"Is it convenient for you to... faint again?"
Butler Lu and Mo Yu's mouths twitched.
The Great Herb King shook his head.
No matter who it was, no one would want to faint. How could he possibly say that it was convenient for him?
If not for the fact that he couldn't move, he would have definitely made a move upon hearing those words. How could he possibly allow the other party to hit him?
"Physician Bai Chan, this..."
Seeing the resistance in the old master's eyes, Butler Lu hurriedly spoke up. However, before he could finish his words, the middle-aged man fell into deep thought, as though he had comprehended something. "Forget it, there's no point in asking you. I'll do it myself!"
He stretched out his arm.
Padah!
Shaking his head forcefully, the Great Herb King fainted once more.
After knocking the Great Herb King unconscious, Zhang Xuan finally noticed Butler Lu, who was about to speak. Perplexed, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"I... this... It's nothing!"
Butler Lu smiled awkwardly.
Initially, he wanted to persuade Zhang Xuan not to knock the other party out. However, seeing that the other party had already made a move, he knew that it would be pointless for him to say anything else.
"Un, continue!"
After the Great Herb King fainted, Zhang Xuan touched the other party's body and a book appeared in his head once more.
This time, the location of the flaw was updated.
After confirming the location, Zhang Xuan flicked his wrist and a silver needle pierced the other party's body once more.
"Un? Something isn't right... "
Zhang Xuan circulated his zhenqi and realized that the gu had escaped once more.
"Looks like killing gu is much more difficult than I thought!" Zhang Xuan's expression turned grim.
He thought that with the location provided by the Library of Heaven's Path, it would be a piece of cake for him to find the gu and kill it. However, from the looks of it now, it wasn't that simple.
Even though the Library of Heaven's Path didn't require much time, it was still sufficient for the gu to leave its original location and escape to the next location.
Zhang Xuan touched the Great Herb King once more and shot out a silver needle.
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!
Under the stimulation of the silver needle, the gu seemed to have realized the danger it was in and fled frantically along the other party's blood vessels.
"A human's blood vessels are complicated, especially the small blood vessels that cover the entire body. If I were to chase it like this, I wouldn't be able to catch up to it even if I were to force it to a certain location before I can kill it!"
After inserting a few more needles into the Gu worm, Zhang Xuan noticed that the Gu worm was running faster and faster, and its movements were becoming more and more irregular.
"Is he dead?"
After inserting more than a dozen needles into the Gu worm, Zhang Xuan gradually forced it into a corner. Just as he was about to kill it, a feeble voice sounded. Turning around, he saw that the Great Herb King had already woken up.
When he woke up, he could no longer form a new book in his mind.
Knowing that time was of the essence, Zhang Xuan didn't waste any more time. Instead, he stretched out his hand.
Patter!
He was knocked out again.
"Not good! That guy took the chance to run away again … "
When the book reappeared, Zhang Xuan's face was ashen.
The moment the other party regained consciousness, its blood circulation sped up, and the Gu worm took the opportunity to flee further away, escaping the encirclement.
"Damn it!"
Not expecting a small Gu to be so cunning, Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows and looked at Steward Lu, who was not far away.
"Come here and take a look. As soon as your Old Master wakes up, knock him out …"
The Great Herb King's cultivation had reached Zongshi realm pinnacle. Even though he was on the verge of death due to the Gu worm's torture, the zhenqi in his body automatically protected him. Thus, he was able to wake up from his coma swiftly.
However, in order to save him, Zhang Xuan couldn't be too ruthless.
In order to prevent the Gu worm from being trapped and the Great Herb King regaining consciousness, it was best to prepare beforehand.
As long as this fellow regained consciousness, Zhang Xuan could knock him out by the side so that it wouldn't affect his acupuncture. It shouldn't be a problem for him to kill the Gu worm.
"Knocking him out as soon as he regains consciousness …"
Steward Lu's body trembled, and he was on the verge of tears.
The person before him was his Old Master. If he were to make a move on him, he would really be courting death …
"Can I reject …"
"Cut the crap, hurry up!"
Seeing the conflicted expression on the other party's face, Zhang Xuan frowned. "If you don't want to save your Old Master, reject it and stand still!"
"I …"
With a conflicted expression, Steward Lu walked behind the Old Master and stretched out his hand.
Just as he was about to succumb to the torment in his heart, Mo Yu suddenly spoke up.
"This … The [Soul Numbing Powder] that physicians often use is able to knock a person out with just a whiff of it, and they won't wake up for a period of time. This thing won't harm the body either … Will it work?"
"Soul Numbing Powder? There's such a thing? Of course! "
Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
His goal was to knock the other party out. He didn't care whether he knocked him out or smelled the medicine.
"Will it work?"
Hearing Zhang Xuan's reply, tears streamed down Steward Lu and Mo Yu's cheeks.
Soul Numbing Powder was a medicine commonly used by physicians to treat cowardly patients. Its effects were similar to anesthetics, and there was no physician who didn't know of it. Furthermore, most of them would carry a few doses of it with them …
Yet, this fellow had never heard of it before …
The heck!
If not for his incredible medical skills, she would have suspected that he didn't know anything about medicine at all!
Otherwise, how could he not know of such a simple thing?
If he had used this earlier, the Great Herb King wouldn't have been smashed on the head so many times that he was on the verge of going into a daze …
"We have such a medicine here, I'll bring it over now …"
Fearing that the Old Master would suffer another punch, Steward Lu hurriedly turned around and left.
