Chapter 1710 - Liu Wuxie Standing Out
Divine Physician Wei confidently began smearing the prepared medicine across the city lord's wound.
Time trickled by, and after the medicine covered the injury, the city lord's complexion gradually showed signs of improvement. The black blood seeping from the wound also stopped flowing.
"It's working! The city lord's complexion has improved!" Several guest elders standing nearby watched the city lord's face closely, their voices filled with relief.
Ye Linghan noticed the change as well, and when she saw her father's complexion recover slightly, the tension in her heart finally eased. As for Liu Wuxie's earlier warning, she had already cast it to the back of her mind.
"It's all his fault! If not for him, why would we be imprisoned in the City Lord Mansion?" the other guards from the Peace and Stability Merchant Association complained under their breath. Although Liu Wuxie had saved their lives, everything that had happened inside the City Lord Mansion had filled them with resentment toward him.
"Cut it out. Without Young Master Wu, the White Tiger Merchant Association would've already killed us. He saved our lives," Chen An said firmly. Since they had come as a group, they would face any trouble together.
Their conversation naturally reached Liu Wuxie's ears, and Chen An's words improved his impression of the young man.
"The medicine is ready!" In only fifteen minutes, they finished preparing the medicine according to the prescription.
They poured the decoction into a porcelain bowl. Ye Linghan accepted it, sent a wisp of cold energy down to cool it, then brought it to her father's mouth and fed it to him slowly. Yet after the city lord drank the medicine, his complexion showed no further change.
"Cough, cough..." The city lord suddenly coughed violently and spat out clotted black blood that carried a foul stench.
Many people instantly covered their noses, unable to endure the smell.
"Oh no! The city lord's aura is weakening! I can barely sense it now!" the guest elders beside him cried out. They had been observing the city lord's condition the entire time.
They could still sense a faint aura from him earlier, but after he drank the medicine, his pulse gradually began fading. Once that pulse vanished completely, death would follow.
"Divine Physician Wei, save the city lord quickly!" the steward shouted anxiously as he grabbed Divine Physician Wei's arm and shook it violently.
The steward had been the one who had invited Divine Physician Wei. If anything happened to the city lord, he would not escape punishment either.
"It's all that brat's fault! He delayed the best time for treatment! Divine Physician Wei panicked and suddenly turned his accusation toward Liu Wuxie.
Liu Wuxie found the situation absurd. How had this matter circled back to him again?
The city lord would soon die, and according to their agreement, Liu Wuxie should have been allowed to leave. But Divine Physician Wei suddenly shifted the blame to him, claiming he had delayed the optimal treatment time.
"Men, seize them and throw them all into prison!" the steward roared.
Guards rushed into the main hall to capture Liu Wuxie and the other guards from the Peace and Stability Merchant Association.
This time, Ye Linghan didn't stop them. Her father was dying, and she already had no favorable impression of Liu Wuxie. Moreover, the earlier agreement had only been Liu Wuxie's one-sided proposal. In the celestial realm, the strong made the rules, while the weak had no right to speak.
It wasn't that Ye Linghan had deliberately broken her word. At this moment, her entire mind remained fixed on her father.
Divine Physician Wei stepped forward and checked the city lord's pulse, eyes, and heart meridian. After three breaths, he said with a pained expression, "Young Lady, please accept my condolences."
He even squeezed out two tears to show his grief over the city lord's death.
The moment everyone in the main hall heard Divine Physician Wei's words, sobbing spread throughout the room.
When the guards heard that the city lord had died and remembered Divine Physician Wei's claim that Liu Wuxie had caused them to miss the best treatment window, their fury intensified. They burned with rage, wanting to attack Liu Wuxie's group and bury them alongside the city lord.
"What a joke. The city lord has merely fallen into suspended animation. If you don't treat him in time, then he'll truly die," Liu Wuxie said with a mocking laugh as the guards rushed toward him.
"What did you say?!" Ye Linghan asked. She seemed to have seized a final lifeline and appeared before Liu Wuxie in a single stride, gripping his shoulders tightly.
"I said he has only entered suspended animation. If you delay any longer, he'll truly die," Liu Wuxie repeated.
"Are you saying my father still has a chance to survive?" Ye Linghan asked, hope flickering in her eyes. Even if there was only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, she had to seize it.
"I can save him, but the process will not be easy," Liu Wuxie replied as he glanced at her hand clutching his shoulder. Ye Linghan understood right away and quickly let go.
"Please save him! As long as you can save my father, I can agree to any condition," Ye Linghan declared. By now, she had completely lost her composure. She and her father had depended on each other ever since she was young, and if he died, she would no longer find any meaning in living.
"Prepare a set of high-quality silver needles, a bucket of hot water, and a pure gold dagger," Liu Wuxie said. At this point, he had no choice but to step forward. If he saved the city lord, he could not only resolve his feud with Ye Linghan but also earn her goodwill.
If Ye Linghan had agreed to let them leave earlier, he naturally wouldn't have bothered to save the city lord.
"Can this dagger work?" Ye Linghan asked as she took out a golden dagger from her interspatial ring.
"This will do," Liu Wuxie replied after a glance. The dagger did not contain pure gold; instead, its blade was forged from the bones of a Primordial Golden Immortal Beast.
