"Uh..." Despite having a clear conscience, Ling Yun still blushed deeply. He didn't expect that Lingling would come out just as Chen Jiaxuan hugged him. It was too much of a coincidence and a bit embarrassing. Although Ling Yun didn't need to explain anything, he still didn't want Lingling to misunderstand. He wanted to say that he was innocent, but looking at Chen Jiaxuan's clear eyes, Ling Yun swallowed his explanation.
"Lingling, what happened to Su Bingyan? She just stopped breathing, how could she be in danger?" Lingyun quickly changed the subject and walked towards Lingling.
Li Lingling glanced at Chen Jiaxuan suspiciously, looking somewhat disbelieving. However, Chen Jiaxuan appeared calm and collected, so Lingling decided not to pursue the matter further. She looked at Ling Yun and said, "Come in and take a look, Yun. I think Bingyan's condition is more than just holding her breath. I checked on her just now, and her breathing is normal, but there are some strange changes that I can't quite figure out."
"Oh? I'll go check." Ling Yun's heart tightened, and he quickly went over. He knew perfectly well that Su Bingyan was deeply in love with him. Although they were destined to be apart, Ling Yun still didn't want this beautiful girl to suffer any harm. In his memory, that slightly startled, beautiful yet powerful young assassin remained forever in a fragment of his recollection.
"Hey, Lingyun, why don't you even ask how Xia Tian is doing? You ungrateful bastard, you have no humanity when it comes to women!" Chen Jiaxuan shouted loudly behind him.
Ling Yun was both amused and exasperated. He turned to Xia Tian and asked, "Aren't you the Arbiter? You have a field of light spiritual energy, yet you can't dispel Xia Tian's dark energy? I reckon Xia Tian will wake up in another hour!"
"The Arbiter! You are the Arbiter?" Lingling couldn't help but exclaim, her eyes filled with surprise as she looked at Chen Jiaxuan. She had been worried about Xia Tian's injuries and was extremely anxious. She never expected that the one she had been searching for would be right under her nose. She never thought that Chen Jiaxuan was the Arbiter. She hadn't noticed it at all. If Lingyun hadn't pointed it out, Lingling would never have noticed anything unusual about Chen Jiaxuan.
Chen Jiaxuan looked at Ling Yun in surprise. She had always kept this identity a closely guarded secret and possessed extremely discreet methods of concealment. Even the most powerful experts wouldn't be able to see through it, so how could Ling Yun have discovered it at a glance?
Looking at Ling Yun's smiling face, Chen Jiaxuan suddenly felt a sense of awe and reverence, as if she couldn't see through him. If she had felt a sense of authority from Ling Yun when she last met him, now Ling Yun felt like an ordinary person, but within that ordinariness lay something infinitely profound and unfathomable.
"Are you a super strong person?" Chen Jiaxuan asked in disbelief. At this moment, the girl's expression was solemn, and her smile was suppressed. She looked solemn and mysterious, without a trace of playfulness.
“Yes, otherwise how could I have detected the hidden spiritual energy field within you? Although it’s not very strong, it’s enough to save Xia Tian!” Ling Yun said with a smile as he looked at Chen Jiaxuan.
He was also a little surprised. If it weren't for his superhuman perception and panoramic view, he really wouldn't have been able to see the true background of this little girl. Chen Jiaxuan had always acted lively and cute, without any guile. On the surface, she was just a descendant of a martial arts family. Although Ling Yun had thought she was mysterious before, he hadn't thought much about it. It wasn't until today, with the eyesight of a super strong person, that he was able to see Chen Jiaxuan's true identity.
Ling Yun suddenly remembered the scene when he first met Chen Jiaxuan. There was still a mystery that hadn't been solved. At that time, Chen Jiaxuan said that someone asked her to secretly take care of Ling Yun, but she didn't know who this person was, or whether Chen Jiaxuan said it on purpose? Or was there really no such thing? Ling Yun shrugged.
Chen Jiaxuan was so surprised she could hardly breathe. Ling Yun? A super strong person? Although she already knew Ling Yun was a superhuman, Chen Jiaxuan still couldn't equate the two. How many super strong people were there in this world? You could count them on two hands. It hadn't been long since they last met, only about half a year, and Ling Yun had already become a super strong person?
Chen Jiaxuan was completely dumbfounded and couldn't say a word. She just kept looking at Ling Yun with her beautiful eyes. He was the first man to call out her true identity. Although he had revealed her true background, Chen Jiaxuan was not angry. She even felt a little inexplicably happy. For the first time, she had a different feeling towards Ling Yun.
