"Not dead. Since you're not dead yet, how could I bear to die..." Nangong Suxin said weakly.
"Very good. As long as you're not dead," Xiaoyao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. He immediately examined Nangong Suxin and directly began applying acupuncture at the entrance to protect that last breath of Nangong Suxin's.
She really was just barely not dead. The injuries were very serious—all internal organs were damaged, and even her heart meridian was severed. Fortunately, the Life Extension Pills were maintaining her condition. Under normal circumstances with such injuries, one could live at most a few minutes.
"Swallow this," Xiaoyao took out a pill and placed it at Nangong Suxin's mouth.
"Ah..." Nangong Suxin obediently opened her mouth but didn't swallow it, wanting Xiaoyao to feed her. Perhaps because she didn't have the strength at the moment, or perhaps because she simply wanted Xiaoyao to feed her.
Regardless of which reason, Xiaoyao didn't think much about it at this moment and directly put the medicine into Nangong Suxin's mouth.
"You came just in time. Use true qi to help Nangong Suxin disperse the medicine's power, but don't let the true qi approach near the heart. Let the medicine power penetrate naturally—her heart meridian is too fragile now and can't withstand true qi,” When Xiaoyao finished the acupuncture, he saw the Young Miss and others who had rushed over.
He wasn't calling to the Young Miss but to Nangong Lie and others who had arrived slightly faster than the Young Miss. He didn't want to waste his own true qi now—this was the perfect time to commandeer helpers.
Nangong Lie and others clearly cared about Nangong Suxin and had abundant internal power—using a little internal energy was nothing.
When Nangong Lie and others saw Xiaoyao, they were all stunned. They hadn't expected him to be a poor scholar. Wasn't he supposed to be a servant? How did he become a scholar?
This matter they were curious about, but they also didn't have time to ask, or rather Xiaoyao didn't give them a chance to ask.
"Medicine power? Alright, I'll do it."
Nangong Lie hadn't seen Xiaoyao feeding medicine when he arrived, so naturally he wasn't clear on the situation. However, at this moment he didn't want to say much, afraid of wasting the opportunity to treat Nangong Suxin.
"You all help guard the area. This is the entrance after all. Also, if his internal power isn't enough, you all help out," Xiaoyao said, continuing to use the helpers without any hesitation.
"Xiaoyao, is my sister alright?" Third Miss asked at this moment. This was what everyone wanted to know, just that they hadn't had time to ask.
"She's fine, won't die," Xiaoyao said casually.
"What else?" Third Miss continued asking. Was it just "won't die"? What about other problems, aftereffects?
"If she won't die, then she's fine," Xiaoyao still replied casually. This seemed to just repeat what he'd said before, but if examined carefully, there was something else to it.
Won't die—as long as she wouldn't die, everything else wasn't a problem.
"I understand..." Third Miss nodded knowingly.
"I'll go find someone inside to borrow a room. Being at the main entrance isn't good. You all don't stop—wait until the medicine power disperses before coming in," After Xiaoyao finished speaking, he went inside. He talked with Hanlin Academy's steward, and whether because he'd been there a long time or not, the person agreed without question and immediately prepared a quiet elegant room.
Outside, the people guarding Nangong Lie saw his sweat flowing freely and found it somewhat strange. It was just dispersing medicine power, and not even needing to reach the internal organs—why was Nangong Lie sweating so profusely?
Nangong Lie was a King-level expert of the Nangong clan, almost ready to step into Emperor level. Dispersing medicine power was something even a General-level martial artist could easily accomplish. What was going on?
Could it be that Nangong Lie was still treating Nangong Suxin's injuries?
At this moment, Xiaoyao came out and saw this situation, frowning, "Didn't I say not to force yourself? You all go replace him!"
"Replace him?" Several people were confused. Was this necessary?
"Yes, if you don't want him to collapse from exhaustion, replace him," Xiaoyao nodded.
"Collapse from exhaustion?" Several people looked at Nangong Lie, somewhat unable to understand this term. Could this possibly happen?
"I can still continue," Nangong Lie seemed to say calmly, but this calmness didn't seem calm at all.
"Don't force yourself. I don't care about your condition—I only care about Nangong Suxin. Your forcing yourself will affect her," Xiaoyao said indifferently.
"...Alright then. Nangong Xiong, you continue for me," Nangong Lie finally gave up and had the person called Nangong Xiong continue.
Nangong Xiong initially found it somewhat incredible and couldn't understand, thinking this matter was very easy. But when he took over this task, he realized it wasn't easy and understood why Nangong Lie had been sweating so profusely.
