Chapter 34 Immortal Lord 034%
What Qu Yaoyao showed them was exactly the rags that Xie Qingxun mentioned.
The man in black robe looked at it and said with some surprise, "Yes, that's it! It's the dragon pearl I mentioned!"
"Oh—" Qu Yaoyao said in a drawn-out tone, her mouth slightly parted with a meaningful expression. She handed the dragon bead to the black-robed man and confirmed it again, "Are you sure it can cure Xie Qingxun's viper poison?"
The man in black robe glanced at Qu Yaoyao.
Although he didn't know the origin of this girl, since she could sleep in front of the master's bed and dared to call the master by his name, she should not be underestimated, so he gave her a positive answer again.
"I'm sure it can cure the viper poison for Your Majesty!"
As he finished speaking, he saw the little girl burst out laughing.
Qu Yaoyao smiled happily, her eyebrows curved, the corners of her lips curled up, and the little stars in her eyes lit up again. She tilted her head to look at Xie Qingxun, and her tone was a little childish and smug, "See, I told you it might be useful."
"In the end, it was the rags I picked up that saved you." She muttered the last sentence but didn't dare to say it loudly, but the three people present could hear it clearly.
Xie Qingxun's face wasn't looking good. His overly pale complexion made his eyes seem melancholy. Despite his frail demeanor, he didn't appear frail at all. He glanced indifferently at Qu Yaoyao's smiling face, then set his gaze on the dragon pearl in the black-robed man's hand.
"This dragon pearl was cut out from the body of that viper. It relied on evil magic to become a dragon, and in reality, it only has a thousand years of cultivation. Are you sure it will be safe to use its dragon pearl?"
"This..." After hearing Xie Qingxun's comment, the man in black robe hesitated.
If it were a genuine Dragon Pearl, he could guarantee it would be safe. However, if it was a Dragon Pearl quickly forged through the practice of evil techniques, Hei Pao couldn't guarantee it would be safe. After all, who knew what sinister and poisonous magic the viper had cultivated to achieve the status of a Dragon? Such a Dragon Pearl wasn't really a Dragon Pearl at all, so how could it possibly be used to detoxify?
"Let's try it first." Seeing the man in black robe shrinking back, Xie Qingxun sneered and closed his eyes.
"Master, please be cautious."
Di Shu tried to dissuade him, "Otherwise, I'll go out and look for it first. Maybe I can find a dragon pearl."
"Search? Where in the Upper and Lower Realms do you want to search?" Xie Qingxun didn't even look at him, his words cold and merciless, "It takes 50,000 years for a snake to transform into a dragon. Even if you find it, what are your chances of defeating it with your cultivation?"
The dragon pearl can only be taken out by killing the dragon. To kill a dragon that has cultivated for tens of thousands of years, Xie Qingxun would have to fight hard with his current strength. Di Shu would only die if he went there.
"Okay, you go out first." Xie Qingxun had made up his mind.
He never shows mercy when dealing with himself. Since there is no way to turn things around, he might as well take a gamble.
“…”
After Qu Yaoyao and Di Shu left, the tightly closed door was not opened for a long time.
After using the Jiaozhu, Xie Qingxun's complexion did not improve, but fortunately the poison did not continue to spread. Several people waited in the room anxiously, but finally Xie Qingxun got tired of it and drove them away, telling them to get as far away as possible.
"You stay." Seeing Qu Yaoyao stand up and want to follow them, Xie Qingxun said in a cold tone.
Without waiting for Qu Yaoyao to react, Di Shu stuffed something into her hands and pleaded, "Take good care of Master. Don't let anything happen to him."
Qu Yaoyao was flattered. She was used to seeing Di Shu's cold face, but this was the first time she heard him speak so gently. But even if he didn't say it, Qu Yaoyao wouldn't leave Xie Qingxun alone, so she nodded gently and said, "Okay."
The door closed again, and only Qu Yaoyao and Xie Qingxun were left in the empty room.
Xie Qingxun was very quiet, and because of the poisoning, his breathing was slow, often so weak that Qu Yaoyao couldn't feel it. Looking down, she saw that Di Shu had handed her a white porcelain cup, so she placed it on the table, poured a glass of water, and asked quietly, "Would you like some water?"
Xie Qingxun did not respond, but leaned quietly against the pillow with his eyelashes tightly closed. If she had not suffered the loss a few times before, she would have thought that Xie Qingxun was asleep again.
He didn't say anything, so Qu Yaoyao took it as a silent rejection. She picked up the teacup and gulped down two cups. After drinking it, she thought that maybe Xie Qingxun was too shy to ask her for help, and his silence might be a silent consent.
Never mind.
Qu Yaoyao filled the cup with water again and walked to Xie Qingxun's couch holding the cup.
Instead of guessing, it would be better to make the decision for him directly. She handed the white porcelain cup to his lips and said softly, "Come on, open your mouth."