Li Lingling snorted, feeling a sour taste in her mouth. She thought to herself, "If you two keep exchanging such flirtatious glances, Su Bingyan is going to die. This Ling Yun, why is he so troublesome?" She said, "Yun, what are you doing? Now that Chen Jiaxuan has cured Xia Tian, you should go and see Su Bingyan."
Ling Yun was flustered by Chen Jiaxuan's beautiful eyes and said repeatedly, "Okay, I'll go in now..." As he spoke, he hurriedly walked past Li Lingling, turned around and went into the private room. After closing the door, Ling Yun covered his chest, and his heartbeat, which had suddenly become fast, slowly calmed down.
Chen Jiaxuan's gaze involuntarily followed his back as he entered the private room. For a moment, she was captivated and even had the urge to go in with him. She had just taken a few steps forward when Li Lingling came over, grabbed her arm, and said with a smile, "Jiaxuan, you've worked hard. I didn't expect you to be such a hidden master. It's really surprising. Take me to see Brother Xia Tian. I think he will be very happy to see Ling Yun when he wakes up."
Chen Jiaxuan couldn't refuse Li Lingling's embrace, so she had no choice but to follow her back to Xia Tian's room, her gaze frequently drifting towards the door of the room Ling Yun had entered.
The room was simply furnished, with only a fixed stainless steel square table and a chair, and a single bed in the corner. Su Bingyan lay on the snow-white sheets, her eyes closed peacefully, her long eyelashes fluttering endearingly, as if she were having a sweet dream. Her rosy cheeks looked especially radiant and glowing in the sunlight streaming through the window, and her full little mouth was slightly pouting, making one want to lean in and kiss her.
Even someone who has cultivated to the level of Lingyun couldn't help but be moved when they saw this painting of a sleeping beauty. It was indeed very beautiful. Su Bingyan's beauty was a breathtakingly cold and aloof beauty, which combined gentleness and nobility, and also exuded a heartbreakingly sweet and loving aura.
She is like an incomparably beautiful and precious jade artifact, inspiring only admiration and heartache.
Ling Yun gently sat down by the bed and casually touched Su Bingyan's fair and jade-like wrist. The girl's pulse was normal and her breathing was steady and strong. It seemed that Lingling had recovered from the breath-holding she had just experienced. If she were in a normal state, Su Bingyan should be awake, but she remained sound asleep and showed no signs of anything amiss.
Ling Yun frowned. If it were any other superhuman, they certainly wouldn't have noticed anything unusual. However, with Ling Yun's microscopic perception and panoramic view, the girl's body and every minute detail were presented to him without any obstruction. There were no secrets to be found, so he naturally saw the problem at a glance.
The situation was somewhat tricky. Even Ling Yun hadn't noticed before that there was a small wound on Su Bingyan's flawless white neck. Actually, it wasn't much of a wound; it was just a light scratch from James's claws, leaving a tiny red mark on her delicate skin without even drawing blood.
However, if the red mark were magnified countless times, numerous microscopic wounds would be visible, seeping blood droplets invisible to the naked eye. Ling Yun's eyes narrowed. Perhaps unintentionally, or perhaps intentionally, when James was choking the girl, the venom on his claws entered Su Bingyan's bloodstream through the microscopic wounds. Although it was only a very small amount, it was enough for a robust adult girl to suffer. If Ling Yun hadn't arrived in time, the girl might already be a cold corpse.
Under microscopic perception, Lingyun discovered that the vampire's toxin has an extraordinary ability to self-replicate and infect. It first infects normal blood cells in the human body like a bandit, and then, through its ability to infect, turns the blood cells into beings exactly like itself. It then goes on to infect other normal blood cells until it turns the girl's blood into venom.
Strictly speaking, this venom is not indestructible; even disinfectant can kill all the toxins. The human immune system has a strong ability to resist it. However, the problem is that the toxins are spreading too quickly, and the recovery of the immune system cannot keep up with the rate of poisoning. This is the main reason why Su Bingyan, despite her steady breathing, has fallen into a coma. Her normal blood cells are decreasing at an alarming rate, while the toxins are increasing. In just a short time, they have occupied a quarter of her blood, and the rate of spread is showing signs of expansion.
Ling Yun did not immediately remove the toxins. Instead, he used his microscopic perception to extract a single venom particle and began to analyze its components using his clone ability.
A moment later, a massive amount of data flooded back into Ling Yun's mind. To his surprise, the toxin couldn't really be called a toxin. Strictly speaking, it was just an active molecule with exceptionally strong vitality. Its complex and unique genetic composition gave it a rare assimilation ability and a strong exclusion ability, which was the reason it could infect normal blood cells. During the infection, the genetic information of the active molecule would overwrite the original genetic composition, making it the same as its own.
