Wandering the Heavens

The so-called royal hunting ground was nothing more than a piece of land left uncultivated.

Yu Xian asked the carriage to wait at a tea shed and walked to the hunting ground alone. The emperor had the habit of hunting here every autumn, and sometimes he would handle government affairs here, and even hold some large-scale celebrations. Therefore, there was a temporary palace here, but Yu Xian was too lazy to take care of it. Instead, he looked for it at the junction of the village and the hunting ground, because it was the local county magistrate who wrote to Jingzhao Yin to ask for help after receiving villagers' reports of being harassed by monsters.

As the sun sets, smoke rises from cooking fires in the distance, and occasionally a dog barks. Yu Xian walks leisurely on the narrow path, and suddenly thinks of Li Shangyin's "Leyouyuan". As he is sighing, he is interrupted by a woodcutter who returns late.

"Young man, it's getting dark and the monster might come out. You should go home quickly!" A woodcutter carrying firewood shouted when he saw Yu Xian.

"Father-in-law, are you saying there are monsters nearby?" Yu Xian sighed effortlessly.

"Yes! They have been appearing in these hills recently. You'd better leave quickly!" The woodcutter put down his burden and took a break.

"It's okay. I've been traveling around the world and I have some skills. Since we've encountered this monster, I'll help us capture it." Yu Xian didn't care.

"Hey, there are more than a dozen yamen runners in the yamen and they can't do anything about it. Young man, you'd better not show off your bravery alone. If you get injured, how will you get home? If you are determined to get rid of this evil for the people, then I'll risk my old face and go back to the village to call some strong young men to go with you, okay?" The woodcutter was not optimistic about Yu Xian.

Yu Xian could only slap the thick tree next to him in front of the woodcutter and said, "Old man, what do you think of my skills?"

"My dear hero, please forgive my blindness." The woodcutter was so anxious that he wanted to kneel down.

"Father-in-law, you'd better go home quickly. If a monster appears, I will have to distract myself and protect you." Yu Xian quickly supported the man.

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." After saying this, the woodcutter quickly picked up his load and walked towards the village.

After sending the woodcutter away, Yu Xian continued to search for Nie Feng's trace based on the terrain, while thinking about ways to expel the fire and cold poison.

It is often said that the most poisonous thing must have an antidote within seven steps, but the original book does not follow this rule. Snow scale insects live in the mountains with snow all year round, and its antidote, ice grass, grows in the poisonous swamp. Just hearing the name, you know that there are countless poisonous things living in this place, and this countless is not only the number, but also the types. A place with such a rich ecology must be the hot and humid south.

In addition, the detoxification setting is so inhumane and the conditions are so harsh. Yu Xian is not stupid enough to go looking for ice grass. He will go to Merlin to see the living environment of snow scale insects and then infer the antidote based on the symptoms of poisoning. Anyway, Nie Feng is already dead now.

The sun had already set and the sky was gradually getting dark. Yu Xian was now guarding a pass that was necessary to enter and exit the forest. No matter how much pain Nie Feng was in after being poisoned, he would rely on his instinct as a commander and choose this pass to reach the nearest village as quickly as possible.

At two quarters past ten o'clock in the evening, Yu Xian was sitting on a rock counting stars boredly when he finally waited for Nie Feng. At this moment, he endured the torture of the fire and cold poison in his body and used his hands and feet to quickly crawl towards the pass.

Yu Xian flew up and stood in the middle of the road. Nie Feng soon arrived in front of him. When he saw Yu Xian, he rushed over without hesitation. Yu Xian dodged the attack by leaning sideways and slashed his neck with a knife. Nie Feng immediately fell to the ground and fainted. Yu Xian took out the rope that he had prepared long ago, tied up Nie Feng's hands and feet, and carried him to perform the Piaomiao Step to return to the carriage of the tea shed.

The coachman was Hong Xiuzhao's man. When he saw Yu Xian carrying back a dirty, neither human nor beast thing, he became very curious. However, he remembered the rules that Yu Xian had taught him during training, so he suppressed his curiosity and drove the carriage to Hong Xiuzhao's stronghold outside the city of Jinling.

