Forcing the Aloof Master to Madness - Chapter 29.2

Chapter 29.2

The Medical Fairy’s memory of that scene was too deep. After all, her Senior Sister beside her had gripped her tightly, her fingers cold from the freezing.

Because of this, she was very curious about Wang Xi. However, the entire cultivation world probably felt this way about Immortal Jiyue.

After all, the great powers in every sect were wary of the Jade Profound Sect because of her, allowing the Jade Profound Sect to secure its position as the number one sect.

However, the powerful woman the Medical Fairy remembered was now pale, holding a woman in her arms, her expression icy, yet the Medical Fairy could sense her obvious confusion and instability.

The Medical Fairy smiled, finding it novel. She glanced at the woman in Wang Xi’s arms, a mischievous glint in her eyes. “She’s dead. I can’t save her.”

She said this deliberately, her eyes fixed on Wang Xi. This was just how she was: when a wicked thought arose, she couldn’t help but unleash it.

She watched the once high and mighty Immortal Jiyue look at her. A trace of obsession even arose in those eyes, like shattered ice suddenly struck by a sharp, heavy object.

However, the Medical Fairy also sensed a danger. The rapidly dropping temperature was stripping her senses. She grew more interested and was about to speak further to provoke Wang Xi when the green leaf fan in front of her struck her head heavily.

“Save the person.” Dean Zhuxin’s voice also became cold, her gaze fixed on the Medical Fairy filled with danger. “Feng Nianzhen said she was hit by the Sha Yin Curse. If we don’t save her soon, she will truly be beyond help.”

“Just for your old flame,” the Medical Fairy covered her head in pain and muttered softly, but she dared not cause trouble again.

Shen Lezhi was placed on the long chair in the room. The Medical Fairy absolutely refused to let her sleep on her own bed, so the girl was eventually laid flat on the long chair.

Her bluish skin made the Medical Fairy unable to confidently say she could be saved. However, as the Medical Fairy probed with her spiritual power, she immediately understood why Shen Lezhi was still alive in this state.

Not only was her Dantian protected by the Wood-attributed life force of some great power, but Wang Xi’s Ice-attributed spiritual power slowed the spread of the poisonous curse. Furthermore, every vital organ on her body was protected by Feng Nianzhen’s Life-Substitute Spell.

“She has good fortune. A significant figure, indeed,” the Medical Fairy quipped.

She hadn’t met Shen Lezhi and didn’t know her identity, but she concluded that a person with only Foundation Establishment cultivation, who could be protected by three great powers and personally rushed to the Wandering Scholar Academy by Immortal Jiyue, must have an extraordinary background.

The Sha Yin Curse might be somewhat tricky for True Person Hundred Herbs of the Jade Profound Sect, as they must follow the righteous path in medicine and healing, and they were often preoccupied with flowers and plants, neglecting their own cultivation.

“To cure it, just find someone to die in her place,” the Medical Fairy looked up and said with a smile to Wang Xi.

Although the Wandering Scholar Academy was one of the Four Great Sects, it was actually the most neither righteous nor evil among them. As long as a person wasn’t utterly evil, the Academy wouldn’t interfere.

So, when the Medical Fairy spoke, Dean Zhuxin only hesitated for a moment and didn’t intend to stop her.

However… she looked up at Wang Xi. Immortal Jiyue had always been the image of a righteous person.

But Wang Xi did not object. She merely swept her clear and calm gaze over the Medical Fairy. “She has a Life-Substitute Spell.”

Feng Nianzhen had already said that the Life-Substitute Spell couldn’t save Shen Lezhi.

The Medical Fairy realized this, muttered displeasedly: “Annoying!”

Having said that, she took out a silver needle, pinched it lightly with two fingers, and began to administer acupuncture to Shen Lezhi. This was her natal magic weapon, the Five Spirit Golden Needles. Since its refinement, it had been nourished by medicine and spiritual power, and could help the Medical Fairy repair Shen Lezhi’s torn meridians.

If Shen Lezhi’s injuries were serious, they certainly were; all her meridians were severed. But for the moment, they were not fatal, as all her vital organs were protected by three types of spiritual power.

If anyone else treated her, she might survive but become a cripple, but the Medical Fairy was the only person in this world who could reshape her meridians.

