This gave Ye Qingyun quite a fright.
"What's going on?"
Ye Qingyun hurriedly helped Bai Suyi up and laid her on the bed.
He touched her face. It was extremely cold.
It was practically a block of ice.
Not only that, but wisps of ghostly white Cold Qi spilled out with each breath she took.
The temperature throughout the room began to plummet at that very moment.
It was as though the room had become an ice cavern in an instant.
Ye Qingyun's expression changed drastically.
"What's happening?"
He completely lost his composure.
This was his first time encountering anything like this, and he had absolutely no idea what to do.
He touched Bai Suyi's forehead again. It was already as cold as ice.
An ordinary person in this state would have died long ago.
But although Bai Suyi was chilled to the bone, she was still alive.
"No, someone really will die if this keeps up."
Ye Qingyun was extremely anxious.
"Classmate Xiao Er, turn on the heating and set it to maximum!"
Ye Qingyun's house even came equipped with heating.
It was connected to the whole-house smart system and could be activated with a single call.
The heating switched on, sending waves of warm air into the room.
The room's temperature began to rise.
Ye Qingyun watched Bai Suyi nervously. Afraid the heating would not be enough, he hurriedly brought over several hot-water bottles and two thick quilts and bundled her up with all of them.
He waited a while.
Ye Qingyun touched Bai Suyi's face again.
Although it was still very cold, it seemed a little better than before.
Ye Qingyun relaxed slightly.
"Could the remaining poisonous insects inside her be breeding?"
This possibility suddenly occurred to Ye Qingyun.
Ye Qingyun had already removed many of the poisonous insects inside Bai Suyi through two consecutive cupping treatments.
But some poisonous insects still remained inside her.
Perhaps the poisonous insects had realized their numbers were dwindling and begun breeding in large quantities, causing Bai Suyi's current condition.
And Bai Suyi's body could not withstand so many poisonous insects all at once, so she had lost consciousness, and her body temperature had dropped to freezing.
"If only the system were here."
At that moment, Ye Qingyun missed that cheating Sainthood System immensely.
But the next moment.
Ye Qingyun's eyes lit up.
Although the system was gone.
All the knowledge it had taught him was still there.
Ye Qingyun had fully mastered the medical knowledge as well.
"In this situation, the medical approach would be to keep her body temperature from dropping any further while eliminating all the poisonous insects in one go!"
Ye Qingyun's brow furrowed tightly.
Soon, he came up with a targeted treatment plan.
Bai Suyi was a martial artist, so her body was naturally tougher than an ordinary person's.
Moreover, the poisonous insects had occupied her body for years, so her body had actually developed a certain tolerance to them.
Now Ye Qingyun had also taken timely measures to ensure Bai Suyi's body temperature would not continue to fall.
That bought Ye Qingyun precious time.
Ye Qingyun immediately fetched his medicine chest.
Inside were some medicines for everyday use, all of which Ye Qingyun had prepared himself.
Although they could not treat any serious illnesses.
There was one kind of medicine that Ye Qingyun always kept ready.
Antibiotics!
These were good stuff.
Under the system's torment, Ye Qingyun had only managed to extract them successfully after considerable difficulty.
"Although I don't know exactly what kind of poisonous insects they are, the antibiotics should come in handy."
With that thought in mind.
Ye Qingyun slipped a white pill into Bai Suyi's mouth and made her swallow it.
All that remained was to wait.
If her body temperature gradually recovered, that would mean the antibiotics were working.
If there was no improvement, he could only think of another way.
Before long, Bai Suyi's breathing became steady.
He immediately touched Bai Suyi's forehead.
It had begun to regain a little warmth.
Ye Qingyun felt greatly reassured.
"Looks like the medicine is working."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The heating at maximum power was making him unbearably hot.
By now, Ye Qingyun had stripped to the waist.
His whole body was drenched in sweat.
A little more time passed.
Bai Suyi slowly opened her eyes.
She stared blankly upward, seemingly still unaware of what had just happened to her.
"You're awake?"
Only when Ye Qingyun appeared in her field of vision did Bai Suyi come to her senses.
But the sight of Ye Qingyun bare-chested immediately gave her a fright.
Then she looked at herself.
Although she still had her clothes on.
She was lying on Ye Qingyun's bed.
And she was covered in sweat.
She felt utterly exhausted.
Bai Suyi looked helpless.
Could I have been... done to?
"Young Master Ye, you..."
Her face flushed crimson, and she felt both angry and embarrassed.
Ye Qingyun wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"That was close. You nearly died."
Bai Suyi froze.
Nearly died?
Ye Qingyun then told Bai Suyi what had just happened.
Only after hearing him out did Bai Suyi realize she had wrongly blamed Ye Qingyun.
It turned out he had done nothing bad at all.
Instead, he had saved her life.
At this thought, Bai Suyi could not help feeling ashamed.
He's a reclusive master. How could he possibly harbor the same filthy thoughts as ordinary men?
I really shouldn't have thought that.
"Thank you for saving my life, Young Master Ye!"
Bai Suyi thanked him sincerely.
Ye Qingyun waved a hand.
"Saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. How could I possibly stand by and watch you die?"
Saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda?
Those words immediately left Bai Suyi stunned.
Vaguely, Bai Suyi seemed to sense an indescribable Zen truth within those words.
"Young Master Ye..."
"Don't talk anymore. You're so weak. Lie down and get some proper rest first."
Bai Suyi said nothing more and lay down to continue resting.
When the sky was about to darken.
Bai Suyi got up and walked out.
"Young Master Ye, I should head back."
Ye Qingyun looked her up and down.
"Are you all right now?"
Bai Suyi nodded, gratitude showing on her face.
"I feel completely recovered."
Ye Qingyun thought to himself.
Could my antibiotics really have such miraculous effects?
"It's already dark. Wait until tomorrow to head down the mountain."
Ye Qingyun said.
Bai Suyi shook her head. "I can't stay here overnight. The sect entrusted me with a task. If I'm delayed for a night, I'm afraid I won't make it back in time to report."
"What's so urgent?"
Ye Qingyun asked curiously.
Bai Suyi did not conceal anything. "Some evil cultivators have appeared within the Heavenly Martial Dynasty recently. They specifically abduct children and have already killed quite a few."
"Now the three great sects and the Heavenly Martial Dynasty have all begun hunting down these evil cultivators. I'm about to meet up with several fellow disciples to investigate their whereabouts together."
Hearing this, Ye Qingyun agreed that it was no small matter.
"Then be careful."
Ye Qingyun cautioned her.
Bai Suyi nodded, then descended the mountain in the darkness.
That very night, an eerie black figure appeared in the darkness within the marketplace at the foot of Floating Cloud Mountain.
"Hehehe, to think there's a marketplace like this here. How convenient for me to strike."