"A strange smell? What did it smell like?" Zhu Yanyi asked with curiosity.
Zhao Guangzong recalled the sensation. "It’s hard to describe. It was a bit like burning plastic, but not quite. Burning plastic smells awful and makes you feel very uncomfortable. But this smell made people calm down, and then slowly lose feeling."
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly, showing she understood. "Who treated your internal injuries later?"
Zhao Guangzong shook her head. "I don’t remember. You’d better ask Jing Cheng or Dean Li. I was very confused at the time. People were coming and going, and I didn’t know who did it." She looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Little Junior Sister, is there something suspicious about my internal injury?"
Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment. "I can’t say much right now. But don’t worry, this injury is easy for me to treat." She continued, "After you finish these lingzhi pills, I can operate on you. The surgery is scheduled for the day after you finish the medicine. I will discuss the details with Dean Li and Brother Zhao. Senior Brother, rest assured, you will recover soon."
"Thank you, Junior Sister." Zhao Guangzong had trusted Zhu Yanyi’s medical skills greatly over the past few days. She couldn’t even speak before, but now she had recovered most of her ability.
After leaving the hospital, Zhu Yanyi began to think about Zhao Guangzong’s case. Had the person with the internal formation moved from Beijing to Jinling? If so, it explained why no patients with internal formations were found in Beijing recently. But why was this person in Jinling? She frowned slightly.
Qin Tianxiang noticed Zhu Yanyi’s serious expression and asked, "Yanyi, what’s wrong?"
Zhu Yanyi sighed. "Let’s talk when we get back. I need your advice. What should I do?"
Qin Tianxiang knew from Zhu Yanyi’s demeanor that this was serious. She nodded. Back at the hotel, Zhu Yanyi asked Qin Tianxiang to call Luo Gang. Then she began, "You’ve seen Senior Brother Zhao’s injuries. Besides her broken legs, there is the internal injury. I’m not talking about her legs now, but the internal injury."
"Is the internal injury hard to treat?" Qin Tianxiang asked. Seeing Zhu Yanyi’s expression, she sensed something was off.
Zhu Yanyi shook her head slightly. "It’s not hard to treat. The problem is that her internal injury was caused by a killing formation inside the body. The formation is called 'Five Grains Cycle.' The name doesn’t sound bad, but it actually uses the formation to cycle away the body’s vitality, causing slow death in sleep. This internal killing formation appeared in Brother Yan and Grandpa Yun’s bodies before, and later in Zhang Yan. After those three cases, it never appeared again. That was five years ago. I didn’t expect it to appear in Jinling now. So I suspect that person might have come to Jinling. But this is just my suspicion. Maybe there are accomplices from Beijing in Jinling. I’m wondering if I should tell Grandpa Yun and Brother Yan about this." Zhu Yanyi patted her head. "Oh, this is so annoying." There was a hint of frustration in her voice. Indeed, she was not suited for guessing the truth behind these conspiracies.