Chapter 1190: Chapter 1190: Bad News Keeps Coming
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One should see things through to the end?
That reason is too flimsy, and too forced.
It’s not as if we’re going to ignore that guy forever, how does that mean not seeing it through?
"You’ve also seen those guys from the ancient martial families, do you think they can help with Lin Tian’s illness?"
Zhao Qingtang shook her head.
"Ah, there you go. If you stay behind, I can be more at ease. Alright, just see me off here; I can make my way back myself."
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Zhao Xuefeng hurried his steps, as if afraid Zhao Qingtang would catch up. But after a while, not hearing any footsteps behind him, the old man sighed deeply: "A grown daughter can’t be kept at home. Just where did Lin Tian, that brat, attract so many admirers from? Even Qingtang... sigh~"
The old man thought, with Zhao Qingtang’s temperament, she’s not someone that Lin Tian, that kid, can handle. Just think, with so many love debts that Lin Tian, the kid, has, Qingtang definitely wouldn’t recklessly dive in.
Letting Qingtang go back doesn’t mean he acknowledges their relationship. If that were the case... Zhao Xuefeng would definitely break Lin Tian’s legs!
But isn’t there an old saying, ’it’s better to resolve than to block’?
Let this girl see firsthand what kind of person that brat is, and naturally, she’ll distance herself from him.
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The room cleared out of people, leaving only the Grand Elder Martial Sect behind.
"Master." Martial Sect respectfully called out. Even at this moment, he still felt uncomfortable calling such a young sprout "Master", but a master is a master and cannot be defied.
"Auntie, oh, I mean Xu Xianrong, how is she?" Lin Tian asked, still quite concerned about her, faintly remembering she spat blood before he passed out.
Previously, Bai Shishi and the others were focused entirely on him, so he really couldn’t bring himself to ask. After all, with a group of women worried about you, asking about another woman would be asking for trouble, wouldn’t it?
"That girl is now lying next door to you, in the same condition you were in before. Many of her meridians have been counterattacked by her own qi and blood. She just woke up yesterday... it’ll take several months for her to recover," replied the Grand Elder truthfully.
"What about other injuries?"
"There’s nothing else. If she were more severely injured, she might not have survived."
Lin Tian understood this all too well. The day he spat out so much blood, nearly bursting his heart, was truly a narrow escape from death.
And even now, his body still had injuries; it was an utter mess.
"The injuries that Xu Family girl’s suffered are okay, but that young celebrity’s condition isn’t too good, she’s still not awake," the Grand Elder said.
"Jiang Pan Die? What happened to her?"
Lin Tian’s brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again. That something had happened to Jiang Pan Die caught him by surprise. At the time, letting Miaoqiu go after her, regardless of how strong Wang Sicong’s men were, they were mere mortals, no match for her. Even with any aphrodisiacs, Miaoqiu should have been able to help resolve them.
What could have possibly happened?
The Grand Elder lightly sighed and said, "Originally, we thought she was just poisoned, so we brought her to Luoyan Dock and asked the Tang Family to detoxify her. But unexpectedly, it wasn’t poison at all; her body has venomous insects!"
"Venomous insects?!"
Lin Tian’s expression became peculiar. If it were poison, the Clear Wind Evil Qi Elixir would dispel it, but if it were venomous insects, he truly didn’t have a solution, as he’d never dealt with such a thing before.
Even the Tyrant Emperor’s Record rarely mentioned such things.
"What kind of venomous insects?" Lin Tian asked.
"It’s not clear how those insects entered that girl’s body, but from our observations over the past two days, those insects don’t need to be directed, as they will destroy the body’s meridians on their own, traveling through meridians towards the heart, with the final goal likely being to consume the heart," the Grand Elder explained.
"Could it be the same kind of venomous insects whose corpse powder I inhaled?" Lin Tian asked. If so, it would be terrible. He had first-hand experience with the troublesome nature of that corpse powder, and if they were living venomous insects, their difficulty would be unimaginable.
"Has the venomous insect already begun to erode the meridians?"
"Yes, it has begun, but its pace is very slow, not causing major issues in the short term. However, if it drags on... it’s hard to say..."
"Is there any solution? Letting it go on like this is not ideal." Lin Tian’s mood unwittingly turned anxious. Damn, this is too sinister. Without a doubt, it must be that old fox Kun Yun’s doing!
The Grand Elder shook his head, "Today’s world is different from before, with no constant battle cries, there’s no need for such underhanded tactics; the Tang Family’s poisons and the Xu Family’s Charm Techniques are already very difficult to handle. For something like venomous insects, it’s been a rare occurrence for the past two to three hundred years. But I have already sent people to the Miao Clan, hoping to find the Grass Ghost Lady from the Miao or Yi Clan."
"Can she be found?"
"It’s likely possible, but whether she can draw the venomous insects out of that girl’s body is hard to say. Moreover, the number of venomous insects in her body isn’t clear," the Grand Elder explained.
One piece of bad news followed another, making the situation increasingly dire, causing Lin Tian to become inexplicably irritated. If that old fox Kun Yun were in front of him now, Lin Tian could think of a hundred ways to torture him until death was preferable to life.
"By the way, where is that old fox Kun Yun?" Lin Tian asked, though holding little hope in his heart. If the old fox were around, there wouldn’t be so many issues.
Sure enough, the Grand Elder shook his head again, "He managed to escape, and the Wang siblings were taken by him as well. But the old fox is severely injured and will need some time to recover. I’ve already sent people to look for him. To not eliminate the root of the problem, one’s heart won’t rest easy."
"The people haven’t been found and contact has been lost, right?" Lin Tian asked.
The Grand Elder chuckled wryly, "No, the people have been found; Kun Yun went to the Wang Family’s ancestral home, yet the ones I sent had indeed lost contact. Unexpectedly, they’re likely dead."
Even if the outcome was expected, hearing Martial Sect say it aloud still leaves one feeling displeased.
"And what about Xu Dongxu? Didn’t that old fellow come to Luoyan Dock with you? He’s Kun Yun’s direct disciple, so he should know how to handle venomous insects, right?"
Hearing this, the Grand Elder’s smile turned more bitter, as if he had swallowed a snake gall, "Don’t mention that man, I am still searching for him. He stole quite a few books from several families and also took a lot of formulas from the Alliance. He escaped half a month ago, and we can’t find him, but I believe he might be in contact with Kun Yun."
"It’s not a big deal if he ran away; the root can’t run away," Lin Tian smiled.
"What do you mean?"
"Remember what happened at Xu Family Stream? Xu Nanhai’s fox-like eyes."
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