Chapter 1311: The Method to Break the Formation
"This matter is related to Xiao Hua's case!" Long San also frowned.
"What's the situation inside?" Lin Chen asked.
Long San sighed and shook his head helplessly, "The situation is not very good. This plague is something never seen in medicine; there's simply no cure. It doesn't affect martial artists, but it's extremely harmful to ordinary people. Several patients have already died, and some of our medical staff have also been infected."
Hearing Long San's words, Lin Chen's heart sank. He was most worried about Xia Xiner getting into trouble, and it turned out that what he feared most had happened.
The four of them entered the tent together, and Lin Chen immediately saw Xia Xiner lying weak on the hospital bed.
Seeing Lin Chen, Xia Yuxin was initially stunned, then actually hid under the covers.
Lin Chen walked over, "Xiner, how are you?"
However, Xia Xiner didn't speak, just hid under the covers, sobbing.
"Why did you come? I don't want to see you. Go away." From under the covers, Xia Xiner said heartbreakingly.
Lin Chen knew that Xia Xiner was acting this way because she didn't want him to see her current state.
The most terrifying thing about this plague is that once infected, blisters appear all over the body, which looks extremely frightening.
Lin Chen pulled the covers off and hugged Xia Xiner, who was hiding underneath, in his arms, "Silly girl, no matter what you look like, you're always my Xiner sister. I'll cure you."
"Let go of me, you'll get infected." Xia Xiner never dreamed that Lin Chen would hold her in his arms.
With this disease, it basically signals death. Even medical staff are extremely cautious, protected by their suits.
Yet this guy just held her directly in his arms.
Xia Xiner was touched, but more so, she was worried.
Worried that Lin Chen would be infected, she'd rather die than implicate Lin Chen because of herself.
However, to Xia Xiner's surprise, being held by Lin Chen, her originally burning hot body gradually returned to normal, and the unbearable itching feeling gradually disappeared, as the small blisters shrank back bit by bit.
Seeing this scene, the three experts of the Dragon Group present were dumbfounded.
Among the three, Long San was one of China's top traditional medicine masters, helpless against this plague. Yet this young man just held the beauty, and it actually suppressed the virus.
"Lin Chen, did you cure my illness?" Xia Xiner asked in surprise, seeing her body's changes.
Lin Chen shook his head, "No, just suppressed the virus. Don't worry, I've already found a way to treat it, but you should rest well first."
Xia Xiner obediently nodded, "The most torturous thing about this disease is the unbearable itch, making it impossible to sleep."
Wu Tianshi sighed, looking a bit serious, "Not good at all! This disease, strange and eerie, has claimed over a dozen lives since yesterday."
"Okay, I'll immediately suppress the virus for the patients, and then find a way to treat them," Lin Chen said.
Now, Lin Chen was almost racing against death, striving to snatch more people from the hands of death.
Under Lin Chen's treatment, everyone's condition stabilized.
Only then did Long San breathe a sigh of relief, as it concerned hundreds of lives!
"Lin Chen, do you have a way to cure this disease?" Long San asked.
Everyone was watching Lin Chen—he was their only hope now.
Lin Chen nodded, "This toxin is tricky, but it isn't difficult to cure."
Lin Chen's words made everyone present blush.
This time, the Dragon Group sent many medical elites from across the country, yet upon seeing this disease, they could only shake their heads. But as soon as Lin Chen arrived, he helped the patients suppress the virus. More discouraging was that Lin Chen confidently said he could cure it when everyone else was helpless.
"That's great! What's your plan?" Long San asked hurriedly.
"This virus is an ancient poison, so it requires an ancient method: refining elixirs," Lin Chen said solemnly.
Hearing about refining elixirs, the medical experts from the Dragon Group were a bit troubled.
With the development of modern medicine, alchemy has almost become a lost art. Aside from the disciples of the medicine sect in hidden sects, who else can refine medicine?
"Lin Chen, you make it sound so easy. Where do we find someone who can make medicine now? Those old guys in the medicine sect won't easily lend a hand," Wu Tianshi said with difficulty.
Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Actually, I know alchemy."
"You know alchemy?" Hearing Lin Chen's words, Long San and the others were stunned.
They all looked at Lin Chen like he was a monster. This kid was too powerful—not only strong, but also capable of refining medicine.
Lin Chen nodded, "Although I can refine medicines, making elixirs requires some herbs."
"That's no problem. Just write down what herbs you need for the elixirs, and I'll have someone send them over," Long San said.
Lin Chen wrote the needed herbs on a piece of paper and then said, "However, refining elixirs also requires one most important thing, which is to find the source of this toxin."
"We've already found the toxin's source, but there's a maze formation in that valley. We've entered several times, but only ended up back where we started."
"Maze formation?" Lin Chen's eyes narrowed.
"Lin Chen, you won't tell me that you know formations too, right?" Monk Wei asked somewhat worriedly.
Lin Chen smiled faintly, "I know a bit about formations too."
Hearing Lin Chen's words, these self-proclaimed proud old-timers were completely speechless.
The pride of the strong was instantly shattered by Lin Chen.
"Alright, Lin Chen, I'm convinced by you," Wu Tianshi said, looking helpless.
In the Martial Arts path, it's essential to focus intently on one discipline. Whether it be martial arts, alchemy, or formations, each becomes its own school. If one studies too broadly, they might end up mastering none.
But Lin Chen seemed to know everything, and judging by appearances, his expertise in martial arts, alchemy, and formations was deep.
"If you can break the maze formation, then we can easily enter the valley. I want to see what dares to run amok here and harm the world," Long San's eyes flashed coldly.
Lin Chen nodded, "Time is of the essence. Let's act now."
Long San nodded, and the four of them, along with more than a dozen experts from the Dragon Group, headed toward the misty valley.
Reaching the valley's entrance, Lin Chen halted. The valley was shrouded in fog and emitted a stench.
Looking at the valley, Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This valley was truly an ancient formation, the Bagua Maze.
Zhuge Liang once used this formation to trap Cao Cao's army of one hundred thousand within.
Lin Chen didn't expect this formation to appear here today.
"Lin Chen, do you have a way to break the formation?" Long San asked solemnly.
"Of course I do. Follow me into the valley," Lin Chen said with a hint of disdain at the corner of his mouth.