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Chapter 125 Detoxification
Chapter 125 Detoxification
Outside the cave, it was already daylight.
Inside the cave, an oil lamp was lit, its dim light dispelling the darkness.
The slender silver needles gleamed with a chilling light under the lamp.
"puff----"
The sharp needle tip easily pierced the dark skin and entered the flesh.
Then, it pierced the bone inside.
Luo Qingchen did not feel any pain, only a tingling sensation.
Shangguan Yunman gently rubbed the silver needle between her fingertips with her two slender fingers, and then slowly pulled it out.
The surface of the silver needle had turned black.
She took out a new silver needle and inserted it into another spot.
Soon, the dark skin was covered with countless needle marks.
However, no toxic blood was observed to leak from the needle hole.
"You need to suck hard to get the poisonous blood out."
Shangguan Yunman pinched the slender silver needle between two fingers, gently rubbing it while glancing at him.
Then he added, "Are you sure you can inhale it yourself?"
After saying that, she took out a silver needle and asked him to try it.
Luo Qingchen lowered her head, stretched her neck, and tried, only to find that no matter what she did, she couldn't reach it.
He had no choice but to pinch the dark flesh with both hands and squeeze it hard. He was in so much pain that he broke out in a sweat, but no poisonous blood came out. He quickly let go.
"You can only inhale it."
Shangguan Yunman raised an eyebrow.
Luo Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then looked at her again.
Shangguan Yunman's expression changed drastically: "Impossible! I'd rather die!"
Luo Qingchen said, "Could we use a dagger to cut away all the flesh, and then let the fresh, non-poisoned blood inside flush out the poisoned blood outside?"
Shangguan Yunman thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It should be possible."
Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more. She immediately took out a dagger from her storage bag, took a deep breath, and then, without any hesitation, plunged it into the flesh with a "plop".
A terrifying, excruciating pain suddenly shot through the wound!
He trembled, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, but he didn't stop. He took a deep breath, preparing to cut the palm-sized piece of flesh open in one go and then scoop it out all at once.
Shangguan Yunman's expression changed, and she quickly said, "No!"
As she spoke, she instinctively grabbed his hand that was holding the dagger.
Luo Qingchen looked at her, her face covered in sweat, her voice trembling slightly with pain: "What's wrong?"
Shangguan Yunman didn't speak, staring blankly at the dagger deeply embedded in his wound, then looked up at his face, which was covered in sweat and had turned pale.
Her expression shifted several times, and with a gentle pull, she slowly removed the dagger from his wound, saying, "If it were anywhere else, you could cut flesh, but here—"
The excruciating pain in his wound made Luo Qingchen's face grow paler and paler, and his body trembled slightly uncontrollably, with large beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
Suddenly, everything went black before his eyes, and he fainted.
The world suddenly turned dark.
The icy, biting wind, like winter snow, kept lashing against his body.
In his dream, he was all alone, cold and hungry, walking alone in the dark night, walking and walking, not knowing how long he had walked, but he could never see the end of the night.
When he woke up, he was still enveloped in darkness.
However, the cold is gone, and my body feels warm and comfortable, as if I have suddenly come from the icy winter to the bright sunshine of spring.
He lay on his quilt, covered with a soft blanket.
The blanket carried a familiar, delicate, feminine fragrance, warm and subtle.
He opened his eyes, paused in the darkness for a moment, and suddenly heard a steady, soft breathing sound beside him.
Turning his head, he saw the woman with her long hair loose, lying next to him, already asleep.
He reached up and touched the wound on his chest.
The area was already wrapped in gauze, and the intense pain from before had disappeared, leaving only a cool sensation.
After a moment of stunned silence in the darkness, his gaze returned to the woman beside him.
She didn't lie on his blanket, but instead lay down on the floor next to him.
Her black dress couldn't conceal her slender and alluring figure. Even in her sleep, her face remained beautiful and captivating, with her thick and long eyelashes occasionally fluttering.
Her sleeping appearance shed the cold arrogance and sharpness of the day, giving her a serene and gentle beauty.
