Chapter 549 Is there something you're hiding from me?
This little thing, who usually doesn't care about others and only acts cute and coquettish towards Ye Wanxi, is surprisingly timid this time.
As the hand drew closer, Little Jade Toad cried out in alarm, turned her back abruptly, and trembled as she leaned against Ye Wanxi's shoulder.
Everyone: "..."
Ye Wanxi was also somewhat surprised. She glanced at the little jade toad, then at her third senior brother whose hand was frozen in mid-air, and asked in confusion, "Why is it so afraid of you? Do you... have a grudge?"
"Pfft..." Before Ye Wanxi could finish speaking, Qi Yingxuan laughed out loud in a particularly unkind way, "It's not that they have a grudge, it's that the owner of this little thing has a grudge with the third brother."
Ye Wanxi blinked, her head full of question marks: "Third Senior Brother has a grudge against Senior Sister Qi Yao, how come I didn't know?"
Jun withdrew his hand subtly and smiled slightly, "Don't listen to his nonsense. It's not a big deal. We just occasionally get together to discuss our alchemy experiences. When we disagree, arguments are inevitable. Tuan Tuan is there most of the time, so he might have been scared."
Ye Wanxi looked at Jun Wuduan with suspicion. She couldn't imagine what it would be like if her third senior brother, who was known for his gentleness and had never been seen to lose his temper with anyone, argued with the hot-tempered senior sister Qi Yao.
For the little guy to be this scared, it must have been more than just a regular argument.
"Is that so?" Ye Wanxi's gaze darted back and forth between the little guy and Jun Wuduan. Unfortunately, neither of the two parties involved could speak, so she could only let the other person comment.
Jun Wuduan stared at the little jade toad with deep eyes for a while, then took the initiative to change the subject: "Let's not talk about that for now. Tell us what's going on here, how you got here, and how you ran into this little guy."
Although Ye Wanxi felt that Jun Wuduan's attitude towards the little guy was a bit strange, she still briefly recounted the whole story out of trust.
Jun Wuduan wasn't particularly interested in the melodramatic story of a young man's momentary folly and his long-distance pursuit of his wife. However, when he heard about the relationship between the people in this village and Qi Yao, he raised an eyebrow in slight surprise: "Qi Yao's descendants?"
The expressions of the Wu family members changed abruptly, instinctively sensing a chill and danger.
Grandpa Wu, who had long anticipated Ye Wanxi and her companion's identities, stared at them with a deathly pale face.
He felt that the common sense he had upheld for most of his life was crumbling, which gave him a considerable shock.
Xiao Jihui, hiding behind the group, was equally shocked and surprised by their conversation.
What puzzled him even more was that these people didn't seem to have any intention of hiding their identities, or rather, they didn't take the people present seriously at all.
“Not blood relatives.” Ye Wanxi couldn’t explain herself either, but seeing her third senior brother raise an eyebrow, she unconsciously began to explain, “The ancestors of this village were just disciples of Senior Sister Qi Yao, and it took many generations to develop into its current size. To be precise…”
Ye Wanxi leaned close to her third senior brother and whispered, "Senior Sister Qi Yao is their ancestor. When we arrived, her memorial tablet was still enshrined in their ancestral hall. If this little guy hadn't sensed our presence, run out on his own, and accidentally collapsed their ancestral hall, we wouldn't have initially thought they would be involved with Senior Sister Qi Yao."
"Okay, I understand."
Ye Wanxi glanced at Jun Wuduan strangely. Although her third senior brother's smile had remained unchanged from beginning to end, she had just vaguely sensed a slight danger.
Although the feeling was fleeting and disappeared very quickly, Ye Wanxi did not think that her sixth sense would be wrong.
Before she could figure it out, Feng Tianyu pulled her back to his side and got back to business: "I didn't call you here so you could come here to reminisce."
Ye Wanxi suddenly woke up and chimed in, "Yes, yes, Third Senior Brother, I called you here today to ask if you have..."
"Want to know how to develop methods to prevent infection and treat these patients?"
The people present were stunned for a moment, then immediately put aside their own thoughts and pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what insightful opinions Jun Wuduan had.
However, they were ultimately disappointed: "To be honest, I don't know as much about this virus as you do. So, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about the current situation."
Although it was expected, everyone was still somewhat disappointed to hear Jun say it so bluntly out of the blue.
Then, out of nowhere, Jun added, "But I roughly know where to find a breakthrough."
Everyone was taken aback again. Xiao Jihui frowned, his expression serious: "May I ask, Mr. Jun, what is the breakthrough you mentioned...?"
"As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle. Most of the vaccines currently on the market are made by inactivating and attenuating pathogenic microorganisms and then making them into immunizing agents for human use. But before that, it is often necessary to extract the virus strain as a research subject, and when making the agent, it is also necessary to consider and even simulate the various developments of viral mutations in advance."
"In short, we need to find the source of the virus first, then study it and conquer it. However, this virus is somewhat strange and came about in a mysterious way. But no matter how strange the virus is, it can't be as poisonous as that thing."
"That thing?" Everyone's curiosity was piqued again, and they all looked at Jun Wuduan with eager eyes.
However, Jun Wuduan did not respond immediately, but instead turned to look at Fengtianyu.
Ye Wanxi followed his gaze, turned her head to look at her senior brother in confusion, and asked strangely, "Why are you looking at him?"
Jun Wuduan smiled but remained silent. Ye Wanxi seemed to sense something, tugged at Xiang Fengtianyu's sleeve, and tentatively asked, "Senior Brother, is there something you're hiding from me?"
Feng Tianyu's eyes flickered, but he remained silent.
Wu Chi couldn't wait any longer: "What exactly is this thing that you're talking about, sir? If there really is a way to save the patients, please tell us as soon as possible. Right now, thirty or forty people in our village have fallen ill, and many of them are in critical condition. They really can't wait much longer."
“There is a way, it just depends on whether certain people are willing to cooperate.” Jun Wuduan glanced at the group meaningfully. “The thing I’m talking about should still be buried under the dragon vein, barring any unforeseen circumstances. If we can bring it here for research, there might still be a glimmer of hope.”
"Dragon Vein?" Everyone was taken aback, and Ye Wanxi exclaimed in surprise.
This was the second time she had heard anyone mention this place; the first time was because of her senior brother.
It was said that half of the eldest brother's magical power was pressed down there, but at that time she did not hear the eldest brother mention that there was anything else pressed down there.
Senior Brother, you really did hide some things from her!
(End of this chapter)
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