Chapter 35, Third Line
Qingfeng said, "The healing process started with the first one, then the second, and then they all turned out like this. I wanted to use my spiritual power to examine them, but as soon as I entered their spiritual meridians..."
Qingfeng opened her hand, showing them the striking black patterns on her palm, which had already begun to spread from her fingertips.
"!"
“This poison spreads through spiritual energy. Once you circulate your energy, it will accelerate its spread. If we can’t find the medicinal catalyst, everyone will die,” Qingfeng withdrew her hand. Although her expression showed a hint of panic, her tone remained calm as she said, “I only brought some pills to stabilize these symptoms, but it’s not a long-term solution…”
This matter is no longer a private affair of the Yun family. Qingjue immediately said, "I will seal off the Yun family with a barrier. No one inside is allowed to use spiritual power. Send a message back immediately and tell Wen Tianyu and Yan Shiqun, who are rushing to Liuchun, to leave the task of finding the medicinal ingredient to them."
Qingfeng: "Yes."
Qingjue glanced at Yun Yuelin, who wasn't much better off, but after taking a few pills, and given his higher cultivation level, which slowed his reaction compared to the other disciples, he said, "You stay here for now, Zhoujian and I will go catch..."
"I'll go with you."
"But!"
"None of you should interfere with the final step."
Qingjue understood, and Hejie exchanged a glance. The teenage boy beside them also understood their feelings and nodded to Qingjue.
"Alright, I'll go find Qingfeng later and get some more pills to take with me. But you swear that if there are any problems, you'll inform me immediately, and I'll use a teleportation talisman to send you back."
Yun Yuelin was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Mm."
Jie Zhoujian raised his head slightly: "Master, you already have a solution."
The thought that the Qing family members had also been infected with this poison made Qing Jue really angry: "They were just injured by me and they think they can just run away like this? Dream on."
On the other side.
As soon as Wen Tianyu and Yan Shiqun arrived in Liuchun, they received a message. Qingfeng explained the symptoms of everyone in detail and said that the antidote is usually produced and grown together with the poison. If they could see where the person got this potent Gu poison, they could find the antidote ingredient nearby.
Once Wen Tianyu had a direction, things became simple.
Although his abilities cannot be used easily, this is one of the reasons why he was prone to sleepiness as a child.
But in critical moments, it can indeed be used in emergencies.
Wen Tianyu took off the pendant from his waist, covered the white eye with his palm, and when he opened it again, not even the outline of the eyeball could be seen. The pure white pupil shone with a shimmering light. He saw it.
But it was very messy and he couldn't see everything, but he saw a valley with a stone at the bottom shrouded in black mist. The temperature around it was very high, and then he also saw Yun Yuelin.
But his whole body was covered in blood.
At the brink of a headache, I quickly pulled myself away, and my pupils returned to normal.
Yan Shiqun held his shoulder and asked, "How are you?"
“…That place,” Wen Tianyu rubbed his temples and said, “I’m afraid Master and the others are in grave danger.”
He described the valley as he saw it, and he also saw the things along the way. He could deduce how to get there. Yan Shiqun stroked his chin and thought for a moment.
"Judging from your description, it feels like... this isn't Liuchun."
"Do you have a clue?"
"No, I don't know anything about this place, but it sounds like a place where demonic cultivators practice."
The wild goose, separated from its flock, was adept at using fire. As a child, it could not control it at will, but as it grew up and its cultivation stabilized, it gradually regained some of its former abilities.
The place where Mo Xiu cultivated was just like that, dark yet hot, with fire and lava everywhere in Qianlun Mountain.
Wen Tianyu thought about it carefully and felt it was not impossible: "...Could it be that the potent Gu poison came from the Demonic Sect? Do you have any research in this area? Or have any demonic cultivators used something similar?"
"I have only been in office for a few years and have never heard of such a Gu poison... But I do not often study such underhanded methods, so it is normal that I do not understand it. My intuition tells me that the stone must be the source of the poison. If we can break it, we may be able to save people."
Do you remember how to get to Qianlun Mountain?
"Of course, but we can't go inside the mountain. There are restrictions imposed by the previous generation of cultivators, and with our current strength, we are not capable of breaking them."
"But rushing over there might not solve the problem. Perhaps I should use my eyes again..."
Yan Shiqun snatched the pendant and put it back on him: "Alright, don't blind yourself. I'm here to take care of you, not to collect your corpse. Now that we have a clue, let's find that place first. Time is of the essence, so let's get going."
“…That makes sense,” Wen Tianyu nodded and said, “We don’t yet know the strength of our enemy, so it’s best to conserve our strength for now. I’ll send a message back to Aju and the others to inform them of the situation.”
Yan Shiqun scoffed, "Hmph, if he really is a demonic cultivator under my command, using such third-rate tricks, I'll show him what a true demon lord is."