The Great Herb King sold medicine, and such items weren't rare at all. It didn't take long for him to bring back a few bags of them.
Taking one of the bags, Zhang Xuan placed it at the tip of the Great Herb King's nose. As expected, the other party fell into a deep sleep and wouldn't be waking up anytime soon.
"Why didn't you take out such good stuff when you had it all along?"
Seeing how miraculous the medicine was, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but glare at him.
"I …"
Steward Lu felt wronged.
You are a physician, and you came here to perform surgery with a kitchen knife. Naturally, I thought that this is your specialty. Who knew that … you don't even know what a scalpel is …
Mo Yu had the same expression on her face as well. If not for the fact that she was used to the bizarre actions of this fellow, she would have suspected that he was doing it on purpose.
Under the suppression of the Soul Numbing Powder, the Great Herb King fell into a deep coma. Zhang Xuan touched the other party with one hand while controlling the silver needles with the other.
This time, it was extremely successful. Soon, he trapped the Gu worm once more.
"Go!"
Frowning, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger once more and the silver needles flew out.
Jijiji!
In an instant, a sharp shriek sounded from the Great Herb King's body, and it felt as though there were worms twisting in his veins.
"Die!"
With a tap of his finger, a surge of pure zhenqi flowed through the silver needles and entered the other party's body. In the next instant, as though meeting its nemesis, the worm struggled for a moment before going completely still.
Gu worms were similar to poison. The pure Heaven's Path zhenqi was its greatest nemesis. Once it came into contact with the Heaven's Path zhenqi, even the most resilient lifeform would crumble and die on the spot.
"Come out!"
Zhang Xuan placed his palm on the other party's veins, and with a surge of zhenqi, the silver needles and Gu worm flew out simultaneously.
"Thud!" He fell to the ground.
"This is the Contract Gu?"
Steward Lu and Mo Yu hurriedly walked forward.
The Gu worm on the floor was about the size of a firefly. It was dark green in color and there were unique inscriptions on its surface. With just a glance, one would feel goosebumps rising.
"Un!"
Replying, Zhang Xuan exhaled deeply.
The Great Herb King's greatest problem was this Gu worm. As long as he could kill it, his weakened body should be able to recover.
Removing the Soul Numbing Powder, the Great Herb King slowly regained consciousness.
"Old master …"
Steward Lu walked forward.
"I … Do I still need to faint?"
After waking up, the Great Herb King glanced at Zhang Xuan and his lips trembled.
He was afraid of being knocked out.
He was afraid that he would be punched again if he woke up at the wrong time.
"There's no need for that, the Gu worm has already been killed!"
Steward Lu pointed.
"Killed?"
The Great Herb King was taken aback. Looking at the corpse of the Gu worm on the floor, his face flushed.
After being inflicted with the Contract Gu, one's life was no longer in one's control. Even the most formidable poison master was unable to treat it. Yet, the physician before him actually killed it so easily. Even though he had witnessed it with his own eyes, he still found it hard to believe.
"Physician Bai, thank you for saving my life!"
Standing up from the deck chair, the Great Herb King kneeled on the floor.
He thought that there was no cure for the Contract Gu and that he could only await death. Never in his dreams did he expect that the person before him would really be able to resolve the problem!
To be able to resolve a matter of life and death, even if he were to be knocked out ten times, what did it matter?
"Old master, you … you …"
Seeing the Great Herb King kneeling down, agitation filled Steward Lu's face.
Previously, the old master was lying motionlessly on the floor, unable to even speak. Yet, at this moment, he was actually able to get up personally. This meant that his body was starting to recover.
"The Gu worm in my body has been killed, and I have regained my strength. However, the problem hasn't been resolved yet. Physician Bai, please help me …"
Stopping Steward Lu from helping him up, the Great Herb King kowtowed to Zhang Xuan once more.
Even though the Contract Gu was killed and the root of the problem was resolved, the ravaging of the Great Herb King's body for the past few days had depleted his spirit. As such, he still needed the physician before him to heal his damaged body and recover his stamina.
Otherwise, as a person who had yet to reach his fifties, he would probably die before long.
"Resolve your current problem?"
Zhang Xuan frowned as he flipped through the books in the Library of Heaven's Path.
After being tortured by the Contract Gu for so many days, he was indeed severely weakened. If not for the fact that he was the Great Herb King and had countless precious medicinal herbs to prolong his life, he would have died several days ago.
This kind of damage to his body required all kinds of nourishing medicine. However … Zhang Xuan didn't need to use them.
Not only could the Heaven's Path zhenqi recover one's stamina, it could also rejuvenate one's vitality. As long as Zhang Xuan infused his zhenqi into the other party's meridians, he would be able to resolve the damage to his body and allow him to recover fully.
However, the Heaven's Path zhenqi was too pure. Previously, when the other party was unconscious, the zhenqi entered his body and fused with his zhenqi. When he woke up, it was difficult for him to notice anything amiss.
However, if he were to treat the other party now, he would definitely notice the peculiarity of the zhenqi.
Thus, he didn't dare to take this risk.
"It's possible to resolve the problem, but …"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xuan was just about to speak when the Great Herb King looked at him resolutely.
"Physician Bai, there's no need to say anything else. I know the rules!"
After which, he raised his palm and smacked his head.
Padah!
Lying on the floor, he fainted.
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