Chapter 419: We have to find Gu Qi Sha (1/2)
Chapter 419: We have to find Gu Qi Sha
The Beauty’s Blood bleeding from Baili Mingxiang’s body and the quasi-Beauty’s Blood concocted by Han Yunxi were actually…
“Completely identical!”
Han Yunxi gaped and wondered if the detox system had malfunctioned somewhere. She switched it off and restarted the system before doing a second scan, just to make sure. When the results matched the first time, she murmured indistinctly, “I’m a genius…”
Her experimental copy was actually a clone of the actual specimen. They really were completely alike. That meant the solution was simple. She didn’t even need to make any adjustments to the formula. As long as Baili Mingxiang took this antidote, everything would be resolved! Han Yunxi expelled a long sigh of relief as she looked at the woman’s still form. The weight that had been on her heart for the past six months finally fell. A result like this is probably Heaven’s mercy to Baili Mingxiang as well.
She immediately took out the antidote and prepared to put it into a needle, only to realize something important.
I haven’t taken out the Beauty’s Blood yet!
Really, she’d been too overexcited and forgotten something so crucial. If she had cured the poison just then, all their efforts would’ve been for nothing. With Long Feiye’s personality, wouldn’t he just make Baili Mingxiang re-cultivate the Beauty’s Blood all over again?
She went to open the doors and invited Long Feiye inside with General Baili, then told them what had happened. Since both the Beauty’s Blood and Baili Mingxiang’s life had been preserved, both men were very pleased.
General Baili fell to one knee and said, “Your Highness, Mingxiang didn’t disappoint you, did she?”
“When has the Baili Clan ever disappointed your lordship?” Long Feiye asked back. That was his greatest expression of conviction in General Baili’s eyes.
He hastily clasped his hands before his chest and bowed. “Many thanks to Your Highness for your trust!”
“Your Highness, how much blood do we need?” Han Yunxi murmured under her voice.
At this, General Baili took the initiative and excused himself. His daughter had suffered for years with her life on the line, but to this day, neither of them knew what the Beauty’s Blood was for. Sacrificing any life in the Baili Clan for Long Feiye’s sake was but a trifling show of loyalty.
“Unclear. There’s not much of the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion to begin with, so you can make the estimate yourself,” Long Feiye muttered back.
Beauty’s Blood, when mixed with Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, was the key to unlocking its secrets. Since Baili Mingxiang’s life was on the line, Han Yunxi didn’t think twice before pricking the woman’s finger and getting a small bottle of fresh blood. The quantity was more or less equal to that of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion.
Once that was done, Han Yunxi immediately injected Baili Mingxiang with the antidote. Thank goodness she’d done so many tests, because everything went smoothly today. The antidote required some time before it took effect, but at least Baili Mingxiang’s life was out of danger now. Han Yunxi next cleaned up her things and settled to sit by the bed and watch over her patient. Besides her, was there anyone else who felt distress for this woman’s sake?
As she studied Baili Mingxiang’s quiet face, Han Yunxi even felt a bit of anticipation. She looked forward to the moment the woman opened her eyes and found out she was fully recovered. What kind of expression will she make then? Those cool and tranquil eyes would definitely be filled with the spark of new life and all its hope! That was the greatest prize that a doctor like her could get as a reward.
Time trickled by. Han Yunxi’s detox system had been monitoring Baili Mingxiang the entire time and knew the poison in her body was getting weaker. Long Feiye was much too impatient to spend his time waiting around for some unconscious woman. Since Baili Mingxiang was out of danger now, he’d stopped worrying.
Instead, he said, “Your lordship will be waiting for you in the guest hall, come out when you’re done.”
“Heartless man!” Han Yunxi muttered to herself. Unfortunately, neither Long Feiye or General Baili heard her. The latter had accompanied him to the guest hall to discuss formal matters. But they’d hardly left the courtyard when Han Yunxi started yelling again.
“Your Highness! General Baili!”
What happened?
Long Feiye and General Baili immediately backtracked, only to see Han Yunxi holding onto the Baili Mingxiang’s hand with a pale and horrified face. This was the hand she’d pricked to get a vial of Beauty’s Blood, but the bandage binding the cut was already completely soaked and more blood was dripping from the injury.
“What’s going on?” General Baili said in alarm.
“Something’s gone wrong with her coagulation process, her blood won’t clot properly!” Han Yunxi’s voice had started to tremble. She had only noticed it after taking up Baili Mingxiang’s hand. She had only made a minor prick, so the wound should’ve stopped bleeding after she applied medicine and bandages. But after she undid the bindings, she found out there was a problem!
The so called coagulation referred to the ability of blood platelets to solidify into a gel and stop bleeding. Whenever there was an injury to the body, the platelets would undergo hemostasis and close the wound. When Han Yunxi started up the detox system, she realized that Baili Mingxiang had an abnormally low platelet count. Low platelet concentration could lead to spontaneous bleeding even when no injury was present on the body. Blood could rupture and flow beneath the skin, from the gums of the teeth, or from the nose. In severe cases, even the internal organs or the brain could start bleeding, putting the person’s life in danger.
Baili Mingxiang’s platelet count had been decreasing by the minute. If this kept on, she’d definitely suffer a critical shortage. Leaving aside the fact that she was already weakened, even a normal, healthy body would be in danger under these circumstances! Han Yunxi didn’t know why this was a side effect of the antidote, but she surmised that it had something to do with Baili Mingxiang’s high intake of poisons. Her unique constitution, combined with the Beauty’s Blood one-of-a-kind composition, could only leave residual effects that were hard to track or predict.
Under the current circumstances, it’d be impossible to figure out the origin of the deficiency, even with enough time. All they could do now was to treat the problem! Still, it was this very conundrum that was causing Han Yunxi’s voice to shake. There were four different solutions to the present emergency: 1) blood transfusion, 2) hormone therapy, 3) excising the spleen, or 4) treating the blood itself. These were all Western practices, but her hands had neither equipment or tools to accomplish the task. What was she supposed to do with only a detox system on her hands?