“You…?” Ning Wanwan was shocked, unable to speak, “Who are you exactly?”
Gui Wudu smiled and asked: “Have you seen a portrait of Zhan’s mother?” Suddenly, Ning Wanwan recalled the face before her, almost identical to Si Zhan’s mother. She boldly guessed, “You couldn’t be… Si Zhan’s maternal grandfather?”
Gui Wudu nodded: “My surname is Qin, name Wudu, father of Qin Suying, master of the Penghao Sect.”
Ning Wanwan never imagined that the famous Poison Saint Gui Wudu was Si Zhan’s maternal grandfather. Now she understood why he had approached her as a traveling physician, with the fire spirit and prescription as his secret efforts to save Si Zhan’s life.
Overjoyed, she stepped forward: “Since you are Si Zhan’s maternal grandfather and the Poison Saint, you must know how to save him?”
“I naturally know.”
“That’s wonderful!”
Ning Wanwan grabbed Qin Wudu’s arm and hurriedly walked out. “Please, grandfather, come out of the mountain to save Si Zhan. He’s almost gone.”
Qin Wudu pulled her back. “I cannot leave this mountain.”
“Why?” Ning Wanwan asked, confused.
“Because I planted the Bone-Eroding Cold poison.”
Qin Suying’s speculation was correct, but she underestimated Ling Ziru’s wariness of Si Zhan. No mother would want her child to endure such inhuman torture. From Qin Suying’s perspective, without her harsh strategy, Si Zhan could have perished in the inner palace. However, she did not know the pain Si Zhan had endured alone.
“So you’re not coming down the mountain because you’re afraid Brother Zhan will resent you and Mother after knowing the truth?”
Qin Wudu’s expression was vacant, lost in thought. After a moment, he smiled and said, “He will surely resent me, so keeping it hidden is best.”
“But Brother Zhan is still waiting for you to save him…”
“The one who can save him is you,” Qin Wudu said steadily.
“Me?” Ning Wanwan was stunned.
“There are two doses of the Bone-Eroding Cold antidote. The first can be directly taken by Zhan to reconstruct his meridians.”
However, Zhan has suffered from the Bone-Eroding Cold for many years. While he can take medication, he cannot consume potent drugs. The Bone-Eroding Cold antidote is extremely potent.