The water in the cup swayed and wet Xie Qingxun's lips.
Xie Qingxun opened his eyes with trembling eyelashes. He first lowered his eyes to glance at the cup against his lips, then raised his eyes and stared at Qu Yaoyao with a cold and lonely gaze. Qu Yaoyao couldn't guess whether he wanted to drink water or not, so she could only persuade him: "You haven't had any water for a whole day, at least drink a few sips."
Xie Qingxun seemed to be moved by Qu Yaoyao's words. He thought for a moment, touched the cup with his lips, and took a sip out of courtesy.
"Take a few more sips."
"I've brought it all here, shall we drink it all?"
Seeing that the water in the cup was still full, Qu Yaoyao tried to get Xie Qingxun to drink it all, but Xie Qingxun took a sip and turned his head away. After hearing Qu Yaoyao's persistent persuasion, he finally said:
"Qu Yaoyao, don't push your luck."
Qu Yaoyao took back the cup unhappily and whispered, "I advised you to drink water for your own good, how come you're asking for more..."
Looking at the half-full glass of water left in the cup, she hadn't yet realized that the cup she handed to Xie Qingxun was the one she had used herself. Unprepared for this, she drank the remaining half of his glass right in front of Xie Qingxun.
After using the Jiaozhu, Xie Qingxun felt a bit listless and his eyelashes were half-closed.
Qu Yaoyao stood by his bed, staring at him for a while. She raised her arm and placed her hand on his collar, asking cautiously, "Can I pull your collar down?"
Xie Qingxun covered himself too tightly, and most of his wounds were hidden by his clothes.
In order to observe the changes in his wound, Qu Yaoyao needed to pull his collar down to below his shoulder blades. Seeing that Xie Qingxun did not object, Qu Yaoyao hurriedly pulled his clothes down, and was relieved when she saw that the poison in his neck had not spread.
"Go to sleep if you're tired, and tell me if you feel any discomfort." Qu Yaoyao looked at his injuries again, then leaned on the couch with her chin in her hands, feeling a little sleepy.
She was guarding like this, and she didn't know how she fell asleep. When she woke up with a start, she went to see the injuries on Xie Qingxun's body, but found that he had tied his collar.
"Haven't you slept yet?" Qu Yaoyao rubbed her eyes and saw that Xie Qingxun had his eyes half closed, still in the same position as before going to bed.
Without thinking too much, she leaned over to pull Xie Qingxun's clothes, only to find that the injury under the collar had worsened. The poison had spread rapidly without her knowing when, like a large spider web running down his neck, even more densely packed and frightening than before.
"How could this happen?" Qu Yaoyao's heart skipped a beat.
She wanted to touch him but didn't dare, so she could only tremble and hold his shoulders, "Is this serious again?"
Xie Qingxun nodded lightly, looking as if he didn't care much.
In fact, when Xie Qingxun had just finished using the dragon pearl, he felt that his physical condition was not very good, but he just didn't tell them. Now, as the viper poison became more and more serious, he felt tingling and numb all over and was too lazy to speak, so he simply let the poison spread.
"It seems that the rags you picked up are not that useful." Instead, it became even more vicious.
Qu Yaoyao was in no mood to argue with him. She pretended to leave and said, "I'll go find Di Shu and the others."
Xie Qingxun grabbed her wrist and stopped her, "Don't go."
Now, he felt his skin and bones shatter with pain when he moved only the slightest bit. He sneered in a suppressed voice, "The dragon pearl has been used. The snake poison has no antidote. It's useless for you to come to them now."
"What should we do?" Seeing that the poison was still spreading, Qu Yaoyao was about to cry. "I can't just let you wait for death."
"If I die, I die. Don't you still have me buried with me?"
Qu Yaoyao was a little angry, "You are still joking at this time, do you really want to die?"
Xie Qingxun could actually laugh out loud, a cold, low laugh devoid of any warmth. He said, "When have I ever lived?"
Without this body, he is still a dead man who cannot move or speak, but compared to a dead person, he still has consciousness.
Qu Yaoyao didn't expect that he would be so fearless when facing death. With red eyes, she looked at him blankly, not knowing what to say.
She stopped talking, but Xie Qingxun became more talkative.
"Qu Yaoyao." Calling this name, he struggled to raise his hand to touch the corner of Qu Yaoyao's eye, sliding it all the way to her chin, "Actually, I still have a way to survive."
"What method?" Qu Yaoyao asked subconsciously.
Xie Qingxun lifted her chin, leaned over and pressed his cheek against hers, gently rubbing the corner of her lips with his thin lips, "Have you forgotten that you still have a cold pond snow lotus in your body."
The Cold Pond Snow Lotus can not only purify his evil spirit, but also remove poison and heal his wounds. "If this body can no longer hold on, I will definitely extract the Snow Lotus Essence from your body."
