Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 218 Drug Administration
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Huan was stunned and hadn't had time to react.

Another disciple of the Golden Bell Sect, wearing a hairpin, clicked his tongue and waved his hand, saying, "This plague has killed two villages. Countless senior physicians from the sect and the imperial court have studied it, but none of them have a cure."

The implication was that Pei Xia should have some self-awareness.

Song Huan, however, was different. She didn't have any preconceived notions; she simply narrowed her eyes slightly and asked with a playful tone, "Oh? You know how to cure this poison?"

Pear looked at him.

Do you know how to detoxify? You're a complete idiot!
But Pei Xia calmly replied, "Let's give it a try. After all, this spiritual energy nurturing can't be maintained for long."

Indeed, the plague spreads rapidly and takes effect very quickly, taking lives in just a few days.

Including the official report, the Golden Bell Sect traveled overnight, and the lives of these dozens of people are currently hanging on by a thread.

Song Huan frowned: "Tell me how you plan to save them."

Pei Xia clasped his hands in a gesture of respect: "It is a family secret technique that cannot be revealed to outsiders. Please forgive me, senior."

The inner female elder of the Golden Bell Sect frowned even more deeply.

They already suspected that a demon was behind it, and then they happened to encounter these few unfamiliar cultivators on their way here.

The trio looked rather strange. The woman clearly couldn't speak the language and seemed to be from the Seven States. What was even more absurd was that she was traveling with a baby.

Now, he claims to have a method to detoxify the poison, but refuses to disclose it.

Song Huan ran her hand over the hilt of her sword for a moment until she heard a suppressed groan from a villager beside her. Then she let out a long breath: "Alright, give it a try."

Pei Xia could see the meaning in Song Huan's expression, but she simply nodded in response without changing her expression. Then she murmured to Han Youzhi and left the village hall.

Pear, perched on his shoulders, turned to stare at the doorway. Only after confirming that no one had followed her out did she openly grumble, "That woman clearly doesn't trust you."

"Yeah, I wouldn't believe it either if I were in your shoes." Pei Xia sighed, saying that she had just run into trouble.

Lu Li shifted her position and turned her head back: "If you really cured them, she'll probably suspect you even more."

Pei Xia rolled her eyes at her: "Then how about we just not save her?"

Pear was immediately speechless.

Dozens of lives, just throw them away like that?

His lips trembled, and after humming for a long time, he could only mutter softly, "You talk as if you really have a way. I don't remember Weishan ever teaching you how to use poison."

"I'll give it a try."

As Pei Xia spoke, he reached for the jade pendant at his waist. With a flash of light, a small bottle appeared in his hand. He instructed Lu Li, "Pinch your nose."

The girl pinched her nose and shouted, "I've pinched it!"

"Cover your mouth too."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"Close your eyes too."

Pear protested: "What, are you going to poop?"

Pei Xia didn't explain, but simply emphasized her words slightly: "Be obedient."

After Lu Li pinched her nose, closed her mouth, and shut her eyes, Pei Xia looked down at the small bottle in her hand.

This bottle contains the Glazed Immortal Elixir, obtained from Dugu Nong deep in the mountains of Changjun. Pei Xia still remembers that when she first obtained this stuff, it was a thick, yellow pus-like substance that was nauseating to look at.

But for some reason, the longer the pus was away from Dugu Nong, the more its color and texture changed.

At this point, the small bottle contained a clear, crystalline, multicolored viscous liquid.

No wonder Wang Wanfeng of Huoye Mountain called Dugu Nong's symbiotic pus "Glassy Immortal Elixir". Pei Xia once thought that Sect Leader Wang was really ruthless to himself, she really could bring herself to bathe in this stuff.

Reaching the village well, Pei Xia fetched a bucket of water. After taking precautions, she quickly unscrewed the bottle stopper, poured some water in, and then swiftly re-stopped the bottle, which flashed and disappeared into the jade.

Watching the half-bottle of celestial nectar flow into the water, the colorful viscous liquid instantly dispersed, staining the entire bucket of water with layers of light and shadow, creating a truly dreamlike scene.

Pei Xia carefully relaxed the protective aura on her face a little. Fortunately, the stench wasn't too strong; compared to when she met Dugu Nong in person, it was only about one percent as bad.

It's roughly equivalent to a long-distance runner accidentally dropping their socks, which they haven't changed in a week, into a dry toilet along with kitchen waste.

Although it smells bad, it's still within the range that wouldn't kill a human.

"Okay," he reminded Lu Li.

Pear loosened her nose and mouth, and before she even opened her eyes, she exclaimed "Holy crap!" Then she immediately covered her nose again: "You call this better? What do you mean better?!"

Pei Xia carried the water bucket and walked toward the village hall with amazing perseverance.

Before they even reached the door, they heard two sounds of longswords being drawn from inside. The two young disciples of the Golden Bell Sect leaped out, looked around, and shouted angrily, "What kind of fiend are you?! You've mastered such vile and foul kung fu?!"

When they saw that it was Pei Xia, and especially noticed the colorful bucket of water in his hand, the two of them tensed up.

Before they could come up with any more outrageous ideas, Pei Xia quickly spoke up: "Please don't be offended, senior brothers. This is a family-inherited antidote recipe. It may smell a bit bad, but it's extremely effective!"

"Nonsense, how could a medicine that smells so bad possibly save lives?"

"You're just not experienced enough, let me tell you..."

Song Huan appeared outside the door. Smelling the stench, she couldn't help but squint: "This is the antidote you spoke of? Do you really understand pharmacology?"

It's not that foul-smelling medicine can't be used, but it's very rare to find one that smells this bad. It would only be acceptable if a person was fully conscious and had to hold their nose and force it down their throat.

However, most of the villagers were in a daze. If they were given the foul-smelling medicine, they would inevitably feel nauseous and vomit, which would only worsen their condition.

At this moment, Pei Xia really didn't have time to persuade her, so she could only solemnly say, "Either you let me try, or you watch them die."

That's just how things are. Song Huan pursed her lips and finally stepped aside.

This decision was not easy. It's important to understand that watching them die from the plague and having Pei Xia treat them resulting in their deaths are two different things, especially in Xiao Chen Kingdom. As an elder of the sect, she would have to take responsibility for this.

One of the disciples, clearly aware of the implications, called out with some concern, "Uncle-Master..."

Song Huan shook her head: "If anything goes wrong, just say it's because I acted arbitrarily."

Pei Xia walked into the lobby, put down the bucket of water, and the stench quickly filled the air.

He first took Lu Li off her neck and threw her outside, then closed the door, leaving Song Huan and the others outside as well. He only called out to Han Youzhi, "Help me turn these people over, so their butts are facing up."

Old Han was still solemnly channeling spiritual energy into the patient to nourish him. She couldn't understand the Dongzhou dialect, but she knew that this was a life-or-death moment.

She was startled when she heard Pei Xia call her name: "Huh? Why are you turning over?"

"Don't worry about it," Pei Xia said, her expression somewhat unnatural. "After you're done looking through it, you can wait outside too."

(End of this chapter)