My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

"Flower dyeing!"

Joey's body moved faster than her mind; she turned around and caught Hua Ran, holding him in her arms.

Everything within reach was wet and sticky.

a lot of blood...

He had more than one wound.

Looking at the wall again, there were several bloodstains on it.

Joey immediately understood what was going on.

"Why did you shield me from that?! I can recover from my injuries myself. Why did you have to shield me? What a fool you are!"

Although Joey was saying some heartless things, her hands were trembling.

In the past, no one ever shielded someone from harm; everyone had to catch ghosts, save others, and protect them.

Just a moment ago, she was still doubting Hua Ran's intentions.

She knew that Hua Ran wasn't some fox nailed to a coffin, and she had already begun to be wary of him!

But now, those boring things are no longer on her mind.

All they hoped was that Hua Ran wouldn't get into trouble.

"Master, are there any missions that include free healing medicine? Anything is fine, I'll do it right away."

The system says it's checking.

In reality, Hua Ran grabbed Qiao Yi's arm.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"My wife...you've finally, finally let me hold your hand..."

Hua Ran's face was pale, her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and a few strands of her black hair were soaked and stuck to her face.

His foxy, alluring eyes held a hint of grievance, and tears streamed down his cheeks, though he remained oblivious.

His voice was choked with sobs.

“My lady…look, I am the one who can protect you…I can not only be bitten by a bat for you, I can also get hurt for you, I can die for you…”

Joey exclaimed, "Oh dear!"

"Why are you saying this? How could I possibly let you die?"

Joey asked the system again using her consciousness, "Is it done yet? Did you find it?"

This time, Joey's voice was tinged with impatience.

The system said, "Alright, alright, there are no other tasks, but you can use your yang energy to temporarily stop the bleeding from the flower."

The system said it had just scanned the surroundings and found that both yin and yang energies existed. The walls suddenly returned to their original state, which might be related to the bleeding of the flower stain.

Joey's brain was working at lightning speed.

bleed?

When a spirit bleeds, it is equivalent to shedding its yin energy, while it becomes yang!

Oh! The mechanisms beneath this underground palace are also designed using the principle of yin and yang harmony.

It's not that fox spirits only use yin energy to cause trouble.

Therefore, relying solely on yang energy is ineffective for Joey.

That's so strange!

If the builder intended to suppress the fox spirit, why did they still gather yin energy for it? Was it suppression or supply?

Qiao Yi shook her head, deciding to put those thoughts aside for now and focus on stopping Hua Ran's bleeding.

She covered Hua Ran's palm with her yang energy and gently pressed on her abdomen. Soon, Hua Ran's bleeding stopped.

Joey wanted to lift up Hua Ran's clothes to take a closer look at the wound.

Hua Ran grabbed her hand.

"No...it must look terrible, my wife, please don't look. Once the bleeding stops, I will recover slowly. After all, I am a spirit...unlike humans who are so delicate."

Joey, however, simply lifted it.

"Hey!"

Hua Ran flinched.

Her fair and slender body gives her a delicate and fragile beauty.

But Joey was only concerned about the four bloody holes in his abdomen.

Hua Ran shrank into Qiao Yi's arms, constantly pulling at her clothes to try and cover her exposed belly.

"Stop looking, I already said it's ugly."

"Don't move, don't let the wound bleed anymore! Besides, what part of you haven't I seen? We've even slept together."

Even after saying that, Joey was stunned.

Not to mention flower dyeing.

Hua Ran turned her head away, her face flushed with embarrassment.

At the same time, he did not feel any pain in his body, but rather a warm feeling in his abdomen.

Joey reached out again and pressed her hand against his skin.

"Oh dear, my wife, please don't be so gentle with me at this time, or I'll... I'll become strange."

Joey even felt her face getting hot, which was a little strange.

"Cough, I'm stopping your bleeding. Of course, I can only treat the damage caused by Yin. Yin and Yang will be harmonized and return to nothingness, but the remaining injuries will require medicine."

"Hmm...it's okay, I'm not in pain anymore."

Hua Ran tentatively asked Qiao Yi, "My lady, why were you angry just now? Was it because I held you down when the bats came?"

"I...I'm not angry."

"You're not angry, so why won't you let me hold your hand?"

Joey opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

She thought, in any case, let's put aside the fact that Hua Ran wasn't the fox nailed to the coffin for now.

If Hua Ran only wants to absorb my yang energy, then so be it. After all, Hua Ran has sacrificed a lot to protect me from injury this time.

Joey was unaware that her heart was changing.

My mindset is completely different from when I first wanted to give Hua Ran the amnesia drug.

Finally, seeing that the wound on Hua Ran's abdomen was shrinking, Qiao Yi lowered her head and gently blew a breath.

"Ugh...no, it itches..."

"Cough, I'll bandage you now, don't make any sudden movements."

Qiao Yi tore off a piece of fabric from her dress and wrapped it around Hua Ran's waist and abdomen. Hua Ran trembled again and buried her little head directly into Qiao Yi's arms.

"My wife..."

He made a muffled sound.

“You never looked at me this closely when we were in bed together… My body was beautiful then, without these horrifying wounds. How come you’re looking at me so closely now… You bastard!”

"Uh, anyway, don't make any big movements, and don't let the wound bleed anymore."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a "click" was heard, and the bricks in the middle retracted just like the ones above, revealing the downward staircase.

This time, Joey didn't need to go down to see the shrine below.

A small, square pavilion, candles lit on both sides, and in the center enshrined... a severed arm?!

Qiao Yi didn't dare leave Hua Ran up there anymore, so she asked Hua Ran if she could still leave.

Hua Ran nodded.

Joey went down first, and when she reached the bottom, she had to jump a bit to land.

She quickly turned around and opened her arms.

"Come on, let me lift you down. Don't lift your arm and hurt your wound."

"Um……"

Qiao Yi noticed that Hua Ran's voice had weakened after she was injured, which made her particularly captivating.

When Hua Ran hugged Qiao Yi, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up again.

The result wasn't too bad.

No, it's very good.

Joey took out the severed hand to examine it, but instead of the fox spirit she had imagined, it was just a severed hand.

To be honest, this severed hand was incredibly yin in nature. Even with her extremely yang constitution, Qiao Yiguang felt a chill in her palm when she held it.

"What kind of magical immortal hand is this? It looks like it's been around for many years, yet it's not decayed, and the skin is still so plump and supple. If it was able to suppress that monster with just one hand, it's truly admirable."

Hua Ran pouted.

"My lady, is my hand prettier, or is that severed hand prettier?"

"Uh……"

Just when Joey thought the two were incomparable, the severed hand suddenly grabbed Joey's hand.