âItâs the juice of afterimage grass mixed with winter plum blossom.â Meng Qi retracted her hand.
Shen Zhengheng nodded. Although medical cultivation in the Southern Realm was declining, Shen Zhengheng was still the leader of Canglang Academy, a medical sect that had been exist for thousands of years. His medical knowledge was still top notch.
âThe poison that affects my disciple isnât hard to solve. What makes it tricky is the prohibition array on his body.â He said solemnly: âI heard that Xue Lingfeng of the Xue Clan also has the same condition. I wonder what treatment method did Xue Clan use?â
âThey are waiting for their Clan Head to arrive.â Meng Qi replied, âMiss Xue also has a similar array drawn on her back.
âOh?â Shen Zhengheng looked at Meng Qi, âYou said a similar array?â
Medical cultivators always had to be careful with their words, and Shen Zhengheng immediately noticed the meaning of Meng Qiâs words: âYoung Daoist Meng seems to be proficient in arrays.â
After Li Che got poisoned, Shen Zhengheng personally examined his disciple, and naturally had seen the array on Li Cheâs back. However, the study of arrays in Three Thousand Worlds had just begun to re-emerge in the past two hundred years, and still hadnât been widespread yet. Shen Zhengheng also didnât know much about arrays. Hearing Meng Qi used the word âsimilar,â he guessed that the other party probably was proficient in arrays.
Shen Zhengheng cupped his hands at Meng Qi: âPlease ask Young Daoist to enlighten me.â
He was being so polite to Meng Qi, half the reason was looking at Pei Mufengâs face. The other half was because as soon as Meng Qi entered the room, she found the array on Li Cheâs back, and even said something more, which rekindled Shen Zhenghengâs hope.
Li Che seemed to only see Meng Qi now. He was still a little groggy. When he turned his head and saw Meng Qi who was standing by the bedside, he frowned. âA-are youâŚLuâŚQingran?â
Li Che shook his head, trying to dispel the dizziness. His vision now was very hazy, and he could only see the figure of a slender girl in blue robe standing by, plus the faint medicinal fragrance from her direction.
His heartbeat hastened a bit. He subconsciously thought that the person who suddenly appeared in his room was the girl he met on the road that day.
âNo.â Meng Qi answered indifferently.
Sure enough, he knew Lu Qingran. Meng Qi sighed inwardly. Disappointment overwhelmed her heart.
âOh.â Li Che responded softly, seemingly very disappointed. Their voice was different, and this girlâs tone was very cold. The Lu Qingran he knew was a very gentle, kind, and compassionate girl.
âXiao Che.â Shen Zhengheng coughed briefly and quickly asked, âDo you remember what happened? How did you get poisoned?â
âYes!â Although Li Cheâs expression was still not quite right, but his mind was sobering. âThat day, this disciple stayed behind per order to watch over the people at the Lezhou City who were injured by a fierce beast. After three days, they all recovered, so this disciple departed for Xingluo City to join Master and the others.â
âMm.â Shen Zhengheng nodded slowly.
âWhen approaching Xingluo City, this disciple met two Qi Condensation cultivators who were hunting in a valley. They were injured by a monster beast and were unable to move. When this disciple treated them, this disciple was attacked from behind and passed out. â
Li Che paused for a while, his pale face suddenly flushed. âThis disciple didnât know how long I was in coma. Later, a young female medical cultivator rescued this disciple. She said that the person who attacked this disciple was retreating because their old injuries relapsed, so she told this disciple to take this chance to quickly run to Xingluo City to find Master, and never go out of city again.â
âOh?â Shen Zhengheng was stunned. âWho is that female medical cultivator?â
âShe is Lu Qingran whom the disciple mentioned just now.â Li Che shivered suddenly, his face paled. His whole body suddenly stiffened, his teeth clenched and clanked with a loud noise.
Shen Zhengheng quickly reached out and fed his disciple a pill. But Li Cheâs teeth were clenched tightly, and he couldnât open his mouth to swallow the pill. Li Cheâs eyes rolled inside. His consciousness clearly still awake, but he was completely unable to control his body.
Shen Zhengheng became anxious. He actually wanted to use a spell to forcibly make Li Che swallow the pill. However, he had tried before. As long as a cultivator with cultivation level of Golden Core or higher used any spell on Li Che, it would only aggreviate his symptomps.
Meng Qi sighed. No matter what, she couldnât let a medical cultivator who was attacked and poisoned when trying to save wounded people on the road to suffer like this. She gritted her teeth. âLet me do it.â Meng Qi stretched her hand, âI am in the Foundation Establishment.â
Shen Zhengheng was startled. Of course he knew that Meng Qiâs cultivation was still in the Foundation Establishment stage. But it was hard for him to ask for her help. After all, she wasnât Canglang Academyâs disciple, and she was also Pei Mufengâs friend.
Meng Qi activated a spell, dissolving the pill, and poured it into Li Cheâs mouth little by little.
After about half an incense stick of time, Li Che finally recovered and his body slowly calmed down.
âExcuse me, Sect Leader Shen.â Meng Qi turned her head at Shen Zhengheng and said calmly: âI have to charge you spirit stones for this.â
T/N:
Iâm currently editing previous chapters. The changes are:
Changing âmedical skills gradeâ into âmedical cultivation rankâChanging devil/demon grade into rankAnd a few more small changes, mainly in capital letter usage