flstandardbreds Chapter 125 Exception
Chapter 125 Exception
Chapter 125 125 Exceptions
"If there are any exceptions, the child will likely be born abnormal and very likely to die young."
They are different from ordinary people and are extremely prone to premature death!
"666, my mother also had a premature birth for no reason six years ago, just like Aunt Meng. After she gave birth to Kang'er with great difficulty, Kang'er was born with this kind of mental disability. He was always sick every few days, making people worry that he might die the next day. And my mother's health has been getting worse and worse since then. However, she later became pregnant again, but she unfortunately miscarried before the fetus was fully formed."
“Hmm, from what the host is saying, it does sound like the symptoms of being poisoned by the ‘Childlessness’ poison,” 666 said.
"If Kang'er was poisoned, why did he not get any better after drinking the tea I brewed with spiritual spring water and eating the pastries made from the flowers I grew in my space?"
666 asked, "Host, could you please take some of the young master's blood from his fingertip and put it into your spatial storage?"
Looking at the sleeping Ye Yankang, Ye Pianran hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and cruelly pricked his finger with a silver needle. The stinging pain woke Ye Yankang from his dream. He stared blankly at Ye Pianran with wide eyes, as if trying to recognize who was in front of him. It wasn't until Ye Pianran had drawn blood and applied medicine to the wound on his fingertip that he belatedly realized what was happening. He threw himself into Ye Pianran's arms and cried with a wrinkled face.
"It hurts, it hurts..."
"Kang'er, be good. Your older sister is here. It won't hurt anymore in a little while. Don't cry, don't cry." Ye Pianran patted his back tenderly to comfort him. Fortunately, Ye Yankang was slow-witted. He only cried sadly in her arms for a while before his voice gradually weakened, and he peacefully fell asleep again.
Ye Pianran tenderly rubbed his furrowed brows, then her consciousness sank, and she entered the space with the porcelain bottle containing the blood from his fingertip.
666 fluttered its wings and flew down from the dense flowering tree, kicking up a cloud of petals that landed lightly on her shoulder. Ye Pianran held up the porcelain vase in her palm and asked:
"We've got the blood, what's next?"
666: "Host, open the system panel and switch to the 'Alchemy' tab."
Just like last time, Ye Pianran tried to open the system panel of the space, and then found the "medicine refining" button that 666 had mentioned on the left side of the panel, and gently pressed it. As soon as the button was pressed, a white light flashed before her eyes, the system panel disappeared automatically, and what appeared in front of Ye Pianran was a bronze furnace that was a foot tall, with a large "medicine" character engraved on it.
"This is the medicine furnace that the host will need to refine medicine. If the host uses this bronze furnace to refine pills, the increased proficiency will be twice that of ordinary bronze furnaces outside, and the quality of the pills refined will also be higher than that of those outside."
"Do pills have different qualities?" Ye Pianran was taken aback.
"That's natural. The pills in this world are divided into five grades: divine, holy, superior, middle, and inferior. Each of these five grades is further divided into three levels: heaven, earth, and human." The hair on 666's head stood up proudly. "Most of the pills circulating outside are inferior human-grade pills. Even the best pills made by the host's master are only middle-grade earth-grade."
Thinking of the book "Tai Su Ling Zhen: Beginner's Guide," Ye Pianran asked, "Does learning alchemy also require learning the corresponding skill book?"
"Skill books are only one of the conditions. To refine high-quality pills, you need to control the medicinal materials, the heat, and the timing carefully," 666 said. "However, for humans, low-grade pills are enough to deal with common diseases. The host doesn't need to rush to improve his pill refining level. It's not too late to learn after accumulating more experience and maxing out his good and evil points."
"Then what is this..." Ye Pianran frowned in confusion.
“Although we’re not refining medicine now, we can use the medicine furnace to analyze the drug’s components, ah-chu~” 666 said. “Host, please open the lid on top of the medicine furnace, pour the blood from the porcelain bottle into the groove on top of the furnace, and then add a drop of spiritual spring water.”
Following 666's instructions, Ye Pianran poured Ye Yankang's blood into the medicine furnace and then added a drop of spiritual spring water.
"What should we do next?" Ye Pianran asked before 666 could speak.
666: "Host, please sit cross-legged, place your palms on the medicine stove, clear your mind of distractions, concentrate your attention, and silently recite the following mantra in your mind:"
"By scattering all dharmas and attaining pure, unobstructed vision, one can traverse the universe with the Way, and thus attain Samadhi!"
