Seeing Doctor Ye carrying Huo Wen’an back into the house, Sister Linlin was startled. "Miss Xu, what’s wrong with Mr. Huo?"

How long has it been since I last saw him, Mr. Huo looks much thinner again?

"He’s caught a fever." Xu Xingguang instructed Sister Linlin to boil water as she and Ye Mingluo placed Huo Wen’an on the bed.

Ye Mingluo asked Xu Xingguang, "Should we give him medicine?"

"No need."

"He could die from the fever." In Ye Minglu’s view, Huo Wen’an’s condition was more severe than any previous instance. "All his organs have almost failed; his body can’t withstand a high fever."

"Let him burn." Xu Xingguang calmly said, "The virus in his body is recklessly invading, but what we need to do is not suppress it, but let it explode."

Ye Mingluo was completely baffled.

But then he thought of Xu Xingguang as the Medicine Farmer Star, a powerful master, and had to convince himself to trust Xu Xingguang.

Ye Mingluo asked Xu Xingguang humbly, "Why wait for the virus to explode? If the virus explodes, A Zui will die."

Xu Xingguang asked Ye Mingluo, "Have you ever swatted summer mosquitoes?"

This question was so far-fetched that Ye Mingluo paused before replying, "I often did as a child."

Xu Xingguang asked again, "Is it easier to swat mosquitoes one by one, or is it more efficient to take out a whole nest?"

"Of course, wiping out the whole nest is more efficient." Upon answering, Ye Mingluo immediately grasped Xu Xingguang’s intention.

"So, Master has been waiting for this moment!" Ye Mingluo spoke to himself, "The virus in A Zui’s body is latent; what we have to do is wait for it to fully explode, and when the virus becomes arrogant, we give it a fatal blow!"

Ye Mingluo gazed at Xu Xingguang with eyes full of admiration, praising, "You truly deserve to be my master, Xu Xingguang!"

It’s unclear who exactly he was praising.

"Whether he can endure, it depends on his own willpower." Xu Xingguang told Ye Mingluo to stay here with Huo Wen’an, as she had other matters to attend to.

Sister Linlin’s boiled water was ready.

Xu Xingguang tossed the captured Earth Dragon into the boiling water pot and covered it tightly with a glass lid.

Sister Linlin stared curiously at the bizarre creature bouncing around in the boiling water, asking, "What is this thing? An eight-legged snake?"

After speaking, Sister Linlin perplexedly said, "Is there such a thing as an eight-legged snake?"

"Yes." Xu Xingguang humored Sister Linlin, "This is an eight-legged snake."

Sister Linlin was skeptical. "Then I really am ignorant." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

The Earth Dragon, fond of cold, struggled only for a few minutes after being thrown into boiling water before losing its vitality. Once dead, its body again became transparent.

Xu Xingguang fished out the Earth Dragon, placed it on a jade plate, and took it out to the courtyard to dry in the sunlight.

Huo Wuyi gazed at the plate, seemingly wanting a taste.

Xu Xingguang knocked on Huo Wuyi’s head, warning, "If you dare to eat this, I’ll dry you up, grind you into powder, and make Huo Wen’an drink it."

Huo Wuyi understood and promptly ran back to its own den.

In the following days, Xu Xingguang kept herself locked in her small courtyard processing other herbs, preparing to make Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills.

Four days later, the Earth Dragon was dried by the sun until it crumbled at a touch.

Xu Xingguang ground the Earth Dragon into powder, merged it with the prepared medicinal powder, and added a few drops of An Shen Wood Resin. She rolled them into five peppermint-like pills, placing them in a specially crafted box.

By then, Huo Wen’an had burned into a daze.

He alternated between chills and heat. Shivering when cold, his skin slightly reddening when hot.

Ye Mingluo watched beside him, his eyes turning red.

He sat by the bed encouraging Huo Wen’an, "A Zui, you’ve barely made it this far, met a girl you like, you can’t give up halfway."

"Besides, Huo Xin that fool might still be alive, still trying to find the way home. If you die, Huo Xin will truly be an orphan."

"Right, when I left Divine Concealment Island, I saw Mrs. Huo. She heard you went into the No-man District, had no interest in vacationing anymore, and rushed back to Divine Concealment Island. Now, she’s likely already vying with your siblings for the heir position, with your younger brother."

"A Zui, you..."

Ye Mingluo spoke and realized Huo Wen’an’s body temperature was rapidly dropping.

It was an abnormal cold.

Like...

Like the last warmth escaping a person who just stopped breathing.