Chapter 72 Resurrection He leaned close to her ear and whispered three words, “…”

Hearing her incredulous tone, the queen seemed somewhat puzzled, "He's just one of my husbands, why are you so surprised?"

Su Panyue looked even more shocked. "You, how many husbands do you have?"

The Queen tilted her head and pondered for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "There should be more than twenty."

Seeing Su Panyue's still incredulous expression, she continued to explain, "I don't actually have that many. My sister had more than fifty in total, but some of the less desirable ones were given away."

Upon hearing this, Su Panyue remained silent for a long time before she could process the information.

She slowly exhaled and got to the point: "This is my husband, he can't be your, uh, my husband."

The Queen raised an eyebrow. "How can you prove he's yours?"

Su Panyue said, "Just ask him when he wakes up."

“That’s easy. Just loosen his belt and he’ll wake up immediately.” The Queen said, reaching out to touch him.

Su Panyue stood protectively beside Xie Lanzhou like a mother hen guarding her chicks, looking up at the queen who was a head taller than her.

He argued logically, "There's a doctor I brought outside; let him come in and take a look."

The Queen laughed. "You mean that one-eyed old man? How can a man be a doctor, especially a one-eyed old man?"

Su Panyue was silent for a moment before saying, "His medical skills are very high, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get in through all that miasma and snakes outside."

The Queen nodded with some skepticism and let the person in.

Uncle Gui snorted defiantly, about to say something, but Su Panyue quickly grabbed him and gently shook her head.

“You come and take my husband’s place on behalf of His Majesty.”

Gui Bo glanced at Xie Lanzhou lying on the stone bed, but ultimately said nothing and took his pulse.

"It's nothing serious. He was given a muscle relaxant, lost his fighting ability, and struggled for too long, so he fainted from exhaustion."

Upon hearing that he had been given muscle relaxant, Su Panyue immediately looked at the Queen, who was standing to the side with her hands behind her back, with displeasure.

The latter shrugged indifferently, "There's nothing I can do. He doesn't want to be with me. Even after I've taken the drugs, he won't let me get close."

"If this face weren't still passable, any man who dared to reject me like this would have been fed to the wolves long ago."

Su Panyue ignored her astonishing remarks and turned to ask Uncle Gui, "Is there any way to wake him up?"

Gui Bo stroked his beard and said, "Of course. A divine doctor like me can bring the dead back to life, let alone someone who has just fainted."

Before Su Panyue could reply, the queen suddenly spoke up: "You can resurrect the dead?"

Gui Bo glanced sideways. "Of course I can."

Su Panyue reached out to stop him from continuing his nonsense, but the Queen's anxious voice beat her to it.

"Miracle doctor, please help me revive someone."

Hearing her humble tone, Su Panyue sighed inwardly, thinking that she was indeed flexible and adaptable.

Instead, the old man put on airs, saying, "Do you think resurrecting someone is so easy? First of all, the deceased's body must be intact."

“Yes, they are intact and have been kept in the ice cave,” the Queen replied eagerly.

“I haven’t finished yet! The most important thing is that someone has to be willing to share his lifespan,” Ghost Uncle continued.

What does "equal division" mean?

"It's very simple. It's just a matter of splitting your lifespan in half with him. It's commonly known as exchanging lives."

The Queen answered without hesitation, "If she can be resurrected, I will! Please, divine healer, help me."

"You were just calling me an old man, and now you're calling me a miracle doctor. You think I should help you? My brother is still lying unconscious!" Uncle Gui said discontentedly.

The Queen said, "I was wrong before. I thought men couldn't accomplish anything great. Please don't be angry. I'll send someone to wake him up right away."

Uncle Gui's tone was not very happy, "You don't need to send anyone, just give me back my old man's medicine box!"

The Queen waved her hand, and soon someone brought over the medicine box.

Gui Bo took out several silver needles and stuck them into Xie Lanzhou's acupoints. Then he took out a dark pill and stuffed it into his mouth.

Su Panyue quickly fed him some water.

After waiting for less than fifteen minutes, Xie Lanzhou slowly woke up. The first thing he saw after opening his eyes was Su Panyue, and he reached out and hugged her.

