Chapter 010 : Yin-Yang Unification
I looked down at Seol Ye-rin, who had collapsed on the bed.
Seol Ye-rin's pale face was covered in ice crystals.
I could hear faint breathing.
"Seol Ye-rin."
I muttered specifically low and held Seol Ye-rin's hand.
A cold chill climbed up my hand, but the heat of the Extreme Yang Body blocked it.
"If left like this, she really will die."
Just injecting Extreme Yang Qi through the hand couldn't soothe the Extreme Yin Body like last time.
The Extreme Yin Qi was already wrapping around Seol Ye-rin's qi center and acupoints, gnawing away at her life force.
On top of that,
Crack-
The Extreme Yin Qi was rampaging enough to freeze even my hand.
Since I had used quite a bit of Extreme Yang Qi during the battle, the current me also had to treat Seol Ye-rin with little Extreme Yang Qi.
In other words, it meant I was also in danger.
Then the method is, 'There is only this method.'
I carefully took off Seol Ye-rin's top.
When I took off the clothes, the ice crystals covering her chest and shoulders revealed themselves.
I also took off my top and threw it aside, revealing my bare skin.
Above the rugged muscles, the heat of the Extreme Yang Qi rose up and dyed the skin red.
Then, I hugged Seol Ye-rin.
As our bare skin touched, steam exploded up with a sizzling sound.
I raised the yang qi from my qi center and began to slowly inject it into Seol Ye-rin's body.
***
I closed my eyes and began to observe Seol Ye-rin's body.
My Extreme Yang Qi was transmitted through Seol Ye-rin's skin and melted the ice crystals.
But simply melting them was not enough.
'I have to melt the frozen acupoints.'
Suddenly, the principle of the mana circuit I had learned in my previous life came to mind.
While feeling the qi flowing through Seol Ye-rin's acupoints, I realized the moment I could achieve what I had researched and craved so much in my previous life.
'Human Body Mana Circuit.'
The circuit was created by reinterpreting the circulation of acupoints and qi, which I learned while living as Hyeokryeon Yeom for the first time in my past life, with magical principles.
The theory of visualizing the Extreme Yin Qi flowing inside Seol Ye-rin's body like mana.
The moment I thought of that, Seol Ye-rin's fine veins began to look clear in my vision.
'I see it.'
The flow of qi connecting Seol Ye-rin's acupoints 10and qi center 11 was clearly drawn before my eyes.
The cold yin qi was suppressing Seol Ye-rin's prenatal qi and rampaging.
On the other hand, my Extreme Yang Qi was wrapping around Seol Ye-rin's body like a hot flame and resisting.
The two energies were pushing and pulling each other as if they were anxious to mix.
"Yin-Yang Unification......."
Seeing that appearance, I realized.
That I couldn't save Seol Ye-rin by simply injecting yang qi.
Extreme Yin and Extreme Yang must form a harmony to stop Seol Ye-rin's rampage and recover her life force.
-In the beginning, Yin and Yang were divided, so the sky is Yang and the earth is Yin.
-Heat gives birth to fire, and coldness conceives ice,
-The two energies push and pull each other, forming the root of the world.
-Let the mind view the flow quietly, and let the heart embrace the qi to harmonize.
The theory of harmony that the Magic Tower Master told me.
'The root of the world is the harmony of Yin and Yang.'
I controlled my yang qi exquisitely.
I brought my hand to Seol Ye-rin's qi center and drew out her yin qi.
The moment the two energies touched like that,
My body trembled.
The cold yin qi wrapped around my qi center and clashed with the Extreme Yang Qi.
Pain flooded in, but I clenched my teeth and endured.
"Match the flow."
I tuned the path of the qi following the circuit visible to my sight.
So that my yang qi flows along Seol Ye-rin's acupoints and intertwines with the yin qi.
The two energies pushed each other away at first, but gradually merged into a single flow.
As heat and coldness formed a harmony.
It began to circulate gradually inside Seol Ye-rin's body.
Sizzle-!
Steam filled the Young Palace Head's Hall.