Luo Qingchen covered her with the blanket she was wearing, then got up and walked out of the cave.
When I arrived at the passage, I found that it was still dark outside.
After carefully inspecting the layout of the passageway, it was found that no one had disturbed it.
He carefully removed the rock blocking the passage.
Then, they left the cave.
Arriving at the cave entrance, he sat down against the wall behind him, gazing at the night sky above.
Pitch black and deep.
Inside the cave, Shangguan Yunman's eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes in the darkness.
Outside the cave, the waterfall roared, splashing white waves into the deep pool.
Luo Qingchen sat at the cave entrance, lost in thought amidst the hustle and bustle and tranquility, when suddenly a soft footstep sound came from behind her.
Then, a figure sat down next to him.
The familiar, delicate fragrance of a woman, like a group of uninvited guests, forcibly entered his nose.
Luo Qingchen turned her head to look.
Her gaze was fixed on the waterfall not far away, and her beautiful face revealed no other emotions.
"Aren't you going to thank me?"
She turned to look at him and said.
Luo Qingchen said, "Thank you."
"There's no sincerity at all."
Shangguan Yunman snorted softly, looked into the darkness in the distance, remained silent for a moment, and then explained, "I didn't help you absorb it, I just used my internal energy to help you expel it."
Luo Qingchen nodded without saying anything.
He glanced at her again and noticed that two faint blushes had crept onto her beautiful face, making her look even more charming and alluring.
"Don't peek at me! I told you, I didn't help you suck it!"
Shangguan Yunman immediately snorted coldly, turned her body away, and hid her flushed, hot cheeks in the darkness beside her.
"Am I alright now?"
Luo Qingchen asked.
Shangguan Yunman said, "Rest for two more days and there will be no problem."
"Can I take a medicinal bath now?"
"Can't."
Luo Qingchen had no choice but to give up.
Although wasting two days would be a huge waste for him, he couldn't afford to take any risks at this point.
He took out some water from his storage bag and drank a few sips.
Then he stood up and said, "I'm going in to cultivate."
You can't take a medicinal bath, but meditation and breathing exercises should be fine.
After saying that, he entered the cave.
As he passed through the passage, he moved the iron nails and animal traps next to him further inside, then turned and said, "Watch out for the hidden weapons on the ground."
Shangguan Yunman scoffed, "That thing can't hurt me at all."
Luo Qingchen's heart skipped a beat, and she stopped to ask, "By the way, do you have any black iron?"
Shangguan Yunman asked, "Yes, there are two large pieces. What do you want to do with them?"
Luo Qingchen was immediately overjoyed and asked, "Tell me, if such nails were made from black iron, could they pierce through the soles of your feet if you stepped on them?"
"Mysterious iron? Iron nails?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yunman was taken aback, unable to connect the two things together. After a moment's thought, she said, "If they are iron nails forged from black iron, they can certainly pierce my foot if I step on them without precaution. However, even if they can pierce it, they won't cause me any harm."
Luo Qingchen asked, "What if you poisoned the nails? The kind of poison that could kill you instantly?"
Shangguan Yunman paused for a moment, then looked at him strangely and said, "This is the first time I've heard of using iron nails to make hidden weapons."
Then, suddenly, she glared at him angrily and said, "You're really talking nasty things. What do you mean by 'poison that could kill me instantly'?"
Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more, only saying, "When you leave, remember to give me the two thousand taels of silver and those two pieces of black iron."
After saying that, he went into the cave.
Shangguan Yunman sat at the cave entrance for a while longer before getting up and going inside.
The night passed quickly.
After daybreak.
Luo Qingchen opened her eyes, touched the wound on her chest, and found that she could no longer feel any pain there.
Moreover, after pressing it a few times, there was no discomfort.
He glanced at the woman lying beside him, fast asleep, and thought to himself: It seems she's quite the expert at detoxification.
After thinking for a moment, he took off his clothes and carefully unwrapped the gauze from the wound, discovering that the dark skin had turned light blue, and it looked like it was almost healed.
