novelraw Chapter 306 Threadworm Poison
Chapter 306 Threadworm Poison
Chapter 306 Threadworm Poison
Su Weihua's high fever only lasted for a day and a half.
After the high temperature subsided, his physical condition stabilized a lot, but he still asked Shi Ruoan for a lot of ice. He spent most of his time sleeping with an ice basin in his arms, and he lay on the floor of the outer room of her room every day, showing no intention of going back to his own room.
Ling Chengen didn't care about this. Su Weihua was a very quiet and well-behaved roommate who wouldn't disturb her rest, so she acquiesced to him staying there.
As for Yuheng, he spent his breeding season outside. After he returned from gathering herbs, he didn't use any similar excuses to stay in her room. Instead, contrary to his usual behavior, he spent most of his time in the hospital pharmacy processing medicinal materials.
Battle reports from the Luolu Mountain area arrive promptly every evening.
When the warriors of the Forest Crow tribe returned with the battle report, the sun was just hanging above the horizon.
Ling Chengen took the bamboo tube, took out the papers inside, stood by the window, and slowly unfolded the papers to read today's battle report.
Chang Tianchen led a thousand men and had been there for a full week.
Perhaps because she had spoken beforehand, Chang Tianchen was very cautious in this operation. For the first three days, he did not fight against the wandering orcs in the mountains. Instead, he led a small team disguised as warriors from a nearby tribe and personally went into the mountains to check out several places that he was particularly concerned about.
However, on the afternoon of the third day, they encountered a small group of wandering orcs. Most of them were injured, but the leader was in a worse condition and was seriously injured and unconscious.
Because the situation was quite sudden, Chang Tianchen only thought for a moment before making a decision.
Capture this group on the spot and take them back to find out what happened.
Fearing that prematurely revealing their intentions would put the wandering orcs in the mountains on high alert, they immediately withdrew from Mount Lolu after taking control of the forces in front of them and returned to their stronghold in the Stone Forest.
After returning to Shilin, Chang Tianchen finally had time to verify the identities of these prisoners.
This group of people numbered no more than twenty, and each of them exuded a fierce aura, giving Chang Tianchen a sense of danger.
However, these people cared deeply about their seriously injured leader, so while controlling them, Chang Tianchen directed his warriors to focus their attacks on the warriors protecting the unconscious orc, thus ending the battle quickly.
After Bai Xi and Lin Ying entered the cave, they looked at the people whose hands and feet were bound by metal chains, and finally their gaze fell on the single bed in the corner of the cave.
That bed was used by Shi Panxing during his recovery period, and there were still a lot of bloodstains on it. Although it had been cleaned, some traces could not be washed off, so the bloodstains were still very obvious.
After the orcs of Shilin moved away, Yuheng really disliked the single bed and left it in the cave.
The leader of this squad was lying on a hospital bed, his face as pale as a ghost, looking like he was on his deathbed and could breathe his last at any moment.
Bai Xi stood beside the small bed, frowning, and asked, "Is this person Jing Shan, the leader of the Wind Vultures?"
Lin Ying nodded slightly, confirming his guess: "It's him."
Looking at the unconscious Jing Shan, Lin Ying sighed and muttered, "He is very strong. Ever since he entered Luo Lu Mountain, almost no one has dared to provoke him. Even Huan Ya and his group suffered a few losses at his hands and had to avoid his sharp edge."
"I never imagined that he would fall into such a state after only half a year since we left the mountain."
Bai Xi glanced at Chang Tianchen: "How many people have you arrested?"
Chang Tianchen sat in a chair, his snake tail draped over the armrest, and said lazily, "Including the one who is unconscious, there are eighteen in total."
Lin Ying said, "Before I left Mount Luolu with my men, the Wind Vulture was the largest wandering orc organization in the mountains, with more than fifty people. After Hong Yi led more than twenty of our Rattlesnakes to betray us, she turned around and ambushed the Wind Vulture, killing seven or eight of them, and then surrendered to Huan Ya."
"Even if Fengjiu hasn't recruited any new people in the past six months, it should still have more than forty people by now."
Eighteen people, the number doesn't match.
Lin Ying sat on a wooden stump and said thoughtfully, "When we went into the mountains to gather information during the cold season, we didn't hear anything unusual about the Wind Vulture. On the other hand, the Phantom Fang not only attacked several small wandering beastman groups during the cold season, but also went down the mountain to the Snow Wolf Tribe and several neighboring small tribes to sweep them up."
Chang Tianchen swept the tip of his snake tail on the ground and pointed at Jing Shan, saying, "His injury is very fresh, no more than two days old."
Lin Ying looked at the prisoners, whose mouths were like sawed gourds, and raised her eyes to say, "Can I talk to them alone?"
Chang Tianchen waved his hand: "Whatever."
Lin Ying let the people guarding outside come in and take out the orcs in relatively good physical condition. She then turned around and left the cave to find the wood-type warrior in the group to treat Jing Shan's injuries.
