8 Treating Xiao Ning Er’s illness

"Young Miss, young master Shen Yue from the Sacred Family is here to see you," a maid reported, as she came into Xiao Ning Er's practice room.

Xiao Ning Er looked at his servant and frowned. 'Shen Yue, why would he want to see me?'

After thinking for a while Xiao Ning Er sighed and finally said, "Let him in."

Shen Yue was soon brought into Xiao Ning Er's courtyard. As he entered a room, he saw Xiao Ning Er standing with a cold and indifferent expression, staring daggers at him.

He gently smiled and said, "Hey, Ning Er."

"Shen Yue, why are you here?" Xiao Ning Er asked, her gaze still chilling cold as ice.

"I'm here to find you, of course. During class I couldn't help but notice that you seem to suffer from some… discomfort," Shen Yue said vaguely.

At Shen Yue's words, Xiao Ning Er couldn't help but feel a jolt of panic in her heart, which showed on her expression. She widened her eyes, as she asked, "What do you mean?"

Shen Yue gestured at the servant with his eyes and asked Xiao Ning Er, "Can we talk in private?"

Xiao Ning Er wrinkled her brows and soon made her servant leave, causing Shen Yue and Xiao Ning Er to be the only ones in the room. Xiao Ning Er walked a bit closer to Shen Yue and stared at him with a cold and analyzing expression.

"Shen Yue, what did you want to talk about?" Xiao Ning Er asked, coldly observing Shen Yue.

Shen Yue pointed at Xiao Ning Er's feet and said, "When the night falls, your legs probably feel hot as if they're burned by fire, right?"

Xiao Ning'er was stunned and asked, "How do you know?"

Due to the burning heat, when training at night, Xiao Ning'er usually wouldn't even wear shoes. But how could Shen Yue know about that?

Xiao Ning'er face looked startled, so Shen Yue answered, "I heard rumors that you're training your soul force very late at night, so of course I know. Even during the day you try to hide it, but I could see you stumble a little."

It was totally not because he read the novel.

Hearing Shen Yue's words, Xiao Ning Er was shocked. She never expected Shen Yue to notice something wrong with her just like this. Although pain from the bruises peaks at midnight, it's indeed tormenting her even during classes.

Looking at Xiao Ning Er, Shen Yue continued, "Other than that, your body would be extremely cold as well. Every midnight it would feel as if it were hailing on your body and it would be terribly painful. Right?"

At this moment Xiao Ning'er was even more shocked by Shen Yue's words, she had been enduring the pain alone and did not tell anyone about this, not even her family members, but now Shen Yue found out about it so clearly just from random seeming clues.

"In addition to these symptoms, your body should also be bruised in certain areas. You probably have such bruises on your leg and somewhere on your torso. Those bruises would be extremely painful and would spread around the body," Shen Yue said confidently. "You haven't stepped into 1-star Bronze rank yet, so that's good. But once you reach 1-star Bronze rank, in the best case scenario you will get seriously ill and bedridden for a few years, but in the worst case you will die."

After hearing Shen Yue's words, Xiao Ning Er was dazed momentarily, both her fists clenched tightly and both her eyes reddened. She stared at Shen Yue in disbelief, 'I put in so much effort in order to not be married off to someone like Shen Fei, in order to take control of my own destiny, I cultivated like crazy to display outstanding talent. I worked so hard and was about to reach Bronze rank, but now it turns out that it was all for nothing? In the end, I will be bedridden or die…'

Even though Xiao Ning Er was very strong, after hearing the news, she couldn't endure the blow and her eyes flashed with tears. Just when she was about to reach 1-star Bronze rank, the first success, she suddenly got to hear such news.

Xiao Ning'er wiped off her tears.

"Shen Yue, you know what kind of illness I have, you should also know how to treat it, right?" Xiao Ning'er forced herself to ask, frightened by what Shen Yue said in such perfect detail. She unknowingly dropped her strong guard that she had up against him and pleaded: "Can you help me, please?"

Shen Yue, listening to her pleas, was silent only for a moment, before saying: "Ah, I'm sorry for scaring you so much, you can still be treated. It isn't too late yet."

"Really?" Xiao Ning Er's hopes were raised. "How can I treat it?"

