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Ning Que had been waiting for Zhang Xuezhou for a long time; he had come to seek medical help from Zhang Xuezhou.

During the past month or so, he used Supreme Purity True Technique to heal his wounds and sought help from modern medical care. Zhou Yueyan even helped him find a well-known medical expert.

But the wounds on his hands had not healed.

Ning Que raised his right hand, which had been cut by shards of glass. His palm was so pale that there wasn't a drop of blood, and the wound had formed a dark gray scab.

Aside from physical weakness and paleness, Ning Que had no other problems, and even modern instrumental tests showed no pathological issues.

But for Ning Que, who had just stepped into another level, physical weakness was enough to erase everything he had.

He never imagined that the simple condition of physical strength was so important.

"I didn't feel any particular discomfort after I cut my palm, but after Ms. Zhou received the award, I felt dizzy, then had a fever for three days and four nights, and then I've been feeling weak ever since," Ning Que said.

"Was there anything unusual when you cut your palm?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"I was so overwhelmed by the stench that I hallucinated," Ning Que said. "But my memory of the hallucinations is very vague. If Miss Zhou hadn't told me, I would have even forgotten how I was traumatized!"

Thanks to the responsible Zhou Yueyan, Ning Que has been to major hospitals, received the fastest medical treatment, and also visited medical research institutes.

A gray scar remained on his palm.

This condition was also ruled out as not being sick.

But Ning Que knew very well that he was sick.

If modern medicine is ineffective for him, the only people Ning Que can think of are as generous as Zhang Xuezhou and others who have hidden cultivation Cultivation Method in books.

He inquired about the address from Zhou Yueyan and waited near the Zhang Household.

Ning Que also encountered the extremely enthusiastic Song Fengying, who was returning to Western Capital City from Mengzhong Province. He also accepted a seven-day interview with Song Fengying from the cast of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and entered the Zhang Household's villa.

Then Zhang Manqian and the others took the unconscious Zhang Xuezhou back to Western Capital City.

This period of time was extremely long, causing Ning Que great suffering.

"Your wound doesn't seem to be infected by toxins from the cadaveric fluid," Zhang Xuezhou frowned. "The solution in that glass jar was prepared by Professor Luo Hui. Only Professor Luo Hui should be able to solve this kind of problem. Zhou Yueyan just got the sample from Professor Luo Hui Luo Hui; it's unlikely she'd go and ask him for help for you right afterward!"

Zhang Xuezhou cast a spell on Ning Que's palm, but according to the Supreme Purity True Technique, Ning Que's right hand was not injured.

This is also why Ning Que didn't keep casting spells on his palm.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't act recklessly. Of course, Zhang Xuezhou didn't have time to deal with such difficult cases at the moment. He recommended Professor Luo Hui, the former owner of Luo Zhong's skull specimen, and even sent a letter to Professor Luo Hui.

Having dealt with Ning Que's matter extremely quickly, Zhang Xuezhou indeed had more important matters to attend to.

Firstly, the 108,000 techniques must be copied as soon as possible. With the help of his own proposed ideas and the data model built by Song Fengying Zhang Xuezhou, Zhang Xuezhou felt that the time would not be too long.

The other matter concerns Turcolando.

This not only requires Zhang Xuezhou to contact and persuade Turcolando, but also requires him to try to concoct a Creation Pill using a demon core.

For the first time, Zhang Xuezhou felt that twelve days of lucidity were not enough.

After deducting the time spent on eating, drinking, physical needs, and travel, he doesn't have much time at his disposal. And when it comes to coordinating experiments, time flies by.

After a brief meal and conversation, Zhang Xuezhou made a few arrangements and then quickly drove to the laboratory in Berehe.

Since the accident occurred while he was copying documents day and night in the study of the villa, Zhang Xuezhou had not organized any documents in this house in Western Capital City.

The North Rehe Laboratory is a good place; not many people come here, and Zhang Xuezhou has practically made it his home.

"Huang said that Ning Que's body is a bit strange. It seems that his mental power is too strong, which has caused his body to lose control, rather than because he is physically weak. Should we ask Professor Ren to take a look?" Zhang Manqian said.

"First, we need to get Professor Luo Hui to eliminate the influence of the modified solution!"

Zhang Xuezhou drove the car with great skill, then turned back to greet Zhang Manqian, whose face still showed signs of fatigue.

"Since modern medicine has determined that Ning Que is in good health and will not die anytime soon," Zhang Xuezhou replied. "We can only make a further judgment once Professor Luo Hui's treatment is successful or unsuccessful!"

"Will Professor Luo Hui agree to help?" Zhang Manqian asked.

"He should be held responsible for his negligence in storing hazardous materials in the laboratory," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"But that's not entirely Professor Luo Hui's fault; his lab was also searched, which led to the problem!"

"We just need a pretext to solve the problem. With that pretext, Professor Zhou can try to negotiate and ask for help!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

If Professor Luo Hui didn't have leverage over him, he wouldn't be able to be summoned and dismissed at will.

Having lost Luo Zhong's specimen, Professor Luo Hui must be having a very difficult time right now, as he is even embroiled in disputes with the Ren Household over medical compensation.

Under these circumstances, it would be quite difficult to get Professor Luo Hui to do anything productive.

Zhang Xuezhou let these people argue; he needed to finish his own business first before he could get involved.

Perhaps only then will Ning Que's health be definitively assessed.

"What if Ning Que's body wasn't poisoned by some unknown toxin?" Zhang Manqian asked.

"It's very likely that Luo Zhong's spiritual power influenced Ning Que," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Luo Zhong's situation is somewhat different from Huang's. There's a 30% chance he possessed Ning Que's body and couldn't return to his own head. He might even be in some kind of crisis. It's hard to say whether this will be a blessing or a curse for Ning Que. Of course, we don't have any special methods to deal with this situation!"

Zhang Xuezhou had considered using instruments to examine the heads of the deceased, but he realized that he had overlooked a major problem at the time.

The physical body can die, but spiritual power, or the three souls and seven spirits, can exist for a certain period of time, especially for those with strong spiritual power. Modern instruments can only detect the former and not the latter.

His failure to open the jar containing Luo Zhong's head at the time may have led to this oversight.

Whether Luo Zhong is completely dead or has the potential to survive, and whether Ning Que will remain himself or become a new Luo Zhong, are unknowns to Zhang Xuezhou.

The entanglement and separation of the three souls and seven spirits was a headache for Zhang Xuezhou. If Ning Que's problem could be easily and simply handled, he wouldn't have been controlled by the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

But when Zhang Xuezhou got involved in the topic of Ning Que with Zhang Manqian, he had a vague feeling.

He felt that Ning Que was just a smaller version of himself.

On one side is Luo Zhong, whose fate is unknown; on the other side is the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon, whose fate is also unknown.

Ning Que's individual strength is far inferior to Luo Chong's, and his mental strength is also far inferior to Luo Chong's. This difference is likely no different from the gap between Zhang Xuezhou and the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Demon.

If verified, Zhang Xuezhou was also eager to know whether Ning Que was able to get rid of Luo Zhong under these circumstances, and when, where, and how he did so.

After completing the two tasks that needed to be done immediately, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he also had an additional need for long-term observation.