Hearing Wu Min's question, Yi Qing came back to her senses. Just now, she hadn't been able to control her emotions, and Wu Min had immediately noticed.
Since Wu Min was willing to place Xiao Jinghan in the forbidden area for recuperation, he must be of great significance to her. If Wu Min found out their relationship at this moment, she might be so angry that she'd throw them out.
"I couldn't even see his face. How could I possibly know him?" Yi Qing didn't shift her gaze. "I've just never seen someone so severely injured still alive."
"Of course. With this ice bed and the life - sustaining gu worms, as long as the person has a breath left, I won't let him die," Wu Min said confidently.
"He's already in such a bad state. Why do you still want to save him?" Yi Qing turned to look at Wu Min.
Wu Min smiled. "It's rare to find a man in this world who has captured my heart at first sight. It would be a great pity if he died."
Yi Qing nodded. She definitely couldn't tell Wu Min their relationship now. "My way of treating injuries is rather special. I need to undress the patient for a check - up."
"You can cure him?" Wu Min was surprised.
Yi Qing thought that even if she couldn't, she had to say she could. "I can't be sure until I've conducted a detailed examination."
"Okay," Wu Min replied directly.
"Help me," Yi Qing said as she walked to one side of the ice bed.
Wu Min blocked Yi Qing's hand that was about to touch Xiao Jinghan. "There are life - sustaining gu worms on him. Be careful."
"Do the life - sustaining gu worms hurt people?" Yi Qing gritted her teeth secretly.
"The life - sustaining gu worms don't hurt people. But if you can't cure him and the gu worms leave his body, he'll surely die."
"Then what should I do?"
Wu Min took out a dagger and cut her palm. Her blood dripped onto the white cloth covering Xiao Jinghan. Some almost invisible gu worms detached from Xiao Jinghan's body and began to suck Wu Min's blood.
Yi Qing looked at Wu Min in surprise.
"I raised these life - sustaining gu worms. In a way, I'm using my life to prolong his," Wu Min laughed.
Yi Qing had originally planned to figure out how to snatch Xiao Jinghan from Wu Min. Hearing what Wu Min said, she was quite surprised. It turned out that Wu Min had been keeping Xiao Jinghan alive like this.
"Hurry up and examine him. You have to finish the examination before the gu worms return to his body," Wu Min reminded.
Yi Qing hurriedly examined Xiao Jinghan. He was severely injured, with multiple comminuted fractures. The abrasions on his body surface were also quite serious, but they had almost healed.
Some of the comminuted fractures had also caused internal injuries. It was amazing that he had survived such injuries.
"Hurry up," Wu Min reminded again.
Yi Qing quickly put Xiao Jinghan back in place, and the life - sustaining gu worms quickly burrowed back into his body.
"Don't you know any medical skills at all? At least you should have treated the external injuries," Yi Qing was worried that Xiao Jinghan would have scars on his body.
"It's good enough that he's alive," Wu Min saw that Yi Qing's method was indeed rather special. "Can you save him?"
"Yes, but it'll be a bit slow. I also need a lot of medicinal materials," Yi Qing said directly.
"As long as you can save him, the medicinal materials won't be a problem."
"Then I'll go back and prepare," Yi Qing didn't dare to stay here any longer. Wu Min might see through her.
"I'll take you out," Wu Min led Yi Qing out.
Everyone was extremely anxious in Wu Peng's residence. Wu Min seemed like a difficult person to get along with. Now Yi Qing had gone there alone. Even if she didn't kill Yi Qing, what if she put some gu worms on her?
Lu Tianxun was quite calm. He thought Wu Min wouldn't hurt Yi Qing. She was so proud that once she had made a promise, she wouldn't go back on her word.
He was drawing a map of the route in his mind. If he wasn't wrong, they had entered a formation as soon as they entered the forest. They had to follow a specific path to get here. As for what would happen if they didn't follow the path, he had no idea.
Xue Miao'er paced back and forth at the entrance of the cave. If she wasn't afraid of bugs, she would have gone to find her mistress.
"Mistress," Xue Miao'er waved hurriedly when she saw Yi Qing coming back.
Yi Qing and Wu Peng went inside together.
"Did that woman do anything to you, mistress?" Xue Miao'er examined Yi Qing carefully.
"No," Yi Qing looked at them. "I'm going to stay here for a while. You go out and find some things for me. Wu Peng will meet you outside."
"I'm not going. I want to stay here and protect you," Xue Miao'er refused to leave.
"You have to go. You need to go to the capital," Yi Qing looked at Xue Miao'er.
This time, the tools and medicinal materials she needed were quite a lot. She had to go to the capital and ask the emperor for help.
"You three follow Miao'er and protect her safety on the way," Yi Qing ordered the three secret guards.
"If we all leave, who will protect you?" Xue Miao'er thought she was the only one going back.
"I'll stay," Lu Tianxun said directly.
"Mr. Lu can't stay either. Miao'er can't handle the things I've ordered. Mr. Lu needs to assist her," Yi Qing didn't want Lu Tianxun to stay.
Lu Tianxun shook his head. "Since we're going back to the capital, I can write a letter and ask someone else to purchase the items. I'm really not at ease leaving only you and Second Sister here."
Yi Qing was about to insist.
"Actually, I'm also quite worried," Wu Peng didn't want anything to happen to Yi Qing here. "I'll have to meet them outside later. It's not safe for just the two of you here."
Yi Qing thought for a while and nodded. "Then arrange another place for me to stay. Also, I'll write down some medicinal materials for you. Go and find them as soon as possible."
"Okay."
Wu Min watched Wu Peng lead the people out. Why did she feel that Yi Qing was especially concerned about that injured man?
The days in Wu Gorge were very short. As soon as the sky darkened, it became completely dark below the gorge. Yi Qing had been worried that it would be pitch - black at night, but then some bugs lit up.
They were silkworm - like bugs with a glowing section at the back, which was enough to light up the entire gorge.
"How can we cook?" Gan Ermei didn't dare to leave Wu Peng's residence. The place was damp everywhere, and there was even no firewood.
Wu Min carried a food box over. "These are your meals." She put down the food box and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute," Yi Qing called out to Wu Min. "Even if we can't cook, we still need to decoct medicine. You also need to replenish your qi and blood since you're using your blood to raise the life - sustaining gu worms. We need firewood."
Wu Min thought for a while. "We can't make a fire here. I'll make arrangements for you tomorrow." Then she left.
Yi Qing knew that Wu Min had compromised. Strictly speaking, she should be grateful to Wu Min. If it weren't for Wu Min's life - sustaining gu worms, Xiao Jinghan definitely wouldn't have survived until now.
Gan Ermei opened the food box. "Ah? They're just some fruits and snacks."
"Just eat them for now," Yi Qing suppressed the excitement in her heart.
She had to stay in Wu Gorge now and couldn't let others notice anything unusual. The fewer people who knew that Xiao Jinghan was here, the better.
Lu Tianxun looked at Yi Qing suspiciously. He had started to suspect something when Yi Qing arranged for Xue Miao'er and the others to go back today. He felt that Yi Qing was especially concerned about that patient.
Now that Wu Min's attitude was so harsh, Yi Qing wasn't even angry.
"Who on earth is the person that Wu Min asked you to treat? Why are you so concerned about him that you're willing to use all your resources?" Lu Tianxun looked at Yi Qing.