"Someone must use Daoyin Technique on you to massage the affected areas and dissipate the bruises. And you also need to take medicine made from combining Golden Striped Grass with Imperial Sky Grass once in the morning and once in the evening, with your situation for around a month," Shen Yue said.

"The Daoyin technique?" Xiao Ning'er knitted her brows, she's also a member of a noble family, but she had never heard of the Daoyin Technique before.

"And you must also make sure to not train your soul force at night in the future. Practice during midnight before Silver rank can lead to a buildup of excess Yin energy," Shen Yue said as he stretched his hand out towards Xiao Ning'er and followed up, "Show me your cultivation technique and let me have a look at it. It might also be a culprit."

Xiao Ning looked up at Shen Yue. If a stranger were to ask her to have her take out her cultivation technique, she'd feel that they're simply trying to swindle her, but it was Shen Yue from the Sacred Family who asked. What use would he have for her Cultivation Technique?

Furthermore, after seeing Shen Yue's expression throughout this meeting, Xiao Ning Er couldn't help but feel a sense of trust towards him in her heart. Because Shen Yue had already told her so much and especially came to find her, she had already decided to place her trust in him and retrieved an aged parchment of paper from her interspatial ring.

As Shen Yue received the parchment paper from Xiao Ning'er, he accidentally, or not so accidently, touched the back of her jade white creamy hands, then focused on carefully reading the parchment paper.

After her hands were touched by Shen Yue, Xiao Ning'er quickly withdrew her hands,as she felt startled. Her heart was in turmoil and her mood was in a mess, she had thought: What if Shen Yue had impure thoughts about her?

When she raised her head, however, she saw that Shen Yue was studying the paper and felt relieved in her heart. Shen Yue's expression when he looked at the parchment paper was especially serious, causing Xiao Ning'er to be a little absent-minded, she reacted only a moment later as she lowered her head. 'I'm in the Winged Dragon family estate, Shen Yue wouldn't do it…'

"A noble family is actually making their heir practice such a low-grade trash technique. No wonder you got sick…" Shen Yue twisted his expression in mild anger. He had no idea what was wrong with this cultivation technique, but from the novel he naturally knew that it was harmful to her.

"What? Trash technique?" Xiao Ning'er asked, stunned, as she looked at Shen Yue.

Shen Yue looked at Xiao Ning Er and said, "This cultivation technique is too poor; it damages the meridians as one practices it. The main cause of your Arctic Disease is not only training at night, but mostly this cultivation technique. You should change it and practice another technique."

"Another technique?" Hearing Shen Yue's words, Xiao Ning Er felt somewhat unconvinced. This piece of cultivation technique was passed down by her ancestors and was ranked sixth in the family's collection of cultivation techniques. How could Shen Yue find flaws in it with a single look?

Shen Yue shrugged his shoulders. "It's your choice to believe me or not, but I advise you to change your cultivation technique."

Shen Yue's transmigration cheat was not OP enough, so he couldn't fix her technique properly yet. Furthermore, not doing it would fit his character as someone who tries to hide his abilities, as he would level up in the future.

Shen Yue could instead impart the Lightning Dragon technique to Xiao Ning Er today, but giving such a thing to a stranger would be a bit weird. Although Shen Yue knew Xiao Ning Er's character, he had no problems with taking things slowly. Delaying it by a few days wouldn't make much of a difference. In the meantime their feelings for each other could slowly grow. Shen Yue didn't want Xiao Ning Er to like him only out of desperation.

"En, I believe you," Xiao Ning'er nodded after a while. She suddenly asked, "Shen Yue, do you know the Daoyin technique?"

"I do." Shen Yue nodded his head and continued honestly, "But it requires me to touch the bruised area, so it would probably be most appropriate if one of your family elders did it. However, I heavily doubt that any of them know the Daoyin Technique."

Shen Yue shrugged his shoulders. Truthfully, no one in Glory City other than him and Nie Li knew this technique.

Xiao Ning'er looked up at Shen Yue, as she thought of letting him touch her body. Shen Yue had chiseled cheeks, sharp eyebrows, beautiful flowing blue hair, and deep lights flashed in his dark pupils. She had to admit that Shen Yue was a very handsome boy, although he was someone from the Sacred Family, his expression was especially kind today.

