The Treatment Succeeds and the Poisoned Blood Is Purged, but Shocking News Reveals the Wa Woman Is Deeply Poisoned by an Aphrodisiac

To make it easier to administer acupuncture, Shen Ling'er and Meng Jiuning both took off their outer garments, wearing only close-fitting plain-colored tube tops and underpants.

The heat caused sweat to trickle down the two women's dazzlingly white necks, soaking their thin strapless bras until they became translucent, clinging tightly to their bodies and outlining their alluring curves.

Shen Ling'er stood behind the wooden tub, holding three-inch-long gold needles in her hands, and inserted them one by one into the Baihui acupoint on the top of Takaichi Nanako's head and the Fengchi acupoint on the back of her neck.

A few days ago, in order to get rid of the bloodworm mother worm in the Han River, she and Meng Jiuning bled half a basin of blood, which had already severely depleted their resources.

After standing in the sweltering bathhouse for more than two hours, Shen Ling'er's vision began to blur, and cold sweat mixed with hot sweat dripped down her forehead.

" Ling'er, can you still hold on?"

Meng Jiuning squatted by the wooden tub, holding a sharp little silver knife in her hand. She dipped it into the medicinal soup, grabbed Takaichi Nanako Nana Zi's fair little foot, and gently made a cut on the blue vein on the inside of her ankle.

Dark, poisonous blood oozed from the wound, instantly staining the surrounding medicinal soup black.

"It's alright... just one last needle to lock the heart meridian..."

Shen Ling'er bit her lip, picked up the thirty-sixth golden needle with her right hand, and stabbed it into Nanako's Shindo acupoint on the back of her heart.

Just as the needle tip was about to touch her skin, Shen Ling'er suddenly felt a sharp pain in her old wrist injury, her entire right arm went limp, and her wrist sank down.

puff.

The needle missed its mark by half an inch and pierced directly into the fascia next to it.

"Ah--!"

Takaichi Nanako, who had been sleeping soundly with her eyes closed, screamed and her entire body began to spasm violently.

She thrashed about in the wooden tub, her two pale legs suddenly kicking upwards, slamming directly against the edge of the camphor wood tub.

Boom!

The large wooden barrel was kicked over and knocked to the ground.

The scalding hot, dark brown medicinal soup, mixed with countless medicinal dregs, splashed all over the ground, with most of the hot soup being poured directly onto Meng Jiuning's skirt and calves.

"Hiss--!"

Meng Jiuning gasped in pain and collapsed to the ground, her fair calves visibly red.

Shen Ling'er was thrown forward by the force of the overturned wooden tub, landing on the wet bluestone slab, her golden needles scattering all over the ground.

What happened inside!

Hearing the loud noise, Kim Seon-a had been waiting in the corridor outside the bathhouse, changed her expression, strode to the door, and reached out to push open the wooden door.

"Did that Wa woman die?!"

Clang!

A long, finely crafted iron spear swept horizontally, its shaft slamming heavily against the doorframe and blocking Kim Seon-a's hand.

Murong Xue, dressed in a sleek black outfit, stood at the doorway, holding a spear in one hand, and slammed the spear to the ground.

"His Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to enter this room for the next six hours."

"Get out of the way!"

Kim Seon-a's eyes were red-rimmed. Her right hand rested on the hilt of her sword at her waist, and she drew out half a foot of blade. The cold light reflected on her face.

"The medicine barrels inside were all overturned!"

If Takaichi Nanako dies, the trail to Iwami Silver Mine will be completely cut off. Can you bear that responsibility?

Whether or not you can shoulder the responsibility is none of your business, you surrendered Goryeo general.

Murong Xue didn't even lift her eyelids. She flicked her spear upwards, the tip of which was pressed directly against Kim Seon-a Shanya's pale throat, three inches in front of it.

" Younger Sister Shen and Jiuning are inside rescuing people. If you barge in now and startle them, I'll stab you to death first!"

