Chapter 10: The Fever Subsides (1/2)

Chapter Ten: The Fever Subsides

Soaked in the water, the unconscious Nie Tian’s exposed skin turned red and kept growing darker.

BLUB BLUB.

One by one, bubbles floated to the water surface before they burst and let out a light green mist.

The whole room gradually filled with a medicinal aroma. The surface of the boiling water also shone with a strange green luster under the flickering candlelight.

“Ugh…” Nie Tian unconsciously groaned in the boiling water. It seemed that pores all over his body were being forcibly opened up and greedily sucking in the medicine in the water.

Unexpectedly, his body, stronger than a normal child’s, bulked up gradually as if it were being inflated with air.

CRACK! CRACK!

Strange sounds came from his bones and internal organs. It almost seemed like his whole body was cheering and shouting.

Next, Hua Mu created a faint, flickering shield, in the shape of a sphere that enveloped Nie Tian and the barrel, with himself at the center.

“Ow!”

Nie Tian couldn’t help but start screaming out loud. However, his sharp cries seemed unable to penetrate that layer of light.

Ripples could be seen on the shield, as if it was a liquid surface. The shield had blocked all forms of sounds, and as a result, Nie Donghai and Nie Qian didn’t notice a thing, despite being just outside of the room.

Hua Mu stared at Nie Tian attentively, with an expression of both excitement and respect. His focused eyes seemed like two balls of green, ghostly fire.

ZZZZZLA!

Traces of colorful lights kept entering and exiting Nie Tian’s pores. Nie Tian continued to cry out as the murky water slowly turned clear.

It was as if all the precious medicine Hua Mu poured into the water had been absorbed by Nie Tian, through his pores and into his blood and flesh.

As the water cleared up, Nie Tian’s temperature also gradually cooled down.

After a while, Nie Tian’s body gradually stopped aching and he no longer screamed out in pain. Meanwhile, the faint shield created by Hua Mu turned into streams of light that flew back into Hua Mu’s body and disappeared.

The boiling water also became calm. Nie Tian, after being in a coma for three days, finally opened his eyes. The fever was gone.

At that moment, the strange light in Hua Mu’s eyes vanished.

He knelt down next to Nie Tian and calmly said, “I am Hua Mu. I’m here to cure your fever at your grandfather’s request.”

Nie Tian had yet to recover his thoughts. He only blankly asked, “How long did my fever last?”

“Three days,” Hua Mu replied calmly.

“Three days!” Nie Tian turned pale with fear. He grabbed onto the sides of the barrel in order to leap out of it.

KAH CHA!

The sturdy wooden barrel couldn’t withstand his power and shattered into pieces.

WHOOOOSH!

Water splashed all over, startling Nie Tian, who then watched all the fragments of the wooden barrel scatter everywhere.

Hua Mu remained calm, as if he knew this would happen. Voice cool, he said, “Your special disease is not completely cured yet. You will have to continue to bathe in my medicine for six more days.”

Nie Tian lifted his hands and randomly stretched his arms. Instantly, he felt he could draw much more power from his body than before.

“I feel great,” Nie Tian said nonchalantly. “I don’t think I’m going to have another fever.”

“I’m the doctor here,” Hua Mu said in tone that offered no argument. “I cured your special disease after everyone else failed. So believe me when I say that you have to continue the treatment!”