Chapter Forty: Unparalleled Comprehension

Madam Yu suddenly screamed like a woman possessed, “You killed my son, I want you dead!” She was a Foundation Establishment cultivator built up by countless pills, whose overall combat ability might not surpass Yu Youwei’s. Still, her cultivation level gave her an advantage, and Yu Youwei was caught off guard, allowing Madam Yu to grab her by the throat.

“Mother, let go!”

Just as Yu Youwei was about to fight back, Ning Baixia rushed in and pulled his mother away, saying loudly, “Sister-in-law would never harm Fourth Brother. Mother, please calm down and wait for the Ancestor to decide.”

Unexpectedly, the ice-faced Ning Baixia trusted her, and Yu Youwei’s anger toward Madam Yu melted away. She rubbed the purple-red marks on her neck, forced herself to get out of bed, and sat in the chair by the window, closing her eyes to regulate her breath.

Madam Yu, convinced from the start that Yu Youwei had done something to her youngest son, was dragged away by her third son, but still cursed venomously, “If anything happens to Mofei, you won’t live, either!”

The Ning Family Ancestor roared impatiently, “Baixia, what madness is your mother possessed by? Get her out of here, don’t let her cause more chaos!” Then, his aged face beamed as he turned to Yu Youwei, “Mofei’s wife, what on earth happened?”

Yu Youwei was already meditating and naturally did not answer, which made the Ancestor scratch his head in frustration.

Ning Baixia reminded him, “Sister-in-law is meditating, Ancestor. How is Fourth Brother?”

“Mofei’s cold poison acted up ahead of time last night,”

“Sister-in-law has a fire attribute and isn’t weak. She was with Fourth Brother during some awkward moments,” Ning Baixia coughed lightly and continued, “Suppressing the cold poison inside Fourth Brother shouldn’t have been too difficult for her.”

“Not just suppress—she cleared out part of the cold poison.”

“Impossible!”

“You brat, dare to question your Ancestor!” The Ning Family Ancestor puffed out his beard and glared, feigning anger, but the laughter in his eyes betrayed him. Seeing his favorite great-grandson’s shocked face, he chuckled, “Mofei’s wife’s comprehension is extraordinary! Baixia, you may be a genius, but you still fall short of her insight!”

Ning Baixia did not like this, nor did any of the Ning family members. When they learned Yu Youwei had refined a Thunder Crystal and introduced it into Ning Mofei’s body, using thunder attribute energy to clear the cold poison, none could find a rebuttal. They were all speechless.

Since birth, Ning Mofei had carried cold poison. The elders of the Ning family and Immortal Chen Sect had racked their brains to clear it, but could only rely on their deep cultivation to forcefully suppress it in his dantian. Yu Youwei’s method was something no one else would have dared to imagine. In a moment of crisis, not only did she think of it, she boldly acted—and succeeded. Even the prideful Ning Baixia had to concede.

After examining Fourth Brother’s pulse, Ning Baixia asked in confusion, “Mofei’s cold poison acted up early, so why is his condition better than before?”

“That’s exactly what’s baffling this old man,” the Ning Family Ancestor said, his gaze burning as he looked at Yu Youwei’s face. “The most unbelievable part is that every time Mofei’s cold poison acts up, even with timely treatment, the damage to his heart and brain is always severe. This time, it’s the opposite.”

Ning Guodong and his brothers arrived and took turns examining Ning Mofei, all clicking their tongues in amazement.

Yu Youwei finished regulating her breath, opened her eyes, and met the intense gazes of the Ning men, feeling a bit uneasy. “If you think I acted on my own and harmed Ning Mofei, I must apologize. But no one told me about Mofei’s condition, so I could only try anything in desperation. If things turned out badly, it’s not my fault.”

“Blame you? Who could blame you?” Ning Guodong said in bewilderment.

Ning Baixia quickly added, “Sister-in-law, Mother was just panicked and said nonsense. Don’t hold it against her. Please tell us exactly what happened to Fourth Brother?”

Even the clever and resourceful Yu Youwei felt a bit muddled at this point. “Mofei’s cold poison acted up early—what else could it be?”

The Ning Family Ancestor pushed aside his sons and grandsons, eager to speak. “Everyone step aside and let the old man ask.”

Once the Ancestor clarified the key points, Yu Youwei understood and thought for a moment before saying, “It might be because I had Mofei take a whole Fire Thorn Flower beforehand.”

The Ning family was famous for their pill refinement, and all their men with fire attributes first learned to refine pills. Even the obsessed Ning Baixia had worked hard in the pill arts, so Yu Youwei did not need to explain the effects of Fire Thorn Flower in detail—they quickly figured out the reason. They were only curious about how she thought to use it.

Yu Youwei made up a story, “There’s a description of Fire Thorn Flower’s effects in the ‘Compendium of Spiritual Medicines’ Mofei brought from the study. Coincidentally, I found one in the herb garden today. When his cold poison acted up, he nearly turned into an ice sculpture. I feared he wouldn’t last until the Ancestor arrived, so I used it. Luckily, it didn’t make things worse.”

“Marvelous! A good poison, used well, is also a life-saving medicine,” the Ning Family Ancestor applauded.

At the mention of “medicine,” Yu Youwei’s heart raced. She was also curious about how the little white bear managed to conceal the spiritual medicines hidden under the bed.

The Ning men noticed nothing abnormal about her. Ning Guodong laughed, “The most ingenious part was refining the Thunder Crystal and introducing it into Mofei’s body to clear the cold poison. That’s far more effective than our method of using cultivation to suppress it.”

Ning Baixia looked at Yu Youwei with admiration, “But none of us could use that method. Sister-in-law, when you drew in the Thunder Crystal’s energy to clear the cold poison, you also used wood attribute cultivation to repair Fourth Brother’s meridians. Otherwise, the Thunder Crystal’s energy would have destroyed his meridians along with the cold poison.”

“Exactly!” The Ning Family Ancestor clapped both hands and laughed heartily.

Ninth Master Ning said incredulously, “That can’t be right. Even if Mofei’s wife can multitask, even with extraordinary talent, she hasn’t trained in wood attribute cultivation for long. How could she have enough power to repair meridians damaged by Thunder Crystal energy?”

“My own cultivation wasn’t enough, so I took some pills.” After all, it was hard to explain why she carried so many spiritual medicines with her. She’d already passed off the Fire Thorn Flower as something she found in the herb garden, so she didn’t want to say more. Yu Youwei quickly changed the subject, “I sense that Mofei’s dantian can regenerate cold poison. To clear it completely will be troublesome.”

“More than just troublesome,” Ning Guodong said with a bitter smile, swallowing the words, “We don’t even dare hope.”

Ning Baixia’s eyes brightened, “Sister-in-law, do you think there’s a chance to completely clear Fourth Brother’s cold poison?”

Yu Youwei replied uncertainly, “After I infused my cultivation, I sensed he has a fire spiritual root. If he cultivates fire attribute techniques and uses cold crystals to clear the poison, a cure seems possible. Also, I think if he stays in a fire attribute environment long-term, it will help suppress the cold poison.”

“So that’s why you encouraged Mofei to learn pill refinement? You worried he wouldn’t want to stay in a fire attribute environment for long enough?” The Ning Family Ancestor smiled with satisfaction, “Mofei is fortunate to have married you. You always think ahead for him.”