That Is Not My Sister But Bibi Dong?!

After hearing Li Jiuchuan's words, Ye Tian smiled slightly.

The pirate Zizhen, isn't she the one who took the Shrek Seven Monsters to Sea God Island?

This continent is really small; I didn't expect to encounter a character from the storyline here on the shores of the East Sea.

Fortunately, she is just a minor character; even if we meet, it doesn't matter much.

It won't affect his goal of continuing to stay by the East Sea, waiting it out.

"Perhaps these pirates are targeting your Li family."

Ye Tian raised his head, looking calmly at Li Jiuchuan.

For decades, the Li family has operated ships and has had numerous conflicts with pirates.

Now that the head of the Li family is in critical condition, these pirates will certainly not miss the opportunity to take a slice from the Li family and gain some benefits.

It's even possible that the solid shell of this delicious fruit, the Li family, will be punctured.

Inside, there are only luxurious delicacies.

Having operated maritime businesses for decades, the Li family's wealth is not less than that of the four major families of East Sea City.

There are definitely millions of gold soul coins.

That's enough for the pirates to fill their pockets.

In the face of such massive interests, it's hard for the pirates not to be tempted.

Hearing Ye Tian's words, Li Jiuchuan's expression turned gloomy as he sighed, "I hope my Li family can pull through."

To this, Ye Tian showed no intention of offering help.

He had no ties to Li Jiuchuan and didn't want to get too involved.

He just wanted to fulfill his promise to save Li Jiuchuan's grandfather.

As for everything else, let the Li family deal with their headaches.

Zhou Long stepped forward and bowed, "Young Master, what should we do now?"

He subtly gestured, asking if they should attack.

For defense, the submarine had brought eight torpedoes.

Although these torpedoes did not have the overwhelming power to shake mountains and break seas,

they could hardly even kill a soul master of the Soul Power level at sea.

But if used against wooden warships, it would be too easy.

Just one shot could smash the bottom of a pirate ship to pieces.

The other side wouldn't even find out where the attack came from.

Ye Tian raised his hand, smiling lightly as he looked at Zhou Long, and waved his hand.

"What else can we do? We can't fight them, let's take a detour."

Zhou Long understood immediately that the Young Master didn't want to cause trouble.

He then bowed and said, "Understood."

Li Jiuchuan looked at Ye Tian and said, "There's a secret port of my Li family on the back mountain of Golden Turtle Island, we can enter the island from there."

"Alright, Jiuchuan, you lead the way to the control room," Ye Tian nodded lightly.

After bypassing the fleet of pirates, under Li Jiuchuan's guidance, the submarine smoothly arrived at the secret port of Golden Turtle Island.

Then, the submarine surfaced and dropped Ye Tian and the others off on the shore.

Ye Tian turned back to the commander of the submarine and said, "You all go down first to avoid being discovered."

"Yes!"

The commander respectfully responded to Ye Tian.

After instructing the commander, he followed the others towards the Li family.

Golden Turtle Island isn't very large; half of it is steep mountains, while the other half is occupied by a tall castle with imposing walls.

Looking around, the castle is heavily guarded, with soldiers stationed every meter.

This also shows that the Li family has recognized the impending crisis.

The soldiers guarding the castle obviously recognized Li Jiuchuan.

As they approached the wall, a small gate was quickly opened.

Once Ye Tian walked through the small gate, he discovered that the Li family's castle had a multi-layered structure.

There was even another wall inside, with defenses that were no less stringent than the outer wall.

This made Ye Tian nod silently.

The Li family truly deserves their century-long survival in the maritime business; just these two walls are enough to withstand several rounds of attacks.

After passing through the second wall, Li Jiuchuan, unable to suppress his eagerness to return, quickened his pace toward the ancestral home.

Ye Tian curiously looked around at the castle's architecture; the streets were narrow, and there were numerous corridors, making it easy to get lost if one wasn't careful.

While he was observing, Li Jiuchuan had already nearly vanished from sight.

Ye Tian then retracted his thoughts and hurriedly followed.

Upon entering the ancestral home.

Ye Tian and the group were met by a frail old man.

The old man's face was anxious as he approached them, looking at Li Jiuchuan.

"Jiuchuan, you're back! It's so dangerous outside; I was about to send someone to look for you."

Li Jiuchuan stepped forward to comfort him, "I just went to East Sea City. Second Elder, you don't need to worry. How is my grandfather?"

Hearing Li Jiuchuan's inquiry, the old man fell silent, sighing heavily.