Compared to the cannibalistic Phantom Fang, the Wind Vulture is a relatively conscientious organization of wandering orcs. If they really want to recruit some wandering orcs, Lin Ying thinks the group from Jingshan is more suitable.
After Lin Ying left, Bai Xi pinched her chin with one hand, staring blankly at Jing Shan with her eyes down.
Chang Tianchen's snake tail transformed into legs, and he stepped barefoot on the ground. He turned and walked towards the cave exit: "Keep an eye on him, and let me know when he wakes up."
Bai Xi didn't speak, but she didn't refute him either.
After Chang Tianchen left, Ke Yang arrived with a wood-type warrior.
This warrior is from the Crow Clan, a seventh-tier Wood-type, and his name is Lin Man.
During the cold season, he studied with Yuheng for several months and his medical skills improved considerably. He could now treat most injuries and illnesses.
But upon seeing Jingshan's injuries, his expression changed drastically, and his voice suddenly rose as he said, "He's been poisoned."
Bai Xi paused for a moment, walked to the bedside, moved the two lamps over, and pulled open the clothes that were covering half of Jing Shan's chest. He was stunned after just one glance.
The injury was too severe.
The most serious injury was a knife wound.
The skin and flesh were completely turned inside out, extending from the left shoulder to the right side of the waist and abdomen.
Bai Xi even suspected that if he were to pry open the wound with his hands, he could see his internal organs.
Despite suffering such injuries for almost two days, he is still alive.
That's some pretty tenacious vitality.
"Aren't there any signs of treatment?" Bai Xi didn't know much about medicine, but looking at the messy wounds, she found that they didn't look like they had been treated.
Lin Man shook his head and said, "There is no trace of healing magic, and among the remaining seventeen people, there are no wood-type warriors."
"I can only try to treat this injury, but there's a high probability he won't survive."
"If we want to save his life, Lord Yuheng may have to come."
Bai Xi asked with a deep gaze, "Can't we send him to Beast City for treatment?"
Lin Man shook his head and said, "His injuries are too severe, and he could die at any moment. Even if I use my special ability to stabilize his condition, it will probably deteriorate rapidly on the way back to Beast City, and he won't be able to make it there."
"Let's treat his wounds first. I'll go out and ask if I can get in touch with Yuheng."
However, he learned from the messenger warriors of the Lin Ya tribe that Yu Heng had not been in the city for the past few days, and no one had seen him.
Just when Bai Xi thought she could only leave it to fate, Bai Qingyu appeared at the entrance of the cave with supplies.
When Bai Xi saw him, she was stunned for a few seconds before asking, "Why did you come here?"
Bai Qingyu asked, "Are you looking for Yu Heng?"
Bai Xi nodded. Bai Qingyu took out a section of vine from her spatial container and casually tossed it by the stream. Then, she began to contact him using the leaf Yu Heng had given her. Soon, a familiar voice came from the other end of the leaf.
"Could you come to Shilin now? There's a very difficult patient here, and it's quite important to us." Bai Qingyu didn't waste any words. After confirming that he had contacted Yu Heng, he immediately got straight to the point. "I've put the piece of vine you gave me in the stream. You can come directly over."
Yuheng clicked his tongue a few times, then muttered, "What a nuisance—"
Despite complaining, Yuheng quickly emerged from the stream, shook off the water, and walked step by step toward the cave. Upon seeing the Bai brothers, he scratched his ear and asked, "Is Chang Tianchen going to die?"
Chang Tianchen leaned out of the treehouse window and cursed, "I knew you were just hoping I'd die! What a pity, I'm perfectly fine."
Yu Heng clicked his tongue, withdrew his gaze, and shook his head, saying, "Heaven is truly blind, what a pity—"
Bai Xi and Bai Qingyu remained silent, not interfering in the fight between the two, and turned to follow Yu Heng into the cave.
Upon seeing Jingshan lying on the bed, Yuheng's eyes flickered slightly. He then waved his hand, signaling Lin Man to step aside.
He took out a clean set of knives from his spatial storage, turned to look at Bai Qingyu, and said, "Go and prepare boiling water, and prepare plenty."
"Then boil this packet of medicine."
Yuheng tossed the medicine packet to Bai Qingyu, then directed Bai Xi to come over and use rope to firmly bind Jingshan's limbs. Finally, he used his special ability to run the medicine over the blade as a simple disinfection, and then directed Lin Man to move a few more lamps over.
Before anyone was ready, he had already stabbed Jingshan.
Yuheng's hands were quick and steady as he cut into the skin, as if he had been killing fish for ten years at RT-Mart. The necrotic flesh infected by toxins was quickly and neatly cut off by him, and the dark flesh was casually thrown into the metal tray.
After all the necrotic flesh was removed, fresh blood began to gush out.
