Chapter 210

Chapter 210: Chapter 209 "Alright, we have a deal. After you and I dispel the poison affecting Murong Xin, you’ll help me treat a patient in return, and we’ll be even," Ye Tianchen said with a smile, looking at Zhang Yide.

"A deal to be even, then. I can promise you that, even if you die, I’ll still treat the patient you mentioned!" Zhang Yide nodded and replied with a laugh.

"Agreed!"

Half an hour later, Zhang Ruotong walked out of the dispensary, glanced at Ye Tianchen, and then said to her grandfather Zhang Yide, "Grandfather, everything is ready!"

Zhang Yide nodded, then stood up from his seat, looked at Murong Yudou, and said, "Now, I need your men to do something!"

"Please go ahead!" Murong Yudou knew that this was a crucial moment, and he became very serious.

Initially, Murong Yudou didn’t quite trust Ye Tianchen, and when he saw Ye Tianchen hit his granddaughter Murong Xin and make her spit blood, he even had the urge to shoot Ye Tianchen dead. However, Murong Yudou restrained himself in the end because he simply couldn’t find any other way to rid his granddaughter of the poison. Despite having the ability to consult the most renowned medical specialists both domestically and internationally, who had already treated Murong Xin with the best medicine available, they were still unable to eliminate the poison.

Having no other alternatives, Murong Yudou recalled a rumor he had heard years ago about a Divine Doctor who had prolonged a senior official’s life by twenty years. Although many dismissed it as just a rumor, one too incredible to believe, Murong Yudou was desperate enough to deploy all the resources of the Murong family, extensive as they were, to eventually locate Zhang Yide’s hideout and quickly brought his granddaughter Murong Xin, determined to save her no matter what.

Now, seeing Ye Tianchen playing chess with Zhang Yide, calm and collected with each chess move astonishing those watching, Murong Yudou couldn’t help but gain new respect for Ye Tianchen. This young man had brought a great surprise even to an experienced old warhorse like himself, and he suspected that Ye Tianchen’s capabilities were not limited to this small display.

"Have your men surround a hundred-meter radius around the Zhang family compound. No matter what happens, no one should be allowed to interrupt us. If something goes wrong, even gods won’t be able to save your granddaughter!" Zhang Yide told Murong Yudou.

"Good, Hei Mian, immediately notify our men to do as Master Zhang has instructed!" Murong Yudou commanded.

"Yes!" Hei Mian turned and left to carry out the orders.

Ye Tianchen glanced at Murong Xin leaning on a special wheelchair, walked up to her, took her in his arms, and then said to Murong Yudou, "Regardless of what you hear or see, no one is allowed to come in. After we detoxify your granddaughter, we will naturally bring her out!"

"Hmm!" Murong Yudou nodded.

Watching Ye Tianchen holding his granddaughter Murong Xin and entering the dispensary with Zhang Yide and Zhang Ruotong, Murong Yudou could only sit down. At this moment, he felt much older, his heart worn down by the effort to cure his granddaughter from the poison. As a twilight-aged old soldier who had endured the deaths of his four sons, he absolutely could not bear to see the last bloodline of the Murong family lose her life as well.

Ye Tianchen, carrying Murong Xin, entered the dispensary followed by Zhang Yide and Zhang Ruotong. Seeing Zhang Yide and Zhang Ruotong looking somewhat worried, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but give a slight smile and said teasingly:

"It’s quite warm in this dispensary. How about everyone takes off their clothes?"

"Between life and death, you still manage to be so relaxed. That’s truly impressive!" Zhang Yide commented as he moved aside, picked up a gold case, and opened it. Inside were Golden Needles, all gleaming, each crafted entirely from gold.

When seeing Zhang Yide open the gold case, revealing the gold-crafted Golden Needles, Ye Tianchen was also taken aback. Not only were these needles valuable monetarily and labor-intensive in their creation, but such craftsmanship was impossible to replicate with modern technology, akin to the legendary burial suits of jade, a work of art that left descendants in awe of the wisdom of their predecessors.

"Golden Needle acupoint therapy, is this your plan?" Ye Tianchen asked Zhang Yide.

"How could you know about these things? With your age, you shouldn’t know about such ancient matters!" Zhang Yide looked at Ye Tianchen with great puzzlement and asked.

Actually, when Zhang Yide saw Ye Tianchen, he was very puzzled and shocked. As a Superpower User with strong healing abilities who had hidden from the world for many years, he did not want to get involved in conflicts. In this life, Superpower Users were rarely known or understood by people. Even though Ye Tianchen had concealed his powerful superpower aura, Zhang Yide could still feel that this young man was unfathomable.

