Supreme Warrior in the City
Chapter 65: At Death’s Door

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: At Death’s Door

Commander Hu’s face was clouded with displeasure as he looked at Su Yang with a cold gaze, "I have always been reasonable in my actions; there is no such thing as protection for the sake of protection, but rather acting according to reason. Su Yang, you are young and promising, with limitless prospects ahead of you. Is it necessary to risk everything over such a trivial matter?"

With a cold laugh, Su Yang replied, "Commander Hu, as a person of status, is it necessary for you to risk everything over such a trivial matter?"

This statement caused an uproar among the crowd. This was Commander Hu, and yet, Su Yang dared to threaten him like this. Was he tired of living?

"Commander Hu, Su Yang didn’t mean that..." Hou Shilin hastily tried to explain.

But Commander Hu had already slammed his hand on the table and rose, shouting angrily, "A mere jumping clown, you dare threaten me!"

"Heh..." Su Yang chuckled coldly, "Commander Hu, I know why you are protecting the Li Family, because Li Weixian has helped you control your chronic illness, making you suffer less."

"In gratitude to Li Weixian, you have specially come to back him up this time. Moreover, you protect Li Weixian even though you know that he has set me up. To put it bluntly, you are just protecting yourself!"

Without changing his expression, Commander Hu said coldly, "Even if I am protecting him, what can you do about it?"

"Commander Hu is truly unreasonable and domineering!" Su Yang scoffed again.

Commander Hu angrily retorted, "Kid, I’m holding my temper now. Ten years ago, I would have killed you on the spot!"

"Unfortunately, it’s not ten years ago..." Su Yang said with a light laugh, "And, Commander Hu, your health probably won’t last much longer."

"What do you mean?" Commander Hu shouted angrily, "Are you cursing me?"

"Do I need to curse you?" Su Yang chuckled coldly, patting Master Chen beside him, "Come, you’re a skilled practitioner from the Five Ghosts Sect. Take a look at Commander Hu’s condition and tell him what his situation is now."

After observing Commander Hu, Master Chen spoke softly, "Commander Hu has an accumulation of yin energy inside his body, likely due to a long-term association with yin objects or the use of potent yin medicines."

"This yin energy can temporarily suppress Commander Hu’s chronic illness, but it is just suppression. The illness will become increasingly uncontrollable under the yin energy, resembling a treatment that involves drinking poison to quench thirst."

"The severe yin energy causes damage to the body. Considering the amount of yin energy accumulated inside Commander Hu, he won’t last more than two years before being killed by the invasion of this yin energy. Furthermore, this way of dying will be extremely painful, almost unbearable!"

Master Chen’s words stunned everyone, and Commander Hu himself widened his eyes, exclaiming anxiously, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I’m not spouting nonsense!" Master Chen immediately said, "Over these years, have you felt physically drained, lost your appetite, and developed a fondness for sleep? Do you experience severe pain in your internal organs every three months?"

"How... how did you know?" Commander Hu asked, shaken, as these were indeed true.

"This is the result of the accumulation of yin energy!" Master Chen stated coldly.

Commander Hu panicked, looking at Master Chen nervously, "What... what is going on? Why is there an accumulation of yin energy?"

With a faint smile, Su Yang said, "This matter, you should ask your good friend Li Weixian!"

Commander Hu paused, then turned to look at Li Weixian.

Li Weixian immediately panicked, saying hurriedly, "I... I don’t know anything about this. I don’t know what they are talking about, Commander Hu, it has nothing to do with me..."

"Really?" Su Yang said with a faint smile, "Commander Hu, you still carry the medicine that Li Weixian prescribed for you, don’t you?"

"Yes, of course." Commander Hu immediately took out a small porcelain bottle and said, "Is there something wrong with the medicine?"

"If you don’t trust me, I won’t interfere. Just take it to Master Chen yourself," Su Yang said softly.

Commander Hu instantly had someone deliver the porcelain bottle to Master Chen. Master Chen glanced at it, then sniffed under his nose and frowned, saying, "The yin energy comes from these medicines!"

"What?" Commander Hu angrily turned towards Li Weixian, demanding, "What’s the meaning of this?"

"I... I have no idea, I don’t know anything..." Li Weixian said desperately, "He’s slandering me; how could there possibly be yin energy in these medicines? Commander Hu, you believe me; Su Yang is colluding with Master Chen to frame me!"

Commander Hu was furious, "Li Weixian, Master Chen was brought here by you, and just now you were accusing Su Yang of colluding with Master Fang. Now you’re saying Master Chen is in cahoots with Su Yang. Do you ever tell the truth?"

"Commander Hu, expecting Li Weixian to tell you the truth probably won’t happen," Su Yang said with a faint smile, "Because the origin of this medicine is not innocuous."

Commander Hu asked, "What do you mean?"

Su Yang said, "Do you know how these medicines were made?"

"Made? How?" Commander Hu asked anxiously.

"These medicines were prepared using human body fat, bones from those who died unjustly, and a few auxiliary herbs," Su Yang said softly. "The yin energy comes from the corpse oil and the bones of the wrongful dead!"

"What?!" Commander Hu’s eyes widened, suddenly feeling the urge to vomit.

"You... you’re talking nonsense..." Li Weixian roared in anger, but trembled in his voice, giving off a sense of bluster but inner weakness.

"Whether I’m talking nonsense or not can be confirmed by asking Master Chen," Su Yang said softly.

"Is... is this true?" Commander Hu immediately addressed Master Chen.

"It should be so, I did detect the smell of corpse oil and human bones..." Master Chen said in a low voice, "It seems to be a kind of traditional medicine formula, but such medicines do more harm than good, which is why they have been gradually phased out."

Commander Hu was completely stunned; he slumped back into his chair, saying with a quivering voice, "So what you said is all true. The medicine I’ve been taking... came from that? Am I... not going to live more than two years?"

"Master Chen, Master Chen..." Hou Xiangde said hastily, "If you can discern Commander Hu’s condition, then you must have a way to treat him, please, could you help treat Commander Hu? Our entire Hou Family will be eternally grateful!"

A glimmer of hope flashed in Commander Hu’s eyes as he looked anxiously at Master Chen.

"I’m sorry..." Master Chen shook his head, "If there was no such yin energy, or if the invasion of yin energy wasn’t so severe, I might still be able to cure Commander Hu’s chronic illness. But with the current situation, I’m afraid even an Immortal descending would be powerless to save him!"

At these words, Commander Hu instantly fell into despair.

"Brother Su, could you please save Commander Hu..." Hou Shilin suddenly turned to Su Yang and said with a trembling voice, "Commander Hu has shown great kindness to our Hou Family. Brother Su, if you can help, our Hou Family will be incredibly grateful!"

Everyone immediately looked at Su Yang. Indeed, there was someone here with powers likened to an Immortal; perhaps he indeed had a way to save Commander Hu!