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Helian Chen’s medical skill stood at the very peak in Panlong City. He had cured more than a few “impossible” illnesses that others had long since given up on. Wen Daolun valued him for another reason as well. He was an expert in witchcraft and gu techniques.
And a single look was enough to tell pretty much anyone that the ambush Wen Xing had suffered was not a simple poison case.
Helian Chen fell silent in thought. After a while, he produced a small jade bottle from his robes and released several leech-like creatures into Wen Xing’s wounds.
They were unlike ordinary leeches. Their bodies were pitch-black, with a single vivid red stripe running down their backs.
But when these creatures touched Wen Xing’s wounds, they seemed to be at a loss.
They only drank blood, and the green pus oozing from Wen Xing’s injuries held no interest for them at all.
Left with no choice, Helian Chen cut a fresh wound elsewhere on Wen Xing’s body and let the leeches burrow into that instead.
Not long after, they wriggled back out.
But the instant they emerged, their bodies began to stiffen. In fewer than ten breaths, they had gone rigid as sticks.
Helian Chen picked one up and examined it closely, then his expression changed.
The leech had turned into a tiny sliver of wood. He tapped it against the bedframe, and it even made a crisp soun...
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