Dr. Sun picked up a piece of plaster from the side and heated it over the stove. The plaster softened when heated and emitted a strange fragrance.
With a "smack," he applied the plaster to Li Huai's wound.
"Hiss!" Li Huai gasped sharply, his eyes rolling back in pain.
"What's this? Dr. Sun?"
Although Li Huai is timid, to be honest, he's not someone who's afraid of pain.
Now that he was in so much pain, Luo Tianhe couldn't help but be curious.
What exactly is Dr. Sun using?
"Hehe, these are all good things: sulfur, musk, and disinfectant salt water."
Good heavens, this feels like rubbing salt into a wound. No wonder Li Huai is in so much pain.
I couldn't help but worry, would it hurt just as much when Dr. Sun treated me later?
After applying the medicine to Li Huai, Doctor Sun ignored him and turned to me:
"Come and sit down."
I felt a chill run down my spine, but I still obediently sat down.
Dr. Sun examined me for a while before speaking:
"Your complexion is ashen, your forehead is dark, and your eyes are unfocused. You've overused your third eye!"
"Dr. Sun, I know that the 'heavenly eye' shouldn't be overused, but the situation is just too critical."
I briefly recounted the series of events that took place in the botanical garden.
As Dr. Sun listened, he took my hand and felt my pulse.
His fingers were icy cold, but the pressure was just right. After a moment, he released his grip, then opened my eyelids, gesturing for me to stick out my tongue.
My face immediately turned bitter; there were still scabs on my tongue that hadn't fully healed.
Dr. Sun told me repeatedly not to use the blood from the tip of my tongue too often, but I didn't listen to him at all.
Good heavens!
I stuck out my tongue, and Dr. Sun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"No wonder you seem so weak! How many times have you bitten your tongue? Are you trying to bite your tongue to commit suicide?!"
Dr. Sun scolded me irritably, and I had no reply. After all, he was doing it for my own good, and that's just his temper.
"The Yin energy has invaded the body, stagnating in the Triple Burner, and the Heavenly Eye is overdrawn, depleting the body's vital energy." Doctor Sun diagnosed quickly, "Li Huai's injury is external, but your problem is internal."
As he spoke, he walked to the stove, poured out a small bowl of thick, dark medicine from the steaming earthenware pot, and handed it to me:
"Drink it, it's good for replenishing blood."
He had prepared the medicine beforehand, and it was obvious who it was for. I couldn't help but feel a little touched.
The medicine tasted bitter upon first sip, even with a spicy kick. I grimaced as I drank it, but after swallowing, a warm sensation immediately spread through my stomach.
At this moment, the black plaster on Li Huai's hand began to ooze more viscous liquid, which dripped down his arm and into a copper basin that Doctor Sun had prepared in advance, making a "hissing" sound.
I turned my head and saw that the dark purple color on his hand was disappearing at a visible speed, and the swelling was gradually subsiding.
Dr. Sun truly deserves his reputation as a miracle doctor; removing the corpse poison was surprisingly simple.
He walked over and peeled the plaster off Li Huai's hand.
Although the wound below is still red, it has returned to the normal color of flesh and blood, unlike before when it looked like rotten flesh that had been decaying for a long time.
"Alright, the corpse poison has been cleared. Change the dressing on time and don't get the wound wet. It will be fine in two days." Doctor Sun washed his hands and looked at Li Huai. "If you're so reckless again, don't come looking for me if your hand gets rotten."
Li Huai nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice.
"Thank you so much, Dr. Sun!" I said sincerely.
Dr. Sun waved his hand dismissively, sat back in his chair, and slowly took a sip of tea.
"By the way, tell me your whole experience from beginning to end in detail."
Dr. Sun suddenly spoke up.
I just picked out the key points and briefly mentioned our injuries, so to Dr. Sun, my story sounded disjointed.
I nodded and began to explain in detail how I had started investigating Zeng, the richest man in China.
After listening, Dr. Sun remained silent for a long time.
Suddenly, he looked at us and said:
"The botanical garden you mentioned reminds me of an old story, also about those strange plants, but it was back in my hometown."
Dr. Sun's words immediately caught my attention.
Although many people possess magical abilities, this kind of plant-related magical ability is rare.
Perhaps we can follow the clues from Dr. Sun's account and find out who's behind it all.
He put down his teacup, his tone becoming somewhat distant.
“My hometown is in a remote village in the southwestern mountains. Behind the village is an old forest that was rented to an outsider. That person was very strange; he spent all his time tinkering with flowers and plants. Later, that person died, and the courtyard was abandoned. The forest became a forbidden area in the village, and the old people wouldn't let the children go near it.”
Dead?
Hearing this, I was somewhat disappointed; it seemed I couldn't follow the clues to find anything.
And Dr. Sun continued his narration:
"It was probably when I was a teenager that strange things started happening in the village. First, every few days, a few chickens and ducks would go missing. At first, we didn't take it seriously, since there were plenty of weasels and other animals in the mountains."
But when we found the chickens and ducks later, we discovered something was wrong. All their flesh and blood had vanished, but there were no wounds on their bodies; their shriveled skin covered only bones, which looked particularly gruesome.
"And later, even large animals like cows and sheep began to disappear, and when they were found, they were also dried-up, skin and bones."
"The villagers were in a panic, and they even invited a feng shui master to come and see. The master said that something in the forest had become a spirit and was stealing blood food. Everyone organized several hunts, but they couldn't find the culprit. Instead, two young men got lost in the forest and went crazy when they came back. They talked nonsense all day long, saying that they saw vines with human faces eating chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep."
Dr. Sun's voice lowered.
"And then?" Li Huai asked somewhat anxiously.
"Later, things got even worse. Children started going missing in the village. The first one to go missing was a five-year-old boy. He was playing near the village in the evening when he disappeared in the blink of an eye. His family searched the neighborhood thoroughly but only found one of his shoes."
"A few days later, another seven-year-old girl went missing. This time it was even stranger. The girl disappeared while she was sleeping at home at night! Her parents were sleeping next door and didn't hear a sound. When they woke up in the morning, the girl's bed was neatly made, but she was gone. The windows were closed, and the door was untouched. They only found a few withered yellow leaves under the bed."
This caused an uproar throughout the village. Everyone had witnessed the tragic loss of the cattle and sheep, and the children's parents were constantly in tears.
Dr. Sun paused here, picked up his teacup, but his hand trembled slightly.
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