"How could a cultivator like you suffer such a serious injury?" Li Mai asked Zhong Hui in disbelief.
More than a month has passed, and his wounds still haven't healed?
"The other party's target was His Highness the Crown Prince. He did this to protect His Highness. After the Crown Prince was stabbed, he took all the remaining damage himself."
“They were ambushed by thirty experts from the Chen Kingdom. Among them were poison masters. If he hadn’t been poisoned, he wouldn’t have suffered such serious injuries,” Yun Chang explained for Zhong Hui.
Zhong Hui lowered his head with a guilty expression, not daring to meet his master's gaze.
He has disgraced his master.
"Has the poison been neutralized?" Li Mai asked in a deep voice.
"The army doctor said it's cured, but it's very strange that his wound won't heal." Yun Chang frowned.
Just then, Chu Yan heard that her master had arrived and rushed over. She heard Li Mai and Yun Chang talking and stood silently to the side.
Every time he saw Zhong Hui's injury, he felt distressed. If it couldn't be healed, what would happen to his senior brother in the future?
"Didn't Phoenix intervene at that time?" he asked Zhong Hui in a low voice.
Zhong Hui shook her head. "He couldn't show up in that situation. He said he could save me."
Li Mai understood; Old Phoenix was letting Zhong Hui experience it himself!
To become a strong person, one must undergo the trials and tribulations of life.
Li Mai sat down and first took Zhong Hui's pulse. There were indeed no signs of poisoning, but the wound was not healing, which meant that the poison had not been neutralized.
"What about the antidote pills I gave you? Have you used them all?" Li Mai asked Zhong Hui.
"Yes, some were given to the Crown Prince, and I took two myself. The military doctor said it was an antidote!" Zhong Hui said in a low voice.
"Brother, you go and make preparations for the Crown Prince first. I'll treat him in a bit. Have the military doctor prepare the anesthetic powder. It will be administered twice, one hour each day, once today and once the day after tomorrow." Li Mai instructed Yun Chang to go and make preparations. She planned to study Zhong Hui's condition first.
Yun Chang nodded, told Chu Yan to look after things here, and went out to make arrangements.
Li Mai took out a silver needle and first tested it on Zhong Hui for poison. The silver needle did not change color, indicating that it was not poisonous.
But she felt it was poisonous. The wound kept festering and wouldn't scab over, which meant there was a problem. But Zhong Hui hadn't died, which meant the poison's power wasn't to kill, but to destroy the skin's surface.
Considering the Crown Prince's identity, Li Mai felt as if she had guessed who was behind the attack on him.
But why can't the silver needle detect poison, and why can't pulse diagnosis reveal any problems?
No, the information in her mind indicated that silver needles could only detect toxins from minerals, such as arsenic.
Arsenic trioxide, also known as arsenic trioxide, contains a small amount of sulfur and sulfides due to the limitations of ancient production technology. When silver needles come into contact with sulfur, they react chemically and produce a layer of black 'silver sulfide' on the surface, which is why the silver needles turn black.
However, some toxins from plants and animals cannot be detected by silver needles.
Li Mai stared at Zhong Hui in deep thought, wondering how to determine what kind of poison he had been given.
She used her spiritual power to examine him, and found that his internal organs were normal, with no signs of being poisoned.
Or, try using the antidote herb directly. If one plant doesn't work, increase the quantity to two plants.
Thinking of this, she stood up and said, "You should rest first. I will come to see you tomorrow. I will prescribe some medicine for you tonight to try."
Zhong Hui agreed, "Thank you, Master!"
When Li Mai returned to the small tent she had arranged for herself and Zhou Quan, she changed out of the Chen Kingdom clothing and into the men's clothes she had prepared for them.
In the military camp, people try not to wear women's clothing.
She had just finished changing when Zhou Quan returned. He brought her some clothes to change into, and the couple sat down to rest.
"Xiaomai, are the Crown Prince and Zhong Hui's illnesses difficult to cure? Will it affect you?" Zhou Quan was most worried about his people. If anything happened to Xiaomai while treating the Crown Prince and Zhong Hui, he would go crazy.
"I'll give Zhong Hui a dose of medicine in a bit. You watch him prepare the medicine and add two beads of the spiritual herb I gave you to it. Have him drink it tonight and I'll see his reaction. Prepare one dose of medicine twice, don't combine them. Drink the first dose tonight and the second dose tomorrow morning."
"Have Zhong Hui record every bodily reaction and his feelings after he drinks the medicine."
As Li Mai spoke, she took out paper and pen to write down the prescription.
Zhou Quan agreed.
"I've arranged for Zhong Hui to go and treat the Crown Prince's injuries. Although his injuries will take an hour, I may have to use a lot of spiritual energy, since I need to use spiritual energy to break through the skin tissue and promote rapid growth. During this time, I need to use spiritual energy to control his various organs to prevent any accidents. I need to concentrate on his eyes, in particular."
"If I faint in an hour, just carry me back and settle me in to sleep."
"How long will you be unconscious?" Zhou Quan asked softly.
If Xiaomai's spiritual power cultivation had reached Elder Yang's level, these problems wouldn't have occurred. He knew that, but unfortunately, in this era, improving one's cultivation level couldn't be done within a few years.
"At most a day and a night, I should be able to wake up the day after tomorrow morning at the latest. The day after tomorrow, I will have to give the Crown Prince a second treatment."
"I understand," Zhou Quan replied.
He lowered his eyes, concealing the heartache he felt for his wife. But there were some things that only she could do, and she couldn't escape them.
Everything has a cause and effect. Her treatment of the Empress Dowager planted the seed of the royal family. In the future, whenever someone in the royal family needs her treatment, she will have to go.
Zhou Quan felt sorry for her. If her cultivation reached the highest level, there shouldn't be any problems.
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