Every second of waiting felt like an eternity, stretching as long as a century.

With each heartbeat came a deep worry for Xuan Ying's safety; their hearts were like a turbulent sea, unable to find peace for a long time.

In this silent wait, time seemed to stretch out infinitely, every minute and every second filled with tension and unease.

During this long and agonizing wait, every minute and every second felt like a heavy lead weight, making it hard for Xuan Yu and the others to breathe.

They lay hidden in their concealed places, their anxiety burning like a raging fire, almost completely destroying the barriers of reason.

The gaze directed toward the Hall of Mental Cultivation was filled with anxiety and worry, as if it could see through the layers of palace walls to the scene inside.

They strained their ears, trying to catch even the slightest sound, but all around them was utter silence.

The deathly silence made them increasingly uneasy, as if every second of waiting was pushing them to the brink of collapse.

Finally, just as they were about to lose all their impulse and rush out to find out what was going on, they realized that...

Xuan Ying's familiar figure appeared before everyone's eyes like a ray of dawn piercing the darkness.

The hearts of everyone who had been hanging in suspense suddenly felt as if they had fallen back to solid ground from a bottomless cliff.

The taut nerves, like a bowstring stretched to its limit, finally snapped open, and a feeling of relief welled up inside.

Xuan Ying's figure was agile and nimble, like a cheetah darting through the night.

With a few swift movements, he moved as fast as lightning, leading everyone away from the seemingly magnificent but actually treacherous and dangerous palace.

Every brick and tile in the palace seemed to hide countless prying eyes in their eyes, exuding a chilling aura.

They just wanted to get out of this nightmarish place as soon as possible; every step they took felt like breaking free of invisible shackles.

It must be said that Xuan Ying's choice this time was truly a stroke of luck.

At that time, faced with the emperor who was unconscious and poisoned, he did not act rashly, but hastily chose to directly feed him the antidote pill.

Instead, it was based on his understanding of the characteristics of the spiritual spring water and his calm judgment at the crucial moment that he made the decision to give the emperor the spiritual spring water to drink.

If he had used the Hundred-Cure Pill without thinking, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Not only could the Emperor not wake up so quickly, but it was also unimaginable what kind of calamity his body would face afterward.

How can one expect the mind to remain clear at this moment?

This "Illusory Butterfly Charm" is infamous in the legends of the martial arts world as one of the most potent poisons, inspiring fear in all who hear of it.

Its terrifying aspect lies not only in the intensity of its instantaneous toxicity.

It's not just because it can so ruthlessly push a vibrant life into the abyss of death in just fourteen days.

What makes it truly terrifying and impossible to guard against is the deadly trap hidden behind the antidote.

Just when people thought they had successfully neutralized the poison of the Illusionary Butterfly Charm and had escaped a calamity.

But it was like a demon lurking in the darkness, silently launching an even more deadly attack.

After being detoxified, the body of a poisoned person will deteriorate at an alarming and terrifying rate, instantly resembling a frail old man with his life force waning.

The vibrant life and energy of the past have vanished without a trace, like remnants of clouds swept away by a gale.

In this extremely weakened state, the poisoned person is completely powerless to recover.

In less than ten days, they will quietly pass away amidst endless pain and weakness, as if mercilessly harvested by the Grim Reaper.

In this light, the so-called detoxification is nothing more than pushing the poisoned person into an even deeper and darker abyss of death. Its insidious and cunning nature is truly chilling.

The spiritual spring water that Xuan Ying fed to the Emperor, although it was only low-grade spiritual spring water, contained mysterious and wonderful power and had amazing and unique effects.

This spiritual spring water is like a silent purifier from a mysterious world. Unlike ordinary antidotes, it does not merely neutralize the toxicity to achieve the purpose of detoxification.

It seems to possess a magical power, capable of directly breaking down toxins and allowing the poison to dissipate silently from the victim's body, just as sunlight penetrates the morning mist, leaving no trace.

This method of directly breaking down toxins cleverly and perfectly avoids the various hidden dangers and crises that may be brought about by traditional detoxification methods.

Naturally, the troublesome problems that occur after detoxification, such as being completely drained of energy or suffering severe damage to one's vitality, will not occur.