33: Chapter 33 Get out of here, quack! This young master's treatment plan is a bit "special".

Inside Listening to Rain Pavilion, after that suppressed soft groan, there was a period of heart-wrenching silence.

Outside the door, Jiang Wudao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking more anxious than when he had competed on the Imperial Road years ago. To the side, an old man in green robes—the famous "Alchemy King" of the Central State, Gu He—was lightly stroking his beard, a disdainful sneer hanging on the corner of his mouth.

"Patriarch Jiang, it's not that I want to dampen your spirits,"

Gu He said slowly, "The Divine Maiden's Nine Yin Severed Meridians are a shackle of the Heavenly Dao, not something human power can resolve. I have spent a hundred years and used countless holy medicines just to barely keep her alive. Although that Young Master of the Xu Family has a noble status, he is ultimately just a brat in his early twenties. As for medical skills? Hah, I'm afraid he can't even recognize all the medicinal herbs."

Several famous doctors nearby also chimed in:

"Indeed, if one could cure her just by going in to take a look, then wouldn't the thousands of years we've spent on the medical path have been wasted on dogs?"

"In my view, he's just using the name of treatment as an excuse to get inside and get close to her. After all, the beauty of the Jiang Family Divine Maiden is world-renowned."

"Nonsense! Absolute nonsense! Patriarch Jiang, you're turning to any doctor in a panic!"

Listening to these sarcastic remarks, Jiang Wudao's heart was irritated to the extreme, and he was just about to lash out.

Right at that moment.

*Creak—*

The tightly closed door was pushed open.

Xu Chen walked out with a calm expression. There was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and his clothes were slightly disheveled; he looked quite "exhausted."

"Nephew! How is it?!"

Jiang Wudao rushed in front of Xu Chen in a flash, gripping his shoulders tightly, his eyes bloodshot.

Xu Chen let out a long sigh and said slowly:

"Her life is temporarily saved."

"What?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire place was shocked.

Alchemy King Gu He pulled out two of his beard hairs in shock, his eyes wide as he said, "Impossible! The Divine Maiden's vitality was severed, her lamp was out of oil—how could she possibly be saved?!"

"Quack, shut up."

Xu Chen glanced at him coldly, his gaze carrying a type of absolute contempt from a professional field.

"What did you say? You dare call me a quack?!" Gu He was trembling with rage.

"Are you not?"

Xu Chen stood with his hands behind his back and spoke eloquently, "You only know how to use mild tonic medicines to keep her alive, but you didn't know that the Divine Maiden has both the 'Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart' and the 'Nine Yin Severed Meridians' simultaneously."

"The Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart is primarily Fire, while the Nine Yin Severed Meridians are primarily Water."

"Water and fire are incompatible, forming a dead end within her body. The more you give her tonics, the more you aggravate this conflict. It's like adding water to boiling oil—did you think she wasn't dying fast enough?"

Xu Chen's words were like a heavy blow to the head.

Gu He was stunned, his lips trembling as he wanted to refute, but he found that every word Xu Chen said made sense. Over the years, they had indeed found that the Divine Maiden grew weaker the more they nourished her, yet they could never find the reason.

So it was the conflict of water and fire?!

"Then... then what should be done?" Jiang Wudao asked eagerly, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

Xu Chen took a deep breath, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before finally landing on Jiang Wudao's face, his expression becoming incredibly serious and solemn.

"Uncle Jiang, to completely cure the Divine Maiden, conventional methods are no longer effective."

"I have a special therapy passed down from ancient times called the—[Yin-Yang Creation Complementary Grand Array]."

"This method can not only harmonize water and fire but also reshape the meridians, allowing the Divine Maiden to gain a new life."

"It's just..."

Xu Chen paused, showing a bit of a "hard to speak of" troubled expression on his face.

"It's just that this therapy is somewhat special. I'm afraid you and everyone else... might find it hard to accept."

"Nephew, feel free to speak!" Jiang Wudao waved his hand. "As long as it can save Liuli, even if we have to poke a hole in the sky, my Jiang Family will accept it!"

"Good!"

Xu Chen nodded and began to talk nonsense with a straight face:

"The so-called Yin-Yang Creation emphasizes the intersection of Heaven and Earth, the union of Qian and Kun."

"The Yin energy in the Divine Maiden's body is too excessive, with cold poison entering her bones. We must introduce a surge of 'Innate Source Qi' that is extremely hard and masculine, containing the laws of the Great Dao, directly into her dantian to dismantle the cold poison from within and guide the fusion of water and fire."

"And the transmission of this Source Qi cannot be done through needles or pills."

"It must..."

Xu Chen extended two fingers, gesturing a contact motion.

"It must be through direct physical contact to build a 'human bridge,' allowing the two types of Qi, Yin and Yang, to form a perfect cycle within the bodies of two people."

"To put it plainly, it is..."

Xu Chen looked at Jiang Wudao and uttered four words:

"Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation."

Boom—!

As soon as these four words came out, the entire meeting hall instantly exploded with noise.

"Absurd! Shameless! Vulgar!"

