In the room, Shen Zhao was taking Du Wushuang's pulse.
Seeing Shen Zhao's serious expression, Shi Hongyi, who was beside them, couldn't help but feel nervous.
After a long while, Shen Zhao withdrew his hand and sighed softly.
"How is it? My mother's illness…"
"Hongyi, don't speak. Listen to what Young Master Shen has to say."
Du Wushuang interrupted Shi Hongyi and then looked at Shen Zhao, saying, "Young Master Shen, tell me. What's the situation?"
Shen Zhao asked, "May I ask, Madam Shi, do you know who ambushed you?"
Du Wushuang shook her head. "I don't know either. At the time, I was exploring the Qingqiu Secret Realm with my husband. Unexpectedly, we got separated due to a fog, and then someone ambushed me from behind and struck me with a palm.
I only knew that the person was wearing a full black robe and exuded a strange, demonic aura. However, after striking me with a palm, they didn't take the opportunity to kill me.
Since then, this hidden illness has been with me."
Shen Zhao nodded. "If I'm not mistaken, Madam was hit by the Blood Puppet Hand from the Nine Nether Realm. It's fortunate that you sealed off a large portion of your cultivation for the past fifteen years, otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to hold on until now."
"Nine Nether Realm?"
Du Wushuang's eyes widened in shock.
"That's right. Anyone who is hit by the Blood Puppet Hand will have a trace of death qi lingering in their body, slowly tormenting them. If a cultivator is hit and doesn't seal off their cultivation in time,
It grows stronger as the cultivator's cultivation increases. Finally, when the death energy reaches a certain level, the cultivator's life comes to an end.
However, after death, they become emotionless puppets, controlled by the person who cast the spell. That's the terrifying part of the Blood Puppet Hand."
Du Wushuang was shocked, "I've heard tales of the Nine Nether Realm's cruel and ruthless methods, but I never thought I'd experience it firsthand in my lifetime."
Shi Hongyi urgently asked, "Brother Shen, is there a cure?"
"Of course, there is."
Shen Zhao said.
"Everything has its counter. Since it's death energy, we'll use life energy to transform it. However, Madam's death energy has been ravaging her body for quite some time. After I treat it, she'll also need medication for recovery. It should be completely eliminated within a month at the latest."
Du Wushuang's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected this young man, who had only known her son for a day, to possess the ability to remove death energy. She couldn't help but feel curious about his identity.
Shi Hongyi immediately knelt on the ground. "Brother Shen, please save my mother! Shi Hongyi will never forget your great kindness and virtue."
Shen Zhao helped him up. "Forget the great kindness and virtue. After I treat your mother, I'll need the Shi family's help with something. Saving her is the priority. Madam Shi's hidden illness can't be delayed any longer."
With that, Shen Zhao opened his palm, and the South Bright Flames suddenly appeared.
"What is this?"
Du Wushuang was surprised to see the crystal-clear, colorful flames.
"Please, Madam, lie down."
Shen Zhao waved his hand, and a wisp of the South Bright Flames entered Du Wushuang's body.
Du Wushuang frowned, feeling a surge of heat flowing through her meridians. The moment it touched the deathly aura, it immediately triggered a strong reaction.
But soon, that uncomfortable feeling of suffocation gradually dissipated, replaced by unprecedented ease and comfort.
After Du Wushuang exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, Shen Zhao promptly retracted the South Bright Flames.
"Madam's death aura has been removed. Now, she is fine. I'll write a prescription; you should go and get some medicine so that Madam can recover sooner."
With that, Shen Zhao wrote down the Nourishing Spirit Pill's formula on paper.
Shi Hongyi took the prescription and immediately thanked him, "Thank you, Brother Shen. I won't express my gratitude in words. Just let me know if you need anything from me."
Shen Zhao nodded. Actually, if Shi Hongyi wasn't a filial son, and the Shi family hadn't always considered the overall situation in the cultivation world, he wouldn't have decided to help.
Of course, his ultimate goal was the Shi family's network of connections, as well as their vast amount of farmland.
"Hongyi, you go out first. I want to talk to Young Master Shen alone."
"Yes, Mother."
After Shi Hongyi left, Du Wushuang stood up and thanked Shen Zhao. Then, she asked, "Young Master Shen, I can see that your strength is unfathomable, yet you're willing to be with my good-for-nothing son. You must have other motives, right?"
Shen Zhao said, "Madam is indeed insightful. I do have something I'd like to ask you to relay to Lord Shi. As the Shi family is a prominent family in Yun Province, with so many disaster victims now, shouldn't they fulfill their obligations?"
"You're here for this?"
Du Wushuang had thought Shen Zhao would make some unreasonable request. Who would have thought it was about getting the Shi family to help the disaster victims in the city?
"If we delay for another day, countless people will starve to death. I ask that Madam act quickly to stabilize the disaster situation in Yun Province first."
"You don't need to tell me, Young Master Shen. We also plan to open the granaries to provide relief to the disaster victims, but my husband hasn't returned from Liyang Mountain, so we don't have much grain to release."
"Then, please use your status to call upon the family to provide some grain and supplies first. We can get through this initial period, and then deal with the rest later."
"Alright, I'll make the arrangements right away."
"Then I'll go with Young Master Shi to get the medicine. Farewell."
After Shen Zhao left, Du Wushuang felt her light body, took a deep breath, and called out, "Someone, prepare the carriage!"
