Chapter 129: How Did Things Turn Out Like This?

Under a tree, Zhu Ling was checking the pulse of the unconscious Sikong Wangxing.

At this moment, Zhu Ling’s nose was still twitching; she clearly hadn’t recovered from the shock of that Big Bad Guy.

Furthermore, because she had been intimidated by that very, very fierce bad person earlier, Zhu Ling hadn’t noticed.

Only now did Zhu Ling realize that the person this bad guy was carrying on his back was actually the Saintess of Tianji City—Sikong Wangxing!

Why was Miss Sikong so severely injured?

And why did Miss Sikong fall into the hands of this big bad person?

And why would this big bad person save Miss Sikong?

Could it be?!

Suddenly, the young girl checking Sikong Wangxing’s pulse suddenly understood something!

She knew!

This Big Bad Guy must have found Miss Sikong somewhere, and then, in order to blackmail Tianji City, he wanted her to save her! To get a ransom!

That’s it! It’s just like what she had seen in books! It must be!

Zhu Ling thought seriously, becoming more and more certain of the idea in her heart.

No! She had to save Miss Sikong and then escape the clutches of this bad person together with her!

“Hey! How is she? How are her injuries!”

Lin Xun, who was pacing back and forth nearby, saw Zhu Ling’s small hand leave Sikong Wangxing’s wrist. He tapped the ground with a wooden stick and spoke ferociously.

“D-don’t be so fierce to me.” The young girl, who had just plucked up the courage to think about escaping the bad person’s clutches, suddenly lost her nerve and held her head in a defensive crouch again.

“If you can’t cure her, I’ll be fierce to you,” Lin Xun threatened.

“Bad person.” Zhu Ling pouted, her eyes misting over. She then took out a large square cloth from her small Fragrant Pouch, like a camping tablecloth.

Then she took out one medicinal ingredient after another and arranged them on the cloth: a Medicine Grinder, a Pestle, a Medicine Furnace, Silver Needles… that small Fragrant Pouch gave Lin Xun the feeling of seeing an entire hospital.

Good grief.

Although this girl from Shu was very fond of crouching with her head in her hands, she was definitely a qualified healer!

This equipment was simply too complete; Lin Xun even saw a set of surgical tools!

Had the medical development of Medicine King Valley become this powerful?

“Miss Sikong mainly suffered from Sword Qi injuries and internal injuries from Incantations.”

Zhu Ling said while preparing the medicinal ingredients. Her small hands were extremely agile; each herb was deftly stripped of its needed parts in her hands. Even just by holding them, she knew exactly how much they weighed.

Watching the young girl kneeling on the ground preparing medicine, every movement actually had an artistic beauty to it.

“However, Miss Sikong has many protective Magic Treasures, so the Sword Qi injuries and Incantations didn’t damage her foundation. But Miss Sikong also suffered impact injuries, likely caused by a wild beast, which worsened her condition and made it truly dangerous. Besides, Big Bad-bad.”

Zhu Ling wanted to call Lin Xun a Big Bad Guy, but was afraid of him being fierce…

“Just call me Diao Zhen Da,” Lin Xun said nonchalantly.

“Besides, Diao Zhen Da, the spiritual power you infused stabilized Miss Sikong’s injuries. Although it was a bit crude, the method was very correct. Originally, Miss Sikong would have been fine with just some rest. But for some reason, Miss Sikong’s emotions seemed very agitated earlier, as if she had received a great shock, and even her will to live almost snapped. Coupled with Miss Sikong’s original frail health and the strange illness that has plagued her for years, that’s why it’s so serious now.”

The young girl pouted, put the prepared ingredients into the furnace, and then lit it with a fire starter; this fire was the Shennong Fire of Medicine King Valley.

“In short, any later and something would have happened to Miss Sikong, but now, I can cure her.”

After saying the last sentence, Zhu Ling stopped talking and focused on refining the medicine.

Lin Xun didn’t disturb her either, focusing on acting as her Protector.

About ten minutes later, the fragrance of medicine lingered, the furnace opened as the pill was formed, but a Pill Tribulation descended.

Whenever a Spirit Medicine reaches the third grade or higher, there must be a Pill Tribulation! This is the Heavenly Dao’s maintenance of man-made treasures.

Seeing the Pill Tribulation, Zhu Ling’s expression became even more solemn, and she carefully protected it with her spiritual power.

If she failed, she wouldn’t have enough ingredients to refine the next batch!

“A third-grade Pill Tribulation dares to show up? Get the hell out of here!”

Just as crystalline beads of sweat appeared on Zhu Ling’s forehead, Lin Xun gave a shout, and the Pill Tribulation was instantly dispersed.

The third-grade Spirit Pill was successfully produced.

The young girl blinked and looked at Lin Xun.

Zhu Ling felt even more terrified of this big bad person’s strength. How was she supposed to run away with Miss Sikong now… Although she felt a bit despairing, Zhu Ling didn’t hesitate at all. She quickly ground the Spirit Pill into powder, mixed it with Medicine King Valley spring water, and gave it to Sikong Wangxing.

*Cough, cough, cough.*

The effect was immediate. Sikong Wangxing coughed violently, and then the unconscious girl turned her head and spat out a mouthful of clotted blood.

The clotted blood contained the resonance of Sword Qi and Incantations, as well as Lin Xun’s spiritual power.

“Afterwards, you thought you were stabilizing her injuries, but in fact, the spiritual power you infused made her spiritual power even more chaotic and her injuries worse.”

After a hint of color returned to Sikong Wangxing’s face, Zhu Ling murmured softly, as if complaining that Lin Xun didn’t understand the medical Dao and was saving people recklessly, almost killing her.

“What did you say?” Lin Xun walked forward with his stick, “Say it again.”

Lin Xun really hadn’t been paying attention just now and subconsciously stepped forward to hear more clearly.

“N-nothing.” The Little White Rabbit’s face instantly turned pale. “I-I’m going to apply the needles to Miss Sikong. Y-you…”

Zhu Ling tremblingly held the needle bag in her arms. She really wanted to say, “You have to take off clothes for the needles, you can’t look.”

But Zhu Ling realized the other party was a bad person. This Big Bad Guy might not only look, but might even eat her at any moment.

“Oh, you need me to step away? Speak clearly, don’t always be so nervous.” Lin Xun guessed her meaning, turned around, and sat down ten meters away from them.

“Eh? Could this be a polite Big Bad Guy?”

Zhu Ling blinked her beautiful eyes, staring at Lin Xun’s back ten meters away.

“Hmph! A bad person is a bad person! Zhu Ling, don’t be fooled.” Zhu Ling shook her head and took out several Screens from her small Fragrant Pouch to surround the area. The Screens were also Magic Treasures that could block Divine Sense.

Chewing on a black grass root, Lin Xun sat on the grass with his Divine Sense spread out. If anyone approached within a hundred meters, Lin Xun would detect them.

However… thinking back to Sikong Wangxing’s previous words and appearance… “How did things turn out like this?”

Lin Xun wiped his face.

He had just come to help his wife save a best friend, then hide his contribution and fame, doing a good deed without leaving a name.

But the problem was, how did he encounter so many things?

Lin Xun sighed softly.

He felt that all of this still had to start from the Marriage Contract the old man had set for him.

But then again, Zhu Ling just said Wang Xing has a strange illness that has plagued her for years.

What does that mean? What kind of illness?

He wasn’t good at curing illnesses, but he was good at detecting bodily abnormalities. Why hadn’t he noticed anything at all before?