Alchemy King Gu He jumped up and down, shouting, "I have practiced medicine for three thousand years and have never heard of such a brazenly shameless treatment plan! You clearly just lust after the Divine Maiden's body! You are desecrating the Jiang Family Divine Maiden!"

Other famous doctors also accused him: "Patriarch Jiang! Do not believe him! This kid is just a lecher!"

Even the elders of the Jiang Family had ashen faces.

To let the pure and noble Divine Maiden do... that kind of thing with a man for the sake of treatment?

If this got out, what would happen to the Jiang Family's reputation? What about the Divine Maiden's honor?

Jiang Wudao's face also became extremely unsightly. Although he wanted to save his daughter, he was also a traditional father.

"Nephew, this... is there no other way?" Jiang Wudao asked with a trembling voice, "Even if it's a blood transfusion or bone replacement, anything would do!"

"Uncle."

Facing the accusations of a thousand people, Xu Chen remained unfazed, his gaze even becoming clearer and more determined (entirely due to his acting skills).

"A doctor has a parent's heart."

"In a doctor's eyes, there is no barrier between male and female, only patients and dead people."

"If you feel that honor is more important than life, then I will leave right now, without another word."

Xu Chen made a move as if to leave.

"As for the lecher you mentioned..."

Xu Chen stopped his pace, gave a cold laugh, and turned to look at Alchemy King Gu He.

"Old man, do you think everyone has a filthy mind like yours?"

"As the Young Master of the Imperial Clan, what kind of beauty have I not seen? I already have two beautiful wives, the Tai Chu Saintess and the Demon Sect Empress. Would I bother traveling thousands of miles just to ruin someone's reputation for the sake of beauty?"

"I am saving a life! I am performing an act of defying the heavens to change fate!"

"This treatment process is extremely dangerous. One slight slip and my own foundation will be damaged! If it weren't for the long-standing friendship between the Jiang Family and my Xu Family, do you think I would be willing to take this risk?"

Xu Chen's words were spoken with such righteous indignation and power.

Even he himself almost believed it.

Alchemy King Gu He was left speechless, his old face turning the color of pig liver.

It was true.

He was the Young Master of the Xu Family; what kind of woman could he not have?

Moreover, he had indeed just pulled the dying Jiang Liuli back from the gates of hell; those medical skills could not be faked.

Could it be... that we really thought about it the wrong way? Is this truly a profound medical path?

A deathly silence fell over the hall.

Everyone's gaze was focused on Jiang Wudao.

It was a difficult choice.

Did he want a pure but dead daughter, or a... possibly impure but alive and healthy daughter?

Jiang Wudao closed his eyes, his daughter's paper-white face and her words "don't bother anymore" floating in his mind.

His heart felt like it was being twisted by a knife.

After a long time.

Jiang Wudao suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of determination in them.

"All of you, shut up!"

He shouted, suppressing those noisy quacks.

Then, he strode to Xu Chen and cupped his hands, actually about to perform a formal bow.

"Nephew!"

"I... believe you!"

"As long as you can save Liuli, let alone dual—cough, let alone special treatment, even if you wanted to empty the entire Jiang Family, I would have no objections!"

"As for honor..."

Jiang Wudao took a deep breath and looked at Xu Chen with burning eyes.

"If Liuli truly survives, and if you don't mind, then what's the harm in my Jiang Family and the Xu Family... becoming even closer through marriage?"

Hearing this, Xu Chen thought to himself, "It's in the bag."

He quickly supported Jiang Wudao, a moved expression appearing on his face.

"Uncle, you overstate it!"

"I will certainly do my utmost and not fail your trust!"

Saying this, he turned around and swept a contemptuous gaze over those quacks.

"Everyone, since my uncle has made his decision, please leave."

"This Young Master is about to begin 'casting the spell'."

"Unrelated personnel, stay far away!"

Although Gu He and the others were unwilling, under Jiang Wudao's murderous gaze, they could only slink away.

Soon, the outside of Listening to Rain Pavilion was surrounded by the Jiang Family's personal guards, making it as tight as an iron bucket.

Xu Chen pushed the door open again and walked into the room filled with the fragrance of medicine and a faint feminine scent.

Inside the bed curtains.

Although Jiang Liuli's body could not move, she had heard the argument outside clearly.

"Yin-Yang Complementary..."

"Dual Cultivation..."

These two terms kept echoing in her mind, making her face turn so red it looked like it would drip blood.

Seeing Xu Chen come in, her eyes, which were originally numb, were now filled with panic, shame, and a hint of... resigned expectation that she hadn't even noticed herself.

Xu Chen walked to the bedside, closed the door behind him, and casually set up an isolation array that was even tighter than the one before.

He looked at the sickly beauty on the bed who had already been stripped of her outer clothes and was wearing only her undergarments, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. A "plan successful" smirk curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Miss Jiang."

"You heard it too."

"Your father has handed you over to me."

"Next, we should proceed with... the deep treatment."

Xu Chen reached out and slowly pulled open the bed curtains.