Qin Shan Rou reached out for the woman's shoulder but hesitated for a few seconds before his hand touched her delicate skin.
He slightly winced by the coldness that he felt upon their contact.
It was beyond his expectation to be able to touch such a degree of coldness from a living being. Despite him circulating his Yang power, the Yin aura of the woman was still frightening.
The barrier that he had established around the bed-chamber started to froze and cracks appeared on its surface.
'I never expected to see an immense Yin aura flowing freely out of a woman's skin,' he expressed his thoughts silently.
He knew that he had to make this woman awake before a real catastrophe would really be unleashed. If the Ying aura will not neutralize, all people in the mansion will be in danger.
On the other side of the bed, just as the woman felt someone's hand was sending warmth for her, she instantly opened her eyes. The woman became alert and the dark iris in her eyes resembled that of the abyss.
She turned around and asked the man in a very relaxed but groggy voice, "What is it?"
Qin Shan Rou retrieved his hands immediately.
When she adopted her vision to the brightness of the room, she saw Qin Shan Rou's startled face blankly gazing at her. But she did not witness anything extraordinary at all.
There was no dark Yin aura that surrounded the place anymore.
'Did this man lost his mind after we did a series of dual cultivation? Is it even possible?' the woman secretly thought when the man did not move for a few more seconds. He just stared at her. Even his breathing could not be heard.
To say, the moment this woman opened her eyes, all the dark aura coming out from her body vanished without a trace. The freezing temperature in the room also became normal. It was instantaneous like a bubble that popped by a needle.
Thus, the man was completely bewildered by what had happened. Was it just an illusion? It was too sudden that he almost questioned himself if he was imagining things.
"What's wrong?" the woman asked again after the silence continued to dominate around them.
"N-nothing," he responded and secretly gathered his composure. If he pressed further and tell the lady about her Ying aura, she may no longer believe him for there was not a single evidence that it happened.
"Why do you look like you have seen a ghost?" the woman question. At the back of her head, she felt suspicious of the man's unusual reaction.
Qin Shan Rou sighed and decided to inform her about her Yin aura in a subtle way, "Is there an instance in the past where you have lost control of your Yin power?"
Upon hearing the man's question, understanding quickly flashed in the woman's eyes. She quickly deduced what had happed.
"I can't remember sleeping this great. Last night, it's not just my physical body that had fallen into slumber. My soul was also fast asleep," the woman explained.
In their cultivation, the energy of the Yin was connected with the soul. The woman believed that she had lost control of her Yin energy when she fell into a deep slumber. Thus, the aura in her body flowed freely.
"You've let all your guard down?" Qin Shan Rou inquired but his tone sounded different. It seemed to convey a different meaning.
When the soul was not conscious, it meant that the cultivator was completely defenseless. Anything could happen.
But soon, another realization hit him hard. The awakening of the soul was only applicable to men like him!
He stared at her in silence, as his mind tried to process everything that he just discovered.
The woman casually yawned and did not respond to his query too. She closed her eyes as if trying to return to sleep.
The woman tucked her body under the sheets once more.
"Are you hungry?" he softly asked while following her movements. The man decided that he could think more about the situation if he was away with the woman. Her figure was distracting his concentration!
Then his face flushed into a shade of red as he thought of a different hunger.
"Hehe," the woman laughed before she opened her eyes and gave him a teasing smile.
She also winked at him as if confirming that she was also thinking the same hunger as what was in his mind.
Qin Shan Rou almost vomited a mouthful of blood, he felt utterly embarrassed by his reaction. Of all things, how could he blushed in front of the woman. This time, he was acting like an inexperienced teenager!
How could he feel embarrassed when he was certain that he had displayed a top-notch level of his performance last night?!
His body's response was beyond his logic!
"I'll get food for you," he offered and swiftly stood up from bed. He went to a cabinet and picked the right garment to wear.
"You are the lord of this mansion?" the woman asked.
She mostly concentrated her mind on suppressing all the side effects from the core from the golden eel that she had swallowed last night.
Hence, she was not too focus on the major details about the man. But now that she was fully conscious and finished neutralizing the core, she was curious about the man who happened to corrupt her Yin power.
"Yes, I am," Qin Shan Rou responded. He suddenly remembered that the woman asked his name. But, he was not able to answer her yet. "The name is Qin Shan Rou," he added.
"Shan Rou," the woman murmured without minding his family name. It was strange for a lady to call a man so boldly, but, considering her identity, it was just a usual practice to her.
Upon hearing how casual she had stated his name, he could not help but stop his tracks and stare again at the woman. As he gazed at her, the woman also realized her mistake. She should address or the men in the mainland with their honorifics!
Then, she noticed a visible kiss mark flashed in his skin which he was too oblivious of its existence.
"Lord Qin, don't come out yet. Let me remove something in your neck," she thoughtfully stated and gestured him to come at her.
Strangely, the man obliged. His feet move as if they had their own mind and obeyed the woman's call.
"What's on my neck?" he asked sternly. But there was a slight warmness in his tone as he sat on the bed.
"You don't want to know. Just bend a little so I can reach it," the woman stated slightly complaining of his towering height.
She gently tapped the area just below his right ear. A swift cold sensation followed then the kiss mark on his skin was healed restoring his fair white skin.