A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1297 A Panicked Yu Yun

Yu Yun had sustained severe injuries. Ye Fan had to treat her as soon as possible.

If he didn't and he allowed the injury to fester, the damage she had sustained would become irreversible. That could affect her future as a martial artist.

Ye Fan had seen too many martial artists suffer permanent damage to their bodies because of severe injury and seen how that had impeded their progress in martial arts. He would never forgive himself if Yu Yun's future was ruined because of him.

The young man sped across the skies as he carried the impossibly beautiful young woman in his arms.

He ran so quickly that the human eye could hardly catch up.

The forest stirred quietly beneath his feet as winds rushed through its midst.

Leaves rustled while clouds streamed soundlessly across the sky.

The flurry of leaves dancing in the air startled countless birds into a terrified flight.

A frantic Ye Fan returned to the cave where he had found Yu Yun as quickly as he possibly could.

He walked into the cave with Yu Yun in his arms. Then, his palm shot out twice and hit the walls on both sides of the entrance.

Rocks loosened and tumbled down the sides of the mountain. Sand and dirt flew into and yellowed the air.

The entrance of the cave was soon blocked by a wall of rocks.

That set his heart at ease. Ye Fan walked into the cave and carefully placed Yu Yun on the stone platform that she had been meditating on earlier. Without a moment's delay, he got her to sit up in front of him.

Then, he focused his mind and placed his palms lightly on Yu Yun's shoulders. Pure

energy began to course through Ye Fan's arms and into Yu Yun.

A few hours later and utterly spent, Ye Fan finally stopped.

Without his hands on her shoulders, Yu Yun fell limply into Ye Fan's arms.

Another hour passed.

The young beauty within his arms finally opened her eyes.

"You're awake."

Ye Fan smiled happily. Sweat beaded his forehead while exhaustion lined his pale face.

Alarm flared inside Yu Yun when she realized that she was lying in Ye Fan's arms. She got up and left him hastily.

The sudden abrupt movement strained her injury. Dark spots appeared in her vision and she nearly blacked out.

"Stop moving around. You've been seriously injured. I only managed to protect your vitals. One misstep and the damage could have been permanent," said Ye Fan hastily. His voice was filled with concern. Yu Yun seemed to know what was wrong with her as well and didn't seem very surprised when she heard what Ye Fan had said.

She looked around in confusion. "Where are we?"

She must still be very weak, because her voice sounded weak and like a whisper.

"This is the cave you were training in. Don't worry, I sealed the entrance. No one will find us," Ye Fan said as he tried to reassure Yu Yun.

The air froze instantly. A faint blush appeared on Yu Yun's face. She turned and looked away from Ye Fan.

That was when Ye Fan realized the inappropriateness of his words and tried to explain. "I mean, it's safe here. No one's going to sneak up and attack you like I did," said Ye Fan sheepishly. This wasn't the time to be embarrassed though.

Having said that, Ye Fan pulled the ice spirit fruit out and handed it to Yu Yun. "Alright, stop wasting time. The energy that I've transferred to you won't protect you for long. If you don't achieve a breakthrough soon, the energies inside you will destroy you from the inside out. You'll be a ruined person then."

The earlier session of healing that Ye Fan had conducted had allowed him to realize how seriously injured Yu Yun truly was.

The internal injuries that she had couldn't have been the result of his simple sneak attack.

He had made things worse by interrupting her training during a critical moment in her attempted breakthrough.

That had led to vast amounts of energies breaking loose and going wild inside her

body.

The injury that she had sustained was worse than the one that she had been healing from while she had been staying in the old Chu family home.

If they didn't tread carefully, Yu Yun could ruin her future as a martial artist.

Within every storm cloud hid a silver lining though.

This might not turn out to be such a bad thing for Yu Yun.

If she continued her meditative trance, she could use the power of the ice spirit fruit to unblock the meridians in her body and fuel her breakthrough.

The energies wrecking chaos inside her body would course through her meridians freely and gather in her diaphragm.

That would save her from her current predicament and boost her cultivation!

But Ye Fan didn't expect the young woman to reject the ice spirit fruit in spite of everything that he had just said.

Tve told you. I don't take back what I've given away. I don't want this ice spirit fruit. You can throw it away if you don't want it," said Yu Yun frosty and with an icy determination.

The look on Ye Fan's face darkened.

"Young lady, this isn't the time to be quibbling about promises made. Your life's at stake! This is going to destroy you, do you know that? Listen to me. Take the fruit and attempt a breakthrough. I'll stand guard and make sure no one interrupts you this time," yelled Ye Fan furiously at Yu Yun.

She could be so unreasonable sometimes.

This was an emergency! But here she was, still trying to preserve her dignity.

Ye Fan shoved the fruit at Yu Yun's lips and urged her to eat it.

"I told you I don't want it," yelled Yu Yun as she glared at Ye Fan and shoved his arm away with unexpected strength. "I gave this to you. I don't need it. You don't have to worry about my injuries. I'll find a way to deal with them."

She turned her head away from the fruit and from the sight of Ye Fan.

Ye Fan froze.

He stared stupidly at the frail looking young woman before him and couldn't say a single word for the longest time.

Yu Yun thought he was mad at her.

"Honestly, you don't have to worry about my injuries," she said softly to him. "I may not have the ice spirit fruit, but I still have-!"

What happened next exceeded Yu Yun's wildest dreams.

Ye Fan, who had been behind her all along, had somehow appeared next to her. He wrapped his arm around her neck and pulled her into his arms.

Shock filled Yu Yun's eyes as she watched the young man's face approach hers steadily until it filled her entire vision and their lips touched.

Her lovely eyes widened and her head went blank. She stiffened, as if shocked by a jolt of electricity.

She could smell him. His intensity and his wildness.

Yu Yun protested loudly and began to struggle.

Ye Fan ignored her and instead pried her lips open forcefully with his tongue and pushed the cold spirit fruit into her mouth.

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