Xiao Ning Er lowered her head. She couldn't tell about her condition to the family elders and she also never heard of the Daoyin Technique herself, so she fully believed what Shen Yue said, thinking that it must be a secret technique of the Sacred Family. She said, "I don't mind if you touch it, isn't it just a treatment? I don't want to die!"

At this moment, Xiao Ning'er dropped her cold guard she had up against Shen Yue. It isn't like letting Shen Yue touch her foot was something so wrong. Shen Yue's gentle expression made Xiao Ning Er want to trust him at this moment.

Shen Yue said, "Alright. I'll help you with the Daoyin Technique to treat your illness once every two days, that would be perfect. Don't forget the medicine made from Golden Striped Grass and Imperial Sky Grass and you will be healed soon."

"En." Xiao Ning'er nodded in silence.

"Where exactly is your bruised area?" Shen Yue asked.

Xiao Ning Er's cold cheek slightly blushed. She sat down on the floor and pointed to the back of one of her legs."There's one here!"

Xiao Ning Er took off her geta from her foot, as Shen Yue squatted down to look at it.

A deep purple patch was seen on Xiao Ning Er's white foot. It looked very unnatural, so Shen Yue judged it to be quite serious.

"It must be really painful." Shen Yue frowned and continued saying, "It's good that we met before you broke through to Bronze Rank. Everything can still be treated, so there's no need to worry."

"En." Xiao Ning'er nodded her head with slight embarrassment, as she thought about something - Shen Yue knew that she had another bruise on her torso; placing her feet into Shen Yue's hands; a light flashed across her eyes.

Gently taking Xiao Ning'er's creamy white foot in his hands made Shen Yue's heart swing for a moment.

Meanwhile, feeling Shen Yue's touch, Xiao Ning Er's cheeks slightly reddened. From young till now, aside from her father, Shen Yue is the only male that has ever touched her skin directly. Although Shen Yue looked at her a bit playfully today, he isn't an arrogant and lecherous young master like the others and like she previously thought. And Shen Yue obviously always liked Ye Ziyun, not her. Noticing that she had these thoughts, Xiao Ning'er's cheeks reddened further in embarrassment.

Shen Yue said nothing and instead positioned his thumb at the bruised area and gently began his massage.

"Ah," Xiao Ning'er couldn't help to let out a pained sound.

"The first time will hurt a little, but then you will feel much better," said Shen Yue. He then followed as he looked up at her, "And don't have any weird thoughts, okay?"

Shen Yue pursed his lips, trying not to laugh.

At this moment Xiao Ning'er's face turned as red as a tomato. Although she is only thirteen years old, she grew up in an aristocratic family, and would, naturally, have some knowledge regarding these matters. After all, some of the girls her age are already married and have kids.

Xiao Ning'er lowered her gaze, trying to hide her expression. She couldn't discern the weird feeling in her heart. At the same time she suddenly felt sick to her stomach. As she recalled, if she isn't able to display extraordinary talent then she would become Shen Fei's plaything…

The nervous and blushing face of Xiao Ning'er was especially charming, it made Shen Yue's heart warm up. Xiao Ning Er was indeed incredibly cute. Although she's only barely fourteen years old, she was already very charming.

Under Shen Yue's gentle massage, Xiao Ning Er felt intense pain at the beginning, but the pain was soon replaced by the warmth of Shen Yue's hand entering her foot. After a while, there was the feeling of hot ants drilling into her foot, making her itch, which was replaced with a blissful numbness. Xiao Ning Er couldn't help letting out a little 'ah', which made her endlessly bashful.

That bruise had been there for about six months now. Over time, she would feel terrible pain from it. She had been enduring the pain with her willpower this whole time.

However, no matter how much she persevered, the pain had been torturing her all this time. Xiao Ning Er originally thought that treating this patch of bruise would be very uncomfortable and painful, but, to her surprise, Shen Yue's massage was very gentle. She felt the pain that has been torturing her all this time was alleviated by a lot.

She couldn't help as her eyes turned watery. No one knew how hard it was to bear the pain. Every night she would secretly cry; after wiping those tears off, she would continue to practice. She never thought that after being massaged by Shen Yue, the pain would be relieved by this much. Her heart was filled with gratitude.

