usatvline Chapter 235 Psychological Trauma
Chapter 235 Psychological Trauma
Chapter 235 Psychological Shadow
When Ye Pianran returned from the space with the antidote, Master Zhao was being tormented by the illusion created by the Lingyuan Vine. Looking at Master Zhao, whose back was covered in pus and blood, Ye Pianran showed a hint of disgust, but still went forward to feed him the antidote.
The antidote melted instantly upon entering his mouth and was quickly absorbed by Zhao Yuanwai's body. In just two breaths, the poison in Zhao Yuanwai's body was completely neutralized by the antidote refined by Ye Pianran. The abscesses on his back immediately stopped bleeding and oozing pus, and began to show signs of scabbing.
Knowing that the poison in Zhao Yuanwai's body had been cured, Ye Pianran summoned back the Lingyuan Vine that was wrapped around Zhao Yuanwai.
At this moment, Zhao, the wealthy man in the illusion, could no longer bear the humiliation inflicted by the nine women and finally collapsed on the spot. He was crying and begging the nine female demons to kill him when suddenly there was no sound in his ears. He realized something was wrong, opened his eyes, and saw his internal organs floating on the surface of the blood pool, covered with white wriggling maggots. He was so frightened that his vision went black and he fainted completely.
However, it was this fainting spell that completely broke him out of the illusion. When his consciousness returned to his body, Master Zhao first felt the pain in his back that had been tormenting him for days. Then he breathed in the familiar scent of medicine. Still shaken, he slowly opened his eyes and was pleasantly surprised to find himself still lying in the Zhao mansion. Apart from some numbness, his limbs were still intact. He immediately burst into tears.
Thank God! He's still alive! What just happened? Was it a dream? But the feeling of being devoured alive was so real; he could almost smell the strong stench of blood!
"Master Zhao is awake? How are you feeling now?"
A clear, melodious female voice suddenly rang out beside him. The moment Zhao Yuanwai heard the voice, his heart skipped a beat, a chill ran down his spine, and the hairs on his body stood on end. He stiffly turned his head and saw Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue by the bedside. The experience of the illusion was still vivid in his mind, and his survival instinct caused him to let out a blood-curdling scream:
"Ah!! Monsters!! Don't come any closer!! Don't come any closer!!"
He yelled and retreated in a panic, fumbling with his hands on the bed. Finally, he pulled out a dagger, held it to his chest, and pointed it at Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue, saying in terror:
"Don't come any closer! If you do, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Perhaps his movements were too hasty, because when he took the dagger out of the hidden compartment, something fell out with his movements, clattered to the ground, and rolled to Ye Pianran's feet.
It was a pure white jade pendant, carved with an image of Guanyin. A touch of red was hidden in the jade, precisely on the jade vase held in Guanyin's hand, making the pendant appear even more spiritual.
Ye Pianran picked up the jade pendant, examined it, and then casually placed it on the table. More than the jade pendant, she was currently most interested in the wealthy Zhao man.
"Miss's move was truly brilliant! This Master Zhao must be going crazy." Ye Lingyue looked at Master Zhao's terrified appearance and whispered to Ye Pianran with a hint of schadenfreude, "It's good that he's gone crazy, so he won't go out and harm other girls in the future!"
Ye Pianran smiled, took a step closer to Master Zhao, and said:
“Master Zhao, I have just given you the antidote, but to completely cure the abscess on your back, the rotten flesh on your back must be cut off before it can heal.”
"Ah—ah!" When Master Zhao saw Ye Pianran approaching him, he shouted even louder, "Help! Wang Bao! Wu Er! Come and save me!"
No matter how much he cried out, no one came to his rescue. Unable to plead for help, Zhao, the wealthy man, could only desperately brandish the dagger in his hand for self-defense, uttering fierce words:
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
Ye Lingyue's expression changed. Fearing that the dagger would hurt Ye Pianran, she quickly pulled her behind her to protect her. Then, she kicked out and sent the dagger flying from Zhao Yuanwai's hand.
Upon losing his weapon, Master Zhao was so frightened that his eyes rolled back and he fainted. Then, a faint smell of urine wafted through the air. Ye Pianran and Ye Lingyue both showed disgust on their faces and took several steps back, refusing to go any further.
"This Master Zhao actually wet himself in fear! Bah, what a coward!" Ye Lingyue said with disgust.
Ye Pianran said, "Yue'er, go and call one of the people outside in. Someone has to clean up this mess."
Ye Lingyue accepted the order: "Yes, Miss."
She strode to the door, opened it, looked outside, and finally pointed at Wang Bao, saying, "You, come here!"
Wang Bao shuddered, looking extremely unwilling. Suddenly, someone pushed him from behind, and he stumbled to Ye Lingyue's feet. When he looked up, he saw Zhao Yuanwai lying face down on the bed with his eyes closed. He asked tremblingly, "Doctor, what happened in the room just now? What... what is going on?"
It turned out that this group of people had been standing outside the whole time. They had heard Zhao Yuanwai's screams and cries for help, but none of them dared to go forward, for fear of seeing that disgusting and horrific scene again.
"Didn't you hear your master calling you in?" Ye Lingyue said coldly, then grabbed Wang Bao by the collar, dragged him into the house, and threw him in front of Master Zhao.
Wang Bao lunged at the bedside, his face nearly making intimate contact with Zhao Yuanwai's wretched back, and he was immediately terrified.
Ye Pianran said, "Young man, please fetch a knife and cut off all the rotten flesh from your master's back."
W-what? Wang Bao's eyes widened in shock, and he took two steps back, waving his hands and saying, "This, this..."
Ye Lingyue placed her hand on his shoulder to stop him from retreating, then tightened her grip on his fingers, smiling mischievously: "Aren't you his most loyal servant? Don't you want your master to get better soon?"
A sharp pain shot through his shoulder, and he couldn't break free no matter what he did. Wang Bao could only say, "Alright, alright, I'll go!"
Ye Lingyue released her grip with satisfaction. Wang Bao rubbed his shoulder, which felt like it was about to be crushed, and resignedly picked up the dagger stuck in the bedpost, then knelt down in front of Master Zhao.
The abscess on Zhao Yuanwai's back had stopped bleeding and oozing pus, but the white maggots inside were still wriggling and jumping around. When Wang Bao saw the maggots crawling around in his flesh, his stomach churned, and his hand holding the dagger trembled uncontrollably.
Ye Pianran said calmly, "Hurry up and get to work. Only by cutting out the rotten flesh and maggots as soon as possible can the poison in your master be completely cured. Otherwise, after another hour, once the antidote wears off, the poison will probably flare up again, and be even more ferocious than before."
Wang Bao swallowed hard, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and plunged the dagger into Zhao Yuanwai's back, quickly scraping away the rotting flesh.
The wealthy man, Zhao, was in such agony that he showed no reaction whatsoever, clearly greatly frightened and traumatized.
He didn't know how long he had been gouging out, or how many pieces of rotten flesh he had cut off. Wang Bao repeated the motion of waving the dagger in his hand, his face gradually changing from fear to numbness.
As the last piece of rotten flesh was completely removed, Ye Pianran immediately heard a system notification:
[Completed Quest 1: Treat Master Zhao's Illness. Quest Difficulty: Medium. Quest Rating: Excellent. Quest Progress: 10%. Rewards: 1000 Experience Points, 500 Spiritual Energy, 10 Good/Evil Points, 3 Dodder Grass Plants.]