Chapter 20: Marrow-Extracting Pill

Having left the cliff for quite a distance, he could still faintly hear their arguing. As for how these people would handle the dispute between Wang Dapang and Zhang Zhanggui, Han Li wouldn't care anymore.

Thinking of Jin Dongbao standing in place, stunned, he couldn't help but want to laugh. He felt his mood become very relaxed, no longer having the depressed feeling he had in the valley.

He walked out of the pine forest and headed towards a more remote place. After walking a distance at will, a small, thin stream appeared before his eyes.

Han Li looked up at the scorching sun in the sky and then looked down at the clear water flowing slowly in the stream, thinking that washing up in the stream was a good idea.

When he bent down and just inserted his hands into the cool stream water, bursts of painful groans came from upstream.

Han Li was very surprised; there were people in such a remote place.

He followed the groans and searched upstream. A person wearing inner sect disciple attire was lying face down on the side of the stream, his body twitching non-stop, and his limbs trembling uncontrollably.

Han Li saw at a glance that this disciple was suffering from an acute illness. If he didn't help, he was afraid there would be a danger to his life.

He rushed over in one stride, took out a sandalwood box from his bosom, opened it, took out silver needles that were shining, and cleanly and nimbly stuck them into the acupuncture points on this person's back.

He quickly finished sticking the acupuncture points on the back, turned the person's whole body over, and prepared to stick the acupuncture points on the chest.

Once turned over, this person's face was revealed. Han Li gasped. This person whose life was in danger was clearly the "Senior Brother Li" who had just shown off his power on the cliff.

Han Li was stunned for a moment and then carefully observed the face he had seen not long ago.

At this moment, Senior Brother Li no longer had the dashing look of having just defeated his opponent and being invincible. His originally cold face was twisted into a ball due to pain, and white foam was constantly flowing from the corners of his mouth. It was very clear that this Senior Brother Li was already delirious from pain.

Han Li regained his composure, pondered for a moment, and suddenly used the silver needles in his hand to stick them into his body like flowing water. He stuck dozens of needles continuously. When he finished the last needle, Han Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long breath. This silver needle emergency method was also a not-so-small burden for him.

When Senior Brother Li's whole body was covered with silver needles, he finally woke up and regained his sanity.

"You are..." He tried hard to say something, but he lacked the strength and couldn't spit out the following words.

"I am from the God Hand Valley. Don't talk anymore, recover your strength first. I can only save you for this moment. Your illness is very strange; I estimate only Doctor Mo can save you. It's a pity he is no longer on the mountain." Han Li took Senior Brother Li's pulse and frowned.

"Medicine... in..." Senior Brother Li's face became anxious, his lips trembled a few times, and he wanted to lift his arm to say something, but he didn't succeed.

"You have medicine to treat your illness on you?" Han Li immediately understood his meaning and asked back, guessing.

"En—" Senior Brother Li saw that he understood his meaning, relaxed his expression, and nodded with difficulty.

Han Li didn't stand on ceremony and searched his body, finding many sundries. Among them, a small white jade bottle was picked out by him. This bottle was so precious and sealed so well; it must be the thing he was looking for.

He picked up the bottle and looked back at Senior Brother Li's expression. Sure enough, he was full of joy, blinking his eyelids desperately.

Han Li opened the bottle cap. Unexpectedly, no medicinal fragrance drifted out; instead, a thick, fishy stench rushed towards him from the bottle.

Once Han Li smelled this odor, his face became very ugly. He carefully poured out a pink pill from inside. This pill was so pink and cute, yet it emitted such an unpleasant odor; it was truly unbelievable.

"Is it this pill?" Han Li's face returned to calm.

Senior Brother Li was so anxious that he couldn't speak and could only blink his eyelids.

"Marrow-Extracting Pill, made from twenty-three rare items such as He Lan, Scorpion Tail Flower, Hundred-Year Blue Ant Eggs, etc. After the medicine is made, the appearance is pink, and it has a strange fishy stench. After taking it, it can greatly overdraw the body's potential, using the future lifespan to improve the ability of the person taking the medicine. Is what I said correct?"

Han Li looked coldly at Senior Brother Li and said the above words word by word, with an unquestionable tone.

Once Senior Brother Li heard Han Li's words, his face immediately became pale, without any blood color, and a look of panic appeared.

"Once this medicine is taken, it must be taken again after a period of time, and one must endure the inhuman pain of cramping and marrow-sucking. If not taken, at best, one will be paralyzed, and at worst, one will lose one's life. And even if taken on time every time, within ten years after the first use, one will definitely lose one's life due to overdrawing one's life." Han Li didn't stop and continued to say.

"Don't tell me that the pill in my hand is not the Marrow-Extracting Pill." Han Li paused while speaking.

Hearing this, Senior Brother Li already had a look of despair on his face as if his bottom line had been exposed, but in his eyes, there was still a feeling of being unable to imagine and being extremely surprised.

"Are you very surprised? This kind of pill is very rare; how could I recognize it?" Han Li saw the doubt in his heart, changed the subject, and talked about himself.

"Actually, it's very simple. I have also taken one such pill."

Han Li's words were shocking, leaving Senior Brother Li completely stunned, but then he showed an expression of disbelief.

"The way I took this medicine is different from you. I only took one pill in total, and I divided it into ten parts, taking it ten times. Each time I used it as a medicinal guide for other medicines, so there were no side effects that harmed the body. Because the appearance of this pill is so different from the odor it emits, I have a very deep impression of this medicine. I always thought that apart from the pill I took, there shouldn't be anyone in the world who would really take this secret medicine. I didn't expect there to be one in our sect."

After saying these words, Han Li looked at Senior Brother Li with a gaze that was both admiring and pitiful.

Senior Brother Li was unwilling to meet Han Li's gaze and closed his eyes gently, but his chest heaved, indicating that his mood was very chaotic.

"You have been taking this medicine for several years, right? If you don't take this pill now, I can ask Doctor Mo to help you prepare another secret medicine. Although it can't recover your entire lifespan, it's still possible to let you live for another twenty or thirty years. However, your martial arts won't be able to be kept. If you continue to take this pill, judging from your situation today, you can live at most another five or six years. Of course, in these few years, your martial arts will progress faster and faster, much faster than your current progress speed. Since you dare to take this secret medicine, you must be a firm and decisive person. You should make your own decision about your body. Will you take this pill or throw it away?"

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