The young man looked at Gu Jinyan, bewildered. "Young Master, this..."

"Didn't you hear me? Get out of the way."

Gu Jinyan snorted and followed Yin Liuli into the house.

Zhou Su blinked in bewilderment.

Am I seeing things?

The young master, who never gets involved with women, brought a girl with him. The two stood side by side, and he was holding her hand!

Yin Liuli glanced around the room.

Broken teapots and teacups were scattered on the ground, and chairs were overturned and in disarray.

It was clearly the result of a major disturbance.

A middle-aged man was bound hand and foot to a chair, his body trembling and writhing.

His face was pale, his eyes were red and his mouth was blue, and his body was shrouded in a thick black aura.

She was only wearing a set of undergarments, which were stained with streaks of blood, showing how intense the pain and itching were.

Because his mouth was stuffed with a wad of burlap, he could only make painful whimpering sounds in his throat, his eyes wide and bloodshot, looking ferocious and terrifying.

"My lord, please bear with it. Applying the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician might help..."

Madam Zhou's eyes were red and swollen from crying. She held a porcelain bowl in her hand and used the dark medicine inside to wipe his body.

"It hurts... Waaah! Waaah..."

With each wipe, Zhou Qinggong would let out a painful whimper, his eyes rolling back as he nearly fainted.

"Snap"

Yin Liuli stepped forward and knocked the medicine out of Madam Zhou's hand.

Madam Zhou was startled and said angrily,

"What are you doing? Why did you spill my medicine! It's a lifesaver!"

Yin Liuli said coldly, "If you want him to die of pain, then keep rubbing."

The curse poison in his body is yin, and water is also yin. By using medicinal water to wipe his body, aren't you just adding fuel to the fire?

Mrs. Zhou looked at her with a face full of surprise.

"This is a prescription written by the imperial physician! And who are you?"

"Never mind who she is, only she can save our mentor."

Gu Jinyan stood beside Yin Liuli and said.

Zhou Su quickly gave his mother a wink.

"Young lady, what illness does my father have?"

"Your father isn't sick; he's been afflicted by the Bone-Eating Curse."

Yin Liuli touched Zhou Qinggong's brow with her slender finger, and with a flick of her finger, she drew out a wisp of black malevolent energy.

It felt like countless silver needles were pricking my fingertips, causing intense pain and itching.

"What a powerful spell."

With a flick of her finger, a flash of light appeared, and the malevolent aura was dispersed.

Madam Zhou and Zhou Su, unable to detect any malevolent aura, exchanged bewildered glances.

"What is the Bone-Eating Curse?"

"Hey, don't touch the master! Girl, you...you're saying my master isn't sick? That's a joke!"

Yin Liuli said calmly,

"The Bone-Eating Curse is an evil spell that uses incantations to create talismans. Those who are afflicted suffer unbearable pain and itching all over their bodies, as if insects are crawling and ants are gnawing at them, and they will die from the pain."

Mrs. Zhou retorted with a face full of distrust.

"But the imperial physician said that my master has a deficiency of internal heat attacking his heart, and his spleen is weak and his blood is dry!"

"Young lady, you know medicine? How old are you? How dare you treat people?"

Yin Liuli raised her chin at Gu Jinyan.

"If the imperial physician can cure him, Gu Jinyan doesn't need to ask me to come."

If you don't believe me, then watch him die in agony.

"No, no, young lady, that's not what my mother meant. She was just confused!"

Since they were brought by the young master, Zhou Su dared not offend them.

"Su'er, is she alright?"

Madam Zhou still looked doubtful.

Zhou Su was also unsure.

Such a beautiful and slender young girl, instead of staying at home embroidering and painting her eyebrows, can heal people's illnesses?

The young master summoned all the imperial physicians he could find in the palace, but his father's illness only worsened.

At first, he was itchy all over and scratched hard, but later even scratching him was excruciatingly painful. He also started to lose consciousness and smash things everywhere. In the end, we had to tie him up.

I was tortured to the point of almost losing my life in just one day!

Seeing her son's hesitant expression, Madam Zhou became even more skeptical.

How could a little girl be more capable than the imperial physicians in the palace?

The incantations and talismans were mysterious and profound; she, a woman, had never seen them and could not understand them.

All she knew was that the master couldn't withstand any more torment.

"Mrs. Zhou, you'd better listen to her arrangements."

Gu Jinyan frowned. "If Lord Zhou weren't my mentor, I wouldn't have invited her to come."

"This humble servant...will obey the young master's arrangements."

Madam Zhou gritted her teeth before finally relenting.

"Waaah! Waaah..."

Zhou Qinggong, who was tied to the chair, groaned violently once again. His body suddenly trembled as if he had been electrocuted, and his bloodshot eyes almost popped out of their sockets. Two lines of bloody tears flowed down the corners of his eyes.

"master!"

Madam Zhou let out a heart-wrenching scream and lunged forward.

Yin Liuli pushed her away.

Madam Zhou tripped and fell to the ground, looking at her in utter terror.

"The curse has attacked your heart, and your malevolent energy is raging. If you want to die, just hold onto him and die together."

Yin Liuli frowned and looked down at her. "Trust me and I'll help him break the curse. If you don't, it'll save me the trouble."

Madam Zhou scrambled to her feet and knelt at her feet, trembling and pleading.

"I believe you! I believe you! Young lady, please save my husband! He's about to collapse..."

Now it's not up to her to believe or not believe this girl; she won't give up as long as there's even the slightest hope.

Yin Liuli nodded, raised her hand and drew a "Three Pure Ones Exorcising Talisman" in her palm, activating it with her thoughts:

The Way of Heaven is clear and bright, the three energies of the Way are divided, one strike annihilates evil spirits, the spiritual platform settles the universe!

With a flick of his finger, a flash of inspiration appeared from his fingertip.

She gently touched Zhou Qinggong's forehead with her finger, her clear, cold eyes slightly closed, feeling the rampant curse poison within his body condense into countless tiny streams under the drive of the talisman, gradually converging towards her fingertip.

With the cursed poison gathering beneath her fingertips, Yin Liuli shouted, "Break!"

"Buzz..."

A deafening roar reached everyone's ears, a sound that was faint yet struck their eardrums, making them shudder.

"Ugh!"

Zhou Qinggong let out a painful moan, his body trembled violently as if electrocuted, and then he kicked his legs and fainted.

"Master! Master, what's wrong with you?!"

Madam Zhou was terrified and scrambled to her feet to cover him. She felt her body, which had been burning hot, cool down considerably, and her heart sank in as well.

"father!"

Zhou Su also cried out in alarm, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

The old man's face was deathly pale, and his legs were twitching. He looked as if he had died. He tried to go forward, but his legs suddenly gave way and he knelt down on the ground.

"You killed my husband! You killed him!"

Madam Zhou, her face filled with grief and indignation, lunged at Yin Liuli like a madwoman, yelling, "Give me back my master's life, give it back to me..."

Without hesitation, Gu Jinyan shielded Madam Zhou in front of him, his voice icy cold.

"You dare touch her!"

Zhou Qingsong looked as if he were dead.

However, he was even more certain that since Yin Liuli had taken action, she would never kill the person.

Zhou Su looked at Gu Jinyan with immense grief.

"Young Master, didn't you say she... she could save people? Why did this happen!"

"There's no reason why, I just believe her."

A resolute glint flashed in Gu Jinyan's deep eyes.

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