ge of Sun Xinxin at the time, so he felt it was his duty to protect her and put her in his arms to prevent anyone else from taking advantage of her; after all, any advantages should be taken by him!Sh...Chapter 1364 Life-Saving Poison

Sitting on the long-distance bus from Star City to Jianghai City, Zhou Tian felt somewhat depressed. Looking out of the window at the incessant rain and thinking about her mother who was still hospitalized, coupled with sobs coming from behind her seat, made Zhou Tian even more melancholic; it seemed like all sorts of misfortunes had converged on her now.

Zhou Tian was originally a resident of Star City. However, she was currently a medical student at Jianghai University and would graduate this year. Yet now, she hadn’t managed to find employment yet.

The place she most wanted to work in was the First Affiliated Hospital of Jianghai University. Unfortunately, it wasn't easy to get into that hospital. All along, students from the medical school at Jianghai University needed to be postgraduates to directly enter the First Affiliated Hospital of Jianghai University. Since Zhou Tian was merely an undergraduate, getting a job there would be difficult.

Without high academic qualifications and lacking social connections, Zhou Tian knew that she had no hope of working at the First Affiliated Hospital of Jianghai University. As such, she began submitting her resume elsewhere, but it hadn’t gone very smoothly. In today’s competitive society, finding a good job right after graduation wasn't an easy feat.

Just as she was busy searching for employment, news came from home that her mother had fallen ill and needed surgery. Consequently, Zhou Tian hastily returned to Star City. Fortunately, the operation on her mother went smoothly, and they were now past the critical period. However, Zhou Tian couldn't stay for long and had to rush back to Jianghai because she received a call from a company asking her to attend an interview tomorrow.

Caring for her mother was very important, but if she failed to find work, she would still be a burden on the family, adding more pressure onto her parents. She felt that the best way to repay them wasn't staying by their side and taking care of them forever but getting a good job as soon as possible so that she could better take care of them in the future, even bringing them all to Jianghai City to live together.

Zhou Tian knew that she was not one of those very pretty girls who could rely on finding a good husband. She had to depend solely on herself and find a good job on her own if she wanted to improve the lives of both herself and her family members. Hence, although Zhou Tian wished to remain at the hospital to take care of her mother, she understood that she needed to return to Jianghai City for the interview.

However, thinking about her sick mother and an unknown job location made Zhou Tian feel gloomy. After getting on the bus, a girl behind her started crying incessantly, while another girl beside her tried to comfort the weeping one. Listening to their conversation worsened Zhou Tian’s mood. Was it really that tragic to be dumped by a boyfriend

"Who asked you to date long distance You deserve to get dumped!" Zhou Tian grumbled inwardly about the girl behind her.

Just as she was feeling depressed, the bus suddenly stopped and someone got on. This person sat down right next to her and fell asleep immediately. Suddenly, Zhou Tian felt a little better.

Zhou Tian thought herself unlucky before, but seeing this guy made her realize that she wasn't the unluckiest one around. He looked far worse off than her; he was drenched from head to toe and had an extremely pale complexion. From her five years of medical studies, Zhou Tian could tell that he was ill—seriously so. Moreover, there were barely noticeable blood stains on him which made Zhou Tian start wondering if the guy wasn't sick but rather beaten up.

Based on her deduction, this person might have been robbed and beaten before being abandoned in the rain for a long time. In any case, Zhou Tian felt that he was truly pitiful—much more so than herself.

Zhou Tian, who thought of herself as unlucky, instantly felt less unfortunate seeing someone worse off. Furthermore, she was somewhat cheered up by the fact that the girl behind her had finally stopped crying and was looking at the newcomer instead.

In reality, the forty or fifty people on the bus were all staring at this poor soul who just got on, with many of them having similar thoughts as Zhou Tian.

"Young man, what happened to you Did someone rob you" A middle-aged lady asked out of concern.

This middle-aged woman's enthusiasm did not receive a response. The seemingly robbed young man showed no reaction at all.

"That girl, take a look and see if this young man is okay" This middle-aged woman was indeed enthusiastic and spoke to Zhou Tian again.

Zhou Tian looked at the man sitting next to her and noticed that he seemed very young, probably no more than twenty years old. He was even younger than she was. Seeing his pale complexion, she felt a moment of sympathy for him and gently shook him, asking with concern: "Hey, are you okay"

Unfortunately, her question also went unanswered. After a brief hesitation, Zhou Tian used her medical knowledge to conduct a quick examination and then whispered in alarm: "Something's wrong, he seems to have fainted!"

"Fainted We need to rush him to the hospital right away!" The middle-aged woman said anxiously.

"But where is the nearest hospital around here" Zhou Tian asked.

"The nearest one is in Star City. Driver, why don't you drive back there" The middle-aged woman suggested after some thought.

