The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

The next day, as soon as Li Muxia opened the door, she saw Xiaoyaozi, looking haggard, leaning against her door. His voice was so faint that she almost didn't hear him.

Li Muxia quickly stepped forward to help Xiaoyaozi up, seeing that he was completely exhausted after a night of turmoil.

Li Muxia suddenly felt guilty: Had she given too much medicine? But she had clearly reduced the dosage. This shouldn't be happening, right?

Without thinking twice, he quickly fed the antidote to Xiaoyaozi.

Unexpectedly, just as Li Muxia was about to feed the antidote to Xiaoyaozi, Xiaoyaozi snatched the pill from Li Muxia's hand.

Li Muxia then realized she had been tricked and said angrily, "You old geezer, you were faking it."

Xiaoyaozi stopped pretending at this point, but he had truly been tormented all night, and he couldn't figure out how Li Muxia had poisoned him, nor could he understand how he had been poisoned. He smelled the antidote in his hand: "So that's how it is. What a clever girl, how come I didn't think of that?"

"Little girl, you're still too green. However, your poison skills have improved rapidly. I haven't been able to develop an antidote. Also, can you tell me where you put the poison?"

Li Muxia crossed her arms and said unhappily, "Hmph, you want to know?"

Xiaoyaozi nodded quickly.

Li Muxia continued, "Then trade it for the leech king you have."

Upon hearing Li Muxia's words, Xiaoyaozi immediately pointed at her and said, "You brat! I knew you would try to get your hands on the Leech King. I shouldn't have shown it to you in the first place."

Li Muxia was not annoyed by Xiaoyaozi's words. Instead, she stepped forward to flatter him and said, "Master, I know it was not easy for you to spend three years raising this leech king. But think about it, this is a poison that even you have discovered to prevent aging. Its research value is much higher than that of a leech king."

After saying that, seeing Xiaoyaozi deep in thought, he continued, "Besides, this leech king isn't the only one. If you give it to me, I can just raise another one."

Upon hearing Li Muxia's words, Xiaoyaozi reacted and pointed at Li Muxia, saying, "What do you know? I fed this leech king with poisonous herbs and insects from this mountain for three years. It's practically immune to all poisons. I've put three years of effort into raising it. You brat, you think you can just leave like that? It's not that easy."

Hearing Xiaoyaozi say that meant there was hope, Li Muxia quickly said, "I'm not leaving for nothing. Didn't I give you some conditions for exchange? Think about it again?"

After hearing this, Xiaoyaozi snorted coldly and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Li Muxia watched Xiaoyaozi's retreating figure, slowly counting: "One...two...three..." The fact that his master was waiting at the door so early in the morning showed that he was very interested in the poison he had developed. His master had a fatal attraction to poisons that even he couldn't cure.

Sure enough, just as Li Muxia finished counting to three, Xiaoyaozi turned back and said angrily, "Fine, I promise to give you the Leech King, but you have to give me a copy of all the poisons you've been developing on the mountain. Don't tell me you don't have any, or I won't believe you."

Li Muxia smiled triumphantly: "Deal. One hand gives you the leech king, the other gives you the poison."

Xiaoyaozi looked at Li Muxia, shook his head with a smile, and said, "You brat, are you afraid that your master will renege on his promise?"

Li Muxia stuck out her tongue and said, "Of course, Master isn't the kind of person who goes back on his word."

Xiaoyaozi snorted and left to get the leech king for Li Muxia.

Looking at the box on the table, she saw a jet-black leech crawling back and forth. This was much larger than any leech she had ever seen in modern times; no wonder it was called the King of Leeches. It truly lived up to its name.

Seeing Li Muxia staring at the Leech King, Xiaoyaozi reminded him, "Ahem, the Leech King has been brought to you. Now it's your turn."

Li Muxia raised her head and looked at Xiaoyaozi: "No problem, no problem, I'll get it for Master right now."

As he spoke, he took out a bundle he had brought back yesterday, and inside were twenty or thirty porcelain bottles of various sizes.

Xiaoyaozi looked at Li Muxia with disbelief: "You developed so many poisons in just six days."

Seeing Li Muxia shake her head at him, Xiaoyaozi thought: I knew it. How could she possibly refine so many poisons in such a short time? I couldn't do it, let alone a little girl like you who has only been learning about poisons for a month.

Before he could relax for long, he heard Li Muxia say, "It's not six days, it's three days. I was only thinking about gathering herbs for the first few days, and I only started refining the medicine on the last three days."

Xiaoyaozi was utterly astonished: Could a human possibly do such a thing? Had he somehow taken a deity as his disciple? No, not a deity, but a monster.

Li Muxia didn't look at Xiaoyaozi's reaction, but turned around and continued to look at the leech king.

"Won't this little thing freeze to death? Should we feed it blood every day?"

Xiaoyaozi tossed a porcelain bottle to Li Muxia and said, "Give it one pill every day, dissolved in water, and feed it to it."

Li Muxia opened the porcelain bottle, looked inside, and said, "There are only a dozen or so grains. Is this enough to last for a few days?"

Xiaoyaozi rolled his eyes and said, "What, how much more do you expect me to provide? Go refine it yourself. If you can't even refine such a simple pill, you can't say you're my Poison King's disciple when you go out in the future."

Li Muxia pouted and whispered, "You old geezer, why are you being so fierce?"

Xiaoyaozi: "What are you muttering about again?"

Li Muxia admitted defeat: "It's nothing. I just said that you are wise and powerful, and your poison skills are extraordinary."

Xiaoyaozi: "Hmph, that's more like it."

A few days later, Li Muxia and Xiaoyaozi left Wandu Mountain, each riding a horse, and began their journey to meet up with Bai Qingshi.

Judging by the time, the Nine-Leaf Snow Lotus should bloom in about a month.

The two rode their horses at a much faster pace, spending most of their time on horseback, except for resting at post stations at night.

At first, Li Muxia was not used to it. After a day, she felt like her whole body was falling apart.

However, despite the discomfort, Li Muxia did not complain at all, which made Xiaoyaozi admire Li Muxia even more.

As they traveled, they always heard people talking about the Immortal Healer Xia Mu. At first, Li Muxia didn't realize it, but later she realized that Xia Mu was her previous alias. Could it be that they had the same name?

After making some inquiries, I discovered that the healer Xia Mu they were talking about was none other than myself.

He can deliver babies via cesarean section and keep both mother and child safe; he can bring the dead back to life and revive children who have fallen into the water and are not breathing; he can cure any difficult or complicated disease with his miraculous skills and medicine.

Some even claim that no matter how many illnesses you have, as long as you have a breath left, the immortal healer Xia Mu can cure you and make you a healthy person again.

Hearing these rumors, Li Muxia blushed; they completely idolized him.

Luckily, no one here knows her. Otherwise, she might not have been able to get out.