879: Chapter 88 'Barefoot Doctor'?

At this moment, Yuyi's pale-gold, eerie yet beautiful eyes were also fixed on Yao Delong with a hint of scrutiny and inquiry. The person before her had disguised his Aura extremely well, appearing as nothing more than an ordinary high-rank Yao King, and his physical features didn't reveal which branch of the Yao Race he belonged to. However, for some reason, Yuyi faintly felt an extremely weak yet inexplicably Soul-stirring sense of familiarity from him... as if she had smelled a similar Aura Origin somewhere before?

However, this feeling vanished in an instant. No matter how she tried to probe, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean, leaving her without a clue.

'Hmph, just a Yao King hiding his head and tail.' Yuyi snorted disdainfully in her heart, instantly tossing that bit of doubt to the back of her mind. In the eyes of a mid-rank Yao Emperor like her, a mere Yao King was no different from a slightly larger ant!

Her gaze shifted from Yao Delong to Demon Emperor Xue Wuya on the sickbed and Yun Xiu, who was holding Xue Li. Her face, capable of overturning all living beings, was instantly covered with coldness and undisguised doubt:

"Sister-in-law!" Yuyi's voice carried a bone-chilling coldness, her gaze scraping over Yao Delong like a blade. "Is this the 'Immortal Master' that Li'er brought back? Hmph! Even when one is desperate, there must be a limit to seeking help from any random doctor!"

She pointed at Yao Delong, her tone filled with extreme contempt and mockery:

"A mere 'Barefoot Doctor' of the Yao King realm? With a cluttered Aura and unknown Origins! You dare to claim you can cure Big Brother's 'Chaos Soul-Devouring Curse'?"

The corners of her mouth curled into a caustic arc:

"I think he's just a fraud who crawled out from some corner, coveting the treasury of my Heavenly Fox Clan and trying to swindle us while Big Brother is critically ill!"

"Yuyi! Do not be rude!" Yun Xiu's brow furrowed tightly. She was about to speak when she was interrupted by a more urgent voice.

"Auntie!!" Xue Li was so angry that her white fur puffed out. She broke free from her mother's embrace and jumped onto Yuyi's fragrant shoulder, which emitted a faint exotic scent. Her small paws patted Yuyi's silver hair, which was smooth as satin, her large glazed eyes full of grievance and irritation:

"Senior Dragon is my savior! He is a true high-rank Alchemist Great Grandmaster! Li'er promised a heavy reward before Senior agreed to accompany me back to Qingqiu to try! How can you say that about Senior!"

"Hmph!" Yuyi snorted coldly. She reached out a slender jade finger, tipped with a faint pink, and lightly flicked Xue Li's little forehead. "You girl, you're just too naive!"

Her pale-gold eyes locked onto Yao Delong again, carrying an unquestionable dominance:

"Even if he is your savior, my Heavenly Fox Clan will naturally repay this debt a thousand or ten thousand times over! But Big Brother is now in critical danger, and his injuries have reached a point where not a moment can be lost! If we let an unknown, low-strength fellow treat him recklessly, the consequences would be unimaginable if it triggers a curse backlash!"

She paused, her tone carrying a condescending charity:

"Want to prove you're qualified to treat Big Brother? It's simple!"

Yuyi's jade hand flipped, and a bone slip appeared in her palm. It emitted an ancient, desolate Aura, as if polished from the bone of some giant beast, and was covered with profound Kunpeng divine patterns!

"This Empress learned that Big Brother was struck by the Chaos Mang Clan's 'Chaos Soul-Devouring Curse'. I did not hesitate to cross hundreds of millions of miles at a huge cost to personally visit the northern Kunpeng Clan Holy Land to obtain this method of breaking it!"

She put away the bone slip, her gaze shooting like lightning toward Yao Delong:

"But this method is overbearingly peerless! It requires using Big Brother's own demon soul as a guide to root out the curse! But now, Big Brother's demon soul has been eroded by the curse for too long. It is extremely weak, like a flickering candle in the wind, and simply cannot withstand the impact of this breaking method. Forcing it would only result in Big Brother's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!"

