Chapter 130: 130: Merits (2)

Chapter 130: 130: Merits (2) Island Hospital, Private ICU Room For Long Huangdi. Yue Xuexia followed Ling Wen and Yi Guang inside the room and saw the interior of the place full with advanced machinery in the area. But the patient that lay on the bed was a thin old man who was about to die. This man was suffering from such an accumulation of hidden injuries inside his body that he ended up in such a state. Yi Guang knew about this special patient and knew his current state as well. Even though he had tried to treat this old man a few more times, he failed to cure him no matter what he did. Hospital Yi Guang sighed, "Lord Huangdi is a hero of our old generation. He had been protecting our country for a very long time. Because there had been continuous war in the past against the cultivators, he had fought with his life on life all the time in the battlefield. But it was all thanks to this hero that we now possessed an era of peace." "Indeed, his heroic soul was the one that moved our ancestor. He is also a good seed for cultivation. Unfortunately, they met at the wrong time. Sigh~" Cultivator King Wen said. On the other hand, Yue Xuexia can see through the dimming aura of the patient on the bed. He seems to be indeed dying, but a gold aura clings on him, extending his life multiple times, which allows him to remain in a comatose state instead of dying. Yue Xuexia remained calm as such. When she met Tan Shenyu and his subordinates before, she could see through their soul and auras, but she didn't have enough information about them. Now, with his Appraisal skill, the information of the patient appeared before him as a system screen that only she could see. [Name: Long Huangdi] The first state leader of Huaxia Country. 3rd Qi Refinement Cultivator Leader of the Mortal Realm. Father of Long Juedi. Injuries: A bullet stuck in his brain. Heart-eating Gu in his heart. Multiple organ failure: Lungs, kidney, etc. Curse: Eternal Sleep (Note: It can be broken with a Divine Healing skill only.) [Mission (Choose one)]: 1. Treat one of his illnesses. (Reward: 2 novice and 1 Intermediate grade brocade gift bags) 2. Treat half of his illness. (Reward: A quarter of his merits and 1 Master grade brocade gift bags) 3. Completely heal the patient. (Reward: Half of his merits. All brocade gift bags above plus one Special-grade brocade gift bag.)] [Xue'er, you can choose any missions among these three choices.] Shen Jueyang's voice was heard in her head. Yue Xuexia wanted to speak with her mouth but was stopped by Shen Jueyang. [You can speak with me through your thoughts. There is no need to speak openly.] 'Didn't you need merits? Would half of his merits be enough for you?' asked Yue Xuexia. [There are still 5 more patients like him in this hospital. Half of all six patients is enough for me. But it is still your choice what mission you want to do,] Shen Jueyang said. [After all, there is one patient among the sick that you might not want to save.] Yue Xuexia wanted to ask about that patient, but thinking she will know when she met that person, she chose not to pursue that issue. She wanted to focus on the patient before her first. She said, 'I choose the third mission to completely cure this patient.' [Ding! Mission #3 is chosen. Completely heal the patient before the end of the day. [It's 10 in the morning.] [Countdown: 14 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds.] Yue Xuexia approached the patient, ignoring the two old men who came inside the room with her. After Taiyang pulled a seat for her, she sat down and touched the wrist of the old man on the bed. This patient sustains his life with countless tubes attached to his body, which are also connected to the advanced devices placed beside his bed. In the eyes of Cultivator Ling Wen and Hospital Director Yi Guang, Yue Xuexia seems to be taking the pulse of the old leader on the bed, as they had seen her touching his wrist. In reality, Yue Xuexia is secretly circulating her qi in the old man's body to find the exact location of the Gu inside of him and put a marking on it. After waiting for a while, the two old men saw her move away her hands and looked up to meet their gaze. Both had anticipating expressions imprinted on their faces. Cultivator Ling Wen and Hospital Director Yi Guang asked, "How is it?" "First, report to me the findings you found on this patient," said Yue Xuexia. Yi Guang looked around and found the current record of the patient left inside the room. Because the identity of the patient on the bed is special, the details of his current state cannot be revealed to others. That's why the records of the patient were left inside the room as well. As the Hospital Director, Yi Guang knew about this and immediately picked up the latest record to read to Yue Xuexia. "Patient name: Long Huangdi. 