Medicine Martial Prodigy
Chapter 223 Inner Struggle

Chapter 223: Chapter 223 Inner Struggle

"Ah..."

Tang Yue’er suffered heart-wrenching pain, continuously pleading, "Grandmother, please stop torturing me, I really realize my mistake, whatever you want to know, I’ll tell you, ah..."

The old woman’s emotions remained entirely unfluctuated, continuing to mutter under her breath while allowing the worm inside Tang Yue’er to move ceaselessly beneath her skin.

The agony of having her skin peeled away made Tang Yue’er wish she were dead rather than endure such inhuman torture.

It wasn’t until Tang Yue’er seemed about to collapse that the old woman finally stopped.

"Hmph!"

She coldly looked at Tang Yue’er and said, "Consider this a minor lesson. Dare to hide anything from me again, and I will let you feel what it’s like to have your intestines devoured by a Gu Worm."

Merely a sentence from her made Tang Yue’er shudder through and through.

Ever since she was taken by this old woman, her body harbored a Gu Worm, which the old woman would use to torture her whenever she did something that displeased her.

She couldn’t even take her own life, as the Gu Worm seemed to monitor her every move, ready to stir beneath her skin at the slightest thought of suicide.

"Now tell me, what exactly have you been hiding from me?"

The old woman looked condescendingly at Tang Yue’er and demanded.

Facing the old woman’s sinister gaze, Tang Yue’er shivered and quickly said, "Actually, there’s no treasure in this cave, but rather a man poisoned severely."

"What did you say?"

The old woman’s eyes showed a fierce light as she asked angrily, "If you dare to lie to me again, the consequences will be dire!"

Tang Yue’er hurriedly said, "Grandmother, I’m really not deceiving you, there was indeed a man severely poisoned lying here just now."

"I wanted to save him, but didn’t know how to proceed, yet, at that moment, the Celestial Yin Energy inside me suddenly surged into his body on its own."

"Then, the severe poison in his body seemed to dissolve, but he remained unconscious, so I left."

The old woman did not speak, but kept staring at Tang Yue’er.

Fearing that the old woman would once again control the Gu Worm to torment her, Tang Yue’er said with a panic-stricken face, "Grandmother, I swear, everything I’ve told you is true, I absolutely didn’t lie to you."

The old woman remained silent, appearing contemplative.

When she investigated this place earlier, she indeed sensed the scent of a person, meaning someone was here not long ago.

However, what she couldn’t understand was who the man mentioned by Tang Yue’er was, and why he could absorb Tang Yue’er’s Celestial Yin Energy?

And even utilize Celestial Yin Energy to neutralize the severe poison.

That was somewhat baffling.

The old woman suddenly looked at Tang Yue’er and muttered to herself, "Could it be that Celestial Yin Energy also has the ability to detoxify?"

Upon hearing her words, Tang Yue’er’s fear deepened.

She was well aware of how terrible this old woman was; was she going to use her as a guinea pig for testing the antidote?

Indeed, just as she harbored that thought, the old woman took out a porcelain bottle and commanded, "Eat the elixirs inside this bottle!"

Tang Yue’er asked with a terror-stricken face, "Grandmother, what are these elixirs?"

"Slap!"

The old woman raised her hand and slapped her across the face, saying coldly, "If I tell you to eat, you eat, any more nonsense and I’ll let the Gu Worm torture you!"

Tang Yue’er didn’t dare talk back and quickly swallowed the elixirs from the bottle.

The old woman’s gaze remained fixed on Tang Yue’er, seemingly expecting her reaction.

Suddenly, the old woman asked, "Do you feel anything now?"

Tang Yue’er shook her head, "No..."

She was about to say there was none, when a fierce pain spread throughout her body.

"Ah..."

Tang Yue’er let out a piercing scream, beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, her face contorted in agony.

"Granny, I’m in so much pain, please give me the antidote."

She knew she had consumed poison, not only was she enduring excruciating pain, but she also felt the world spinning around her.

The old woman just watched Tang Yue’er’s painful cries coldly, with no intention of giving her the antidote.

After a full ten minutes, Tang Yue’er finally stopped moving and lay on the ground motionless, her face a shade of ghastly purple, a sight of utter misery.

The old woman’s eyebrows were tightly knitted: "Could it be that Celestial Yin Energy can only counteract certain deadly poisons?"

The elixir she had made Tang Yue’er consume was a highly toxic poison pill, and Tang Yue’er’s reaction was the same as any ordinary person who had ingested a poison pill.

"Could it be that the man is also of a special body constitution?"

The old woman’s eyes suddenly brightened, and she said excitedly, "I can hardly wait to find that man."

She then shoved another pill into Tang Yue’er’s mouth, clearly a Detoxification Pill, as the purple color on Tang Yue’er’s face gradually began to fade, and her breathing slowly started to return.

"I, I’m not dead?"

Tang Yue’er opened her eyes, looking at the old woman with weakness and asked.

The old woman huffed coldly, "With me here, you can’t die even if you wanted to. Now, I have a very important task for you."

Tang Yue’er’s face was filled with sorrow; although the old woman had revived her, she continued to suffer inhuman torment at her hands.

She would have preferred to remain in her eternal sleep, never having encountered this old woman.

Tang Yue’er’s face showed despair, asking weakly, "What do you want me to do?"

The old woman said, "I want you to help me find that man!"

Tang Yue’er looked utterly hopeless. Was she really going to become the villain?

Although she did not understand what the old woman wanted with that man, she was very certain that once the old woman found him, his fate would be grim.

"Okay!"

Despite her extreme unwillingness, she agreed.

Because she was clear that she simply couldn’t refuse.

Qin Chuan was unaware that he had become the target of a malevolent old hag, having just returned to Tianfu Number One.

As he entered the house, he saw Xiao Mengyi holding Xiao Rou, gently patting her back with one hand while humming a nursery rhyme.

Seeing Qin Chuan, Xiao Mengyi quickly made a hushing gesture, and Qin Chuan tiptoed to their side.

Xiao Rou had already fallen asleep, but her face was still streaked with tear marks.

Watching Xiao Mengyi coax Xiao Rou to sleep, Qin Chuan suddenly felt an incredibly warm sensation.

He suddenly wondered if, after marrying Xiao Mengyi and having children with her, this would be the scene that greeted him?

Yet, thoughts of the blood feud that burdened him soon dimmed his mood again.

He couldn’t let go of the hatred for Kunlun Divine Prison that pursued him.

Yet if he sought revenge, it would inevitably bring great calamity.

What should Xiao Mengyi and the child do in such times?

Was he to leave Xiao Mengyi alone to wait?

To have his own children, like himself and Xiao Rou, abandoned by their biological father from a young age?

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