Chapter 712: White Lotus Ice Heart Purifying Flame

The Trading House was only a few streets away from the Wu Family’s estate, not too far at all.

A short while later, Ye Wushuang arrived at the entrance of the Trading House. Gao Yang waited outside while Ye Wushuang went in alone.

"Welcome, sir. How may I help you?"

Seeing Ye Wushuang walk in, an attendant approached with a welcoming smile and asked politely.

"I’d like to buy a Pill Furnace."

Ye Wushuang stated his purpose directly.

Upon hearing this, the attendant said, "Sir, you’ve come to the right place. The Pill Furnaces sold at our Trading House are the best in Wutang City. Please, follow me."

With that, the attendant led Ye Wushuang to the second floor.

The second floor was spacious and divided into many sections. Each section displayed different items in a highly organized manner. The attendant brought Ye Wushuang to a section on the far left, where various types and grades of Pill Furnaces were on display.

"Sir, the Pill Furnaces here are all Treasure Furnace Level, and they have a very high tolerance for flames..." the attendant explained, pointing them out to Ye Wushuang.

But Ye Wushuang merely glanced over them. As an Artifact Refiner, how could he not already know all this? His eyes scanned the collection before finally settling on a purple Pill Furnace.

The attendant was a sharp man and saw that Ye Wushuang had taken a liking to that particular furnace. "Sir has excellent taste! That is the best Pill Furnace we have here. It’s Pseudo-Saint Level!"

"How many Spirit Stones?" Ye Wushuang asked. Spirit Stones were the common currency in the Profound Sun Domain, and transactions using them were even more frequent here.

"Well, sir, it’s like this. This Pill Furnace is being sold on consignment for a client. He doesn’t want Spirit Stones, only a Jade Bone Fruit."

The attendant explained, his tone somewhat cautious.

"A Jade Bone Fruit?" Ye Wushuang felt a pang of frustration. A Jade Bone Fruit was a peculiar type of Ancient Medicine King. It wasn’t particularly rare, and he used to have some, but he had used them all up while refining Elixirs previously.

"Perhaps you’d like to choose a different one, sir," the attendant suggested, noticing the change in Ye Wushuang’s expression.

"No need."

Ye Wushuang said coolly. He decided he would just buy some materials and refine one himself when he got back. With that, he turned to leave.

"Young Master, please wait!"

At that moment, a gentle voice, tinged with frailty, sounded from behind him. When Ye Wushuang turned around, he saw an ailing beauty walking over from an adjacent section, supported by a pretty young maid.

This ailing beauty was rather slender, her lovely face tinged with a sickly pallor. Beneath her delicate appearance, she exuded a hint of icy coldness.

This coldness didn’t stem from her personality or appearance, but radiated from within her body.

The ailing beauty stepped forward and said, "Young Master, I have a Jade Bone Fruit that I am willing to sell to you."

"My Lady, we don’t need to help..." The maid beside her was clearly displeased, but the ailing beauty silenced her with a wave of her hand.

Ye Wushuang sized up the woman. He naturally understood that she wanted to help him obtain the purple Pill Furnace. He asked, "And what might the young lady want in exchange?"

"If you have Spirit Stones on you, Young Master, we can trade for those," the ailing beauty said, looking at Ye Wushuang as she held out a Jade Box.

"This Jade Bone Fruit is worth two hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones!"

The pretty maid immediately added. She stayed by her lady’s side precisely to prevent her from being taken advantage of; she absolutely would not let anyone get the better of them!

"For an Ancient Medicine King, two hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones is not expensive." Ye Wushuang took out the two hundred thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones and handed them over. The pretty maid let out a soft hmph and accepted them.

With the Jade Bone Fruit in hand, Ye Wushuang completed the trade for the Pill Furnace.

"Thank you for your help, young lady." Ye Wushuang was very grateful for the ailing beauty’s kindness.

"Think nothing of it, Young Master. I have some friendly dealings with the Shopkeeper of this Trading House. By helping you, I’m also helping him secure more business."

The ailing beauty gave a slight bow and turned to leave.

