Chapter 313: Great Surprise

Zu'an was speechless for a moment. "Miss, your way of thinking is truly unique."

"Isn't it so?" Zheng Dan sneered. "You said before that once you transformed into human form, you would come... you would come..." Her face was flushed as if covered with rouge, and she ultimately couldn't utter the rest of the words. "How could poor A'Zu endure your attack, all for me..."

Watching her tears stream down, Zu'an knew she was likely disoriented due to the effects of the medicine combined with the recent shock.

Zu'an could only point to the mountain-like corpse beside them and say, "Look over there, the wicked dragon is dead."

Zheng Dan froze, then subconsciously turned her head. Indeed, she saw the red dragon's corpse, and for a moment, she was both surprised and overjoyed. "Is it really dead?"

"Of course, I killed it," Zu'an said, puffing out his chest. He thought, *It's a pity there's no one here to big me up and explain how powerful this dragon was. Explaining it myself would feel a bit tacky.*

He never even considered asking Mi Li to play the hype-man; compared to his dignity, his life was far more important.

"A'Zu, it's really you!" Zheng Dan's voice instantly choked, and she threw herself into his arms. "Are you really okay?" As she spoke, she checked his back, clearly still deeply traumatized by the previous scene.

Feeling the astonishing warmth and elasticity of her delicate body in his arms, Zu'an's heart quickened. However, worried she might overthink things, he quickly composed himself and gently patted her back to comfort her. "I have a defensive artifact that blocked that attack for me."

"So that's how it is..." Zheng Dan pursed her lips, then quickly buried her head in his chest again.

Zu'an channeled the Snowflake Divine Sword, attempting to infuse her with threads of cold energy to counteract the medicine's effects. However, his cold energy was immediately swallowed by the overwhelming heat. He couldn't help but say hesitantly, "This poison you've taken is quite troublesome..."

Zheng Dan softly hummed, "Mm, I know."

Zu'an was utterly bewildered. *What did she mean by "I know"?*

He had thought that since Zheng Dan's cultivation was higher than his and she was the leader of the Giant Whale Gang, she should be well-traveled and knowledgeable, and might know of other solutions. Yet, she said nothing.

"Empress Sister, do you know if there's any other way to cure this poison?" Zu'an called out to Mi Li in his mind. He thought, *If Ji Xiaoxi were here, she would surely have a method.*

"The poison she took is unusual; it's much more potent than the Red-Scaled Python's venom from the last secret realm. I'm afraid there are no other solutions," Mi Li said with a cold laugh. "Don't play innocent, you brat. You clearly know there's only one way to solve it, yet you deliberately ask. You're quite despicable."

Zu'an looked dejected. "I only asked because I'm truly a gentleman."

Mi Li scoffed, "Heh."

Zu'an could only say to Zheng Dan, "To cure your poison, we can only... only..."

Zheng Dan bit her lips, her voice barely audible. "I'm sorry to trouble you."

In truth, her willpower was already strong enough; any other woman would have long lost consciousness after being poisoned for so long, left with only their body's instincts. Of course, this was also thanks to the fright caused by the giant dragon and the ice energy Zu'an had infused into her, which barely allowed her to retain a shred of consciousness. But the more conscious she was, the more shy she became.

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all," Zu'an chuckled awkwardly. What man would consider such a thing troublesome? The very group who had been chasing them earlier would have eagerly welcomed this "trouble."

Hearing him say this, Zheng Dan lowered her head further, not daring to speak.

Zu'an looked up at the nearby cave, recalling that the environment inside was quite good. He then carried Zheng Dan and walked in. Anyway, with the red dragon's corpse outside and its lingering aura, no fierce beast would dare approach. As for humans, this was already deep within Dragon Concealment Mountain. It was essentially impossible for anyone to come here, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to carry away such a massive dragon body.

Halfway there, Zu'an suddenly asked Mi Li, "Empress Sister, you won't peek later, will you?"

Mi Li's Rage +513!

"What kind of person do you take me for? How could I possibly peek at your sordid affairs!" Mi Li's voice, full of exasperation and shame, rang out. "I'm going back to sleep. Don't bother me again." After that, there was no sound from her.

He quietly called out to her a few more times, and indeed, there was no response. Only then did Zu'an breathe a sigh of relief.

Carrying Zheng Dan into the cave, Zu'an was about to speak when a pair of soft, red lips pressed against his. Clearly, the medicine's effects had fully taken hold of Zheng Dan. With a warm, fragrant beauty in his arms and the woman's proactive gestures, Zu'an would no longer be a man if he remained indifferent. Their breathing and movements grew more fervent.

Zheng Dan's dress was already thin today, and a large section had been torn off by the red dragon, leaving little of it intact. In the blink of an eye, her clothes fluttered away like butterflies, revealing a perfect body that countless Giant Whale Gang members could only dream of.

Suddenly, Zheng Dan seemed to regain a sliver of clarity. She quickly pushed Zu'an away, her eyes shimmering with tears, mixed with struggle and fear, as she pleaded softly, "No... no, I can't lose my purity before marriage." Her upbringing as a well-bred young lady had ingrained many principles deep into her soul, and even in this state, she still remembered her long-held conviction.

