Zombie Bodyguard

Chapter 2127: Chapter 2124: Refining (Part 2)

Miss raised her hand from the water, revealing white shoulders and arms adorned with petals and water droplets, crystal clear. In her palm was a fist-sized pearl, emitting a soft ocean blue glow.

Lin Tian reached out to take the pearl, still warm to the touch, whether from the water’s heat or Miss’s body temperature. Bringing it to his nose, he could smell a faint fragrance, the scent of petals blended with Miss’s body fragrance, provoking wicked desires.

"Indeed, Miss’s pearl carries her scent, truly a feast for the eyes," Lin Tian joked, seeing her slightly tense.

Unexpectedly, Miss glared at him instead: "Scoundrel, speaking like that will scare away good girls."

Lin Tian raised an eyebrow, indifferent: "Anyway, I’m single, no girl likes me, whatever."

"Just speak a bit more nicely to the girls, and they will naturally like you." Miss said softly, although her tone was somewhat odd.

Lin Tian didn’t respond, only smiled, and at the same time, a thought triggered a purple flame to appear in his palm, completely enveloping the pearl.

Miss was startled and instinctively stepped back, her back hitting the tub, causing the hot water to ripple inside. Vaguely, Lin Tian seemed to catch a glimpse of those peaks, but it was just a fleeting moment.

Truly remarkable, just like Xiao Manxuan, completely inheriting Mrs. Xiao’s excellent genes.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up!" Miss urged, feeling her heart scorched by Lin Tian’s heated gaze, her face blushing in embarrassment and annoyance.

Lin Tian shook his head, helpless: "Miss, you probably don’t realize your allure right now. If not for my good stability, I’d have committed a crime already."

Regarding stability, Lin Tian was confident; if it were other men, they would have already lost control in this situation.

Miss gave him a sidelong glance, thinking, you rascal, so many warped ideas.

Although Lin Tian spoke, his hands didn’t stop. The purple flame spun in his palm, with the pearl at the vortex’s center.

The pearl continued to emit its ocean blue glow. Under the purple flame, a thin mist gradually spread, seemingly resisting the flame’s burning.

Although very faint, the mist was incredibly resilient, and for a moment, the pearl couldn’t be refined.

"It’s quite mysterious." Lin Tian showed interest.

Seeing Lin Tian’s unusual expression, Miss couldn’t care about her embarrassment anymore and frowned, "What’s wrong?"

"The pearl has been nurtured within a sea clam for centuries, absorbing the essence of the ocean’s spiritual power. It’s a heavenly treasure, similar to a treasured sword with a spirit. When stimulated externally, it’ll produce a barrier to protect itself." Lin Tian spoke calmly.

This theory wasn’t just made up by him. It’s documented in the Shennong Emperor’s Medical Scripture that pharmacists, when refining medicines, encounter various rare materials, some of which are heavenly treasures.

To refine such materials, pharmacists need effort, precision, and patience, all indispensable.

"What should we do then?" Miss, not being a pharmacist, didn’t understand the intricacies.

"Breaking through the barrier isn’t hard, but I can’t do it forcibly. It would ruin the pure energy within the pearl. So, we must wear it down, bit by bit, until the barrier vanishes."

"If that’s the case, won’t you consume a lot of inner strength?" Miss expressed concern.

Lin Tian kept going, unconcerned: "It’s fine. As men, we can handle this level of expenditure. If Miss is moved, you can cook me some chicken soup as a reward later."

Miss merely lowered her head slightly, not speaking.

Lin Tian continued controlling the purple flame, constantly eroding the mist barrier, neither too forceful nor too gentle. Too forceful would damage the pearl’s energy; too gentle wouldn’t erode the barrier.

Half an hour passed thus, the mist gradually thinning, then with a soft hiss, a coil of water vapor rose, wrapped by the purple flame, and vanished.

The mist barrier enveloping the pearl was completely gone, the purple flame finally reaching the pearl itself.

Fortunately, Lin Tian was a pharmacist, possessing patience and fire control ability. Otherwise, he wouldn’t refine, but destroy the pearl.

Upon contact with the purple flame, the pearl’s surface began to soften, then gradually melted like ice and snow, leaving a pool of blue liquid in his palm.

"Miss, to avoid affecting absorption, I must remove the petals in the water." Lin Tian looked at the petals on the water’s surface, speaking seriously, lest Miss mistakenly thinks he has ulterior motives.

Strangely calm, Miss nodded, saying, "I am an Ancient Martial Artist, I understand."

Understanding is good, Lin Tian thought, extending another hand, his fingers pointing at the water’s petals. A point of purple flame appeared, then spread along the petals, setting them ablaze.

The petals on the entire water surface burned with purple flame, a magical and spectacular sight, but they didn’t harm Miss in the slightest. After training in the Netherworld, Lin Tian’s control over the purple flame had greatly improved, and such control was indeed present.

The petals burned extremely briefly, vanishing like fireworks in the night sky, leaving the water without petals and without any impurities.

The spring water had been clear originally, now with no petals in the way, the scene beneath the water was clear for all to see. However, Lin Tian was slightly regretful because Miss wasn’t entirely unclothed, wearing safety shorts and a chest wrap.

Even so, it was enough to stir the wicked fire in Lin Tian’s abdomen, with Miss’s long white legs, smooth belly, slender waist, fair shoulders, and beneath the bust wrap, the deep and unfathomable cleavage line, all arousing him.

Miss held her head high, meeting Lin Tian’s gaze, as proud as a CEO. Yet only she knew how wildly her heart raced, putting on a brave front.

But as her eyes met Lin Tian’s, her heart slowly steadied, because she saw not just heat in his eyes, but also appreciation and restraint.

Everyone has desires, men even more so. Lin Tian didn’t hide his desires, nor his admiration. Most importantly, Miss found Lin Tian controlled his inner desires very well.

He was a real person—neither pretentious nor hypocritical, neither pretending to be a gentleman nor a villain. He was just him, unique and unrestrained.

"Focus your mind, circulate your True Qi!" Lin Tian calmly commanded, his voice resonating like a morning bell, striking Miss’s soul.

She slowly closed her eyes, forming seals with her hands, True Qi surging from her Dantian, flowing endlessly through her meridians.

A drop of blue liquid slid from Lin Tian’s palm, falling into the spring, dispersing through the water, and within a few breaths, the entire tub of spring water turned ocean blue.

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