Ye Wushuang watched her, then after a moment’s thought, called out, "Young lady, wait a moment!"

"What do you want?"

Instantly, the maid stepped in front of the ailing beauty, staring warily at Ye Wushuang.

Ye Wushuang ignored the maid and spoke directly to the ailing beauty, "Young lady, you seem to be suffering from a cold-illness. Would you allow me to take a look?"

"Absolutely not!" the maid refused at once. "I knew it! You’re just a lecher with ill intentions. You’re definitely after my lady!"

"My Lady, let’s go."

The maid tugged on the ailing beauty’s arm and turned to walk away.

Ye Wushuang remained standing, his gaze fixed on them.

The ailing beauty took a few supported steps, but then her body began to tremble violently. At first, the maid didn’t pay much mind, but as the trembling intensified, a bone-chilling cold began to spread from her. Only then did the maid realize something was wrong.

Just then, however, the ailing beauty’s body began to collapse to the floor.

"My Lady!"

The maid was startled, becoming as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Panicked and helpless, she cried, "Her illness is acting up! What do I do? What do I do?"

"I’ll go get the Shopkeeper!"

The attendant also hurried away.

Ye Wushuang strode forward and said, "Let me see!"

"Stay back! What do you think you’re doing?" The maid shielded the ailing beauty beneath her, shouting at Ye Wushuang.

"If you don’t want your lady to die, then move." Ye Wushuang was angry now, too. He shot back a cold rebuke. ’It’s as if I personally offended this maid, the way she’s been targeting me from the very beginning.’

His sharp rebuke made the maid’s eyelids twitch, and she froze in place.

Ye Wushuang paid her no mind. He picked up the ailing beauty and barked, "Find me a room, now."

"You..." Being yelled at again, the maid was furious. However, with her lady’s life at stake, she was also extremely anxious. She seemed to know the Trading House well and quickly found a room.

Ye Wushuang strode inside, and the door slammed shut with a BANG, leaving the maid blocked outside.

"Don’t let anyone disturb me!"

A cold voice came from inside. The maid was so anxious she wanted to break down the door, terrified that Ye Wushuang would do something to her lady.

Inside the room, Ye Wushuang placed the ailing beauty on the bed.

"Don’t use your True Essence to suppress it. Just relax. I will help you."

Looking at the woman, who was curled into a ball and trembling uncontrollably, Ye Wushuang spoke softly. From her contorted expression, he could only imagine the pain she was enduring.

Hearing his words, the woman stared at Ye Wushuang and did as he said.

At the same time, Ye Wushuang took the opportunity to channel a stream of True Sun Power into her body.

"Kid, this isn’t an illness at all. It’s caused by a mass of Exotic Fire hidden inside her body," the Dragon Cat transmitted to him.

Ye Wushuang had already sensed this. He asked, "What kind of Exotic Fire is it? How did it get inside her heart?"

"Judging from the symptoms, it should be the White Lotus Ice Heart Purifying Flame, ranked eighteenth on the Exotic Fire List," the Dragon Cat analyzed. "This type of Exotic Fire is like a lotus flower hidden within a person’s heart. It’s very difficult for ordinary people to detect."

"What’s the Exotic Fire List?" Ye Wushuang frowned.

"Don’t worry about that for now," the Dragon Cat said. "The Ultimate Yang True Fire you possess is a higher grade than hers, so you can suppress it. Want to give it a try?"

Ye Wushuang didn’t overthink it. He infused his True Sun Power into the woman’s body while simultaneously channeling his Ultimate Yang True Fire into her meridians.

Although the White Lotus Ice Heart Purifying Flame threatened her life, it also, at this moment, protected her meridians from being scorched by the Ultimate Yang True Fire.

Under the suppression of the Ultimate Yang True Fire, the White Lotus Ice Heart Purifying Flame showed a hint of fear and gradually subsided.

However, as soon as it subsided, a new problem arose!

The ailing beauty’s clothes had been burned away by the Ultimate Yang True Fire. More importantly, she was still conscious!

She could feel the icy cold in her body being suppressed, but at the same time, she saw that she was completely naked before the eyes of a strange man...