"He woke up once yesterday, but his mind is still a bit unclear; he drank a little porridge."

After saying this, the old man fell silent again.

As for the family head's condition, Jiuchuan knew well enough, and there was no need to say more.

Seeing the expression of the second elder, Li Jiuchuan felt her head explode and couldn't take in any more words.

With red eyes, she hurried towards her grandfather's bedroom.

Ye Tian followed closely, arriving at a luxuriously decorated bedroom.

On a pear wood bed lay a middle-aged man with grayish-white hair.

From his appearance, he looked no older than forty.

But his face was like that of a dried corpse, as if his life force had nearly extinguished.

Ye Tian was not surprised by this; people in the Douluo Continent generally marry early, and since this person was already a Title Douluo, he would likely live almost twice as long as an ordinary person.

Looking young was quite normal.

Li Jiuchuan glanced at her grandfather, then turned back to Ye Tian with red eyes, trying hard to control her trembling emotions, and said, "Please, I'm counting on you."

Ye Tian nodded seriously.

He stepped forward and placed his hand on Li Haitian's pulse.

The pulse was weak, even weaker than that of an ordinary person.

Feeling a trace of poison emanating from the pulse, Ye Tian's expression changed slightly as he looked up and asked:

"How long has your grandfather been poisoned?"

This question had never been answered by Li Jiuchuan before.

At this moment, Li Jiuchuan finally slowly replied, "Half... half a year."

Upon hearing this answer, Ye Tian felt a tingling sensation in his scalp.

Indeed, it had been dragged out for quite a long time.

But upon careful consideration, it was understandable.

Li Haitian was the only Soul Douluo in the Li family; if news of his incident were to spread, the Li family would have probably already been in ruins.

To be able to keep it hidden for half a year was quite a struggle for the Li family.

During this half year, they must have consulted many renowned doctors.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to inquire about him.

Having figured all this out, everything made sense.

Li Jiuchuan's eyes were red, her small hand pressed against her chest, trembling as she asked, "My grandfather, he…"

"I didn't say not to grieve," Ye Tian said lightly, easing her expression somewhat.

But the next sentence made Li Jiuchuan's heart race again.

"Your grandfather's condition is quite serious."

"Fortunately, I'm here."

Li Jiuchuan's heart relaxed again.

Hu Liena couldn't help but step forward to complain, "Goodness, you're really playing a sliding scale here, one wave after another."

"Just trying to ease the atmosphere," Ye Tian casually replied.

He then began to administer treatment.

He summoned his martial soul, the Taiyi Divine Needle, holding it between his index and middle fingers.

What he had said earlier was not an exaggeration.

Li Haitian's problems were indeed very serious.

As soon as he arrived, he noticed that the poison Li Haitian had was not just from the poisonous sea lion.

There was also a lethal toxin from the River Styx Jellyfish.

The toxin carried by the River Styx Jellyfish can kill a cow with just one-tenth of a drop.

This type of jellyfish usually lives in the deep sea and does not actively attack humans.

Ye Tian guessed that it was probably because the poisonous sea lion had just fed on a River Styx Jellyfish when Li Haitian, who was out capturing a soul ring, encountered it.

After being bitten by the poisonous sea lion, he got infected with its toxin.

The poisonous sea lion, as a soul beast, could neutralize the River Styx Jellyfish's poison.

But Li Haitian was just unfortunate.

The jellyfish toxin is particularly prone to erode the brain.

This was the reason Li Haitian had remained in a coma.

Had he not been a Title Douluo with a strong resistance, he would have likely passed away long ago.

However, after enduring for half a year in silence, the poison had already eroded his internal organs, which was quite challenging.

Today there would be plenty of work to do.

Ye Tian gently inserted the Taiyi Divine Needle into Li Haitian's glabella, guiding his golden soul power into his body to replicate the network of meridians inside him.

Only by understanding the meridian network could he pursue and intercept the toxin, gradually clearing it out.

Just then, a group of people suddenly walked into the bedroom.

The one leading them was a fiery young girl, with a mole at the corner of her mouth.

The girl crossed her arms over her chest, her expression unfriendly as she looked at Ye Tian, "What are you doing? How dare you lay hands on my grandfather!"

Then, she pointed an accusing finger at Li Jiuchuan, angrily saying, "Li Jiuchuan, you ungrateful wretch, truly a wolf in sheep's clothing! You actually brought an outsider here to harm Grandfather!"

(End of Chapter)

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