Chapter 44: She was saved, but her eyes...
"Quickly, quickly carry the princess to Lan Yue Pavilion!" Steward Fu, tears streaming down his face, hurriedly directed the servants to clear a path. "Go and boil water! Bring all the clean cloths! And, immediately go and fetch Doctor Xie!"
"Dr. Xie has arrived!" a maid shouted.
Before he finished speaking, Xie Zhiwei hurried over from the inner courtyard, carrying his ever-present medicine box.
He was usually calm and composed, but now his face was full of anxiety.
When Xiao Beichen gently placed Mu Yu on the soft bed, Xie Zhiwei's gaze fell upon that small, lifeless body, and her expression became extremely solemn.
He waved away the maids who surrounded him, stepped forward a few paces, and said in a deep voice, "Let me see."
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and stretched out two slender fingers, gently placing them on Mu Yu's delicate wrist.
He closed his eyes and listened intently.
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop; everyone held their breath, even the Tiger King had suppressed its ferocity.
A moment later, Xie Zhiwei slowly opened her eyes, her face even more pale than before.
"How is she? Zhiwei, how is Xiaoyuer?" Mu Fang could no longer hold back and rushed forward to ask anxiously.
Xie Zhiwei looked at him, her lips moved, as if she didn't know how to speak.
He shook his head.
"General, the princess's condition... is extremely bad. Her meridians are in complete disarray."
“An extremely domineering and fierce power was rampaging through her body, seemingly the supernatural power awakened from her own bloodline.”
"But this power was too immense; her body simply couldn't withstand it."
He paused, his tone growing increasingly heavy: "But at the same time, her life force is rapidly slipping away at an alarming rate... This... this is already a clash of two extreme forces, which has gone beyond the scope of medicine."
Even Xie Zhiwei, a genius whose medical skills were unparalleled in the world, said something that "went beyond the scope of medicine!"
"No...it's impossible..." Xiao Beichen muttered to himself, "Is there...is there really no other way? Any way will do! As long as it can save her!"
Just then, a calm voice came from outside the door.
"Perhaps there is another way."
Everyone turned around abruptly and saw Yan Ziche walk in from outside the door.
Behind him followed two Xuanjia soldiers carrying a makeshift stretcher.
The person lying on the stretcher was none other than the Ninth Prince, Chu Chongjin, who had been rescued from the chaos in the Heavenly Prison.
Chu Chongjin's condition was also extremely bad.
"Bring the Ninth Prince in as well," Yan Ziche commanded in a deep voice.
He strode to the bedside, first glancing at Mu Yu, who was barely alive on the bed, and then at Chu Chongjin, who was also on the verge of death on the stretcher. A resolute look that did not belong to someone his age flashed in his eyes.
All eyes instantly turned to him.
Yan Ziche didn't keep him in suspense. He took out a small brocade pouch from his bosom, which was warm from his body heat.
He opened the brocade pouch and poured out a glittering golden scale.
The scales were only the size of a fingernail, and they shimmered brilliantly under the light.
"This is... a dragon scale?" Xiao Beichen recognized it at a glance. It was the dragon scale that Chu Chongjin had given to Mu Yu back in the hunting grounds!
“That’s right.” Yan Ziche nodded heavily. “The Ninth Prince possesses the aura of a true dragon. This accompanying dragon scale is a primordial object connected to his soul, containing his purest life force.”
"And Xiaoyuer is a koi carp, naturally close to water, and shares the same origin as the dragon's energy."
"Right now, their life force is rapidly fading away. The best way is to let their essence merge, using the dragon scales as a guide to replenish each other. Perhaps this will give them a glimmer of hope!"
"But... but how do we do this?" Mu Fang asked.
“I once saw a record of this in an ancient book.” Yan Ziche’s expression became extremely serious. “This method is called ‘Dragon and Carp of the Same Origin, Bloodline Returning to One.’”
"This dragon scale needs to be forcibly integrated into Xiaoyuer's heart meridian, using her body as a furnace to stimulate the Ninth Prince's original dragon energy within the dragon scale."
"Then, activate the uncontrolled supernatural power within her body, and the two will merge to form a cycle."
"Little Yu'er can use the dragon's energy to stabilize her life force, and Ninth Prince can also share the life force that Little Yu'er's koi body gives back through the medium of dragon scales."
He took a deep breath and changed the subject: "But this is an extremely dangerous process, equivalent to forcibly binding two forces that are about to explode together."
"If anything goes wrong during the fusion process, or if their bodies are unable to withstand the power of this fusion, the result will be..."
He didn't continue.
If you fail, your soul and spirit will be destroyed, and you will never be reincarnated.
Mu Fang gritted his teeth and squeezed out a single word.
"Do!"
This decision is of paramount importance.
"Father..."
Just then, Mu Yu, who was on the bed, heard their conversation.
She half-opened her eyes, raised her small hand, and pointed in Chu Chongjin's direction.
"Brother...cannot...die..."
These few words exhausted all her senses, and she fainted again after saying them.
Yan Ziche no longer hesitated.
He gently placed the golden dragon scale in the center of Mu Yu's chest.
Then, he looked at Mu Fang and Xiao Beichen: "General, Beichen, this method requires a huge external force as a guide, and my strength alone is not enough. Use your internal energy to help me!"
The three exchanged a glance and simultaneously made their move, placing their palms lightly on the dragon scales and slowly channeling their refined internal energy into them.
"Buzz—!"
That tiny dragon scale burst forth with dazzling golden light!
"Ugh!"
The indescribable pain caused Mu Yu, who was in a coma, to suddenly arch her body.
The iridescent scales reappeared on her skin.
At the same time, Chu Chongjin, lying on the stretcher, was also twitching slightly.
Golden streams of energy merged into Mu Yu's body and then separated from her, continuously flowing into Chu Chongjin's body to repair his broken meridians.
Everyone in the room held their breath, watching the scene with bated breath.
After an unknown amount of time, so long that Mu Fang and the other two felt their inner strength almost completely drained, the dazzling golden light finally gradually subsided, eventually turning into a very faint golden scale mark that slowly disappeared into Mu Yu's body.
Silence returned to the room.
Mu Fang, Xiao Beichen, and Yan Ziche were already drenched in sweat and pale-faced.
But they couldn't care less about themselves; their first instinct was to look anxiously at the two people on the bed.
A miracle seems to have truly happened.
The deathly pallor on Chu Chongjin's face had faded, and his breathing became steady and long. A series of faint cracking sounds came from the broken leg, indicating that it was reconnecting itself.
Mu Yu also calmed down. The seven-colored scales on her body slowly disappeared, restoring her original fair skin. Her originally bluish-purple lips also regained a faint rosy hue.
It was a success!
Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.
But just then, Xie Zhiwei, who had been keeping watch by the bedside, suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
"The princess's eyes!"
Everyone's hearts tightened, and they quickly crowded around to take a look.
Mu Yu had opened her eyes at some point.
Those amber eyes, which should have been bright and clear, were wide open at this moment, staring straight at the canopy above their heads.
However, there was no sparkle in those eyes.
Xie Zhiwei felt a chill in his heart. He reached out and waved his hand gently in front of Mu Yu's eyes.
Those beautiful eyes remained motionless.
It's over.
Xie Zhiwei's hand fell limply to her side.
"The dragon energy was too domineering; at the moment of fusion..."
"She...she can't see."
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