Chapter 10: Ying Zheng: Eaten Half of the Periodic Table
Wei Shengxue subconsciously took the things in his hand and cast two antidote spells on himself. Seeing the man beside him gulping down several big mouthfuls of food ticket, he quickly pinched his fingers and cast a stronger antidote spell on him.
A turquoise light accompanied by a spell bloomed on the First Emperor's body, causing his chopsticks that were picking up noodles to pause.
"Fellow Daoist?" He looked around at himself blankly, then turned to the opposite side, with obvious doubt on his face.
Weishengxue: Ah, this.
It's a knee-jerk reaction, it really is a knee-jerk reaction.
This electronic sound is the system's alarm program. It will start to sound when it detects that she has come into contact with anything harmful to the body. She spent almost all the first few years after arriving here living in the sound of the alarm.
Over time, I developed the habit of casting the antidote spell whenever I heard the alarm.
"poisonous."
!!!
"Your Majesty! I dare not!"
"Doctor! Call a doctor!"
"His Majesty!"
Everyone in the kitchen was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, with big beads of cold sweat falling to the ground.
The kitchen manager, who had grabbed the opportunity to cook noodles by virtue of his status and skills, turned pale and no longer had the complacency he had just shown for serving delicious food.
'system? '
Wei Shengxue looked at the group of people who reacted so strongly, and without saying anything, she asked the system first. A toxin that was harmful to her now could easily be lethal to someone with limited spiritual power.
Fortunately, the system did not fail at the critical moment. It quickly mobilized the stored data according to the scanning results and compared the results within milliseconds.
[The host is the pot and bowl for cooking noodles. Made of bronze, it contains heavy metals like copper, tin, and lead. Long-term use can cause nerve damage, with clinical manifestations such as headaches, memory loss, and emotional instability.]
Wei Shengxue:!!!
"I've eaten more than a dozen meals during this period. I, I..."
[The amount you took in was extremely small, and it was already eliminated through daily spiritual energy circulation, so the alarm program has not responded.]
Ying Zheng had a gloomy face, and everyone was overwhelmed by his aura. The kitchen, which had been relaxed and cheerful just a moment ago, seemed to be in a state of impending storm.
"Good, very good."
He laughed in anger, his sharp eyes showing no sign of concealing the coldness as they swept across the chef inch by inch. Although it was not a physical gaze, it made people feel as if a layer of flesh was being scraped off their backs, making them feel cold and painful.
Wei Shengxue pulled herself away from the system conversation and saw Ying Zheng's gloomy face, and couldn't help feeling pity.
It’s so tragic, so tragic.
They can't even eat a good meal, and all they put in their mouths are poisonous things.
Looking back, the tableware and wine utensils at the banquet that day were all made of the same material. I think it must be the customary material here.
"Are all the things Daoist uses in daily life made of bronze?"
Although Ying Zheng didn't know why she brought this up, he closed his eyes slightly and suppressed his anger. "Bronze products are a symbol of power and status. Nobles and ministers often use bronze vessels to show their status."
Who knew that as soon as the words came out, the sympathy on the other side became even stronger, almost overflowing from his eyes.
Ying Zheng suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
Then I heard, "Fellow Daoist, don't you know that bronzeware can cause heavy metal poisoning?"
Are you poisoned?
poison?
poison!
This incident was too horrifying. The group of people who were originally prostrating themselves in front of the sound all looked up in the direction where the sound came from, with disbelief in their eyes.
"Impossible! Bronze objects have been enjoyed exclusively by the emperor and his ministers since ancient times. I have never heard of them being poisonous. It's simply, absolutely ridiculous!" Faced with subversive views, most people's subconscious reaction is to refute them.
Wei Shengxue remained calm despite the rebuttal, and instead tried to explain using her limited chemistry knowledge: "The lead in bronze ware is easily soluble in alcohol, especially when rice wine is heated. The lead content in the wine can skyrocket by over 1,200 times. Furthermore, once lead enters the human body, it is difficult to excrete, causing damage to the brain and nerves, leading to dementia, slowed reaction times, and other consequences."
More than 1200 times, dementia...
Although I don’t understand many words, this only highlights how shocking the number “1200” is.
All the ministers present had bronze utensils to use, but at this moment they felt that something was wrong.
"I've been forgetting things lately. Have I been poisoned too deeply?!" The official in charge of the Fengshan ritual covered his chest in fear, his eyes wide open.
Wei Shengxue looked at his dark circles:... Is it possible that you were just too busy to remember?
"In recent years, I have felt dizzy, chest tightness and shortness of breath when I slept late. It must be the bronze poisoning!" The white-haired old minister murmured, covering his head.
Wei Shengxue frowned: You are working yourself to death at your age. It’s good enough that you can still breathe.
"My shoulders and wrists ache constantly, and my strength is not as good as before. Is this caused by the bronze poison?"
Wei Shengxue looked at Fanpiao's exceptionally outstanding face and immediately replied, "You need to exercise more for your sore shoulders and wrists. I gave you the health exercises a few days ago and you should do them several times a day. As for the other questions, well, this..."
Seeing the conflicted look on her face, Ying Zheng said, "You have helped me a lot, my friend. It is me who is asking for too much."
"Ah? It's not your problem." Wei Shengxue quickly denied.
If a monk wants to understand a person's physical condition, the simplest way is to put spiritual power into his body and let it circulate around. However, this is too dangerous for the monk being investigated, and it can only be done by someone close to him and trusted.
