"Auntie Wang, hold on. Although I've almost sucked out all the poison, there's still some residue inside. Moving around will prevent it from being completely cleaned," Chen Yang cautioned in a low voice, wiping the wound with a wet towel.
"Mm..." Auntie Wang blushed, biting her teeth coquettishly and nodding her head.
Soon, the remnants around the two bloody holes that had just been visible were completely cleared away by Chen Yang.
By this time, Auntie Wang's complexion had also improved significantly.
The previously pale face was now showing hints of a rosy glow.
However, that rosy glow was only partly due to Chen Yang's proper handling of the wound...
"Auntie Wang, the wound has been treated. You should rest for a bit now, and once we catch the snake that bit you, I'll be able to prescribe the right medicine," Chen Yang said.
"Okay... Thank you, Yang Zi," Auntie Wang said with a reddened face as she nodded her thanks.
Chen Yang picked up the basin contaminated with poison blood and stepped out to dispose of it.
At that moment, Zhang Auntie, who had gone to search for the snake, hurried back.
"How did it go, did you find it?" Chen Yang asked anxiously upon seeing Zhang Auntie.
"No... The field is too large, and it's impossible to find anything in the darkness of late night," Zhang Auntie shook her head, indicating she had not found it.
Hearing that they hadn't found the snake, Chen Yang's expression grew stern.
Getting bitten by a snake and not being able to find it is troublesome because you simply don't know which medicine to use to treat it.
Each type of snake has its corresponding serum.
If you can't find the snake, naturally you can't use the serum.
"Zhang Auntie, do you remember what the snake looked like? Did it have any distinctive features on its body?" Chen Yang asked further.
Even though they couldn't find the snake, if its distinctive features were remembered, they could still make an educated guess.
Unfortunately, Zhang Auntie still shook her head.
"I can't remember, it was pitch dark at night, and I couldn't see clearly at all."
"Then we're in trouble. If we don't know what kind of snake it was, I have absolutely no way of prescribing the right medicine," Chen Yang said with a grim expression.
"Ah? Even you don't have a way? What should we do then? Auntie Wang's complexion does not look good, she's in danger at any moment," Zhang Auntie panicked upon realizing that even Chen Yang, the only doctor nearby, was at a loss.
They couldn't just watch Auntie Wang be poisoned to death, could they?
"Yang Zi, can't you think of any other method to save your Auntie Wang?" With a face full of hope, Zhang Auntie shook Chen Yang's arm, wanting him to think of something—after all, Chen Yang was now the only one who could save Wang Hong.
Watching Zhang Auntie's anxious face, Chen Yang rested his chin on one hand and frantically thought, trying to come up with a method to help Auntie Wang get rid of the snake venom.
After pondering for a while, Chen Yang finally came up with an idea.
It was to try the acupuncture method recorded in the "Medicinal King's Canon"!
Within the acupuncture method, there was a prescription noted for detoxifying the whole body, but it was uncertain if it would work against snake venom.
However, with things as they were, Chen Yang had no choice but to treat a dead horse as if it were alive.
"Zhang Auntie, please help me support Auntie Wang to my place, I'll try using grandfather's acupuncture," Chen Yang said expressionlessly to Zhang Auntie.
"Yes! Of course!"
Hearing Chen Yang say this, Zhang Auntie immediately understood he had a plan and without a second word, she went into the house, helped Auntie Wang out of bed, and walked towards Chen Yang's clinic.
Upon arriving at the clinic, Wang Hong lay on the sickbed.
And Chen Yang began disinfecting the silver needles, getting ready to start the acupuncture method.
"Brother Chen Yang, how is Auntie Wang? Is she cured?"
Just then, Zhang Xueying also came over after tidying up at home.
"Not yet, we don't know what snake bit Auntie Wang, so I'm about to use silver needles to detoxify her. I can't say for certain whether it will cure her or not," Chen Yang carefully wiped each silver needle with alcohol, not daring to be too definitive about Auntie Wang's condition.
