Chapter 19 Daily Rescue During Disconnection

Before his consciousness faded, Yin Lisheng's first thought was actually that it was funny.

He'd fainted several times in the last few days alone. The Song Sect Leader's tests, Granny Yue's illusions—what was it this time? But he no longer had the energy to think about it.

"Yin Lisheng!" Qiu Nan had already walked quickly to his side.

Yin Lisheng was in very bad condition at the moment. His eyes were closed, his lips were pale, and the veins on his arms had turned from blue to purple and were even spreading upwards.

"What's going on?" Qiu Nan panicked. All their personal belongings had been taken away. The only items in the Qiankun bag given by Qingyuan Sect were a sword and a basic Rejuvenation Pill.

Qiu Nan took out the Rejuvenation Pill from his Qiankun Bag and hurriedly tried to feed it to Yin Lisheng.

"Wait!" A cool, slightly anxious voice came from afar.

—It is Fu Yunshu.

Fu Yunshu quickly walked to the two of them. He pulled open Yin Lisheng's clothes, and the poison was already close to his heart.

"Help him up, the Rejuvenation Pill is useless." Fu Yunshu said urgently, instructing Qiu Nan while taking out a bottle of pills from his Qiankun sleeve and feeding him.

After the pill was administered, Yin Lisheng's complexion improved slightly, but the poison continued to spread towards his heart.

Fu Yunshu narrowed his eyes. Because of the secret realm, his cultivation level was suppressed to the early stage of the Golden Core realm. If he were to rashly break the restriction, it might cause instability in the secret realm. He could only try his best with his Golden Core cultivation level.

Yin Lisheng was held in Qiu Nan's arms, while Fu Yunshu sat cross-legged opposite them. He made a hand gesture and chanted an incantation, channeling pure spiritual energy into Yin Lisheng's body through his fingertips.

The poison was too potent, so he could only try to block it at a few key acupoints, but this was only a delaying tactic; he still needed to find an antidote as soon as possible.

After an incense stick had burned, Fu Yunshu withdrew his hand, and the poison in Yin Lisheng's body had stopped spreading.

Qiu Nan silently helped Yin Lisheng straighten his clothes, not bothering to find out where Su Yun got the pills or his cultivation level, but simply asking, "Young Master Su, how is he now?"

Fu Yunshu: "The poison has been temporarily sealed off. What happened here?"

Qiu Nan recounted what had just happened: "Shortly after entering the secret realm, I encountered Li Sheng in a dense forest. He was fighting with a black wolf, and I rescued him from the wolf."

“The environment of that dense forest was very suitable for the growth of the snake gu flower, so Li Sheng and I went together to find the snake gu flower.”

"We spent a lot of effort to find a small patch of snake-like flowers, but just as we were about to pick them, we ran into Pan Tianlei."

At this point, Qiu Nan's tone unconsciously rose a few decibels: "That Pan Tianlei is truly shameless. Li Sheng and I were the ones who played with that snake venom flower first, but he tried to forcibly take it because he had more people!"

“Snake Gu Flower…” Fu Yunshu caught the key word and murmured softly, “Is it this?”

"There were only two of us, Li Sheng and I. We didn't dare to confront them head-on. We could only use a feint. I held off Pan Tianlei and the others while Li Sheng secretly went to pick the snake gu flower. However, we were still discovered by accident."

"We managed to get rid of them, but not long after we got out, Li Sheng suddenly fainted."

Fu Yunshu squatted down, staring at Yin Lisheng's hand, and said in a deep voice, "He touched the snake gu flower with his hand?"

"Yes, but the toxicity of ordinary snake venom flowers couldn't possibly be that strong, could it?" Qiu Nan asked, puzzled.

"What if that's not an ordinary snake-poison flower?"

Fu Yunshu pulled Yin Lisheng out of his arms and carried him on his back himself.

"Let's go, take me to where you were just now."

Qiu Nan led Fu Yunshu to the place where the snake gu flower had been discovered. At a glance, Fu Yunshu noticed the problem.

"I don't know if you guys are lucky or unlucky, but you've managed to run into the Bone-Eating Flower," Fu Yunshu said helplessly.

Qiu Nan asked blankly, "What Bone-Eating Flower?"

“The Nine Nether Serpent molts in the same place every year. Snake Gu Flowers will grow at the molting point. The risk of molting will be reduced if the Nine Nether Serpent eats these Snake Gu Flowers during the next molting, and its cultivation will also be able to advance further.”

"The Snake Gu Flower is one of the common spiritual plants in the cultivation world. Although the sap on its roots and stems is poisonous, the toxicity is not strong. A common low-grade Rejuvenation Pill can cure it."

Fu Yunshu lowered his head and scanned the flowers, his gaze deepening.

"However, there is a mutated beast in the Nine Nether Serpents—the Bone-Eating Serpent. The Bone-Eating Serpent is not only highly venomous and powerful, but the Bone-Eating Flower that grows from its molted skin is also extremely poisonous."

Qiu Nan was shocked. "So this isn't actually the 'Snake Gu Flower,' but the 'Bone-Eating Flower.' What should Li Sheng do now?"

Fu Yunshu straightened up, his peach blossom eyes gazing intently in a certain direction.

