It was a smooth journey, except that she had some health problems. As the weather got colder and colder, she felt like her body was even colder, and her internal organs were about to freeze. Bai Yuting sometimes had to hug her to sleep, but that didn’t warm her up either. So Bai Yuting took her to the biggest local medical hall.
After feeling her pulse, the doctor frowned and said nothing, then took them to a room at the back and asked an old gentleman inside to take another look at the pulse. The old gentleman was the owner of the medical hall and the most famous doctor in the neighbourhood. After feeling her pulse, he pondered for a moment: ‘Is he your husband?’ ‘No, I’m not. She’s our second young lady.’
‘Then please leave us alone for a moment, I want to have a word with the young lady.’ The old man waited until the door had closed before he spoke again: “Have you been to Qilin Mountain?” Tang Ziyu looked at him in surprise and nodded. The old man suddenly lifted up his cheongsam and pointed to his leg: “I went there for the Qilin blood back then, and this is the result.” A section of his leg was missing.
‘I didn’t find the legendary immortal grass, so I fell into another cave. Inside I found some blue ice, so I got a piece and put it in a boot. Then I climbed back up. When I got out, I realised my leg was frozen. The ice was actually a thousand-year-old block of ice. The reason it was blue was because it contained some water, and that water was even colder than the ice! In fact, the piece of ice I knocked off didn’t melt because it touched my body, but because I knocked so hard that it broke and the water inside spilled on my leg.‘
’I’ve eaten a piece of ice before, but nothing ever happened to me before!’ ’That’s because the ice on the outside didn’t melt. I guess you must have come into contact with someone who carried a lot of heat, so that melted the ice and the water inside came out.’
‘So that means my internal organs will freeze?‘ “I don’t know, but I do know that you will be unable to conceive because your body is cold, and you will have cold hands and feet, and in the end, you may become what you said, frozen. But I think if you can find a husband who has practiced martial arts to the point of becoming strong and unyielding, it may be better. Maybe it can help you balance yin and yang. You know what I’m talking about, don’t you?”
’I understand what you mean, but will this ensure that my internal organs don’t freeze?’ ‘My dear, there are very few people who can encounter the thousand-year ice, but we met by fate, didn’t we? I had to sever my leg with a heavy heart to save my life, but how can you give it up now? The method I told you about cannot solve your problem either. The water in your body is desperately absorbing your heat. It’s already a miracle that your body can stay alive. Soon your body will be in great pain because it can’t withstand the cold. If you want to survive, you should consider my suggestion.’
‘If I find something very hot to eat, will that work?’ ’You’ll be scalded to death first! Don’t even think about such a stupid method. I guess in a few days the blood vessels on the inside of your arms will turn blue, and by then, you may have to prepare for your funeral. So it’s best to hurry up and get married to try my method first.’
‘Thank you, I understand.’ Tang Ziyu suddenly realised something: it turned out that she was the one who needed an antidote. And her antidote turned out to be wood. Things in the world are really weird!