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Qingfeng's words, like a cold tide, gradually overwhelmed Tao'er's heart.

It turned out that Xiao Yi's cold poison had been tormenting him all along.

What a tragic young man...

Over the years, he has only managed to survive thanks to the daily treatment and medication provided by the mysterious healer, Elder Li.

Beneath that seemingly aloof and cold exterior lies the torment of battling the cold poison day after day.

He never mentioned the matter of the cold poison to me.

"Not long ago, Miss Tao'er, you and the young master fell off a cliff..." Qingfeng's voice was low and filled with lingering fear. "In order to find you, Master disregarded his own health. At the bottom of the cliff, the air was both damp and cold. Under the combination of heat and cold, the cold poison that had been suppressed for many years was completely triggered."

When we found him, he was already…

As Qingfeng spoke, her eyes reddened slightly, filled with heartache and helplessness. "He had a high fever and was unconscious. His whole body was burning up, but his lips were bluish-black. He kept complaining of feeling cold and hot at the same time."

Elder Li said that it was a sign that the cold poison had invaded the heart meridian.

Thanks to his acupuncture treatment throughout the night, using nine golden needles to seal his heart meridian, and feeding him a specially made heart-protecting and detoxifying pill, he stayed by his master's side for a full day and night, finally pulling him back from the brink of death.

Elder Li said... "That time, if it had been half an hour later, even a god couldn't have saved him."

Tao listened quietly, her face gradually turning pale.

The image of Xiao Yi's always aloof and distant face flashed into her mind.

"Why is your master so foolish? If he's not feeling well, why doesn't he just temporarily stop looking for someone?"

Or maybe we shouldn't look anymore...

Tao'er cursed, "You big idiot."

"Miss Tao, you may not know this, but my master said he wants to see the person alive or dead, and he will never give up."

Your subordinate can tell that he has feelings for Miss Tao'er...

Qingfeng almost blurted out that her master liked her.

Tao'er was stunned. She had thought that he was doing it more for Xiao's eldest son's only bloodline, Ayan.

But only now did she realize that the man was actually doing it for her!

An indescribable sense of guilt gripped her heart like vines.

She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a shadow under her eyelids, and her fingers unconsciously tightened the hem of her clothes.

This guilt quickly transformed into her even stronger determination to save Xiao Yi.

She suddenly raised her head, her eyes flashing with a burning light: "Brother Qingfeng, isn't the Heart-Eating Cold Poison already widely known in the martial arts world, saying that there is no cure at all?"

Then your young master...

Is it true that there are only six months left?

Qingfeng nodded heavily, each movement as if he had exhausted all his strength: "It's true."

Elder Li said, "Our master's body has been eroded by the cold poison for far too long. If there is no cure, he has at most... only six months left."

He paused for a moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and a faint spark of light ignited in his eyes: "However, Miss Tao'er, the Heart-Eating Cold Poison was indeed incurable before, but the Divine Physician Elder Li has spent a year developing a formula for the antidote!"

only……"

"Just what?"

Tao'er took a quick step forward, her voice rising several decibels.

"However, there are a few medicinal herbs in the prescription that are so rare that they are almost impossible to find."

Qingfeng smiled bitterly; the newly ignited flame of hope quickly dimmed again.

Upon hearing this, Tao'er's tightly furrowed brows instantly relaxed, and a joyful smile even bloomed on her face, her eyes curving into crescents: "Is there an antidote?"

Is it just a lack of medicinal herbs?

That's great!

"Brother Qingfeng, please show me the prescription for the antidote!"

Qingfeng was taken aback by her reaction, then his eyes flashed with disbelief, and his voice trembled slightly: "Peach...Peach, you...you can gather all those medicinal herbs?"

Is it really possible?

He stepped forward excitedly, his eyes shining.

Tao tilted her head and thought for a moment, then tapped her chin with her finger, her expression serious yet confident: "Hmm... I should be about 90% sure!"

"Tell me first, what medicinal herbs do you need?"

She already had a plan in mind: ordinary medicinal herbs could be bought at any pharmacy.

She has planted quite a few of those rare medicinal herbs in the magical herb field in her space!

That's why she dared to say it with such confidence.

Looking at Tao'er's confident expression, Qingfeng felt a surge of turmoil in his heart.

He gritted his teeth, thinking: There's no need for Miss Tao'er to lie to me. What if... what if she really has a way?

Even the slightest hope is better than waiting to die!

Let's just treat it as a last resort!

He took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions, clasped his hands and said, "Miss Tao'er, to be honest, I don't have the antidote prescription. The divine physician Elder Li treasures it and carries it with him at all times."

However, I can immediately send him a message and have him copy the recipe and send it to us!

"Although I don't know the complete recipe, but..."

He lowered his voice, his expression so solemn it was as if he were revealing some earth-shattering secret.

"I once heard Elder Li mention that there are two key ingredients. If we can get these two, the master's cold poison can be completely eradicated!"

The other auxiliary medications are actually easy to handle!

Tao'er quickly leaned closer, her eyes sparkling, and asked, "Which two flavors?"

"Tell me quickly!"

She had already begun to wonder: Could it be a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum?

Or is it the legendary ginseng that can heal flesh and bone and revive the dead?

Qingfeng uttered a few words, one by one: "Tianshan snow lotus and thousand-year-old ginseng."

"The divine doctor said that the Tianshan Snow Lotus grows on the summit of the Tianshan Mountains in the far north, where it is covered with ice and snow all year round and the wind is as sharp as a knife."

Ordinary people simply cannot reach this point. Even if a top expert with profound inner strength manages to reach the top by chance, it still depends on fate.

That thing only blooms once every three hundred years, and it grows in extremely secluded places, so the chance of encountering it is one in ten thousand.

As for thousand-year-old ginseng…”

He paused, his tone becoming even more bitter, "In all the world, I've only ever heard of one such plant kept in the imperial palace's treasury. It's the emperor's lifeblood, a national treasure."

Besides that, nothing else has been heard of.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Tao'er, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "So my master..."

"So your master gave up?"

Do you think you're doomed?

Tao'er interjected, speaking for him and saying what he hadn't finished, her tone devoid of sarcasm, only a knowing sigh.

Qingfeng nodded silently, his face revealing undisguised heartache and helplessness.

He suddenly raised his head again, staring intently at Tao'er with a hope that even he found absurd: "Miss Tao'er, these two things are something that even nobles, royalty, and high-ranking officials cannot obtain, let alone ordinary people, even if they exhaust their wealth."

"You...you really have a way to get it?"

His tone betrayed more suspicion than trust.

After all, this is simply too unbelievable.

If Tao'er can really produce it, then she's practically a goddess descended to earth!

From now on, Qingfeng is willing to serve Tao'er like a slave, no, he'll treat her like an ancestor!

It's my great-grandmother!