Chapter 10 Helping hand
Li An was truly startled at the revelation that Seedee had said. She did not expect that the wounded woman was poisoned.
After enhancing her physique which in turn enhances her senses, she knew that her experience was still lacking. That is why she would always need Seedee every now and then.
With all the knowledge she has gained in these two years, she could be considered an adept person. But compared to Seedee, she still has a long way to go.
After learning of the poisoning of the wounded woman, Li An decided to wait and check this out for herself.
Though Seedee could tell her the symptoms, she still needed to check things herself to formulate her own way of solving things.
This way, she could gain more wisdom points for Seedee to grow.
It seems that the group were too tired as soon, she saw them drifting to the dream world.
So that they would not notice anything, Li An decided to throw a white powder-like concoction in the air which quickly spread in the main room.
The three people inhaled the powder. With this, Li An is confident that they will not wake up until tomorrow morning.
Her small baby figure slowly opened the closed window and sneaked inside the room.
She did not hesitate to walk to the side of the bed and then jumped up.
She looked at the wounded figure lying on the bed and her cute little mouth frowned.
Without even touching her pulse, she could already tell that she was poisoned.
"A slow-acting poison… possible entrance would be from one of the wounds," she muttered as she extended her hand to finally check the pulse of the woman.
"Hmm… As I suspected… But this kind of poison is not that hard to detoxify…" she muttered.
"Since you were the first people that I have seen for the last 5 years… I will be magnanimous and help you this time…"
She took out some of the herbs from her small pack on her side bag and began working by combining the herbs.
Soon, she was able to make 3 small pills.
"An antibiotic, a healing salve, and a detoxifying pill for this particular poison…" she muttered while looking at the three different colored pills in her hand.
She then carefully puts the detoxifying pill in Concubine Su's mouth. As the pill made contact with her saliva, it quickly melted and entered her stomach.
Suddenly, a reflexive reaction happened as Concubine Su spewed a few mouthfuls of dark green colored blood.
Li An was quick enough to turn the body of Concubine Su to the side. Though Concubine Su is bigger than Li An, she is still strong enough to lift her as if the was nothing more than a piece of paper.
How could she not be strong when her flesh and bones were baptized by the natural energy around her using the body enhancement technique?
After a few minutes had passed, Li An checked her pulse and showed a contented look.
"The poison is now somewhat detoxified… I just have to observe the sequela of the detoxifying pill." Li An muttered while showing a grin on her little face.
"You've got 20 wisdom points!" the voice of Seedee echoed in her mind.
Li An nodded her head after hearing it.
After all these years, she has already gotten used to Seedee giving points for her actions. So far she has gotten around 200 thousand points with all the knowledge applications she has been doing.
However, what frustrates her a bit is that Seedee said that she has a long way to go before it can germinate and transform into a small plant.
So after all these years Seedee still looks like a small seed sprout.
Li An heaved a heavy sigh and laid Concubine Su on the bed. She looked at her pale yet beautiful face as she showed a hint of wonder in her cute little eyes.
"She is like my… mother," she muttered with a hint of sadness.
Mother, what a depressing and melancholy word that made her heart yearn for something that she could not explain.
It was a strange longing that she had not felt before. She recalled the first time she saw the woman she should be calling mother. She wanted to help at that time, but her physique was far too small. She could only watch as the woman breathed her last.
So looking at the woman before her, she could not help but extend her hand to caress her pallid face.
"She should have suffered a lot…" she muttered while she observed the condition of Concubine Su.
"Yeah… This is the true nature of things in this world that you are living in. The weak will suffer while the strong will tend to oppress the weak…" Seedee's voice in her mind explained.
Li An nodded in understanding. For some time now, Seedee has been educating her on a lot of things about the outside world.
"That is why, we should build a place for your growth and where the knowledge you gained can turn into wisdom without the scrutiny of the powerful people of this world," Seedee added.
"Hmm… That would be my future plan. But for now, since I'm still a child, I need to gain as much knowledge as I can…" Li An muttered as her small figure jumped down from the bed and left the main room of the main Cold Palace building.
An hour later…
"Ugh… What… what happened?" Concubine Su who has awoken from her sleep has already opened her eyes in confusion.
As she looked around her, she could see her two maidservants also waking up.
The two showed confusion on their faces as they looked around them.
"We… Were we asleep?" Alu asked while looking at Misha who was as confused as her.
"I… I think we fell asleep due to fatigue…" Concubine Su reasoned while she looked around her.
The two maids nodded their heads agreeing with her conjecture.
However, deep in their minds, they knew that something was wrong.
"It's already dark outside… We should prepare our food," said Alu while looking at Misha.
Misha nodded and quickly grabbed their small bundled bag and took out some dried bread inside.
"Huh?" Concubine Su showed confusion in her eyes as she suddenly felt weird.
Her body, which should be weak and hurting, seemed fine now.
"My… My wounds… I don't seem to feel any pain…" she muttered while looking at Alu in confusion.
Alu showed wonderment as she stood up and moved to the side of Concubine Su.
"Mistress, can I check your back?" she asked.
Concubine Su nodded and carefully untied her belt and exposed her back to Alu.
The sackcloth was easy to remove and the cloth which should have been sticking on her skin from the wound seems to have slid easily.
When Alu saw her back, she suddenly gasped in disbelief.
"Mistress… your… your wounds, they… they have dried up!" Alu exclaimed in amazement.
Misha, who was stunned, also ran to the side and looked at Concubine Su's back.
"This… how could this happen?" Misha exclaimed at the miracle she was seeing.
The two of them knew the condition of Concubine Su and the wounds she had. The beating and the bruises on her body were treated by the two without using medicine. They knew that the wound would pester and that Concubine Su would suffer.
In fact, without medicine, she would be fighting for her life right now.
However, this miraculous scene in front of them is something that they could find hard to believe.
"What… What has happened?" Misha muttered while looking at Alu.
Concubine Su who seemed to be in a daze suddenly muttered.
"I think someone or something is helping us."
Her words seem to startle the two as they look at each other and then at their surroundings.
Their eyes landed on the glowing ball around them which gave them a chill.
Was it a ghost or something else that was helping their mistress?
If it was a ghost, then what would its purpose be? If it is something else, then who or what could it be?
One question after another filled their minds as confusion and fear enveloped their hearts.
Meanwhile, deep in the shadows, Li An showed a faint smile on her tiny face while watching the trio.
She could not help but want to chuckle from what she was hearing. The three are just scaring themselves and she felt a bit amused. She wanted to play along with their conjecture, so she decided to continue hiding.
That night, after the three ate their dinner, they gathered and began to talk. Li An curiously listened to the stories that the three women tell each other.
From what she could hear, a faint picture of what the palace would be like was engraved in her mind. She thought that the place was a bit interesting but also a bit dangerous.
How could such a place chew someone and only bones would be left after they enter it? She also heard about the wicked empress and her cronies and also the unfeeling emperor and his sons.
Some of the princes in the palace are good, but some are also bad. They seem to take human life as if it were nothing more than a plaything.
She then heard some new places that she had not learned before which rendered Li An confused.
It was already midnight when Li An returned to her home in the sea of bamboo. While walking she showed a faint smile on her face as she had learned a lot of interesting things today.