"The hot water is ready!" the steward announced. He had already ordered someone to prepare a large tub of hot water. Several guards carried it inside.
"I have a set of silver needles here! Can these be used?" A guest elder took out a set of silver needles. However, these needles were not tools meant to save lives but concealed weapons instead.
Liu Wuxie frowned slightly after examining the needles, but he could only make do with them for now.
"Place him in the tub. Remember, don't touch his skin with your hands, or the poison will infect you as well," Liu Wuxie warned. Naturally, he didn't need to handle these trivial matters himself.
At Ye Linghan's command, several guards entered and, with her assistance, carefully lifted Ye Guhai into the tub.
The hot water in the tub was scalding, but such a temperature did not affect a divine immortal.
Liu Wuxie stepped forward and gently cut open the wound on Ye Guhai's right arm. Then he slowly carved away the rotten flesh around the injury, making many people turn their heads aside because they couldn't bear the sight.
The process lasted only a single breath before Liu Wuxie removed all the rotten flesh, exposing the bare white bone beneath.
Just as Liu Wuxie had said earlier, he began scraping the poison from the bone. The bone had already begun to turn black from the venom. If the poison continued seeping into the bones, even Liu Wuxie wouldn't be able to save the city lord. Fortunately, the venom had only lingered in the meridians and had yet to enter the bone marrow.
Liu Wuxie held the golden dagger and gently scraped the bone. Every creaking sound made Ye Linghan's heart clench. Those with weaker resolve had already retreated far away and shut their eyes. Black powder fell from the bone with each scrape, and every speck was poison.
Next, Liu Wuxie picked up the set of silver needles and inserted the first needle into the baihui acupoint at the top of the city lord's head.
"AH!" Ye Linghan cried out in alarm at the sight. After all, the baihui acupoint was a fatal point on the human body. If a needle pierced it incorrectly, her father would surely die.
The first silver needle disappeared in a flash. Immediately afterward, the second needle pierced the temples on both sides. The moment the needles entered, droplets of black liquid began flowing out along them.
Everyone was even more shocked when they saw this, as none of them had ever witnessed such a method of treatment before.
Even Divine Physician Wei froze completely in place and stared in a daze.
Liu Wuxie's movements flowed as smoothly as water. He inserted needles into the danzhong acupoint, the lower abdomen, and finally the yongquan acupoint.
Foul black blood flowed along the silver needles and dripped into the wooden tub. Before long, the hot water in the tub had turned completely black.
"Hah..." Liu Wuxie exhaled heavily, realizing that sweat had soaked his entire body.
"He's temporarily out of danger. But if you want him to recover completely, he'll still need a Detoxification Pill," Liu Wuxie said after taking several deep breaths.
He had used the silver needles to temporarily suppress the venom inside Ye Guhai's body and prevent it from reaching his pulse. However, this method could not serve as a long-term solution.
Ye Linghan glanced at her father and saw that his complexion had improved. Even his breathing had stabilized. Not only Ye Linghan, but all the guest elders of the City Lord Mansion were stunned.
"The City Lord's aura and pulse have stabilized!" Although the guest elders didn't know how to neutralize poison, they could still identify basic symptoms.
"Young Master, please tell us what we need to do next," Ye Linghan said after taking a deep breath, apology faintly showing on her face.
Only now did she feel fortunate that she hadn't killed Liu Wuxie in the rear courtyard. If she had done so, then who would've saved her father? The more she thought about it, the more lingering fear rose within her.
"I need a quiet alchemy chamber to refine the pill," Liu Wuxie said. Ordinary Detoxification Pills couldn't neutralize the Nine-Tailed Heptabane Serpent's poison. Only one specific kind of Detoxification Pill could remove it completely, and no cultivator in Fourfold City could refine that pill.
"Young Master, please follow me," Ye Linghan said. Her attitude had changed drastically as she gestured for Liu Wuxie to go with her.
"You all stay here. It'll be fine," Liu Wuxie said to Chen An and the others.
Chen An nodded, signaling that Liu Wuxie didn't need to worry about them.
Liu Wuxie followed Ye Linghan out of the main hall. Ye Linghan moved quickly because she feared her father's condition could worsen at any moment.
Liu Wuxie had to use his movement technique to keep up, but a considerable distance remained between them.
After passing through several corridors, they entered the mansion's inner courtyard. This place was the city lord's private territory, and no one could step inside without his approval.
The inner courtyard differed greatly from the rear courtyard. The rear courtyard served as a place for entertainment and official matters, while the inner courtyard was where the city lord lived. Naturally, its security was far stricter.
As soon as Liu Wuxie approached, several powerful divine senses swept over him. But with Ye Linghan leading the way, those divine senses soon withdrew.
"This is our City Lord Mansion's alchemy chamber," Ye Linghan said, stopping before a sealed room. When she opened the door, a dusty, musky smell drifted out.
Clearly, no one had used this alchemy chamber for a long time.
"Prepare two sets of the medicinal ingredients written here," Liu Wuxie said, picking up a brush and paper to write down the formula before handing it to Ye Linghan. Meanwhile, he had to familiarize himself with the alchemy chamber.
