Chapter 1627: Beyond Saving

Mr. Han's answer did not surprise Chen Ling.

Since Mr. Han had come to the Cangyun Realm in this frail state, it was impossible for him to stand by and watch people die. The only problem was how to provide treatment to the public safely and orderly under the current circumstances.

But that wasn't a problem for Chen Ling to worry about. Now that Mr. Han had been blocked and even kidnapped and disappeared shortly after entering the Cangyun Realm, Lord Cangyun would surely take action...

"Mr. Han, I'll be blunt." Chen Ling paused for a moment. "I have someone here I'd like you to treat."

Mr. Han was startled, then answered without hesitation:

"Since it is someone of the Red King, I naturally will not refuse... May I ask, where is this person?"

Chen Ling stood up and signaled for Mr. Han to follow, while Diamond Q, Heart J, and Club J stood by, waiting for orders.

Mr. Han followed Chen Ling as he pushed open a narrow side door and walked into a dim room. There, a frail boy with blood-stained bandages wrapped around his eyes was sitting on the bed, hugging his knees. Hearing the door open, he turned his head in this direction, looking lost...

Seeing the blood-stained bandages on Kong Baosheng's eyes, Mr. Han's brows furrowed slightly.

"Sir, this is..."

"This is the doctor I invited." Chen Ling said gently. "He is the greatest doctor of this era. With him here, he will definitely be able to cure you."

Kong Baosheng could not see where Mr. Han was, so he could only weakly call out toward the empty air:

"...Thank you, Doctor."

To be honest, Mr. Han had assumed that since the Red King had gone to such lengths to invite him, he must be saving some powerful subordinate or a peerless beauty... He truly hadn't expected that the person Chen Ling wanted him to save was just an ordinary boy.

Mr. Han sat down by Kong Baosheng's bedside and took the boy's hand, as if carefully sensing something.

A moment later, his brows furrowed even tighter.

Fortunately, Kong Baosheng's eyes were bad, so he couldn't see the change in Mr. Han's expression, but when Chen Ling saw this, his heart sank instantly...

The people in the room remained quiet for a long time before Mr. Han slowly stood up.

"How is it?" Chen Ling asked immediately.

"...Let's go outside to talk."

Chen Ling nodded, and after telling Kong Baosheng to rest easy, he went outside with Mr. Han.

"This child's condition is very bad." Mr. Han deliberated for a long time before sighing. "There should already be four types of viruses in his body... and three of them have penetrated deep into his organs. These viruses are overlapping, and because it has been dragged on for too long, it has deteriorated to the extreme."

"Even you can't save him??" Chen Ling's expression was incredibly grim. "You are the leader of the medical path of this generation!"

Mr. Han opened his mouth...

"I am the leader of the medical path, that is true... but I am not an omnipotent medical god."

"Red King, you should know that the divine path is vast and the paths differ. My [Passing to the Nether] can turn the tide, lock life, lock souls, lock existence, and lock death... but neutralizing viruses is not my strength."

"Although I have the ability to treat illnesses, the situations I can handle are limited. If I had come half a month earlier, I might have been able to cure him before the viruses worsened, but now... he is already terminally ill."

Chen Ling clenched his hands tightly under his sleeves, and the glimmer of hope that had finally risen in his heart was completely extinguished at this moment.

"So... there is no hope?" Chen Ling's voice was extremely low.

"I am incompetent and cannot cure him." Mr. Han paused for a moment. "But if the Red King has need, when he reaches the point of critical illness and death, I can use [The Land of the Dying] to lock in a sliver of life for him..."

"How long can you lock it for?"

"If I only lock him alone... in my current state, I should be able to hold on for at most one day."

Chen Ling's eyes slowly closed...

One day...

But that doesn't solve the root cause. Even if he can lock in a sliver of life for a day, what then?

After an unknown amount of silence, Chen Ling reopened his eyes and said hoarsely: "...I understand. Thank you, Mr. Han."

A series of sounds of breaking through the air erupted from outside the theater, as if numerous figures were anxiously sweeping across the sky, as if frantically searching for something...

At the same time, Diamond Q in the front hall glanced at the sky through a crack in the door:

"It's the Dragon-Twisting Warriors."

"Carpet-style search, huh... They must be here for Mr. Han." The magician Club J said indifferently. "Do you need me to hide the entire theater?"

"Hmph, no need to skulk around." The exotic youth Heart J licked his lips. "Just these types... let me out, and I'll cut them all down!"

"Is that so? Can you cut down Lord Cangyun?"

“……”

"It is said that there are currently two Eighth-Rankers stationed in the Cangyun Realm. Can you cut them both down?"

"...Are you looking for trouble?" Heart J gripped his sword hilt, looking at Diamond Q to the side with some annoyance. "Do you believe I'll cut you first?!"

With the Red King here, the three Twilight Society members only dared to argue in hushed tones, but Chen Ling had already sensed the situation outside. He figured Lord Cangyun had already issued the order to search the entire city for Mr. Han... It was only a matter of time before they found the Jinghong Tower.

If Chen Ling wanted to, he certainly had ways to make the Dragon-Twisting Warriors unable to find this place, but there was no need for him to do so...

Mr. Han was not a real hostage, and they had no need to make an enemy of Lord Cangyun at this time.

"Brother Li... you should take Mr. Han away."

Chen Ling was already disappointed. He sighed softly and said this to Li Qingshan, who was standing to the side.

Li Qingshan was currently working for Lord Cangyun, so having him bring Mr. Han back was the most appropriate course of action... And in a sense, this also represented the Twilight Society's attitude toward Lord Cangyun, a sign of goodwill.

Li Qingshan nodded slightly, came to the side door of the theater, and made a gesture of invitation to Mr. Han:

"Please, Mr. Han."

Mr. Han followed Li Qingshan for a few steps, but after hesitating for a long time, he stopped and looked back at Chen Ling.

"The clinic I am staying at this time is not far away. If there is any need, just have someone come find me immediately..." He paused for a moment and added, "That child's time... might be running out."

Chen Ling's pupils shrank slightly.

As Li Qingshan took Mr. Han away from the theater, the front hall fell into silence once again.

Chen Ling looked at the tightly closed door of Kong Baosheng's room and sighed helplessly in his heart. Now that even Mr. Han was helpless, he feared he could only look to Chu Muyun... but no one knew how long it would take for Chu Muyun to obtain the final "result."

Chen Ling walked back to the table gloomily, took a sip of the tea on the table, and then his gaze fell on the three Twilight Society members who were at each other's throats...

Seeming to notice the Red King's gaze, the three of them stiffened slightly, and their auras immediately retracted.