Chapter 572 Heartwarming Daily Life of Uncle and Nephew

The tuberous medicinal herbs can only alleviate the poison, but cannot truly cure the rouge poison, so Zhong Cai still needs to refine the antidote.

Fortunately, when Zhong Cai was a seventh-level Pill King, his own cultivation level held him back, so he stayed at the seventh-level pill-making level for a long time and had more research directions. Also, because he personally enjoyed playing the "detoxification game," he would try every means to obtain, study, and solve any kind of rare poison he had ever heard of.

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At that time, many level-seven poisons that were considered incurable were found to have solutions in Zhong Cai's hands. Zhong Cai even compiled a book specifically for collecting and solving various poisons. It contained not only level-seven poisons, but also the strange poisons and their solutions that Zhong Cai had encountered at each level since he began practicing alchemy.

Zhong Cai passed this book on to the disciples of his mountain range, allowing them to exchange it for alchemy points or mystic stones. He also submitted it to the Lingxian Sect, where the alchemy emperors verified it as a rare and precious book, earning him a lot of alchemy points—no mystic stones, as alchemy points primarily symbolize an alchemist's contribution to the sect.

However, the Lingxian Sect wouldn't let Zhong Cai suffer a loss, so they specially hung the book on the Danwu Heavenly Canopy. Anyone who bought and read the book would receive a share from Zhong Cai, which included Dan Technique Points and Xuan Stones as exchange currencies.

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That being said...

Rouge poison was one of the poisons that Zhong Cai included in his classic texts, and it was also something that Zhong Cai thoroughly studied.

Otherwise, Zhong Cai might not have been so lucky to have such a precious medicine that could alleviate the poison—this was the medicine he hadn't used up before, and he had planted quite a lot of it in his medicinal field. Moreover, it was one of the main ingredients for refining the Rouge Detoxification Pill.

Now, Zhong Cai doesn't need to start researching from scratch; she only needs to follow the old formula once.

Wu Dongxiao naturally had such a book on hand, and it was Zhong Cai who voluntarily taught it to him without charging him any money.

Wu Dongxiao read the entire booklet at that time!

It's so rare to have Uncle Zhong not accept money; this shows how much care we have for him!

This is why Wu Dongxiao was able to react immediately upon seeing Xuan Bing's symptoms and take such timely action.

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Zhong Cai didn't hesitate. She took out the alchemy furnace, and the fire quickly warmed it up. She even threw in several kinds of medicinal herbs.

He laughed and said, "You're not bad, kid. You managed to save Senior Brother Xuan's internal organs."

In fact, Wu Dongxiao had to react by cutting the wound within a single breath in order to buy time through the bleeding. Conversely, if he were even slower, even by just a single breath, the poison would seep into Xuan Bing's internal organs.

Wu Dongxiao was still carefully feeding Xuan Bing agar ointment when he heard this and immediately smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Uncle Zhong's excellent teaching!"

While refining the Rouge Antidote Pill, Zhong Cai said smugly, "That's right!"

Refining a level seven elixir is not easy—for Zhong Cai, the difficulty lies mainly in the time it takes to refine it.

It takes a full five days for a pill refiner at the Spirit Transformation Realm to refine a level seven pill!

However, Zhong Cai has a pill furnace that can save half the time, so it only takes two and a half days.

Zhong Cai yawned and opened her mouth wide at Wu Shaogan, who had been quietly standing by her side.

Wu Shao chuckled dryly as he came over and fed him a bite of scorpion meat.

Zhong Cai ate with a beaming smile.

Wu Dongxiao, who had already stabilized his senior brother's situation, only then noticed this.

While feeding his senior brother continuously, Wu Dongxiao asked curiously, "Uncle Zhong, what are you eating?" He sniffed and couldn't help but exclaim, "It smells so good!"

As soon as he said this, Wu Dongxiao's gaze shifted to Wu Shaogan's hands—there was a plate of tender, snow-white meat, but he couldn't tell what kind it was.

His gaze moved and then landed on the grill not far away.

Yes, there stood a grill silently there, though Wu Dongxiao hadn't even glanced in that direction before. A raging fire roared beneath the grill, while above it, a dark, segmented object, over ten feet long, was being roasted. A slit about the size of a palm was cut in the middle of it, emanating a faint, smoky aroma.

Wu Dongxiao's gaze then shifted to a more distant location—where a massive creature, the size of a small mountain, lay quietly; it appeared to be a scorpion.

A scorpion missing an arm or a leg.

Therefore, there is no doubt about the origin of arthropods.

Wu Dongxiao couldn't help but swallow involuntarily.

Ah, did his stomach make a rumbling sound?

Although he was at a level where he no longer needed to eat every day, and could even go ten days or half a month without eating anything without affecting his body and not feel hungry at all... at this moment, for some reason, he was a little hungry because of the aroma.

I think... I really am hungry?

While refining pills, Zhong Cai ignored Wu Dongxiao's questions. However, after taking a few bites, he noticed that Wu Dongxiao didn't ask any more questions and was quite quiet. Feeling a bit strange, he turned his head to look.

Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but laugh: "You're quite greedy, you little rascal."

Wu Dongxiao's current expression perfectly illustrates the word "very hungry".

Of course, his feeding movements were still steady, but his eyes were filled with longing.

Zhong Cai couldn't help but laugh: "You're about to drool!"

Wu Dongxiao chuckled, offering no rebuttal. Instead, he shamelessly said, "If Uncle Zhong doesn't give me a few bites soon, I'm really going to drool." He looked at Zhong Cai expectantly, "It's fine if I'm drooling, but it wouldn't be good if it disgusted Uncle Zhong."

Zhong Cai hissed, unable to imagine the scene. She quickly looked at Wu Shaogan and said to him, "Old Wu, give the kid a couple of bites. I feel like if he doesn't eat some soon, he's going to 'attack' me further."

Wu Shaogan chuckled and fed Zhong Cai another piece of scorpion meat before turning to Wu Dongxiao and saying, "Open your mouth yourself."

Wu Dongxiao immediately opened his mouth: "Ah—"

Wu Shaogan: "..."

His eyelids twitched, and he raised his hand to dig out a piece of scorpion meat from the other side of the scorpion's leg, smearing it directly onto Wu Dongxiao's face.

Wu Dongxiao reacted extremely quickly, turning his head instantly and swiftly and accurately biting into the scorpion's flesh.

Next, he was so captivated by the delicious aroma of the scorpion meat that he almost wanted to wake his senior brother and share a bite with him—unfortunately, his senior brother was still unconscious, his flesh and blood covered in poison, so he couldn't listen to his boasting.

Zhong Cai shook her head as she looked at Wu Dongxiao's blissful expression.

He remembered that none of the information he got about the "protagonist" from those transmigrated characters indicated that this guy was a glutton... Had he and Lao Wu raised this kid badly?

Never mind.

If they raise their children poorly, it has nothing to do with him or Lao Wu.

They only occasionally give the child some pointers; the ones who actually raise the child are lying on the child's lap.

Whoever raises them, they have to bear the consequences.

Zhong Cai's mind was racing with all sorts of thoughts, but in the end she said to Wu Shaogan, "Give this kid a level seven one, don't make him too hungry."

Upon hearing this, Wu Dongxiao perked up and immediately said, "Uncle caught a lot? I'd like to buy a few more!"

Zhong Cai rolled her eyes: "Stop dreaming! Those are for your two masters to take back. That one wasn't given to you for free. When you run out and want more, come ask Old Wu. He knows where to find more. Go catch some yourself! Remember to bring some over when you're done!"

Wu Dongxiao immediately said, "Okay! I'll come over and ask after I finish eating! I'll definitely catch a few more to offer to my two uncles!"

Zhong Cai then gave a satisfied hum.

Next, Wu Shaogan fed Zhong Cai from time to time, and occasionally tossed a couple of pieces to Wu Dongxiao as well.

Wu Dongxiao kept opening his mouth with "ah ah," which made Zhong Cai both amused and exasperated, and also made Wu Shaogan's eyelids twitch repeatedly—the two uncles didn't hold it against him because the boy said he would be very filial in the future.

This instantly created a warmer atmosphere.

Gradually, more than two days passed.

Zhong Cai patted the alchemy furnace, collecting all the Rouge Antidote Pills inside. She picked out a top-grade one and tossed it to Wu Dongxiao.

For the past two days, Wu Dongxiao has been feeding Xuan Bing agar without stopping. It's impossible for Xuan Bing's blood not to be lost, but because of the interference of the agar, the rate of loss is extremely slow, preserving most of the blood in his body and protecting his internal organs intact.

Even so, Xuan Bing's face was still pale, and his lips were bloodless.

He suffered quite a bit.

After receiving the pill, Wu Dongxiao immediately stuffed it into Xuan Bing's mouth.

The pill, carrying powerful medicinal properties, instantly swept through Xuan Bing's entire body.

Xuan Bing's complexion visibly returned to normal, and the wound that was still slowly bleeding had actually healed!

Top-grade pills are just that powerful!

The medication was also very effective for the symptoms.

Not long after, Xuan Bing opened his eyes and woke up.

At first glance, he saw Wu Dongxiao, who had always taken care of him.

Wu Dongxiao breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Thank goodness! Senior brother is alright!"

Xuan Bing exhaled and surprisingly found the strength to sit up.

At that moment, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan nodded to him.

Zhong Cai also smiled and said, "You're finally awake. It's good that you're alright."

He had originally planned to say "thank you," but then he thought better of it.

After all, Wu Dongxiao was truly raised by Xuan Bing all these years. Xuan Bing sacrificed himself to give Wu Dongxiao a chance to survive, even nearly dying from the poison... It was all done willingly by Xuan Bing, demonstrating his close relationship with Wu Dongxiao and his willingness to protect him.

In Xuan Bing's heart, Wu Dongxiao was probably the closest person to him. If the Zhong-Wu couple thanked him, he would probably be unhappy instead.

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Indeed, during the few days he spent refining pills, Wu Dongxiao had already told his two uncles about what happened inside the stone ruins.