180: Chapter 178: Detoxification 180: Chapter 178: Detoxification “Benefactor, what poison have I been afflicted with?
I feel so awful and weak,” Huangfu Jing said.
Tangyu replied, “Don’t keep calling me benefactor.
Just call me Tangyu, that will do.
The poison you’ve been struck with is one of the top ten sacred poisons listed in the Poison Scripture, named: Nine Deaths Demon God Extermination.
Nine Deaths means it’s like experiencing death nine times over.
It’s a chronic type of poison.
Just like a cultivator from a fantasy novel undergoing Catastrophe Crossing.
This poison acts up once a month, and each outbreak causes pain akin to death.
With each death, the body ages by ten years, and the organs and tissues age and deteriorate, even atrophying.
Until the Nine Deaths are complete, the person will turn into a lump, as though reverting to an embryo, but an embryo that has died of old age.
After Nine Deaths, even a Demon God would be utterly annihilated—both body and soul.
The viciousness of this poison truly torments one for nine months before the end.”
Hearing Tangyu’s explanation, Huangfu Jing turned even paler, her expression flickering.
If she had to die like that, she would rather smash her head and die now.
Death isn’t terrifying; what’s terrifying is a slow and torturous death, a bitter wait for the end.
What is most feared by people is knowing exactly when they will die, yet waiting for that day to arrive.
This poison is indeed exceptionally vicious, nothing short of inhumane.
Huangfu Jing didn’t know what the Poison Scripture was, but she could tell the poison was extremely terrifying, “Tang—yu, is there any cure for this poison?”
“The Great Dao governs Yin Yang; all things are born and restrained by one another.
Everything in this world contains or is embraced by the Great Dao; thus, there are no absolutes.
Even the mightiest poison has its antidote.
There’s no such thing as an incurable poison, only whether you possess the means to cure it.
The cure for this poison is also very troublesome and complicated, recorded as one of the top twenty intractable diseases in the Immortal Doctor’s Holy Scripture.
In this world, the number of people who can cure this poison does not exceed the fingers on one hand.
However, Miss Huangfu Jing, you can count yourself lucky, for I can cure it, although it will be quite troublesome and cannot be done in just one or two attempts,” Tangyu said.
Had these words come from someone else’s mouth, Huangfu Jing would have thought them to be blatant lies, but looking at Tangyu’s serious face and firm tone of voice made her believe without a shadow of a doubt.
After all, Tangyu had indeed managed to force out the poison from Qing Feng earlier, proof of his capabilities.
“Then I must trouble you, Tangyu, to help me detoxify.
I, Huangfu Jing, will engrave this great kindness in my heart and will surely repay it generously,” Huangfu Jing said, feeling weaker and increasingly uncomfortable by the minute.
“No need for formalities.
I just happened to come across this situation and am not expecting any repayment.
If you agree to let me detoxify you, let me help you onto the bed first.
I can’t treat you like this,” Tangyu said.
“Okay, that would trouble you,” Huangfu Jing nodded in agreement.
Tangyu helped Huangfu Jing to the bed, laying her flat, and said, “I don’t like being disturbed when I’m detoxifying someone.
Do you mind if I close the door?”
Huangfu Jing was stunned and looked at Tangyu; truth be told, she did mind.
After all, she had just survived an assassination attempt, prompting her to be more cautious.
However, there was an inexplicable trust she felt towards Tangyu; something inside her kept insisting that he was reliable, a good person.
Seeing Huangfu Jing’s hesitation, Tangyu could understand.
It would be unusual for a mature and thoughtful woman to casually agree to such a request from a stranger.
“Can the door remain open?
Or perhaps, let’s wait until Qing Feng arrives before you detoxify me.
I’m a little scared,” Huangfu Jing alternatively said.
“Alright, then let’s wait for Qing Feng to come before I treat you.
Fortunately, your poison is chronic and has already deeply penetrated your body; there’s no rush at this moment.
Clearly, the one who used this poison on you didn’t mean to kill you but intended to capture you for leverage.
I assume the real target must be your family,” Tangyu said.
Huangfu Jing’s eyes gleamed as she came to an immediate understanding of the situation.
“This is a family matter, and I prefer not to ask too much.
Still, I will tell you the steps of the detoxification process.
Normally, it involves nine stages, meaning I have to detoxify you nine times to completely remove the poison from your body.
Each detoxification requires a one-week interval, so under ordinary circumstances, it takes at least fifty-six days to complete the process.
Of course, with the assistance of medicinal herbs, this time can be significantly reduced; in the best-case scenario, it could all be resolved within a week.
However, I don’t have the necessary herbs with me.
If you can procure these herbs, that would suffice,” Tangyu explained.
“What herbs do you need?
I should be able to get all of them,” Huangfu Jing said.
Tangyu replied, “The herbs I need are extremely rare and valuable, hard to purchase even with a fortune.
The main ones include: Millennium Ginseng, Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, Millennium Fleeceflower Root, Millennium Couplet Flowers, and the essence blood of a ten-thousand-year Divine Turtle.
There are other auxiliary materials too, equally scarce.”
Hearing these herbs, Huangfu Jing was stunned; such items were commonly heard of in television but seldom in real life.
Millennium Ginseng and Fleeceflower Root were still feasible; she had seen them and could acquire them.
