The Miaojiang elder spoke with an icy face, and at this moment Ye Luo felt a sudden dizziness in his head and a numb sensation in his body, his complexion changing immediately. He waved his left hand and thrust several silver needles directly into various acupoints around his body.

"So you know medical skills, too. But it’s useless. Die!"

As the Miaojiang elder let out a cold shout, he stepped forward and slammed a palm towards Ye Luo’s chest.

At this moment, Ye Luo was fully resisting the poison of the Gu insects and was unable to separate his attention to fend off the attack of the Miaojiang elder. His brows furrowed tightly, and his expression became very solemn.

Whoosh!

However, just then, a figure shot forward rapidly, appearing like lightning in front of Ye Luo and with a wave of a hand, blocked the assailant’s figure.

"Nie Yuntian!"

The Miaojiang elder’s eyes narrowed at the sight of this suddenly appearing figure, emitting a sharp cold light.

The one who had appeared in front of Ye Luo and blocked that critical strike for him was none other than Nie Yuntian.

"You’re one of the Second Elder’s men, right? The Gu insect on my daughter, you placed it there, didn’t you?"

Nie Yuntian said somberly, his face looking extremely grave.

"Hmph, Nie Yuntian, all of this is your retribution. If you hadn’t done what you did back then, your daughter wouldn’t have encountered such a calamity. The only person to blame is they have you for a father," the Miaojiang elder said coldly.

"After all this time, does the Second Elder still need to act against me like this?"

Nie Yuntian’s face was dark, his eyes revealing a trace of sadness and pain.

"Hmph, back then you caused the Second Elder to lose her only daughter. Do you think that what you did back then was enough? Let me tell you, the Second Elder said she wanted you to taste what it’s like to lose a daughter as well," the Miaojiang elder said icily, radiating a chilling aura.

"Hmph, no matter what, I will not let anything happen to my daughter."

Nie Yuntian’s face tensed up, his eyes flashing sharply as he charged at the Miaojiang elder, his hands turning into palm strikes as he launched a series of attacks.

As the leader of the Yuntian Gang in the Southern District of Zhonghai, Nie Yuntian’s strength had reached the brink of the Innate Realm for several years, dedicating decades to the martial path. His martial arts skills were formidable, locked in fierce combat with the elder.

The two exchanged blows, with punches and kicks thundering, causing ripples of powerful energy to spread out as if they had forgotten about another person, Ye Luo, entirely.

Meanwhile, Ye Luo sat cross-legged on the ground, his body pierced with dozens of silver needles, enveloped in a faint yellow glow as he expelled both the poison of the Gu insect and the toxins it released.

The poison fed to the Gu insect was indeed formidable; despite Ye Luo’s strength and medical skills, which allowed him to counteract even the most potent poisons in moments, the Gu insect’s poison from Miaojiang took him tens of minutes.

"Come out!"

Following a loud shout from Ye Luo, the Gu insect was forced into the palm of his hand, and with a surge of True Qi, a bloody hole reappeared in his hand from which the Gu insect shot out, instantly exterminated by Ye Luo.

As True Qi circulated through Ye Luo’s body, the silver needles emitted a series of humming sounds and then shot out all at once. Ye Luo spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, a dark, poisonous blood.

After expelling the toxic blood, Ye Luo’s complexion immediately returned to normal, the toxins in his body completely neutralized.

"Damn, that poison was really tricky; I almost stumbled," Ye Luo grumbled angrily, and then he sprang to his feet, his eyes fixing on the Miaojiang elder with an angry expression.

"You damned bastard, I’ll make sure to teach you a good lesson!"

"How is this possible?"

Watching Ye Luo jump up unharmed, the Miaojiang elder wore a bewildered expression with his eyes wide open, revealing a face full of shock.

Seeing Ye Luo attack him, his face immediately changed.

Although his strength was formidable, he was just short of reaching the Innate Realm. With this young man around, he couldn’t unleash his gu techniques and certainly couldn’t withstand the joint attack of two half-step Innate Realm experts. So, while he and Nie Yuntian were both forced to retreat from the clash, he waved a hand, and dozens more gu insects burst forth.

Ye Luo and Nie Yuntian swung their True Qi, annihilating all the gu insects, while their opponent took the opportunity to flash his body and jump directly out from above the courtyard wall, disappearing from sight.

"Hmph, let him run away. Otherwise, I would have made sure he tasted his own poison."

Ye Luo said coldly with a snort.

"Ye Luo, are you alright?"

Nie Yuntian’s gaze turned toward Ye Luo as he spoke.

"Uncle Nie, don’t worry, I’m fine. To think such a small amount of poison would kill me, that would truly be an insult to my title as a Divine Doctor," Ye Luo said with a slight upturn of his mouth, smiling.

"It’s a relief that you’re okay. You’ve saved my two daughters’ lives again. I really don’t know how to thank you enough."

Nie Yuntian looked at Ye Luo, his eyes filled with immense gratitude.

"No need to be so polite. Your daughters are as beautiful as flowers and so young. It would have been a real pity had they died. As a doctor, I still have some responsibility," Ye Luo said.

"But it seems that all this business with the gu insects was triggered by you, wasn’t it, Uncle Nie?" Ye Luo said, looking at Nie Yuntian with a smile that was not quite a smile.

"Ah..."

Nie Yuntian let out a deep sigh, his voice laden with endless desolation and his eyes flickering with complex emotions; there was obviously a lot more to the story.

"All of this is indeed my fault. It’s because of me that my two daughters have had to endure such hardships today. I have failed them," he said.

"Uncle Nie, don’t say that. I know how much you care about the two sisters. However, from the looks of it, the people from Miaojiang are not going to let things slide so easily."

"Don’t worry. I will find a way to resolve this. Since I am the one who made the mistake, I will take full responsibility and ensure that Wen Yu and Wen Ling won’t be harmed again."

Soon, the two of them left the place and returned to Nie Yuntian’s villa.

"You two are alright now?"

When Ye Luo arrived at the room, he saw both Nie Wenyu and Nie Wenling sitting up, their complexions gradually recovering, and it seemed that there was nothing seriously wrong.

"How are you feeling now?"

Ye Luo asked the two women.

"I feel like I’ve come back from the dead," Nie Wenling said, pouting and speaking in a delicate voice.

"If it weren’t for me, the two of you would indeed be dead and gone to Hell," Ye Luo said.

"Ye Luo, thank you. You’ve saved me once again, and my sister too," Nie Wenyu said with a serene expression, looking at Ye Luo with a touch of sincerity.

"Haha, for the sake of such a beautiful woman’s face, I couldn’t let you die. That would have been a waste of heavenly gifts," Ye Luo joked.

"So you mean to say I’m not a great beauty?"