Sweat formed beads on my forehead.
I placed my hand on Seol Ye-rin's qi center and injected yang qi deeper.
As Yin and Yang unified, her ice crystals began to melt down.
At the same time, Yin and Yang began to form a harmonious balance in my qi center as well.
Boom!
The yang qi and yin qi that started moving in the qi center rushed along the acupoints.
At the energy spreading to the whole body's acupoints,
Crack-
The skin begins to crack.
The acupoints that had become dry because they were always full of yang qi froze through the Extreme Yin Qi and began to melt as the Extreme Yang Qi flowed again.
Amidst the pain as if the acupoints would snap.
Regeneration is repeated.
The weak muscles and bones crackle, making a sound, and begin to be born anew.
'This is.......'
Body Reformation.
I felt that I was experiencing Body Reformation in the process of Yin-Yang Unification.
The yang qi in my qi center burned more intensely, forming a perfect balance with Seol Ye-rin's yin qi.
As the balanced energy struck the Hundred Meetings acupoint.
I reached a state of selflessness.
How much time had passed?
Flash-
I opened my closed eyes.
I could see Seol Ye-rin's breathing gradually stabilizing.
Seol Ye-rin's skin, where the ice crystals disappeared, was like white jade, and began to emit vibrant vitality from her whole body.
The joy of succeeding in treating Seol Ye-rin was brief.
Soon, a disgusting stench rose from my whole body.
***
Seol Ye-rin was in deep darkness.
Her consciousness was blurry as if trapped in cold ice.
At that moment when her life force was extinguishing due to the rampage of the Extreme Yin Qi, she tried to give up everything.
But warm warmth wrapped around Seol Ye-rin and cleared away the darkness.
'What is it?'
Seol Ye-rin's consciousness floated up like a dream.
Seol Ye-rin saw a phantom of hot flames wrapping around her.
It is Hyeokryeon Yeom.
She intuitively felt that a flame-like man was in front of her.
Soon, Hyeokryeon Yeom's warm touch caressed her body and began to melt the cold ice.
'Is it a dream?'
No matter if her father brought him in as a live-in son-in-law, isn't this too fast?
However.
Seol Ye-rin felt Hyeokryeon Yeom's hot breath and strong gaze.
"Third Young Master......."
Unconsciously, Seol Ye-rin muttered Hyeokryeon Yeom's name.
When the cold chill tried to swallow her, the flame embraced her.
That warmth made Seol Ye-rin's heart beat.
"It will be okay."
Hyeokryeon Yeom's voice was heard.
In Seol Ye-rin's dream, she could see Hyeokryeon Yeom's smile.
'He's quite... handsome.'
Thinking it was something she could say because it was a dream, Seol Ye-rin's hand grazed Hyeokryeon Yeom's cheek.
To Seol Ye-rin, who had lived only in cold ice, the man named Hyeokryeon Yeom was a man who showed unfamiliar yet warm emotions.
In the dream, Seol Ye-rin held Hyeokryeon Yeom's hand.
As the two hands touched, heat and coldness intertwined.
Seol Ye-rin wanted to remember that feeling forever.
Thump- Thump-
Then,
The heart that was stopping coldly began to beat again.
Warm heat spreads to the whole body's fine veins along the acupoints.
At the warmth she had never experienced once in her life, Seol Ye-rin opened her eyes.
***
As the ice in the Young Palace Head's Hall melted, warm air filled the room.
I was catching my breath while holding Seol Ye-rin.
My yang qi circulated inside her body and completely controlled the Extreme Yin Qi.
Seol Ye-rin's eyelids trembled slowly, then she opened her eyes.
"Third Young Master?"
Seol Ye-rin's voice rang out weakly.
"You've regained consciousness."
Seol Ye-rin felt that her body was no longer cold.
The ice crystals disappeared, and vitality returned to her skin.
Seol Ye-rin looked at me with surprised eyes.
It was because my upper body, colorful to the point of being gross, was revealed.
"What......."
Her gaze quickly goes down.
"Ah?"
