Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 196: A Glimmer of Hope

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: A Glimmer of Hope

"I took Ghost Hand as a disciple because his master’s sect was destroyed, and he had nowhere to go, and he will always follow me," Fang Bai said, glancing at Baili Mingyue with a smile, "As for Mingyue..."

Fang Bai looked at Baili Mingyue and said with a smile, "Mingyue’s future is full of uncertainties, and I don’t want to bind her with the master-disciple relationship. Therefore, I only want to teach her and not take her as a disciple... I think it’s better to be friends with Mingyue. Mingyue, what do you think?"

Baili Mingyue nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, I also think being friends is better than being master and disciple. We’re not much different in age, and if I have to call you ’Master,’ ’Master’ every time I see you, it would feel a bit awkward."

Baili Zhan wanted to say something, but Fang Bai waved his hand and said, "Don’t worry, I won’t keep anything hidden and will teach her to the best of my ability!"

At that moment, a faint voice from Jiang Yuzhi came from the room on the north side of the east, seemingly calling Baili Zhan’s name.

Jiang Yuzhi had been in a deep sleep, and even the sounds of fighting between Ghost Hand and Baili Zhan hadn’t awakened her, but now she woke up, maybe having heard her husband’s voice in the courtyard, so she called out.

Baili Zhan moved like lightning and darted into Jiang Yuzhi’s room.

Baili Mingyue followed him in soon after.

A moment later, Baili Zhan wheeled Jiang Yuzhi out in a wheelchair.

"Fang Bai, Yuzhi’s complexion looks much better, and she seems more spirited than before. Yuzhi said you’ve been giving her acupuncture nearly every day these past days to suppress the poison. Thank you so much," Baili Zhan said to Fang Bai with a grateful face.

During the time Baili Zhan was away from home, what he worried about the most was his wife, and now seeing her looking healthy and spirited naturally made him happy too.

Fang Bai walked up to Jiang Yuzhi’s wheelchair, carefully examined her complexion, furrowed his brow slightly, then took her wrist to check her pulse.

"What’s wrong? Is there something not right?"

Seeing Fang Bai’s expression growing more solemn, Baili Zhan also became anxious and asked urgently.

"Aunt Jiang is experiencing a revival before death. The poison that has been suppressed in her body for many years is about to erupt fully," Fang Bai withdrew his hand, sighed, and said somberly.

"Ah?"

Baili Zhan was shocked, standing there stupefied.

Baili Zhan, coming from the Hidden Sect’s Ghost Doctor Valley with exceptional medical skills, knew that once the poison in his wife’s body erupted fully, she could die within a mere ten minutes, beyond help even from gods.

Jiang Yuzhi had already set aside fears of life and death. Hearing this, she just smiled faintly and patted her husband’s hand that was resting on her shoulder.

"Then... what can we do?"

Baili Zhan, usually calm and composed, was suddenly thrown into panic, and could only look to Fang Bai for help.

"There’s no time to lose... Uncle Baili, push Aunt Jiang inside and let her lie down on the bed. I will give her acupuncture immediately to temporarily delay the outbreak of the poison," Fang Bai said.

"Mingyue, you and Little Mink stand guard at the main gate, don’t let anyone come in and disturb us."

"Ghost Hand, boil this Man-Eating Flower into a bowl of medicinal water, and bring it to the room later."

After Fang Bai gave his instructions, Baili Zhan immediately pushed his wife into the room, Mingyue stood outside the door holding Little Mink, and Ghost Hand dug up a "Man-Eating Flower" and went into the kitchen.

Fang Bai looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, then with a serious face, he walked into Jiang Yuzhi’s room.

With her husband’s help, Jiang Yuzhi was already lying in bed properly. Seeing Fang Bai entering, a slight smile appeared on her face.

"Lately, I’ve been worried that the disciples of ’Ghost Doctor Valley’ and ’Yunnv Sect’ will come looking for us, to hunt down my husband and Mingyue... Fang Bai, I know you’re a highly capable person. If I die, could you look after them for me?"

Jiang Yuzhi’s tone was pleading as she continued, "I know it’s a lot to ask, but... I really don’t want anything to happen to my husband and Mingyue... I beg you, in my next life, I’ll be a beast of burden to repay you..."

Fang Bai gave a wry smile, "Aunt Jiang, you’re speaking a bit prematurely. Although I can’t guarantee a complete cure, I still have a sixty to seventy percent confidence."

Baili Zhan knew Fang Bai’s character well; when he spoke of having sixty to seventy percent confidence, it was probably an understatement, which meant that there was closer to a seventy to eighty percent chance that Fang Bai could heal his wife.

Baili Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, gratitude in his voice, "Fang Bai, I won’t say anything more than necessary. I leave everything in your hands."

Fang Bai nodded, pulled up a chair beside the bed, and took out the Five Elements Acupuncture Set from his Spatial Ring. After opening the acupuncture set, he sequentially took out gold, green, blue, red, and yellow colored silver needles, and with a flash of lightning, inserted them into Jiang Yuzhi’s crown, the palms of her hands, and the soles of her feet.

In the past, Fang Bai had only used the water and wood needles from the Five Elements Acupuncture Set to save people, and using all five elements needles of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth at the same time was a first for him.

Because Jiang Yuzhi had been poisoned for far too long and too deeply, her body’s Yin Yang Five Elements were already out of balance; she needed the Five Elements Needles to conduct True Yuan for adjustment and then to heal her damaged body.

Fang Bai alternated his hands on the tails of the Five Elements Needles, continuously channeling True Yuan through the needles into Jiang Yuzhi’s body.

As the True Yuan was transferred into the Five Elements Needles, they emitted five different dazzling colors of light - the sharpness of metal, the vitality of wood, the gentleness of water, the explosive nature of fire, the solidity of earth... the characteristics of the five elements were revealed without concealment at this moment.

The simultaneous use of the Five Elements Needles consumed an enormous amount of True Yuan. Every so often, Fang Bai had to take out Essence Stones or Elixirs from the Spatial Ring to replenish his energy, to keep up with the speed of consumption.

Half an hour later, Ghost Hand brought a bowl of medicine, which had a bizarre blood-red color and emitted a sweet fragrance— the smell of the Man-Eating Flower.

"Fang Bai, is this... really meant to be drunk?"

Taking the medicinal soup from Ghost Hand, Baili Zhan hesitated.

Years ago, it was the Man-Eating Flower’s poison that had led Jiang Yuzhi to experience worse than death these past decades. Now, giving her medicinal soup boiled from the Man-Eating Flower, wouldn’t it compound the poison and accelerate her death? Or, as Fang Bai said, would it fight poison with poison and completely cure Jiang Yuzhi?

"Give it to her to drink!"

Seeing Baili Zhan hesitating, Fang Bai urged him aloud.

"Zhan, let me drink it! I believe in Fang Bai!"

With these words, Jiang Yuzhi closed her eyes and slightly opened her mouth.

Baili Zhan gritted his teeth, sat beside the bed, delicately propped up Jiang Yuzhi’s head with one hand, and with the other, held the medicine bowl and slowly poured the medicinal liquid into her mouth.

The toxicity of the Man-Eating Flower was extremely violent. Within just a few minutes of drinking the bowl of medicinal soup, Jiang Yuzhi’s body began to shake violently, and her skin exhibited a horrific dark bluish color.

Baili Zhan watched his wife with widened eyes, saw her clench her teeth tightly and her eyes bulge, with large beads of sweat rolling down, and he knew she was enduring immense pain. His tiger-like eyes were filled with tears.

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