My disciple, you are now invincible. Go down the mountain and wreak havoc on the world!

Ye Xunhuan confronted the silver-masked man on the sea for a while, then carried a box of Ice Soul Lotus back to the hospital.

When Su Qingyuan returned to the hospital, she was pacing back and forth in the corridor like a cat on a hot tin roof, her heels clicking loudly on the floor tiles, her eyes red.

Seeing him stroll over leisurely with a lollipop in his mouth and a heavy wooden box in his hand, Su Qingyuan was first stunned, then rushed up and looked at him as if he were a monster.

"Are you alright? Are you hurt? Where's the Bronze Guardian? Have the hostages been rescued?"

A barrage of questions bombarded Ye Xunhuan like firecrackers, leaving his ears ringing.

He placed the box on the bench next to him, reached out and ruffled Su Qingyuan's hair, making it messy: "What's the rush? With your young master involved, how could things possibly go wrong?"

"The Bronze Guardian has already reported to the underworld. All the poison has been fed to the fish, and the hostages have been sent to the hospital. Here, these are the main ingredients for the antidote."

He kicked the wooden box beside his feet. "Enough for the entire city to suppress the medicinal properties."

Su Qingyuan was stunned. She looked down at the wooden box, then looked up at Ye Xunhuan's "it's no big deal" expression, and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

That's the Bronze Guardian of the Hidden Pavilion!

He also brought dozens of assassins with him!

He finished in less than an hour?

At this moment, the old doctor rushed out of the ward. Upon hearing this, his eyes reddened. He rushed to the wooden box, lifted the lid, and saw the neatly stacked Ice Lotus petals inside. A chill rushed out, and the old man's hands trembled.

"It really is an Ice Soul Lotus!"

"So many!" The old doctor's voice trembled with excitement.

"With these, the toxicity of the Ten Thousand Poisons Powder can be completely suppressed, and the people of Jiangcheng are saved!"

"Young Master, you are truly... truly a lucky star for the people of Jiangcheng!"

Ye Xunhuan pursed his lips, took out a strawberry-flavored lollipop from his pocket, unwrapped it, stuffed it into his mouth, and mumbled, "It's no big deal, don't make it sound like a life-or-death situation."

"By the way, how is Old Master Su? Is he dead or not?"

Mentioning Grandpa Su, the joy on Yao Lao's face instantly faded, and his brows furrowed into knots again.

Su Qingyuan also pursed her lips, her face darkening.

"Grandpa hasn't woken up yet. After you left, the acupuncturist administered another acupuncture treatment, which temporarily stabilized the poison, but..."

"But the poison that Grandpa Su was poisoned with was the 'Bone-Corroding and Heart-Eroding Powder' specially made by Youge. The Ice Soul Lotus can only suppress it, not cure it completely."

The old doctor picked up the conversation, sighed, and said, "To completely cure the disease, we still need one last key ingredient—"

"Millennial Ice Lotus".

"A thousand-year-old ice lotus?" Ye Xunhuan raised an eyebrow, twirling the lollipop stick in his mouth. "Didn't I buy a five-hundred-year-old one a few days ago? Can we make do with that?"

"No, young master!" The old apothecary shook his head repeatedly.

"A five-hundred-year-old ice lotus can only cure ordinary poisons. The Bone-Corroding and Heart-Eroding Powder was personally prepared by the Pavilion Master of Youge Pavilion. It requires an ice lotus that is over a thousand years old as a medicinal ingredient. Even a year less won't work."

"Moreover, this thousand-year-old ice lotus is extremely rare. It grows on cliffs in extremely cold places, and you might not see one even once in a hundred years. The one that our Medicine King Valley has was used to save the old Valley Master twenty years ago..."

Ye Xunhuan stroked his chin but didn't say anything.

He had seen thousand-year-old ice lotuses when he was in the mountains, but they were all in the ice pools behind the mountains. They were too far away to be of any use. By the time he returned to the mountains to pick them, Old Master Su would be too cold to stand.

"What should we do?" Su Qingyuan's eyes reddened with anxiety. "We can't just stand by and watch Grandpa..."

"Don't cry, you won't look pretty if you cry."

Ye Xunhuan reached out and pinched her cheek. It felt so soft. He wanted to pinch it a second time, but Su Qingyuan blushed and slapped his hand away.

"Be serious!"

"I'm being very serious." Ye Xunhuan shrugged, just as he was pondering whether to storm the Youge lair and steal the medicine, when Yao Lao suddenly slapped his thigh.

"Got it!"

"I just received word that there's an underground black market auction in Jiangcheng tonight, and the grand finale item happens to be a thousand-year-old ice lotus!"

Ye Xunhuan's eyes lit up: "Oh? What a coincidence?"

"Someone hands us a pillow when we're sleepy? Is that even possible?"

"It's a good thing, but the real owner behind this auction is Youge!"

The old apothecary's expression was grave. "It's clearly a trap set for you, young master. They know we desperately need the Thousand-Year Ice Lotus, so they deliberately released it as bait, waiting for you to walk right into their trap!"

"I heard that for this auction, Youge not only arranged for many experts to be present, but also invited quite a few underground martial arts masters from Jiangbei to lend their influence!"

Su Qingyuan's face paled: "Then...we're not going! It's too dangerous!"

"Danger what?" Ye Xunhuan scoffed, crunching the lollipop stick loudly. "Medicinal herbs delivered to our doorstep, why not take them?"

"I've never been to a black market before, this is a good opportunity to broaden my horizons."

He reached out and hooked his arm around Su Qingyuan's slender waist, looking nonchalant. "Come on, let's go for a walk."

"I'm not going!" Su Qingyuan glared at him. "Knowing it's a trap, you're still going? Are you out of your mind?"

"Don't worry, those lousy fellows in Youge are nothing to me." Ye Xunhuan waved his hand, looking completely unconcerned.

"Besides, if I go to steal medicine for your grandfather, you have to come along and pay for it, right?"

"Pay the bill?" Su Qingyuan was stunned.

"Yeah, I don't have any money." Ye Xunhuan said confidently, taking out his phone and waving it.

"I don't know how to use this thing for anything other than playing Candy Crush."

"I still need you to buy things."

Su Qingyuan: "..."

So you're going to risk your life, and I'm supposed to foot the bill?

The old apothecary listened from the side, his lips twitching. He wanted to say a few words of advice, but seeing the young master's confident demeanor, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

This guy is definitely a living Yama.

They may seem unreliable, but when it comes to getting things done, they are more dependable and ruthless than anyone else.

"Young Master, please be careful in everything you do. I'll have a few disciples accompany you..."

"No, no, no," Ye Xunhuan quickly waved his hand.

"Too many people will get in the way, and we'll have to give them lollipops, it's not worth it."

"Just my wife and I will go. There will be fewer people, and it will be easier to leave."

After saying that, he didn't care whether Su Qingyuan was willing or not, and put his arm around her waist and walked out.