Chapter 866: A Miracle Cure

After returning to his room, Baishitong opened the prescription Su Chen had written.

【Silver needles forged from Deep Sea Sunken Silver, fire-attribute medicinal herbs (the more potent the better), a core from a demonic beast over ten thousand years old, and high-quality Silkworm Ice Silk.】

The next night at the Hour of the Rat, Baishitong brought the materials Su Chen requested to the study; Su Chen had been waiting for a long time.

Baishitong hurriedly closed the door and immediately set up an energy barrier.

"Baron Su, the materials you asked me to find are all here. Please take a look."

A row of neat silver needles was laid out on the table; beside them were three fiery red flowers, a high-quality ten-thousand-year demonic beast core that was entirely green, and finally, two large rolls of Silkworm Ice Silk.

Except for the three flowers Baishitong brought, which he didn't recognize, Su Chen had seen the rest in the Cangxuan Realm.

"State Preceptor, to be honest, I have seen the previous items, but I have never seen these fiery red flowers. Please enlighten me on their attributes so I can prepare the medicine for you."

Su Chen was honest and frank; if he hadn't seen it, he hadn't seen it, and he would never pretend to be an expert.

"Replying to the Baron, yesterday you asked me to find fire-attribute herbs with strong potency, so I entrusted someone to find this."

This object is called the Flame Flower, which grows near active volcanoes in the desert in the northwest of the Qi-Refining Continent. It uses magma as nourishment, sprouts in a hundred years, and grows for a thousand.

It takes ten thousand years to grow a single stalk; it is the best fire-attribute medicinal herb I could find.

In temperatures of minus one hundred degrees, just consuming one petal of the Flame Flower is like walking in the sweltering heat, causing one to sweat profusely.

Hearing Baishitong's explanation, Su Chen was just about to pick it up to take a look when Baishitong immediately stopped him.

"Baron Su, you must never touch this Flame Flower with your bare hands."

Su Chen hurriedly pulled his hand back.

"This flower looks harmless, but in reality, there is a layer of extremely fine fuzz on the stems and leaves. If you are pricked by this fine fuzz, you will be deeply poisoned, your whole body will feel as if it is being burned by fire, and you will eventually explode and die."

Baishitong picked up a pair of golden tweezers from the table and handed them to Su Chen. After Su Chen took the tweezers, he clamped onto a petal and began to study it.

Su Chen asked Baishitong to remove his clothing, as he was about to begin the treatment.

Baishitong removed his clothes to reveal his injury; near Baishitong's lungs, there were blue, spiderweb-like blood vessels.

They were active on the surface of Baishitong's skin as if they had a life of their own; every time Baishitong took a breath, all the blood vessels would squirm once.

Su Chen took out the silver needles and placed one in the dantian first, then one in the Fengchi point and one in the Baihui point. Before long, Baishitong's entire body was covered in silver needles.

Then Baishitong saw a scene that left him in disbelief: Su Chen condensed fire with one hand and then placed the Flame Flower petal in his palm to refine it.

Baishitong watched Su Chen's operation without blinking.

One must know that condensing True Fire is something only a Fourth-Grade Alchemist can do, and even then, they might not be able to control the True Fire with such precision.

Alchemists usually need an alchemy furnace to extract medicine, but Su Chen used his hand as an alchemy furnace to extract the medicinal material directly.

Moreover, his operation was skilled, suggesting he had undergone long-term training. To extract medicinal materials without an alchemy furnace—even a Fifth-Grade Alchemist would find it difficult.

Master Gulong, the number one alchemist of the Qi-Refining Empire, is only a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, and he must be over fifty years old this year; even so, he is the number one alchemist of the Qi-Refining Continent.

This young man looks like he is only in his early twenties; could it be that he is a Fifth-Grade Alchemist?

... Seeking flowers...

How are those alchemists who spent decades climbing to the fourth or fifth grade supposed to live!

Su Chen, on his side, was familiar with the process; after extracting the Flame Flower, he took out a prepared medicine bottle and stored it inside.

Then he used the silver needles to soak in the medicine bottle. Under the influence of the Flame Flower, the silver needles began to turn red. Su Chen took the needles and pierced them into Baishitong's lungs.

In an instant, Baishitong felt as if thousands of ants were crawling inside his body, and the surface of his skin turned bright red.

His whole body emitted white steam like a steamer, and the blood vessels in Baishitong's lungs began to squirm violently.