After leaving Yu Yun's room, Ye Fan raced to the cabinet where the medicine was kept, found a bottle of something that could clear his mind and spirit and emptied half a bottle of it in a hurry.
The aphrodisiac that the old Madam Chu had concocted was meant for martial artists. There was no specific antidote that cured its effects.
Whatever Ye Fan had just taken could help to soothe his raging urges but it wasn't a cure. It could only ease the effects of the aphrodisiac.
But for someone like Ye Fan, that was enough.
He had, through sheer willpower, gotten the raging urges churning inside him under control.
"My god, finally, some relief!" Ye Fan let loose a long sigh of relief. He raced into the courtyard, filled a bucket of water from the well and splashed the freezing water over his face. He felt so much better instantly.
The waves of heat that had assailed him earlier had receded significantly.
After the brief respite, Ye Fan was struck by the sudden realization that Yu Yun was still suffering the effects of the aphrodisiac.
This wasn't the time to take a break. Ye Fan hurried back to Yu Yun's room and fed her the medicine that he had taken moments ago.
The flush brightening Yu Yun's cheeks faded away shortly.
The glazed look in her eyes faded as well and was replaced by bright, clear eyes.
"Are you alright?"
Ye Fan picked up the dress that Yu Yun had taken off and draped it over her shoulders. Then, he got her another glass of water.
There was a sudden glint of something sharp and cold.
The glacial blue gleam of a blade swept across the room.
Its ivory sharp tip rested against Ye Fan's neck.
"You shameless scoundrel, you deserve a thousand deaths!” Words dripping with cold fury rang out in the room.
They were filled with a murderous rage that longed to assume physical form so that it could kill Ye Fan a million times with its own hands.
No one could understand how Yu Yun felt at this moment.
The chastity that she had protected so carefully was gone and it was all Ye Fan's fault.
She had felt terrible when Ye Fan had seen her naked form. It had taken her a long time before she stopped feeling the urge to kill Ye Fan.
And now, she had...Yu Yun had not expected something like this to happen between her and Ye Fan...
She couldn't bear to remember what had happened.
What mattered the most to a woman was her chastity and honor.
Even though Ye Fan couldn't be blamed for what had transpired tonight, he had still been the one who had dishonored her.
No one would blame her if she killed Ye Fan.
Yet, she stopped herself at the very last moment.
She didn't know why she had done so. She had killed countless men without even batting an eyelid. Yet she couldn't make herself kill Ye Fan.
"Leave. I don't ever want to see you again."
Yu Yun pulled her sword back. Her red eyes glimmered faintly in the night.
She turned away so that she wouldn't have to see Ye Fan.
Ye Fan opened his mouth. After a long moment, he choked back the words that he had had on the tip of his tongue.
He left the room.
His heart stung from guilt's faint but insistent needling.
Women were always the ones who suffered when such incidents happened and word of them spread.
Ye Fan was partly responsible for what had happened.
He shouldn't have told Yu Yun to get the salt.
Everything was too late now.
What had happened, had happened.
Fortunately, Ye Fan had stopped himself in the nick of time and prevented himself from committing a grave mistake.
That had prevented the entire incident from turning into a complete tragedy.
Ye Fan returned to his room but failed to get any sleep. In the end, he decided to practice the Dragon God Body in his own room.
He was elated to discover a marked progress over the course of one day.
The power of the Yin Dragon inside him had grown exponentially.
He was overjoyed when he realized that his Dragon God Body now possessed the healing properties of the Yin Dragon Body.
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