Chapter 55
Yan Yu's eyes darkened slightly, and he pulled the sleeve of his right hand, revealing a patch of purple skin.
It may appear to be just a bruise, but a closer look reveals two tiny wounds, the shape of which is enough to indicate that they were caused by a snake.
"Does it hurt?" Shen Yuqing asked while gently pressing the bruises around the wound.
Yan shook his head.
Seeing this, Shen Yuqing continued to ask: "Have you taken any detoxifying medicine?"
"Yes, I took the Five Spirit Pill." There was nothing worth hiding, Yan Feng looked at Shen Yuqing and answered.
Shen Yuqing's eyes showed some understanding, "Master Yan's current condition is not only due to the snake venom, but also partly due to the parasites in his body."
"Insect?" A trace of surprise flashed across Yan Fan's eyes, and his brows wrinkled slightly unconsciously.
Shen Yuqing then asked, "Master Yan, what have you thought of?"
Yan Fan did not hide too much. He first looked at Lou Qi who was standing aside, and then moved his gaze to Shen Yuqing. "I wonder if Lou Qi can tell Manager Shen what happened before he saved me that day."
The image of the other person standing in a pool of blood that day, his crazy look was truly unforgettable. Shen Yuqing nodded.
There seemed to be a layer of mist in Yan Feng's eyes, but it quickly dissipated. He said calmly: "Those villagers seemed to be controlled by drugs. They were unconscious and unaware of pain and fatigue. When fighting with them, I accidentally inhaled some powder floating in the air. After inhaling the powder, I was unconscious for a moment, and the snake bit me at this time. I originally thought that the powder would affect my consciousness, but just now I heard Manager Shen mention the insect, and I suddenly remembered that the powder seemed to be a little bit wrong that day. The powder seemed to sense my direction and floated in front of me."
"When I was traveling, I heard about a kind of insect called mayfly. It is as small as smoke, transparent and gray. Mayflies live from morning till night and enjoy themselves. If mayflies are planted in a person's body and then ripened by witchcraft, the person will gradually forget the pain and lose the ability to think. In the end, the person will become a puppet doll that will not feel sad or painful. Some people call it bliss."
"Master Yan has no signs of witchcraft in his body. Based on the current situation, I believe that the owner of this type of floating insect is using snake venom to catalyze the floating insects and manipulate others. I think the villagers that Master Yan saw before were also harmed by them."
Yan Qin had an unidentified expression as he was thinking about something.
Shen Yuqing glanced at the silent Yan Feng, who seemed to sigh lightly, "Master Yan, don't blame yourself. Since those villagers are unconscious, it means that the mayflies in their bodies have been ripened by the snake venom. Death is their greatest relief."
If he didn't kill those mentally insane villagers, he would be the one to die. He was not as noble as Shen Yuqing thought, but after hearing the other party's words of comfort, Yan Qin's heart inevitably beat slightly.
Apart from the fact that the marks on his body had only become heavier and he felt tired and listless these days, the insects in his body did not seem to be as scary as the other party said. But when he remembered that Shopkeeper Shen had asked him whether he had taken the antidote, he almost instantly thought of the connection between the two.
"Five Spirit Pill." Yan Fan murmured.
Shen Yuqing nodded. "It was because Master Yan took the elixir that the balance between the snake venom and the mayflies was broken. Without the catalysis of the snake venom, the mayflies matured very slowly."
Yan Feng's eyes showed a slight change, and he sighed, "So that's how it is."
The people of the Southern Barbarians are good at using insect poison. Yan Fan didn't know much about this, but he didn't expect that the owner of this inn in the wilderness actually knew about insects. This made him think more.
"Stop it, please go to my room and get the wooden box on the third layer of the cabinet on the right." Shen Yuqing didn't care about the other party's gaze. If he wanted to force the insect out, he still needed some tools.
"Yeah." Louqi, who had been acting as a background board, nodded and turned to walk out of the room.
Yan Feng was slightly dazed as he looked at Lou Qi's back. It wasn't for any other reason, but it was obviously him who was trapped, but the other party paid very little attention to the patient.
If Yan Li felt at first that the other party informed Shen Yuqing of his situation so quickly, he was somewhat aware of him. Now, it seems that Lou Qi told Shen Yuqing everything that happened in detail without any secrets, and he was probably just one of many things.
After realizing that he had devoted too much energy to Lou Qi, Yan Qin retracted his gaze and focused on Shen Yuqing, "I didn't expect that Lou Qi and Manager Shen had such a good relationship."
There was a hint of confusion in Shen Yuqing's eyes. He didn't know why the other party suddenly mentioned his relationship with Louqi.
Yan Feng seemed to see the other party's confusion, he chuckled and said: "For ordinary people, the room is a very private area." Having said that, thinking of the similar and fitting clothes the two of them changed into when they came out of the room, the smile on Yan Feng's face became more and more strange.
When the other party mentioned this, Shen Yuqing realized that she had overlooked this point, because since they were the same person, there would be no need to be so cautious about anything. But since it was just taking something, there was no need to be so cautious. However, in this dynasty, most people were indeed reserved. But for some reason, Shen Yuqing still wanted to find a reason to explain it casually. But just as she was about to open her mouth, Louqi came in with a wooden box.