From Evil Sect Leader to Doctor

Xu Chunliang limped out of the cafe, still carrying a strong coffee aroma, and as he watched Cao Mulan preparing to get in the car, he suddenly called out: "Mulan!"

Cao Mulan was taken aback for a moment, what did this shameless guy call her? She turned around to see Xu Chunliang pouting towards her, mimicking a kiss from a distance.

Cao Mulan felt her head buzz and swell immediately. She hated Xu Chunliang on one hand, and regretted provoking him on the other. This fellow was a troublemaker.

Not only did Cao Mulan see this, but even her subordinates witnessed it. They were all puzzled, what exactly was the relationship between them? Never had they heard that Cao Mulan liked men before.

Xu Chunliang grinned cheekily and said, "Say hello to Miss Hongxiu for me! And also pass my regards to Sect Leader Xiahou."

Cao Mulan took a deep breath, reminding herself not to act impulsively. This guy was clearly trying to provoke her. Yes, since the incident had already happened, being impulsive would be futile. The most important thing now was to handle the internal affairs of Pi Men. A gentleman takes revenge ten years later; let’s see how long Xu Chunliang can remain arrogant.

Judging from Cao Mulan’s lip movements, she must have said "Drop dead!" Xu Chunliang laughed loudly, noticing that Cao Mulan was thoroughly flustered.

After Cao Mulan left, Hua Zhuyue, who had been hiding on the opposite rooftop filming, approached Xu Chunliang and intentionally sniffed: "Such a strong coffee smell."

Xu Chunliang replied: "I smell a strong vinegar scent."

Hua Zhuyue glared at him: "If I were really jealous of you, I’d be sour to death! You really didn’t hold back just now." Although the distance was far, Hua Zhuyue could see clearly that Xu Chunliang wasn’t merciful with his strikes, though the targeted area was debatable. He must have had a good feel.

Xu Chunliang knew she was referring to him smacking Cao Mulan’s buttocks and laughed: "She bit my thigh, two slaps are generous."

Hua Zhuyue said: "I’m afraid she meant to bite other areas."

Their gazes met, becoming somewhat heated, then they both laughed. Hua Zhuyue patted him on the shoulder: "You really are something else."

Xu Chunliang said: "What happened last night was all due to inhaling excessive peach blossom calamity, don’t blame me, I was also a victim."

Hua Zhuyue replied: "I was the same, let’s just... let’s pretend nothing happened."

Xu Chunliang nodded: "That’s best."

Hua Zhuyue cursed in her heart, how could this guy be such a scoundrel? I said let’s pretend nothing happened out of courtesy, but you shouldn’t really act as if nothing happened, at least say something comforting to warm my heart. If you really inhaled it then you’re bluffing, you were just taking advantage.

In truth, both of them clearly understood that neither was affected by the peach blossom calamity. It was simply irresistible in that environment, everything happened naturally. However, they were both pragmatic and neither felt embarrassed.

They went to the parking lot to retrieve the car, Hua Zhuyue said: "You didn’t seem to reach any conclusion with Cao Mulan."

Xu Chunliang said: "So we have to visit her base again."

Hua Zhuyue said sourly: "I can see, some people are reluctant to leave."

Xu Chunliang said: "Our purpose here is to meet Xiahou Zun; we can’t leave without seeing him in person."

Hua Zhuyue said: "Would he be willing to see you?"

Xu Chunliang said: "He has no choice." He raised his wrist to check the time: "Let’s eat first, that Hongxiu will probably act soon."

Cao Mulan had just returned to base when she heard of Hongxiu going mad. During her absence, Hongxiu inexplicably became manic, biting everyone indiscriminately, speaking nonsense, and was now tied up.

Her subordinates sought Cao Mulan’s opinion on whether to send Hongxiu to the mental hospital.

Cao Mulan could ignore Yan Hong’s fate, but she couldn’t neglect Hongxiu’s matter. Remembering Xu Chunliang’s parting words, Cao Mulan realized this was likely related to him.

She dismissed everyone and once again consulted her father Xiahou Zun. After diagnosing Hongxiu, Xiahou Zun’s expression turned extremely solemn, and he said gravely: "She is suffering from madness."

Cao Mulan asked, puzzled: "How is that possible? She never had any issues like this before, how could she suddenly go mad?"

Xiahou Zun said: "There’s something abnormal on her Shenmen acupoint; someone placed a needle here." He showed his daughter.

Cao Mulan carefully examined and indeed found a small needle mark on the ulnar side of Hongxiu’s wrist transverse crease, in the radial side depression of the ulnar wrist flexor tendon, right at the Shenmen acupoint.

The Shenmen acupoint is the hand Shaoyin Heart meridian acupoint, belonging to the Earth element, as the hand Shaoyin Heart meridian belongs to the Fire element, it is known as the Heart meridian’s Son point, and also called the Heart meridian source point. With excess evidence in the Heart meridian, it can be drained at this acupoint, although different acupuncture methods can achieve opposite effects.

