This MC is so original

At this moment, two immortals also came over. Among them, True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang said to Lu Xiu with some displeasure, "This method is truly absurd. We have also examined the symptoms of the injured. This 'poison' is more like a curse than a 'poison', constantly draining human vitality. How can mere milk remove this curse? It's better to follow my method and use immortal magic to try to treat them."

Lu Xiu didn't have much affection for Master Xueyue Zhuyang and the others. He crossed his arms speechlessly and said, "Instead of arguing with me, why not try the method you mentioned? We'll know if my method works after we try it. Are you still worried that drinking milk will worsen your injuries?"

Bai Zhu immediately stepped forward and helped Lu Xiu explain to the two immortals from a doctor's perspective: "Whether milk is effective or not, at least it won't aggravate the symptoms, and it can at least provide the patient with some nutrition and water. I think it's worth a try."

Keqing also stood beside Lu Xiu and looked at the two immortals across from her. "Two immortals, the patient's physical condition is the most important thing. Instead of arguing here, why don't we continue to treat him? No matter which method is effective, it's good news, isn't it?"

Although the two immortals were dissatisfied with Lu Xiu's previous non-cooperation, they would not ignore the overall situation because of such a small matter. They restrained themselves a little and nodded.

"Well, let's get started. Yuhengxing, lend us a few of your men to help us set up the formation."

"Naturally."

The two immortals led a team of Qianyan soldiers towards the area where the patients were. Before leaving, they glanced at Liuyun who was following Lu Xiu, but did not reveal her identity.

After watching the two immortals leave, Keqing sighed silently and muttered softly, "Immortals are really hard to deal with."

"He's an immortal after all. But speaking of which, Keqing, when will your men bring the milk back?"

Lu Xiu was a little anxious when he saw that Keqing's men had not brought back the milk for a long time. He wanted to finish the things here and go back early to see if Ningguang had prepared the things.

Just as Keqing was about to answer, there was a sudden noise behind them.

"Who is it? No passage ahead."

"Um, I'm the head of the Wangsheng Hall. If you have any questions, please contact the person in charge here."

Chapter 84: Walnut's Arrival

"Palace of Purity?"

The Qianyan Army soldier who stopped Hu Tao scratched his head in confusion and asked his brother who was also in charge of guarding the place, "What is the Wangsheng Hall for?"

Qian Yanjun, who was traveling with them, had a rather grim expression on his face. He snorted coldly, "People from the Rebirth Hall are coming here at this hour. You're going a bit too far. Leave now before I lose my temper!"

Hu Tao looked aggrieved. Even she knew that this was not a good time to promote Wangsheng Hall, so it was naturally impossible for her to go to Wangsheng Hall specifically to promote business at this time.

Why on earth did she come here just to get scolded?

Damn Zhongli!

Suppressing the grievance in her heart, Hu Tao quickly explained, "Two Qianyan Army brothers, you misunderstood. I'm not here to sell products. I was commissioned to deliver this truckload of milk."

Walnut moved aside so that the two Qianyan soldiers could see the cart of milk behind her. The driver sitting on the front of the cart, whip in hand, smiled shyly at the two Qianyan soldiers.

"what?"

This made the two Qianyan soldiers even more confused. If Hu Tao came here specifically to introduce business, they could still understand the logic of Hu Tao's behavior. At most, they would think that she was a villain who was greedy for profit.

But, she risked being attacked by unknown monsters and came all the way to Wuwangpo just to deliver this truck of milk?

A Qianyan soldier said hesitantly, "Well, Miss, we appreciate your kindness in sending the gifts, but it's very dangerous here. I hope you can leave quickly. What if that monster suddenly appears from somewhere and hurts you?"

The Qianyan Army racked their brains but could only guess that Hu Tao was a caring citizen who heard that something happened here and specially sent some comfort supplies, so their attitude towards her became much friendlier.

Walnut shook her head, feeling somewhat amused. "No, this isn't a solace gift. Well... you could say it's a solace gift, but its main function is to detoxify. At least that's what our guest official said."

"what?"

This immediately left the two Qianyan soldiers a little confused.

"Walnut? Why are you here?"

Hearing the noise, Lu Xiu came over with Keqing. When Lu Xiu saw it was Hu Tao, he was a little surprised. He then moved closer to her and secretly poked her arm with his finger.

"I say, even I wouldn't do something like introducing a coffin at a time like this. It seems you're even more disdainful than me."

"roll roll roll!"

Hu Tao slapped Lu Xiu away with an annoyed slap, rolling her eyes at him. "Ever since you told Zhongli and me about the wither skeleton incident in the Netherworld, Zhongli has been keeping it in mind. Now that Wuwangpo has been in trouble, he's gone to the market and bought several cows, and had my Wangsheng Hall employees milk them all day! He's worried the Thousand Rocks Army here won't have fresh milk. And most importantly, he's using Wangsheng Hall's public funds to buy the cows! Damn Zhongli!"

