Bölüm 1617 — Yılan Zehrini Tedavi Etmek

Wei Zhao had been watching this whole affair unfold from start to finish. First of all, Chen Xi and Lider Zhu selling snakes here already struck Wei Zhao as strange. He knew Lider Zhu was a man with ulterior motives, but what genuinely surprised Wei Zhao was that in just a few days' absence, Lider Zhu had somehow become a Di Kademesi master!

Of course, Wei Zhao did not believe Chen Xi was in cahoots with Lider Zhu. Firstly, Wei Zhao knew Chen Xi's character well. Secondly, Lider Zhu wanted to harm Chen Xi's mother, so it was all the more impossible that she would join forces with him!

If Lider Zhu were merely a poor scavenger like Chen Xi, then selling grass snakes here would have struck Wei Zhao as perfectly ordinary. But a Di Kademesi master like Lider Zhu coming here to sell grass snakes? That was decidedly suspicious!

What's more, the earlier scene in which Gao Xiaofu went to buy a snake and Lider Zhu refused to sell it had also caught Wei Zhao's eye. So Wei Zhao felt even more strongly that there might be something wrong with those grass snakes. Now, seeing Gao Xiaofu bitten, his wound swollen taut and his breathing laboured, this only confirmed the point!

Given Wei Zhao's long years of surviving in the wild, he knew full well that this species of grass snake was entirely non-venomous and could never produce symptoms like Gao Xiaofu's. And the fact that Lider Zhu, upon seeing Chen Xi bitten, not only failed to render aid but actually fled, made Wei Zhao smell the scent of conspiracy all the more!

Chen Xi's complexion was growing increasingly wretched, and her breathing had become more and more ragged. Just as she was about to hold on no longer, she crumpled and fell to the ground!

Of course, on the students' side, all attention had converged on Gao Xiaofu and Zhong Yongliang, and no one was paying the slightest heed to Chen Xi. Wei Zhao sighed. It seemed he was being forced to step in himself! As for Lider Zhu's intentions, Wei Zhao had more or less guessed at them!

Had Wei Zhao not known that Lider Zhu was a Di Kademesi master and that his very presence here selling snakes was inherently suspect, he would not have thought so deeply. But now, recalling Lider Zhu's earlier actions, how utterly affected and hypocritical they had been!

Wei Zhao did not know what Lider Zhu's ultimate goal was, but it was true that he intended to harm Chen Xi and her mother. The only thing was that Wei Zhao had not yet uncovered Lider Zhu's true background and purpose, and so he had not rashly made a move!

Wei Zhao strode briskly toward Chen Xi and said: »Xiao Xi, don't worry. I'll help you deal with the snake venom!«

»Ah! Brother Wei Zhao…« Seeing Wei Zhao suddenly appear, Chen Xi's face flushed crimson with a hint of shyness. Her already rapid breathing grew even more rapid! Chen Xi was both startled and overjoyed: »Brother Wei Zhao, you're here too?«

»Hmm…« Wei Zhao quickly produced the silver needles he always carried with him. He first sealed several acupoints on Chen Xi's body to prevent the venom from spreading, then grabbed her finger and began to suck the wound. Wei Zhao did not overthink it — after all, ordinary poisons held little sway over him. Moreover, Wei Zhao had also observed the condition of Zhang Naipao and Zhong Yongliang: though both appeared to have been mildly poisoned, neither had lost consciousness even after this long, which proved the venom was not overwhelmingly fierce.

That was why Wei Zhao went straight to sucking the snake venom from Chen Xi with his own mouth. Of course, in the very instant Wei Zhao made contact with Chen Xi's wound, the jade pendant issued a warning — but Wei Zhao paid it no mind, since the wound was poisoned and the pendant's warning was perfectly natural.

Seeing Wei Zhao sucking the venom from her wound, Chen Xi felt an immediate flush of shyness, yet her heart was sweet with joy. Chen Xi had always lived at the very bottom of society, scraping by on barely enough to keep warm and fed, with no leisure of mind for thoughts of romance. And at school, though Chen Xi was pretty, with Ying Ziyu as her big sister, no one dared harbour any improper designs on her. So in the days before now, Chen Xi had always led a placid life, free of upheaval.

But what young girl does not yearn for love? In the stillness of late night, Chen Xi would occasionally dream that someday a prince on a white horse would appear before her… And now that prince on a white horse had truly appeared in Chen Xi's life!

From Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao's first act of kindness, to Wei Zhao's continued care for her household in the days that followed, Chen Xi had quietly developed a fondness for Wei Zhao in her heart. But Chen Xi knew Wei Zhao had a girlfriend — a beautiful one at that, who had helped her besides. How could she ever do anything to hurt Feng Xiaoxiao?

So, though Ying Ziyu had seen through this feeling, Chen Xi still buried it deep in her heart, not daring to speak of it, able only to steal a thought of it from time to time.

»Uh-huh…« The wound on Chen Xi tugged at a nerve, and a flash of pain made her let out a moan. But no sooner had the moan escaped her lips than Chen Xi's face blazed red. Would this moaning sound cause Wei Zhao to misunderstand it as something else? Or to think she was trying to seduce him?

A young girl's heart is ever fragile. She was afraid Wei Zhao would look down on her. In truth, it was nothing but a moan of pain — how far could Wei Zhao's thoughts wander? Chen Xi was quite simply tormenting herself needlessly!

Wei Zhao sucked the poisoned blood from Chen Xi's wound and spat it onto the ground. He had intended to take out some wound-sealing medicine and apply it, but in the very next instant, his expression darkened beyond all measure!

For Wei Zhao suddenly felt the true qi within his body vanishing rapidly, as though a balloon had sprung a leak. In the span of a single blink, he had dropped from the very peak of late Xuan Kademesi to mere Xuan Kademesi peak — and the draining did not seem to stop. The true qi continued to hemorrhage away…

Late Xuan Kademesi… peak of mid Xuan Kademesi… mid Xuan Kademesi… In just that fleeting moment, Wei Zhao had been reduced to a mere mid Xuan Kademesi master!

The snake venom is tainted! Wei Zhao's mind flashed instantly to the venom — after all, the only thing he had just come into contact with was the snake venom within Chen Xi! Then the hand that had rigged this could only be Lider Zhu. Was Lider Zhu trying to harm him?

Come to think of it, quite possible! Had Wei Zhao not so abruptly intervened in Chen Xi's family's life, her mother would likely be dead by now. Although Wei Zhao did not know Lider Zhu's true objective, he had clearly ruined his scheme — so turning against him was only natural!

»Brother Wei Zhao, what's wrong?« Seeing Wei Zhao's face suddenly take on a dreadful colour, Chen Xi was jolted with fright! Could it be that the moan she had just let out had truly made Wei Zhao think she was trying to seduce him?

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