Inside the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, Shen Zhao accompanied Shi Hongyi to get medicine.
Most of the prescriptions Shen Zhao provided were available, but they were missing one ingredient: "Qilin Grass".
For three consecutive days, the two of them ran all over the inner city's streets and alleys, but they still couldn't find this medicine.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any Qilin Grass? I'll pay ten times the price!"
"I'm sorry, Young Master Shi. There are refugees everywhere outside the city right now, and evil cultivators are causing trouble. We don't have that spirit grass at the moment. Please come back some other time."
After striking out again, Shi Hongyi was quite disheartened.
Although Shen Zhao said the Nourishing Spirit Pill was optional, Shi Hongyi only wanted his mother to get better quickly.
Finally, in a restaurant, the two heard that the Spirit Treasure Pavilion was auctioning off the spirit grass, so they hurried over.
As soon as they arrived at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, they ran into Qin Feng and Han Xuanxuan.
The moment Han Xuanxuan saw Shi Hongyi, a look of smugness flashed across her eyes.
She knew this brainless lapdog couldn't live without her. Now that he was here, she would make him spend money later and embarrass him in front of all the guests!
However, Shi Hongyi's mind wasn't on Han Xuanxuan at all at this moment. He was only thinking about bidding for the Qilin Grass to refine the Nourishing Spirit Pill for his mother.
Qin Feng immediately started to speak sarcastically when he saw the two of them: "Oh, isn't this Young Master Shi? Didn't you say you didn't want to see us? Why did you come running over here again?"
Shen Zhao immediately retorted, "Is the Spirit Treasure Pavilion yours? You, someone so insignificant, can come, so why can't Young Master Shi, the richest man in Yun Province, come?
Go ask everyone here, if someone has to be kicked out, who do you think it would be, you or Young Master Shi?"
"Hmph!"
Knowing that Shen Zhao was unbeatable in a war of words, Qin Feng didn't say anything, just glared at the two of them.
"Shi Hongyi, remember this, I don't need your money! Nor do I need your charity."
At that moment, Han Xuanxuan, out of the blue, said something that gave Shen Zhao a headache.
Is this woman sick? The symptoms of the little fairy from the previous life are all on display in this idiot.
The auction began quickly, ushered in by the host: "Esteemed guests, the first spiritual artifact to be displayed today is a mid-grade Profound-rank spiritual artifact, the Bodhi Beads. This is an item of Master Xuanbei of the Golden Dragon Temple, and its effects need not be stated. The starting price is 20,000 spirit stones."
"30,000 spirit stones!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Qin Feng immediately shouted loudly.
He urgently needed a Profound-rank spiritual artifact to improve his strength. He had been at the third stage of Qi Condensation for a full two months, and he really couldn't stand the routine cultivation methods anymore.
"40,000 spirit stones!"
Someone quickly raised the price.
Without even looking up, Qin Feng directly shouted, "50,000 spirit stones."
"60,000 spirit stones!"
"Seventy thousand spirit stones!"
The price kept going up. Finally, at ninety thousand spirit stones, everyone stopped bidding, and Qin Feng won the item.
Hmph, I'll make that guy pay later!
Qin Feng thought to himself.
The second treasure was the Seven Colored Glazed Pearl, a high-grade Xuan-ranked spirit artifact, one grade higher than the Bodhi Beads.
After a round of bidding, Qin Feng won it for one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones.
Shi Hongyi hadn't bid at all throughout the process; he was just waiting for news about the Qilin Grass.
When the third treasure was presented, the host said, "This item comes from a golden egg found in the North Sea. What it can hatch is currently unknown, so the starting price is ten thousand spirit stones."
In the moment he saw the golden egg, Shen Zhao suddenly thought of something and immediately shouted, "Twenty thousand spirit stones!"
Shi Hongyi, who was beside him, was startled and was about to ask what was going on when he saw Qin Feng bid, "Fifty thousand spirit stones!"
He didn't know what was inside the golden egg; he just wanted to make things difficult for Shi Hongyi and the other person, so he raised the price.
Unexpectedly, Shen Zhao remained calm and said, "One hundred thousand spirit stones!"
"One hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones!"
Qin Feng called out again.
Upon hearing this, even Han Xuanxuan, who was standing beside him, was a bit flustered, "Brother Qin Feng, isn't this going too far?"
Qin Feng said, "Don't worry, it's not. Think about the humiliation we suffered a few days ago; this is the price Shi Hongyi should pay."
"Twenty thousand!"
Shen Zhao didn't hesitate at all, immediately raising the bid.
He had to get this golden egg no matter what. Others might not know what would hatch from it, but he did. Even spending a million, or even using a dragon core, or even personally crafting an Emperor-grade divine weapon, would be worth it.
"Twenty-five thousand!"
"Thirty thousand!"
"Thirty-five thousand!"
Seeing Qin Feng constantly disrupting things, Shen Zhao took a deep breath, then offered a price: "One million!"
He had a thousand superior-grade spirit stones from Shi Hongyi, which was enough to pay for this.
Sure enough, after Shen Zhao called out a million, Qin Feng shut his mouth.
"One million, going once!"
"Twice!"
"Going thrice!"
"Sold!"
"Congratulations to this gentleman!"
Shen Zhao successfully bid on the golden egg, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"The North Sea has a fish, named Kunpeng, but this golden egg is the holy of the Kunpeng, the Golden-Winged Kunpeng! Snatching it for a million spirit stones is a total steal!"
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