Chapter 224: Promised Prince
Chapter 224: Promised Prince
"Master Jing, Young Master Arthas, please follow me." The guards waiting outside the mansion politely invited the two in.
It wasn't long before the two of them arrived at a secret room in the backyard. Xu Tianran, who was smiling, and Shadow Douluo Xuechen, who was helping push the wheelchair, stood behind him. He was a familiar face. As for the other people around, they were all people Arthas had never seen before.
Two middle-aged men and a very pretty and charming young woman, all wearing white uniforms.
"Brother Arthas, let me introduce him to you." Xu Tianran said with a smile.
"These three are the court doctors sent by my father to observe the treatment process. They will also help you later."
Arthas scanned the three with his spiritual power, and found that they all had a restrained aura, and were obviously high-level soul masters. As for whether this woman was Ye Xishui, he didn't know, after all, he had never seen her before. Out of politeness, he smiled and nodded slightly to greet them, and then said: "Your Highness, the treatment will take a long time. If you don't have anything else to ask, then let's start now."
"Everything is inside. It's up to little brother Arthas to make the arrangements from now on." Xu Tianran said with a smile.
"Then let's go in." Arthas said decisively.
"Please!" Xu Tianran replied in a friendly manner, motioning Shadow Douluo Xuechen to push him in.
Everyone quickly walked into the inner room, where there were two special white beds. On the left bed was a young man in coma, who looked somewhat similar to Xu Tianran. Arthas could guess without even thinking that this was one of Xu Tianran's cousins.
Maybe it was the third prince of the empire who had tacitly allowed the royal patrol team to go to the academy to arrest him.
He calmly looked away and said, "Take off everything except your underwear, Your Highness the Crown Prince too."
As he spoke, he walked to the operating table in front of the bed and took out various homemade tools from his soul guide, including tweezers, a knife, a needle and thread, a ruler, and several black pens. He placed all the things flat on the operating table, then put on his white coat and mask, picked up one of the pens, turned around, and watched with an expressionless face as Xu Tianran was stripped naked by two male court doctors and helped onto the bed.
"Your Highness, I will now examine your physical condition in detail and measure the data of both of your legs in order to find the correct amputation point. Afterwards, before the operation begins, I will inject you with anesthesia to prevent you from struggling due to pain and interfering with the surgical process. Of course, your head will not be affected in any way, so you can observe the entire process."
"If you think it's too bloody, you can ask to cover my eyes with a white cloth. If you have no objection, I will start the examination now."
Xu Tianran, who was leaning his head against the pillow, nodded slightly, "Brother Arthas, you can do whatever you want."
Arthas said no more and turned to look at the only female court physician on the field who had also changed into a white coat.
“Please record the data for me!”
"Okay." Ye Xishui nodded slightly and picked up the paper and pen from the operating table.
Arthas said no more, strode to the side of Xu Tianran's legs, stretched out his hand and injected the soul power of the light of life to explore.
Ye Xishui sensed something and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She thought to herself, what a rich breath of life!
The person involved, Xu Tianran, suddenly felt a coolness in his legs, and even a slight itch.
"Record, left leg diameter muscle activity." Arthas's calm voice sounded.
Ye Xishui came back to her senses instantly and lowered her head to quickly record the data. As time went by, the more she recorded, the more she felt surprised and suspicious. The data described by the other party was too detailed, which made her wonder if he had dissected too many corpses before, otherwise how could he know so much about the human body?
Jing Hongchen also thought of this and couldn't help but look at Arthas again.
Does this kid have any special hobbies? How can he understand these things at such a young age?
The person involved, Xu Tianran, was delighted. Arthas spoke so professionally, which made him more confident about the treatment.
This Arthas really has real abilities, no wonder he dared to make such boasts in advance.
As for this trick of mine, I, Arthas, am a natural born evil soul master. Even if I have laid the groundwork, Arthas thought in his heart that no matter whether there are evil soul masters in this room, he has to carry out this fishing enforcement trick and lay the groundwork.
After a while, he finished testing Xu Tianran's leg data.
With this foundation of trust, we began testing organ function to confirm that there were no hidden injuries that would affect the surgery.
It was during this process that he quietly and according to a predetermined order, hid various scattered undead magic spells into Xu Tianran's body.
