"Alright, Rose, if you keep sucking like that, you’ll get poisoned too. I don’t want anything to happen to you!" Ryan Ling hurriedly stopped Rose Yates, thinking to himself—not only was her mouth technique fierce, her tongue technique was downright savage. There was no way he’d let her keep licking.
But after hearing Ryan’s words, Rose didn’t continue. It seemed his "I don’t want anything to happen to you" warmed her heart.
"Bro, your sister-in-law’s done sucking, but you’d better hurry up and find a way to treat yourself. Otherwise, this could get seriously bad." Rose chimed in anxiously. Ryan seemed a little better now, but that poison could flare up at any time—and next time, it could be fatal.
Ryan nodded—no one knew his own body better than he did.
And there was another thing he was even more clear about: the binding spell he’d placed on Mitsuo Mitsui and Grand Elder Walter Gu was definitely not a long-term solution. They could break out at any moment. He had to find a fix, fast.
"Ryan Ling, go to the Blossom Fairy Sect! Right now, it’s your only shot at curing the poison!" The System suddenly shouted inside him.
"Blossom Fairy Sect?" Ryan froze for a second. Before coming to the Provincial Capital, the System had mentioned those three words—if he wanted to activate the Ancient Heavenwood inside him, he’d have to try his luck at Blossom Fairy Sect, since they were also a wood-element Daoist sect.
Ryan didn’t hesitate. Right now, he’d have to treat a dead horse like a living one—just get to Blossom Fairy Sect and figure something out.
"Rose, we’re heading to Blossom Fairy Sect—do you know where Blossom Queen Town is?" Ryan quickly turned to ask.
"Blossom Fairy Sect? Can they really cure you?" Rose perked up instantly at those words. Seeing Ryan nod slightly, she added, "Of course I know Blossom Queen Town! The Chen Family does regular business with Blossom Fairy Sect, and I’m super close with their senior disciple—I go shopping with her all the time!"
"That’s perfect! Hurry and take me there—thanks!" Ryan let out a slight breath of relief. With Rose Yates’ personal connection, things would be way easier.
"Why are you being polite with your sister-in-law? Whatever you need today, just say the word—I’ll do it!" Rose said, wiping her mouth. Then she floored the gas pedal and sped toward Blossom Queen Town. The place was a bit of a drive from the Provincial Capital, so getting out of town meant buying some precious time. Ryan could already sense Mitsui Group and the Azure Dragon Society were hunting for him.
Ryan reclined his seat to try and relax, but his eyes couldn’t help drifting to Rose. Maybe she’d worked a little too hard just now—her clothes were kind of torn, and a bright red bra was peeking out. Ryan caught a glimpse and felt a tickle in his heart.
Thinking back to Rose’s tongue technique earlier, Ryan couldn’t help it—his mind started to wander.
"Seriously, dude, is this really the time to be thinking about that?" Ryan muttered, pinching his own thigh hard—only to realize he couldn’t feel a thing.
"Bro, does it hurt again? Don’t worry, your sister-in-law’s right here!" Rose said, reaching over to grab Ryan’s hand.
Ryan felt a warmth in his heart. He’d only known this sister-in-law for a few days, but she really knew how to take care of someone. In his whole memory, only two women had ever shown him this kind of tenderness—his mom, and Lily Liu. Never a third, until now.
"Rose, you’re amazing!" Ryan said, squeezing her hand back.
"Hearing that from you makes my day! Hang in there—we’re almost at Blossom Queen Town. I come here all the time, I know it like the back of my hand!" Rose comforted Ryan as she stomped on the gas.
Soon, the car roared up to the gate of Blossom Fairy Sect. The sect itself wasn’t big—barely worth noticing in a place as massive as the Provincial Capital. Honestly, it was a pretty small sect, not even as strong as a major family in the city. But Blossom Fairy Sect was famous for its beautiful girls, and Blossom Queen Town got its name from the annual 'Flower Queen' competition hosted by the sect.
"Rose, what brings you here? Shopping again, or picking up more skincare?" Two female gate disciples hurried over when they saw Rose’s car—clearly, they knew her well.
"Emergency—help me out! And go tell Sect Master Snow Yates right away!" Rose had no time for chit-chat; she hoisted Ryan onto her back.
The two disciples saw how serious it was and didn’t dare slack off—one helped Rose support Ryan, while the other dashed inside to report. At the same time, the sect’s main gate slammed shut.
"Rose, what on earth happened?" The Blossom Fairy Sect’s master, Snow Yates, who was actually Rose’s clan relative, arrived and looked confused at the scene.
But Rose was quick on the uptake—she summed up the whole situation in a few sentences. With such a huge incident in the Provincial Capital, Snow Yates already knew the basics, and like all the martial artists, she was firmly on Ryan’s side. Hearing Ryan was poisoned and dying, she didn’t hesitate for a second: she ordered her disciples to prepare the best antidote herbs and called for the eight strongest detox specialists to treat him personally.
Just like the System predicted, Blossom Fairy Sect really did have detox skills. Ryan, though groggy, could still hear what was happening, and felt a bit more at ease. But right then, the poison flared up again—worse than before. It felt like tens of thousands of ants were gnawing his flesh, his whole body burning up. Even the System’s yin-energy cooling was useless now.
"Sect Master, all the herbs are ready in the bath, and Ruby and the other seven are set to begin. But Blossom Fairy Sect has never detoxed a man before—there might be some, uh, male-female boundaries…" reported an older female disciple.
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"Are you kidding me? Look at the situation—who cares about male-female boundaries right now? Do you know who this guy is? He’s not just an East River State hero, he’s a national anti-Japanese role model! Forget healing him—if you offered your bodies to save him, it’d be a karmic blessing from your past lives! Got it?" Snow Yates barked.
Hearing their sect master talk like that, the disciples all nodded quickly, their faces turning faintly red.
Soon, Ryan was placed in a huge bathing pool—clearly the spot where the female disciples usually bathed. Now it was packed with rare antidote herbs, and eight gorgeous disciples had already gotten in. What stunned Rose was—they weren’t wearing a thing.
"Snow, what’s going on?" Rose blurted out, while the half-conscious Ryan was just as startled.
"Rose, don’t worry about it—it’s our sect’s ancestral detox secret. You have to undress for it to work best, that’s why they hesitated earlier!" Snow Yates explained, quickly helping Rose ease Ryan into the water.
The originally crystal-clear pool turned murky in an instant—the poison was just that fierce!
"Ruby, what are you waiting for? Start the Hundred-Blossom Purging Method and cleanse the poison from his body—hurry!" Snow Yates ordered. The eight beauties began chanting, and suddenly, countless vivid red petals burst from their bodies, wrapping Ryan from head to toe!
In a split second, all the petals turned pitch black.
"This poison is insane!" Snow Yates’ face darkened. She clenched her fist and barked, "Keep going! Don’t stop!"
The eight beauties nodded and sent another wave of petals. Suddenly, white steam billowed off Ryan’s body, but the pain only got worse—he screamed uncontrollably.
"Snow, is this really working?" Rose asked anxiously. Ryan looked even worse than before—his whole body was turning black, the poison clearly spreading everywhere.
"Looks like the Hundred-Blossom Purging Method isn’t enough. Get ready for the Yin-Yang Union Purge—use your own bodies to draw out his poison!" Snow Yates gritted her teeth and shouted.
"Ah! No way!" The eight beauties shrieked, instantly backing off in a panicked mess…