Yuheng turned his head and glanced at Lin Man, who was standing there dumbfounded: "Use your superpower to stop the bleeding from his wound and control the amount of bleeding."
Lin Man was called out and stood fearfully on the other side of the small bed, beginning to use his supernatural abilities to stop Jing Shan's bleeding.
Yuheng picked up a piece of necrotic flesh with tweezers, smelled it for a moment, lowered his eyes and thought for a few seconds, then turned to Baixi and said, "Go and find Ke Yang."
Bai Xi was puzzled, but she still went to find Ke Yang immediately.
As soon as Ke Yang entered the cave, Yu Heng casually picked up a clean metal bowl and handed it to him.
"Get me some of your toxins."
Ke Yang looked completely bewildered, staring at the back of his head, and asked in confusion, "Do you need poison to treat injuries?"
"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Are you a witch doctor, or am I?"
"Stop nagging and hurry up."
Ke Yang transformed into his beast form and squeezed out a tiny bit of venom from his venom gland, which landed precisely in the small bowl.
Bai Xi handed over the bowl, and Ke Yang couldn't help but remind her, "My poison, although it usually won't kill people, if the amount is too large... who knows what might happen."
Yuheng dipped his fingertip in the venom, showing no respect whatsoever for Ke Yang's poison.
He put his fingertip in his mouth, and the toxin quickly spread throughout his mouth, but it had no effect on him.
"Parasthenic."
Yu Heng produced several medicine bottles from his spatial storage, poured some into the bowl, stirred them with a clean metal rod, and then told Lin Man to let go. He took over the task of stopping the bleeding and began to use his supernatural abilities to help Lin Man regenerate.
Once the flesh that was cut off grows back, it becomes extremely fragile.
Moreover, the flesh on both sides needs to be manually connected, which consumes a lot of supernatural power.
Yuheng plans to use Jingshan as a practice subject to try out a new treatment plan.
Therefore, instead of connecting the two parts of flesh, the wound was stitched up directly with a light blue thread after the flesh had grown back to its original size.
Lin Man looked at it with great curiosity and asked, "Sir, what kind of thread is this?"
"Extracted from a succulent plant."
These threads, after being soaked in a prepared venom solution, are used directly to suture the skin and flesh.
Bai Xi stood to the side, watching from beginning to end, and for a moment she began to question the meaning of life.
This must be the heretical cultivation Ling Chengen was talking about, right?
I always felt that this treatment method wasn't very proper.
Lin Man asked, "Why soak it in that kind of venom before using it?"
Yuheng had finished stitching up. Looking at the neat stitches, he felt a little relieved, so he was happy to explain to Lin Man: "This venom is specially prepared. He was poisoned by threadworm venom. This venom takes effect quickly, but it won't kill you immediately. Instead, it will torment the injured person for three to five days before they die."
“Threadworm venom is rare in Beiyuan. I don’t have an antidote for it, so I can only use the method of fighting poison with poison. Ke Yang’s venom is paralyzing. If I combine it with the several venoms I have, as long as the dosage is controlled properly, it won’t kill him and can even have an antidote effect.”
Moreover, Koyan's venom can be considered a form of anesthetic.
After Jingshan wakes up, he shouldn't feel too much pain from his wounds.
After Yuheng finished treating the most serious penetrating wound on Jingshan's body, he stepped aside and let Lin Man treat the remaining injuries.
He then gathered up the tools he had used, threw them all into the copper basin, and took it to the small stove outside, asking Bai Qingyu to continue boiling water and wash all the tools in the basin.
Bai Qingyu pointed to the boiling water in the large pot: "What else do you want to do with the water you asked us to boil, besides washing your knives?"
Yuheng pointed to the dark, bloody flesh on the tray: "Put this in hot water and boil it for two hours, then dig a hole and bury it."
"why?"
Yuheng rolled her eyes at him: "Don't touch these things with your hands, use tweezers. There are a lot of threadworm eggs hidden in the flesh and blood. If you get infected, I can't guarantee that I can cure you."
Although the poison from threadworms is difficult to cure, he still has a way to deal with it.
However, if a person is infected with threadworm eggs, there is no other way but to remove them.
Jingshan's injury was caused by external wounds, where insect eggs first parasitized the wounds. In addition, he was wearing a medicated pack to repel insects, so the insect eggs did not spread further in a short period of time. Fortunately, it was not long, and the flesh could be cut off.
If a person is infected with threadworm eggs without any apparent injury, it is generally too late to save them by the time the infection is discovered.
Yuheng turned around to prepare a new medicine pouch, casually wrapped it in burlap, and tossed it into Bai Qingyu's arms: "Carry this with you, it's for repelling insects, and it will last for about a month."
Bai Qingyu watched him turn and leave, then looked down at the medicine pouch in her palm, her expression somewhat complicated.
He really disliked Yuheng.
Because Yuheng was a very prominent rival in his heart.
But he was indeed a very good witch doctor.