"Where did it bite her? Let me help look for it," Zhang Xueying said.
"At Datiping, but the snake had already run off, looking for it now would just be a waste of effort," Chen Yang bundled up the detoxified silver needles and then took Zhang Xueying straight into the inner room of the medical hall.
Zhang Xueying looked at the somewhat pale-faced Auntie Wang and felt a shock in her heart.
She hadn't expected Auntie Wang's condition to be so serious.
"Yang Zi, is there still hope for your Auntie Wang? How can a healthy person just get bitten by a snake like that?" Seeing Chen Yang come in, Auntie Zhang was on the verge of tears.
"Auntie Zhang, I can't say for certain about Auntie Wang's condition, but I will do my best to treat her," Chen Yang said with a determined gaze.
"Good… good, then please treat Auntie Wang quickly," Auntie Zhang nodded repeatedly, then cleared a path for Chen Yang.
Chen Yang walked over to Auntie Wang and checked her forehead temperature by hand, only to find that her body temperature was not yet abnormal at that moment.
"Auntie Zhang, it's getting late, you should go back to rest. Being anxious here isn't helping," said Chen Yang after taking the temperature, suddenly addressing Auntie Zhang who was standing beside them with an anxious face.
Chen Yang was about to start the acupuncture, and Auntie Zhang's presence wouldn't help aside from making her anxious.
Moreover, the acupuncture process was going to be too intimate, and for the sake of Auntie Wang's reputation, Auntie Zhang couldn't stay.
"Alright… Chen Yang, you must cure Auntie Wang," Auntie Zhang nodded, then left, knowing she was of no help anymore.
After watching Auntie Zhang leave, Chen Yang went ahead and locked the main door of the medical hall.
The upcoming acupuncture process required full concentration, and Chen Yang didn't want to be disturbed by anyone else.
"Xueying, I need your help, please take off Auntie Wang's clothes," Chen Yang said to Zhang Xueying after locking the door and walking into the inner room.
"Ah? Take off Auntie Wang's clothes?" Zhang Xueying was startled and didn't react at first.
"Of course, how can I do the acupuncture without taking off her clothes?" Chen Yang said with a smile.
"Oh... right right right, acupuncture!" Zhang Xueying finally caught on and started to undress Wang Hong.
As Zhang Xueying undressed Auntie Wang, she felt particularly uncomfortable.
She had feelings for Chen Yang… and now she had to strip another woman's clothes for Chen Yang to examine… The feeling was very strange.
But thinking about Chen Yang saving a life made her feel less uncomfortable.
"It's done, Brother Chen Yang," Zhang Xueying said, having taken off Wang Hong's T-shirt and standing up.
"Take off the underwear and the pants too!"
"The clothes and pants need to come off too?" Zhang Xueying's eyes widened.
"Yes, they must all come off," Chen Yang said seriously.
Detoxifying the whole body was a complicated process.
To thoroughly remove all the toxins from the body, it was necessary to cover the body with silver needles.
This was the only way to expel all the internal toxins, according to the Medicine King's Sutra in Chen Yang's mind.
Hearing Chen Yang's words, Zhang Xueying hesitated…
But at that moment, the weak Wang Hong suddenly spoke up.
"Xueying... hurry and help Auntie undress, my body can hardly take it anymore," Wang Hong had been resting, but she had heard the entire conversation between Chen Yang and Zhang Xueying.
Furthermore, Wang Hong was well aware of the state of her body and could clearly feel that if the toxins were not promptly expelled, it would be very dangerous.
In the face of death, what was undressing worth?
And to undress before Chen Yang... she wasn't so resistant to the idea.
Zhang Xueying, seeing Wang Hong say this, could only agree.
"Okay... okay!" Zhang Xueying proceeded, and this time she stripped all of Wang Hong's clothes off directly.
Wang Hong's body... was thus exposed before Chen Yang with not a thread upon her.