475: Chapter 119 Frustration

Zhang Chulan was injured again, and the one who hurt him was Zhang Lingyu!

Meng Li was very surprised when he heard this news.

When he arrived at the Xu family villa and met Xu San and Xu Si, he couldn't help but ask, "What's the situation? I remember Zhang Chulan seemed to have slept for nearly a week before waking up last time. It hasn't been that long, and he's injured again."

Xu San and Xu Si looked at each other, both with expressions that were hard to describe.

Then, Xu Si said, "Check his injuries first, we'll talk about the specifics later."

"Alright."

Meng Li agreed and went upstairs with Chen Duo and Xia He.

As soon as they entered the room, the three of them saw Zhang Chulan wrapped in bandages, lying on the bed looking weak.

"Brother Meng," Zhang Chulan greeted him.

Meng Li nodded slightly and turned to let Chen Duo perform a diagnosis.

Before long, Chen Duo withdrew her technique and said, "The injuries in his body were caused by an erosive technique. It's not just the Meridians that are damaged, but also his internal organs. The Meridian injuries can be treated with Pulse-Repairing Gu, but I can't do anything about the internal organs."

Hearing this, Zhang Chulan, Xu San, and Xu Si's hearts skipped a beat, and they all looked at Meng Li.

Meng Li went over to check and confirmed the situation was similar to what Chen Duo said. After thinking for a moment, he said to Chen Duo, "Use the Pulse-Repairing Gu to help him treat his Meridians first. I'll write a prescription for the internal organ injuries and treat them with medicine and acupuncture."

"Okay."

Chen Duo agreed and then began to repair Zhang Chulan's Meridians with practiced ease.

Meng Li used the paper and pen found by Xu San to write the prescription.

Once the prescription was ready, Xu San immediately took it to buy the medicine.

Shortly after, Meng Li said, "Acupuncture can only be done after taking the medicine, so let's just wait for now."

Unexpectedly, Xu Si coughed lightly and said, "There's another one in the other room."

Meng Li: "?"

A moment later, Meng Li saw the other patient Xu Si mentioned—Zhang Lingyu!

However, while Zhang Lingyu was called a patient, he looked more like a prisoner.

Because he was tied up securely and suspended in mid-air, with a towel stuffed in his mouth, and was in a coma.

Meng Li was a bit dazed: "What's the situation here?"

Xu Si sighed and replied truthfully, "It all started when Zhang Chulan and Bao'er were ambushed last time. I only found out some details later. Some of the people who ambushed them weren't killed in self-defense by Zhang Chulan and the others, but chose to commit suicide after seeing the assassination fail."

Meng Li was stunned: "Assassins? Death soldiers?"

Xu Si nodded: "Something like that."

Then, he added, "We investigated and analyzed afterward and found that these people didn't have much in common with each other, except for one thing."

"That is, they had all been frustrated before."

"For example, the leader was named Chai Yan, the founder of the Chai Sect's External Cultivation and the master of Na Ruhu, one of the two magnates. But because he found it hard to accept losing to Na Ruhu, he not only disbanded the Chai Sect's External Cultivation but also gradually faded from the vision of those in the circle."

"There's also one named Jiang Liu, who disappeared after taking revenge on his ordinary girlfriend due to being frustrated in love."

"Others had different reasons, but the results were similar."

"Based on this situation, combined with the memory loss of Ma Xianhong's family, we speculate that the mastermind is the person behind Ma Xianhong. The opponent likely has an ability similar to the Lyu family's Minghun Technique, and then specifically looks for frustrated people to take advantage of their vulnerability, brainwashing them, or rather, performing mental control."

"After reaching this conclusion, Zhang Chulan felt he couldn't handle it alone and planned to bring someone else in."

"Coincidentally, Zhang Lingyu said last time that he was following his master's orders to go down the mountain for training, and he found Zhang Chulan."

"So, Zhang Chulan set his sights on Zhang Lingyu. But he never expected that Zhang Lingyu would actually follow in the footsteps of Chai Yan and the others. If Zhang Chulan hadn't remained cautious and had Bao'er knock him out in time, the Old Celestial Master would probably have had to come down the mountain to collect his body."

After finishing the story, Xu Si's eyes fell on Xia He, who was nearby.

He didn't know about Xia He and Zhang Lingyu's breakup, but when he was reviewing the issues with Zhang Lingyu with Zhang Chulan and the others earlier, he thought of how Meng Li had come to treat Zhang Chulan's injuries last time, and Xia He had also followed, and Zhang Lingyu was here too.

But neither of them had followed into the room at that time.

Later, Zhang Lingyu left without even saying goodbye, which was inconsistent with his usual behavior, so something obviously happened.

However, at that time, their main attention was on Zhang Chulan, and since Zhang Lingyu and Xia He only talked and didn't fight, none of them paid much attention.

Because whether it was Zhang Chulan, Xu San, or Xu Si, none of them cared much about romantic feelings.

At most, they would gossip when they had nothing else to do, or occasionally wallow in sentimentality.

If it weren't for the fact that no other source of frustration could be found in Zhang Lingyu, Xu Si wouldn't have associated it with Xia He at all.

Xia He noticed his gaze and curled her lip: "Don't look at me like that. Although I'm responsible for this, it's more of Zhang Lingyu's own problem."

Next, she briefly recounted her last conversation with Zhang Lingyu.

Meng Li went over to check on Zhang Lingyu's condition.

After hearing Xia He's words, Xu Si secretly shook his head.

He was an experienced man and could naturally see that this matter was indeed as Xia He said; the main problem lay with Zhang Lingyu.

This Immortal Master Lingyu was too conflicted.

But since that was his personality, he couldn't say much.

At this time, Meng Li spoke up: "This Immortal Master Lingyu only has some minor injuries. No treatment is needed; he'll recover in a couple of days."

"What about his mental problem?" Xu Si asked, then added, "Judging from the situation with Chai Yan and the others, if this problem isn't solved, Zhang Lingyu might still try to take his own life because of the mastermind's orders once he wakes up."

"I need to investigate this further."

Meng Li responded, then reached out and circulated his Qi to touch Zhang Lingyu's forehead.

After a moment, he withdrew his hand and frowned at Xu Si: "His Soul is fine, at least I can't see anything wrong."

"If you're right, then the person who tampered with his Soul or spirit has very high-level methods. If you want to solve this problem, you'll have to find someone more skilled."

"As for the issue of him committing suicide once he wakes up, you don't need to worry for the time being."

"Chen Duo has a type of Gu called 'Sleep insanity' that can put a person into a deep sleep for a long time."

"You can have her apply one to Zhang Lingyu later, but this only treats the symptoms, not the cause. If the situation is truly as you say, to completely solve Zhang Lingyu's problem, you still need to have a professional or someone with higher-level methods take action."

"Understood," Xu Si nodded.

Soon, the few of them left the room and happened to run into Chen Duo, who had finished repairing Zhang Chulan's Meridians, so they asked her to go and apply the Sleep insanity to Zhang Lingyu.

Applying a Gu to an unconscious person was no trouble at all.

Chen Duo walked over and completed it with a wave of her hand.

Afterward, she told Xu Si how to remove the Sleep insanity and gave him two more Sleep insanity as backups.

After understanding, Xu Si's eyes rolled, and he said to Chen Duo with a smile, "Doctor Chen, what's the production rate of your Sleep insanity? Is it for sale?"

Chen Duo: "?"