After Elder of the Wood finished speaking, the man in black immediately stepped forward and gently helped Chu Xinchun up.
The meticulous care, cautiousness, and tenderness he displayed didn’t seem characteristic of a man.
Yun Jinnian stepped forward to check and indeed, there was a barb on the back as well.
He touched the barb before asking, "What kind of metal is this, and why don’t you just cut it off?"
"Saintess, if you look closely at this barb, it has already pierced into the body!"
Yun Jinnian followed Elder of the Wood’s pointing finger and saw the tiny threads that had penetrated the skin.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then we’ll dig out the flesh and saw it off. We will still extract the arrow from the front."
Upon hearing this, Elder of the Wood felt a surge of emotion.
"How confident are you, Saintess?"
Yun Jinnian took a deep breath.
"I can only guarantee extracting the arrowhead. As for the chances of saving him, that’s hard to say," Yun Jinnian spoke, then looked toward the man in black, "I will do my utmost. Are you willing to let me try?"
The man was silent for a long time, "Try!"
Medicinal ingredients didn’t need to be prepared; Elder of the Soil and Elder of the Wood had already prepared them, and they had also prepared a lot of hemostatic powder, fearing there wouldn’t be enough.
Yun Jinnian first discussed the prescription and the procedure with Elder of the Wood and Elder of the Soil, then placed the knife from the medicine box on a small stove to boil.
Once everything was ready, Yun Jinnian had people lift Chu Xinchun onto a door plank beside the window.
He then tied up all his hair and even bound his sleeves.
Extracting an arrow with barbs on both ends was not easy. Yun Jinnian knew, and so did Elder of the Wood and Elder of the Soil, hence their very serious expressions.
Yun Jinnian called out steadily.
First step, cut away the necrotic flesh on the back.
Yun Jinnian cut with extreme caution and seriousness. Each cut released pus and blood, carrying a foul smell.
Then the second cut, the third cut.
With each incision, Yun Jinnian’s hands were covered in pus and blood, his forehead slick with sweat, his clothes already drenched, until all the necrotic flesh was removed, carefully avoiding the barb.
Elder of the Wood took a deep breath at the sight.
Such skillful knife work; he, who had lived for decades, couldn’t achieve such finesse.
"Elder of the Wood, take this blade now. Cut across with your internal energy, quickly and accurately!"
Elder of the Wood took the blade and, as directed by Yun Jinnian, held it between his fingers and chopped down swiftly.
There was a ’click’ as the arrowhead broke and the blade lodged itself into the green stone slab of the ground.
Yun Jinnian immediately took a pair of small tweezers, found those thin threads in the wound, and pulled them out one by one, each end with flesh attached.
Since one was near the heart, Yun Jinnian did not dare to be careless, being very careful and cautious.
One by one, he pulled out a total of twelve threads.
At Yun Jinnian’s command, Elder of the Wood immediately handed over the hemostatic powder, which Yun Jinnian took to stop Chu Xinchun’s bleeding.
The bleeding stopped.
Next was the arrow extraction.
But this arrow was not so easy to pull out; they needed to dig a hole at the chest entrance, then carefully remove the broken arrow.
After laying Chu Xinchun flat, Yun Jinnian approached to cut away the necrotic flesh.
So young, with a face of absolute beauty.
Calm and composed, dazzling in beauty, commanding respect and reverence from all who beheld her.
In that moment, Mo Li committed the scene to memory, never to be forgotten for a lifetime.
Cutting away the necrotic flesh was followed by Elder of the Wood extracting the arrow.
After the arrow was extracted, there was a ’puff’ sound as a gush of blood sprayed out.
Elder of the Soil hastened up with the hemostatic medicine, but Yun Jinnian quickly said, "Wait, first check whether a vessel inside the body has been severed?"
If a blood vessel was broken, it needed reconnecting.
If not, they simply needed to stop the bleeding.