The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 449: Storing Vitality_1

Chapter 449: Chapter 449: Storing Vitality_1

After returning to the wooden houseboat, Ning Fan began contemplating and experimenting with how he could stay away from Xu Yourong while allowing the Filial Aura to transfer his life force to her.

Before he could forge the Foundation Establishment Pill, cure the necrosis of Xu Yourong’s internal organs, reverse the effects of the Flower Servant Elixir, and neutralize the Love Flower’s poison, Xu Yourong could only stay on the wooden houseboat above the Cold Ice Pool, not taking even half a step away.

But Ning Fan couldn’t stay here forever.

He needed to search for the other two ingredients required to concoct the Foundation Establishment Pill: the Ice-Fire Snow Lotus and the Sea Spirit Fruit.

Yet, the moment he left, Xu Yourong would immediately die without the support of his life force.

This became an intractable situation.

"Now it’s like real-time transmission of life force, but what if I could transfer a lot at once and store it for Miss Xu to slowly consume?"

After much thought, Ning Fan finally came up with a method.

He summoned the Filial Aura from within himself and Xu Yourong, then allowed the Filial Aura to draw as much of his life force as possible to its fullest extent before transferring it all for storage inside her body.

Initially, the Filial Aura hesitated because if it began absorbing life force unrestrainedly, an ordinary person could be drained into a dried husk within minutes!

In the end, Ning Fan resorted to compelling measures before the Filial Aura dared to initiate the full absorption.

As the absorption of life force intensified, Ning Fan’s hair quickly began turning white, and by the end, all his locks were silver.

Even his face began to look aged.

"Enough! Enough! Stop, quick! Ning Fan, please stop!"

"I beg you, don’t maintain me with your life force anymore!"

"Stop! Please, stop!"

Xu Yourong panicked, shouting with a cry in her voice as tears streamed down her cheeks.

Although what Hua Nishang told her before had made her aware that Ning Fan was sustaining her life with his life force,

her current feelings were even more tangible and shocking.

She watched as Ning Fan’s life force continued to ebb away, as he grew more and more aged, while she, due to the continuous infusion of life force, became increasingly spirited...

Her heart was in extreme pain!

Whoosh—

Ning Fan exhaled a long breath and stopped the Filial Aura.

Now, he had nearly transferred all of his life force to Xu Yourong.

Of course, a person’s life force is a continuously depleting and regenerating process.

Having transferred all his life force to Xu Yourong, with time, Ning Fan’s body would still generate new life force continuously.

The reason Xu Yourong needed his life force to survive was that her own body could no longer produce new life force.

"Miss Xu, didn’t you say you would trust me? Don’t worry, I’ll recover very soon," Ning Fan reassured with a slight smile.

Xu Yourong just shook her head frantically and then nodded repeatedly, feeling immensely guilty.

"Ning Fan, what happened to you?"

When Ning Fan stepped out of the wooden houseboat, Yuan Hongmian and Hua Nishang were startled to see his white hair and aged face.

"Ning Fan, has Xu Yourong consumed too much of your life force? Can’t you hold on any longer?"

Hua Nishang quickly realized what was happening and, forgetting her own anger, voiced her concern anxiously.

"Miss Hua, if you say what you shouldn’t say again to Miss Xu and make her leave this place, then I truly won’t forgive you," Ning Fan replied not with an answer but with a severe warning.

The situation Xu Yourong was in, Hua Nishang bore an undeniable responsibility.

The grudges between Ning Fan and Hua Nishang were complicated, and so the last incident had to be let go.

However, Ning Fan would absolutely not allow what had happened before to occur a second time!

Therefore, his tone towards Hua Nishang was far from polite, even ferocious.

"You!"

Hua Nishang suddenly felt an extreme sense of injustice, her mouth puckered and eyes reddening, almost bursting into tears on the spot.

"Fine, I won’t say anything!"

She held back her tears, said with a sob, and then turned to run far away.

Watching her retreating figure, Ning Fan sighed deeply, without intending to explain anything.

His heart was truly with Xu Yourong, and as for Hua Nishang, since she was unwilling to break off the engagement, it would be better for her to give up on him.

"Auntie Yuan, I’m sorry," Ning Fan simply apologized to Yuan Hongmian.

"Sigh, I won’t get involved in you young people’s affairs," Yuan Hongmian could only say helplessly.

...

Next, Ning Fan deliberately halted the life force transfer by the Filial Aura to test it for a few days.

During those days, the life force within Xu Yourong’s body steadily reduced, but because the amount absorbed was substantial, she managed to hold on.

Ning Fan roughly estimated that if the Filial Aura drained almost all of his life force in one go, it could sustain Xu Yourong for about a month.

With that settled, he could leave with peace of mind, as long as he returned within a month.

"Miss Xu, I need to leave for a bit, to go back to Chu City and bring Miss Su over. Auntie Yuan is an exceptional physician and also has some knowledge of spiritual power, so I want to try with her to see if we can awaken Miss Su... Don’t worry, I’ll be back very soon..."

Inside the wooden houseboat, Ning Fan stood before Xu Yourong, bidding her farewell.

Over the past few days, his white hair had regained some color, turning salt-and-pepper.

But before Ning Fan could finish speaking, Xu Yourong hugged him tightly, pressed her red lips to his, and decisively sealed his mouth without any hesitation.

In this moment, silence was more eloquent than words.