Hearing Han Lang say this, Liu Xiaoxiao became somewhat disbelieving.
"Are you sure you can cure me after a thorough diagnosis? I'm telling you, my condition is very serious. Many doctors have been helpless. If it weren't for an old Chinese doctor who said Shennong Tianyi could cure it, I wouldn't have spoken to you. So, I need to confirm first!"
Looking at Liu Xiaoxiao's earnest expression, Han Lang felt a pang of empathy.
He could understand Liu Xiaoxiao's feelings.
Sometimes, certain problems within oneself can only become a secret hidden in one's heart, something that one is unwilling to disclose to anyone.
And Liu Xiaoxiao's hidden ailment clearly fell into this category.
Now that she had decided to bare her scars in front of Han Lang, she was naturally both expectant and worried.
Therefore, she was being so cautious.
Afraid to reveal her problem completely.
Thinking of this, Han Lang's mood calmed down.
He slightly crossed his legs and said to Liu Xiaoxiao with equal seriousness.
"Squad Leader Liu, first, I want to be clear with you. I am indeed a descendant of Shennong Tianyi. However, whether I can cure your illness depends on your cooperation. Since you are not yet ready to let me take your pulse, I think you might as well treat me as a trustworthy friend and pour out the troubles that have been weighing on your heart for years. Perhaps this will be of great help to your mood, and even to my subsequent treatment. What do you think?"
After speaking, Han Lang looked at Liu Xiaoxiao with encouragement in his eyes.
Liu Xiaoxiao seemed to sense Han Lang's sincerity.
At this moment, she was about to reveal the shadow that had been buried in her heart for years.
But just as the words were about to escape, she said with some worry.
"I can tell you. But you must promise me that you won't mention it to anyone. Including Huang Yuhua, or even your closest friends!"
Han Lang nodded without hesitation.
"Don't worry, I'm known for my discretion!"
Hearing Han Lang's firm promise, Liu Xiaoxiao finally slowly opened her heart.
It turned out that when she was still a recruit, she was already a renowned genius of that batch.
Not only was her strength outstanding, but her beautiful appearance also earned her the title of the most outstanding cultivator at that time.
However, just as she was basking in this supreme honor, fate played a cruel joke on her.
It was a mission she could no longer remember the exact number of.
She vaguely recalled it was about three years ago.
At that time, her cultivation had already reached the late Golden Core stage.
However, during a covert infiltration mission, her team was ambushed by an X-class ability user.
They fought desperately.
But her teammates still fell one by one before her eyes.
She herself was also severely injured by the X-class ability user.
Perhaps out of lust for her beauty.
The X-class ability user did not kill her directly but injected a tube of dark green liquid into her body.
Although her consciousness was weak at the time, she vaguely remembered that the X-class ability user intended to transform her into one of them.
In other words, that tube of dark green serum might be something from the ability user world that could directly transform a person into an ability user.
The X-class ability user did this for two reasons: first, he coveted Liu Xiaoxiao's strength; second, he wanted to turn Liu Xiaoxiao into an ability user and make her his plaything.
Originally, this misfortune was unavoidable.
But at the most critical juncture, the Military Region Commander Song Heguo arrived with reinforcements from the special forces.
At the last moment, he not only rescued her from the X-class ability user but also used all his might to seal that ability user serum in a certain part of her dantian.
However, this method of treatment was only a temporary fix.
For the past three years, she had to constantly control the seal to prevent the ability user serum from eroding her.
As a result, her cultivation had declined rather than advanced in these three years.
Even according to the old Chinese doctor, within ten years, her cultivation would be reduced to zero.
By then, the ability user serum, no longer suppressed by spiritual energy, would still erode her body.
And without her cultivation, she would either completely become a low-level ability user, or she would only have death to look forward to.
For this reason, Liu Xiaoxiao had been constantly worried for so many years.
She did not fear death, but she absolutely could not allow herself to become the kind of ability user she herself despised and found disgusting!
So for years, she had been desperately searching for a solution.
But the old Chinese doctor had also said.
Shennong Tianyi was rare and hard to find!
Her fate was thus left to chance.
Until yesterday, she learned of Han Lang's identity.
That was why she was so desperate to confirm if Han Lang truly had a way to cure her.
After listening to all this, Han Lang couldn't help but sigh.
The cultivators of Xia Guo and the ability users had been irreconcilable from the beginning.
With the growth of ability user technology and the decline in the overall strength of Xia Guo cultivators, the gap between them had gradually widened.
To the point where now, the entire Xia Guo simply did not have the strength to annihilate X-class ability users, whose cultivation was comparable to Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
If the cultivation environment were better, and Xia Guo cultivators could return to their former glory, as long as one person reached the Soul Transformation stage, foreign ability user forces could be wiped out with a flick of a finger!
Why would they need to spread their forces thin and contend with ability users as they were doing now?
"Squad Leader Liu, I understand your feelings very well. However, just by listening to you, I cannot be sure if I can treat your problem. After all, I am not familiar with that ability user serum. Therefore, I still want to investigate and understand the root cause of the illness. But you can rest assured, my identity as Shennong Tianyi is genuine, and my medical skills, I believe, are unmatched in the entire Xia Guo. So, I hope you can let go and trust me once!"
Han Lang's words were very sincere, and Liu Xiaoxiao was no longer as resistant after pouring out her heart.
After a period of internal struggle, Liu Xiaoxiao finally agreed.
"Alright! Then I'll slightly release the seal and let you investigate. But I have a condition before that."
"Speak!"
"If even you are helpless, please leave me with the last shred of dignity as a special forces soldier before I am about to become an ability user!"
Han Lang was shocked by this.
Liu Xiaoxiao's so-called dignity, of course, meant dying to prove her resolve.
Not many people knew her secret.
And now, the only person who could fight alongside her at all times was Han Lang.
Therefore, such a request was most appropriate to be made to Han Lang.
"No, Squad Leader Liu. You don't need to be so pessimistic, we might not..."
Before Han Lang could finish speaking, Liu Xiaoxiao immediately interrupted.
"I know what you're going to say. It's precisely because I have this hope that I'm telling you my story. My request for you to leave me with the last shred of dignity is merely making the worst-case scenario. Of course, I also hope you can solve my problem. Do you understand what I mean by saying this?"
Han Lang was stunned.
"I understand! I promise you. But you also have to promise me that you will fully cooperate with my treatment, how about that?"
Liu Xiaoxiao's delicate eyebrows furrowed, and after a moment of thought, she nodded firmly.
"Okay!"