asLily insertedaboutadozenneedles,
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NelltookafewstepstowardLily<b>,</b>andhiseyeswidenedindisbelief.
“Howdidyoudothat?”NeillookedatLilywithtremblingexcitement.
Itwasatechniqueknownasantitoxinshots.
Thistechniquewasfromanancientbookpasseddownsincethe1600s.OnlyonecopyofthisbookwasstoredintheMedicalResearchInstitute.
Neilstudiedmodern<b>medicine</b>,buttwoyearsago,hewitnessedBenedictusingacupuncturetosavealittlegirlwhoalmostdiedinacarident.Sincethen,hehadbeendeeplyfascinatedbyacupuncture
Sixmonthsago,whenLoidwasawayon abusinesstrip,hegotpoisoned.
Despiteusingthemostadvancedequipment,Neilcouldn’tdetectwhatwasthepoisonButLoid’sconditionwasonlygettingworse.Nidentallylearnedabouttheexistenceofthisancientbook,andafteralongsearch,he foundoutabouttheantitoxinshots.
Theantitoxinshotscouldexpeltoxinsfromthebodyofsomeonewhohadbeenpoisoned.Ifthepolsoncouldn’tbeidentified,theantitoxinshotscouldalsosuppressthetoxinsinthe patient’s<b>body</b>.
AlthoughNeilhadlearnedthetheoryoftheantitoxinshots,hecouldn’tperformthetechniquehimself.Thetechniquewas<b>unique</b>andchallengingtomaster.
Evenafterresearchingitforalongtime,Nellcouldn’tmastertheformationbecausetheacupointsrequiredfortheantitoxinshotswereverydangerous.Anyslightmistakecouldleadtothedeathofthepatient
ordingtoarenownedacupunctureexpert,onlyonepersonintheworldcouldperformtheantitoxinshots,andthatwasthemiracledoctor,Shadowbane.However,Shadowbane’swhereaboutswereuncertain,andhisentrictemperamentmadehimdifficulttofind
Butnow,Nellcouldhardlybelievehiseves.
Hewaswitnessingsomeoneusingtheantitoxinshotsinreallife,anditwasa19–year–oldgirl.
Itwasunbelievable
“Bringabucket”LilyncedatNeilindifferently.
Shehadstoppedadministeringthetreatment.
Neilwasstunnedforafewseconds,thenquicklyregainedhiposure.“Oh,<b>okay</b>.”
Hehurriedintothebathroomtofetchabucket.
Lilyraisedhereyebrowsslightly.“Getafewmore.”Content provided by N?velDrama.Org.
“Huh?”Nellcouldn’t understandwhysheneededsomanybuckets.
“What’sthematter?Lilyraisedhereyebrowsimpatiently.
Sheneverlikedtorepeatherself.
ItwasNeil’sfirsttimemeetingLily<b>,</b><b>so</b>hedidn’tquiteunderstandhercharacter,buthefeltLilywasnotsomeobetrifledwith.Hergazewasevenscarier<b>than</b>Loid’sNelldidn’tdaretodyandquicklyfetchedseveralmorebuckets.
LilytookoutasilverneedleandcalmlysaidtoLoid,“You’regoingtovomitblood,alotofit.Bearwithit”
Assoonasherwordsfell,shelightlyliftedherfingerandinsertedaneedleintohisabdomen.
AssoonasherneedlepiercedLold’sabdomen,hespatoutamouthfulof<b>blood</b>
Nell,Shaun,<b>and</b>Danielwerestartled.
TheyallheardLily’swarningthat Loidwouldwomitalotof<b>blood</b><b>.</b>
Ittooktherefullbucketsbeforehestopped.
ShaunwasworriedthatLoadmighthavevomitedsomuchbloodthathewoulddiefromit.
Butsurprisingly,Loid’plexiongraduallyimproved.
Althoughthepoisoninhisbodyhadnotspreadtohisface,itwascloseNellhadmentionedthatonceLoid’sfacestartedtogrowtumors,itmeantthatthepoisonhadcorrodedallhisorgans.Thatwouldbeanindicatorthathewasrunningoutoftime.
SoeventhoughLoid’sfacewasn’taffected,healwayslookedsicklyandhadapalplexion.Now,colorslowlyreturnedtohisface,andhelookedmuchbetter.
Andthetumorson<b>his</b>bodyweredisappearingataveryfastrate.
Withintwominutes<b>,</b>allthetumorsonhisupperbodywerepone