But things like the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, Millennium Couplet Flowers, and the essence blood of a ten-thousand-year Divine Turtle were utterly unheard of to her.
If it were anyone else, they’d likely believe such items didn’t exist in the real world.
But Huangfu Jing knew they did exist, albeit extremely rare.
To obtain them quickly was as hard as reaching the heavens.
Even with her Huangfu Family’s influence, she couldn’t guarantee with certainty that she could secure them.
“I will try my best to get these herbs,” Huangfu Jing said, naturally hoping to recover quickly.
“Hmm,” Tangyu nodded.
Just then, Qing Feng walked in, a fleeting gleam passing through his eyes.
He quickly made his way to Huangfu Jing’s side.
“Qing Feng, how did you handle the situation?” Huangfu Jing asked, her breath growing weaker and her complexion pale as a sheet of paper.
Qing Feng furrowed his brows deeply and said, “It’s all been taken care of.
I’ve secretly notified the people from Tianyu and your manager to come over.
Miss, your condition isn’t good.
Should we inform the young master and the old master?”
Huangfu Jing shook her head and responded, “There’s no need for now.
Let Tangyu treat my poison first.
Go and lock the room.”
Qing Feng glanced at Tangyu before nodding, quickly closing the door and once again standing vigilantly by Huangfu Jing’s side.
Tangyu’s gaze sized up Qing Feng, too.
With such skills and willingness to be a bodyguard for others at such a young age, it was clear that Huangfu Jing’s status was absolutely extraordinary.
With Qing Feng’s skills, he completely fit the description of one who could contend against a hundred.
“Miss Huangfu Jing, I hope you’ll forgive me, but I need to treat your poison, and this may require touching your body,” Tangyu said seriously.
Huangfu Jing’s pallid face flushed slightly with embarrassment as she nodded and simply closed her eyes.
Qing Feng on the other hand, looked on at Tangyu with a vigilant expression.
Though he trusted Tangyu, he was still not completely at ease.
Tangyu ignored these distractions and quickly took action, forming several strange Hand Arts, and a stream of Pure Yang Qi was channeled into Huangfu Jing’s body.
Lying there, Huangfu Jing immediately felt waves of warm flow throughout her body, which was extremely comfortable.
This revived her worn-out body gradually, as if a thoroughly exhausted person had just rested.
Moreover, the pain in her body also started to subside.
Qing Feng’s eyes shone with an unusual light, fixated on Tangyu.
Soon, footsteps approached from outside, causing Tangyu to frown slightly.
He disliked being disturbed while treating someone.
Qing Feng went out swiftly, gave some instructions, and then returned to the room, staying close by Huangfu Jing’s side, a model of loyalty.
The entire process took a full half hour before Tangyu finally stopped.
This was his longest treatment to date, having nearly exhausted all of his Pure Yang Qi.
Beads of sweat had appeared on Tangyu’s forehead.
“Whew, Miss Huangfu Jing, you can open your eyes now.
Try to feel your condition and see how you’re doing,” Tangyu said.
Huangfu Jing then opened her eyes, noticing her complexion had regained some color.
She felt her body and found she had regained strength and that uncomfortable feeling was gone, as if she had returned to normal.
Huangfu Jing immediately got up from the bed, her face showing a trace of grateful joy as she said, “Tangyu, thank you so much.
Your medical skills are indeed superb; I feel much better now.”
Qing Feng was also appraising Huangfu Jing, with a look of gratitude towards Tangyu in his eyes, as well as silent admiration.
Of course, his curiosity about Tangyu was even greater.
What kind of background did such a young man have?
The two assassins that even he couldn’t defeat were easily repelled by him.
Not only were his martial skills deeply terrifying, but his medical skills were also outstanding.
To say he was just an ordinary person would be something only a fool would believe.
“Mr.
Tang, thank you for saving our young mistress.
This great kindness will be remembered forever by Song Qing, never to be forgotten.
Furthermore, for saving my life, I, Song Qing, vow to repay this debt even at the cost of my life,” said Song Qing.
Tangyu shook his head lightly and said, “There’s no need for such formality, I don’t seek repayment for kindness.
However, I would like to keep today’s matter confidential, and I wouldn’t want others to know about it.”
“That’s absolutely no problem, I assure you we won’t tell anyone about this,” Huangfu Jing said.
Song Qing also said solemnly, “I swear on my life that I will not speak of this to a third party.”
“Then that’s settled.
Miss Huangfu Jing, the poison in your body is only temporarily suppressed, not eliminated.
For the time being, you’d better stay and rest in the hotel and not go anywhere, or participate in any activities.
It would be ideal if you could get the herbs I mentioned earlier.
If you can’t, then we’ll have to detoxify you slowly.
Contact me again in a week.
You have many things to deal with here, so I won’t stay any longer.
Goodbye,” Tangyu said.
Huangfu Jing nodded, “Alright, I’ll find you then.”
Song Qing immediately made a gesture of invitation, “Let me show you out.”
As soon as the two left the room, several figures surrounded them.
They were people from Tianyu and Huangfu Jing’s agent.
Tianyu was also the main organizer of Huangfu Jing’s world tour at Donglin Station.
Seeing Tangyu walking out with Song Qing, they all looked at Tangyu with astonishment.
Tangyu paid no mind to these people and walked straight out of the room.