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Chapter 124 Poisoning
Chapter 124 Poisoning
Outside the cave, night was deepening.
The waterfall plunges down, crashing heavily into the pool below with a tremendous roar.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
The sounds of Luo practicing his sword in the cave at dawn were completely drowned out.
Now that his swordsmanship has been mastered, he has made further progress, and the momentum he exudes is incomparable to what it was before.
It was in the early hours of the morning.
He sheathed his knife, walked outside the cave, and glanced out.
The woman has not returned yet.
He closed his eyes, activated the blood pact within his body, and sensed the other party's location.
But by then, he could no longer sense it.
In other words, the other party has already gone beyond a range of 50 miles, or even further.
"How could I have trusted a woman, especially a female demon like her—"
He couldn't help but feel a little self-deprecating.
After thinking it over, I made a decision without hesitation.
He immediately blocked the passage with rocks, then left the cave and climbed up the trees above the waterfall.
Before it was fully light, he decided to try his luck in the surrounding area.
At this point, he could only rely on himself.
From being a drug addict to where he is today, he has always relied on himself.
Therefore, even if the other party leaves, he will not give up.
「嗷一」
From the distant mountains and forests came the roar of a magical beast.
He glanced at it only once and then continued walking in another direction.
Everyone could hear that roar.
Now that he is all alone and his cultivation is insufficient, he must avoid crowded places.
If discovered by those inner disciples, they would surely die.
"Rustling sound————"
He gripped the knife and walked through the dense bushes, his eyes constantly scanning his surroundings.
Soon, the night faded away.
Its daybreak.
He stopped and tried to sense the woman again.
As a result, it still couldn't be sensed.
He didn't think any further and continued searching in the woods.
Half an hour later.
Just as they passed through a grove of wild fruit trees, a voice suddenly came from ahead: "Senior Brother Wu, why does it seem like there are more and more disciples from the Demon-Slaying Sect coming to the depths of this Demon Beast Forest lately? Several groups of disciples are only at the Strength Realm, and some are even at the Spirit Nourishing Realm?"
"It looks like they're looking for someone?"
Seven or eight figures dressed in Blood Eagle Sect attire emerged from the woods ahead.
Upon hearing the sound, Luo Qingchen dared not make any noise and immediately hurried towards the woods on her right, hiding in a dense thicket and holding her breath.
Fortunately, these people seemed to be traveling with a purpose, talking as they walked quickly, and soon left the woods.
"Have the disciples at the Strength Realm and the Spirit Nourishing Realm also entered?"
He pondered to himself and stood up from the bushes.
Just then, he suddenly sensed something was wrong, and a chilling feeling suddenly came from behind him!
I turned my head to look.
A young man dressed in black, with a blood-red eagle embroidered on his chest, stood silently behind him with a sinister smile on his face.
Then, with a "whoosh," several other figures appeared!
Upon closer inspection, they were indeed the same seven or eight Blood Eagle Sect disciples who had just left in a hurry!
The group immediately surrounded him.
"So that's what was sneaking around here spying! Turns out it's that little bastard from the Demon-Suppressing Sect!"
The young man who appeared first chuckled and revealed the sharp bone claws in his hand.
With a "whoosh," Luo Qingchen didn't say anything and directly darted towards the gap between the people on the right.
At the same time, he suddenly slashed at the person in front of him with the knife in his hand.
"Huh? This little bastard is only at the Nourishing Spirit Realm?"
As soon as he made a move, the others immediately recognized his cultivation level and were all somewhat surprised.
Those who dare to enter this place are at least disciples at the Tongqiao Realm, and most of them are in teams.
The disciples they encountered before, who were at the Spirit Nourishing Realm and Strength Realm, only dared to enter in groups of more than ten people.
"With such meager cultivation, you dare to resist! You're courting death!"
The disciple on the left, seeing the blade flashing, swayed and dodged it.
He then struck out with his palm.
"Bang!"
The palm strike, which seemed light and not particularly fast, landed on Luo Qingchen's chest in an instant.
With a muffled thud, he was sent flying.
The knife flew from his hand and crashed heavily into a large tree beside him.
"Snap!"
He actually broke that thick tree in half by crashing into it.
He fell awkwardly onto the grass.
Then, he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
A sharp pain shot through my chest.
Suddenly, he felt dizzy and lightheaded, his blood was churning, and he couldn't stand up.
The opponent is at least a cultivator at the Strength Realm or above!
"Hehe, I'll peel it!"
The young man who had swung his palm immediately chuckled, took out a sharp knife, and walked over.
The others watched with smiles.
"Whoosh!"
Just then, a blue sword beam suddenly flew out from the nearby woods, carrying a terrifying aura. It instantly arrived in front of these people and then exploded with a loud "boom," turning into a terrifying gust of air that directly sent the seven or eight disciples flying!
The young man who had walked to the front, preparing to skin the animals, was so shaken that he crashed backward, breaking several large trees, before collapsing to the ground, coughing up blood.
These people didn't even have time to react before they were struck down by a single sword!
Then, a beautiful woman dressed in a black dress, with a cold and aloof demeanor, slowly walked out of the woods, holding a sword.