Hu Tao suddenly started to criticize Zhongli halfway through her words. She kept on criticizing him for several minutes before she came to her senses and realized that she was now at the camp in Wuwangpo. She smiled awkwardly at a few people and coughed lightly a few times.

"In short, this milk is for everyone's use. If you don't accept it, I'll be at a huge loss! At least let it play its due role! Otherwise, I'll have to drink milk for every meal in Wangsheng Hall for the next week!"

Walnut glanced at the full cart of milk behind him and couldn't help burping.

"Thank you for your great help. Yue Haiting will reimburse you in full afterwards."

Just when the Qianyan Army was still hesitating whether to accept it, Keqing stepped forward and accepted the cart of milk.

They really need the milk now, and Walnut can be said to have appeared at a very timely moment.

"Really?" Upon hearing that the money would be reimbursed, Hu Tao excitedly stepped forward, grabbed Keqing's hands, and waved them up and down vigorously several times: "Thank you, Miss Keqing!"

"Ah ha ha..."

Keqing felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to break free from the enthusiastic Hu Tao, but she was not afraid that breaking free from her hands would cause the other party to misunderstand, so she had to look at Lu Xiu for help.

Lu Xiu stepped forward at the right moment and interrupted, "Alright, the injured are still waiting, let's go in quickly."

Keqing immediately broke free from Hu Tao's hands and walked along the steps built by Lu Xiu, and ordered the Qianyan Army to deliver the entire cart of milk.

However, Hu Tao also came in, which made Keqing unable to help but ask, "Miss Hu Tao, do you have anything else to say?"

Hu Tao put away her laughter and said to Keqing seriously, "My guest asked me to keep an eye on the situation of the Thousand Rocks Army and what happened at Wuwang Slope. I think those monsters are probably creatures from the Netherworld, right?"

Hu Tao said the last half of the sentence while looking at Lu Xiu.

Lu Xiu nodded. "According to the information Ningguang gave me earlier, those should be pigmen and wither skeletons from the Netherworld. However, I'm a little confused as to why they're here."

The hell gate that Lu Xiu had built before was in the forest, so these creatures from the underworld would appear there, not in Wuwangpo, where he had never been before.

"Lu Xiu, do you remember the border before you went to the underworld?"

Lu Xiu recalled the border that separated the Netherworld from Teyvat, then nodded and said, "I remember. What's wrong?"

Hu Tao's expression was somewhat serious as she spoke, "If I'm not mistaken, the underworld creatures that appeared on Wuwang Slope must have crossed the border and arrived here. If that's the case, I'm afraid the border is already in chaos... With things developing to this point, Wangsheng Hall can no longer sit idly by."

"Border? What's that place?"

Keqing was a little confused by what she heard.

"Now is not the time to explain this. Let's go check on the injured first."

Lu Xiu brought the topic back on track and asked Keqing to lead the way. The group arrived at the place where the injured were placed.

At this time, the immortal and Bai Zhu have begun the initial experimental treatment of the injured, but judging from their furrowed brows, the effect does not seem to be very ideal.

Keqing ordered a Qianyan soldier to take a can of milk from the carriage, poured it into a wooden bowl, and instructed them to give it to the wounded to drink.

Several immortals and Baizhu whose treatments failed also came over.

A soldier with less serious injuries drank a bowl of milk, but nothing happened except that his lips were stained white by the milk.

True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang couldn't help but sigh and said, "Ah, it really is useless. Let's think of another way."

Bai Zhu also shook his head and sighed in disappointment.

Only Keqing and Hu Tao turned to look at Lu Xiu.

Hu Tao couldn't help but mutter, "Something's wrong. Zhongli had done an experiment on a chicken before, and feeding it milk did work, but why doesn't it work on humans?"

Lu Xiu was also a little confused. Why didn’t the milk have any effect?

He glanced back and forth between the small bowl of milk and the iron bucket of milk in his backpack. Finally, he walked up to help a wounded man up, took out a whole bucket of milk from his backpack, and poured it into his mouth without saying a word.

"Eh hey hey? Lu Xiu, what are you doing?!"

Chapter 85: Can Milk Really Detoxify?!

When Bai Zhu saw Lu Xiu carrying a whole bucket of milk and about to pour it into the wounded man's mouth, he was so anxious that he even forgot to say polite words. He hurried forward and grabbed Lu Xiu's arm holding the bucket of milk.

"Why are you stopping me?"

With Bai Zhu holding his arm, Lu Xiu couldn't control himself, so he could only stop his movements temporarily and looked at Bai Zhu with some confusion.

Bai Zhu frowned and pointed at the bucket of milk in his hand, with a hint of accusation in his tone.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, didn't the Qianyan Army just try milk? You and I both saw that milk doesn't work against this 'poison' as you claim. Although you're very familiar with this poison called Withering, and may even have seen someone use milk to cure Withering before, this may just be survivor bias."

Facing Bai Zhu's question, Lu Xiu simply asked calmly, "Doctor Bai Zhu, if you encounter a patient who takes your medicine and finds it has no effect on their condition, what would you do?"

