Chapter 183: Chapter 183

"Miss Dongfang’s situation looks grim. Her arm is showing corpse spots already. For an old man like me, it’s my first time seeing a living person turn into a dead one so quickly." Follow current novels on noveⅼfire.net

Mr Chen carried his small medical box and walked out of the room, shaking his head helplessly. "I’ve already treated the wound, but the corpse poison has spread too much. Now it’s in the limbs; in a while, it will reach the internal organs, and then it will truly be beyond recovery."

Dongfang Chenyuan’s eyes were frantic. "Earlier, I placed a talisman on Yue. It’s the talisman that’s halted the spread of the corpse poison. Otherwise, it would have invaded her internal organs by now, and she would be gone."

"But the current situation is not much better!" Mr Chen sighed softly.

"Cough, cough... Mr Chen, have you used the glutinous rice I had Zhixi bring over?"

Yu Nianzhao tightened her fox fur robe, shivering from the cold, and approached nestled in Xie Jiuxiao’s arms.

Xie Jiuxiao furrowed his brow in disapproval, "Zhaozhao, you’re injured yourself, you shouldn’t be out here worrying about these things."

Yu Nianzhao shook her head, saying, "This corpse ghost is of a higher level than the previous ones, ordinary methods to eliminate corpse poison won’t work. If we’re careless, we might actually lose Chenyue’s life."

Xie Jiuxiao pressed his thin lips together, eyes indifferent, clearly unconcerned about Dongfang Chenyue’s life or death. The only person he cared about was Yu Nianzhao.

Mr Chen saw Yu Nianzhao and perked up a bit, "Zhaozhao, I did use that glutinous rice on her. I applied it repeatedly to the wound, and it indeed helped dispel the corpse poison from the wound, but the toxins within the body are still present."

"I see. It seems glutinous rice can only target the corpse poison of lesser ghosts."

Yu Nianzhao coughed lightly behind her hand. If her divine power were still intact, she might be able to forcibly drive out the corpse poison from Dongfang Chenyue’s body, but alas, that’s not possible now.

"Princess, what should we do? Yue is so young, how could she encounter such a thing? If the family finds out Yue got into trouble here, they’ll surely strip me of my skin."

Dongfang Chenyuan wavered in form, his expression haggard and worried about Dongfang Chenyue’s condition, "It shouldn’t be time yet, why did Yue... so early."

"What do you mean so early? Dongfang Chenyuan, what are you hiding?" Yu Nianzhao picked up on the implications in his words, squinting at him. "When I first saw her, I felt her fate was strange, and Chenyue doesn’t like Xie Jiuxiao, yet she insists on marrying him—it’s quite odd, could there be some secret within the Dongfang Family?"

Dongfang Chenyuan hesitated, sighing deeply, "This matter isn’t really a secret. Princess, haven’t I told you before? The number of women in the Dongfang Family is very few, but it’s not just ’few.’ There’s a curse in the Dongfang Family: all females do not live past twenty-five!"

"Not live past twenty-five?"

Yu Nianzhao was stunned, reflexively glancing at Xie Jiuxiao.

What a coincidence, this supposed curse is quite similar to Xie Jiuxiao’s situation.

"Could it be this is why she feels a kinship with Xie Jiuxiao?" Yu Nianzhao realized.

"That part I’m not sure of, but the Dongfang Family has been researching this ’curse,’ trying to break it. My father and the family ancestors are all busy with this task, and it seems they’ve recently found a clue, which is why they haven’t been able to come to Shangjing, and Yue was sent to deliver something."

Dongfang Chenyuan said seriously, "But Yue’s age hasn’t reached that point; she shouldn’t die at this time. The ancestor even predicted that, though she would encounter calamities, she could still last until twenty-five."

"This is indeed a calamity! Rest assured, the ghost realm is aimed at me, using her merely as a medium. Since it’s because of me, I will resolve this cause and effect, and won’t abandon her. Wait a moment, let me find a way to expel the corpse poison from her."

Yu Nianzhao wouldn’t ignore Dongfang Chenyue. She said, "Mu Hongxuan, take me to the King Yan Temple!"

Mu Hongxuan glanced at the expressionless Xie Jiuxiao and hesitated.

"Yes, hurry up and don’t delay saving her."

Xie Jiuxiao could not be at peace about Yu Nianzhao’s current physical condition. Seeing her so determined, he could only accompany her.

"By the way, Mr Chen, when we met earlier, nothing seemed amiss with you, but now, visiting the mansion, you’ve been tainted with evil. Has something changed at home?"

Yu Nianzhao paused in her steps, took a few steps back, scrutinized Mr Chen from head to toe, and pulled out a talisman from her pocket, "This is an Exorcism Talisman. Since you’re one of us, I’ll charge you just a hundred taels of silver, a token fee. Keep it on you, and don’t let yourself be possessed by evil; at your age, you can’t handle it."

Mr Chen was startled, took the talisman from Yu Nianzhao’s hand, and instinctively pulled out a hundred taels of silver.

Dongfang Chenyuan said deliberately, "Mr Chen, this hundred taels is really little. The princess’s talismans go for a thousand taels of silver or even more outside."

"Yes, yes, yes. Zhaozhao indeed favors the old man. But... am I really tainted with evil spirits? Has something happened at the mansion?"

While touched, Mr Chen was also anxious.

Recently, there have indeed been eerie sounds at night at Chen Mansion, but so far, nothing has happened. Hearing Yu Nianzhao’s words made his scalp tingle.

Having witnessed Yu Nianzhao’s abilities, he felt fear.

"Mr Chen, perhaps you should go back and check. I have urgent matters now. Once I handle Chenyue’s corpse poison, I’ll visit and help you take a look."

"Yes, yes, yes, I will certainly await the grand visit at Chen Mansion."

Mr Chen wanted nothing more than Yu Nianzhao’s assurance; otherwise, he would truly be restless.

Yu Nianzhao moved swiftly to the King Yan Temple.

In the dead of night, the temple was already closed, but Mu Hongxuan deftly climbed the eaves to wake Jing Rui from his slumber.

"Late at night, disturbing someone’s dreams isn’t very kind, is it?"

Jing Rui rubbed his eyes, his tone full of resentment.

"Leave the secret chamber for me, you can go back to sleep."

In the King Yan Temple, there was a specially designated secret chamber. Yu Nianzhao asked everyone to wait outside and went in alone.

"Mr. Luu, Mr. Luu! Come out and see me!"

Yu Nianzhao formed a hand seal and chanted incantations.

The incense in the King Yan Temple flourished, and it being a temple made it an ideal place to summon Judge.