124: Chapter 124 I choose the second option

"You..." Lu Tingting said, her voice still pleasant to the ear, "Who are you? Why do you have... Master's aura?"

"I am Lin Fan." Lin Fan grinned, "Entrusted by someone, I've come to take you home."

"Master... he..." Lu Tingting sat up, her gaze sweeping across the surroundings. She saw the soul-stirring Phenomenon of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin, and also saw Wang Linlin, who was unconscious nearby.

"Linlin..." Her eyes instantly softened, "It seems that the person Master chose... is you."

However, before the two could say much more, "Pfft!!" Lu Tingting's expression suddenly changed, and she spat out a mouthful of black blood.

Her body began to tremble violently, and a layer of eerie ice-blue patterns emerged on her skin—this was a sign that the cold poison was erupting!

The cold poison left behind when she was severely injured by a Saint of the Ice Spirit Clan years ago had completely erupted the moment she woke up!

"Not good!" Lin Fan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly reached out to press her shoulder, wanting to channel his Yuan energy to suppress it.

But this cold poison was too overbearing; it could actually freeze even his True Yang power!

"It's useless..." Lu Tingting shook her head weakly, blood hanging from the corner of her mouth, yet her eyes remained exceptionally calm, "This is a Saint's cold poison. Unless there is an immortal divine medicine, otherwise... death is certain."

"An immortal divine medicine?" Lin Fan was stunned, then immediately took a jade box out from his bosom.

These were a few ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs he had pilfered in the Wanchu Ancient Mine. Although they couldn't compare to a true immortal divine medicine, they were definitely rare treasures.

"Can this help for now?"

Lu Tingting took a look and was somewhat surprised. "This... although it isn't an immortal divine medicine, it is precious enough."

She looked at Lin Fan, her eyes complex. This strange man had not only saved her but had also casually produced such a supreme treasure.

"There are two options." Lin Fan put away his playful demeanor, his expression serious, "First, I use this herb to help you stabilize your injuries and slowly dispel the poison. Although slow, it has the advantage of being safe."

"Second..." Lin Fan pointed to the abyss below, where a river of liquid ice flowed, and then pointed to the Phenomenon of the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin.

"Use the extreme cold environment here, combined with this divine medicine, to fight poison with poison!"

"Not only can it completely eradicate the cold poison, but it might even be possible... to borrow the True Dragon Qi here to help you take a step further and break through your shackles!"

"However, this is very dangerous. If you fail, you will explode and die on the spot." Lin Fan looked into Lu Tingting's eyes, "How you choose is up to you."

Lu Tingting was silent for a moment. She turned her head to look at Wang Linlin, who was still unconscious, and then looked at that empty bronze coffin. Finally, her gaze landed on Lin Fan. There was light in those eyes. It was a longing for power, and also an unyielding defiance against fate.

"I choose the second option."

Lin Fan took out the "Nine Heavens Phoenix Blood Fruit" he had obtained in the Wanchu Ancient Mine from his storage space. The fruit was only the size of a fist, completely crimson as blood, with faint golden flames swirling on its surface. As soon as it was taken out, the extreme cold air that was enough to freeze souls was actually forced back by three feet.

"Tingting, open your mouth." Lin Fan did not hesitate in the slightest and directly brought the divine medicine to Lu Tingting's lips. Lu Tingting looked at Lin Fan, without any superfluous words, opened her mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

As the divine medicine entered her abdomen, Lu Tingting's body trembled violently. The overbearing, scorching medicinal power erupted within her, colliding with the original Saint's cold poison.

"Ugh..." Lu Tingting let out a muffled groan, her face twisting. On one side was extreme fire, on the other was extreme ice. Her body instantly became a battlefield; her skin was at times crimson like a branding iron, at times pale like hoarfrost. Countless cracks appeared on her skin, and blood was either evaporated or frozen into ice shards the moment it seeped out.

"Senior Sister!!" Wang Linlin, who had just woken up, saw this scene and was so scared that tears were about to fall. She wanted to rush over but was stopped by Lin Fan. "Don't move! This is a tribulation she must experience!"

Lin Fan's expression was grave, but he did not stand idly by. "System! Protect me!!" Lin Fan sat cross-legged behind Lu Tingting, pressing his hands against her back.

"Hum—!!" A vast amount of soul power poured out, guiding that violent medicinal force, bit by bit devouring and neutralizing the cold poison.

"Hold on! This fruit contains a trace of true Divine Phoenix bloodline! As long as you can refine it, not only will the cold poison be resolved, but you will also be able to nirvana and be reborn!!" Lin Fan's roar exploded in Lu Tingting's sea of consciousness.

Lu Tingting felt every inch of her meridians being torn apart and then reconstructed. But she gritted her teeth, and even though her lips were bitten through, she didn't make a sound. She didn't want to die. She still had to return to the Human Race, still had to repay Master, and still had to...

At this moment, Lu Tingting opened her eyes and glanced at the man behind her, drenched in sweat, protecting her. "Refine... for me!!" A desire to survive, unprecedented, erupted in Lu Tingting's heart.

Perhaps it was the favor of fate, or perhaps it was the compatibility of her innate constitution. The medicinal power of that Nine Heavens Phoenix Blood Fruit was miraculously absorbed by her one hundred percent!

"Chirp—!!!" A loud, clear phoenix cry suddenly came from within Lu Tingting, resounding through the entire underground abyss.

The next second, the clothes on Lu Tingting's body turned to ashes (shielded by Lin Fan's Dragon Qi, she did not have a wardrobe malfunction).

A huge, ice-blue phoenix phantom soared into the sky from behind her! The phoenix was entirely composed of extreme ice, yet it burned with eerie ice flames. As it spread its wings, the nine True Dragon corpses surrounding them all trembled slightly.

"It's done!!" Lin Fan's gaze tightened. He saw that the cold poison within Lu Tingting had been completely devoured by that ice phoenix, turning into her purest nourishment.

A terrifying aura erupted from her body. Domain King Realm early stage... middle stage... late stage... peak! Crack! The bottleneck shattered. A pressure belonging to the "Lord" realm descended! Dharma Aspect Lord (Dharma Aspect Realm)!

"Hoo..." Lu Tingting slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air; that breath actually turned into an ice lotus flower that did not melt when it hit the ground.

She opened her eyes. Her originally black pupils had now turned ice-blue, and her temperament was even more cold and noble, like an Ice Snow Empress from above the nine heavens.

"Nine Heavens Ice Phoenix Body..." Lu Tingting clenched her fists, feeling the surging power within her, her eyes full of shock, "I... have broken through?"

"Congratulations, Senior Sister!!" Wang Linlin cheered and rushed over, taking out a new set of clothes to drape over her.

Lin Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled. "Since you are done, then next... it's my turn."

Lin Fan stood up and looked at the nine massive True Dragon corpses beneath his feet. These were real Primordial True Dragons! Although they had been dead for hundreds of millions of years, that immortal Dao aura was still a priceless treasure.

"Linlin, Tingting, you two protect me." Lin Fan tapped his toes, his figure rose from the ground, and he landed directly on the dragon head of one of the most massive True Dragon corpses. He sat cross-legged.

"System! Max out Comprehension Ability!!" "Bright Heart Dharma Eye—fully activated!!"

Lin Fan's eyes instantly turned into an ocean of gold. In his vision, the True Dragon corpse beneath his feet was no longer flesh and blood, but a collection of rules composed of countless profound and complex golden runes. The texture of every scale, the direction of every bone, and even those lingering wisps of True Dragon will were being frantically analyzed, dismantled, and reorganized in his brain.