Scattering all dharmas, achieving pure and unobstructed vision, attaining the Way throughout the universe, and thus seeing samadhi... Scattering all dharmas, achieving pure and unobstructed vision, attaining the Way throughout the universe, and thus seeing samadhi... Attaining the Way throughout the universe, and thus seeing samadhi...
Ye Pianran silently recited the incantation without any distraction. Gradually, the incantation seemed to become one with her, circulating throughout her body with her blood and breath, immersing her completely in an indescribable state.
Suddenly, a flame shot up from her lower abdomen. Without any prompting, she automatically guided the flame to her palm. Soon, the temperature of the bronze furnace beneath her palm rose higher and higher until she was scalded awake and realized that the medicine furnace in front of her was now ablaze.
Could it be that she started this fire?
As she was distracted, the fire in the medicine furnace flickered, then rapidly diminished before finally going out completely.
Ye Pianran: "..."
"Host, you're so talented! You managed to light the medicine furnace on your first try!" 666 excitedly flapped its wings. "666 definitely made the right choice in choosing a host!"
"But this fire..."
"Analyzing the components doesn't require a very strong fire. The fire you just lit should be enough. You can open the lid of the medicine furnace and take a look at the results!"
Ye Pianran, with some skepticism, got up and lifted the lid of the medicine furnace. A wisp of smoke drifted out as the lid opened, and a tiny black droplet the size of a grain of rice and a drop of thick blood rose simultaneously from the furnace, stopping in front of Ye Pianran. Beside the black droplet and the blood droplet, a string of words floated in the air—
Absolute Child, Medium-grade Earth level, Ingredients: Withered vines, toad skin, spider silk, bee tail, dove feathers
The blood, with toxins separated, has a purity of 98% and a contamination level of 40%.
666 exclaimed in surprise, "It really is a peerless child! And a mid-grade Earth-level one at that!"
Ye Pianran was already in tears. She wished she could go out right now to remove the toxins from Kang'er's body and restore him to normal.
Seeing her crying so sadly, 666 quietly moved its little paw and gently rubbed its head against her cheek, saying, "Host, don't be sad, muah~ The young master didn't die, but only became mentally impaired, which is already a great stroke of luck~"
A stroke of luck? But she would rather Kang'er not be such an exception. She only hoped that he would be born safely and grow up safely. Even if he accomplished nothing, she and her mother would be content.
Wiping away her tears, Ye Pianran's gaze sharpened further: "So you mean that Kang'er's mental breakdown is due to this poison? Since Kang'er was poisoned by Ye Yingrou, why did the spiritual spring water have no effect on him?"
"Because the young master was poisoned in the womb, this poison will completely transform into his own flesh and blood along with the mother's essence and blood. Therefore, his bones, blood, meridians, and even his hair may contain the 'Child-Slaying Poison'. Drinking the spiritual spring water can only cleanse the toxins in his internal organs, but the toxins buried deep in his bones and even in his brain cannot be expelled in this way."
"Why is Aunt Meng's child..."
"That's because Aunt Meng's child was stillborn. The host's act of placing him in the spiritual spring accidentally restored the baby's growth environment in the womb. The spiritual spring water replaced the amniotic fluid and reshaped his flesh and blood, which is why he was able to be brought back to life~"
"According to you, if we let Kang'er enter the space and soak him in the spiritual spring water day and night to rebuild his flesh and blood, wouldn't that cure the poison?" Ye Pianran's eyes lit up.
"The reshaping of flesh and blood with the spiritual spring water is not as simple as the host thinks. Since the goal is to 'reshape flesh and blood' and cleanse the marrow, the prerequisite is, of course, to put both feet on the brink of death in order to survive," 666 said. "If the host really wants to save him, he can find someone to shatter all his meridians and break every inch of his joints. While he is still breathing, immediately bring him into the space and let the spiritual spring reshape his flesh and blood and thoroughly cleanse the toxins. He should then be able to return to normal."
To save Kang'er, she must first kill Kang'er? No, she couldn't do such a cruel thing!
Disappointment filled Ye Pianran's heart. She clenched her fists tightly and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is there no other way to detoxify me?"
666 pondered for a moment and said, "In our world, given Young Master Kang'er's condition, we could replace the toxins in his body with blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants. But this method is simply not feasible in this world. The host can only try to do more tasks and exchange experience or good/evil points for high-level skill books or high-level medical books to seek alternative treatment methods."
"666, you always have the word 'mission' on your lips, but what exactly is a 'mission'? And what am I supposed to do now?" Ye Pianran asked, looking completely bewildered.