Arthas moved skillfully and without hesitation, and spoke in a concise tone, measuring and describing Xu Tianran's physical data in detail. His operation was full of professionalism, and the soul power fluctuations released were also extremely stable, and exuded a strong vitality throughout the process.
So much so that all the masters present did not think that Arthas had done anything to harm Xu Tianran.
How can soul power that contains vitality harm people?
After a while, Arthas stopped, turned to face the third prince, and started a new round of testing.
The projects are exactly the same, only the data is different.
"The Third Prince's body is really weak!" The two male real court doctors said in their hearts. By comparing the two sets of data, they found that the Crown Prince Xu Tianran, whose body had been crippled for many years, was actually in much better condition than the Third Prince who was in good health.
This shows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not neglected his practice and may even work harder than the Third Prince.
It seems that choosing to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the right decision!
Half an hour later, the Third Prince's physical condition was tested, and Arthas took a pen and began to mark the legs. It wasn't long before he marked the cutting lines of the two men's legs in detail. He actually wanted to start the surgery from the marked point and remove the entire femur of the two men.
After hearing the best limb replacement plan, even Xu Tianran, who usually prided himself on being calm, couldn't help but feel palpitations and his face turned slightly pale.
He wished he could dig up the bones of his brother who had crippled him and grind them into ashes.
"Arthas, you don't have to feel any psychological burden. Just do it." He gritted his teeth and spoke.
You're talking as if you don't need anesthesia? Arthas thought to himself, keeping a calm face, nodding slightly, and reaching out to Ye Xishui, who was waiting beside him, to hand over the anesthetic and syringe. Then he skillfully gave Xu Tianran an injection in each of his limbs.
Afterwards, he gave the third prince who was lying next to him a few more injections, and when the medicine took effect, he slapped him a few times to wake him up.
"Who are you?" the latter asked with a look of horror. He wanted to struggle but found that he could not move, and immediately followed up with another sentence.
"What do you want to do?"
Xu Tianran looked at him expressionlessly.
"I'll amputate your limbs," Arthas said calmly. "I woke you up because I didn't want you to die confused!"
"How dare you! I am the third prince of the empire." The third prince scolded while looking around and soon found Xu Tianran.
His pupils suddenly shrank, and he said in horror, "Xu Tianran, it's you!"
"It's me." Xu Tianran said calmly, "Brother Arthas, my third brother was the head of the Royal Patrol Team before." Arthas smiled, "That's really a coincidence."
"Hello, my name is Arthas. I'm the student that Xu Mochen led his team to capture at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy." As he said that, he picked up the scalpel from the operating table next to him, stabbed it into his thigh without hesitation, and then cut it quickly.
"No, don't!" the third prince screamed in horror.
Arthas ignored him and removed the thigh skillfully and quickly, just like a butcher cutting up an ox.
The moment it was taken down, the Third Prince's eyes widened and he fainted on the spot.
The two male court doctors present shuddered subconsciously, and looked at Arthas with fear in their eyes.
This young man really holds a grudge!
Ye Xishui's expression was calm, and in her heart she even admired the young man's ruthlessness.
Jing Hongchen, on the other hand, felt a little reluctant to watch and subconsciously turned his head away, thinking that he would have to be more polite to this boy in the future.
Before my leg is completely healed, I must not offend him. Xu Tianran's eyes flashed, and he said so in his heart. Otherwise, let alone regaining his strength, it would be good enough if Arthas was not there to harm him when he was being treated.
Arthas quickly removed the other leg of the Third Prince, then quickly injected a stream of emerald soul power into it, and then placed it on the operating table with the other leg. Then, he walked towards him with a shiny silver scalpel.
Xu Tianran swallowed subconsciously, and finally chose to close his eyes and give up watching the whole process.
Two quarters of an hour later, the two thighs were placed flat on Xu Tianran's legs with a metal frame. In full view of everyone, Arthas used silver hooks and silver needles to align the blood vessels, and then injected emerald green soul power. The connected meridians and blood vessels immediately squirmed and began to stick together.
Half an hour later, Minghui began to use the bottle soul guide to replenish his soul power.
After an hour, the bones, meridians and blood vessels of the two thighs were basically connected, and even the epidermis was sewn up.
There were already many hoses inserted between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince, and the latter's face was as pale as paper.