"This is----"
The people who fell to the ground immediately changed their expressions and hurriedly got up.
The terrifying aura emanating from that sword light was something they could not withstand!
When they saw the woman's beautiful face and the blood eagle emblem on her chest, they were first stunned, then shocked and horrified.
The captain, who was in the lead, hurriedly knelt down, trying to speak, but the woman parted her red lips slightly and coldly uttered a single word: "Get out!"
"Whoosh!"
The seven or eight disciples of the Blood Eagle Sect, who had just been arrogant and smug, turned pale as death upon hearing the word. Without any hesitation, they immediately turned and ran.
In the blink of an eye, they had vanished without a trace.
The forest fell silent.
The woman sheathed her sword and approached Luo Qingchen. The cold arrogance on her face and the chilling aura emanating from her body vanished instantly. She stared at him with a questioning gaze and asked, "Why did you come out?"
Luo Qingchen didn't speak. She tried to stand up, but found that she was in excruciating pain in her chest and couldn't muster any strength.
"This is really troublesome."
The woman picked up his knife, brandished it lightly in her hand a few times, returned it to him, then knelt down in front of him with her back to him, saying, "Come on, I'll carry you."
His words and actions were clearly imitating his previous self.
Luo Qingchen ignored her.
Unexpectedly, she suddenly turned around, reached out, and picked him up in her arms, coldly saying, "You're injured in the chest, so this is the only way I can hold you."
Then he scoffed, "You think I want to hug you? You're filthy and stinky, and your temper is awful too. If it weren't for the blood pact we signed, I wouldn't even bother with you!"
After saying that, she picked him up and walked towards the waterfall, a slight smile playing on her lips, as if she felt that her counterattack had been brilliant.
Luo Qingchen remained silent and did not speak.
After walking for a while, he finally couldn't help but ask, "Could you stretch your arm out straight forward?"
Shangguan Yunman was taken aback and asked, "Why?"
As she spoke, she looked down and realized they were too close; her private parts were practically touching his body.
Her cheeks flushed instantly, and she quickly stretched out both arms forward.
She quickly changed the subject: "Um—you still haven't told me why you came out alone?"
Luo Qingchen said calmly, "I thought you ran away."
Shangguan Yunman was stunned for a moment, then looked down at him.
After a long silence, she said, "Actually, you thought I might take the opportunity to run away, so you let me leave anyway, right?"
Luo Qingchen did not answer.
Shangguan Yunman walked forward for a while and slowly said, "Actually, at first, I did want to take the opportunity to escape, and I had already run a hundred miles away."
Luo Qingchen looked at her still flushed, beautiful face and asked, "Then why did you come back?"
Shangguan Yunman paused for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know either."
Seemingly sensing that this explanation might make him overthink, he added, "I think it might be because of the blood pact. After all, you ordered me to come back before."
Luo Qingchen said, "I did not give any orders."
Shangguan Yunman looked at him with her watery eyes, paused, and said, "Then why do you think I came back?"
Luo Qingchen stared at her for a moment in the darkness, then said coldly, "You must be after what I have, right?"
A mocking smile immediately appeared on Shangguan Yunman's face: "What could you possibly have that I would covet?"
Luo Qingchen stared at her coldly and said, "It should be the blood-sucking technique, right? If I'm not mistaken."
Shangguan Yunman was taken aback by his words. She stared intently at his expression for more than ten seconds before her beautiful face suddenly regained its usual coldness. She snorted and said, "If you say so, then so be it."
Having said that, he suddenly quickened his pace and rushed forward, not caring whether he was injured or not.
Soon, the two returned to the cave.
Shangguan Yunman stood up, loosened her grip, and with a "bang," roughly threw him onto the blanket.
Luo Qingchen hissed in pain and looked at her, saying, "Do you want to die?"
Shangguan Yunman raised her chin slightly and said, "Then kill me. Without me, who will heal your wounds, who will hunt monsters for me, and who will kill people for you!"
Luo Qingchen's expression shifted, and she asked, "Did you hunt any magical beasts?"
Shangguan Yunman said, "Of course, and there are three of them."
Luo Qingchen was overjoyed and immediately said, "Quickly, take it out!"
There must be wounds on the monster's corpse, and where there are wounds, there is blood flowing out. He must drink the blood as soon as possible and not waste a single drop!
Now, he only needs to take one last step!
Shangguan Yunman pretended not to hear him, turned her body and walked towards the corner, intending to sit down and rest for a while, deliberately leaving him hanging.
"Anu, come here and kneel down, bring out the magical beast!"
At this moment, Luo Qingchen suddenly gave the order.
Shangguan Yunman immediately stopped in her tracks, then turned around, walked up to him, bent her knees, and knelt on the ground.
Then, they brought out three magical beasts.
The three demonic beasts were enormous. As soon as they were taken out of the storage space, they instantly filled the entire cave with a "whoosh" and pressed the two of them tightly together.
"hiss----"
Luo Qingchen hissed in pain as the woman pressed her chest against him, and couldn't help but curse, "Stupid woman!"
Having said that, he immediately raised his palm and began to suck blood.