Given their relationship, it would be too presumptuous to suggest this approach.
"Tong'er, I'm counting on you."
[Tsk, at the critical moment, we still have to rely on this system]
[Beep! Scanning system activated, target: humanoid lifeform 90 centimeters away...]
Wei Shengxue blinked, and large sections of scan results jumped in front of her. She scrolled straight to the end...
Good job!
This is simply the King of Poison.
There is almost half of the periodic table in my body.
This is how much mess I ate.
"So, Fellow Daoist Ying Zheng is an alchemist! And one who tests his recipes on himself!"
What a ruthless person.
"In the past, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, and now fellow Daoist is testing the elixir formula on himself. Your determination to seek the truth is something I admire deeply."
The pleasant voice of the immortal came to his ears, and he was filled with admiration after imagining it, but when it fell into Ying Zheng's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Test the elixir recipe on yourself? !
Who is she talking about?
Ying Zheng blinked and took a while to react.
Was there something wrong with the "magic pill" he took before?
impossible!
After eating, he felt obviously refreshed and was able to review memorials for two more hours!
Ying Zheng kept refutating it in his heart, but doubts still arose in his secret corner.
"His Majesty!"
Xia Wuqie rushed in, rolling and crawling, and immediately cast his eyes on Ying Zheng's face. He saw that his face was rosy, and he could still blink and breathe. The dizziness caused by excessive fright had only subsided a little.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to take a look."
As Ying Zheng's personal physician, Xia Wuqi was very familiar with the procedures for treating him.
Wei Shengxue watched curiously the medical skills of the "immortal world".
Xia Wuqie was seen with his index and middle fingers resting on Ying Zheng's left wrist, sometimes tilting his head as if listening, sometimes frowning in thought.
"Your Majesty, please switch to your right hand."
It’s the same process again.
Wei Shengxue couldn't help but move closer to observe. Could this confirm his physical condition? No need for instrument scanning or various tests.
The medical skills in the world of immortal cultivation are indeed magical.
But why didn’t they realize that heavy metals are harmful to the body?
The moment this question popped up in her mind, she thought of the reason: it must be because the inheritance was cut off and now it is incomplete.
Just as she was convincing herself, Xia Wuqi had already finished taking her pulse.
"Your Majesty has many serious illnesses and needs to rest and recuperate, reducing mental strain."
This is all old stuff. Xia Wuqi said this, but he knew in his heart that the First Emperor would never stop worrying.
Fortunately, this time was somewhat different from before. "Your Majesty is feeling a little better than before. I think the immortal master's elixir is working."
He had also seen the elixir. It was different from the one given by the alchemist. Although the ingredients could not be seen, it had a unique fragrance. Just smelling it made one feel refreshed.
Then he looked at Wei Shengxue again and asked doubtfully, "Master, just now the palace servants said that His Majesty had eaten something poisonous."
Wei Shengxue checked all the bronze utensils in the kitchen and said, "Bronze utensils can cause heavy metal poisoning if used for a long time. Don't use them to store food that you will eat."
The palace maid standing nearby also came close to Xia Wuqi's ear and described what had just happened.
Xia Wuqi's expression changed constantly as the palace maid recounted his story. Finally, he urgently asked, "Then how is your Majesty?"
Is there any hope?
Wei Shengxue repeated the conclusion of the system scan.
Most of it was unclear, so he summarized the key points: "Your Majesty has been poisoned for a long time now. You need to slowly recuperate and avoid any contact with these things."
Wei Shengxue nodded, this person has a really good understanding ability.
After this incident, everyone in the Qin Dynasty felt that it was difficult to breathe if they continued to stay in this kitchen filled with bronze artifacts, so they all followed the First Emperor out of the kitchen.
"Your Majesty, these people..." Meng Yi, who followed closely behind, glanced at the immortal master beside him and changed his words to a euphemism, "How should we accommodate them?"
"Take them away." Ying Zheng made the decision casually.
As soon as he said this, Wei Shengxue's thoughts, which had been interrupted by this series of events, immediately resumed, and then ordered: "My salt, remember to let me know when it's ready."
The people in the kitchen, who had originally been pale and waiting to die, immediately grasped at a lifeline. Their dead eyes suddenly lit up and they couldn't wait to kowtow and shout, "Master, we will not let you down and make the snowflake salt as quickly as possible!"
The guards who had been standing beside them were stunned. They looked at His Majesty and then at the Immortal Master, not knowing which one to listen to.
Ying Zheng looked at her and asked, "Fellow Daoist, are you going to let them make snowflake salt?"
Wei Shengxue blinked her big eyes, innocent and bewildered: "Ah? Didn't I just ask them to do it?"
"Oh, they have to cook. They seem a bit busy."
"No, no, no, Immortal Master, we are not busy and can serve you! We are free! Absolutely free!" Everyone in the kitchen recommended themselves at the top of their lungs.
This is a life-saving talisman!
If they can't get the responsibility for this matter, they will be dragged down as soon as the immortal and His Majesty leave.
With their lives at stake, they naturally rushed forward one after another with full confidence.
Ying Zheng looked at her expression, completely clueless about what was going on, and said with an ambiguous tone, "Daoyou are pure and kind."
Wei Shengxue's eyebrows curved, revealing the innocent smile of a college student: "Thank you for the compliment."
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