Xiahou Zun had his daughter examine Hongxiu’s Baihui acupoint, Shaoshang acupoint, Taichong acupoint, He Gu acupoint... all these acupoints commonly used to treat mental disorders, and indeed found needle marks at quite a few of them.

After hearing his daughter’s examination results, Xiahou Zun couldn’t help but take a deep breath. He could conclude that Hongxiu’s problems were not self-inflicted, but rather someone had used acupuncture techniques on her.

Xiahou Zun said, "A sword can kill or save, acupuncture is the same."

Cao Mulan said hatefully, "It must be Xu Chunliang, I won’t let him off."

Xiahou Zun was taken aback, "Xu Chunliang? Didn’t you say he was trapped in the Samsara Formation?"

Cao Mulan hadn’t told her father about Xu Chunliang’s escape, feeling too ashamed. Flustered, she blurted out and hurriedly corrected, "He escaped."

Xiahou Zun said, "Escaped? How is that possible? The Samsara Formation was designed by Guo Jia himself, one cannot escape without the diagram for breaking it. How did he escape?" Xiahou Zun looked at the unconscious Hongxiu, then at his daughter, whose eyes were clearly puffy from crying. His daughter, being deeply resilient, rarely shed tears unless there was a major change.

Understanding his daughter best, Xiahou Zun realized she must be hiding something else from him.

"Mulan, are you hiding something else from me?"

"No!" Cao Mulan hurriedly denied.

Xiahou Zun swiftly grabbed his daughter’s right arm, lifting her sleeve before she could react. Her forearm was as white as snow, completely devoid of the guardian sand mark that should have been there. Xiahou Zun gaped at his daughter, "You... you..."

Discovered by her father, Cao Mulan regretted not having put a red dot on her arm beforehand to bluff her way out.

Xiahou Zun exclaimed angrily, "Tell me, who compromised your purity?"

Cao Mulan was both ashamed and saddened, knowing her father had high expectations for her.

Xiahou Zun said through clenched teeth, "It’s Xu Chunliang, isn’t it? I want to tear him apart, grind his bones to dust to soothe the burning hatred in my heart."

Cao Mulan said, "Father, please don’t let my affairs ruin your cultivation. I have my own ways to handle him."

Xiahou Zun said, "What ways? I’ve trained you from a young age, soaking your body with rare medicines to forge your Pure Yin Body. You were about to reach the conditions to cultivate the ’Heart Sutra of the Mystic Lady’, yet you were defiled by that shameless scoundrel."

Cao Mulan grew sadder at her father’s words, saying despondently, "Father, it’s because of my incompetence that I let the thief have a chance. Forget it, I will go find the thief and fight him to the death, we can perish together."

As Cao Mulan rose to leave, Xiahou Zun grabbed her arm again, "Hold on, you knew I was in the Soldier Transport Path at that time, why didn’t you call for help?"

Cao Mulan said, "I lost consciousness and knew nothing, I awoke to find he had escaped."

At this, Xiahou Zun surprisingly calmed down, placing his fingers on his daughter’s pulse point, and said in a low voice, "So, you truly don’t know what happened?"

He detected no difference in her pulse from before, solemnly saying, "Strange, your Pure Yin Body hasn’t changed. Could it be he removed your guardian sand without any wrongful conduct?"

Cao Mulan sighed inwardly, thinking her father was too grief-stricken to see the truth. Her guardian sand was gone, her body was no longer of Pure Yin. She knew her own state well, she had lost much blood, the pain was undeniable. Damn Xu Chunliang, he had ruined her chastity, making her lose her Pure Yin Body, and rendering her unable to cultivate the ’Heart Sutra of the Mystic Lady’.

Xiahou Zun took her left pulse, diagnosing each wrist fifty times, confirming his daughter was still of Pure Yin Body, then scrutinized the original guardian sand location on Cao Mulan’s arm, finding two tiny needle holes.

Xiahou Zun was both surprised and delighted, "Mulan, look, there are two needle marks here, he must have used some method to remove your guardian sand, you have been deceived."

Cao Mulan thought her father was speaking self-deceiving tales due to disappointment, and sighed, "Father, I have let down your expectations."

Xiahou Zun said, "Mulan, I dare say you are still of Pure Yin Body, untouched. That boy did not lay a hand on you."

Cao Mulan said bleakly, "Father, he ruined my purity while I was unconscious, I could feel it."

Xiahou Zun said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, daughter, you’ve been fooled. Consider, under those circumstances, Hua Zhuyue was with him. Even if he were shameless, he wouldn’t do such a thing before his woman. His acupuncture techniques are mysterious, he might have created the illusion of losing chastity using acupuncture."

Cao Mulan thought, I still feel a dull ache, bleeding slightly, could everything I’ve seen be an illusion? My father must be too shocked to accept reality.

Xiahou Zun said, "I suspect he played tricks on you, deliberately teasing you."

Cao Mulan thought, not just tricks, everything was moved by him.

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