Her death allowed him to live longer.
Qu Yaoyao was stunned and stared at his face. "So, you mean I can detoxify you?"
"Who knows? You should always give it a try before you die." Seeing that she was frightened, Xie Qingxun pushed her away and leaned weakly on the edge of the couch with his forehead supported.
In reality, Xie Qingxun wasn't sure if this method would work, but this was his last chance. If it worked, even if it meant saving his life, in another sense, without the Cold Pond Snow Lotus, he wouldn't be able to live much longer.
That's why he had said before that if he died, she would be the first one to be buried with him.
"You'd better not think about running away." Xie Qingxun closed his eyes. "Since I dare to tell you, I am not afraid of you running away."
Qu Yaoyao felt uncomfortable and turned her head away from him, choking with sobs as she said, "I won't run away."
He saved her life, so why not give it back to him?
“…”
The dragon bead that Qu Yaoyao picked up was not useless. Although it made Xie Qingxun more poisoned after entering his body, it also invisibly absorbed another strange aura from Xie Qingxun's body. The game between the two gave Xie Qingxun a chance to save himself and made him no longer as weak and powerless as before.
In the following time, Xie Qingxun began to meditate and regulate his breathing. He planned to trace the source of the strange aura in depth. It was far more deadly than the viper poison. If he could find it and extinguish it, then he would still have a chance of survival.
A stick of incense was lit in the room, that was Xie Qingxun's last time.
During this time, Qu Yaoyao quietly stood in front of the incense burner without saying a word. Perhaps because she felt that she was about to die, she stroked the pendant around her neck, wanting to say goodbye to Chong'an before she died.
She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the color of the pendant was darker than before, like a fire that was about to go out.
"Chong'an, where on earth have you been..." Qu Yaoyao murmured.
The pendant did not respond. The breathing in the quiet room was shallow, and the incense in the incense burner was extinguished inch by inch.
After entering a state of meditation, Xie Qingxun followed the strange aura and entered a void of illusion. This place was like an illusion, but not an illusion. Looking at the dark environment around him, Xie Qingxun felt vaguely familiar.
Snap, snap.
From deep within came the sound of burning flames.
Xie Qingxun followed the sound and soon a ball of burning flame appeared in front of him. Red lotus flowers bloomed in the fire. This was the red lotus karma fire.
How long has it been since I last saw the Red Lotus Fire?
Xie Qingxun walked towards the karmic fire uncontrollably. Just as he was about to reach out to touch it, a laugh suddenly came from the void. The laugh was familiar and shocking to him, echoing in his ears over and over again.
Does it hurt?
Someone murmured in the void: [Is the water in the Ice Hell particularly cold?]
[Are you tired of hearing the sound of chains?]
[You, you don’t like the dark, right…]
The intermittent murmurs persisted, and Xie Qingxun began to have a splitting headache. His dark eyes were pierced by a flash of red gold. He swung out the jade bone fan and slashed his wrist fiercely. As the blood flowed out, he barely regained his composure.
"Who are you?" He stood in the void and sneered.
Tick-tick-tick——
After he spoke, the void suddenly became dark.
The surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of blood falling to the ground was heard. The ground was shining with golden light. He lowered his eyes and saw that his blood had blossomed into fire lotuses on the ground. He stepped back in a daze, and a hot stream sprayed onto his back, like the breath of a giant beast.
Tick, tick, the blood is still falling.
Xie Qingxun clenched the jade fan and slowly turned his head, meeting a pair of golden eyes as big as lanterns. Not far away, the red lotus fire was burning fiercely, and a red-gold phoenix came out with a low hum of lust. The darkness dissipated, and Xie Qingxun saw a dragon.
A huge golden-scaled ancient dragon...
.
"Puff——" Xie Qingxun vomited blood and disappeared from the void.
Qu Yaoyao turned around when she heard the voice, and when she turned her head, she happened to meet Xie Qingxun's eyes. A rich red-gold color flowed in his pupils, and he looked sinister and fierce. There was murderous aura all over his body, as if he had just crawled out of hell covered in blood.
"You, are you okay?" Qu Yaoyao was frightened by his expression.
Before she could get close, a suction force sucked her to the front of the couch. Xie Qingxun pinched her neck with one hand and her breathing became unstable.
He really wanted to kill her, and he pinched her with great force with murderous intent, which made Qu Yaoyao think of the night when she transformed and died tragically.
"Let go, let go!" Qu Yaoyao gasped for breath. Seeing his crazy eyes, as if he didn't recognize her, she struggled to remind him, "I am... Qu, Yaoyao. If you kill me directly, there will be no way to take it out... well."
Qu Yaoyao felt like her neck was about to break and she couldn't say the rest of the words.
