Lin Yifan used a key to open the main gate, then hurriedly walked in and arrived at the door of the landlord grandmother's room. He then politely knocked on the door and called out, "Grandma! Tenant of 802 needs your help!"
"Where have you been these past few months?" An aged voice emanated from the living room at that moment.
This startled Lin Yifan because when he had entered a moment ago, there was no one in the living room. The sudden appearance of someone was both eerie and horrifying.
"Could it be that all masters move without a shadow, appearing and disappearing silently?" Lin Yifan wondered to himself, somewhat speechless.
He then cleared his throat and, turning around, replied, "I went out of town for work."
"Work? I think you went back to your organization or to your sect to report," the landlord grandmother immediately became serious. She then stretched out her palm and, through the air, grabbed Lin Yifan.
Lin Yifan felt as if his neck was being grasped by an invisible, tremendously powerful hand, and he could hardly breathe. Then, as the invisible hand slowly moved upward, his body also began to rise eerily.
"Speak! What is your true purpose in approaching me? And from which sect do you hail?" the landlord grandmother demanded.
"Cough! Cough!"
Lin Yifan, being tightly grasped by the throat, could hardly speak.
Seeing this, the landlord grandmother slightly loosened her grip, allowing Lin Yifan the ability to answer her question.
Feeling much more comfortable around his neck, Lin Yifan quickly responded to the landlord grandmother's earlier question, "Grandma, I belong to no sect and have no intentions of approaching you."
"Hmph! You think I would believe that?" the landlord grandmother snorted coldly and then immediately became ferocious, "I'm giving you one last chance, will you speak or not?"
"Alright! Alright! I'll speak! I'll speak!" Lin Yifan was utterly exasperated. Since she insisted on his lying, he decided to lie; and the lie he thought of might even help him solve the issue with the Intestine-Piercing Pill Antidote, which made him feel quite pleased about the dual benefits.
So, he gladly answered, "I come from the Medicine Saint Valley, seeking you out to refine the formula for the Intestine-Piercing Pill Antidote."
"Is that really so? What evidence do you have to prove it?" the landlord grandmother inquired.
"I haven't taken any antidote from you for months and am still doing perfectly well. That is the best proof," Lin Yifan responded.
"I still don't believe you! Unless you can recite the formula for refining the Intestine-Piercing Pill Antidote," the landlord grandmother still doubted.
Lin Yifan knew the skeptical landlord grandmother would ask this, so he immediately blurted out, "Healing Wound Flower, Silver, Horse Phoenix Grass..."
Upon hearing the names of the herbs Lin Yifan listed, the landlord grandmother was shocked; this was indeed the formula for refining the Intestine-Piercing Pill Antidote; and aside from her and the Witchcraft True Master, no one else should have known it.
"Could he truly be approaching me to develop the formula for refining the Intestine-Piercing Pill Antidote? But Bright True Master, that old man, is highly skilled in medicine; he should have been able to develop it long ago. Why would he need his disciple to do it? Could it be that it hasn't been developed?" the landlord grandmother was very puzzled.
Having been away from the Cultivation World for many years, she really didn't know if Bright True Master had managed to refine the formula for the Intestine-Piercing Pill Antidote; at least during her time in the Cultivation World, she had never seen it being sold by Medicine Saint Valley.
"You just mentioned that you have a favor to ask, what is it exactly?" the landlord grandmother let down her guard and also let Lin Yifan down.
Medicine Saint Valley was still considered a neutral sect, uninvolved in worldly conflicts; towards that she still felt some fondness. Moreover, Bright True Master had helped her several times in the past, so this small favor was still one to be repaid.
Knowing that the landlord grandmother had let down her guard, Lin Yifan immediately replied, "I would like to ask you, Grandma, to save someone."
"Oh? Who is it that even your Medicinal Saint Valley can't save?" the landlady grandma asked curiously.
"The Sect is far away in the sky, and this person's illness is severe, distant water cannot put out a nearby fire, truly, there is nothing that can be done, I can only beseech you to lend a hand." Lin Yifan replied.
An Qi is now severely injured in the hospital, and she won't last much longer; therefore, he wanted to urgently request the landlady grandma's help to treat her.
"How severe is her condition?" the landlady grandma asked expressionlessly.
"Her internal organs are severely damaged, she is on her last breath," Lin Yifan answered truthfully.
"This person can't be saved, seek help elsewhere!" Without even thinking, the landlady grandma dismissed him outright.
Saving such a patient would undoubtedly require a huge amount of energy, time, and strength; therefore, she definitely wouldn't lend her aid.
"Grandma, if you could lend a hand to save her, I would be willing to slave away for you for this lifetime, bearing any labor and grievance," Lin Yifan pleaded earnestly.
"If she can't be saved, she can't be saved, no matter what terms you offer, I won't save her. Just give up," she said, then vanished into thin air.
Lin Yifan quickly moved in front of the landlady grandma's room and then knelt down, earnestly begging, "Landlady grandma, please lend a hand to save her!"
"I beg you!"
"I am willing to sacrifice my own life if only you would lend a hand to save her."
.....
Lin Yifan kept pleading, but no matter how much he implored, all he was met with was the silence of the night.
However, he did not give up, he continued to kneel in front of the door, continually begging.
In this manner, he knelt for an entire night; he knelt for several days.
In the morning, when everyone else went to work, he was still kneeling in front of the landlady grandma's room; in the afternoon, when everyone came back home for lunch and a rest, he was still kneeling there; in the evening, when everyone came home to eat, bathe, and sleep, he was still kneeling in front of the landlady grandma's room.
He seemed to have turned into a stone statue, unable to move.
Three days later, perhaps moved by Lin Yifan's sincerity, perhaps moved by his persistence, or perhaps moved by his loyal love, the landlady grandma decided to visit the hospital to observe the injured woman, and if indeed it required a great deal of energy to save her, she decidedly would not make a move.
Upon hearing that the landlady grandma had agreed to go and treat An Qi, Lin Yifan's heart, which had been in despair, was instantly ignited with hope; thus, he hastily got up to show the way.
However, when he tried to stand up, he found that his legs had gone numb, losing all sensation.
Seeing this, the landlady grandma exerted a force, projecting it onto Lin Yifan, helping him to clear the blood vessels in his legs.
The numbness in the legs was caused by poor blood circulation, so by getting the blood flowing again, Lin Yifan's legs naturally regained sensation.
The next moment, Lin Yifan stood up and hurriedly led the way.
Having not eaten for several days, his body was extremely weak, and now he could only barely support himself as he accompanied the landlady grandma to the Guiyuan City People's Hospital.
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