105 years old. Suffering from multiple organ failure. Brain tumor caused by a bullet piece left behind during his first brain operation. Countless holes in the heart. Reason for slumber: unknown." Hospital Director Yi Guang said, "It was I who had checked on him the second time. He was already unconscious when he was brought here. We thought it was only because of the bullet in the head that caused his coma, but the bullet was taken away and he had lived normally a few years after his first brain operation." "Also, the reason for his slumber is also unknown. One day, all of a sudden, he no longer wakes up, which is weird enough!" "As for the piece left in his brain, the surgical tools and technique when he was operated on weren't that advanced yet so it's something that cannot be handled well, but the old leader agreed to this operation. We also wanted to do a second operation on his brain, but he kept saying that he didn't agree and that..." "What is it?" Ling Wen asked, as he didn't know the reason why his uncle refused to be operated on in the head for the second time. Yi Guang held his temples and pinched before saying, "He said that there is something in his body that might harm us if we operated on him. His insistence not to be operated was serious and we cannot do anything about it if the patient doesn't agree. Even his son was scolded badly when he insisted on the surgery." "Hum. Juedi was beaten black and blue by uncle that time so he no longer insisted on the surgery. Plus, he was forced to make an oath not to put uncle in surgery even if something happened to him. Lady Yue, do you know what he means?" asked Ling Wen. Taiyang, who was standing beside the old man on the bed, noticed a weird flow of energy coming from the old man's body and said, "There is indeed something inside his body, though I don't know what it is?" The two old men were surprised by the words of Taiyang and looked at Yue Xuexia, asking for answers. Yue Xuexia answered their confusion. "It's a Gu. A heart-eating Gu which I had treated before. This senior had a good instinct and didn't allow you to operate on him. If you did, you would have gotten eaten by it the moment you opened his chest. It's a parasite that likes to change host by host after the death of the current one. The holes in his heart was traces of this Gu eating his heart slowly. He is quite lucky to have a blessing (merits) on him that keep him alive." Ling Wen and Yi Guang frowned at such information. They knew about Gu, especially Ling Wen. After all, that is an evil technique of demon cultivators. Having this Gu appear inside the old leader's body means that cultivators are involved with his current state. Yue Xuexia asked, "This senior's surname is Long. Is he connected with Grandpa Long?" "He is his father. Cultivators have longer lifespans than regular people. He might have trained late, but he had become a cultivator when my ancestor taught how to cultivate," Ling Wen said. Yue Xuexia said, "I know he is a cultivator, and it is because of that that he is still alive. He had imprisoned the Gu in his heart with his qi not allowing it to escape. The Gu didn't dare to completely eat his heart as there aren't any new hosts nearby to parasitize. Moreover, the reason he can't wake up is because of a curse. A curse called 'Eternal Sleep'." "Eternal Sleep!? That's the Seven Poison Gu Sect's ultimate curse! Are they the ones who did this to uncle? That's right! There are among the cultivation sects that didn't agree to sign a treaty with the leaders of the Mortal Realm! I should have known they were doing something bad behind our backs. Lady Yue, I will leave uncle to your care. Please save him! I need to inform Juedi about this!" Ling Wen said as he hurriedly left the room. He wanted to go into the area where he could make a call and have Long Juedi come over to this island. As soon as Ling Wen left, Yi Guang saw Yue Xuexia pulling a pair of rubber gloves and a scalpel out of nowhere and said to him, "Have someone prepare a surgery room for me. After removing the Gu in him, I will operate on his head and remove the metal piece that was left behind. Afterwards, I will cure him properly." Hospital Director Yi Guang was dumbfounded and acted as if he didn't hear what Yue Xuexia had just said. He looked at her, dazed, as if he couldn't believe that the old leader was finally going to get treated and cured by Divine Doctor Yue. "What are you staying here for? Do what I told you to do!" said Yue Xuexia with a stern voice. "This is a race against time. He is already running out of time." "AH! Yes! Right away!" said Hospital Director Yi Guang as he also ran out of the room after Ling Wen. Inside the room, Yue Xuexia and Taiyang were the only ones left behind, together with the patient. Yue Xuexia glanced at Taiyang and said, "Protect me." "My pleasure, Xue'er," Taiyang responded with a smile. Yue Xuexia brought out his golden dragon needles from the system inventory and plans to use them on the patient on the bed. It was to block the other route where the Gu might escape when he opened the chest of the old man. This is the only way for the Gu to jump out of the body and target her instead of escaping from the other body parts of the old man. She removed the upper robe of the patient from the bed, revealing his entire body figure, and to prepare, she cut a small opening above the patient's heart. Just a small hole for the Gu to jump out. She finally used her needles to block the major veins that surrounded the heart and took a deep breath before making a small cut. She used her natal flame to attract the attention of the Gu. This type of parasite loves all kinds of energy and qi. They waited until they saw a small bump moving around the heart, intentionally avoiding the cut she had made. The golden acupuncture needles had blocked all the major veins where the Gu could escape. Yue Xuexia moves her natal flame closer to the wound, baiting the Gu; finally, it jumps out from the cut, targeting her hand, intending to use her as the new host. Before it could touch Yue Xuexia's skin, a pair of thin chopsticks cut it in midair. It was Taiyang who looked at it with a disgusted look and cold eyes. "How dare you target Xue'er?" said Taiyang as he immediately burned the Gu into a crisp, and a wailing sound was heard coming from it as it was burned to death.