Chapter 496: The Cold Essence Yin Marrow Physique

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“Ah-choo~!”

For some reason, Tushan Yingyu, who was napping on the table, suddenly felt a chill.

“Strange… why am I feeling cold…”

Puzzled, Tushan Yingyu lazily got up, stretched her hind legs, and leapt into Wang Haoran’s lap on the sofa.

“Damn it… why is this guy so comfortable…”

The little fox shamelessly nestled into his lap, refusing to move.

Wang Haoran, unfazed, gently stroked her curled-up body while chatting with the others.

But before long.

Zhu Nan approached with a serious expression.

“Haoran.”

“What’s wrong?” Wang Haoran asked, curious.

“…Something happened to Zhao Yu, the little niece from the Zhao family.”

“She suddenly fainted yesterday and was taken to the hospital.”

Fainting during the New Year was considered highly inauspicious.

Although Zhao Yu had regained consciousness, her condition had worsened significantly.

The hospital couldn’t determine the cause.

After hearing the news, Zhu Nan naturally wanted to visit her.

Knowing Wang Haoran’s reputation as a miracle doctor—

“I was hoping you could come take a look at her.”

“Alright, let’s go.”

Wang Haoran handed the reluctant little fox over to Liu Xinyao, who was sitting nearby.

Then he stood up and left with Zhu Nan.

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“This is the place.”

Zhu Nan quickly led Wang Haoran to the VIP ward at S City’s First Hospital.

At the moment, Zhao Yu’s uncle, Zhao Ruilong, had returned to the Zhao family in V City to handle family affairs.

In his absence, Zhao Yu’s father, Zhao Ruihu, and his wife had rushed to the hospital.

However, Zhao Ruihu had already left to visit Qingfeng Temple to seek help from a “miracle doctor,” as advised by his elder brother.

This left only Zhao Yu’s mother at her bedside.

“Aunt Zhu.”

Hearing Zhu Nan enter, Zhao Yu, who was weakly lying in bed, immediately sat up to greet her.

“Hehe, Aunt Zhu, is this your boyfriend?”

“I knew it was him!”

After glancing at Wang Haoran, Zhao Yu began teasing Zhu Nan.

Despite being in a heated room and wrapped in blankets.

Her body still trembled uncontrollably from the cold.

Seeing the usually lively Zhao Yu in such a pitiful state.

Zhu Nan couldn’t help but feel concerned:

“Xiao Yu, what’s wrong with your body?”

“I don’t know.” Zhao Yu shook her head. “Yesterday, I had a headache and fainted. When I woke up, I was like this.”

She reached out to touch Zhu Nan’s hand.

“Aunt Zhu, doesn’t my hand feel normal to you?”

“…It does.”

“The doctors said there’s nothing wrong with me, but I just can’t stop feeling cold!”

Zhao Yu shivered as she forced a bitter smile.

“Is that so…”

Hearing about such a strange condition, Zhu Nan held her hand tightly.

“Let Haoran take a look at you, okay?”

“He’s an amazing miracle doctor!”

Seeing Zhu Nan’s high praise, Zhao Yu turned to Wang Haoran: “…Alright, I’ll trouble you then.”

“No trouble at all.”

Sitting beside Zhu Nan, Wang Haoran took Zhao Yu’s hand to examine her.

He was also curious about what could be causing her symptoms.

“Her hand… feels normal in temperature, and her complexion looks fine…”

“But she feels cold…”

Unable to discern the issue externally, Wang Haoran began probing her internal condition while activating his X-ray vision for assistance.

His focus was on her dantian.

“……”

After a while, Wang Haoran frowned.

“Miss Zhao Yu, did you recently break through to the Hidden Strength stage?”

“That’s right.” Zhao Yu nodded.

Seeing Wang Haoran’s rare look of concern, Zhu Nan couldn’t help but ask, “Is Xiao Yu’s condition serious?”

“…No, her condition is actually easy to treat…”

Wang Haoran quickly identified the problem with Zhao Yu’s body.

The Cold Essence Yin Marrow Physique.

The last time he had seen Zhao Yu, she didn’t have this “Cold Essence Yin Marrow Physique”!

“Her body has accumulated too much Yin energy, which erupted when she broke through her stage.”

“All that’s needed is a cultivation technique to guide it out, and she’ll be fine.”

However, while the solution was simple, Wang Haoran’s frown deepened—

“To guide such a rare physique, you need at least a top-tier cultivation technique.”

“And it must be Yin-attribute…”

Such techniques were rare even in the cultivation world!

The Cold Essence Yin Marrow Physique was something straight out of the cultivation world’s “system.” Why was it appearing in Zhao Yu now…

“And if no technique is available, there’s only one other option…”

Find someone with the Yin-Yang Creation Physique who is willing to help. That person would need to “directly” massage her dantian with their hands—no clothing in the way!

—Although dual cultivation would yield better results, Wang Haoran felt it was unnecessary.

At this moment.

He felt like one of those miracle doctor protagonists, “forced” to use his body to help a beauty recover!

“That’s the situation.”

“If no cultivation technique can be found, I’ll have to personally help Miss Zhao Yu with her treatment.”

“However, this method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. She would need monthly treatments.”

After Wang Haoran finished explaining.

Zhu Nan accepted it without question, but surprisingly, Zhao Yu’s mother also didn’t doubt his words.

However, Zhao Yu herself seemed hesitant—

“…Uh… does it really have to be like that?”

“Yes, do you want the treatment or not?”

Wang Haoran wasn’t embarrassed at all.

He was only offering to help Zhao Yu because of Zhu Nan.

If Zhao Yu didn’t kneel and thank him for his generosity, that was fine, but if she dared to accuse him of taking advantage.

He would leave immediately!

“……”

Under Wang Haoran’s expectant gaze.

After glancing at Zhu Nan, who clearly trusted Wang Haoran, Zhao Yu finally nodded:

“Then… I’ll leave it to you!”