Chapter 196
Chapter 196
Xu Qianqian entered the secret contact point for the Count of Xuanwu's Estate—the very same spice shop. A spy from the Jin Clan said,
“My lady, you’ve returned. Allow me to show you our new wares.”
He led Xu Qianqian into a secret room. As Xu Qianqian entered the shop’s courtyard, a dozen or so warriors watched over her, ensuring she wasn't being followed. Once inside the secret room, Xu Qianqian said instinctively,
“You’re finally here.”
The room was pitch-black, and she couldn't see a thing, but she could smell Shen Lang’s unique scent. How could this be! To think she even remembered his scent. When a lamp was lit, Xu Qianqian could finally see Shen Lang. And she was completely dumbfounded. Before her stood a peerless beauty.
‘G-G-Good heavens! I think I’m going blind. Shen Lang, I knew you had no shame, but I never thought you’d go this far! D-Do you have no sense of decency? And why are you so pretty? How am I supposed to face you from now on?’
Shen Lang said to her,
“Why are you staring like that? If I were to pull out my ‘big thing’ for you to see, you’d probably die of shock.”
“Shut up. Don’t say another word.”
Then, Xu Qianqian examined Shen Lang from all angles for a long time.
“There are no flaws. You truly look like a woman. This is for the best. Qiu Yao'er doesn't let any man touch her, so a woman should be fine. But you must not say a single word. Cover your face if possible. Someone might recognize you.”
Shen Lang sighed.
“Hah, a man as handsome as me has so much to worry about. I get recognized everywhere I go.”
Before he could finish, Xu Qianqian clamped a hand over his mouth.
“Don’t speak. From now on, you are a mute.”
Shen Lang shut his mouth.
“Let’s go. Come with me to treat Lady Qiu Yao'er.”
But, as if she still wasn't reassured, Xu Qianqian asked him,
“What you said before, about being able to cure her, that was true, right? You weren’t lying to me, were you?”
Shen Lang said quietly,
“Have you forgotten who cured your menstrual cramps?”
“Shut your mouth!”
Xu Qianqian took Shen Lang to Qiu Yao'er’s tower. They aroused no suspicion upon entering. The tower was filled with beautiful women, most of whom had their faces veiled.
* * *
Shen Lang had heard a great deal about Qiu Yao'er. Her story was heard everywhere; her reputation was legendary.
Countless rumors painted her as a female demon, a ruthless woman who had killed innumerable people. They said she was eight feet tall with a waist to match. The rumors claimed she looked like a hideous ghoul, even uglier than Huang Feng. Come to think of it, Xu Qianqian had never mentioned Qiu Yao'er's appearance in her secret letters. Shen Lang first prepared himself mentally.
‘I’ve seen and survived an ugly woman like Huang Feng. No matter how ugly another woman is, she can't possibly shock me.’
With his mind thus prepared, Shen Lang waited for Xu Qianqian to open the door. The moment he saw Qiu Yao'er, he was completely stunned, his soul leaving his body. Instinctively, memories of his youth and the faces of all the women he had ever met flashed through his mind. Women from movies, posters, magazine covers, and women he had met in the real world—none of them had ever delivered such a powerful shock as the woman before him.
Such a figure, such beauty—it was enough to make a man’s heart burst in an instant. Shen Lang had never in his life seen a woman like Qiu Yao'er. She overflowed with an invincible aura, yet at the same time, she exuded an endless, captivating charm. Truly, no one could be more sensual than her. Shen Lang thought to himself,
‘I’m hard. It doesn’t feel like it’s going back down. No, no! This will give me away.’
Shen Lang closed his eyes and pictured Huang Feng’s face in his mind. He repeated inwardly,
‘Huang Feng wants to sleep with me, Huang Feng wants to sleep with me!’
A moment later, it shrank.
‘It really works. Sister Huang Feng, you’re amazing!’
Just then, a woman in green robes asked in a sharp voice,
“Are you the physician Xu Qianqian brought?”
Shen Lang looked up.
‘This must be the wicked bitch Xu Qianqian mentioned in her letter. She hasn’t seen through my disguise, has she?’
Shen Lang was overthinking it. The first emotion the green-robed woman felt upon seeing the cross-dressed Shen Lang was jealousy. Once jealousy took hold, it meant she didn't suspect Shen Lang was a man. At that moment, Qiu Yao'er opened her eyes. Her gaze was like the stars, like a flash of lightning. Even though her eyes were bloodshot, it couldn't hide the allure within them. Qiu Yao'er was also surprised to see Shen Lang.
‘A female physician?’
Qiu Yao'er closed her eyes and extended her wrist, but she held no expectations. After all, even the most renowned physicians in the world had failed to diagnose her illness. How could this young female physician before her possibly succeed? Conversely, Shen Lang was worried that Qiu Yao'er, being a supreme master with heightened senses, would see through his disguise.
“Even the most famous physicians in the world couldn't diagnose our master's illness. What makes you think you can? Hurry up, take her pulse, and get out. Don’t even think about trying to swindle us here.”
the green-robed woman said coldly. Shen Lang stepped forward and first took Qiu Yao'er’s pulse. Then he lifted her eyelid to examine her pupil. After having her blink once, he activated his X-ray vision mode and scanned Qiu Yao'er’s entire body. Instantly, Shen Lang was utterly horrified.
‘H-How is this female demon still alive? Anyone else would have died six or seven times over by now.’
Xu Qianqian asked from the side,
“Physician, can you cure her?”
Shen Lang nodded, then wrote something with his hand. Seeing it, Xu Qianqian was startled.
‘Shen Lang, what is this scumbag trying to do?’
Because Shen Lang had written that Qiu Yao'er needed to remove her clothes.
