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Chapter 323: Chapter 159: Sunk Cost, The Perseverance of Miao Family_1
From the hand of a Death Warrior of Luoshan Prefecture Sub-sect,
He took over a ring that the Wan Dan Sect’s Main Sect had researched
specifically for storing Spiritual Fire and Beast Fire.
Luo Changfeng then waved his hand,
dismissing the Death Warrior beside him.
As the Death Warrior left,
he waved his hand again and extracted the five portions of Beast Fire Black Crow Flame from the storage ring.
The Black Crow Flame was pitch-black in color.
As soon as it was freed from the constraints of the ring,
it tried to flee desperately towards the distance.
However, it was a pity,
before the five lumps of pitch-black flames could escape, a terrifying Qi-Blood Force had already transformed into a cage, trapping the flames tightly.
[Sizzle sizzle sizzle…]
Upon seeing the five clumps of Black Crow Flame, the Spiritual Fire Void immediately became excited.
The flames danced merrily,
and the temperature of the flames surged dramatically at that moment.
However, the master hadn’t spoken yet,
so Void did not rush to devour the Black Crow Flames.
“These are all for you, go ahead…”
Luo Changfeng looked at the humanoid expression of intense desire from the Spiritual Fire Void,
and couldn’t help but smile faintly.
Then, he spoke to Void in a low voice.
The Void Flame danced briskly twice, then quickly approached the five clumps of Black Crow Flame.
…
Under the suppression of Qi-Blood Force,
the Black Crow Flame, even if wishing to resist or escape,
seemed to no longer have the qualifications to do so.
[Sizzle sizzle sizzle…]
After devouring all five clumps of the pitch-black Black Crow Flames,
Spiritual Fire Void quietly returned in front of Luo Changfeng.
Even, he faintly heard,
did Spiritual Fire Void… seem to burp contentedly?
It was preposterous,
but he probably hadn’t heard wrong.
“Finished eating?”
“Feeling happy now?”
Luo Changfeng reached out his hand and lightly stroked the Void, which now appeared even blacker and more profound.
And Void was happily leaping about.
Because Spiritual Fire Void had already established a unique connection with Luo Changfeng,
even when he reached his hand into the flames of Void,
he would only feel a slight warmth,
and not be burnt by its flames.
…
After taking Spiritual Fire Void back into his body,
Luo Changfeng shifted his gaze to the mysterious rune-etched, greyish-black Demon Beast Egg on the stone table.
The Demon Beast Egg seemed to detect Luo Changfeng’s gaze,
and wobbled slightly in response.
But that was about it; it seemed to have exhausted all its strength with just that minor wobble.
“Interesting…”
After murmuring softly,
Luo Changfeng raised his head slightly,
and turned his gaze towards Yuan, who was hidden in a corner of the courtyard.
Before Luo Changfeng could say anything,
Yuan, who was not particularly robust but exuded bursts of icy cold intent,
had already appeared beside Luo Changfeng,
silently waiting for orders from his master.
“That boy Luo Ze…”
“How is he doing inside?”
After a moment of silence, Luo Changfeng asked softly.
Ordinarily, he shouldn’t need to ask such a question.
That courtyard outside Qingshi City, specially used to train Shadow Guards,
for countless people, that place is an endless hell.
Within hell, one would endure endless torment.
To survive in that place, you must clench your teeth and hold firm to your convictions,
and then, stepping over the corpses of countless others,
you can stand out.
Previously, the order Luo Changfeng issued was,
as long as you don’t die, that’s enough.
Now, however…
He eventually felt a bit soft-hearted.
“It’s worse than death,” Yuan replied softly.
But, he didn’t seem sure if his answer was accurate.
To him,
that seemed to be the state of Luo Ze,
living every day in endless torment, a life worse than death.
“Has that little guy ever thought of giving up?”
After a moment of silence,
The young man’s name was Luo Ziling.
He had grown up in this small mountain village since he was a child, living with his grandfather Luo Liansheng in the small mountain village for twenty years.
Grandpa’s medical skills were quite good, and Luo Ziling had also learned medicine from him since he was young. Although he hadn’t reached the level where he could miraculously cure most diseases like his grandfather, he was still considered a skilled doctor—at least that’s what everyone who knew him said.
Grandpa thought so too, saying that Luo Ziling had already mastered his true teachings and that with more experience, his medical skills would surpass his own.
The woman Luo Ziling had brought back, although seriously injured and having lost a lot of blood, didn’t worry him too much after he checked her pulse and heartbeat. All he needed to do was to remove the bullet that remained in her body, and she would be fine.
The woman had suffered a gunshot wound, and there was still a bullet inside her body. Fortunately, the bullet hadn’t hit her heart or major blood vessels.
The woman had simply fallen into a coma due to excessive blood loss and the shock from multiple traumas.
After preparing the necessary medicines and instruments and turning on the shadowless lamp, Luo Ziling began to treat the injured woman.
