"So all along he has been protecting me," Tie Hongchen said with a complicated expression on her face." I guess this is not everything?" Tie Hongchen asked coldly as she stared deeply at Xue Kai." His highness' condition has worsened overtime. Since he fought with that warrior his yang mana has been getting out of control. It seems he had been poisoned by some kind of poison or martial arts. Moreover he has been trying to heal you so his condition has worsened considerably since then. All the yang suppressing herbs have been used up yet there has been no desirable results even after so long so I am out of options," Xue Kai said." For how long were you planning on keeping this from me?" Tie Hongchen asked coldly as she stared at Tai Jian as if he was the only person left in the room. Staring at his handsome face made Tie Hongchen feel her heart aching. He had done so much for her but she did not even realise it and had even misunderstood him. She felt sorry for him but at the same time her heart was gripped with fear. She was even angry at the thought of him doing things behind her back." I will deal with him after he waked up. Leave us alone," Tie Hongchen said. Xue Kai nervously walked out of the room. Tie Hongchen was left in the room together with the unconscious Tai Jian. The room was so silent that one could hear the sound of a pin drop. Tie Hongchen stared at Tai Jian with a complicated expression on her face. She had always considered Tai Jian as an enemy yet now she had to face the bitter truth that he was always the one who protected and cared for her. She suddenly did not know how she should treat Tai Jian. Her expression softened considerably when she stared at Tai Jian. The hatred and the anger in her heart diminished as if it never existed. She had to agree that she had never treated Tai Jian well even after they got married. At first she treated him as a tool to improve her martial arts and when her father died due to her brothers she pinned the blame on Tai Jian and even ended up hurting him but despite all of this Tai Jian never took it out on her and even protected her. How could her heart not be moved by such dedication despite her cold personality." You have done so much for me so let me return the favour," Tie Hongchen said. There were only one way in which Tai Jian could be helped and that was by finding a way of neutralising the overbearing yang energy in his body. The energy could be neutralised completely by merging of the yin and yang and the other way was by using yin energy to suppress the energy. When yin and yang unite they form a natural state of balance. The introduction to the yin yang technique spoke of the balance which would be realised overtime but the duo did not understand of the balance. In order for the world to be balanced there has to be rules governing it. The rules were meant to control both good and bad. If yin represents evil then yang represents good. Both coexist naturally. They suppress each other but at the same time they compliment each other. There could be no evil without good and there could be no good without evil and this leads to a state of an unnatural balance that both sides cannot break due to some principles. Tai Jian's martial arts skills would hinder Tie Hongchen because they were cultivating the same technique which was why Tai Jian's cultivation could not rise to more than five levels above Tie Hongchen. The same way Tie Hongchen was also limited by Tai Jian. They both had unknowingly reached a point where they both require each other and they could not walk away from each other as the yin yang technique had form an inseparable bond between them where they can only stay together otherwise Tie Hongchen would turn into a merciless demon who can only kill while Tai Jian would probably die due to overbearing yang energy so they have no other choice than to coexist together. This was the reason why even though Tie Hongchen and Tai Jian were not cultivating together Tie Hongchen's cultivation still rose everyday because of Tai Jian neutralising the yin energy for her at night. Due to cultivating the yin yang technique they had developed high affinities for yin and yang energy hence they would subconsciously absorb the energy even when asleep. Moreover yin energy was dense at night than during the day hence Tai Jian had to neutralise the energy in the middle of the night when the yin energy was very dense. If the duo were to decide to deal cultivate at thus moment their cultivation would rise but they were both too stubborn to realise this. Besides they did not consider that the yin yang technique was incomplete and that it was actually a dual cultivation art so they had no choice as sooner or later their desire for each other would flare up and they would be unable to control their pleasures anymore." Your highness, I forgot to inform you that his highness and you have been summoned to the palace by empress Dowager," Xue Kai's voice sounded out from outside." Understood. We will go," Tie Hongchen answered as she placed Tai Jian's head on her lap. She regulated her breathing and then made Tai Jian to sit up. She then lowered her head until there was only a few distances separating them. At this point her face was beet red and anyone who saw her would fail to associate her with the cold princess that they knew. "I am only doing this to save his life anyway. It's not like I am taking advantage of him," Tie Hongchen told herself as she gathered the courage to finally kiss Tai Jian. She tightly hugged him and kissed him using this chance to transfer her yin mana to Tai Jian so as to suppress the poison in his body and so as to suppress the overbearing yang energy." Why does it feel so good? Anyways let me just help him after all the energy has yet to be completely neutralised," Tie Hongchen told herself. She did not want to destroy such a moment and continued kissing Tai Jian transferring her yin energy. At this moment one could see an image of two dao fishes one white and one black. If they knew that the heavens were just toying with them maybe they would laugh at themselves when they remembered such a moment. Their aura grew all of a sudden but even then they did not break form each other's embrace. Tie Hongchen did not even notice that Tia Jian had already woken up but was probably only toying with her. Tai Jian woke up but found Tie Hongchen kissing him so he decided to enjoy the moment as he didn't know when he would find such a chance again. Without them realising they immersed themselves in each other's embrace. They simply enjoyed the moment. No one spoke as they kissed each other. It was only a few minutes later that Tie Hongchen finally decided to break free from Tai Jian's embrace. Tai Jian did not agree to it and held her tightly in his embrace." Don't move, " Tai Jian said in a low voice. Tie Hongchen did not disobey. She lied peacefully in Tai Jian's embrace and unknowingly they both fell asleep in each other's embrace.