"You and I are both Superpower Users, and senior, you are the Divine Doctor Ghost Hand, a Superpower User with special healing abilities. You must understand that there are many things ordinary people couldn’t possibly know. Since I am also a Superpower User, it’s not strange that I know some secrets, is it?" Ye Tianchen said with a smile.

Ye Tianchen knew that it was impossible to hide his identity as a Superpower User in front of Zhang Yide because even if he could conceal it now, he would be exposed later when he treated Murong Xin for poison. He certainly wouldn’t tell Zhang Yide that he was a Divine Level Superpower User reborn from the apocalypse because even if ordinary people couldn’t believe it, neither would Zhang Yide, a fellow Superpower Expert.

"Since you know about using Golden Needles on acupoints, you must also know how we can help Murong Xin detoxify. Are you really going to use Yang to control Yin and force out the Detoxification Herb from her body?" Zhang Yide asked gravely.

"Is there any other way to help Murong Xin detoxify? The Detoxification Herb is extremely Yin and cold; it can only be expelled by using strong Yang energy; there’s no other way!" Ye Tianchen said, looking at Zhang Yide.

"But, you will lose your life that way. Even if you possess powerful Superpower, you will die. The Detoxification Herb will not leave its current host until it has found a new one. Once this extremely Yin and cold Detoxification Herb enters your body, it will drain all your blood, leaving you a desiccated corpse!" Zhang Yide said, frowning.

Zhang Yide was not exaggerating or telling a suspense story; it was simply the truth. The Detoxification Herb was extremely domineering; a person infected could only wait for death. If one wanted to neutralize the poison, apart from exchanging one life for another, there was no other way. In essence, it involves one person attracting the Detoxification Herb into their own body to help someone else detoxify, resulting in themselves being poisoned by it. That is the price to remove the Detoxification Herb.

That was also why, when Zhang Yide saw Murong Xin, even though Murong Yudou held a gun to his head, he still refused to help Murong Xin detoxify. A truly compassionate doctor views all lives as equal. If it requires sacrificing one person’s life to save Murong Xin, Zhang Yide couldn’t do it. He had practiced medicine for many years and was a powerful medical Superpower User. There was hardly any illness he couldn’t cure, but taking another person’s life to save someone else was something Zhang Yide absolutely could not do.

The reason Ye Tianchen knew the antidote for the Detoxification Herb was that in the apocalypse, even though he was not a peak master, he was a Divine-level Superpower Expert who knew many secrets. The apocalypse was a bizarre world, akin to Earth’s Mythical Era, filled with various unsolvable mysteries. There were powerful Superpower Users, Ancient Martial Sect experts, mutations of men and beasts, and some strange people practicing ancient magic. "Curse" was one such magic, cursing someone intangibly and killing from afar.

In the past, Ye Tianchen, in search of the world’s strongest materials to forge a Divine Weapon, had entered many forbidden places. There he had seen a stele with very ancient inscriptions that appeared to record information about the Detoxification Herb.

"How can you know without trying? If we can’t detoxify Murong Xin, you and your granddaughter will both die. Maybe you are strong enough to escape, but your granddaughter definitely won’t make it. So, I am trying to save you and your granddaughter, but of course, I have my conditions. After we detoxify Murong Xin, you must treat a patient for free!" Ye Tianchen continued with a smile.

"Fine, come with me first. I need to seal off several of your major acupoints to prevent the Detoxification Herb from entering your body and draining your blood immediately!" Zhang Yide considered for a moment and then said to Ye Tianchen.

Ye Tianchen set Murong Xin down, and Zhang Ruotong supported Murong Xin, while Zhang Yide instructed Zhang Ruotong, "Strip off all her clothes and place her in the wooden tub, and hang a curtain on the opposite side of the tub!"

"Understood, Grandpa!" Zhang Ruotong nodded and replied.

When Ye Tianchen and Zhang Yide came out from the next room, Murong Xin was already naked and sitting in the large wooden tub, still extremely pale and barely alive. Zhang Ruotong was beside her, continually adding hot water to the tub.

"Take off all your clothes and sit in the tub opposite Murong Xin, holding her, mouth to mouth!" Zhang Yide said seriously to Ye Tianchen.

"What? You want me to sit naked opposite Murong Xin and mouth to mouth? This... no way, I, Ye Tianchen, am not someone who takes advantage of others in peril!" Ye Tianchen looked at Zhang Yide, utterly surprised.

"If we don’t do it this way, the Detoxification Herb cannot be removed. Knowing about the Detoxification Herb, don’t you understand that this is the only way to draw it out?"

Zhang Yide gave Ye Tianchen a displeased look, thinking that the guy was deliberately pretending. Facing such a beautiful woman, being naked and close to her, holding her and kissing her, which man would not be excited? Just drop the act, will you?