Chapter 204: Advancement (1)
A heart-wrenching roar suddenly rang out from the previously quiet forest, but it died down in just a brief moment, making people wonder if it was just an illusion.
Xi Jing turned around and was about to rush over, but Han Yueshan held her hand tightly and said, "Xi Jing, you and Third Senior Brother continue to watch. I'll go over and take a look."
She was about to speak, but Zhao Xue grabbed her sleeve and said, "Xi Jing, the Ming Lan Sect might hear the noise. We must stay here."
She bit her lower lip and stayed, watching her senior brother rush over.
The flower monk looked back and made a decision in an instant to stay where he was.
The little fox ran back very quickly. Jiao'er jumped to the highest point and looked around vigilantly.
A man and a fox met at the entrance of the cave. The little fox wanted to rush in, but was held tightly by Li Xiu.
Han Yueshan looked at him with a sullen face and said, "Li Xiu, I want to go in!"
Li Xiu took a deep breath, her expression even uglier than theirs: "You must be mentally prepared and absolutely must not make any noise."
"You don't have to tell me."
Han Yueshan pushed him aside and rushed in.
The scene he saw left him speechless for a moment.
The senior sister was lying on the ground, curled up in a ball, covered in blood. Her muscles and skin were constantly dissolving and then quickly recovering. The fallen flesh and blood merged with the soil, and the exposed parts of her body were almost all exposed to the white bones.
After coming to his senses, he clenched his fists tightly, barely controlling his voice, and said, "What's going on? How could this happen?"
Li Xiu listened to his trembling voice and said calmly, "Calm down!"
Han Yueshan looked at his senior sister, gritted his teeth, and even tasted blood before he managed to calm down: "What should I do?"
He said very quickly: "Leave immediately, you carry Tao Zi on your back, I will go find them."
Han Yueshan took off his coat, carefully wrapped his senior sister, and carried her out of the cave.
The little fox looked at the bloody mess and shouted, "We need to get rid of the bloody mess!"
Without hesitation, he said, "Go find the Flower Monk."
Monk Hua quickly arrived. Li Xiu, holding his cousin Jiao'er in his arms, said, "There are five people from the Minglan Sect rushing here. They are of average strength, around the Foundation Establishment stage. Senior Brother Hua, can you lead them away temporarily?"
The flower monk immediately said, "Okay, go find them without worry, I'll take care of this."
"Jiao'er, follow the flower monk. Little fox, come with me."
As Li Xiu spoke, she took out some muscle-melting liquid and gave it to Hua Seng.
Not long after, he caught up with Han Yueshan and the others.
Xi Jing's eyes were red. Seeing him, she rushed over anxiously: "Senior Brother Li, this is a normal reaction, right?"
Under her hopeful gaze, Li Xiu shook his head heavily and said in a hoarse voice, "It shouldn't have such a big impact on the body. It shouldn't even have any impact at all."
Han Yueshan's face turned paler, but he remained calm: "Where are we going?"
The little fox suddenly said, "Go over there. There are many monsters there. I can scare them with my blood."
Li Xiu asked, "How long can the shock last?"
It was silent for a moment before it said, "I'm not sure. My own strength is limited, so I can only bluff. But as long as Jiao'er follows, it won't be a big problem."
"Walk!"
Han Yueshan made a decisive decision and the group rushed over there.
Not long after, explosions were heard from the direction of the original cave.
A quarter of an hour ago, the flower monk had just knocked them to the ground, and the fox cousin rushed forward and bit one of them in the throat, killing him.
The Flower Monk looked at it in astonishment, and the other four took this opportunity to run away.
The fox cousin said, "Drag his body into the cave and blow it up. This will protect her flesh and blood from being discovered."
He did as he was told. Jiao'er became increasingly impatient and urged him, "Hurry up, hurry up, those people will be back soon."
The Flower Monk smashed the corpse to pieces with one palm strike and then entered the cave. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the soil and rocks had covered everything.
The flower monk held it and ran in the other direction. They wanted to lead those people away completely.
That night, the little fox sat by the stream, staring fiercely at the monsters that were attracted by the flesh and blood.
The monsters stared at the flesh and blood that kept falling off, with murderous gleams in their eyes, but they did not dare to move forward due to the aura of the little fox.
Li Xiu kept using liquid medicine to clean the blood and flesh, while Han Yueshan and the others stood guard with swords. Under their feet was a formation set up temporarily by Xi Jing.
Tao Zi still looked ferocious, but fortunately his flesh and blood recovered faster.
Xi Jing kept drawing talismans until she collapsed from exhaustion.
She looked at Li Xiu and said in a weak voice, "What happened to Senior Sister?"
He said with difficulty: "I don't know, but it shouldn't be like this."
Han Yueshan turned around and stared at him. He continued, "I have no reason to harm Tao Zi. You just trust me."
Zhao Xue held the knife in silence. Xi Jing only said, "We know, but you're the only medical practitioner here. Think carefully about what the reason might be."
Countless possibilities flashed through Li Xiu's mind, but they were all ruled out one by one, leaving only one: "Did your senior sister use other medicines? Or is there other drugs left in her body?"
The first thing everyone thought of was the toxin, the toxin in the senior sister's body.
Han Yueshan looked uncertain and did not directly answer the question. He asked, "What is the worst possible outcome?"
He shook his head tiredly: "I don't know, I can only wait and see."
Zhao Xue looked at his senior brother, who waved his hand imperceptibly.
Li Xiu hadn't detected the toxin, and they didn't know its composition, so it was useless to tell them.
Everyone anxiously stood by the senior sister.
At daybreak, the flower monk came over carrying his fox cousin.
Looking at them, the fox cousin jumped over and said, "How are you guys? How's Tao Zi?"
It turned its gaze towards Tao Zi and immediately turned pale with fear: "How...how could this happen!"
The Flower Monk also looked over, his expression astonished: "It seems that the Soul-Returning Plant has no effect of forced advancement, right?"
Hearing this, everyone looked over, and Han Yueshan asked, "What do you mean?"
He looked at Tao Zi's appearance and said, "The flesh and blood disappear and are reborn. Isn't this the sign of physical cultivation progressing from the Solid Stage to the Flesh Forging Stage?"
“Wh…what?!”
Li Xiu, who refused to think about it at all, widened her eyes.
The Flower Monk went into more detail, "The rebirth of flesh and blood is a sign of entering the Flesh Tempering Stage, and the recasting of bones is a sign of entering the Bone Tempering Stage. Beyond that, there are no specific signs of advancement beyond the physical cultivation stage. Don't you all know?"
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and he added, "But this isn't right. Her strength is far from reaching the level of advancement. How could she be forced to advance? This spiritual plant clearly doesn't have this effect."
Han Yueshan didn't care about that and asked directly: "How long does it take to advance normally?"
"The time is uncertain, but the advancement of physical cultivation is a matter of life and death."
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