“I need some blood from the Exquisite Heart,” the Medical Fairy turned around and called out to Wang Xi again. This time, her expression was serious, without any hint of jest.

“If we have the Exquisite Heart’s blood, her meridians can be perfectly restored,” the Medical Fairy added.

But Wang Xi shook her head. The Medical Fairy muttered that the Master was so anxious when she first arrived, yet now she was unwilling to give a little blood.

But then she suddenly heard Wang Xi say: “She has the Exquisite Heart.”

These words made the Medical Fairy’s eyelids jump. She had been busy saving the person earlier, dealing with Shen Lezhi’s severely damaged meridians.

Seeing that the heart area was extremely well-protected and completely unharmed, she hadn’t investigated closely. Now, upon hearing Wang Xi’s words, she was immediately incredulous. Since when did another Exquisite Heart appear in this world?

The Medical Fairy immediately focused her mind and lowered her head to investigate.

Half of the Exquisite Heart was indeed in Shen Lezhi’s body, radiating immense spiritual power and life force from that location.

Half.

Why only half?

The Medical Fairy suddenly looked up, her eyes fixed on Wang Xi next to her. “That’s your Exquisite Heart. You cut out half of your own Exquisite Heart?!”

She burst out laughing. The chilling air was pervasive. Immortal Jiyue, who had been aloof her entire life, would actually cut out half of her Exquisite Heart for another person.

Who is this girl, to make Immortal Jiyue go to such lengths?

She was already looking forward to the girl waking up.

The Medical Fairy’s medical skills were truly renowned throughout the world. After two months of deep sleep, Shen Lezhi finally woke up on a clear and sunny day.

She first felt warmth. Opening her eyes, she found the window hadn’t been closed, and sunlight had slipped into the room, caressing her face.

There was no one in the room when she opened her eyes. A pot of steaming hot tea sat on the table. Only a single teacup was placed on the wooden table, half-filled with pale green tea.

It seemed someone had just left and hadn’t tidied up the tea set. They should be returning soon.

Shen Lezhi looked out the window. The somewhat dazzling sunlight made her squint. The familiar style of the furniture caused a sigh in her heart.

She was still in this world.

She hadn’t died even through all that. She truly had nine lives.

But this time, Shen Lezhi only sighed, without the previous regret and pain.

She was starting to accept the reality of her existence in this world.

After all, she had developed a slight attachment here.

“Master!!! Wuwuwu! Master, you’re finally awake! Wuwuwu…”

And just like that, her attachment had already started crying uncontrollably.

Shen Lezhi felt groggy. The lethality of the Crying Soul Strand after blooming was simply too strong. She had to quickly tell the Crying Soul Strand to stop: “Little crybaby, hold it in. I’m dizzy.”

Hearing her say she was uncomfortable, the Crying Soul Strand immediately stopped, but its suppressed emotion still caused it to sob quietly.

“Master, you’ve been asleep for two months! The big ice block just left and you woke up. The big ice block must not have let you wake up,” the Crying Soul Strand complained.

Shen Lezhi certainly knew who the “big ice block” was. Wang Xi’s pale figure flashed in her mind, and she knew that she was alive now, likely because Wang Xi had saved her again.

Just as she was thinking of the person, the person’s figure suddenly appeared before her.

Shen Lezhi didn’t react immediately. She blinked, thinking it was a hallucination, until Wang Xi walked slowly to the bedside, sat on the edge of the bed, and slightly turned, casting her cold gaze.

Wang Xi showed no extra emotion upon seeing Shen Lezhi awake. Her spiritual consciousness had already covered the room. The moment Shen Lezhi opened her eyes, Wang Xi already knew.

“Shen Lezhi, do you still remember what you said before you fell unconscious?” Her tone was slow, yet it was the coldness Shen Lezhi was most familiar with, like the unfreezing clear spring water in the mountains during the twelfth lunar month.

Shen Lezhi raised her eyes and met Wang Xi’s gaze. “Why did you say the Sect Master wants to kill me?” Wang Xi finally voiced the question that had kept her confused and lost for two months.

She needed to know the answer.

Would the Shen Lezhi before her still betray her and yearn to kill her, just like in the previous life?