It is a naked body.
I smiled and put her down.
"That's a relief."
Seol Ye-rin realized that she was also in a state not wearing a single stitch and her thinking stopped.
"W-what d-d-did you do to m-me!"
Squeeze-
Then, feeling hands being held, she looked down at her hands.
The hands where the ice crystals disappeared were warm, and life force was felt.
"How......?"
"Ahem, it is Yin-Yang Unification."
I explained.
"I harmonized your Extreme Yin Qi and my Extreme Yang Qi to stop the rampage. You will be okay for the time being now."
"For the time being......?"
"Since we crave each other's energy, it seems we can only completely cure it if we periodically replenish each other's energy. Let's wear clothes first. I think washing is the priority, but we can't move in this state."
At the words that we have to wash, she came to her senses.
Sniff sniff.
"Gasp."
A stench she had never smelled once in her life was coming up.
"Is this the smell coming from my body?"
"I am the same, so there is no need to be so embarrassed."
When I handed the taken-off clothes to Seol Ye-rin,
Seol Ye-rin decided to dress first and think later.
Seol Ye-rin, who quickly tidied up her clothes, muttered.
"That... wasn't a dream?"
"What dream?"
As she turned her head, she saw my face.
Today, I look more handsome than last time.
Her head starts to spin.
Horse bandits attacked and at the story that I was killed, she exploded her yin qi.
After that, she seemed to have lost consciousness, but opening her eyes, it is now.
"How much... time has passed?"
"We spent the first night, so it is morning."
"Su...ch......."
Spent the night together?
And with a strange man she saw for the first time yesterday?
"More than that... it seems Father-in-law will barge in soon......."
The word Father-in-law hit Seol Ye-rin's head once more.
Bang!
At that moment, the door of the Young Palace Head's Hall opened and the Ice Palace Head, Seol Baek-ho and the General Manager, Seol Su-hyeok.
And Small snow squad's Baek Mu-yong, Eun Bin and Wi Ji-yeong entered.
Seol Baek-ho's eyes became as big as lantern lights at the appearance of Seol Ye-rin sitting on the bed.
"Ye-rin-ah!"
Seol Ye-rin got up from the bed and looked at Seol Baek-ho.
"Father......."
Seol Ye-rin's voice was clear and energetic.
Unlike last time when it was full of chill, Seol Ye-rin's face was full of vitality.
Seol Baek-ho reddened his eyes, seeing his daughter's appearance full of vitality.
"A-are you okay?"
"Yes, I think I am okay."
"Palace Head, the Young Palace Head is......."
Seol Su-hyeok also couldn't continue his words seeing Seol Ye-rin's changed appearance.
"I will be outside."
Baek Mu-yong grasped the situation and controlled the door of the Young Palace Head's Hall, and,
"Young Master, are you okay? What on earth happened?"
Wi Ji-yeong asked with twinkling eyes.
I shrugged my shoulders.
"I just melted the frozen ice."
Small snow squad Vice Captain, Eun Bin approached with his bald head and examined Seol Ye-rin.
"Young Palace Head, are you really okay?"
Seol Ye-rin nodded her head.
"Yeah, I became okay enough that you don't have to worry."
Saying so, Seol Ye-rin examined me.
"It's thanks to the Third Young Master."
At those words, Eun Bin shut his mouth.
"I went out because you bastard told me to go out. What on earth did you do to my daughter?"
Seol Baek-ho, who confirmed Seol Ye-rin was safe, stiffened his expression again and shouted towards me.
Then, words that Seol Baek-ho had never heard once in his life were heard.
"Father. Thanks to Gaga (husband), I was able to get better like this. Don't say too much."
"......."
At that one word, the place became quiet.
Seol Baek-ho's eyebrows wiggled.
"G-Gaga?"
I also looked back at her at Seol Ye-rin's sudden address.
But soon finishing the situation judgment,
"Well, since it became like this, please take care of me once again, Father-in-law."
North Sea Ice Palace's Palace Head, Seol Baek-ho grabbed the back of his neck.