However, the active molecules do not simply cause destruction. Their continuous infestation of blood cells is not intended to lead to the death of the body, but rather to replace it, transforming the body's internal structure into a more vibrant form. Life does not end as a result, but rather transforms into a completely different existence. However, in a sense, this is also a kind of end.
Even if life continues, the new life is no longer the original life. The two may appear identical on the outside, but they are fundamentally different on the inside.
From a vampire's perspective, this change has a famous term called the Embrace. The Embrace can turn a human into a being and vassal of a vampire, and once the Embrace has occurred, it is irreversible. This is one of the main reasons why humans hate vampires the most, because people who become vampires still retain their original habits and memories, and the change is of course extremely painful. Who would want to be a vampire who is active at night and sleeps during the day?
The data retrieved from the analysis of the clone ability revealed a peculiar phenomenon: the gene fragments of the vampire toxin possessed an instinctive, command-like effect. This effect surrounded the genetic information, enveloping all genetic information layer by layer, like a river encircling a city. The effect did not accept internal commands, yet it had external sources that received signals, like tentacles.
Ling Yun sighed and suddenly understood why vampire vassals could not resist their master's orders. All the secrets were clearly written in the genetic fragments. If a vampire was a computer, then the vassals after being embraced by the vampire were the system software that executed the orders. Due to the genetic level, the vassals could not resist the instructions and could only execute them. From this perspective, the vassals had become complete slaves.
Fortunately, James had already been turned to stone. A surge of uncontrollable anger suddenly swept through Ling Yun's heart. This guy actually tried to turn Su Bingyan into his vassal slave. One can imagine how tragic the fate of the smart and beautiful girl would have been if Ling Yun hadn't been there. From this perspective alone, no amount of retaliation against the vampire was excessive.
Ling Yun secretly made up his mind that he would kill any dark creature he encountered without hesitation.
He was suddenly startled and thought of Li Lingling. The vampire had just captured two girls at the same time, so it was impossible that he hadn't let go of Su Bingyan but had let go of Li Lingling.
However, Ling Yun quickly realized his mistake and cursed himself for being foolish. Lingling and Su Bingyan were different after all. Lingling was an ability user, and even the weakest ability user far surpassed the abilities of an ordinary person. The protective function of the mental field was not for nothing. Even if the vampire's toxins were ten times stronger, they could never infect an ability user.
If it were the arbiter, they would even inflict the most powerful backlash on the vampire along the direction from which the toxin was transmitted. Moreover, the infectious ability of the toxin's active molecules comes at a price; it requires constant replenishment of energy, and the best source of energy for these active molecules is fresh blood.
Ideally, it should be human blood. If that's not available, then they can only drink the blood of livestock. But just like eating bird's nest and abalone versus pickled vegetables and cornbread, it's obvious which tastes better. So, in the eyes of vampires, humans are just food.
Ling Yun thought for a moment, then gently placed his hand on the girl's firm and full breasts.
Immediately, Ling Yun felt the smooth, rounded bosom of the girl's full breasts, and the slightly heaving chest exuded a captivating fragrance. Even the resolute young man couldn't help but breathe heavily.
Fortunately, Su Bingyan was unconscious at the moment, and Chen Jiaxuan and the others were outside. Otherwise, if they had seen this erotic scene, they would have thought that Ling Yun was being reckless and about to steal her away.
Chapter 415 Su Bingyan's Confession
Others might be helpless against Su Bingyan's vampire poison, because the Embrace is irreversible; even the vampire itself has no antidote after releasing the poison, nor can it take it back. However, that doesn't mean Ling Yun is helpless. If there's one person in the world who can save Su Bingyan, it's none other than Ling Yun!
Microscopic perception can easily penetrate into any corner of Su Bingyan's body, then separate the active molecules from the blood cells, causing the active molecules to lose their ability to infect, and then kill or peel off all the active molecules. This is the simplest and most effective method, and it takes the shortest time.
However, the infection has been going on for some time, and the active molecules occupy more than a quarter of the girl's body. Once the active molecules are killed, it means that the girl will lose a large number of blood cells. Without the stimulation of active cell energy, Su Bingyan is very likely to die from massive blood loss.
Because the active molecules are trapped by microscopic perception and there is no supply of energy and nutrients, her lips are slowly turning pale, her rosy and tender face is losing its luster, and her breathing is becoming rapid.
Ling Yun frowned. It seemed this method was unfeasible; it would be like killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own—like chemotherapy for cancer, even if all the toxins were cleared out, the girl's body would be ruined. But if this method wasn't used, how could the infective power of the active molecules be suppressed?