"How much I can recover depends on my luck." Arthas said truthfully, "Let's not talk about the bones. I have already connected all the meridians and blood vessels visible to the naked eye. It is difficult for humans to connect finer parts. From now on, I can only rely on my body's self-healing ability and the guidance of my soul bones. When a soul master absorbs a compatible soul bone, the soul bone will automatically adapt to the body and transform the body."
"And this is the key to the next treatment, and also the key to the degree to which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can integrate with these legs."
Ye Xishui's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but exclaimed: "A genius idea!"
"Thank you for the compliment!" Arthas smiled, his hands moving without stopping, quickly attaching the two soul bones he took out of the box to the interface. "As for my soul power, it is just to make the process more stable, reduce risks and speed up the transformation."
"I can walk at the minimum, but I can't guarantee any higher. At least that's the case for now. There's nothing I can do. My strength is limited."
"Your Highness, circulate your soul power to absorb the soul bone. As the wound continues to heal and the anesthetic effect wears off, it may be a little painful, so bear with it."
As he spoke, he put his hands close and continuously injected the life light soul power containing the power of curse into the interface.
Xu Tianran, whose consciousness was already somewhat blurred due to excessive blood loss, suddenly shuddered and hurriedly circulated his soul power.
Then, just a short while later, he really felt a sharp pain at the joint. He could feel the energy of the soul bone constantly impacting the fragile meridians that had just been connected.
It felt like it would break at any moment, but with the support of Arthas's soul power, it continued to heal itself.
It is precisely because of this soul power containing tremendous vitality that the fragile meridians have never been truly broken.
In the end, he became even stronger under the nourishment of this vitality, and he gradually became aware of his new legs. This also made him realize that the most difficult time was over. And he welcomed a new life.
The only thing that made him feel pity was that the place still lacked that uplifting feeling.
Through sensing the soul power in the meridians, he roughly guessed the reason. Because the legs were connected and the soul bones were absorbed by the legs, the area where the soul bone energy was transformed was naturally concentrated in his legs. As for that place, the soul bone energy could not pass through.
The lower Dantian and surrounding meridians were passed through, but the soft tissue below could not be passed at all.
Arthas's soul power did take care of it, it was cool and comfortable, but that was all.
"At least I have some awareness now." He sighed, and hope rose in his heart.
Arthas can't be cured now because his cultivation is not enough, and his martial soul's healing ability has not been improved. When his cultivation is further improved, or even breaks through to the title, maybe he can really be cured. Thinking of this, his heart can't help but get hot, and his eyes become hot.
Arthas must be kept in the Sun-Moon Empire at all costs!
After the communication time is over, if Arthas is still hesitant, he will persuade Long Xiaoyao to assassinate Dai Hao personally.
As long as he can recover that ability, he would not hesitate to start the war early!
Time passed little by little, and another hour went by quickly. Arthas was still "struggling" to hold on with the help of the bottle.
Xu Tianran's heart, which had been immersed for a long time, was finally touched. Although they belonged to different empires, or even enemy countries, Arthas was still willing to do his best to treat him. Just this principle and integrity was enough to make him respect him and feel good about him.
It would be a great blessing if such a person could stay and work for him.
After a long period of time, the two soul bones that were more than 50,000 years old were finally absorbed.
Fortunately, these two soul bones were passed down from ancestors and are highly suitable for him, otherwise it would definitely take a long time.
Arthas is just a Soul King, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to hold on.
"It will be almost over after we remove the stitches." Arthas, who looked slightly pale, wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Thank you for your help." Xu Tianran said sincerely, "This is a great favor, it's like a rebirth. Brother Arthas, if you don't mind, you and I can call each other brothers from now on. When I take that position, I will treat you as a prince."
The two male court doctors were shocked. A prince with a different surname had never appeared in the history of the Sun and Moon Empire.
Jing Hongchen was also shocked, but he also understood that Xu Tianran valued Arthas's martial soul healing ability and medical skills. As for this means of reconnecting new limbs, keeping it by his side would definitely be a great life-saving weapon. This is definitely a great temptation for an emperor.
There are almost no emperors who are not afraid of death.
When I blow you up, I hope you can still remain calm. Things went unexpectedly smoothly, which also made Arthas in a good mood. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, I am now a student of Shrek Academy."
"It's getting late, let's finish the treatment as soon as possible. You can also rest earlier and recover sooner." As he said this, he picked up a pair of scissors from the side and began to remove the stitches.
(End of this chapter)