CHAPTER 760: CHAPTER 760 SPECIAL TREATMENT

Without Inner Strength, unable to call for help, and imprisoned by a great beauty, what a bizarre situation Ye Shikai was in. It could be said that he was in a predicament where his cries for help were ignored by both heaven and earth. The place was clearly fully sealed; there was absolutely no possibility of escaping. As such, he could only wait like a prisoner, confined in this place.

Dugu Tianke probably knew all this, but why would he also help that woman demon? Could it be that they were villains? Ye Shikai pondered for a moment—it didn’t seem so. Although the old saying goes, "You can’t judge a book by its cover," Ye Shikai felt that Dugu Tianke was definitely not a bad person. Moreover, a highly skilled person like him, if he truly intended to harm Ye Shikai, why would he need to go to such great lengths?

"Let me out," Ye Shikai made one last attempt. The other side was as quiet as the wilderness. Through the crack in the door, Ye Shikai could even hear the wind outside. Well, his last attempt had failed too.

"She really is a witch," Ye Shikai grumbled as if venting his anger, and shouted at the iron door, "Know you’re wrong now, huh? Lucky you ran fast..." Originally, Ye Shikai wanted to shout ’if you have the ability, come fight me one-on-one’, but considering the vast difference in their strengths, he thought better of it. The toxicity of that poisonous insect was indeed torturous.

Since he couldn’t leave, Ye Shikai had nothing to do but carefully observe the interior of the room. He had to admit, the room was indeed beautifully decorated. There were ornamental plants and tidy bed linens—other than the iron bars on the window which were oppressive to the heart, everything else was quite good.

"There’s even a clock here." Ye Shikai checked the time; it was seven in the evening, but he had no idea which day’s seven o’clock it was. He hadn’t fallen unconscious for several days again, had he...

It would be nice if it were a digital clock.

Ye Shikai crossed his legs, trying to circulate his Inner Strength. He didn’t believe his Dantian could be completely sealed off. Speaking of which, the Worm Sect was indeed formidable. Not only proficient in Worm Poison, they also had a certain level of expertise in medicine. But that was not surprising, physicians, Gu Masters, poison masters—they fundamentally fall into the same category, each with their own specialization.

Ye Shikai couldn’t tell how much time had passed, but at last, he felt a trace of Inner Strength wandering in his meridians. Before, he had failed seventeen times, each attempt dissipating as soon as it was mobilized in his meridians. This time, he finally managed to retain a thread of Inner Strength.

Thump, thump, thump.

At this moment, a knocking sound came from the ground outside. Ye Shikai, with his keen hearing, quickly retracted his Inner Strength and lay on the bed, wrapping his body tightly with the quilt.

Creak.

The door was opened.

"Oh, acting like a petulant child now, are you?" A woman’s cold and mocking voice reached his ears. Ye Shikai was all too familiar with it—it was that life-stealing witch. What did she want to do now? Ye Shikai was not foolish. Right now, he was without Inner Strength; even if he took advantage of her unawares and made a run for it, he probably wouldn’t make it to the door before being caught by her.

"Aren’t you getting up?" Seeing that Ye Shikai remained motionless, the woman walked forward and flipped the quilt off.

"Hey, are you mistaken?" Ye Shikai wanted to curse at her for indecency. What if he had the habit of sleeping naked—wouldn’t she have seen everything...

"Finally speaking, are we?" The woman showed no embarrassment as she set down a plate in her hand, which had a bowl of rice, a dish of greens, and some lean meat.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Ye Shikai simply lay back on the bed. Perhaps it was indeed true, as the old saying goes, the more beautiful the woman, the more inscrutable; the more powerful the person, the more impenetrable. And a powerful woman—that was simply an enigma.

"Ha ha, you’re not thinking that I still want to kill you, are you?" The woman suddenly laughed. "If I really wanted to kill you, why would I bother saving you?"

"If saving me was troublesome for you, why would you have stabbed me with a knife? It’s like having too much time on your hands. With how ferocious you are, let’s see how you’ll ever get married..." Ye Shikai muttered his complaints under his breath.

"What did you say? Say it again." The woman’s gaze turned cold, seeming to have heard Ye Shikai’s complaint.

Shhh—

Ye Shikai turned his head away and whistled to himself...

"Or do you still think that I’m not trustworthy?" The woman’s expression turned cold again. "As the Sect Leader of the Worm Sect, my word is as good as gold."

"Fine then, let me go now." Upon hearing this, Ye Shikai spoke firmly.

"Don’t forget our bet," the woman suddenly said. "If you can withstand three moves, I’ll help you cure the poison, right?"

"Yeah." Ye Shikai nodded naively and foolishly.

"Right, since that’s the case, if I’m supposed to cure you of the Worm Poison, then naturally I need to keep you here until it’s removed," the woman stated matter-of-factly, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"This... I’ve thought about it, maybe let’s just forget it, you let me go..."

"No, my word is as good as gold. If I say I’ll cure, I will cure." The woman cut Ye Shikai off before he could finish, speaking resolutely. Ye Shikai suddenly had a very bad feeling.

"So, as long as you’re not cured of the poison, you can’t leave."

"Ah..." Ye Shikai couldn’t help but exclaim in shock, having never heard of such a thing – a doctor actually forcibly detaining a patient, what kind of madness was this?

"Cough cough, so can you cure the poison now?" Ye Shikai thought it over; even though this witch was detestable and seemed to be "torturing" him all the time, since she could cure the Single Love Poisonous Insect, he still needed her help.

"Can’t."

"Aren’t you the Sect Leader of the Worm Sect? Why can’t you?" Ye Shikai felt deflated, like a punctured ball.

"I am the Sect Leader of the Worm Sect, but I’m not a deity," the woman said coolly. "Anyway, I’ve decided that unless you’re cured of the poison, you’re not allowed to leave this room for a single step; I’ve sealed your Inner Strength to prevent you from running away."

"What if you can never cure it?" Ye Shikai broke out into a cold sweat. This woman must be insane; perhaps she’s using it as an excuse to imprison him.

"What do you think?" A bizarre light flickered in the woman’s eyes as her lips slightly curled up.

"No way, I want to leave now."

"Keep dreaming. Sit tight; I’m going to cure you." The woman stepped forward and pressed several of Ye Shikai’s acupoints, making his body instantly go limp.

"First, I’ll use acupuncture to suppress the formation of the Worm," she said, taking out several silver needles from a small box and "throwing" them, piercing several of Ye Shikai’s acupoints.

"It hurts..."

Half an hour later.

After Ye Shikai had endured this "torture," he was panting heavily. This life-stealing witch was simply relentless with her hands, but after the treatment, Ye Shikai indeed felt his blood and qi flowing much more smoothly.

"You must be hungry by now, have some food first," the woman pointed to the food on the table and said indifferently.