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything; her words only made Zu'an more impatient. Last time, she had caused him to fail at the last moment this way. How could he make the same mistake again? Zu'an gently kissed her, and soon her eyes became glazed, and the hand pressing against him softened. Sensing her hesitation, Zu'an moved in.

A clear tear fell, and the two became one.

Who knew how much time had passed, but Zheng Dan's eyes regained a sliver of clarity.

Zu'an said apologetically, "You won't blame me, will you?"

Zheng Dan shook her head slightly, her two fair, jade-like arms gently embracing him, conveying everything through the language of her body.

After a while, she suddenly felt another surge of heat within her body, exactly like when she was first poisoned. She couldn't help but recall Chen Xuan's arrogant words. Her beautiful face was flushed and alluring, but now that things had come to this, she no longer cared about such trivialities. She leaned close to his ear and whispered, "A'Zu, the poison I took is called 'Eighteen Degrees of Spring Breeze.'"

"I know," Zu'an said, momentarily puzzled, not understanding why she was suddenly bringing this up.

Seeing that he didn't understand, Zheng Dan's face grew even redder. She had no choice but to explain, "As the name suggests, it means... eighteen times..." She cursed Chen Xuan half to death in her mind, wondering where he had obtained such a vile drug.

Zu'an's eyes widened, but he soon chuckled. "Glad to be of service, Miss!"

Again, who knew how much time had passed, but Zheng Dan tightly embraced Zu'an, her body trembling. After a long while, she finally caught her breath and thoughtfully wiped sweat from Zu'an's brow. "Aren't you too tired?"

Zu'an laughed heartily. "With such a beautiful woman before him, no man in this world would ever feel tired."

Zheng Dan smiled sweetly, the lingering passion on her face making her even more enchanting than usual. She was never the type to strictly follow conventions, and the 'Eighteen Degrees of Spring Breeze,' combined with their newfound intimacy, completely ignited the passionate desires that had been suppressed deep within her for years.

She tightly hugged Zu'an, softly whispering in his ear, "A'Zu, don't you think our relationship now is like that of a lake and the moon?"

"A lake and the moon?" Zu'an looked bewildered, wondering if all noble young ladies had a penchant for poetry.

"I am the lake, and you are the moon," Zheng Dan smiled sweetly. "The lake is beneath the moon, and the moon is within the lake. I am beneath you, and you are within me..." Mid-sentence, she laughed alluringly.

Zu'an felt a surge of heat rush through his limbs, as if his entire body was about to explode. *This woman truly is a vixen among vixens,* he thought.

After another long pause, Zu'an stiffened, seemingly hesitant. After all, she was engaged, and what if something unexpected happened? As if sensing his reservations, Zheng Dan gazed at him tenderly, her eyes filled with affection. "It's okay. Brother, you can reach places even the sun's rays can't."

Zu'an let out a roar, unable to hold back any longer.

In a corner of the cave, Mi Li's ethereal spirit flickered in and out of view, with two patches of red even appearing on her face. "If this woman were in the imperial harem," she thought, "she'd undoubtedly be a femme fatale, showered with unparalleled favor." The key was her unique aura, perfectly shifting between dignity and allure. No man in the world could likely resist it.

Suddenly, she noticed Zu'an readying himself again, and couldn't help but gape in astonishment. "It really is eighteen times... This guy would be a guaranteed hit if he became a gigolo." She had learned the word 'gigolo' from Zu'an during their recent conversations. Her face grew redder and redder, and she finally couldn't take it anymore. She promptly sealed her five senses and re-entered slumber.

"Stop sleeping, wake up!"

The next morning, Zu'an was woken by Mi Li's displeased voice.

"What's wrong, Empress Sister?" he asked, looking at Mi Li's translucent spirit form not far away with sleepy eyes. At the same time, he glanced at Zheng Dan, who was sound asleep in his arms, a sweet and contented smile playing on her lips.

Mi Li scoffed, "Take out that bead of yours; let's examine it and see what kind of treasure it truly is." This guy had been at it all night, preventing her from getting any rest. Even though she had sealed her five senses, her mind was still filled with the scenes she had witnessed. Yet, the fellow himself had fallen sound asleep! Thinking of this, she was extremely displeased, so she found a perfectly legitimate reason to wake him up.

"Oh," Zu'an, feeling a bit curious himself, rummaged through his clothes and quickly found the bead.

"Let's go outside and talk," Mi Li huffed, flying out first. "I don't want to see another woman disheveled." Zu'an looked down at Zheng Dan's fair, rosy skin, thinking, *More than just disheveled.* Zu'an gave an awkward laugh and quickly followed her out. The moment he stepped onto the ground, he felt light-headed, as if he were walking on clouds.

Mi Li shot him a glance, clearly guessing the reason.

Zu'an gave a sheepish grin.

"Channel your elemental energy into the bead, then slowly infuse your spiritual sense into it, bit by bit," Mi Li instructed with a cold huff, beginning to guide him on how to use his spiritual sense.

Zu'an nodded and followed her instructions. After infusing his spiritual sense, he couldn't help but be greatly astonished.