Zhao Yuxuan quickly walked into the kitchen with the paper bag containing medicinal herbs, found the clay pot according to Du Ming's instructions, lit the fire on the stove, added water to the clay pot, placed it properly, ground the medicinal herbs into powder and poured them into the water in the clay pot, and patiently started decocting the medicine.

  Du Ming also followed behind Zhao Yu'e, leaning lazily against the kitchen door with his arms around his shoulders, watching Zhao Yu'e decoct medicine.

  Zhao Yu'e glared at Du Ming and intentionally said, "Doctor Du, take a look at my apprentice's medicine brewing process. Is it correct? Any problems?"

  Du Ming replied seriously, "Hmm, no problem, basically all correct, not bad, much better than I expected."

  Is that still basically correct? Zhao Yu'e almost got angry, rolled her eyes and stopped looking at Du Ming, seriously staring at the medicine pot.

  However, Du Ming didn't give Zhao Yuexuan a chance to calm down and continued to say, "Hey, so do you think this counts as winning or losing? If that person finds out you're still alive, they'll definitely come looking for you again. But since you didn't detoxify yourself but instead found a powerful outsider like me, it should be considered a loss."

  Zhao Yuexin said angrily, "Who wants to challenge him? That's a mental illness! I came to find you just to save my own life, not for this broken comparison to win!"

  Du Ming smiled, "But you really don't want to compete with him, it doesn't mean he doesn't want to challenge you? You are the renowned Xiaoyi, a famous doctor in the medical and poison fields, there are many people who are eyeing you. This time you survived, that person will consider you the winner according to the agreement, next time he will definitely come again to challenge you."

  Zhao Yu'e rubbed her temples in annoyance, "How annoying! These people are really infuriating. Next time I'll just tell him you're the one who's good at using poison, let him come find you!"

  "Hey, you're the so-called medical immortal. I'm a nobody, what's the point of looking for me? No worries, if he insists on competing with you, I'll reluctantly lend you a hand. With me around, you won't lose."

  Zhao Yu'e pouted, just about to say something else, when Du Ming pointed at the clay pot in front of her and said, "Time's almost up, the medicine is done, you can turn off the fire now."

  Zhao Yu'e nodded, turned off the flame, and took down the ceramic pot, placing it on the table. "Then what? Is this medicinal soup taken orally?"

  Du Ming opened the lid of the vase, poured the medicine soup inside into a clean cup, and handed it to Zhao Yuexian. "Just take it orally, this is the antidote."

  Zhao Yuxuan drank the medicine in one gulp without hesitation, smacking her lips, "Wow, it's really bitter."

  Du Ming smiled and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter, doesn't Dr. Zhao know that?"

  Zhao Yuexin rolled her eyes and said, "Alright, stop teasing me. What else do you want to do? Or is it just like this?"

  Du Ming pulled her aside and sat down, taking out a silver needle from his tool bag. "In theory, as long as you take the antidote, there shouldn't be any danger, but to ensure your complete safety, I'll give you an acupuncture treatment."

  Zhao Yu'e sat up straight, and Du Ming used a silver needle to prick several acupoints on her body. After a while, he pulled it out and asked Zhao Yu'e, "How is it? You didn't feel anything unusual, did you?"

  Zhao Yu'e shook her head, and Du Ming nodded and said, "That's good, it seems that the poison in your body has been resolved, and now you're fine."

  "Alright, I have to admit it, you're still quite useful."

  "Useful?" Du Ming raised an eyebrow and said, "I've helped you out of trouble several times, even saved your life, and yet you describe me with a word like 'useful'? It's really heartbreaking."

  Zhao Yuxuan stuck out her tongue, "Alright, I admit it, you're really something, and even more impressive than me, okay?"

  Du Ming smiled, "That's more like it, alright, you be more careful in the future and don't get taken advantage of again. Oh right," Du Ming said as he walked into his room, Zhao Yuexin following behind him. Du Ming took out a small bottle from his drawer and handed it to her, "This is for you, this contains an antidote, if you're poisoned just take this and the light cases will be resolved immediately, the severe ones can also be delayed for a period of time."

  Zhao Yuxuan hesitated and took over the small bottle, "This is very precious, I'll take it, what will you do?"

  Du Ming said, "I'm not afraid. I don't have a title like 'Medical Immortal' that makes everyone want to secretly plot against me. Even if someone wants to poison me, they can't succeed. And even if they do manage to poison me, I can still cure myself. You can't do that, can you?"

  Zhao Yuxuan realized that Du Ming was mocking her, and she slapped him on the shoulder, "What do you mean! Mocking me! Even if I admit that I'm not as good as you, I'm not useless, okay?! You're so annoying!"

  "Alright, alright, I won't say anything more. However," Du Ming's expression turned serious, "this person claims to be the number one master of poison and wants to challenge you. It seems like he's coming at us with great momentum. Next, he might go on to challenge the entire medical community. With his way of challenging others, I don't know how many people will end up dying."

  Zhao Yu'e anxiously said, "What you say makes sense, we can't let him come out and harm the world."

  Du Ming said, "The best way now is for you to come out and say that you won against him. Let him have the guts to continue challenging you. Even your little medical fairy can't beat him, what's the point of being the number one poison master? He'll either retreat with his tail between his legs or come back to continue competing with you. As long as you remain undefeated, you can keep dragging him along and he won't go find someone else."

  "But how come I never lose?" Zhao Yuexin showed a helpless expression, "The first poison he gave me almost killed me, how can I still compete with him?"

  "Isn't it good that I'm here?" Du Ming said, hugging his shoulders. "With me as your helper by your side, are you still afraid that he will poison you? Don't worry and go compete with him, I'll help you. If you're not at ease, I can also go see him with you, but do you know how to meet him or get in touch with him?"

  Zhao Yu'e was taken aback for a moment, then recalled, "Last night when he poisoned me, he said that if I thought I could win against him and dared to continue competing with him, I should meet him at the bar where we first met before 8 pm tonight."

  Du Ming nodded, "Alright, then let's continue to test him. Tonight at 8 o'clock, I'll accompany you to see this person. I'd like to see what kind of person dares to claim to be the number one poison master in the world!"