Upon hearing this, Shen Qingyi reacted quickly, but as soon as she moved her body, she realized she had fallen into a soft embrace.
There was no need to guess; it was Su Qiulian.
Held in Su Qiulian’s arms, she felt herself spun around, and at the same time heard the sounds of fists and kicks, followed by the thud of something heavy hitting the ground.
“Thud!”
“Wh-what happened?!”
Shen Qingyi asked anxiously, cradled in Su Qiulian’s arms.
But Su Qiulian only gently brushed aside the strands of hair that had fallen to her cheek in the commotion, tucked them behind her ear, and patted her little face, saying, “It’s nothing, just that carpenter suddenly went mad, that’s all!”
Su Qiulian only said this so as not to frighten Shen Qingyi.
In her own eyes, what had just happened was like this—
Her little Shen was in the middle of healing Old Wangtou, who was lying on the ground, when the carpenter standing behind them suddenly started acting strange.
He first began trembling and twitching, then Black Smoke started pouring from his seven orifices, and right after, he lunged at little Shen as if he’d lost his mind.
But Su Qiulian intercepted him, and with a few quick moves, knocked him unconscious to the ground.
At this moment, Su Qiulian was still holding Shen Qingyi in her arms.
After confirming she was unharmed, she turned her attention to the carpenter lying on the ground and began to examine him carefully.
Even after collapsing, Black Smoke was still seeping from the carpenter’s seven orifices, and black veins could be seen on his skin, as if something evil had invaded his blood vessels.
With just one look, Su Qiulian recognized what this was.
“Demonic Parasite Seed… Could it be the Demonic Sect…?”
But she only said this in her heart—after all, little Shen in this life was rather timid, and she didn’t want to scare her.
Yet she underestimated Shen Qingyi’s imagination.
Clutching onto her, Shen Qingyi pulled a pitiful face, trembling with fear as she stammered, “You… you didn’t kill him, did you…?”
Su Qiulian could only press her forehead in resignation and patiently explained, “Of course not, little Shen. I’m not a villain. I just knocked him out so he wouldn’t hurt you. I was protecting you!”
“Oh, r-really…?”
Seeing that Shen Qingyi still looked doubtful, Su Qiulian glanced at Old Wangtou, who was still sitting in shock on the ground nearby, and said, “Old Wangtou saw it too. If you don’t believe me, little Shen, just ask him!”
Old Wangtou hurriedly chimed in, “Ah, yes, yes! That’s right! Shen Immortal Doctor, your friend here really did save you just now, and she didn’t kill Li Da, just knocked him out!”
Li Da was the carpenter’s name—Old Wangtou, as his neighbor, naturally knew this.
“I-I see, then I misunderstood you.”
Shen Qingyi said softly, hands half clenched, nestled carefully in Su Qiulian’s arms, looking utterly pitiable.
Su Qiulian nodded.
In her previous life, little Shen had hidden in her arms just like this when she was scared!
Looking at her like this, Su Qiulian’s imagination started to run wild again.
She could almost see her little Shen on the bed, blushing in embarrassment, begging her to stop… such a scene was truly irresistible!
But that was for later; for now, she had to deal with the matter at hand.
If the Demonic Parasite Seed on Li Da really was a trick of the Demonic Sect, and their target was her little Shen, then this was something she had to take seriously.
As she pondered, Shen Qingyi had already wriggled free from her arms.
Relying on her Ling Sense, she made her way to where Li Da was lying, and began feeling around to heal him.
Thanks to Su Qiulian having already extracted the Demonic Parasite Seed, Li Da’s body had returned to normal; now he was merely unconscious.
Staring at the black, demonic energy-seething seed in her hand, Su Qiulian’s expression grew grave.
At the same time, she used the Fox Enchantment Art to make Old Wangtou forget the scene he’d witnessed, to avoid any trouble.
After Shen Qingyi finished healing, Li Da woke up naturally.
He blinked in confusion, sat up in confusion, looked at the Shen Immortal Doctor in confusion, and asked in confusion, “Eh? Shen Immortal Doctor, what’s happened to me? How did I end up being treated by you?”
“Oh, that—you just suddenly went mad and then passed out!”
Shen Qingyi replied.
But before she could say more, Su Qiulian behind her asked, “Did you eat anything strange these days? The earlier the better!”
“Uh…”
Li Da scratched his head, thinking hard.
“A few days ago, I went drinking with Lao Er and the others at the tavern, and before that, I’ve mostly been eating meals I cooked at home. I haven’t eaten anything unusual, really…”
Upon hearing this, Su Qiulian pressed a finger to her chin, pondering other possible ways the Demonic Parasite Seed could have been planted on Li Da.
Hearing her question, Shen Qingyi understood a little.
She asked, “Could it be that there were bugs in his brain?”
She’d heard that having parasites in the brain could make a person suddenly go mad, but she wasn’t truly skilled in medicine, so she couldn’t say for sure.
Besides, she’d just finished her healing.
Even if there had been bugs, any part of the brain that got bitten should’ve grown back by now.
Su Qiulian, hearing this, found it a suitable explanation for why Li Da had suddenly gone mad.
She immediately said, “That’s right! He had parasites in his brain. In the future, you should eat clean food and pay attention to hygiene! This time, you have little Shen to thank—aren’t you going to thank the Shen Immortal Doctor?”
“Oh! Thank you, Shen Immortal Doctor! Thank you, Shen Immortal Doctor!”
Li Da immediately kowtowed twice to Shen Qingyi.
Which made Shen Qingyi feel rather embarrassed.
After Li Da’s problem was solved, she turned to ask Old Wangtou.
“Grandpa Wang, then what about you? Why did you suddenly cry out and collapse with your eyes rolled back?”
“Ah… let me think!”
Old Wangtou scratched his head, and finally, just as a quarter of an hour was about to pass, he remembered.
“Ah, right! I’m an old tailor, aren’t I? Today I was going to deliver new clothes I’d made for Master Xu in town, and just as I was stepping out the door, a man in black came—he wore a hood, I couldn’t see his face. He said he wanted to look at some cloth, and I thought it was still early, so I brought him in to take a look. But as soon as we stepped inside, bam! It happened so fast! That Black-Clad Man suddenly turned into a cloud of Black Smoke and flew right at me! I screamed in terror, and then I passed out. When I woke up, I saw the Shen Immortal Doctor!”