No! That can hardly be called a leg anymore! The skin on his right leg was nearly all peeled off, revealing the b.l.o.o.d.y muscle tissues and thick, white bone inside. The most severely injured part of his leg was the thigh; a piece of flesh had been torn off. Blood was ceaselessly pouring out of the artery on his thigh. If Zhao Bufan hadn't tore off a piece of cloth and tied it around his thigh, it was likely that Yu Hai would have lost his life due to excessive blood loss before he reached home.
"Xiao… Xiaocao." Madam Liu was crying so hard that she was barely able to breathe. If she hadn't eaten an entire winter's worth if medicine, Madam Liu would have already fainted. She grabbed her younger daughter tightly as if she was grabbing onto her last life-saving straw. "Right! Xiaocao, didn't you study medicine under Doctor You? Quickly save your father!"
Yu Xiaocao had never seen such a tragic and b.l.o.o.d.y scene in neither of her lifetimes. Thus, she was stunned for a moment and didn't know where to start.
[Master, you must stop the bleeding first! If all his blood flowed out, even an immortal wouldn't be able to save him!] When the little divine stone saw the frightened expression on its master's face, it quickly reminded her to stop the bleeding.
"I, what should I do?" Yu Xiaocao remembered from the surgeries in her previous life that large wounds were usually sutured to stop the bleeding. However, her father's leg was riddled with injuries. What should she do?
[Put my body near the wound on his thigh to make it easier for me to use my spiritual powers!] The little divine stone could only guide its owner through the process step-by-step.
Yu Xiaocao took out all the medicine for external injuries from the medicine box. She used a high concentration of the mystic-stone water and mixed it together with the medicine. When the mixture turned into a paste, she carefully applied it on her father's wounds. As she applied the medicine, she tried to get the multicolored stone on her wrist as close to the wounds as possible.
A faint golden light emerged from the multicolored stone and slowly enveloped Yu Hai's entire leg. Although the naked eye couldn't see any change, the ruptured veins and torn flesh were unwittingly nourished by the Divine Stone's spiritual power. In other words, even though his leg looked as appalling as before, his leg would heal twice as fast in the future.
Yu Hai's legs were shrouded in the golden light for half an hour, exhausting the last of the little divine stone's spiritual power. Yet it didn't forget to haggle with Yu Xiaocao, [The next time you go to town, remember to bring me to Tongren Medicine Hall. All the spiritual power I had acc.u.mulated is gone again! I'm very tired, I need to sleep.]
Before it even finished talking, the last rays of golden light returned to the multicolored stone. There were no more movements from the little divine stone. Although Yu Xiaocao was also worried about the little divine stone, she was even more worried about her father's injury.
On the kang bed, Yu Hai's face was still pale. His breathing was faint, and his legs were covered in wound paste. But, it didn't look as frightening as before.
"Oh my! He has such a serious injury. Even if you manage to save his life, his right leg will probably still be crippled! Tsk tsk…" Madam Li, who came to enjoy the bustling scene, fanned the flames as she shook her head and clicked her tongue.
Old Yu, who had a bellyful of anger, finally found someone to vent on, "He already became like this, yet you still making sarcastic remarks! Get lost!"
No matter how thick-skinned Madam Li was, she couldn't stand being berated by her father-in-law in public. She couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "I wasn't the one who told him to go up the mountain, so why are you yelling at me? If you want someone to blame, blame him for not being careful… ouch!"
Madam Li didn't even finish speaking yet when Little s.h.i.+tou knocked against her. Little s.h.i.+tou's eyes were br.i.m.m.i.n.g with sadness and hatred as he firmly stared at Madam Li. His father was injured for this family. Yet Eldest Aunt still said those words! Father's injury wasn't worth it at all!
Little s.h.i.+tou looked like a young wounded beast. Met with Little s.h.i.+tou's eyes, Madam Li who was usually crafty and bossy, felt somewhat guilty as she retreated. Under the villagers' dissatisfied gaze, she left the west room with her tail between her legs.
It seemed as if the things happening around Yu Xiaocao didn't concern her at all. Her entire focus was on her father's well-being. She took out a bottle of high-concentration mystic-stone water from the medicine box. With Madam Liu's help, they slowly opened Yu Hai's mouth ad carefully fed it to him.
