Chapter 320: Chapter 320: Paralyzed

As it turned out, Fox Ear really did care about the person in the photo.

He didn’t just give the Antidote Potion to Yun Xie; he also threw in an extra sample of the toxin and another Antidote Potion.

However, it came with a condition.

“I’ve given you the stuff. Now, keep your mouth shut. Don’t go spouting things you shouldn’t. The feud between us males doesn’t need to drag innocent people into it.”

“Heh, you have the nerve to talk about innocence? Isn’t my female master innocent? What did she do wrong?

You don’t feel the pain because you’re not the one being stabbed, is that it?”

After getting what he came for, Yun Xie kicked Fox Ear, who was powerless to resist, to the ground.

He finally vented all the pent-up frustration he’d suffered at Fox Ear’s hands recently.

Just as he raised his knife, ready to eliminate the menace that was Fox Ear for good, the man in front of him vanished in a flash.

Yun Xie had anticipated this.

He hadn’t expected Fox Ear to keep the Antidote Potion not in his personal Space Button, but in a safe on this small, uninhabited planet.

When Fox Ear went to get the potion, he’d guessed the man had probably taken the opportunity to grab something that would allow him to escape.

The small planet was located in a remote corner of the universe, shrouded in perpetual darkness—a perfect match for Fox Ear’s beast form abilities.

As long as the man had a chance to revert to his beast form, Yun Xie wouldn’t be able to hold him.

Fortunately, he had severely wounded Fox Ear and injected him with a potion that would disrupt his Spirit Sea.

Even if he escaped, he was practically crippled.

Yun Xie didn’t give chase. After packing the potions in a cryo-case, he boarded his ship and left the planet.

It took two days to fly back to Lan Yuyan’s planet. He rushed to the hospital, potions in hand, to save him.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief once he saw the doctor inject Lan Yuyan with the potion.

But… he had relaxed too soon.

After examining Lan Yuyan, the doctor delivered the grim news. “This toxin has already destroyed several types of nerves in Mr. Lan’s body.

Even with the toxin neutralized, I’m afraid… he’ll never be able to stand again.”

Yun Xie’s breath hitched.

“Isn’t there any other way?”

“Right now, the hospital can’t help. But the person who created this toxin should have a solution.

There’s an unknown component in the toxin. Remnants of it are still present in Mr. Lan’s nervous system.

My guess is that this unknown component is some kind of neurotoxin.

If we can identify it, we could try to create a specific Antidote Potion based on its properties to clear out the remaining toxin.

After that, with some physical therapy, Mr. Lan would have a good chance of making a full recovery.

But we don’t have much time. If it takes longer than a month, Mr. Lan’s nerves will be completely necrotic.”

In the Interstellar age, even severed limbs were easy to fix. But anything involving nerves or the Spirit Sea still required extreme caution.

That’s why the doctor didn’t dare make any promises. He only advised Yun Xie to try his best to obtain the toxin’s formula so that a specialist could attempt to formulate a new Antidote Potion.

Just then, a message came through on Yun Xie’s Light Computer.

Worried it might be from Jiang Qin, he opened it without hesitation.

However, the message was from an unknown Light Brain Number.

The message read:

[It’s Fox Ear. I imagine you know by now that the toxin hasn’t been completely cleared from that cat’s system.]

[Even I don’t know what the toxin is. I only know it’s a new development from Dr. A, and only he has the antidote.]

[So, if you want to save that cat, let’s make a deal.]

Yun Xie: [What kind of deal?]

Fox Ear: [Help me take care of the person in the photo. Ensure he wants for nothing—not for food, clothes, or any of life’s worries. Also, cover my tracks and silence anyone who talks.]

’Even now, Fox Ear couldn’t figure out how that Flood Dragon had tracked the person down. He was afraid people would find out about their connection, so for many years, even knowing his benefactor’s only son was living in hardship on a Poverty Star, he had restrained himself from helping. He had only sent a small amount of aid when the boy was young, and even then, it was through an incredibly convoluted network of channels, terrified that if anyone discovered the boy’s existence, they would use him as leverage. If they had used any of his own blood relatives to threaten him, Fox Ear wouldn’t have batted an eye. But if they used his benefactor’s son, Fox Ear knew he would break. He may have been a scoundrel with no conscience, but he still felt a sliver of it when it came to the benefactor who had died for him. That was why he’d been so shocked and terrified when Yun Xie produced the boy’s photo.’

…

When he didn’t get a reply, Fox Ear didn’t seem to mind. He just sent another message:

[This isn’t a threat. It’s a transaction.]

[There is only a single dose of the Antidote Potion for that toxin, and it’s kept in his research lab.]

[It won’t be easy to get. My asking price for this exchange isn’t unreasonable.]

’He could get into the Doctor’s lab, but that didn’t mean the Doctor trusted him. Moreover, he’d have to steal the potion without a trace and then frame someone else for the crime, which would be anything but simple. If he didn’t want to use this as an opportunity to give his benefactor’s son a leg up, he wouldn’t be taking this risk.’

’Fox Ear still had some faith in Yun Xie’s character—not in Yun Xie himself, but in Jiang Qin. The partner she chose wouldn’t be the type to take out his anger on an innocent person. So even though Yun Xie hated him, their feud would never be allowed to touch his benefactor’s son. That was the difference between someone with a conscience and someone without.’

Yun Xie shot back a sneering reply: [You just screwed me over, and now you want to make a deal? Aren’t you afraid I’ll just grab him and force you to show yourself?]

[Or are you just trying to get me to do your dirty work, to get rid of that last burden on your conscience?]

Fox Ear: [Don’t be so hot-headed, little Flood Dragon. You’ve already crippled me, haven’t you? Isn’t that enough to let off some steam?]

[I may have kidnapped the little cutie, but before you became her partner, I protected her, too.]

Fox Ear wasn’t lying.

Whatever his reasons, he had in fact killed off several waves of Dark Web Star Thieves who had been preparing to ambush Jiang Qin early on.

If he hadn’t been so incorrigible and shown up again to deceive Jiang Qin, they probably wouldn’t have even bothered to actively hunt him down.

At most, they would have killed him if they happened to run into him, but they wouldn’t have gone out of their way to find him. After all, tracking him down was a huge waste of time and effort.

[One last deal. A collaboration.]

[From this day forward, I will never appear before Jiang Qin again.]

Yun Xie: [Fine. If you dare to trick me, I’ll release everything I know about that person to the public.]

[You have my word.]

***

Fox Ear had gone to steal the potion, and there was no telling when he’d be back, only that he would definitely get it within a month.

So now Yun Xie had a problem.

’How am I supposed to bring Lan Yuyan home and tell Jiang Qin that her partner went out on one trip and came back paralyzed… And what about Lan Yuyan? When he wakes up and discovers he’s crippled, will he really not want to give up on life?’

But as worried as he was, he still had to face it.

When Lan Yuyan learned he was paralyzed, his expression was calm as he said, “I don’t think I’ll go back.”

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