Kim Seon-a thrust her neck forward, not only failing to retreat but also drawing her longsword completely out, the White Tiger Gang Qi flickering uncertainly on the blade:

" Murong Xue, do you really think I'm afraid of you!"

Just as the two women were about to start fighting under the eaves, a series of hurried footsteps came from the courtyard gate.

"Put away your weapons, all of you!"

Gu Moran strode up the corridor, not even glancing at the two women who were at each other's throats, and went straight to the bathroom door.

He peeked inside through the crack in the door.

Shen Ling'er was lying face down amidst the dregs of medicine, desperately trying to hold down the shoulders of Takaichi Nanako, who was kicking and biting wildly, and to reposition the gold needles on her back that were about to fall off.

But Shen Ling'er's own arms were shaking so badly that she couldn't muster any strength at all.

"Nonsense!"

Gu Moran a low shout, and instead of pushing the door open to avoid letting the heat in the room escape, he pushed it down hard with both palms, pressing it down heavily through the inch-thick pine wood door.

The Pure Yang True Qi of the Second Rank rank was circulated to its limit, and it burst out from his palm, directly piercing through the wooden door and turning into two visible white waves of energy that accurately struck Shen Ling'er and Meng Jiuning on the backs inside the room.

Inside the room, Shen Ling'er felt a surge of heat flow from her back to her limbs, and her previously weak and sore right arm was suddenly filled with strength again.

She didn't bother wiping the medicine off her face. Taking advantage of the Pure Yang True Qi, she pressed down on Takaichi Nanako's nape with her left hand and, with lightning speed, pulled out the gold needle that had been inserted off course and carefully twisted it back into the Shindo acupoint!

As the acupuncture needles were inserted, Takaichi Nanako, who had been rolling around on the ground frantically, seemed to have her bones removed. She whimpered twice and lay still in Shen Ling'er's arms.

Outside the door, Gu Moran kept his hands pressed against the door, a thin layer of sweat beading on his forehead.

Kim Seon-a stood to the side, watching Gu Moran relentlessly expend his inner energy for the sake of the two women in the room.

His grip on the sword hilt loosened and tightened again, but in the end he silently sheathed the longsword, retreated into the shadow of the pillar, and lowered his head in shame.

This process of breathing lasted from the Shen hour (3-5 PM) until the end of the Xu hour (7-9 PM).

As darkness fell completely, a dozen or so tallow torches were lit in the courtyard.

Finally, the sound of water being scooped came from inside the house. Immediately afterwards, a basin of black, foul-smelling poisonous blood flowed out from the drain under the door, forming a pool of Black Water on the blue bricks in the yard.

Inside, Takaichi Nanako's breathing gradually became long and steady.

Gu Moran withdrew her numb hands, shook her wrists, and let out a long sigh of relief.

It's done.

He turned around:

" Qingdai came over and led people into the room, preparing to interrogate Iwami Silver Mine about the map..."

Bang--!

Before Gu Moran could finish speaking, the wooden door to the bathroom behind him suddenly slammed shut.

The two pine doors, secured with iron bolts, were kicked open from the inside, breaking the bolts and slamming violently to the sides!

Shen Ling'er was only wearing that soaking wet plain-colored tube top. She hadn't even had time to put on an outer garment. She stumbled and fell out of the threshold, landing on her bottom and gasping for breath while clutching her chest.

"Wha... what happened?"

Gu Moran forward, bent down and scooped Shen Ling'er up from the ground, then grabbed the cloak that Murong Xue handed him and wrapped it around her.

"Husband, get out of the way!"

Shen Ling'er gripped Gu Moran's arm, her face flushed from the heat of the room, her voice trembling.

"This girl has been taking elixirs since she was little; she can only live for three more years at most..."

Jiuning and I just used acupuncture to force out most of the datura paralyzing poison from her brain, and she's regained consciousness.

But... but before Shōni Sukemoto brought her here, he soaked her in a potent aphrodisiac all night long!

"What?"

Gu Moran was taken aback.