"Whoosh!"
Blood gushed from the wounds of the three magical beasts, then coalesced into a thick column of blood that quickly flowed into his palm!
Shangguan Yunman lay on his chest, feeling the warmth of his chest and the rushing, hot blood in her body. Her heart suddenly started racing, and she unconsciously closed her eyes, lying there obediently without moving.
Soon, the corpses of the three monsters began to shrink rapidly.
The pressure on the two of them immediately eased.
As Luo Qingchen continued sucking blood, she said, "Aren't you getting up!"
Shangguan Yunman seemed not to hear him. She remained lying there with her eyes closed, her face flushed, motionless, as if she were asleep.
"Whoosh!"
Luo Qingchen continued to rapidly suck the blood of the magical beast.
In the blink of an eye, the three enormous magical beasts turned into three small, dried-up corpses.
Are you injured?
Luo Qingchen looked at the woman who was still lying motionless on his chest, reached out and grabbed her hair, roughly lifted her head up, and looked at her face.
Shangguan Yunman then opened her eyes, blushing, and said, "I'm tired."
Luo Qingchen said, "Then go and rest. We don't need you for the time being."
As he spoke, he pushed her away, struggled to his feet, and quickly put the dried corpses of the three magical beasts into his storage bag.
Then, begin internal visualization to check the blood bars inside the body.
The amount of gilded blood in his body has increased from 5/1000 to 130/1000!
It increased by a whopping 125 points!
It seems that the strength of these three magical beasts should not be underestimated!
Looking at the replenished golden blood within his body and knowing that he would soon break through to the next realm, the solemnity and gloom on his face finally faded somewhat.
Only then did he realize that the woman was still kneeling obediently in front of him, her large, watery eyes fixed on him.
"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to go and rest?"
His face returned to its cold expression.
Shangguan Yunman's beautiful face returned to its icy expression, and she snorted, "You didn't tell me to get up. My body is out of control; I can't get up on my own."
Luo Qingchen asked, "Do I really have to tell you?"
He then said, "Get up, go and rest."
"snort!"
Shangguan Yunman snorted coldly, got up and went to the corner, turning her back to him and lying on her own quilt.
The reclining figure, with its undulating curves and alluring shape, was quite tempting.
At this moment, Luo Qingchen was observing the gilded blood within her body and the progress of her cultivation, pondering the time required for a breakthrough.
"hiss----"
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He quickly unbuttoned his clothes and looked down. There was a dark black handprint on his chest, which seemed to have penetrated through his skin and flesh and was imprinted on the bone inside. Pain emanated from his flesh and bone.
This palm strike is poisonous!
"This is the Nine Poison Palm technique of our Blood Eagle Sect. If the victim is not treated promptly, their flesh will rot within a day; their bones will rot within two days; and their internal organs will rot within three days, leaving them completely beyond saving!"
Shangguan Yunman had turned over at some point, her gaze fixed on him in the darkness, her tone seemingly gloating.
Luo Qingchen said, "Since it's poison from your Blood Eagle Sect, you should have an antidote, right?"
Shangguan Yunman said, "I don't. This kind of low-level poison is only effective against low-level cultivators like you. It has no effect on me at all. I have never cultivated, so I don't need to bring any antidote."
Luo Qingchen reached out and touched it, immediately feeling an excruciating pain. She looked at her and asked, "Are there any other ways to detoxify?"
Shangguan Yunman seemed to think about it very seriously for a moment, and said, "Yes, I do, but I'm afraid you won't dare to."
Luo Qingchen said, "I'm not even afraid of having my own flesh cut off, what else wouldn't I be afraid of? Speak!"
Shangguan Yunman said, "You need to find nine poisonous creatures: a poisonous spider, a poisonous toad, a poisonous centipede, a poisonous snake, a poisonous scorpion, a poisonous rat, a poisonous caterpillar, a poisonous giant cockroach, and a poisonous bedbug. Then, swallow them one by one raw. Finally, I will use my internal energy to help you detoxify. That way, you might be able to survive."
Luo Qingchen stared at her for a while, then suddenly commanded, "Anu, come here and kneel down! Tell me the truth, how do we cure the poison?"
Shangguan Yunman immediately stood up, came to him, bent her knees, knelt down, and said respectfully, "Master, Anu was just trying to scare you. Actually, all Anu needs to do is poke a small hole in your wound, suck out the venom, and then use her internal energy to expel the rest of the venom. That will be enough."
After saying that, she immediately looked up and glared at him.
Luo Qingchen commanded, "Now, begin the detoxification process."
"Yes, Master, Anu is about to begin!"
Shangguan Yunman took out a silver needle, preparing to stab him.
Luo Qingchen suddenly asked, "You just said you'd poke a small hole in the wound on my chest and suck out the venom. How are you going to do that?"
This time, the question was not asked in a commanding tone.
Shangguan Yunman froze for a moment, blinked her watery eyes, looked at his chest, then at his face, and then back at his chest, repeating this several times. Suddenly, her face turned completely red, she clenched her fists, glared at him with shame and indignation, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Don't even think about it! I—I'd rather die than suck your mouth!"