Chapter 549 - 317: Hell Has No Gates

Thinking of this, Chen Yi no longer hesitated. He took out another silver needle and pierced Yuan Hao’s heart area.

True Essence flowed, guiding the silver needle to connect with Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism to sort out the oppressive Spiritual Essence aura.

Once the Five Elements Spiritual Essence returned to its rightful place and the Qi Mechanism within Yuan Hao’s body flowed smoothly, Chen Yi ordered, "Hot water!"

"Coming!"

Yuan Liu’er promptly brought over a basin of hot water and placed it next to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi sliced open Yuan Hao’s wrist to let out blood, using his True Essence to force out the poisonous insects within the boy’s body while simultaneously controlling his True Essence to seal the area around the wooden basin.

A moment later.

Chen Yi retrieved the silver needle from Yuan Hao and looked at the poisonous insects in the basin of hot water.

The venomous bugs, invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people, were flapping their wings, but under the seal of his True Essence, they were completely unable to fly out.

Chen Yi glanced at them, then used the Qi Observation Skill to examine Yuan Hao and everyone else around. "The plague poison has not spread," he said calmly. "It’s fine now. You may all return home. Remember, follow the government office’s notices and do not go out in the coming days."

"Yes, yes..."

After receiving Chen Yi’s clear diagnosis, the people outside the house finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned home one by one.

Even those who wanted to spread the news didn’t dare to go out at this time.

Yuan Liu’er’s mother and sisters also walked in, expressing their profound gratitude to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi waved his hand. Just as he was about to offer a few words of comfort, the unconscious Yuan Hao rubbed his eyes and woke up.

"Mother, oldest sister, second sister, third sister... What’s wrong?"

He looked around blankly. His gaze landed on Chen Yi, and he suddenly blurted out, "Grandmaster?"

Chen Yi looked at him carefully and shook his head. "You’ve got the wrong person."

The boy had a pure spirituality, managing to catch a hint of a similar aura between Chen Yi and himself.

Yuan Hao paused for a moment and scratched his head. Before he could even get up, he was pulled into a tight embrace by his mother and sisters.

"You scared me to death, you scared your mother to death..."

Once Yuan Hao realized what had happened, he couldn’t help but cry in lingering fear.

Seeing this, Chen Yi looked at Yuan Liu’er and asked, "Tell me, where did you all go today?"

Yuan Liu’er glanced at the still-wailing Yuan Hao and recalled, "Lin Village, outside the East City Gate. We were there all day and only came back after dark."

Chen Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Did you encounter any suspicious people or come into contact with anything strange on your way back?"

During the day, he had paid close attention to these siblings and hadn’t noticed any abnormalities.

He could only deduce that Yuan Hao was exposed to the plague poison after they had separated.

"Suspicious..."

Remembering something, Yuan Liu’er turned and shouted, "Hao, that piece of candy!"

Still crying, Yuan Hao took out the sugar-coated sugar cube from his pocket. "Sister, this..."

Yuan Liu’er was about to take it, but Chen Yi waved his hand to stop her. He used his True Essence to pull the candy into his own hand.

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he inspected it.

A moment later, a faint smile appeared on his face. "So that’s how it is."

Plague poison.

It was a special poison refined from a plague using a Secret Technique.

It was far more potent and highly contagious.

Furthermore, whoever refined this poison would mix in other highly toxic substances, greatly increasing the difficulty of detoxification.

But if one had a sample of the plague poison...

All the toxic ingredients in its formula instantly surfaced in Chen Yi’s mind.

Upon this discovery, he instructed Yuan Liu’er without leaving room for argument, "Go get a pen and paper and write down what I say."

Yuan Liu’er didn’t even hesitate. She agreed, ran to fetch a pen and paper, and sprawled on the ground to write.

Chen Yi detailed the pathology of the plague poison step by step, then recited three prescriptions.

Once Yuan Liu’er finished writing, Chen Yi took it and reviewed it. Then, he grabbed a few more sheets of paper and copied out three more versions, perfectly imitating Yuan Liu’er’s handwriting.

After he was done, he handed her one sheet. "Take this to the medicine halls in the Prefecture City and tell them to prepare the medicinal ingredients listed here."

Yuan Liu’er carefully tucked it away. "May I ask which medicine hall my benefactor is referring to?"

Chen Yi glanced at her, the corners of his mouth curling up. He gave her a light smack on the back of her head and said, "No need to test me. Just hurry and hand it over to Jishi Medicine Hall."

Not panicked by him seeing through her thoughts, Yuan Liu’er looked at him from under his large hand and asked, "May I ask for my benefactor’s esteemed name? I will definitely repay this great kindness in the future."

Chen Yi smiled. "Liu Wu."

Immediately after, he leaped into the air, taking the remaining papers with him.

Yuan Liu’er watched him disappear, then turned to Yuan Hao and asked, "Hao, why did you call our benefactor ’Grandmaster’ just now?"

Wiping his eyes, Yuan Hao sobbed, "I don’t know... I, I just thought he looked like him..."

Hearing this, Yuan Liu’er looked thoughtfully at the northern night sky. After giving a few instructions, she also left the house.

Regardless of who the person was, the appearance of a plague in Shu State Prefecture City was an earth-shattering matter, and she didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless.

Chen Yi likewise could not afford to be careless.

Leaving Kangle Alley, he headed straight for Kangning Street in the North City.

Now that the Five Poison Sect had made their move, it was time for the Mountain Race to take action.

Otherwise, no matter how capable he was at saving lives using the Medical Dao, he couldn’t guarantee he’d be able to fend off whatever follow-up moves the Five Poison Sect had planned.

Just then:

[10:30 PM. You saved Yuan Hao’s life using the Medical Dao and provided a detoxifying prescription for the plague poison.]

[Reward: Sugar-Making Essentials, Opportunity +12.]

[Evaluation: Arrived on the scene, voice heard, presence known. Fairly good performance.]

Chen Yi glanced at it and paid it no more attention.

It was fortunate that it had been Yuan Liu’er this time. Had it been anyone else, he might have just stayed inside the Marquis’s Mansion to practice his Four Symbols Skill.

If that were the case, by the time he noticed the plague poison in the Prefecture City, many commoners would likely have already fallen victim to it.

As Chen Yi thought of this, the icy glint in his eyes grew heavier.

With his True Essence surging, wind gathered beneath his feet as his body transformed into a streak of shadow. In just a few breaths, he arrived at Kangning Street.

He tilted his head to listen carefully.

Locating where Pei Guanli, Pei Qian, and the others were, Chen Yi headed straight for that residence.