Su Panyue hugged him tightly, her voice trembling with tears as she whispered in his ear, "You scared me to death!"

"It's my fault. I shouldn't have worried you. Are you feeling better?" Xie Lanzhou looked her over carefully.

Su Panyue nodded, "I'm completely healed."

Xie Lanzhou breathed a sigh of relief and then explained, "I was trying to pick the Blood Coagulation Flower when I slipped and fell, ending up in this woman's hands!"

As he spoke, he glanced coldly at the Queen standing to the side, then suddenly lunged forward and grabbed the Queen by the neck before anyone could react.

"What are you doing?" Su Panyue asked hurriedly.

"She was about to force herself on me, so I sent her downstairs first." Xie Lanzhou's tone was deep and ghostly.

But the woman whose neck he was gripping remained expressionless and said, "I admit you're very skilled, but don't forget the man who fell down while looking for you."

Su Panyue immediately realized that she was referring to Seventeen, and frowned nervously.

Xie Lanzhou remained unmoved, continuing to tighten his grip on his fingers. "Where is he? Have him released!"

Because her throat was being squeezed, the Queen's voice was somewhat distorted, but she still spoke clearly, "If I die, do you think you can walk out alive? Even if you kill all my soldiers, you will never be able to defeat the wolf pack I have trained."

"At that time, those hungry wolves will tear you, and you, their mistress, apart piece by piece and devour you!"

She spoke slowly and in a hoarse voice, which sent chills down Su Panyue's spine.

After a brief standoff, Xie Lanzhou finally let go.

"Give me back the Blood Coagulation Flower," he said coldly.

The queen's eyes darted around. "Let this divine physician revive one person for me, and I will return the Blood Coagulation Flower to you."

Xie Lanzhou frowned and looked at Gui Bo.

Gui Bo said speechlessly, "Do you think it's so easy to bring people back to life? Take me to see who you're trying to resurrect first."

"Alright, come with me." The queen said, leading the group into a stone chamber.

Upon entering, Su Panyue immediately wrapped her cloak tighter around herself. It was incredibly cold inside, with ice blocks piled up in every corner, presumably brought in from outside.

In the middle of the stone chamber was an ice coffin containing a middle-aged woman who bore a striking resemblance to the queen.

"This is my mother. She's the one who brought us here to settle down. I want her back to life, I'd pay any price!" the Queen said, somewhat emotionally.

After hearing her words, Uncle Gui seemed a little excited. "Yes, yes, I saw a method in medical books a long time ago. It said that blood relatives could exchange blood through a mother-child Gu, which could bring the dead back to life, but it would greatly shorten the lifespan of the living. I never thought I would have the opportunity to try this method. How wonderful!"

The Queen was overjoyed, "Excellent! Where can we find these mother-child Gu worms?"

Uncle Gui chuckled and looked at Xie Lanzhou and Su Panyue.

Su Panyue frowned with some worry, "Uncle Gui, you've never used this method before. What if it doesn't work if you try it so rashly?"

“If it doesn’t work, both of you will die. It’s up to you whether you’re willing to give it a try.” Gui Bo said, looking at the queen kneeling in front of the ice coffin.

After a long silence, the latter finally nodded, "As long as Mother can be resurrected!"

Gui Bo rubbed his hands together. "Then hurry up and bring out the Blood Coagulation Flower. I can't wait!"

The Queen ordered someone to bring over the Blood Coagulation Flower and sent people to guard the door, forbidding anyone from approaching. Then she sat down with the others.

Gui Bo first needs to use the Blood Coagulation Flower to lure out the Earth Gu worms from Xie Lanzhou and Su Panyue's bodies.

He crushed the blood-coagulating flower into juice, then used a small knife to cut the two men's fingers, dripping their blood into a bowl containing the flower juice, and then the two men soaked their fingers in it.

"Alright, now we just have to wait for the Gu worms to crawl out on their own."

Su Panyue stared nervously at her fingers in the bowl, her focused expression allowing her to hear Xie Lanzhou's inner thoughts beside her:

Even if the curse is lifted, I will live and die with you.