"The antidote will be found within seven steps."

"The antidote has arrived."

A gigantic bone-eating serpent suddenly leaped out of the shadows, its massive body bringing with it a powerful gust of wind, stirring up fallen leaves and dust.

It opened its blood-red maw, and two sharp teeth dripped venom, which was particularly conspicuous in the dim environment.

"Hiss—" A black poisonous mist spewed from the mouth of the Bone-Eating Serpent, sweeping towards Fu Yunshu and the others.

Fu Yunshu's expression hardened. He gently placed Yin Lisheng aside and instructed Qiu Nan to take good care of him. Then, he flashed forward and faced the Bone-Eating Serpent.

He didn't use his natal spirit sword, Hanqi, but only an ordinary iron sword from his Qiankun bag. Yet, even such an unremarkable sword rang out with a clear, resonant sound in his hands.

A sharp sword aura rushed towards the Bone-Eating Serpent, which nimbly twisted its body to avoid the attack. At the same time, its tail swept across, accompanied by a whistling sound. Fu Yunshu lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped into the air, dodging the serpent's tail attack.

He flipped in mid-air, his spirit sword striking out once more, a sword aura slashing straight at the Bone-Eating Serpent's head. The Bone-Eating Serpent roared in pain, its scales bristling and emitting a chilling light.

Taking advantage of the moment the Bone-Eating Serpent was enraged, Fu Yunshu swiftly approached its vital spot. However, the Bone-Eating Serpent sensed his intention and thrashed its body, throwing Fu Yunshu away.

He retreated several steps to steady himself, keeping a wary eye on the hissing bone-eating snake opposite him.

The bone-eating snake in front of us has at least a hundred years of cultivation. Logically speaking, this is just a secret realm for new disciples to practice in, and such a dangerous creature should not appear. Why has it not been discovered for so many years?

However, the current situation left him no time to think further, as the Bone-Eating Serpent attacked again.

Fu Yunshu's eyes were like torches, fixed on the bone-devouring serpent that pounced again. He moved like the wind, weaving through the gaps in the serpent's attacks, his sword constantly striking, leaving deep and shallow cuts on the serpent's body.

But these injuries only affected the scales and did not draw blood.

The Bone-Eating Serpent seemed to be completely enraged; its attacks became increasingly ferocious and its speed ever faster. Fu Yunshu remained calm and composed, searching even more intently for the serpent's weaknesses.

Suddenly, he noticed that the Bone-Eating Serpent's right side always moved slightly slower during each attack. Upon closer inspection, Fu Yunshu discovered a gaping wound on its right abdomen, with flesh turned inside out and the scales around the wound gone.

Fu Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. He feigned an attack on the Bone-Eating Serpent's head, eliciting its full defensive stance. Just then, he turned and attacked the Bone-Eating Serpent's right side with lightning speed.

Sensing danger, the Bone-Eating Serpent twisted its body in an attempt to dodge, but Fu Yunshu's sword still managed to slash its abdomen. It let out a painful hiss, its eyes filled with boundless rage.

However, just as Fu Yunshu was about to continue his attack, the Bone-Eating Serpent suddenly let out a long cry, turned around, and quickly left into the distance, disappearing instantly.

Only then did Qiu Nan dare to speak. He swallowed hard, seemingly in disbelief: "They're just gone like that? What about Li Sheng?"

Fu Yunshu frowned slightly. He didn't know why the snake ran away halfway through the fight, but the most urgent task was to detoxify Yin Lisheng.

He walked to Yin Lisheng's side with his sword and used the tip to pry open Yin Lisheng's teeth. The blood remaining from the Bone-Eating Serpent rolled down the blade and into Yin Lisheng's throat.

"The poison of the Bone-Eating Flower should be cured with the blood of the Bone-Eating Serpent. This blood should be enough, and he should wake up in less than fifteen minutes."

"That's good." Qiu Nan felt relieved.

Most of the elders would gather at the main hall of the main peak to observe the new disciples of the Qingyuan Sect during their secret realm trials.

Dozens of water mirrors floated in the center, recording the situation of each disciple in real time.

But at this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the water mirror in the middle.

“Heh—” A cold smile escaped from Song Wenzhuo’s lips.

Ye Xiuzhu and the others below couldn't help but shudder. Since becoming the sect leader, Song Wenzhuo had always kept his emotions hidden, let alone in front of so many people. This was the first time in so many years that he had shown such strong emotions in front of everyone.

He was genuinely angry.

"A bone-devouring serpent with a century of cultivation lurked in the assessment realm, and yet no one noticed it all these years," a cold, stern voice echoed in the hall. "Is this how you do things?"

"Sect Master, please calm your anger—"

All the elders rose and bowed their heads, not daring to utter a sound.

“This matter cannot be treated lightly or carelessly. Now that it has been discovered, we must deal with it quickly. Wen Xun, go and take over Gu Yuan’s position. Let him go into the secret realm himself and deal with that bone-eating snake.”

“Senior brother,” Wen Xun’s throat tightened, “I just received a message from Senior Brother Gu.”

"The passage to the secret realm has been forcibly severed, and we are now unable to contact the people inside."

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