After giving instructions to Zhao Qian, Yan Xiao gestured for Su Yuanyuan to help her senior brother into the treatment room inside.
Then, he gestured for Su Yuanyuan to help the person to the treatment bed and explained the current situation to Chu Heng:
"It's no exaggeration to say that your body is riddled with holes right now. I'm going to give you your first treatment now, but I call this treatment method physiotherapy."
This physical therapy is only to improve your physical condition, so that you have some energy to avoid dying immediately, and to be able to withstand the impact of detoxification a month later.
You will have physical therapy every other day from now on. I will have someone notify you of the time in advance.
Chu Heng knew his own body well. Apart from the divine medicine left by the old medicine master in Jiang Xinrui's hand, he didn't have much hope for other treatments, including Yan Xiao.
He had long been prepared to die, and his current cooperation was actually because he couldn't bear to disappoint his junior sister.
Hearing Yan Xiao's words, he simply nodded, then lay down with Su Yuanyuan's help and closed his eyes in cooperation.
Compared to his composure, Su Yuanyuan seemed much more nervous.
Yan Xiao glanced at her and gestured for her to go outside and wait.
But Su Yuanyuan was still worried about Chu Heng leaving her sight, and looked at Yan Xiao pitifully, asking:
"Can I not go out?"
Yan Xiao intended to use the other party for his own purposes, so winning people's hearts was naturally very necessary.
Only she knows her own situation. She knows perfectly well what level she is at and what she relies on to treat her illness.
It's one thing to fool laymen, but these two are experts; they can easily spot something amiss.
The one lying down is fine, since it's difficult for her to get up anyway, but Su Yuanyuan will see her soon, and it would be troublesome if she were to suddenly interrupt her.
Given Chu Heng's current physical condition, he could easily die. If this person were to die at my hands, my plans would be ruined.
Seeing that Yan Xiao had stopped staring at her after hearing her words, Su Yuanyuan asked nervously:
"What's wrong? Is it not allowed?"
Yan Xiao pondered for a moment and finally decided to let her see it. This was the manager of Yuanyi Hall whom she had appointed. Sooner or later, she would find out how unreasonable her treatment was.
This might pique her curiosity, since no one could possibly connect it to healing abilities no matter how hard they tried.
Thinking this through, Yan Xiao said directly:
"I'll give you two choices: either leave or lower your profile."
During my treatment, if you see anything you don't understand or that seems unreasonable, don't interrupt me. Otherwise, be prepared to collect your senior brother's corpse.
Su Yuanyuan was happy as long as she could stay, so she nodded without hesitation and quickly went to the side to wait at Yan Xiao's prompting.
Before long, she understood the meaning behind Yan Xiao's words.
Yan Xiao took out silver needles and started randomly stabbing her senior brother's head, making her eyelids twitch and her scalp tingle.
The reason she thought Yan Xiao was randomly pricking people was because she recognized all the acupoints, but had no idea why they were being pricked together.
Moreover, Yan Xiao mostly pricked places that were neither painful nor itchy, and some of the pricks were not even on acupoints, at least she didn't recognize what those acupoints were.
If Yan Xiao hadn't told her beforehand not to interrupt her, or else she'd be collecting Chu Heng's corpse, she probably would have already stepped forward to stop her.
Even so, she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, feeling extremely tormented.
Just as she was about to call for a halt, she suddenly noticed that Chu Heng's brows seemed to relax and his breathing sounded more even.
This discovery stunned her. Worried that it was just her imagination, she took a small, careful step forward and concluded that it was true.
Upon reaching this conclusion, her gaze towards Yan Xiao immediately changed, her mind went blank, and she even began to doubt what she had learned in Medicine King Valley over the years.
Chu Heng, who was directly experiencing the changes in his own body, was even more surprised than Su Yuanyuan at this moment.
When Yan Xiao first started inserting acupuncture needles, he didn't feel anything. But as Yan Xiao's needles fell one by one, he slowly felt a strange energy spreading from his head to his whole body.
Immediately afterwards, my breathing became much easier, my body felt much lighter, and the feeling of being pressed down and unable to breathe disappeared considerably.
He could clearly feel the location where Yanxiao was being pricked with needles, and it was precisely because he could feel it so clearly that he began to question the meaning of life.
The only explanation he could offer was that Yanxiao's medical philosophy was completely different from theirs.
But how could this general's wife, at her age, possibly have independently pioneered a medical concept?
Could he be a descendant of some reclusive master?
Chu Heng thought about it more and more deeply, but before long, he drifted off to sleep.
When he woke up again, he found himself lying in a guest room, with Su Yuanyuan looking at him with a worried expression beside him.
When Su Yuanyuan saw that Chu Heng had woken up, her face immediately lit up with joy:
"Senior brother, how are you feeling? Are you feeling any better? Is there anything wrong with your body? Do you have a headache? Is your chest tight...?"
Hearing Su Yuanyuan's barrage of questions, a hint of helplessness appeared in Chu Heng's eyes.
He raised his hand and gently patted Su Yuanyuan's arm, interrupting her softly:
"Yuanyuan, are you asking me to answer, or are you not asking me to answer?"
Upon hearing this, Su Yuanyuan blushed, realizing that she had been too nervous and worried, and hadn't given Chu Heng a chance to speak at all.
She quickly shut her mouth, waiting expectantly for Chu Heng's reply, only to see Chu Heng seem to want to get out of bed.
Startled, she rushed forward to help him, but Chu Heng refused. Then, under Su Yuanyuan's surprised gaze, he walked a few steps alone.
Although I started to pant after only a few steps, it was much better than before.
"Senior brother!" Su Yuanyuan was excited, her eyes even a little red. At this moment, she could finally be sure that this general's wife was really capable, and that her senior brother was really saved.
"Um."
Chu Heng hummed in agreement, sighed softly, and chuckled:
"It seems I'm not destined to die. Luckily, I listened to Yuanyuan's words. This general's wife is no ordinary person!"
Su Yuanyuan didn't care who Yan Xiao was; as long as he could save Chu Heng, he was a good person.
Just as she was thinking this, she heard Chu Heng say:
“This general’s wife seems quite interested in you. I can sense that she means no harm. Junior sister, this may be your chance.”
"What do you mean by this, Senior Brother?" Su Yuanyuan knew her senior brother well and knew that he wouldn't say something meaningless; these words clearly had another meaning.
Chu Heng hesitated for a moment before replying:
“Junior sister, Medicine King Valley is no longer the Medicine King Valley it once was. Jiang Xinrui, as the valley master, left the valley because there were people in the valley who did not submit to her. Now she does not return to the valley and completely ignores the affairs of the valley.”
The fellow disciples in the valley each had their own thoughts and desires; their hearts were no longer united. More and more were leaving the mountain to make a living, and it seemed that Medicine King Valley was about to exist in name only.
Chu Heng paused slightly here, then looked at Su Yuanyuan seriously and said:
"My obsession with poisons is contrary to the principles of Medicine King Valley. If I don't die, I probably won't go back."
In these chaotic times, I also yearn to make a difference. And if you could gain the favor of this general's wife and stay here, I would feel much more at ease.
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