"What?"
Seeing the bamboo flute flying towards him, carrying a biting killing intent, Shen Lang's expression changed.
The next second, the bamboo flute whizzed past Shen Lang's scalp, and then a beast's roar of agony came from behind him.
Shen Lang looked back and found that a giant bear had appeared behind him and was making an attack move towards him.
However, at this moment, the giant bear's shoulder was pierced by Shi Wuxie's bamboo flute, and the painful screams almost split Shen Lang's eardrums.
"Whoosh—"
Just as Shen Lang subconsciously prepared to make a move, Shi Wuxie had already rushed in front of the giant bear. After leaping up and pulling out the bamboo flute from the bear's shoulder, her slender right hand quickly reached out. With what seemed like a light palm strike, she struck the giant bear's chest, sending the thousand-pound beast flying over ten meters before it fled in a sorry state.
"Thank you!"
As Shi Wuxie took out a tissue to wipe the blood from her bamboo flute, Shen Lang looked at her with gratitude.
"Shen Lang, with your strength, it shouldn't be difficult for you to detect the giant bear behind you, yet you were completely unguarded just now. What were you thinking about?"
After wiping the blood clean, Shi Wuxie looked at Shen Lang and asked calmly.
"I was just too excited to see you, so I let my guard down," Shen Lang replied with a smile, looking at Shi Wuxie. "After we parted ways in Shu, I thought we would never meet again. I didn't expect to see you here today. It seems we are truly destined."
"Shen Lang, are you trying to flirt with me?"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Shi Wuxie looked at him very seriously and asked.
"Huh? Am I?" Shen Lang's eyes widened. "Shi Wuxie, don't say such things. I'm a married man."
"Married, is that an obstacle for you?"
Shi Wuxie said playfully, "You're married, but aren't you entangled with Ye Shishi and the Yu sisters? Oh, and a few days ago, you caused a huge commotion in the Tang Sect to save Ye Shishi, even leading to the sect changing hands."
"Stop, just stop right there."
Shen Lang interrupted, "I admit I went to the Tang Sect recently, but the sect changing hands has nothing much to do with me. It was just an internal struggle within the Tang Sect. Tang Jiutian lost the fight and lost his head, which has nothing to do with me."
"Are we talking about that?"
Shi Wuxie scoffed coldly, "Aren't we talking about the incredibly messy romantic entanglements around you right now?"
"Shen Lang, that question I asked you before, do you have an answer yet?"
"A choice among five?"
Hearing this, Shen Lang suddenly recalled the question Shi Wuxie had asked him before they went to Shu to rescue someone. He froze.
Gu Qinghan, Ye Shishi, Wang Yuyan, Yu Xiao, Yu Fei – these five women all had connections with Shen Lang. At that time, Shi Wuxie had asked Shen Lang who he would choose if he had to.
Now Gu Qinghan was out of the picture, and Shen Lang had married Wang Yuyan. It seemed like a choice had been made, yet whenever Shen Lang thought about this question, he would still fall into a dilemma.
"It seems you still haven't made up your mind," Shi Wuxie shook her head, observing Shen Lang's reaction. "You're incredibly intelligent, yet you still can't see your own heart. If you don't clarify your feelings, your life might become a tragedy one day."
"Sigh..."
Hearing Shi Wuxie's words, Shen Lang let out a bitter smile. "Why do you have to mock me the moment we meet? I remember our relationship was pretty good, right?"
"It's not a relationship, it's an acquaintance. Please use the correct terms." Shi Wuxie retorted unceremoniously. "I don't want any romantic feelings with you."
"Fine, I know you are proud and detached from worldly affairs. Acquaintance it is." Shen Lang, understanding Shi Wuxie's personality, wasn't too surprised by her words. He smiled and continued, "Your sister is gravely ill. Do you need my help? You know my martial arts cultivation is very high, but you don't know that my medical skills are also among the top two in the world."
"Really?" Shi Wuxie exclaimed in surprise.
"What kind of question is that? Aren't you not trusting me?" Shen Lang looked at Shi Wuxie and said, "I can responsibly tell you that if there's a disease I can't cure in this world, it's basically incurable."
"She's not sick, she's been poisoned by the pollen of the Seven Stars Begonia flower," Shi Wuxie said, looking at Shen Lang. "Do you know the Seven Stars Begonia?"
"Of course. It's the fourth most potent poison in the world. Its pollen can induce a deep sleep, and seven days later, the victim dies without a sound. It's virtually incurable," Shen Lang slowly stated what he knew.
"Shen Lang, it seems you do know some medicine. You even know about this formidable poison, the Seven Stars Begonia," Shi Wuxie said, surprised.
"I know many things. It's not strange that I know about this Seven Stars Begonia. However, who told you that the gall bladder of a hundred-year-old python can detoxify it?" Shen Lang asked. "According to what I know, the Seven Stars Begonia poison cannot be cured by that."
"I read it in an ancient book. It mentioned that the gall bladder of a hundred-year-old python can cure a hundred poisons, so I wanted to try," Shi Wuxie replied. "Is that not true?"
"The gall bladder of a hundred-year-old python can indeed cure a hundred poisons, but it cannot cure the poison of the Seven Stars Begonia because its pollen is too potent," Shen Lang explained. "There is only one way in this world to neutralize the poison of the Seven Stars Begonia pollen, and that is blood transfusion."
"After the pollen is inhaled, it enters the bloodstream. If the blood is replaced, the pollen will naturally be gone."
"Blood transfusion?"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Shi Wuxie asked, "Does that mean replacing all the blood?"
"Yes, all the blood in the body." Shen Lang continued, "A person cannot lose all their blood, because they would surely die. Therefore, a conventional blood transfusion cannot be used."
"Then how do we do it?" Shi Wuxie asked with curiosity.
"I was once traveling in the Great Mountain Range and met a girl in purple. She gave me a rare treasure. This treasure not only can restrain all蛊 (gu) worms in the world but also can rapidly empty a person's blood and then achieve a blood transfusion in the fastest time," Shen Lang said, producing a blood-red small ball in his hand.
"This... This is the Tear of Blood Record, a treasure passed down through generations in the Great Mountain Range?" Shi Wuxie's eyes widened as she looked at the blood-red ball in Shen Lang's hand, exclaiming in disbelief, "Does the Tear of Blood Record really exist in this world?"