When Nie Feng woke up, the onset of the fire and cold poison had passed, and he was tied to a long table, unable to move.

A young couple in their twenties were sitting on the chairs next to him, apparently waiting for him to sober up.

"Nie Feng, a senior general of the Red Flame Army, fell off a cliff during a battle with Ningguo Marquis Xie Yu twelve years ago. After waking up, his body gradually became like this. Am I right? I almost forgot that your tongue is poisoned and you can't speak. If I'm right, nod first." Yu Xian picked up a piece of paper and read slowly.

Nie Feng nodded subconsciously and then shook his head desperately.

"You don't have to deny it so quickly. Since I was able to bring you back with a drastically changed appearance, I know your past. I can try to detoxify you. However, you and your wife must be at my service!" Yu Xian always gets straight to the point when dealing with smart people.

Nie Feng still behaved the same as before. It was obvious that he had a strong desire to survive, but he did not lose his mind.

"I know what you suspect. You don't even know what poison you were poisoned with, so how can you detoxify it? Also, if I were a bad person, I would ask you and your wife to do bad things. I don't have confidence in your first question. As for the second question, think about the Lin family and the 70,000 Red Flame Army who were suppressed and massacred by Xiao Xuan on the charge of treason. Don't you want revenge? As long as the poison is cured, you can be reunited with your wife and avenge the 70,000 Red Flame Army soldiers who were wrongly killed." Yu Xian was going to lie again.

"If you don't agree, I will send you to Xia Dong. But, as the former deputy commander of the Red Flame Army, do you dare to let your beloved see yourself in this half-human, half-ghost appearance?" Yu Xian continued to provoke Nie Feng.

Nie Feng became increasingly agitated as he listened, and began to struggle hard to break free from the rope.

"Sir, what happened to him?" Qin Prajna was a little scared looking at the humanoid monster in front of him.

"It's okay. I was too excited, so it triggered the fire and cold poison."

Yu Xian said as he opened a set of specially made gold needles and several packages of silver needles. It was the first time he used such luxurious medical equipment. This definition was not quite right. After all, the MRI machine was much more expensive than the set of gold and silver needles in his hand. He had done several examinations.

Qin Prajna was soon stunned by Yu Xian's dazzling operation. Needles were taken out and inserted into Nie Feng's chest, abdomen and neck.

When Nie Feng was unconscious, Yu Xian examined him and solved the mystery of the fire and cold poison. How did this poison evade the human immune system? It couldn't even be washed away by metabolism. He had to use ice grass as a medium for a thorough blood transfusion to have a chance of survival.

He had to admit that the guy was lucky more than a hundred years ago. The ten masters he found had the same blood type as him.

There are two ways to cure the fire and cold poison: one is to exchange blood with ten people of the same blood type, and the other is that this blood exchange must be assisted by ice grass. Yu Xian has neither of these.

Without mentioning the blood transfusion, Yu Xian took some blood from Nie Feng for testing, and combined with the various records found by Qin Prajna, he deduced that this was not a toxin, but a kind of bacteria that could escape the human immune system and phagocytosis of white blood cells. After entering the human body, the bacteria lived in the tissues on the surface of the bones, and produced some substances that affected the human body during life activities, causing the host's body to mutate.

This is why the treatment of fire and cold poison is so painful and consumes life essence, leading to a short life. It has to be admitted that under such medical conditions, doctors are really amazing in thinking of destroying the surface tissue of the bones to kill the bacteria.

The idea that taking the Bingxu Pill made from Bingxu Grass can give one three months of normal life reminded Yu Xian of the time when he went to the pharmacy to buy cold medicine. He always took heavier doses each time, and finally even the cold medicine didn't work and he had to go to the hospital for an IV drip.

The traditional method of making penicillin is a compulsory course for every tasker. Yu Xian has asked Qin Prajna to prepare it and is now training her. He took advantage of this time to work on Nie Feng for a while. This kind of case sample is rare in a thousand years, and it will be difficult to find it if you miss it.