The blind girl is called a saint with a sword!

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

The screams continued for quite a while before finally stopping.

Corpses were everywhere, and the stench of blood was overwhelming.

"Ugh."

Cui Sanbian let out a long sigh.

An Qingwan asked, "Doctor Cui, do you think I went too far?"

Cui Sanbian shook his head and said, "I'm just lamenting the state of the world. People are always powerless to control their own destiny. If it weren't for you, my benefactor, I don't know how many mistakes I would have made."

An Qingwan said, "Well, it's not your fault after all."

Before Cui Sanbian could say anything more, Lan Xiaogu walked over from a distance: "An Qingwan, I found more than a dozen people who were tied up in the house next to the hall."

Upon seeing this, Cui Sanbian quickly explained, "Those people are innocent people who were captured by Cao Ling."

An Qingwan nodded: "Let's send them home first. Leaving them in this desolate place might lead to something unexpected."

No one else objected.

The group worked together to send everyone imprisoned in the village down the mountain one by one.

After finishing my work, it was already late in the evening.

Although it was summer, the sun had long since set, leaving only a sky full of stars and moon.

The countryside.

Cui Sanbian, carrying a medicine bag, said to An Qingwan and the other two, "My three benefactors, it is getting late. It may not be easy for you to find an inn. If you don't mind, why don't you stay at my house for the night?"

Before An Qingwan could speak, Lan Xiaogu had already started laughing.

"Uncle, you might not know, but we've actually come to find you."

"Looking for me?" Cui Sanbian's eyes flickered slightly, and he paused before saying, "Does one of your relatives fall ill?"

Lan Xiaogu pointed at An Qingwan: "It's her. She's blind. We heard that you, sir, have excellent medical skills and might be able to cure her eyes, so we came here."

Cui Sanbian looked at An Qingwan, his gaze flashing even more intensely.

Why is this Miss An blind?

An Qingwan said, "Two years ago, when I was chasing criminals, my eyes were poisoned, and I have been blind ever since."

Cui Sanbian said, "It's been two years, so it might be difficult to treat. But whether it can be cured or not, we need to do some more tests. My three benefactors, I have a rule that anyone in the martial arts world who wants to see me for treatment must pay at least ten thousand taels of silver, but you three are my benefactors, so I will make an exception this time."

He turned around and was about to lead the way to An Qingwan and the other two to his residence.

Before he could leave, An Qingwan suddenly asked, "Doctor Cui has practiced martial arts?"

Cui Sanbian froze: "I've never practiced martial arts, why is Miss An suddenly asking this?"

An Qingwan said, "I saw that although Doctor Cui is old, he is still as agile as flying when walking on the mountain road, so I thought you had practiced martial arts."

Cui Sanbian laughed and said, "So that's how it is. This old man has never practiced martial arts, only some exercises to strengthen the body. Please come with me, my three benefactors."

The four set off and soon arrived at Cui Sanbian's residence.

It was a very spacious country courtyard.

The lush flowers and plants create a unique and charming scene.

Cui Sanbian said, "My daughter and I live here together. She left home for Qingjiang these past few days, so this room is now empty. Please rest here, my three benefactors."

An Qingwan said, "Then I'll have to trouble Doctor Cui."

Cui Sanbian said, "No trouble at all. I'll go prepare the things first so I can examine Miss An's eyes later."

Cui Sanbian has left.

An Qingwan sat at the table, her nose filled with the aroma of medicine.

She appeared quite composed, while Jin Xueyi and Lan Xiaogu, standing to the side, were extremely nervous.

Lan Xiaogu said, "If even Doctor Cui can't cure An Qingwan's eyes, then who should we turn to?"

Jin Xueyi quickly said, "Pah, pah, pah, don't say such unlucky things."

Lan Xiaogu pouted.

What she calls unlucky words is called being prepared for a rainy day.

The room fell silent again.

An Qingwan loves this kind of quiet the most, because she can hear many sounds that ordinary people cannot hear.

A full quarter of an hour passed before the door was knocked on.

Cui Sanbian walked in carrying a larger medicine bag; he looked somewhat tired.

"Miss An, if it's convenient, let's begin now."

An Qingwan nodded and asked, "Do you want to lie down?"

"Just sit down."

An Qingwan slowly removed the black cloth covering her eyes.

This wasn't the first time she had taken off that piece of cloth, but it was the first time she had done so in front of Jin Xueyi and Lan Xiaogu.

Despite having imagined countless times what the face under the cloth would look like, when they actually saw the complete face, their breaths still caught in their throats.

Those butterfly-wing-like eyelashes were already captivating, but those star-like beauty marks were even more mesmerizing.

If those greyish-white eyes were to suddenly well up with tears, they would truly doubt whether they were still in the human world.

This is a face that can move anyone.

Surprisingly, Cui Sanbian barely glanced at it.