Yuyi's voice was decisive:

"Don't you claim to be a high-rank Alchemist? I won't make it difficult for you! You only need to refine a type of Medicinal Pill to restore my Big Brother's demon soul! It doesn't need to be restored to its Peak state, just to a degree where it can barely withstand the impact of this breaking method—meaning the demon soul's strength must be restored by more than half!"

Her eyes were sharp, carrying absolute scrutiny and pressure:

"If you can do it, it proves you have some skill! If you can't... hmph!" The unspoken meaning was full of cold threats.

Yao Delong quietly listened to the "test" proposed by this peerlessly graceful yet overbearing Yao Emperor.

That's it?

He almost couldn't keep a straight face.

Repairing the Divine Soul and nourishing the demon soul? For him, who possessed the System's Alchemy Legacy and could even refine Heaven-Defying Medicinal Pills like the nine aperture spirit nurturing pill at will, this was simply... a free points question!

"I can!" Yao Delong said without any hesitation, not even lifting an eyelid, as he calmly spat out the word. That natural confidence and composure made it seem as if what Yuyi proposed wasn't a difficult problem troubling a Yao Emperor, but as simple as asking him to cook a bowl of white porridge.

When Xue Li heard Yao Delong agree, she immediately jumped excitedly on Yuyi's shoulder, her small paw pointing at Yuyi's perky and rounded nose: "Auntie! Did you hear that! Senior agreed! You're not allowed to back out later! The spiritual materials Senior needs for Alchemy must be freely chosen from the treasury!"

Yuyi was both annoyed and amused by Xue Li's actions. Her pale-gold eyes gave Yao Delong a sidelong glance, her tone still carrying a habitual arrogance:

"Hmph! If he can really refine such a Divine Pill and save Big Brother, what would it matter if he emptied my Qingqiu treasury, let alone a few spiritual materials? I, Yuyi, always keep my word!" Her words were powerful, carrying the pride of a Yao Emperor.

He no longer paid attention to Yuyi's scrutinizing gaze and turned to Yun Xiu, his tone steady: "Madam, please prepare a quiet room. Additionally, I need a Jade Slip to list the required spiritual materials."

Looking at Yao Delong's calm and unruffled eyes, which seemed to have everything under control, the fire of hope that had almost died out in Yun Xiu's heart was like having a ladle of hot oil poured on it, burning fiercely once again—even more intensely than before!

"Quick! Do as Senior says! At all costs!" She immediately gave orders to the maid beside her, her voice trembling slightly with excitement.

The peerlessly graceful and imposing Yuyi Yao Emperor also crossed her arms, her pale-gold eyes staring unblinkingly at Yao Delong. She wanted to see if this Yao King with an ordinary Aura really had heaven-reaching methods, or if he was... just putting on a show!

The maid beside Yun Xiu respectfully took the Jade Slip handed over by Yao Delong. Just as she was about to turn and go to the treasury to fetch the medicine, a slender hand, carved like white jade but carrying unquestionable force, reached out and "snatched" the Jade Slip away.

Yuyi Yao Emperor's pale-gold, eerie eyes flickered with scrutiny and shrewdness as she quickly scanned the dense list of spiritual materials in the Jade Slip.

'nine-leaf soul returning grass... Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nurturing Wood Marrow... Ice Soul Jade Soul Flower... Star Concentration Dew...' She muttered in her heart. As a Yao Emperor who had lived for a long time, although she was not a master of Alchemy, her basic pharmacological knowledge far exceeded that of ordinary Yao Race members. She immediately recognized that every single one of these was a top-tier treasure for nourishing the Divine Soul and stabilizing the Primordial Spirit! Moreover, several of the main ingredients were rarities even in the Heavenly Fox Clan's treasury!