Su Panyue was a little distracted. She turned her head slightly to meet his gaze, which went straight into the man's unfathomable eyes.

Then, Gui Bo's words, "They're out!" drew my attention back.

In the brief moment she was distracted, two more worms appeared in the bowl without her noticing.

"Put your hand back." Uncle Gui picked up the bowl carefully, said casually to the two of them, and then went to the side to examine the Gu worm in the bowl.

Su Panyue looked at the tiny wound on her hand, but felt nothing else.

She turned to Xie Lanzhou and asked, "Have you ever hidden anything from me?"

Xie Lanzhou was wiping her hands when he heard this, and simply replied, "No."

Su Panyue waited quietly for a moment, but nothing came, so she sighed, "It seems I really can't hear you."

Xie Lanzhou, who had just wiped her hands clean, looked up and said, "If you want to know what I'm thinking, I'll just tell you directly."

Su Panyue asked curiously, "So what are you thinking about right now?"

Xie Lanzhou leaned close to her ear and whispered three words, "I want to sleep with you."

"You! How could you do this!" Su Panyue stared at him with wide eyes, a blush creeping onto her cheeks.

Xie Lanzhou smiled and said, "I know what you're thinking."

"Then tell me, what am I thinking?" Su Panyue asked.

"You're thinking of fulfilling my request tonight," Xie Lanzhou said firmly.

Su Panyue quickly retorted in a low voice, "You're talking nonsense! I didn't!"

While the two were still bickering, the Ghost Uncle had already explained all the risks to the Queen, and she accepted them all, and had already voluntarily lay down in the ice coffin.

Su Panyue stood up and stood aside, looking at the people inside with some worry, her lips unconsciously pursing.

"I'm going to begin," Gui Bo said, then picked up a small, sharp tool and began drawing on the Queen's arm.

The moment he brought down the knife, Xie Lanzhou covered Su Panyue's eyes.

"What are you doing?" Su Panyue frowned.

"Stop looking, have you forgotten you're afraid of blood?" Xie Lanzhou said, pulling her into his arms.

Su Panyue pouted. She couldn't see, but she could hear. She heard the sound of water.

Then came Uncle Gui's voice, "Okay, it's in."

"I'm now introducing your blood into her body. It will hurt a little, but you'll have to bear it."

The Queen let out a muffled groan, seemingly enduring excruciating pain.

Sensing the familiar scent emanating from the man, Su Panyue listened intently as Xie Lanzhou gently stroked her back, and the stone chamber fell silent for a moment.

Su Panyue held her breath and waited for a long time before she heard Gui Bo's excited voice: "It's done!"

"Haha, it's done!"

She couldn't help but turn her head away from Xie Lanzhou's embrace to look. Inside the ice coffin, the Queen was pale and on the verge of death, completely different from before. But her mother, lying beside her, had indeed regained some color.

Uncle Gui quickly wrote down several prescriptions, saying, "Now you need to take some tonics, lest you not be able to withstand it."

Then she looked up at Xie Lanzhou and said, "You need to replenish your energy too. You're a bit weak. It's best if you don't take any more medicine these next few days."

Xie Lanzhou took the prescription from his hand with a gloomy expression, without saying a word.

Only Su Panyue, unaware of the situation, asked, "Don't want what?"

Xie Lanzhou tightened his arms around her waist. "It's nothing, don't listen to him, let's go."

"Where are we going? I want to watch for a while longer." Su Panyue was still looking at the two people in the ice coffin, wondering if they could really be brought back to life.

However, Xie Lanzhou didn't care about this at all; he was already merciful for not killing the queen while she was weak.

He took Su Panyue's arm and walked out, but she kept turning back, so he simply picked her up and carried her out.

"What are you doing? Put me down!" Su Panyue kicked her legs in protest.

Xie Lanzhou said as they walked, "It's too cold inside. You've just recovered from your illness, so you can't stay here for too long."

Su Panyue pouted and asked, "Okay, then where are we going?"

Xie Lanzhou smiled and said, "I'll go warm you up."

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Author's Note: Zhou: How dare you! How dare you say I'm weak?! [Crying]