His mind was entirely on the medicine pouch, or more accurately, on himself.

"Miss An's eyes seem to be completely necrotic, but it's hard to say for sure based on the naked eye alone. If there's still a glimmer of hope, I can heal her; otherwise, I'll have to seek out those special internal energy cultivation methods. I've heard that the founder of Jinglun Heavenly Palace comprehended a scroll of the 'True Scripture of Recorded Diagrams,' which has the effect of bringing the dead back to life and healing flesh and bones, but the cultivation methods of Jinglun Heavenly Palace are never passed on to outsiders."

An Qingwan nodded and asked, "Then how do we determine it?"

Cui Sanbian said, "We need to apply herbal medicine and then stimulate the acupoints near the eyes with silver needles, but..."

As he spoke, he suddenly hesitated, and his hand holding the medicine bag became somewhat unsteady.

Lan Xiaogu asked, puzzled, "Just what?"

Cui Sanbian said, "It's nothing, it's just that applying the herbs to your face will be a little painful, so please bear with it, Miss An."

An Qingwan smiled and said, "I am a martial artist, so a little pain is nothing to me."

Cui Sanbian said, "The acupuncture cannot be disturbed in the slightest. Please step aside for a moment, my two benefactors."

Lan Xiaogu and Jin Xueyi tactfully withdrew.

Soon, only Cui Sanbian and An Qingwan remained in the room.

Cui Sanbian applied a freshly prepared ointment directly to An Qingwan's forehead.

Just as he was about to get the silver needles, he heard An Qingwan say, "Why does Doctor Cui have such great hostility towards people from the martial arts world?"

Before he could answer, An Qingwan continued, "Could it be related to the Yinji Sect, and Sikong Tingxue of the Yinji Sect?"

Cui Sanbian was stunned.

"Sikong Tingxue?"

His voice was full of doubt, as if he had never heard of the name before.

An Qingwan said, "It was Sikong Tingxue who told me that Doctor Cui might be able to cure my eyes."

Cui Sanbian suddenly realized and said, "I remember now. You're talking about the little girl whose body was burned on one side. She was only four years old at the time and was almost dead. I saved her, but unfortunately, my medical skills were not good enough and I was unable to cure her completely. Is she alright now?"

An Qingwan said, "She's fine."

Cui Sanbian laughed: "That's good, then."

He suddenly fell silent.

He sighed again.

"I actually have no hostility towards people in the martial arts world."

An Qingwan said, "Oh?"

Cui Sanbian said, "I just want to get away from the martial world. Once you get involved in the martial world, you may never be able to get rid of it for the rest of your life."

An Qingwan said, "That's how cruel the martial world is."

Cui Sanbian said, "Miss An is a good person."

An Qingwan asked, "What do you mean?"

Cui Sanbian said, "I have heard your story, Miss An. There are many people in this world with high martial arts skills, but there are very few people like Miss An who are willing to sacrifice themselves. I hope that people like you, Miss An, can live to be a hundred years old."

An Qingwan smiled and said, "Thank you for your kind words, Doctor Cui."

Cui Sanbian said, "Miss An, let's begin."

He took out silver needles and inserted them one by one into the acupoints around An Qingwan's eyes.

He was very slow and meticulous in his work.

It was as if he wasn't giving acupuncture, but rather devoutly burning incense and praying to Buddha.

Nevertheless, his hands were still trembling.

He never actually does that.

But today is special.

In life, we will always encounter many situations that are beyond our control.

Just now, Cao Ling threatened him with the lives of innocent people.

At that time, he complied with Cao Ling, but ended up getting nothing in return.

This time, he wanted to take a different path.

"Miss An, it's all better now, can you feel it..."

Cui Sanbian suddenly froze.

His voice stopped abruptly, and his hand holding the needle hung in mid-air.

He is a doctor, a highly skilled doctor.

Therefore, he saw it at a glance—

An Qingwan is dead!

He died silently, completely unexpectedly!

Clang.

The medicine pouch on the table slipped and fell to the ground.

Cui Sanbian was in complete panic.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! I didn't poison the ointment, and I changed the order in which I needled the acupoints. She couldn't possibly be dead, unless... silver needles, yes, silver needles!"

He hurriedly opened the silver needle pouch.

Just then, the door was suddenly kicked open, and Jin Xueyi and Lan Xiaogu rushed in from outside.

They rushed in after hearing the noise.

They looked at the medicine pouch on the ground, at the silver needles in Cui Sanbian's hand, and at An Qingwan, who was completely lifeless.

First came bewilderment, a bewilderment I had never anticipated.

Then came anger, which erupted like a torrent of water.

Finally, there was sadness. In that instant, I felt as if my soul had been pulled out of my body, and the world itself had died.

"What did you do?!"

Jin Xueyi roared angrily.

Cui Sanbian opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to explain.