Lu Ke'er was surprised: "This disease is not a terminal illness, there are medicines that can cure it. Why did Ah Zhen's in-laws give up on treatment?"

"Alas, I don't know the details." The head of the village shook his head and sighed, "Ah Zhen grew up under our care. She is a good girl. Her brother took her back to her parents' home. Ke'er, uncle came here today to ask you to go to Aunt Pang's house and see if you can save Ah Zhen. Ah Zhen's parents are crying like tearful people now..."

"Uncle Lizheng, if you have anything to say, let's talk on the way." Lu Ke'er just took a sip of water and walked out. "Saving people is like putting out a fire. Let's go."

Zuo Yi glanced at Ye Feng and said hurriedly, "I will accompany Miss Lu."

Ye Feng also raised his leg to follow: "Together."

"Your Highness...Mr. Xiao, you should have a good rest. Don't worry, I have your subordinates here." Zuo Yi took a step back and spoke to Ye Feng in a low voice.

These days, he saw that His Highness had been busy accompanying Miss Lu, and he had been worried for a long time. His Highness had always been in poor health, so he should not collapse again just when he was getting better.

By then, he would be blameless.

Night Breeze shook his head and whispered, "Ben... I'm fine, don't worry."

He told the truth.

His body had never felt so comfortable and relaxed in these seventeen years.

Although there were still a lot of residual toxins in his body - Ke'er said it would take at least half a year to eliminate the remaining toxins, but the toxins had been suppressed by her in several parts of his body and had not spread. Ke'er also taught him a set of strange exercises, saying that it could help him strengthen his physique and increase his vitality. He practiced this exercise several times every night before going to bed. After more than half a month, the effect was very significant, which made him unbelievable.

Only then did he understand why Ke'er insisted on giving him the jade pendant. Ke'er must have discovered that the jade was not ordinary. Every time he practiced the exercises, he could feel a magical power gushing out of the jade. It was like a stream of air, flowing out of the jade and seeping into his body bit by bit. He practiced the exercises to collect them, gathered them into streams of warm currents, and guided them to flow throughout his body. This warm current helped him nourish his body and repair damaged organs. After each cycle, he would lead this warm current to his dantian for storage. After half a month, the airflow in his dantian was actually increasing day by day. This surprised and puzzled him.

When he was a child, he had learned martial arts from a martial arts master hired by his grandfather, and practiced advanced internal skills. But the martial arts master said that his body had been corroded by hundreds of poisons, and his Dantian was severely damaged and could not be repaired, so he would never be able to practice martial arts in this life.

But why was he able to practice the skills taught by Ke'er and make use of the upper dantian?

He once asked Ke'er what this set of skills was called and whether it cultivated internal strength.

After hearing this, Ke'er was also surprised: "I don't know martial arts, so this is certainly not internal strength. However, I am also surprised that you can practice and use this spiritual energy. I was just trying it out, but I didn't expect you to be able to practice it. It seems that you have a connection with it. Haha."

Then she straightened her face and warned him seriously: "This matter is between you and me, and you must not let anyone else know."

He was startled and quickly agreed.

At this moment, he was walking quickly behind Lu Ke'er and the village head. His face wasn't red and he wasn't out of breath. This was completely different from his previous physical condition when he would have to gasp for half a day after walking a few steps.

While walking quickly, the village head did not forget to tell Lu Ke'er some things about Ah Zhen.

"Azhen has been a filial child since she was young. Her family is very poor. Her father has always been in poor health and cannot do heavy work. Fortunately, her mother is capable and willing to do any dirty and tiring work. But even so, the family is often too poor to make ends meet. The couple raised the brother and sister with great difficulty, but the marriage of their son Aqi has become a concern for the whole family. Two years ago, Aqi was 22 years old and Azhen was 15 years old. Her mother found a family for Aqi, and both parties liked each other, but the other party wanted a dowry of eight taels of silver from Aqi. Aqi's family could not even raise one tael even if they sold all their belongings. In desperation, Azhen heard that a family in Moshi Village, Qingshan County wanted to find a wife for their disabled son, and the dowry could be eight taels. So..."

Lu Ke'er felt heavy in her heart: "So Ah Zhen sold herself and exchanged the money for her brother to marry a wife?"

The head of the village was stunned: "That... that can't be said. If Ah Zhen doesn't marry him, her brother won't be able to marry. After all, the family depends on the son to carry on the family line."

Lu Ke'er sneered: "What about her? Who will guarantee her happiness? Do her parents and brother agree?"

The head of the village sighed, "Ke'er, you don't know that our village is the poorest in Xilin County. Girls can't get married when they grow up, and boys can't afford to get married when they grow up. Our village has the most older men and women. I heard that the son of that family is nearly 30 years old. Because his leg was broken by a stone while working, he became disabled. Azhen's parents didn't want their daughter to marry a disabled man at first, but they couldn't resist Azhen's pleading. Azhen has had a good relationship with her brother since she was a child. Alas, who knew that the other party was such a selfish and indifferent family?"

Several people came to Aunt Fat's house and heard crying and shouting coming from the house from a distance.

"Ah Zhen, you can't abandon your parents——"

"Ah Zhen, Ah Zhen! Wake up!"

"Ah Zhen——"

Lu Ke'er's heart tightened.

Am I late?

She rushed into the room in a few steps with great speed.

All the furniture in the house was old and broken, and the walls were bare. There were several cracks in the mud wall, and cold wind would come in from time to time.

Aunt Fat threw herself on the bed and cried loudly.

Azhen's father was short, thin and dark, with tears in his eyes and a sad expression. He stood by silently.

Aqi, a grown man, fell to the bedside, crying like a child. A young woman stood in the corner far away, with a look of disgust on her face, as if she was enduring something.

"Aqi's mother, Ke'er is here. Make way, let Ke'er show herself to Azhen." The village head's voice arrived.

When Aunt Pang heard this, she wiped her tears and knelt down in front of Ke'er: "Ke'er, please save Ah Zhen. Our Ah Zhen is a miserable child... Woohoo, it's all her father and I's fault for not being capable enough... Let her marry such a wicked and filthy family. Our Ah Zhen was such a good child, but they tortured her beyond recognition in the past two years... Woohoo, my poor Ah Zhen..."

Lu Ke'er walked to the bed.

There was a skinny woman lying on a worn-out wooden bed. She looked to be in her thirties, with a haggard face, dry yellow hair, tattered clothes, and scars of varying sizes on her exposed face, neck, and arms. At this moment, she closed her eyes tightly, and did not respond to the cries and screams of her family members. It was unknown whether she was alive or dead.

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