Heavenly Craft Institute. Intensive Care Unit.

Doctor Qin Luo, dressed in a full sterile suit, checked the old man's vital signs and said with a grave expression, "In the absence of alternative nutrient solutions, we need to operate on the patient immediately."

We can't afford to wait for a suitable nutrient solution; surgery must be performed immediately to save the patient's life.

There's a sliver of hope with surgery, but without it, death is certain...

Tang Fei looked at Qin Luo with a worried expression and asked, "After the long journey, the Star Disc has just landed... can your body withstand it?"

"I'm fine. I took a nap on the way and now I'm full of energy." Qin Luo felt a warmth in his heart; this kid still knew how to show concern for people.

He had already read the letter Phoenix wrote him while on the road, in which Phoenix invited him sincerely and expressed immense gratitude for his righteousness.

Yes, there was also guilt...

After all, Phoenix wasn't as thick-skinned as this kid. Phoenix knew that as soon as he appeared in the Barren Land, it was tantamount to 'treason.'

The Shen Family wouldn't let him and his family live peacefully.

But he had no other choice... when he received the letter, he was already sitting on the starship to the Barren Land.

This kid didn't even give him a chance to 'refuse.'

He was worried that the Phoenix card might not work...

Are there still people in this world he could trust?

"That's good." Tang Fei visibly breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Qin Luo, he advised, "This surgery is extremely important for all of us. Doctor Qin, please don't fail..."

"..." Qin Luo.

The warmth in his heart immediately froze over; he realized he was moved too early.

This kid had no heart...

Lu Dongsheng saw Doctor Qin Luo's face change suddenly and quickly intervened to smooth things over, saying, "Tang Fei is overly worried... Doctor Qin, just do your best. As the Empire's top surgeon, there's no disease you can't cure in this world."

"..." Qin Luo.

You might as well not comfort me at all.

Raising me so high, aren't you still threatening me to heal the patient?

"Everyone, please leave. I need to start the operation now. Just let my assistant stay to help."

"Is just the two of you enough?" Tang Fei asked with concern, "We also have top ten Mechanical City doctors here who can assist you..."

"Out, out." Qin Luo began to usher people out.

Then, all the unessential personnel left, and the heavy doors of the intensive care unit closed tightly.

The Heavenly Craft Institute could be considered the Lu Clan's private hospital. Lu Yu's special status granted him the most fully-equipped independent ward, suitable for both regular maintenance and direct operations.

In the age of technology, machinery is king.

What humans can accomplish, intelligent lifeforms can do even better.

Except for medicine.

Tang Fei, Little Fatty, Lu Siyu, and the others waited anxiously outside, and everyone fell silent.

They had just seen the old man's life data and knew his condition was far from optimistic.

Qin Luo indeed was the Empire's top surgeon, but when it comes to healing...

Luck is required, too.

A minute passed, then two, then three...

Every minute and second was an ordeal.

Tang Fei saw Little Fatty's face flush and sweat trickle down his forehead.

He wondered what this kid had been up to recently; he seemed fragile...

Tang Fei murmured in his heart and secretly wiped the sweat off his palms.

A half hour passed, yet the Titanium doors to the operating room remained unmoved.

Lu Siyu grew anxious and stepped forward to grab Tang Fei's arm, gripping so tightly that Tang Fei felt pain.

"Is the old man... doing alright?"

"He'll be fine." Tang Fei, with a resolute look, gazed at Lu Siyu and even managed a faint smile to gently reassure her, "Good men don't last, but misfortune leaves a lasting legacy. The old man's nature is much like mine... such a person doesn't die easily."

"Mm." Lu Siyu nodded earnestly, not contradicting the 'blasphemous' words Tang Fei spoke.

All she wanted was for the old man to live, for whatever reason...

Another hour passed, just as the people at the door began to feel uneasy, when the red light over the operating room turned green, and the titanium doors began to slowly part to the sides.

Tang Fei, Little Fatty, Lu Siyu, and the others surged forward, surrounding Qin Luo, who had just emerged.

"How's the old man?"

"Was the surgery successful?"

"Speak quickly... how is my godfather?"

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Doctor Qin Luo looked weak and pale, indicating that the operation had drained all his vitality.

Sweat was all over his face and body, even soaking through the surgical gown he wore.

Despite the operating room being fitted with a constant temperature and humidity system, it was clear what kind of ordeal he had endured inside.

His expression was cold and silent, his eyes dejected as he looked at the crowd before him.

As if he had just fought a losing battle.

A losing battle?

"Doctor Qin..." Tang Fei panicked, grabbing Qin Luo's hand, his voice quivering, "The old man... is he alright?"

"He's fine." Doctor Qin Luo replied expressionlessly.

"Hmm?"

"I need a cold shower."

With that, he blacked out, falling into Tang Fei's arms.

Thinking, "See if I don't scare you to death..."

Better to offend King Yan than to offend the doctor.

This was his way of retaliating against Tang Fei for forcefully abducting him here.

"Doctor Qin... Doctor Qin..."

Tang Fei held Qin Luo's fainted body and called out urgently.

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In the hospital's VIP lounge, Tang Fei, Little Fatty, Lu Siyu, and the others were still waiting along with Lu Dongsheng, Lu Shiyu, and others from the Lu Family, who had not left either.

Everyone was waiting for the old man to open his eyes.

Only then could they truly be at ease.

Lu Dongyang and Lu Yan had also withdrawn from the frontline base and rushed to the hospital ward the first chance they got.

Hearing Doctor Qin Luo say the old man was fine, Lu Dongyang said happily, "We must believe what Qin Luo says... If King Yan wants someone dead at midnight, Qin Luo can keep them alive till dawn. The Empire's top divine healer is not renowned for nothing."

Well, everyone understood, yet no one left.

Seeing no one respond to him, Lu Dongyang walked straight to Tang Fei and asked softly, "I heard you won a great victory in Phoenix City, not only wiping out the Ba Dao Sect but also turning three thousand Undying Army soldiers?"

"It's not turning..." Tang Fei, calm and composed, seriously corrected the error in Lu Dongyang's words, "They were already our people."

Clap!

Feeling elated, Lu Dongyang laughed heartily and slapped Tang Fei on the shoulder, "Well done."

Impressive, truly impressive.

They had been fighting the Shen Family enemies from all sides in the Barren Land arenas for so long without perhaps even killing thirty thousand.

But this kid goes to Phoenix City once, brings back Doctor Qin Luo for Lu Yu's treatment, and conveniently wipes out the Empire's number one sect, the Ba Dao Sect, and brings back a three thousand elite unit...

Oh, and there were the supplies.

A great victory, a bloodless and great victory.

"I just did what I could." Tang Fei said modestly.

He was never one to boast, like he never flaunted being the first on the Empire's blue list.

Shen Xinglan?

Sorry, he was already under his feet.

"Don't be modest, I've long known you were a born leader."

"When did you find out?"

"..."

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