The driver hadn’t responded yet when opposition voices started coming from inside the car.

"How can this be I'm in a rush to get back to Jianghai City for a meeting!"

"My girlfriend is waiting for me in Jianghai City."

"That's right, my husband is waiting for me too!"

"If you want to take him to the hospital, just let him off the vehicle. Don't affect us."

"Exactly, shouldn't it not impact others"

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In the whole car, apart from Zhou Tian and that middle-aged woman, no one seemed to agree with taking this sick man to the hospital. People nowadays indeed become more selfish; as long as it doesn’t affect their own lives, they don't care if others live or die.

"How can you guys be like this A person's life is at stake!" The middle-aged woman was somewhat angry. "This place is only a dozen kilometers away from City Xing, round trip won't take an hour. It’s just delaying for one hour, what could go wrong"

"I have a contract worth tens of millions waiting to be signed. Will you compensate for my losses" A man chimed in.

"Oh, go ahead and brag. A contract worth tens of millions Given your status as such a big boss, would you really ride in a car" The middle-aged woman said with displeasure.

"Auntie, is it wrong to be thrifty" A girl responded, "I just said that if you're truly kind-hearted, take him down and help him hail a cab to the hospital!"

"In such heavy rain, how could one possibly hail a cab" The middle-aged woman said unhappily.

"Auntie, it's fine. I'm studying medicine. Just now, I took his pulse and found that although he is unconscious, his pulse remains stable. His temperature is also normal, and there are no obvious external injuries on him; thus, he should be alright. In my opinion, even if we wait until we reach Jianghai City to take him to the hospital, it will still be in time." Zhou Tian then spoke up: "With such heavy rain outside, taking him down might expose him to more rain, and we probably won't find a cab immediately; this could worsen his condition."

"Young lady, are you really studying medicine" The middle-aged woman asked with some doubt.

"Auntie, I'm truly studying medicine. I'm from Jianghai University's Medical College and will be graduating this year," Zhou Tian hurriedly said.

"Jianghai University That’s a prestigious institution!" The middle-aged woman praised her briefly before nodding. "Since you are an outstanding student from such a prestigious university, I believe in your judgment. You're right; it's not good to take him down now. When we approach Jianghai City, I will call for an ambulance."

The commotion inside the car finally came to an end, and the driver in front seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want anything unfortunate to happen on his vehicle. By this time, he was already regretting it. If he had known that picking up Summer would cause such trouble, he wouldn't have stopped for him earlier.

Blissfully unaware, Summer actually managed to board a long-distance bus heading from Xingcheng City to Jianghai City. The bus wasn't full; there were nearly ten empty seats. Perhaps this was the reason why the driver stopped when he saw Summer trying to hail a ride and let him on the bus. If there hadn't been any available seats, drivers nowadays generally wouldn't take extra passengers since being caught doing so would result in more harm than good.

A few days earlier, after encountering Baiyun Mountain, Summer had purchased many medicinal herbs and concocted some medicine. At that time, he didn’t tell Night Jade Beauty what kind of medicine he was making; however, the truth was that he was concocting a life-saving poison.

It wasn't necessarily true that poisons couldn't save lives—some poisons could be used to counteract other toxins. But Summer’s poison wasn’t meant to counteract any toxin. Rather, it was intended to drastically increase one's inner strength in a very short period of time. In critical moments, such a poison indeed served as a life-saving measure. For instance, not long ago, he had taken advantage of the opportunity when he was spitting blood to ingest quite a bit of this poison, which eventually enabled him to successfully slay Baiyun Mountain and save his own life. Otherwise, Baiyun Mountain definitely wouldn’t have let him go.

However, this medicine had very severe side effects. Firstly, it itself was toxic, but although Summer’s unique constitution made him nearly immune to poisons, the issue was that this poison also had a second side effect: It could make him lose almost all of his true energy for some time. The reason why Summer wasn’t afraid of the poison mainly stemmed from the Ice and Fire Spirit Energy he possessed, but once that spirit energy disappeared, the poison would naturally cause him harm.

Of course, Summer was well-prepared for this situation—he had already taken an antidote—but the other side effect couldn't be remedied by any medicine. To restore his almost vanished Ice and Fire Spirit Energy, apart from resting, only Liu Meng could possibly help him now. Since Liu Meng wasn’t around, all he could do was sleep.

After not knowing how long he had slept, Summer finally woke up. However, he still felt very tired and wanted to keep sleeping. But then he realized that there was a lot of noise around him—more specifically, it was noisy behind him. He heard two women excitedly shouting, sounding like a bunch of noisy ducks quacking; it was rather unpleasant.red summer to be a plague god in Fang Zhengliang's mind. He only wished for it to end sooner so he could get rid of this plague god as quickly as possible. Therefore, he helped Ye Mengying complete so...