An hour later, Nangong Yunhan stood up and said to Meng Xiaoyu, who still had a worried expression on her face, “Alright, it’s about time. Go and bring her out!”
With that, she turned and left the treatment room.
Meng Xiaoyu snapped back to reality after hearing Nangong Yunhan’s words.
She quickly grabbed the large purple bed sheet that had been set aside earlier.
During the treatment, Nangong Yunhan had mentioned that in order to expel as much of the poison from Ling Yuer’s body as possible, Ling Yuer had been stripped naked before being placed in the large steamer.
The purple bed sheet was used to wrap Ling Yuer after she was undressed, and now it would be used to cover her as she was carried back to her room.
After taking the sheet, Meng Xiaoyu swiftly pushed the lid of the steamer aside.
As the lid moved, Ling Yuer’s petite body gradually came into view.
Seeing Ling Yuer curled up like a newborn baby in the steamer, Meng Xiaoyu felt a faint sense of heartache.
She reached out to touch Ling Yuer’s cheeks, flushed from the steam, and then checked her breathing.
Meng Xiaoyu’s heart, which had been in her throat, finally settled.
“Thank goodness, she’s still breathing,” Meng Xiaoyu muttered to herself, patting her chest.
Although she trusted Nangong Yunhan’s medical skills and believed she wouldn’t harm Ling Yuer, the sight of the roaring fire beneath the stove had still made her anxious.
Now reassured by Ling Yuer’s shallow breathing, Meng Xiaoyu spread the bed sheet over Ling Yuer’s bare body and carefully lifted her up, preparing to carry her back to the bamboo house where she had been before.
However, before Meng Xiaoyu could leave the treatment room, she noticed something strange.
She stopped, turned, and sat on a nearby bench, placing Ling Yuer on her lap.
Supporting Ling Yuer’s back with her right hand, she used her left hand to gently pick at a thin, gel-like layer on Ling Yuer’s right cheek.
To her surprise, she found that the thin layer was tightly adhered to Ling Yuer’s face like human skin.
Meng Xiaoyu suddenly remembered the disguises often seen in martial arts dramas.
With this thought, she gently picked around Ling Yuer’s cheeks and then pinched the raised edge, pulling it off with a slight tug.
As expected, a thin, skin-like mask was peeled off Ling Yuer’s face.
Staring blankly at the thin mask in her hand, Meng Xiaoyu couldn’t help but exclaim, “So there really is such a thing as disguise in this world!”
After her exclamation, she looked down at Ling Yuer’s true face, now revealed.
“A loli!
Definitely a loli!”
Meng Xiaoyu thought to herself as she examined Ling Yuer’s face.
With arched eyebrows, large, expressive eyes (which Meng Xiaoyu judged based on Ling Yuer’s eyes before she was injured, as no disguise could enlarge eyes), a small, delicate nose, and rosy, slightly pouting lips, all set on a face with a hint of baby fat, she was the epitome of an adorable little loli!
Looking at Ling Yuer’s loli face and then at the scarred mask in her hand, Meng Xiaoyu felt displeased.
She tossed the mask aside and pinched Ling Yuer’s chubby cheeks, muttering angrily, “You bastard, you dared to deceive me for so long, claiming you liked me. Is your idea of liking someone wearing a fake mask to trick me?”
After venting her frustration on Ling Yuer’s cheeks for a while, Meng Xiaoyu finally felt satisfied and carried Ling Yuer out of the treatment room.
“Yunhan Sister,” Meng Xiaoyu called out as she carried Ling Yuer to the bamboo house where she had been before.
Inside, she found Nangong Yunhan leisurely sipping tea.
Nangong Yunhan gave Meng Xiaoyu a gentle smile and motioned for her to come inside.
After Meng Xiaoyu placed Ling Yuer on the bed, Nangong Yunhan asked her to step aside so she could check Ling Yuer’s pulse.
“Yunhan Sister, how is she?
Is the poison gone?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked nervously as she watched Nangong Yunhan take Ling Yuer’s pulse.
“Well, although it’s not completely gone, most of the poison has been expelled.
The rest can be treated slowly with medication,” Nangong Yunhan replied after releasing Ling Yuer’s hand.
“Really?
So she won’t die?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked happily after hearing Nangong Yunhan’s words.
“Yes,” Nangong Yunhan nodded slightly, seeing Meng Xiaoyu’s happy yet tense expression.
She continued, “Although the poison is no longer a major issue, she suffered internal injuries before and was heavily poisoned afterward.
Then, to expel the poison, we used the bone-steaming method, which is quite taxing.
So her body is very weak now, and it might take a long time for her to wake up.”
“Oh!
How long will it take?”
Meng Xiaoyu asked, not too concerned.