Dispersing this medicine power actually required massive amounts of internal power to catalyze, needing continuous effort. Even if an Emperor-level expert came, they might collapse from exhaustion. No wonder several people needed to take turns.
"What kind of medicine is this?" Nangong Lie looked at Xiaoyao.
"You'd better not ask too much. Recover your true qi first—perhaps you'll be needed again later!" Xiaoyao didn't give Nangong Lie a chance to ask questions. Nangong Lie also understood clearly that he couldn't get answers now. It would be more direct to ask Nangong Suxin later, and he also needed to rest.
"Tell me now, what happened?" Xiaoyao had a chance to ask this question at this moment. However, he didn't necessarily need to know the answer—he was just asking casually since he had time.
"I don't know if it was Nangong Suxin's bad luck or if your jinx came true. She had already finished the match and won, but that despicable person actually attacked from behind and even used the demonic technique Heavenly Demon Transformation," the Young Miss answered first.
"Oh, then there's no need to seek revenge. Anyone who uses Heavenly Demon Transformation is finished for life," Xiaoyao said.
"Not necessarily. Many people have recovered after using Heavenly Demon Transformation!"
"That's because those people were all supreme experts, the weakest being Emperor level, and they only used it in small amounts with little impact. But this current person—from his being defeated by Nangong Suxin, we can determine he's only General level. At the same time, from him injuring Nangong Suxin this severely, he must have used it extensively and beyond his level. This strike had Emperor-level power. He'll never be able to get up again in this lifetime, can only be paralyzed in bed, unless..." Xiaoyao stopped here without finishing.
"Unless what?" the Young Miss asked curiously.
Xiaoyao shook his head: "Nothing! Those are all impossible things, no need to mention them! By the way, what exactly did Nangong Suxin do to humiliate someone that they'd rather become disabled than strike her down? This wasn't a life-and-death duel, just a sparring match!"
"Nothing much, she just won. Didn't do anything special! Maybe the opponent was crazy," the Young Miss shook her head, really couldn't think of anything bad Nangong Suxin had done.
"Third Miss, what my Young Miss said might have some omissions. Do you think there's anything to add?" Xiaoyao directly turned to ask Third Miss.
Third Miss thought for a moment and shook her head: "Nothing more. She didn't omit anything. That's what happened—that person might have gone crazy."
"Then it really was an undeserved disaster. Maybe your sister did too many bad things and got karmic retribution..." Xiaoyao said with his head down.
Damn, this kid was really too powerful. At this moment, he actually said such things. Wasn't he afraid of being clawed to death?
"Yes, she got retribution. But you little brat, are you asking for a beating? Actually thinking sister has omissions—am I that unreliable?" the Young Miss raised her hand angrily.
"It's not that you're unreliable, but that there are omissions," Xiaoyao said.
"Isn't that the same thing!" the Young Miss said irritably.
"Not the same! Because of your personality, you often do things that offend people. Therefore, when you see these things, you don't think there's a problem, so naturally you can't see them—that's an omission,” Xiaoyao said.
"What could I not see? Tell me!"
"Alright, for example, Nangong Suxin knocked that person down with one punch, then after he fell, stepped on him. Do you think this is anything special?" Xiaoyao asked.
"No, very normal!" the Young Miss didn't think there was any problem at all.
"..." Everyone fell silent. Now even those who didn't understand Xiaoyao's meaning understood.
At this moment, the Young Miss suddenly thought it seemed problematic. If there was no problem, Xiaoyao wouldn't ask like this, so she said another sentence.
"No wait, not normal, She should have stepped on his face instead..."
Everyone was speechless.
Xiaoyao ignored the Young Miss who was still thinking about what was wrong, looked at Nangong Suxin's condition, and nodded with satisfaction. It seemed Nangong Suxin's healing progress was within his expectations, or even better.
"Mr. Xiaoyao, regarding Suxin's condition, will there be any other problems in the future?" Nangong Lie seemed to have recovered—truly worthy of a peak King-level expert.
"Whatever problems there are, he'll solve them for me! He said so himself," Before Xiaoyao could speak, Nangong Suxin had already spoken first. Although others were working hard, she didn't need to do anything—she seemed to be the most relaxed one here.
"Yes, I'll solve whatever problems there are. Don't worry—I'll do what I promised!" Xiaoyao nodded.
"I don't care about anything else now. Until you heal me completely, you're not allowed to leave my side!" Nangong Suxin smiled at this moment. Her smile was somewhat bleak, but everyone could feel her relief and happiness.
Xiaoyao replied unconcernedly, "That statement should be reversed. You shouldn't be able to leave my side, otherwise if any new problems appear, I won't be responsible!"
(End of Chapter)