Chapter 219 - 217. Be Prepared To Die II

Third-person POV

Xu Tingfeng went like lightning. He arrived at the place where Shu Huatuo treated Senior Jian. He kicked open the door and rushed to Shu Huatuo with a despaired expression. Knowing things were not fine, Shu Huatuo sprinted to his operating room and prepared the tools that were necessary for the surgery.

"Put her here! And you stay beside me!" Shu Huatuo ordered Xu Tingfeng and disregarded any formalities between them.

Xu Tingfeng didn't waste any time. He quickly yet gently laid Bai Huiqing on the white-sheeted bed. The operating door burst open and revealed a middle-aged man. Xu Tingfeng growled at the man and fire almost ignited the man.

"Stop! He is my son, Bian Que, he will be assisting me in this operation." Shu Huatuo reprimanded without stopping his hands that was cleaning and examining Bai Huiqing's wound at the same time.

Shu Bian Que nodded his head towards Xu Tingfeng as a greeting since bowing took more time and they didn't have that much time. Xu Tingfeng lowered his guard and nodded back.

"Ah Que, slow the blood circulation on the brain." Shu Huatuo ordered.

(A/N: I don't know if this is medicinal accurate but since I learned some biology in high school, I know one or two things. Disclaimer: This may be inaccurate, don't do this at home.)

Shu Bian Que used his blood magic to make the flow of the blood near Bai Huiqing's head to minimize the bleeding when the arrowhead was pulled out.

"Tingfeng, increase the temperature." Shu Huatuo instructed.

With his fire Qi, Xu Tingfeng raises the room temperature without having a real fire in the room. Temperatures significantly affects the blood pressure in one's blood pressure. Lower temperatures cause one's blood vessel to narrow which increases blood pressures as more pressure is needed to force blood through the narrowed veins and arteries.

Xu Tingfeng rubbed Bai Huiqing's cold fingertips with his rough hand. His eyes never left her face even once. Shu Huatuo slowly and cautiously pulled out the arrowhead from Bai Huiqing's head after injected anesthetic around the wound.

After taking a great one and half hour of pulling out the arrowhead, Shu Huatuo sighed in relief as he dropped the arrowhead into a tray. Shu Bian Que took away the tray and helped Shu Huatuo to stitch the wound.

Seeing Bai Huiqing's breathing became more stable, Xu Tingfeng relaxed his body and finally could think rationally. Shu Huatuo took a last view on Bai Huiqing's wound before he asked Xu Tingfeng to carry her into another room.

Since Bai Huiqing just got operated, there should be someone looking over her for the first 24 hours. Shu Huatuo and Shu Bian Que were very busy with other patients and Shu Huatuo had to explain about Bai Huiqing's current condition to Xu Tingfeng before going off to treat another patient therefore Shu Bian Que's wife volunteered to stay beside Bai Huiqing since she is a woman and quite knowledgeable in medicine.

Xu Tingfeng stood in front of a counter listening to Shu Huatuo's explanation while Shu Huatuo concocting a prescription for Bai Huiqing.

"There is a bad and good news. The bad news is that Bai Huiqing lost her left eye and she won't be able to see with that eye except we implant a new eye. And thank goodness she doesn't have any noble blood in her, or else it would be extremely hard to find a suitable eye for her." Shu Huatuo explained whilst grinding the dried herb.

"The good news is?" Xu Tingfeng asked with his head lowered.

"The good thing is the arrow didn't do any damage to the brain. There is a fracture on her skull but it will heal over the time if it treated with a great care." Shu Huatuo wrapped the powder with a paper and passed it to Xu Tingfeng.

"It is better if you leave Da Qi now. And, it would be the best if you check the truth behind the broken spell yourself, since she is your precious daughter." Shu Huatuo smiled warmly and patted Xu Tingfeng's hand.

Xu Tingfeng smiled back and bowed his head to Shu Huatuo, "Yes, Uncle Shu. I don't know how to repay your kindness for helping us all these years."

"It's fine, you and your family also helped us so there is no debt between us. And I kind of miss my granddaughter thus I will visit Da Qi after I packed all of my stuff." Shu Huatuo replied with a smile.

Xu Tingfeng thanked him once again then entered Bai Huiqing's room. He stared at Bai Huiqing vacantly, his heart was filled with rage and resentment. The usual playful smile turned into a scowl.

Weisheng had promised him to protect Hong er at any cost, yet, Weisheng still failed to protect his one and only child even though Weisheng possessed a power that stronger than him.

Xu Tingfeng clenched his hand and determined to gave him a real punishment disregarding Weisheng's status as an emperor. An hour later, a few knocks were heard from the door behind him.

"Feng ge, come out for a minute." Xu Yongzheng whispered from the other side of the door.

Xu Tingfeng quietly walked out from the room and faced with covered in blood Xu Yongzheng.

"What is it?" Xu Tingfeng asked with a straight tone.

Xu Yongzheng was quite taken aback when he heard how grim Xu Tingfeng's voice was but he understood why Xu Tingfeng was like this. If he was in Xu Tingfeng's place, he would be even more hazard than Xu Tingfeng.

"Is sister-in-law fine?" Xu Yongzheng worriedly inquired.

"En," Xu Tingfeng replied with a short hum.

"That's good to hear. Now, I will discuss our current situation." The looks in Xu Yongzheng's eyes changed.

"It was too much for us to take so we fled, I am sorry. We managed to distract the rest of them though but if we don't quickly get out from here, they will find our location and we shouldn't drag Uncle Shu's family with us." Xu Yongzheng continued.

Xu Tingfeng pondered for a while before he nodded his head. "En. I will go ask Uncle Shu if we can take Qing er."

"You can. My son and my daughter-in-law will follow you to Da Qi, they could help you in case anything occurred to Huiqing during the trip." Shu Huatuo slowly walked towards them.

"What about you, Uncle Shu?" Xu Tingfeng asked with a concerned expression.

"Ahahaha, I'm fine. They won't lay a hand on me. If they do, they have to face the wrath of the whole world." Shu Huatuo said nonchalantly, yet, his eyes glinted with an unfathomable aura.

Xu Tingfeng nodded his head in agreement. Shu family had produced prodigious doctors and tons of cures to many plague and diseases across the world. Therefore, Shu family could be said the hero of the world. Furthermore, Shu Huatuo was one of the most famous prodigals in his family histories, no one dares to hurt him. They weren't tied to any country and free to roam around the world.

Yet, Shu Huatuo decided to reside at Xi An and secretly became Xu family's personal physician without even being asked to. Of course, hearing his wish, the Xu family welcomed him with open hand.

Then they noticed why Shu Huatuo persistently stayed at Xu residence. It was because of Bai Huiqing. Bai Huiqing is very proficient in making magic tools, with that in mind, he often asked Bai Huiqing to create kinds of stuff for him.

"If you say so, we will take our leave at midnight." Xu Tingfeng politely spoke to Shu Huatuo.

"En. Be careful on your way." Shu Huatuo said smilingly.