Lifting the blanket that covered the woman’s body, her form was once again exposed in front of Luo Ziling.
Despite the bloodstains all over the injured woman’s body, her allure was hard to conceal, and Luo Ziling couldn’t help but swallow hard. He had to take several deep breaths, forcing himself to cast aside any distracting thoughts.
“Not to be looked upon without consent, not to be looked upon without consent,” he muttered to himself a few times before finally fully stepping into the role of a doctor. After administering local anesthesia and stopping the bleeding with his skilled acupuncture techniques and self-prepared medicines, Luo Ziling put on disposable gloves, lit the alcohol lamp, and prepared to extract the bullet.
The woman was quite lucky; the injured area on her chest was about two centimeters away from her heart and major blood vessels. Otherwise, if the heart or major vessels in the chest and abdomen had been hit, and the bleeding couldn’t be stopped, even a divine doctor couldn’t save her life.
The injured woman’s muscles were quite firm, and her body had very nice curves without an ounce of excess fat, clearly the result of long-term labor or consistent exercise. Long-term labor or exercise had made her body develop very well.
Her well-developed body not only disturbed Luo Ziling’s mind but also made the surgery more difficult.
He quickly became parched and his heartbeat and breathing became rapid.
At twenty years old, a young virgin was at the peak of his vigor, and he had almost no resistance to the temptation of a woman’s body.
If Luo Ziling’s temperament hadn’t been out of the ordinary, he might have already been weak in the knees and clueless about what to do under these circumstances.
Eventually, it took him a Herculean effort to extract the bullet that was lodged in her chest cavity.
The bullet hadn’t penetrated deeply, making it easy to remove.
Of course, if it had gone deep into the chest cavity, the woman might have already been dead.
The anesthesia from the acupuncture and homemade medicine worked quite well. While extracting the bullet from the injured woman, her body didn’t react too much and she slept soundly. However, Luo Ziling expended a lot of physical strength, and sweat dripped continuously from his forehead.
After extracting the bullet from the injured woman’s body, treating the wound, applying anti-inflammatory and hemostatic medicines, and bandaging the wound, Luo Ziling was drenched in sweat, his whole body soaked.
But he didn’t rest, as the injured woman still had a gunshot wound on her left thigh, with another bullet to be removed.
While extracting the bullet from her chest cavity, the injured area bled profusely again, and blood flowed over her body, staining it everywhere. Luo Ziling carefully took a clean towel and wiped off the bloodstains from her body.
Some of the bloodstains had already coagulated, and it took Luo Ziling quite some effort and vigorous rubbing to clean them off.
Luo Ziling also noticed that there was a large black mole under her right breast.
At first, he thought it was a bloodstain or dirt and rubbed it vigorously twice until he realized it was a mole and stopped.
He felt embarrassed, and although the woman was still in a coma, he blushed as if he had done something shameful.
He swore to himself that he didn’t mean to take advantage of the woman; he truly thought it was dirt.
The woman had a great figure, but she had many scars on her body that marred the overall aesthetic.
Especially the long scar from her left breast to her shoulder blade, it looked so shocking.
This woman must have been injured many times; otherwise, she wouldn’t have so many scars.
What was her identity? Why did she have so many scars?
This was the doubt that Luo Ziling couldn’t suppress in his heart.
Luo Ziling also wanted to use their Luo family’s ancestral medical skills to remove these scars from the injured woman.
By cutting away the old scars and applying the medicine he and his grandfather had formulated together, the wounds would heal without leaving any scars.
Although the woman hadn’t opened her eyes and he couldn’t fully see her face, from her delicate nose, long eyelashes, perfect face shape, and slender neck, he could infer that this woman wouldn’t be unattractive.
A beautiful woman with so many scars on her body, he found it heart-wrenching and couldn’t help but feel a compulsion.
He eventually suppressed his compulsion; the woman’s wounds hadn’t been treated yet!
After hearing these words,
Luo Changfeng was somewhat surprised as he looked at the youth known as Yuan beside him.
He wasn’t surprised that Yuan would give such an assessment;
he was aware of Luo Ze’s resoluteness,
he just found it surprising that Yuan would speak so much all at once.
Under normal circumstances, Yuan wasn’t that talkative.
As Luo Changfeng’s gaze lingered on Yuan for a long time,
Yuan seemed to realize something was amiss,
so he lowered his head slightly,
and then fell silent once more.
“Alright, I understand…”
Luo Changfeng waved his hand, dismissing Yuan from his side.
He then sat alone
under the Stone Pavilion,
drinking tea while looking off into the distance.
No one could know what Luo Changfeng was thinking at that moment.
In the meantime, Luo Changfeng waved his hand again,
signaling Ruan Liuli to stand by his side.
However, Luo Changfeng didn’t command the young girl to do anything,
just to stand beside him,
pouring him cup after cup of steaming tea.
Pouring tea for oneself all the time can become tedious sometimes,
Having a seemingly delicate creature stand by one’s side can be quite a pleasant sight to enjoy.