There was a moment of silence in the room.
Everyone seemed to have something stuck in their throats. Their lips moved several times, but they couldn't utter a single word.
Yun Weisheng, a valiant warrior who had been on the battlefield for decades, even had red - rimmed eyes. He could only turn around and hoarsely order his subordinates to drag Lou Qianying away and lock her up, using the pretext of dealing with the remaining trivial matters to escape.
If anyone else had said this, they might still have held on to a glimmer of hope.
But since it was Yun Xi who said it, they couldn't harbor the slightest bit of hope.
"Alright, for now, she's out of danger,"
Doctor Ji's voice suddenly broke the silence in the room.
"Miss Jiang's condition has been temporarily stabilized by me. But she lost a lot of blood and won't wake up for a while. I'll write a prescription first. Pay more attention to her diet later. You can boil some pig liver soup and... Eh, eh..."
Just as he was carefully instructing Hun Yuan beside him, Doctor Ji suddenly felt his arm grabbed tightly, and he was pulled away by Yi Yuan.
"What's the rush, Your Highness?"
Doctor Ji had been fully concentrated on treating Jiang Ning in the inner room and hadn't noticed much of what was going on outside. He didn't know that besides Jiang Ning, Yun Xi's life had also been hanging by a thread.
Seeing Yi Yuan pull him out without saying a word, he was very confused:
"I haven't even finished my words. Miss Jiang is out of danger. There's no need to be so... "
Before he could finish, he saw Yun Xi sitting on the small couch with a bitter smile, her calf injured. Standing beside her were other doctors who were at a loss and didn't dare to bandage her wound, as well as Liu Jingyue and her son, who were holding back their tears.
"Doctor Ji,"
Yun Xi forced a smile and said,
"Thank you for taking care of A Ning's injury."
"It's just that I seem to be in trouble again. I've been poisoned by a toxin called Siji Yin. They all say there's no antidote. I wonder if you have any way to deal with it?"
"Siji Yin!?"
Doctor Ji was shocked. He rushed to Yun Xi's side like the wind.
He took out a strange set of tools and a plain white cotton cloth from his bosom, carefully covered Yun Xi's wound with it. After some fiddling, he carefully removed the white cloth. He examined it for a while, then carefully leaned over and smelled it. His face immediately changed.
"It's indeed Siji Yin,"
Doctor Ji frowned deeply. He glanced at the people who were looking at him expectantly and concluded,
"There's really no antidote for this toxin in the world. I have no way to cure it either."
These few words instantly plunged everyone into the abyss.
"Yingying..."
Liu Jingyue couldn't hold back anymore. She hugged Yun Xi and cried.
This cry made Sai Xing, who had been holding back for a long time, burst into tears with a "waah—". She rushed forward without hesitation, grabbed Yun Xi's sleeve, knelt on the ground and sobbed, shouting things like "It's impossible. Miss will be fine..."
Even Ling Yan bit her lips tightly and couldn't help wiping the corners of her eyes.
Yun Qi even punched the display shelf beside him with a "thud", making a hole in the solid wooden wall.
Amidst the sobs around him, Yi Yuan seemed not to hear. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar and stood there blankly, not knowing how to think.
Just then, Hun Yuan came out of the side room after carefully checking Jiang Ning's condition. He said calmly,
"Junior sister will be fine. Don't worry about the toxin. Bandage her leg wound first."
This unexpected turn made everyone stunned.
Yi Yuan's dark eyes, which were like a stormy day, suddenly lit up. But his voice was trying hard to suppress his joy, for fear that something would go wrong again.
"What do you mean? Do you have a way to detoxify?"
"Not really."
Seeing that Jiang Ning was out of danger, Hun Yuan, who had let out a sigh of relief, returned to his usual non - serious self. His words still managed to irritate people by pausing dramatically. Only the redness at the corners of his eyes showed his previous loss of composure.
"Then, then what do you mean, Master?"
Just when they had finally raised a glimmer of hope, Hun Yuan insisted on splitting his words. Yun Qi was extremely anxious and quickly asked,
"How can little sister be fine if there's no antidote for this toxin?"
"Yeah..."
Liu Jingyue echoed, looking at Hun Yuan eagerly, hoping that what he said would be what she expected.
Seeing everyone so anxious, Hun Yuan felt a bit embarrassed and straightened his Taoist robe. He said,
"Sorry, sorry. I'm used to talking like this in the palace."
After a pause, Hun Yuan walked towards Yun Xi and told Liu Jingyue to dismiss the irrelevant people first. Then he continued,
"Didn't I tell you? The last time junior sister fainted, I just discovered that although the evil gu worm in junior sister's body is a life - threatening thing, it also has one great advantage. That is—"
"It can resist all poisons. Especially after it's fully refined, there will be no more toxins in the world that can harm the person who possesses the gu worm."
"That means that for now, about 80% of the life - threatening poisons won't have any effect on her. That's why the saint master dared to give A Yuan the Aihong toxin unscrupulously last time without fearing that junior sister would be affected."
Everyone: …
Yi Yuan immediately slapped Hun Yuan.
The slap landed firmly on his chest, making him cough continuously.
"If you ever hide something this important again, you're dead,"
After saying that, Yi Yuan glared at Hun Yuan fiercely, but the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were filled with uncontrollable joy.
"Great! Great..."
After the false alarm, Liu Jingyue and Sai Xing, who had cried the most just now, cried even more.
The difference was that this time they were crying and laughing at the same time.
This made Yun Xi and the people around her burst into laughter.
Everyone was overjoyed. But Yun Xi keenly grasped another meaning in Hun Yuan's words. She asked,
"The person who possesses the gu worm? Brother, do you mean that as long as someone gets the gu worm in my body, they won't be affected by any toxins anymore?"
The previously relaxed and happy atmosphere instantly became tense again. The smiles on several people's faces disappeared without a trace.
This was not good news at all.
An innocent man may be guilty by possessing a jade. If that was really the case, Yun Xi, who had such a powerful gu worm in her body, would be like a fat piece of meat with a strange fragrance in a pack of wolves. Everyone would want to get it.
Hun Yuan looked at Yun Xi approvingly and said,
"Yes and no."
"There are countless types of gu worms in the world. Some gu worms will recognize their masters, like the one in your body. After this gu worm is fully refined, the first person to let the gu worm enter their body will be its master. Once the gu worm recognizes its master, even if others snatch it away, it won't work for them anymore."
"So the first person to bind this living gu worm will be immune to all poisons, but others won't."
"Since the gu worm can enter the body, it must not be life - threatening,"
As if seeing a glimmer of hope, Liu Jingyue took over the conversation and said hopefully,
"And this gu worm was originally in Yingying's body. In a way, Yingying can be considered the master of this gu worm. It should... it should no longer endanger Yingying's life, right?"
But Hun Yuan shook his head heavily and said with reluctance,
"There's a huge difference between the furnace for making pills and the person who takes the pills."
"This gu worm is in junior sister's body, absorbing her essence, blood and flesh as its own nourishment. It's not for her use. This gu worm is still a life - threatening thing for junior sister."