"Now, shouldn't we be able to start cultivating with medicinal baths?"
He thought for a moment, put on his clothes, quietly got up, and went to prepare to start a fire to brew the medicine.
He needs to take a medicinal bath as soon as possible, start cultivating as soon as possible, and break through to the next level as soon as possible.
Then, leave here as soon as possible.
"What are you doing?"
Just as he was squatting in front of the stove, preparing to light the fire, a cold voice suddenly came from behind him.
Shangguan Yunman sat up in bed, looking at him expressionlessly, and said, "If you don't listen to me, just wait for the poison to return, your bones to rot, and you to die here!"
Luo Qingchen looked at her and said, "I just checked—"
"Do you trust my abilities, or your own inexperienced judgment?"
Shangguan Yunman interrupted him coldly.
Luo Qingchen glanced at her again, put away the fire in her hand, stood up and said, "Then I'll wait one more day."
"Wait two days."
Shangguan Yunman emphasized.
Luo Qingchen could only nod and say, "Then let's wait two more days."
Shangguan Yunman reached out and patted the blanket next to her, saying, "Come here, sit down, let me check you out."
Just as Luo Qingchen was about to take a step forward, she suddenly felt that the tone of voice was somewhat familiar.
But at this moment, one's life is naturally more important.
He walked over and sat down next to her.
Shangguan Yunman said coldly again, "Take off your clothes and stand up straight."
Luo Qingchen narrowed her eyes, staring at her, and suddenly commanded, "Anu, kneel down and examine my body!"
"Yes, Master!"
Shangguan Yunman immediately got up, knelt down obediently in front of him, and began to help him take off his clothes.
Then she looked up and glared at him.
Luo Qingchen said, "Didn't you say last night that you were already used to it?"
"snort!"
Shangguan Yunman ripped open his clothes and then reached out to pinch his injured spot.
"Does it hurt?"
She asked coldly.
Luo Qingchen said, "It doesn't hurt inside anymore, it's just that your fingernails are digging in and it hurts a little."
Shangguan Yunman took the opportunity to pinch him a few more times and said, "Now?"
Luo Qingchen simply pushed her hand away and said, "I think I'm all better now."
As he spoke, he got dressed.
Shangguan Yunman snorted coldly and said, "Some poisons are invisible to the naked eye."
After saying that, for some reason, she paused for a moment when she met his eyes.
Get up.
Seeing that she was still kneeling, Luo Qingchen ordered her to get up.
Shangguan Yunman got up, ignored him, walked to a corner, sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes, seemingly thinking about something, or perhaps cultivating.
Luo Qingchen also sat cross-legged and closed her eyes.
Silence returned to the cave.
Two days later.
Luo started a fire early in the morning to brew medicine and prepare for a bath.
Shangguan Yunman silently got up from the corner, preparing to continue hunting magical beasts.
At this moment, Luo Qingchen suddenly said, "I don't need it for now. I feel that this is enough for me to break through. The next stage of cultivation is very important, and I hope you can help me guard this place."
Shangguan Yunman turned to look at him.
Luo Qingchen arranged the firewood in the stove and said, "I estimate you'll be able to leave in less than two months. Don't worry, I will never break my promise."
As he spoke, he poured the water from the bucket into the pot and started a fire to boil it.
Shangguan Yunman stood in the passageway for a while before turning around, returning to the corner, and silently sitting down.
After sitting for a long time, she suddenly spoke: "I said before that I would give you 20,000 taels of silver, but I only have 2,000 taels on me right now, so when the time comes—"
"It's alright, two thousand taels is enough. Just give me the two pieces of black iron later."
Luo Qingchen started a fire and began to get busy.
Shangguan Yunman stared at his retreating figure in silence for a while, then said, "Oh."
"Crackling sound—"
The cave fell silent, save for the sound of burning firewood.
Luo Qingchen quickly prepared the medicine.
After the medicinal bath, he began his final sprint!