Xu Qianqian knew that this scumbag, Shen Lang, had an aesthetic appreciation for women that surpassed any other man in this world.
‘But if you’re going to be a pervert, you need to pick your time and place. One wrong move and Qiu Yao'er will kill you with a single blow.’
But Shen Lang's expression was incredibly serious. He wasn't trying to be lecherous. His purpose for having her disrobe was to examine the areas of hemorrhage and blood stasis on her skin.
“Are you sure?”
‘You scumbag, if you want to die, die alone and don’t drag me down with you.’
Shen Lang nodded gravely.
Xu Qianqian said in a trembling voice,
“General, the physician says she needs you to undress for the examination.”
As she said this, Xu Qianqian’s blood ran cold. She was terrified that Qiu Yao'er would strike Shen Lang down with one blow and then beat him until he was nothing but minced meat.
“Mm.”
Qiu Yao'er grunted in response. Xu Qianqian had been overthinking it. Qiu Yao'er didn't mind disrobing for a medical examination in the first place. Besides, as far as she knew, the physician was a woman. Xu Qianqian stepped forward to help her undress, but the green-robed woman forcefully pushed her aside and proceeded to slowly remove Qiu Yao'er’s nightgown herself. Instantly, the air filled with an alluring fragrance, and Shen Lang felt all the blood rush to his head.
‘I... I can’t... I can’t take it. I’m getting... getting hard... I can’t hold it back. I’m going to explode!’
It was a curvature of the body and a golden complexion he had never seen before. She could put every cover model on Earth to shame. Shen Lang squeezed his eyes shut and chanted inwardly,
‘Huang Feng wants to sleep with me. Huang Feng wants to sleep with me. Huh? It’s super effective! It shrank again. Take a deep breath. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form!’
When he opened his eyes again, Shen Lang’s gaze had transformed into that of a professional physician. He focused his examination on the areas of hemorrhage on Qiu Yao'er’s skin and other key spots crucial for treatment.
Shen Lang examined her meticulously, at times bringing his face so close it nearly touched her skin. It wasn't to be a pervert, but to get a truly proper look. Watching him from the side, Xu Qianqian’s blood ran cold, and she nearly fainted from fright. She knew this scumbag Shen Lang was audacious, but she never imagined he was *this* audacious.
‘A-Are your eyes going to burrow into her flesh?’
A quarter of an hour later.
Shen Lang pulled back from Qiu Yao'er’s body, stood up, and closed his eyes. The green-robed woman quickly covered Qiu Yao'er with her night robe. The whole world instantly became bleak.
“If the examination is over, get out.”
The green-robed woman wanted to chase away the person Xu Qianqian had brought. But Shen Lang didn't even hear the green-robed woman’s words. He was trying to calm his astonished heart. Somehow, he could understand why the physicians of this world had failed to diagnose her. Qiu Yao'er’s physical condition was beyond their scope of understanding.
How on earth was Qiu Yao'er still alive? Anyone else, no matter how constitutionally superior, would have already died. Shen Lang picked up a brush, wrote on a piece of paper, and Xu Qianqian read it aloud.
“General, is the reason you cannot open your eyes because doing so makes the heavens and earth spin, causing you to vomit blood and feel nauseous uncontrollably?”
Qiu Yao'er was startled and nodded. Until now, not a single physician she had met had accurately identified her symptoms. She wasn't a diligent patient and didn't proactively describe her symptoms. When she opened her eyes, the world would spin, and she would feel a powerful urge to vomit, but only she could feel it; the physicians couldn't detect it. Of course, she had vomited blood many times, but she had always used her true energy to forcefully suppress the nausea. In her view, it was acceptable for a powerful warrior to vomit blood, but vomiting itself was a shameful act she would never permit.
Shen Lang wrote again.
“General, do you sometimes experience blackouts, a feeling of your head expanding in pain, and a sensation of a stream of blood rushing into the vessels of your brain, as if it’s about to explode?”
Xu Qianqian read the words. Qiu Yao'er, surprised again, nodded. That was a secret no one else knew. The reason she had suddenly fainted in the past was precisely because of that stream of blood. An intense blood flow had surged as if to tear the vessels in her brain, and she had felt as if all the blood in her body was colliding and about to burst, a sensation she had suppressed with her true energy.
In truth, that intense blood flow she felt was a cerebral hemorrhage. For an ordinary person, it would have led to a stroke or certain death. But she had suppressed it solely with her true energy; nothing could be more incredible. Despite that, a small amount of blood had still burst from the microvessels in her brain. Shen Lang felt his understanding of modern medicine completely shattering because of Qiu Yao'er. She should have died long ago by all rights, yet she was still alive.
Since there was no sphygmomanometer, Shen Lang measured her blood pressure with his bare hands. He used one hand to apply pressure to her brachial artery, located in the groove on the inside of her upper arm, while using his other hand to feel for the pulse at her radial artery.
While this method couldn't provide an exact blood pressure reading, it could give a rough estimate. And Shen Lang was so shocked he nearly jumped. Her blood pressure was absurdly high. An ordinary person would not only have suffered a cerebral hemorrhage or a stroke, but all the blood vessels in their body would have already burst. Yet, Qiu Yao'er was fine. What kind of human body was this? She was no different from a steel woman forged from iron.
Shen Lang had treated Princess Ning Luo before. She had suffered from lead poisoning. Qiu Yao'er also showed symptoms of poisoning. But it wasn't just lead poisoning; she was poisoned by various heavy metals, including lead, copper, mercury, barium, and silver. Furthermore, the amount of poison in her system was several times greater than Princess Ning Luo's. To be so deeply poisoned yet not only survive but also maintain such breathtaking beauty. Shen Lang’s real-world values were collapsing to the point of fear. Could being born with such a naturally robust constitution allow one to defy the limits of humanity like this?