Chapter 21: Vicious Methods

Sunlight outside the house spilled onto Su Xueyan's face, and her originally pale cheeks gradually flushed with a rosy hue.

The palms that had been cold before now grew warm, and even her breathing steadied considerably compared to earlier.

Jiang Feng watched the white frost on her body thin out bit by bit, and silently nodded to himself.

The Spiritual Energy of the Xuan Warm Jade Essence proved effective; at this rate, this treatment can at least eradicate sixty percent of the Cold Poison.

But at that moment, Su Xueyan suddenly trembled all over.

She snapped her eyes open, a harrowing scream issuing from her throat: "Ah! It hurts so much!"

Jiang Feng's heart tightened, and he quickly withdrew his hand from the Xuan Warm Jade Essence.

Just as he was about to ask, he saw Su Xueyan clutching her chest and violently coughing up a mouthful of blood.

The blood was not red at all, but tinged with a strange icy blue.

It fell onto the floor and instantly solidified into tiny shards of ice, as if the surrounding air had cooled by several degrees.

Xue Yan!

Jiang Feng hurriedly steadied her teetering body, placed his fingers on her pulse, and his complexion darkened instantly.

Her pulse was rapid and erratic, like a string being plucked wildly.

The Cold Poison that had been suppressed earlier not only hadn't receded, but roamed wildly inside her as if maddened, even fiercer than before the treatment!

Downstairs, Su Ruiqing and Sun Boyong heard the scream, were terrified to the point of losing their souls, and scrambled up the stairs.

They pushed open the bedroom door and saw the icy blue blood clots on the floor.

Xue Yan! My good granddaughter! What's wrong with you?

Su Ruiqing lunged to the bedside, his trembling hands reaching to touch Su Xueyan.

But the next instant, the cold aura erupting from Su Xueyan made him shiver solidly!

Mr. Jiang, what on earth is happening? Wasn't she fine a moment ago? How did she suddenly start coughing blood?

Sun Boyong also hurried over, pulling out a silver needle he always carried, intending to help.

But upon seeing the icy blue blood clots, his hand froze: "This… what's going on? How can the Cold Poison rebound so violently?"

He had practiced medicine for decades, having encountered countless baffling cases.

Yet Su Xueyan's current condition was his first encounter with anything like it; even ancient texts had no record.

Jiang Feng remained unflustered, his fingers still resting on Su Xueyan's pulse.

He furrowed his brows, carefully sensing the movement of the Cold Poison within her; after a while he spoke slowly, his voice a few tones deeper than usual: "Su Lao, Divine Physician Sun, don't rush. Xue Yan's Cold Poison may not have come from a wind‑cold infection."

How could that be?

Su Ruiqing was startled: "How could it be? Xue Yan fell into the back‑mountain's Han Tan when she was a child, and ever since she's had Cold Poison. Isn't it because of a wind‑cold infection?"

Jiang Feng shook his head, a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

"Earlier, when I forced the Cold Poison with the Spiritual Energy of the Xuan Warm Jade Essence, I sensed the root of the poison in her body entwined with an aura that isn't hers."

"Someone must have deliberately used a special technique to seed the Cold Poison into her body. It has grown with her for over a decade, already intertwined with her destiny; when I disturbed its root just now, it began to backfire, seeking to perish together with Xue Yan."

Deliberately implanted?

Su Ruiqing's complexion turned iron‑blue instantly, his teeth chattering.

Who? Who could be so ruthless! To lay such a poisonous hand on my granddaughter!

Thinking of his granddaughter enduring the Cold Poison's torment for years, only to have someone deliberately cause it, his heart ached as if cut by a knife, and even his voice trembled.

Sun Boyong was also stunned, his mouth opening and closing for a long moment without a word.

"Planting Cold Poison with a technique? And it can intertwine with destiny? This… this is too mysterious! I've never heard of such a thing in my life!"

"Mysterious, but it's real."

Jiang Feng withdrew his hand and tucked the quilt over Su Xueyan.

"If I hadn't forced it to the root with the Xuan Warm Jade Essence this time, I wouldn't have discovered it. Still, don't worry too much; this Cold Poison, though vicious, has a weakness. It relies on Xue Yan's body to survive, so it won't truly kill her—the earlier backlash was merely its self‑defense."

Su Ruiqing finally exhaled a sigh of relief, but still asked anxiously.

"What do we do now? We can't let this Cold Poison stay entwined with Xue Yan forever, can we? If it backfires again, what if Xue Yan can't endure it?"

Jiang Feng pondered briefly, then said: "Earlier I used the Spiritual Energy of the Xuan Warm Jade Essence to temporarily suppress the Cold Poison, preventing it from running wild. To eradicate it completely, we must locate the person who seeded the poison and the Han Tan where Xue Yan fell."

"That Han Tan is no ordinary pool; a regular cold pool couldn't breed such a sinister Cold Poison. Perhaps something at its bottom can counteract it."

"Han Tan! I'll dispatch people to investigate right away!"

Su Ruiqing immediately pulled out his phone.

"That Han Tan has long been sealed; I'll have people unseal it, scour it thoroughly— even if we have to dig three feet deep, we'll uncover whatever lies at the bottom!"

Sun Boyong quickly added: "Mr. Jiang, does Xue Yan's current condition require any medicine? I have a few century‑old ginseng in my storehouse; perhaps they can replenish her Qi and blood."

"No need."

Jiang Feng shook his head: "Her internal Spiritual Energy and Cold Poison are currently in a balanced state; we can't administer medicine casually, lest we disrupt the balance. Let her rest properly."

Su Xueyan remained unconscious up to this very moment.

Su Ruiqing had been very worried, but upon hearing Jiang Feng's words, said no more.

Although their interaction had been brief, he still placed great trust in Jiang Feng.

Just as the three prepared to leave the room to let Su Xueyan rest,

at that moment, a series of "bang—bang—bang" sounds came from outside the door.

A deafening gunshot suddenly rang from the direction of the villa's main gate, shattering the room's tranquility!

Everyone froze.

"W‑what's happening? Where did that gunshot come from?"

Su Ruiqing's voice trembled; the Su family is a prominent household in Jiangcheng—who would dare fire a shot at the Su Family Villa's entrance?

Jiang Feng's complexion darkened; he rose, walked to the window, and lifted a corner of the curtain to look outside.

Two black off‑road vehicles were parked at the villa entrance.

Several people in black trench coats and black masks were raising guns, firing at the guard security; the guards didn't even react, already fell to the Ground motionless, and blood dyed the Green Stone Slab path at the entrance red.

At a glance, these people were clearly well‑trained elite!

"Probably assassins hired by the Black Gold Society or the Zhao Family."

Jiang Feng's gaze instantly turned cold, and he turned to Su Ruiqing and said.

"Su Lao, you and Old Sun stay Here and watch Xue Yan, the rest of these people, I'll take care of…"

"Jiang Feng, you must be careful!"