Bai Zhu was stunned by Lu Xiu's sudden question, but he thought about it carefully before answering, "First, confirm whether the medicine is effective for the patient's condition. If it is, increase the dosage. If not, re-examine the patient and then modify the prescription."

"Yes, I agree with your approach, Doctor Baizhu, so I'm trying it."

Lu Xiu easily broke free from Bai Zhu's hand with a little effort, which surprised Bai Zhu a little.

How could such immense strength be hidden in arms that showed no signs of exercise? He was truly a remarkable person.

Although he was surprised by Lu Xiu's strength, Bai Zhu still frowned: "But Mr. Lu Xiu, this milk..."

This time, without waiting for Bai Zhu to finish speaking, Lu Xiu pried open the injured man's mouth and poured a whole bucket of milk into his mouth. In order to prevent the other party from vomiting due to pouring too much at once, Lu Xiu slowed down and let the milk flow into the injured man's mouth at a uniform speed.

Seeing that Lu Xiu was still trying to use milk with such determination, Bai Zhu sighed helplessly, stood aside with his hands behind his back and watched him, ready to persuade Lu Xiu properly after he failed again.

Anyway, milk will not aggravate this disease, so it is better to follow Mr. Lu Xiu's wishes and let him try it. After he finds that it has no effect, he can give him some proper advice.

Since Mr. Lu Xiu recognized this "poison", it means that he had come into contact with it before. Even if he didn't know how to detoxify it, he should be able to provide some clues.

Perhaps, the solution to withering lies in these tiny clues.

True Lord Xue Yue Zhu Yang and True Lord Li Shui Die Shan also stood aside and watched quietly with the same attitude as Bai Zhu. The difference was that they had already secretly prepared the magic spells, and if the condition of the injured worsened, they would immediately cast a spell to rescue them.

Time passed minute by minute, Keqing clenched her hands unconsciously, beads of sweat appeared on her palms. She pursed her red lips and watched Lu Xiu patiently feed the injured man the last sip of milk.

Hu Tao put her hands behind her head in a relaxed manner. Zhongli had previously taken her to the netherworld through the border portal in secret and conducted an experiment on a chicken. The experiment proved that milk could indeed remove the withering effect, so there was the scene of her delivering milk to Wuwangpo.

But other people didn't know about this.

In full view of everyone, Lu Xiu poured the last sip of milk into the wounded man's mouth, and the wounded man's lower abdomen bulged slightly visibly.

Just when everyone thought Lu Xiu's attempt had failed, a miracle happened.

The injured man's originally skinny cheeks gradually began to rebound and become round, and his complexion changed from a grayish color that implied death to a rosy color that symbolized health.

"What?! Is this really possible?!"

True Lord Xue Yue Zhu Yang almost popped his eyes out of his head when he saw this. He ignored the other people around him and transformed into a human form. He took a few steps forward and grabbed the injured man's right hand. He placed his fingers on his wrist, closed his eyes tightly, and quietly felt the injuries in his body.

Bai Zhu, who originally wanted to go forward, saw that True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang had taken the lead, so he could only suppress his strong curiosity and stand aside, waiting for True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang to finish.

“It’s amazing…”

Five minutes later, True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang finally released his hand that was holding the injured man's wrist. With an expression of disbelief, he turned his head to look at Lu Xiu, and there was no longer any contempt in his eyes.

"Can you let me see your bucket?"

When Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang saw some residual milk stains on the inner wall of the iron bucket in Lu Xiu's hand, he wanted to borrow it to check.

Although Lu Xiu used milk to heal the wounded, Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang still suspected that some other ingredients might have been added to the milk that Lu Xiu took out. After all, the milk that Lu Xiu took out was not taken from the carriage, so there was a possibility that other ingredients were added to it.

But there is no doubt that Lu Xiu's method of treating the wounded is indeed miraculous.

"Take it."

Naturally, Lu Xiu would not give Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang a cold shoulder over such a small matter. Although he was quite rude before, he was at least an immortal beast who treated humans well.

"Thank you."

After taking the iron bucket from Lu Xiu, True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang thanked him very solemnly, then pulled True Lord Lishui Dieshan and the other two aside to check the iron bucket.

At this moment, Bai Zhu couldn't wait to move forward and pull up the injured man's hand again. After a diagnosis, he came to the same conclusion as Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang.

"I didn't expect it to be cured... Although my body is still a little weak, I just need to take some supplements in the future to recover. It's really amazing. But why can increasing the dosage of milk cure it?"

This problem left Bai Zhu puzzled, so he had to turn to Lu Xiu for a solution.

Lu Xiu helplessly spread his hands and said, "This question is difficult for me to explain to you. I don't know why. You are a doctor, so maybe you can find out the reason."

"Well, then, Mr. Lu Xiu, can I try the treatment later?"

Since milk can cure this strange "poison", it may also be able to cure some other difficult and complicated diseases. Baizhu does not want to miss any opportunity.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

Lu Xiu was naturally happy to see someone willing to do hard labor.

Keqing, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Lu Xiu's method really worked, and a smile appeared on her face again.