"I never imagined that someone close to the prince would one day be poisoned by someone else."
The Ghost Doctor chuckled as he spoke, but Qi Guze's expression turned somewhat grim.
After noticing the change in Qi Guze's expression, he quickly stopped talking and immediately resumed his serious demeanor.
"What kind of toxin did they use? Did they leave anything behind? Investigate thoroughly for me," the Ghost Doctor said.
Upon hearing this, Qi Guze immediately ordered someone to fetch a vial of poisoned blood, a sample they had previously preserved using some medicinal powder.
After obtaining the poisoned blood, the Ghost Doctor immediately ran to a nearby tent to test its composition.
Just as the Ghost Doctor left, Xu Yuehuai asked Qi Guze, "Was that young boy really the Ghost Doctor?"
"I always thought the renowned Ghost Doctor was an old man, but I never expected him to be so young!"
Qi Guze said, "Actually, when I first met the Ghost Doctor, he looked just like this. So many years have passed, but he still looks like a young man. I guess he might have some kind of disease that prevents his appearance from aging."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai recalled that there seemed to be such a disease that prevented people from aging, but in that case, the person's lifespan would not be very long.
"So that's how it is. It seems that if the Ghost Doctor were an ordinary person, he would probably really be an old man with white hair."
Xu Yuehuai was just laughing and talking when suddenly the Ghost Doctor walked up from behind her.
Staring at Xu Yuehuai's back, he said coldly, "I've only been gone for a short while, and you're already making fun of me here."
Xu Yuehuai was startled by these words and immediately turned to look at the Ghost Doctor.
"I'm not making fun of you, I'm just curious why you look so young."
"Your medical skills are the best in the world, so it's no wonder I'm curious."
"You're surely a magnanimous person and wouldn't hold a grudge against a young woman like me, right?"
The Ghost Doctor chuckled lightly: "Haha! You really are a silver-tongued woman. No wonder you've been able to stay by the Prince's side all this time. The Prince has never had any other women by his side before; you're the first."
Xu Yuehuai was actually quite happy to learn that Qi Guze had never had any other women by his side before.
"Thank you for explaining this to me. I should thank you properly. I didn't know that Your Highness had no other women by your side before."
"That's not true. The prince has never been close to other women. Over the years, many people have tried to place women by his side, but he hasn't kept a single one. You are a unique case, being able to stay by his side all this time."
The Ghost Doctor smiled and looked at Qi Guze and Xu Yuehuai, who were currently hovering between the two of them.
"You both look a bit weak. Would you like me to prescribe some medicine for you to recuperate?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai, remembering that Qi Guze's internal injuries had not fully healed, quickly said to the Ghost Doctor, "Okay! Please prescribe a medicine for us!"
Upon hearing this, Qi Guze immediately covered Xu Yuehuai's mouth.
"This prescription is not the same as that prescription. This quack doctor is the most unreliable old man. You must not listen to what he says, and you must not take any of his prescriptions."
"He never prescribes normal medicine; he always has to play a trick on people."
The Ghost Doctor laughed heartily for a long time before finally calming down.
Xu Yuehuai's face turned red, and she stared at the Ghost Doctor with wide eyes.
The Ghost Doctor grunted twice, then got down to business with Qi Guze.
"That person's toxins weren't actually that scary; they were just extracted from some poisonous substances."
"You only need to take the antidote pills I give you, and then you will be able to resist those toxins."
"However, this effect only lasts for an hour. If it lasts any longer, it could be dangerous."
Qi Guze nodded and instructed the Ghost Doctor to arrange for the preparation of the antidote pills.
Then, the Ghost Doctor stayed in their camp to collect many herbs and make antidote pills.
While he was making the antidote pills, suddenly a fire broke out next to their tent, and a thick plume of blue smoke drifted into their tent.
When everyone smelled the blue smoke, they immediately sensed something was wrong with it and guessed that there must be poison in it.
"Everyone, quickly cover your mouths and noses! Do not inhale the smoke! There must be a high concentration of toxins in this smoke!"
"Everyone be careful! Quickly crouch down and leave the tents to a safe, open area!"
Pei Xuan's injuries were not serious, and he had recovered in the past few days. He hurriedly told Qi Guze and the other guards to leave the vicinity of the camp as soon as possible.
Qi Guze also escaped from the camp with Xu Yuehuai, carrying her in his arms and using his lightness skill to take her away from this place.
After everyone else had left, the surroundings became quiet, and there was hardly anyone else around.
Unlike the others, the Ghost Doctor did not escape at all. Instead, he stayed inside the tent, carefully smelling the blue smoke drifting around him.
The smoke did indeed contain toxins. The Ghost Doctor smelled the smoke and carefully determined what the toxins were.
After Qi Guze and the others escaped, they realized that A Dong had never left and was hiding by their side, ready to attack them at any time.
Ah Dong harbors such resentment towards them because he mistakenly believes they murdered the entire village.
But they didn't kill anyone in the village at all. It was because A-Dong poisoned the villagers that everyone in the village died in the fire.
No matter how Qi Guze and the others explain to A Dong now, A Dong won't believe them. He'll stubbornly insist that his own thoughts are correct, which is why he's been secretly targeting them.
Fortunately, they were alert early on and left the vicinity of the camp before the toxin had fully spread, moving to a safe place.
The Ghost Doctor carefully examined the toxins and discovered that they would gradually cause people to lose their minds and become like walking corpses.
When you first inhale some toxins, there are no adverse reactions. However, after a period of time, the toxins accumulate and settle, and then suddenly erupt, causing severe effects.
The Ghost Doctor had no way to counteract the poison for the time being, but he did have a way to disperse it. He lit an incense stick, and the smoke from the incense immediately pushed away the surrounding smoke.
After all the toxins in the area were cleared, the Ghost Doctor called Qi Guze and the others back.
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