The moment a cow-hair needle pierced Linghu Chong's temple, he was dead. The Divine Cult disciple's final slash was just a finishing touch.
Ning Zhongze's breathing grew ragged, and it seemed her internal injuries were becoming impossible to suppress.
"Hey! Focus and don't let your mind wander." Li Hao smacked her on the butt. Men, after all, the greater their abilities, the greater their responsibilities.
Li Hao moved like lightning, quickly escaping the battle and reaching the summit of Mount Heng.
Famous mountains and great lakes usually had caves where heroes could camp for the night. But Li Hao didn't go to a cave, because he'd found a nicely decorated house.
"You fiend, you can't do this! Ancestors of Mount Heng, your disciple has failed you!" A Mount Heng disciple in his fifties knelt on the ground, wailing.
The floor in front of him was covered with ancestral tablets—those of Mount Heng's past sect leaders, elders, and meritorious disciples.
Ning Zhongze needed to treat her injuries, so Li Hao naturally had to find her a comfortable place. Of course, it was a place he considered comfortable.
The house was nice. Just as he was about to undress Ning Zhongze to treat her injuries, he noticed the pleading look in her eyes. Following her gaze, Li Hao saw that the room was filled with memorial tablets for the dead.
Ning Zhongze was a woman, and she felt very uncomfortable about taking off her clothes to be treated in a place like this.
Li Hao immediately understood what was on her mind. Of course, he also thought that if those lonely ghosts watched his woman, he'd end up with a green hat. So he tore down a curtain, bundled up Mount Heng's ancestral tablets, and tossed them outside.
As for the Mount Heng disciples guarding the ancestral shrine, Li Hao didn't slaughter the innocent. He simply used a heavy-handed technique from the Sunflower Acupuncture Hand. Their acupoints wouldn't unlock for at least twenty-four hours.
"Yi Lin, keep an eye on the little girl at the door. Don't let anyone in. If they try anything funny, kill them without mercy," Li Hao instructed.
"Got it, husband. Don't worry, just focus on treating this elder sister!" Yi Lin knew what mattered. Ning Zhongze was gravely injured; this wasn't the time to get jealous.
"Mm. Be good." Li Hao pointed through the air, sealing the wailing Mount Heng disciple's mute acupoint, then went back into the shrine.
"Damn it, Invincible East is a real piece of trash. What a fucking monster—how could she do this?" Li Hao activated Skillful Undressing, and in a few quick motions, Ning Zhongze's chest wound was exposed.
A purplish-black palm print covered her chest completely.
"Don't look. It's so ugly." Ning Zhongze blushed, embarrassed. Though this was the second time the two of them had been intimate, neither time had been her choice!
"Relax. With me here, I guarantee there won't be a problem. I'll even fix you up so you'll be more beautiful than before." Li Hao spoke casually.
The effects of the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill had kept Ning Zhongze's injuries from worsening. Thanks to her profound internal energy, they even showed faint signs of improvement.
But Li Hao knew it was all an illusion. The injuries they could see were external; the internal injuries they couldn't see were the most life-threatening.
Ning Zhongze's once-taut abdomen had already begun to bulge slightly. Her internal organs had probably ruptured, causing internal bleeding.
"Bear with it." Li Hao took out a handful of gold needles and inserted them into more than a dozen acupoints on her chest, abdomen, and below her abdomen. First, he had to draw out the congested blood.
"You know medicine?" Ning Zhongze watched the black blood flow out continuously. The tightness in her chest and shortness of breath eased considerably.
"Of course. With me around, it'll be hard for you to die." Li Hao grinned.
But inside, he was a little anxious. The only useful thing the stupid system had rewarded him with was the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill. Everything else was stuff like Meng Han Yao and Yin Yang Hehuan Powder. There was nothing that could quickly heal internal injuries!
The Lesser Rejuvenation Pill was potent, but taking too many at once would greatly reduce its effect and cause resistance.
[The host is the real idiot.] Just then, the system's voice rang in Li Hao's mind.
[What the hell? Why are you insulting me?] Li Hao frowned.
[Our souls are bound together. Did you think I wouldn't know you were insulting me in your mind?] The system shot back.
[You know why I'm insulting you, don't you? Just look at this stuff. What use is any of it?] Li Hao was furious. He took everything in the system's storage space and dumped it on the floor.
[You already have a way to quickly treat her internal injuries. Not only can you heal her, you can rapidly improve her strength as well. Your intelligence is seriously lacking!] Even the system couldn't help complaining. Its fellow systems had contracted with princes and crown princes; even the less impressive ones had chosen holy sons or young masters. What on earth had it ended up with?
[Uh, Big Brother System, give me a hint!] Li Hao immediately softened his tone when he heard there was a solution.
[Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon.]
[No, I've studied the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon for ages and never found any method for treating injuries. System, be honest—did you give me an incomplete version?]
[I... You simply haven't understood it well enough.] The system shut down. It said no more and went straight into hibernation in its system space.
They say stupidity is contagious. I'd better stay away from this host.
Not enough understanding? Li Hao thought it over carefully. Maybe he should try to comprehend it again.
For killing Linghu Chong, the system had rewarded him with 2,000 Villain Points. That should be enough.
[Use Villain Points to comprehend the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon.] As the Villain Points rapidly dwindled, the obscure passages in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon gradually became clear to him.
So that was how it worked. When the Villain Points were completely used up, Li Hao came to his senses.
Ning Zhongze watched Li Hao sitting there with his eyes closed, feeling conflicted.
She had just seen this little lecher pull out a large pile of bottles and jars, and their labels had given her quite a shock.
What were all these? Apart from the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill, the things he carried around were all essentials for seducing women and taking advantage of them.
Ordinary people couldn't get their hands on even one of these, but this little lecher had a full selection—and plenty of them.
And what was that red silk cloth among the bottles and jars? It looked so familiar. Wasn't it the bellyband she'd lost last night?
So the little lecher really had swiped it. She remembered taking it off while bathing, and she hadn't even washed it yet.
While Ning Zhongze was still lost in thought, Li Hao had already begun to act.
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon really was a miraculous bedroom manual. It could not only be used for dual cultivation, but also treat all kinds of injuries. It could even help both parties make progress while they relaxed together.
"What are you doing?" Ning Zhongze was dumbfounded.
She had just dragged her gaze away from the bottles and jars and the words "Mandarin Ducks Playing in Water," only to discover that Li Hao was taking off his clothes.
Damn it, I'm gravely injured right now, with severe internal injuries. I could die at any moment.
At a time like this, in a situation like this, all he could think about was that kind of thing.
Could it be that there was no hope for me, and he wanted to take advantage of me while I still had some warmth...
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