The sky above Liuchun was already overcast, with thunder rumbling everywhere. Although it wasn't raining, the oppressive atmosphere was still palpable.
Ordinary people seemed unaware that something had happened to the Yun family. Qingjue and his group followed the escape route of the man in black without stopping.
Yun Yuelin discovered that as long as he didn't use his spiritual power, he could slow down the spread of the poison and the stinging pain. However, even so, the black veins had already begun to creep up to his neck.
Qingjue thought about how the other party still had dozens of disciples suffering unbearable pain, and this was only the beginning. He might turn his attention to ordinary people next.
And they didn't even know what his purpose was.
Qingjue dislikes being passive.
Qingjue had already imbued the black-clad man with his own spiritual power, sensing that he was still within the Willow Spring Realm. Descending the mountain on his sword would be even faster. He then turned to Yun Yuelin and said, "Sword flight requires spiritual power, which I can..."
"OK."
Qingjue initially thought that Yun Yuelin was unwilling to be led by him. Yun Yuelin was a proud and arrogant person, and now that his spiritual power was sealed, he was probably not feeling well. He was just barely holding on and had to keep up.
I had even come up with a whole bunch of things to say to persuade him.
But he agreed without hesitation, without any hesitation.
"..."
Qingjue and the others never met Yun Yuelin's mother. It was later said that she died in childbirth.
Yun Yuelin grew up with her father from a young age and was groomed to be the heir to the family head.
Would his father, the highly respected head of the Yun family, really die by the attacker's sword?
On the way, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened to your father after he was stabbed?"
"It turned into a puddle of black mud and disappeared."
"..." Qingjue and Jiezhou were both stunned.
This was what Yunxiang hadn't finished saying. A person turned into a puddle of mud and disappeared; anyone would be terrified.
However... Qingjue had a different idea.
Jie Zhoujian: "This... could it be..."
Yun Yuelin added, "I think the same way you do; I also believe he's not dead."
The head of the Yun family was extremely knowledgeable about divination and was a person who liked to plan ahead. Moreover, when he learned that the descendants of the Heavenly Eye had appeared in the world, his first thought was for the two powerful families to cooperate. When the child wanted to handle things on his own, he did not stop him.
He is a man of skill and willing to leave room for maneuver.
His cultivation level was so high that he was able to become the head of the family, and Yun Yuelin's swordsmanship was taught by him.
"..." Jie Zhoujian almost simultaneously understood and said, "Is Patriarch Yun doing this on purpose? Then he may already have a clue."
This method of death was already suspicious, but since the others who were poisoned by the Gu were still hanging on by a thread, it cannot be completely ruled out that this might be the final way for those poisoned to die.
In short, it's good to find some comfort in this situation.
"Let's try to think positively, that's the best outcome," Yun Yuelin swallowed hard, the saliva stinging as it slid down his throat. He couldn't use his spiritual power, relying entirely on willpower to suppress the Gu poison within his body: "No matter what, that beast must die."
This last sentence perfectly matched Qingjue's meaning. He said, "Let's go find him now and send him to hell."
"There's one more thing," Yun Yuelin asked again, "You also fought with him just now, so why are you unharmed?"
None of the three had a clue about the problem.
Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Qing family.
It was nearly dawn when the message was received, and everyone realized the urgency of the situation. If the poison was incurable, it would not only be the Yun family disciples who were threatened, but also the Qing family disciples who had already been infected.
Qinghuan followed several elders into the forbidden room of the library, hoping to find some clues.
Although Ruan Linglai and Aju had not received orders to go and provide support, they could not simply sit idly by.
So the two left a note for the elders and lavishly used a teleportation talisman.
The two landed at Liuchun Market. They were unaware of the current situation and thought that they would be on a battlefield when they arrived, so they assumed a defensive posture.
As a result, he was almost surrounded by people heading to the early morning market on the street.
Ruan Linglai: "Our master should have sensed our arrival as soon as we got here, right? Should we go find them now?"
They hid in a small alley and discussed their next move.
Aju thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. Otherwise, Master will have to devote even more attention to us. I guess it's the same for Senior Brother Wen and the others. Let's look for clues in this city first."
Ruan Linglai nodded: "Yes, Tianyu mentioned in the letter that the source of the Gu poison is likely a stone at the bottom of the mountain? Can a stone be refined into Gu?"
"If it really is that stone, it probably contains Gu worms. Touching it with spiritual energy will cause infection... Ugh, that sounds terrifying."
This was also the first time Ruan Linglai had been involved in such a big case. She was the least timid among them, but she managed to show some of the courage of a senior sister: "We can't be afraid, we can't hold them back, we have to help them."
"Senior Sister Linglai, where should we begin our investigation?"
Ruan Linglai looked out of the alley and saw a bustling market where people were simply chatting casually.
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