Xiao Chensheng opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
He had been hoping day and night to cure her, but now that she was standing alive and well before him, he felt no joy whatsoever.
No, that's not it.
Just as Su Wanyan said, he knew clearly that the woman in front of him had no chance of survival. How could she possibly come back to life?
How could I possibly say these things to him so casually?
So when she stood in front of him, even he himself couldn't believe it.
That's why he knew that this wasn't reality; it was... an illusion.
Su Wanyan?
"Why aren't you saying anything?" The woman touched her face and gave a bitter smile. "Have you been away for so long that the little boy doesn't recognize me anymore?"
Xiao Chensheng felt a tightness in his chest, and after a long while, he managed to utter three words with difficulty: "Only Sister Wei..."
The woman's surname was Yao, and her full name was Yao Tianwei.
When Yao Tianwei died, Xiao Chensheng was only about ten years old.
Yao Tianwei took Xiao Chensheng's hand, his eyes filled with heartache: "It seems that my little brother has not had a good life these past few years. He doesn't speak as fluently as before."
“I’m doing… well…” Xiao Chensheng didn’t know what to do.
The cold touch seemed to be a reminder that the person in front of him was still dead.
Illusion can make people see what they want to see. If the practitioner knows the techniques, they can also control the illusion and kill people invisibly.
Su Wanyan had exchanged medical knowledge with him. Since he could apply what he had learned to other medical situations and use it for his own benefit, Su Wanyan could certainly do the same.
Therefore, he guessed that the illusion was undoubtedly cast by Su Wanyan, but...
When did this happen?
Su Wanyan has no internal energy, so how did she manage to drug him?
Upon careful reflection, he realized that he had never touched Su Wanyan.
Xiao Chensheng frowned, completely baffled.
He was also very fortunate that Su Wanyan did not know any martial arts techniques, otherwise it would not have been difficult for her to kill him in the illusion.
"Little brother Chensheng." Thinking it over, Yao Tianwei blinked his big eyes: "You look terrible. Did you do something against your will?"
Xiao Chensheng's furrowed brows twitched slightly. Was it something against his will?
Xiao Chensheng didn't know what to say, a pang of pain rising in his heart: "No."
Since Xiao Chensheng was old enough to understand, he had lived with Yao Tianwei. Yao Tianwei was a young lady born into a large family, but because she was born to a concubine, her family paid little attention to her.
Yao Tianwei had told him that they were not biological siblings, but rather that she had picked them up from the street.
Of course, Yao Tianwei didn't only take in his younger brother, but he was the one who stayed with her the longest.
These are all... old stories.
Xiao Chensheng vaguely remembered that Yao Tianwei had always been in good health, but he didn't know when it started, he gradually spent more and more time lying in bed, until he could hardly even get out of bed and walk.
Seeing that her condition was getting worse, Xiao Chensheng was unwilling to give up and went to the city to find doctors for her.
Even though Yao Tianwei had given up, and Yao Tianwei's family had given up, Xiao Chensheng did not want to give up.
From the day Yao Tianwei was abandoned, he searched for medical books and studied them on his own, thus prolonging Yao Tianwei's death by two years.
Later, he met his master, who was the previous Valley Master of Baiyou Valley.
Seeing his unique talent, the Valley Master of Baiyou Valley wanted to take him as his disciple. Xiao Chensheng readily agreed, on the condition that he could cure Yao Tianwei.
However, his master said that Yao Tianwei's fate was already sealed and there was no way to reverse it.
Xiao Chensheng didn't believe that he couldn't cure Yao Tianwei, so he refused to become a disciple of Baiyou Valley.
Seeing his condition, his master devised a plan to seal Yao Tianwei's heart meridians and use elixirs to maintain her breath.
He told Xiao Chensheng that he would learn medical skills in the future and be able to cure Yao Tianwei's illness himself.
Reality is always crueler than imagination.
The more skilled Xiao Chensheng became in medicine, the clearer he became that Yao Tianwei's illness was incurable. Just as his master had said, her life was already over.
The purpose of entering Baiyou Valley was to cure Yao Tianwei, but now he was told that it was useless. How could Xiao Chensheng accept this?
Therefore, Xiao Chensheng went further and further astray on the path of medicine, and began to conduct a large number of experiments, using living and dead people as examples, opening up their abdomens, grafting limbs, and replacing organs.
Later, because he offended too many people and was hunted down to the brink of death, he began to tamper with his own body. Despite the fact that so many people had failed to survive the experiments, he succeeded.
As if he had seen a glimmer of hope, Xiao Chensheng became even more reckless and unscrupulous, disregarding his own safety.
For this reason, many disciples of Baiyou Valley have many opinions about him. Even though he is now the Valley Master of Baiyou Valley, the people of Baiyou Valley are not entirely obedient to him.
After Xiao Chensheng's replacement technique became relatively mature, he used it on other patients. Even though they would have a series of aftereffects, in general, the people survived.
As long as the person survives, Xiao Chensheng will be able to treat all subsequent illnesses effectively.
Therefore, Xiao Chensheng couldn't wait to treat Yao Tianwei.
However... no matter how much he struggled, Yao Tianwei's vital signs remained unchanged, with only a faint trace of breath.
The organs that were replaced for her did not pulsate as he had expected; they were like stagnant water, without any sign of movement.
He panicked in that instant. He dared not move any further, only hoping that her last breath would not disappear.
But things didn't go as he wished.
Yao Tianwei, who had been well taken care of by the elixirs, began to rot not long after Xiao Chensheng's surgery.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Chensheng hurriedly built this cave to seal Yao Tianwei's body with cold air.
After that, Xiao Chensheng became almost obsessed with the increasingly distorted medical techniques. Every now and then, he would come to this cave, and each time he came, he would find fresh organs to replace Yao Tianwei's organs.
Two years ago, Yu Nanqing invited him to the capital and learned that his leg had been healed. His original purpose was to visit Su Wanyan, who had cured his leg.
He had seen Yu Nanqing's injuries before. In addition to paralysis of his legs, his internal organs and pulse were in disarray, and his condition was deteriorating rapidly. He lay on the carriage like a dead man. At that moment, he remembered his master's words: his life was over.
At the time, he felt that Yu Nanqing had no chance of survival, so he was extremely shocked when he learned that Yu Nanqing had sent an invitation to Baiyou Valley.
He never expected that Yu Nanqing was still alive.
If someone can cure Yu Nanqing, perhaps... they can also cure Sister Wei.
That's why he always wanted Su Wanyan to be his disciple; he always wanted Su Wanyan's medical skills.
I never expected... I never expected...
He learned the medical skills, but they were still completely useless...
Perhaps he didn't learn it well enough?
Perhaps, if Su Wanyan herself came, she might have a solution?
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