The serious expression that Shen Yue had on his face set off ripples in Xiao Ning Er's heart, making it hard for her to calm down.

"Done," said Shen Yue after the massage.

Shen Yue faintly laughed and said, "For the next few days there will still be traces of pain, but all you need to do is rest and you'll be fine."

"En," said Xiao Ning Er, nodding her head. Suddenly, her cheeks flushing red, she continued to say, "Can you massage the second bruise, too?..."

"Mmm. Where is it?" Shen Yue asked.

Xiao Ning'er felt her heart struggling.

'If it's only to let Shen Yue massage my foot, it's acceptable, but if it's that place…' Xiao Ning Er hesitated for a long time, her face shyly blushing red in embarrassment and shame. Shen Yue was Shen Fei's brother, causing Xiao Ning Er to feel weird. Furthermore, what if her father were to suddenly walk into the room?

"With the way you bend your body and clutch your side, the bruise is probably somewhere near your chest. Ning Er, I know that it's a bit wrong, but I'm only here to treat you. Is being touched by me really worse than dying?" Shen Yue said after a while, looking at Xiao Ning Er.

Seeing Shen Yue's kind gaze, Xiao Ning Er felt a little ashamed of her thoughts. She said in embarrassment, "Shen Yue, I didn't mean it that way…"

Xiao Ning Er's eyes dropped as she struggled in her heart. 'If the illness doesn't get treated, I will get thrown further and further apart from the surrounding geniuses of my age. I need to get treated no matter what. And it isn't like Shen Yue would actually be touching my chest…'

Shen Yue didn't seem to be that bad of a person, so since he had already helped her so much, trusting him with this treatment wasn't that hard to accept. Pursing her lips she began to undo the buttons on her shirt.

'I guess I am not as trustworthy or attractive as Nie Li for Xiao Ning Er to ask me if I like Ziyun,' Shen Yue thought sarcastically in his mind. But he was fine with it. After all, Xiao Ning Er is engaged to his elder brother who's a rapist, so it isn't like she could completely remove her guard against Shen Yue; in comparison Nie Li seemed much more harmless.

At this moment Shen Yue watched quietly as Xiao Ning'er slowly removed her shirt, saying nothing to not startle and embarrass her further.

Xiao Ning Er's cold figure had an unspeakable charm to it. If it wasn't for her treatment, she wouldn't take the initiative to undo her shirt. As she unbuttoned her shirt, her hands slightly trembled and her inner struggle could be seen.

Seeing Xiao Ning'er's embarrassed expression, Shen Yue couldn't help but feel embarrassed as well. He watched silently as Xiao Ning'er slowly removed her shirt, feeling slightly hot.

Xiao Ning'er's slender figure with no unnecessary fat and with white skin was already visible. After the fifth button was undone, Xiao Ning'er's perfect slim curves looked absolutely shattering; her chest being tied with a bandage with a beautiful bulge pushing out.

Seeing this scene Shen Yue couldn't help but swallow down a bit of saliva. Xiao Ning Er was barely a fourteen year old girl, but she already had great development with a slim waist, wide hips and nice front and back. Shen Yue couldn't imagine what she would look like in a few years, or in just a year or two.

Shen Yue calmed his mind slightly and his eyes fell on Xiao Ning'er's ribs. On her lower rib sat an extremely shocking bruise. Although it was only the size of a thumb, the color of the bruise was very deep.

Judging by Xiao Ning Er's expression of relief earlier, Shen Yue could only imagine how much pain she was forced to endure. And not only now, but even more so in the previous life.

Shen Yue placed his hands on the bruised area and gently massaged it. Xiao Ning'er's skin was as cold as icy water. Her well-proportioned body had a creamy smooth texture, which he felt through his hand, making his heart swing.

He tilted his head up to look at Xiao Ning'er's face. She was burning red, almost as though she had just had a drink of alcohol, giving her a sense of unspeakable beauty. Looking from above, he could see Xiao Ning'er's jade white shoulders, and realized a scent of female fragrance coming from her.

Silently, the both of them did not speak a word.

Xiao Ning'er could feel the warmth from Shen Yue's palm. From young till now, this is the first time a guy was so intimately in contact with her body. Right now her shirt was half removed, revealing a large patch of skin, making her very bashful. Even though she was strong, her heart was very lonely.

