Fei walked towards Li Ruyan, who lay on the ground.
"Miss, wake up, wake up!" Lin Fei called to Li Ruyan.
But Li Ruyan did not wake up. Lin Fei placed his hand on her left wrist, discovering that her pulse was even more chaotic than before. It seemed the toxic effects of the love potion were deepening.
Lin Fei then placed his hand on her forehead to check, finding that she had already started to burn with fever.
"This love potion is extremely potent. If it's not cleared in time, she might suffer severe injuries to her Primordial Qi." Lin Fei frowned slightly, immediately thinking of a place to go.
He hoisted the unconscious Li Ruyan onto his shoulder,
grabbed the travel bag from the ground, and moved swiftly with the lightness of a swallow, rushing towards the forest. Everywhere he passed, the wind howled and leaves swirled.
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In a tranquil valley surrounded by lush green bamboo, reflected in the pool, the clear turquoise water revealed small fish swimming back and forth.
Lin Fei placed Li Ruyan and the travel bag down on the ground by the pool.
Lin Fei noticed that Li Ruyan's perfect, exquisite, and beautiful face was flushed, with a wave of heat emanating from her body.
"The potion is really strong," Lin Fei said, taking out an acupuncture kit from his sleeve and spreading it on the ground.
The acupuncture kit was lined with silver needles.
With a flick of his right hand, Lin Fei deftly pinched a silver needle between his fingers, gently inserting it into the Fengchi point at the back of Li Ruyan's head.
As he gently rotated the needle, a strange light blue aura flowed from Lin Fei's hand along the needle and into the Fengchi point of Li Ruyan.
In an instant, the unconscious Li Ruyan let out a faint moan.
Lin Fei's brows lifted with a hint of joy: she finally awoke.
Li Ruyan opened her eyes, but her gaze was hazy and unusual. She looked at Lin Fei with sudden excitement and exclaimed, "Zhang Zheng, you're back, you didn't die?"
Zhang Zheng? Who is that? Lin Fei was suddenly perplexed.
He immediately realized that it must be the effects of the love potion causing Li Ruyan's hallucinations.
"Miss, I'm not Zhang Zheng..." However, before Lin Fei could finish speaking,
Li Ruyan suddenly threw herself onto him, taking him by surprise on the ground.
Lin Fei's mind went blank, what is happening?
No way, I still~~~
If his senior sister knew about this, wouldn't she just…
"Miss, please calm down, don't act impulsively…" Lin Fei was interrupted as his lips were sealed.
Lin Fei's eyes widened. Like a girl in a drama, he wanted to shout molested, but his mouth was blocked, preventing him from saying anything, only making indistinct sounds.
Yet, how could Lin Fei take advantage of someone's vulnerability?
Having cultivated at Kunlun Mountain for over a decade, his will was firm, and his mind was clear and cool.
Moreover, frequently facing his devastatingly beautiful senior sister made him somewhat resistant to pretty women.
Lin Fei exerted strength and swiftly turned the situation, pinning Li Ruyan on the ground. Then he quickly struck several acupuncture points on Li Ruyan's neck, making her stop struggling, motionless.
Looking at the flushed face of Li Ruyan, as if ablaze, Lin Fei apologized, "Miss, I'm sorry. You've been drugged with a love potion, making you uncontrollable. To treat you, I had to temporarily seal some of your acupoints.
Next, I plan to perform acupuncture on you in the pool. The pool contains Kunlun Mountain's spring water, which can help eliminate the toxins from your body and keep your spirit clear. Do you agree?"
Li Ruyan, under Lin Fei's acupuncture sealing, seemed to regain a bit of clarity. Hearing Lin Fei's explanation and seeing the sincerity in his eyes, devoid of any impurities, she developed trust in Lin Fei.
Unable to move, Li Ruyan slowly blinked at Lin Fei.
This gesture told Lin Fei she agreed.
Seeing her consent, Lin Fei picked up the acupuncture kit from the ground, wrapped an arm around the slender waist of Li Ruyan lying there.
As the cool, refreshing pool water enveloped Li Ruyan's body, she instantly felt the fiery heat burning through her body being subdued.
Her consciousness also gained a trace of clarity, although the internal heat was like a weed, hard to extinguish, it returned with the spring wind, making her consciousness oscillate between clarity and confusion.
The pool wasn't deep, just submerging her chest area. She sat cross-legged in the pool, with Lin Fei sitting across from her in the water.
The acupuncture kit spread open on the water's surface, and Lin Fei retrieved the silver needles, piercing the various acupoints on Li Ruyan's submerged body.
Inserting needles, withdrawing needles, again inserting and withdrawing, causing ripples to dance over the pool, the bamboo surrounding lightly swayed in the breeze, with bamboo leaves gently falling onto the water's surface.
Under the torment of the drug's toxins, Li Ruyan observed Lin Fei's meticulous and focused demeanor as he performed acupuncture on her.
Gradually, her mind became clearer, as the scalding heat in her body dissipated into the spring water.
Half an hour later, Lin Fei withdrew the final silver needle from Li Ruyan's fragrant body, replacing it in the acupuncture kit, and unsealed the acupoints on her.
Having completed everything, Lin Fei stood up from the water and said to Li Ruyan, "Miss, the toxins from the drug in your body have been cleared. Please go ashore on your own."
After saying this, Lin Fei soared from the water, his silhouette gracefully fleeting towards the bamboo grove, disappearing in an instant.
In the pool, Li Ruyan's eyes showed immense surprise. She hadn't expected that Lin Fei not only excelled in acupuncture but also possessed extraordinary martial arts skills.
Recalling how he remained composed and focused despite her beauty, to heal her and remove the toxins, her heart was filled not only with gratitude but also an indescribable warmth.
Upon reaching the shore, Li Ruyan sat on a rock.
After a while, seeing that Lin Fei still hadn't reappeared, she couldn't help but wonder: did he leave after saving me?
Yet, Lin Fei's travel bag was still lying on the ground not far away. Surely, Lin Fei would not leave it behind.
"Benefactor, where are you?" Li Ruyan then called out into the surrounding bamboo grove.
She didn't know Lin Fei's name, but since he saved her, she called him benefactor.
"I'm drying my clothes, I'll be done soon." At this moment, Lin Fei's voice came from a nearby bamboo grove.
Drying clothes? Li Ruyan found it peculiar, for although the sun was scorching overhead, wet clothes couldn't dry so quickly, could they?
Out of curiosity, she picked up Lin Fei's bag and headed towards the bamboo grove from which his voice had come.
Walking into the bamboo grove, she saw Lin Fei sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, steam rising from his clothes like a steaming basket.
His soaked clothes were visibly drying at a speed within the blink of an eye, and soon, all his clothes were dry.
Li Ruyan was completely stunned, was this what Lin Fei meant by drying clothes?
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