Volume 3, Chapter 176 – Insufficient Dosage!

Surprise flashed across Chi Xiyan’s face.

As half a sword cultivator herself, she had naturally heard of the grievances between the sword sects and the fox demon clan.

To be fair, among the four great demon realm clans, the fox clan had the lightest reputation for evil compared to the others in the eyes of most humans.

Compared to the dragon clan’s mystery, the tiger clan’s ferocity, and the wolf clan’s cruelty, the cunning fox clan was instead known for their beauty.

This was quite an interesting phenomenon. Clearly, the hundred clans of the demon realm had always been mortal enemies of humanity since ancient times.

Yet among these hundred clans, people alone harbored little ill feeling toward fox demons. There were even many romantic tales of affairs with fox demons circulating in the world.

From what Chi Xiyan herself knew, many family disciples wanted to keep fox demon concubines in their back courtyards.

However, contact with demon clans was a serious crime, and no one dared do this openly.

Even for prestigious families, coming into contact with fox demons wasn’t an easy matter.

For instance, Chi Xiyan had never seen a fox demon. Her understanding of fox demons came entirely from hearsay. Moreover, she didn’t care much about this.

Rumors said fox demons existed in Five Immortals House, but these rumors had never been verified.

“Her Majesty the Empress has already agreed to the Seven Sword Sects’ request. Soon, she will have the Demon Suppression Bureau work together with sword sect disciples to conduct a nationwide investigation.”

“If any fox clan spies are discovered, they are to be killed without question!”

“Anyone caught privately harboring fox demons will be charged with treason!”

“This time, the Seven Sword Sects and Her Majesty the Empress are serious!”

Chi Xiyan listened for a while.

She roughly understood what had happened. The Seven Sword Sects and the Human Empress were going to thoroughly investigate and eliminate fox clan spies, though this had nothing to do with Chi Xiyan. She didn’t know any fox demons.

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At this thought, Chi Xiyan let out a soft laugh and turned to board the prepared carriage.

Within the commandery city, cultivators were forbidden to fly or casually use teleportation techniques.

For family young ladies like Chi Xiyan, they could only obediently ride carriages within the commandery city.

By the time Chi Xiyan arrived at Yu Lizhi’s residence, half an hour had already passed.

“Zhizhi.” Chi Xiyan lifted the curtain of the carriage window. “How is your mother’s condition? Nothing unexpected has happened, right?”

Lu Zhuxin was sitting in the courtyard. She looked at Chi Xiyan’s carriage curiously, then shook her head. “No, she’s the same as yesterday. She still hasn’t woken up.”

Chi Xiyan pondered for a moment. “Your mother’s body is too weak. It will be difficult for her to wake up in a short time.”

“Today, bring her with you and come with me to stay at a manor nearby.”

“When the time is right… I’ll bring you back to the Chi family.”

Lu Zhuxin had no objections to this.

The manor Chi Xiyan found for Lu Zhuxin wasn’t far. By carriage, they reached their destination in just half an hour.

As soon as she got off the carriage, Lu Zhuxin saw a group of farmhands already gathered at the manor’s entrance.

“Young Lady!” The lead farmhand, a burly man, bowed respectfully to Chi Xiyan.

Lu Zhuxin noticed that although this man was a farmhand, his vital energy was restrained and his muscles powerful. At first glance, he was clearly a trained fighter.

Wait… something’s not right.

Lu Zhuxin swept him with her spiritual consciousness and discovered the truth.

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This was a cultivator, a body cultivator. His powerful muscles and blood qi concealed his spiritual energy.

Lu Zhuxin had to use her spiritual consciousness to perceive this person’s cultivation level.

A body cultivator at the peak of the Fifth Realm. Such cultivation was already quite rare, and would be considered a pillar of support in some smaller factions.

Why would such a powerful person hide in a small manor as a farmhand?

Lu Zhuxin looked at the others. Besides this Fifth Realm peak body cultivator in the lead, the others were also cultivators with spiritual energy, though their cultivation levels varied.

Considering that Chi Xiyan had brought Lu Zhuxin to this place, these people should be the team Chi Xiyan had recruited, her own personal force.

It seems Chi Xiyan really trusts Yu Lizhi.

Or perhaps she trusts that dao contract?

Chi Xiyan looked toward the Fifth Realm peak body cultivator disguised as a farmhand. “Lin Xiu, the room I asked you to prepare earlier, is it ready?”

“Young Lady, it’s ready,” answered the Fifth Realm body cultivator named Lin Xiu.

At the same time, his gaze also discreetly swept toward Lu Zhuxin behind Chi Xiyan.

Lu Zhuxin noticed his attention. She calmly carried the old woman down from the carriage.

Lin Xiu’s gaze lingered on Lu Zhuxin for only an instant before moving away. He looked back at Chi Xiyan.

“Young Lady, please follow me.”

The courtyard Lin Xiu had prepared for Yu Lizhi was in the very center of the entire manor.

This location was the safest position in the entire manor. All paths around the courtyard were under the surveillance of guard posts.

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Not even a fly could get in.

Chi Xiyan really was protecting her very tightly.

However, this way, even if Lu Zhuxin wanted to leave, she couldn’t escape the eyes of those guard posts.

Was this protection or surveillance?

Lu Zhuxin smiled inwardly.

The environment of the central courtyard was excellent. Clearly, it was prepared for the master’s household.

Lu Zhuxin placed the old woman on the large bed in the room.

Chi Xiyan then took out the precious medicinal materials she had brought from the Chi family.

“These medicinal materials… are very precious, but with their nourishment, your mother’s body will recover much faster than before.”

“Mm, mm.” Lu Zhuxin nodded quickly.

Chi Xiyan extended her hand and, through a handkerchief, began to take the old woman’s pulse.

“Oh…” Her brow furrowed slightly.

The old woman’s physical strength had not recovered to the level she had expected.

If things continued at this pace, the time she would wake up would be much later than before.

The black-haired country girl noticed the abnormality on Chi Xiyan’s face. She hurriedly asked, “What’s wrong, Sister Chi? Is there another problem with her body?”

“Not at all.” Chi Xiyan shook her head. “It’s just that her body’s recovery differs from what I expected.”

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“Strange… is it because the previous dosage was too small?”

Chi Xiyan couldn’t figure out the reason.

Was it a problem with the medicine, or had her diagnosis been wrong?

Or perhaps… this old woman hadn’t taken the medicine according to the dosage she had given.

At this thought, Chi Xiyan asked Lu Zhuxin, “Zhizhi, the medicine I gave you yesterday, did you have your mother take all of it?”

Lu Zhuxin blinked her eyes and nodded vigorously. “Of course, I completely followed Sister Chi’s instructions and had my mother dissolve the entire pill in water and drink it all.”

“That shouldn’t be…” Chi Xiyan murmured quietly. “Could my estimate really have been wrong?”

Yu Lizhi cared so much about her mother. She was even willing to sell herself to Five Immortals House for her mother’s sake. She shouldn’t possibly lie about something like this.

That pill was refined by Chi Xiyan herself, so there shouldn’t be any problem with it either.

Thinking it over, the only thing Chi Xiyan could think of was that her previous estimate had been wrong.

She let out a soft sigh.

“In that case, I can only increase the dosage.”

“I was previously worried the medicine’s properties were too strong, and a weak body couldn’t handle the nourishment, which would cause harm instead.”

Excessive medicine was no different from poison.

Chi Xiyan had previously considered this woman’s body too weak, which was why she had adopted a conservative approach.

Now it seemed she had indeed been too conservative.