When she was experiencing the unbearable pain caused by the bruise she wanted to find someone to rely on. But in the family, no matter if it was her brothers or father, she felt deeply distant toward them. Shen Yue, at this moment, was the one she wanted to rely on, but fate had it that he was someone from the Sacred Family and was already interested in Ziyun, causing her to hold very complicated feelings toward him.

Xiao Ning'er glanced at Shen Yue and realized that Shen Yue, at this moment, was focused on massaging her bruised area. He had a serious attitude, but seeing the obvious blush on his cheeks, Xiao Ning'er couldn't help but lightly raise the corners of her lips in a small bashful smile. She couldn't help but admit that Shen Yue was incredibly handsome.

While Shen Yue's thumb was massaging the bruised area, he would accidentally touch Xiao Ning'er's jade white arms from time to time. Occasionally Shen Yue would massage a sensitive spot and would feel the soft bulge, leaving both of them further embarrassed.

Xiao Ning'er felt the surge of heat coming from Shen Yue's hand as it moved around the rib area. From time to time she would even feel a blissful numbness. Shen Yue's hand would occasionally even touch her breasts that no other man has touched before, making her blush wine red.

The look Xiao Ning Er had when she was blushing was extremely attractive. That girl's charming and enchanting looks would make others unable to do anything but want to take her in their arms. Shen Yue was secretly thankful that he wore a rather loose pair of pants during this time.

After massaging for a long time, Shen Yue let out a breath, smiled and said, "Done!"

Feeling Shen Yue's hand move away, Xiao Ning'er felt a sense of loss. She had to admit that Shen Yue's massage technique was amazing. It helped her greatly relieve the pain that tortured her for so long.

"Thank you," Xiao Ning'er whispered as she quickly started to button her shirt.

Seeing the jade white skin, graceful curves slowly disappearing from his sight, Shen Yue's ups and downs mood was slightly calmed down. Shen Yue then said, "Skip school tomorrow and rest well from now on. I'll give you a massage every two days, a few times more and you will be completely healed. Before reaching Bronze rank don't train your soul force at night or you will absorb too much yin energy."

"En," Xiao Ning'er nodded her head. She no longer dared to practice at night, anyhow. If it wasn't for Shen Yue, she can imagine how terrible the situation would've been in the future. All of her efforts and hard work would've been in vain.

Shen Yue stood up and said, "Then I'll be going."

Xiao Ning'er couldn't tell what her feelings were. She nodded and went silent for a moment before saying, "Shen Yue, you've helped me. If there's anything you need my help with in the future, I will spare no effort to help you!"

Seeing Xiao Ning'er's serious expression, Shen Yue smiled. After a while he said, "Actually, I do have a small request."

"Yes? As long as it can be done." Xiao Ning Er nodded solemnly.

"After today onwards I need you to keep behaving like you have always had in class and pretend that you don't know me. Can you do it?" Shen Yue asked.

Xiao Ning Er was surprised by Shen Yue's request. She nodded her head. "Okay..."

She couldn't tell how she felt right now. Did Shen Yue not want to make Ye Ziyun misunderstand, so he asked her to stay away?

"It's only for the next several days. I have my reasons," Shen Yue said, looking at Xiao Ning Er seriously.

"En," Xiao Ning Er nodded.

"Then I'll see you later," Shen Yue bid his farewell before leaving Xiao Ning Er's room.

Seeing Shen Yue leave, Xiao Ning Er stared at the closed door for a long time, feeling that the illness in her body has already alleviated a lot.

'Shen Yue, what kind of person are you, actually? Why do you want me to stay away?' Xiao Ning'er muttered.

Xiao Ning'er still remembered how arrogant Shen Yue seemed to be during the few banquets that she saw him at, as well as from what Ye Ziyun told her in the past, so she couldn't help but be surprised by the gentleness that he revealed to her.

Shen Yue only joined the Fighter Apprentice Class today, so Xiao Ning Er wasn't sure of his true personality. Did Shen Yue really like Ye Ziyun so much that he didn't want to be seen with another girl?

Xiao Ning Er gently touched the bruise on her foot and felt that it was much better just after a single treatment from Shen Yue. She only hoped that at night she wouldn't be in as much pain as usual.