There was no longer any need to deceive, Xu Fan furrowed his brow and looked over at Xia Xiaodie.

"You wretched girl, what exactly did she do to you..."

"I... I'm not quite sure."

Between Xu Fan and Xia Xiaodie, it was merely an exchange of glances, inevitably accompanied by some discrepancies, as Xia Xiaodie shook her head bitterly.

This was merely her intuition, that Hongpo's supervision was not strict. She felt that she must have been tampered with somehow.

Given Hongpo's current condition, she couldn't possibly get up to continue resisting. Xu Fan glanced at Xia Xiaodie and then said, "Come here, let me have a look."

Hongpo was adept at using poison; she most likely had sprinkled some kind of poison on Xiaodie. At this moment, Xu Fan placed his hand on Xia Xiaodie's wrist and began to diagnose.

"..."

Both the pulse and complexion showed no issues, causing Xu Fan to involuntarily shake his head.

With his medical skills, there was no reason he couldn't detect any poison in Xiaodie. Could it be that Hongpo was deceiving him?

"Hehehe, boy, your medical skills seem impressive. However, even if your skills reach the heavens, you still wouldn't be able to detect it!"

Lying on the ground, watching Xu Fan oscillate indecisively, Hongpo coughed and began to sneer coldly.

"Shut up!"

Already feeling uncomfortable, Hongpo's laughter was particularly grating at this moment. Xu Fan's face hardened, and he stepped forward, abruptly crushing Hongpo's hand bones with his foot.

The fingers are connected to the heart; the pain from this stomp was excruciating. Yet even amidst her screams, Hongpo continued to laugh hideously, as if she were possessed.

"Cough, cough... cough, boy, I will make you regret this for a lifetime."

Looking at Hongpo's crazed appearance on the ground, Xu Fan felt a heavy weight in his heart. He shook his head, utterly at a loss as to what techniques this woman had used...

Wait.

Thoroughly sorting through clues in his mind, he suddenly recalled her identity, and a light flashed in Xu Fan's eyes.

Hongpo was Ana Dan's godmother, and the packages she sent to his doorstep mostly contained poisons from the Sichuan-Shu area.

So she was from Miaojiang?

If he had to name a poison that even his own medical skills couldn't resolve, it would only be Gu Poison.

Casting Gu is one of the unconventional techniques of Miaojiang, using poisonous substances to refine Gu, harming people undetected.

Essentially, the only way to remove it would be by the caster of the Gu personally.

Having just witnessed Hongpo's poison-using tricks, Xu Fan was convinced in his heart.

Xia Xiaodie must have been infected with Hongpo's Gu.

"Hongpo, do you know how long it takes for a person's bones to heal after they are broken?"

"Hmm?"

Hongpo was stunned by Xu Fan's sudden question.

Just then, Xu Fan looked coldly at Hongpo and said, "The human body has a total of 206 bones. Normally, a fracture would heal in about a month, but I can make you fully recover in three days."

"Next, aside from vital areas, I will crush your bones one by one. Every three days marks a cycle, repeating indefinitely until I die."

Having said that, Xu Fan, with a stern face, stepped directly on Hongpo's foot.

The excruciating pain made her roll on the ground, screaming.

Xu Fan watched emotionlessly and said, "Don't worry, with my medical skills, I will not let you die. From now on, I will ensure that you enjoy this continuously."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Trembling, lying on the ground, gasping for a long time as the pain in her body slightly diminished, Hongpo gritted her teeth and looked at Xu Fan.

She was well aware that this was a threat from Xu Fan.

He aimed to force her to give up the method of Gu removal.

"Hehe... Boy, you really do have a heart. Very well, rest assured, Hongpo here will definitely live past this month."

"You!"

Clearly, only one month was left before Xiao Die's Gu poison took effect.

Hong Po clearly intended to fight to the death with him, and under the constraint of being unwilling to harm the innocent, Xu Fan felt helpless.

"Kid, do you want me, Hong Po, to remove the Gu?"

"Hehehe, the method is simple, die right here in front of me, and I, Hong Po, swear, I'll absolutely remove the Gu from this girl…"

Suddenly, Hong Po began bargaining while gasping for breath on the ground.

Xu Fan unconsciously looked towards her.

"It seems that you are tempted. Rest assured, this time, I, Hong Po, will keep my word."

Seeing the perplexed expression on Xu Fan's face, Hong Po, lying on the ground gasping for breath, started to tempt him.

But before Xu Fan could react, suddenly, Xia Xiao Die rushed toward her!

She picked up a piece of firewood from the side and thrust it directly into the woman's throat!

Blood spurted like an arrow, splashing Xia Xiao Die's face, yet as someone who had never killed anyone before, her face was unusually calm.

"You!"

Hong Po's eyes instantly lost their life, and as Xu Fan saw Xia Xiao Die calmly wiping the blood off her face, his brain went blank.

The only one who knew how to remove the Gu was Hong Po, and by doing this, wasn't she throwing her life away!

"Crazy girl! Have you lost your mind?"

Xu Fan, bewildered, rushed to Xia Xiao Die's side and scolded her.

"Pfft, I don't believe her nonsense. Xu Fan, don't worry, I definitely won't have any issue."

If it meant living on the condition that Xu Fan risked his life for her, she would rather die.

From what Hong Po had just said, Xia Xiao Die deduced that she might only have one month left to live and looked at Xu Fan with forced calmness.

"Xu Fan, I've killed someone. You must not report me."

After speaking, the defiant girl stuck out her tongue playfully at him.

"You…"

Facing the current situation, Xu Fan truly couldn't bear to hear her joking with him. He knelt in front of Hong Po's body and began to search desperately.

He hoped to find books on Gu refinement on her body.

Perhaps they contained information on removing Gu poison.

But to Xu Fan's despair, no clues were found on Hong Po's body.

"Tsk, fool, you really believed her lies, huh?"

Seeing Xu Fan desperately searching Hong Po's body, Xia Xiao Die's nose tingled as she wiped her eyes and said with feigned ease, "You got completely fooled by her; I'm fine."

Xu Fan, however, still wasn't listening. He scanned the empty hut, which continued to reveal no clues.

"Come on, Xu Fan, stop searching."

Xia Xiao Die said with a bitter smile as she looked at Xu Fan, "Besides, isn't it over between us two? Why bother?"

"…"

Xia Xiao Die's words startled Xu Fan.

He stopped what he was doing and turned around to look at Xia Xiao Die.

"You… what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Xu Fan walking toward her with an expressionless face, Xia Xiao Die couldn't help but feel a bit panicked.

Xu Fan then grabbed Xia Xiao Die's hand and said…

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