"Don't force yourself. Today is only the first time. The pain will only get worse each day. If you really can't bear it, it's better to bite on a handkerchief." Yan Qingshan spoke gently, which was rare for him.
The man named Huai San remained unmoved: "It's alright, thank you, thank you, Master Yan, please... please continue."
It's hard to persuade a stubborn person. Yan Qingshan felt he had said everything he needed to say, and if they didn't listen, that was their business.
“Uh…” Chu Huaixu’s body tensed up, his neck stretched back into a tight line, his face as pale as paper.
"If it hurts, bite my hand, don't bite yourself." Xiang Qing saw this and wished she could take his place, so she put her own hand to Huai Xu's mouth.
The latter shook her head again, then smiled at the man, "I'm fine..."
The man didn't believe him at all, his voice even hoarser than usual: "Don't hold back, bite me..."
Chu Huaixu turned his face away, enduring the pain.
A silver needle fell, and his white shirt was soaked with cold sweat. His lips were bitten raw again and again in the pain.
The hand reached out again, this time with a firm attitude, not asking for Chu Huaixu's consent. Caught off guard, Chu Huaixu accidentally bit it: "Uh..."
It should have been very painful, but the man laughed instead, squatting down beside Chu Huaixu and speaking in a gentle tone that was completely opposite to his hoarse voice:
"It's okay, just bite me, don't hold back... it'll stop hurting soon..."
He only regretted that he couldn't suffer in his place. If he could alleviate the other person's pain, he would be willing to pay any price.
But he was helpless and could only watch.
"Ugh!" Almost the next second, Chu Huaixu tensed up, his teeth digging deeply into Xiang Qing's palm, blood slowly trickling down his chin.
That was Xiang Qing's blood.
There was also Chu Huaixu's blood.
The two people's blood were mixed together, making it impossible to tell whose was whose.
Xiang Qing, disregarding his own feelings, felt a sudden tightness in his heart and instinctively gripped their hands even tighter: "Young Master!"
The person on the bed remained unresponsive. Xiang Qing grew even more anxious, and upon closer inspection, realized that the person on the bed had fainted at some point.
"Young Master!" Xiang Qing cried out in alarm, her arms trembling as she pulled the man into her arms, her heart filled with anxiety. "Young Master, Young Master... Mr. Yan, what's wrong with my young master?"
Yan Qingshan inserted the last silver needle into Chu Huaixu's body: "It's nothing serious, he just fainted from the pain."
Xiang Qing: "..."
This is nothing serious?
He was heartbroken and didn't know what to do. He took the clean handkerchief that Shi Luoxuan handed him and gently wiped away the bloodstains from the corner of Chu Huaixu's lips, clenching his teeth tightly.
Yan Qingshan glanced at him, then shielded his junior brother behind him:
“I said he’s fine, so he’s fine. I’m warning you, you’d better not go crazy. If it’s not for us, your young master really won’t survive.”
Xiang Qing's eyes were pitch black, like thick, unyielding ink, and the chilling aura emanating from them sent shivers down one's spine. Yan Qingshan, on guard, took a few steps back.
This person is terrifying, more terrifying than any of the poisonous creatures he has ever kept.
But soon, Xiang Qing closed his eyes, forcefully suppressing the deep killing intent in them. He looked up at Yan Qingshan and solemnly said:
"You two need not worry. I offended you before, but it was out of necessity. I am grateful for your kindness this time, and I will remember it and repay you in the future."
"Don't be like that..." Seeing that he had calmed down, Yan Qingshan started to use his verbal skills again, "Judging from the way you two look, you must have offended some powerful enemy, which is why you've gotten yourselves into this state."
"I can't accept such a generous reward. I just hope to heal him as soon as possible so that you two plague gods can be sent away. As long as you don't implicate me and my junior brother, I'll be thankful," he said.
Xiang Qing lowered her eyes, a fleeting emotion passing through them.
Unfortunately, Yan Qingshan didn't notice and continued, "But I still maintain that reconnecting tendons and meridians is not so easy. Judging from this young master's physical condition, he must have suffered inhuman torture before, and his condition is already not optimistic. I just cleared a part of his meridians, and he is already in so much pain. It will only get more and more painful in the future."
"Connecting meridians is a delicate task. If there is a problem in even one place, all the work will be in vain. Don't go crazy then."
Xiang Qing gritted her teeth: "How many more times?"
"It's hard to say, it depends on his own situation, but I can tell you that this is by no means something that can be done overnight, and it is almost impossible to return to the way things were before."
Xiang Qing had been prepared for this, but hearing Yan Qingshan say it still caused her unbearable heartache.
He held the person tightly to his chest, buried his face in the other's neck, and the tears he dared not shed in front of Chu Huaixu finally burst forth uncontrollably.
"You...you two are really a couple?" Yan Qingshan couldn't help but ask.
Xiang Qing didn't look up, her voice deep and hoarse: "No, I... I'm not good enough for him."
...
As Yan Qingshan said, the treatment for Chu Huaixu lasted for half a month. During this process, Chu Huaixu had to endure excruciating pain almost every day, and then fainted again and again in such agony.
Xiang Qing watched from the side.
Sometimes he even thought, maybe we should just give up and stop the treatment. Regardless of whether Chu Huaixu can walk or not, he can take care of this person for the rest of his life.
But he knew this person too well and knew that the other person would not want to live like this for the rest of his life. If he had to rely on others for food and water, it would be more painful for him than killing Chu Huaixu.
Therefore, he could only silently stay by the other's side, extending a helping hand when Huai Xu needed him, and sharing his pain.
She would turn around and squat outside the thatched hut crying, and Shi Luoxuan had encountered her several times.
Unlike the sharp-tongued Yan Qingshan, this junior brother was kind-hearted and gentle. At first, fearing that Xiang Qing would be embarrassed, he pretended not to see it and silently walked away, leaving Xiang Qing to vent his anger alone.
Later, perhaps seeing how heartbroken he was, she brought a pot of wine, sat down beside him, and chatted with him.
“Master Xiang, I understand your feelings. Perhaps you have heard before that my senior brother and I were expelled from our sect. Our sect is dedicated to healing the sick and helping the needy. As long as people hear about the Medicine Sect, they will think that we are all compassionate and benevolent, but that is not the case.”
"Anyone who wants to leave the sect must endure the seven-day punishment. As the name suggests, it means serving as a medicine man for the other members of the sect for seven days. If they survive and don't die, they can leave. If they die, it's just bad luck."
“My senior brother didn’t want me to suffer, so he took the punishment for two people. At that time, he was tortured to the point of being neither human nor ghost. I am just like you now, only able to watch from the sidelines and unable to do anything.”
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