Her thought was, ‘As long as she’s okay, it doesn’t matter if she wakes up later.
We don’t have anything urgent anyway.’
“It might take half a month or a month.
The exact time depends on her constitution,” Nangong Yunhan said, continuing before Meng Xiaoyu could speak.
“Before she wakes up, you can enjoy yourself here at the bottom of Juexin Cliff.
The scenery is quite nice.”
After speaking, Nangong Yunhan looked at Meng Xiaoyu with some anticipation.
“Oh!
Then I’ll be imposing on Yunhan Sister,” Meng Xiaoyu said happily after hearing Nangong Yunhan’s words.
“Haha, it’s nothing.
We’ve been busy for a while, and you haven’t had a proper rest during this time.
Xiaoyu, you should go rest first.
I’ll take care of things here.
I’ve already asked the medicine servant to prepare hot water for you in your room,” Nangong Yunhan said with a tone full of affection, noticing the faint dark circles under Meng Xiaoyu’s eyes.
“Okay, thank you, Yunhan Sister.
I’ll go rest now,” Meng Xiaoyu said, realizing that she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for several days because of Ling Yuer.
Now, hearing Nangong Yunhan’s suggestion, she felt both tired and sleepy.
After thanking Nangong Yunhan, she turned and went to the bamboo house where Nangong Yunhan had taken her earlier to rest.
Watching Meng Xiaoyu leave, Nangong Yunhan turned back to look at Ling Yuer, whose disguise had been removed by Meng Xiaoyu.
A meaningful smile appeared on her lips.
She then spoke softly to the still-unconscious Ling Yuer, “For the sake of your health, you should rest for a while.”
With that, she also left the small bamboo house, leaving the still-unconscious Ling Yuer behind.
In fact, given Ling Yuer’s condition, she would wake up in three days.
However, Nangong Yunhan didn’t want her to wake up so soon, so she lied to Meng Xiaoyu.
As for what to do after three days, our Doctor Nangong said, “I’m a master of both medicine and poison, the Juexin Medical Immortal!
Making someone sleep a few more days is a piece of cake, and our Doctor Nangong also said she wouldn’t let Ling Yuer sleep those extra days for nothing.
To make up for it, she would treat some of Ling Yuer’s other minor ailments, like the ‘dysmenorrhea’ caused by her cold constitution.
Don’t ask how our Doctor Nangong knows this.
In her words, ‘I’m a divine doctor; knowing this is not surprising at all.’
So, in conclusion, Nangong Yunhan is definitely a schemer, and one to the core.
Just look at Meng Xiaoyu.
She was clearly tricked, yet she still foolishly thanked Nangong Yunhan.
As the saying goes, ‘The year’s plan starts in spring, the day’s plan starts in the morning.’
Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, Meng Xiaoyu crawled out of her warm bed.
For someone like Meng Xiaoyu, who often slept until the sun was high in the sky, this was nothing short of a miracle.
Why did Meng Xiaoyu get up so early today?
There were two reasons.
The first was that she went to bed early yesterday, and before sleeping, she soaked in a medicinal bath prepared by Nangong Yunhan to relieve fatigue.
So, when the sky just started to brighten, Meng Xiaoyu was wide awake and full of energy.
The second reason was that she wanted to get up early to practice swordsmanship.
The recent events had made Meng Xiaoyu deeply realize that if she wasn’t strong enough, it would be easy to lose her life in this dangerous Jianghu.
Especially since the Xuanfeng Order was still with her (she had taken it when undressing Ling Yuer), if she didn’t have some skills, it would be easy for those after Zhao Tianyu, the old guy, to take her out.
Moreover, Meng Xiaoyu was sure that Zhao Tianyu recognized her that day.
Although she had denied it, once she used the Divine Sword Finger, her previous denial was useless, as she was the only one who could use it!
So, to protect herself and those she cared about, she had to practice martial arts diligently.
That’s why, as soon as the sky lightened, Meng Xiaoyu got up, dressed, washed up, and took the sword she had asked the medicine servant for yesterday, and left her room.
Meng Xiaoyu walked along a small path in front of the bamboo house, heading left until she reached an open grassy area, where she stopped.
Standing on the grass, Meng Xiaoyu looked around, ensuring she was a good distance from Nangong Yunhan’s herb garden before she began practicing her swordsmanship.
She was really afraid of accidentally stepping on the herbs Nangong Yunhan had painstakingly planted while practicing, which would be a huge mistake.
Once she was no longer worried, Meng Xiaoyu began practicing the sword techniques taught to her by the old man and the Han Rubing sisters.
Although she initially wanted to practice Tai Chi Sword, after some thought, she decided to practice other sword techniques.
She felt that while Tai Chi Sword was great for defense, it was somewhat lacking in offense.