The essence of the snow lotus is integrated with her breath. If Xie Qingxun wants to take it out successfully, he must do so while Qu Yaoyao is still alive. If she is strangled to death now, the snow lotus in her body will also be destroyed.
Qu Yaoyao didn't know what was wrong with Xie Qingxun, but she could see that he was not sober now. If Xie Qingxun was sober, he would never do such a thing that would harm his own interests.
"Wake up!" Qu Yaoyao struggled with her face flushed red. She was really almost strangled to death by Xie Qingxun.
Her vision was getting darker and death was imminent. She suddenly noticed that Xie Qingxun's cold eyes could not reflect her face. With an idea, she struggled to conjure up a pure snow lotus emitting soft light in her palm. This was an illusion of her original body.
"Look."
Xie Qingxun: Look, there is light.
Eyes that could no longer reflect human images must still be immersed in endless darkness. This was Qu Yaoyao's last attempt for herself and also the last salvation for Xie Qingxun.
As the soft light came on, the beautiful little snow lotus slowly opened its petals in front of Xie Qingxun's eyes, tearing open a crack in the darkness.
"...There is light." Xie Qingxun murmured repeatedly, and gradually saw the scene in front of him clearly.
The tight grip loosened little by little. Xie Qingxun let go of Qu Yaoyao and raised his hand to grab the snow lotus floating in the air. His red-gold pupils clearly reflected the appearance of the small snow lotus. His slender pale finger bones slowly closed, and he blinked lightly and whispered, "My light."
This is the light that saved him from the endless hell.
Snap——
The snow lotus broke.
It was originally an illusion created by Qu Yaoyao, like a bubble that would break if touched lightly.
The snow lotus shattered into balls of white light in Xie Qingxun's hands, and quickly dissipated like extinguished stars. As he watched these light spots dissipate, Xie Qingxun's eyes also dimmed.
He tilted his head and looked at Qu Yaoyao, who was lying on the edge of the couch and had not yet recovered. His eyelashes trembled and he slowly placed his hand on her cheek.
"It's too dirty..." Xie Qingxun looked at Qu Yaoyao.
Gently reciting these three words, his hand slowly moved to Qu Yaoyao's heart. Qu Yaoyao's body trembled with fear, knowing that he was going to take her snow lotus essence.
She began to feel dizzy, and Qu Yaoyao tried hard to stay awake and not faint. She heard Xie Qingxun still repeating these three words.
Dirty, what's too dirty? Is he talking about her?
Her eyelids felt heavy and a slight pain came from her heart. Qu Yaoyao stubbornly opened her eyelashes again, wanting to tell him that she was not dirty at all.
"I... am not dirty." The voice was so low that it was almost silent.
Qu Yaoyao didn't have the strength to speak anymore. She glanced at Xie Qingxun one last time. Blurred, she saw him looking down at her with a gentle expression. The hostility in his scarlet-gold pupils had subsided, and they were now gentle and affectionate, as if filled with endless infatuation...
“…”
Qu Yaoyao did not die, and Xie Qingxun did not take away the snow lotus essence in her body.
When she woke up, she found herself lying on the ground. The room was filled with a strong smell of blood. When she supported herself with her arms to sit up, her tentacles touched a wet pool of blood.
Blood, lots and lots of blood...
Qu Yaoyao sat up and saw the ground covered with black and dirty blood. This blood did not come from her body, but was obviously from Xie Qingxun's body.
Tick-tock, tick-tock——
The blood continued to flow. Qu Yaoyao looked up along the trail and saw Xie Qingxun lying on the couch. His snow-white clothes were almost completely stained with dark red blood. He leaned quietly on the couch, his arms hanging down, and winding bloodstains flowed from various parts of his body.
"You..." Qu Yaoyao was stunned.
Xie Qingxun had lost too much blood and was now somewhat conscious. After hearing Qu Yaoyao's voice, his eyelashes fluttered as he looked towards her, and he said with a slight curl of his lips, "You woke up early."
"What are you doing?" Qu Yaoyao's hands were stained with blood from the ground. She stood up and saw several wounds on Xie Qingxun's neck, crisscrossing and spreading into his collar.
There are only Qu Yaoyao and Xie Qingxun here. After she fell into a coma, no one could have hurt him like this except Xie Qingxun himself.
Xie Qingxun let the blood flow from his body. He seemed tired and closed his eyelashes again. He said softly, "It's too dirty."
The blood was so dirty that he couldn't tolerate it in his body.
As if thinking of something, he chuckled and muttered to himself, "I must be crazy to use the Dragon Pearl to detoxify."
He even thought the dragon balls were dirty, let alone the lowly and crude Jiao beads.
The incense and candles in the room were already burning to the very end. Once they were completely consumed, his body would be destroyed. Xie Qingxun could die, but he could not allow the filthy blood of the dragon clan's collateral lineage to remain in his body after his death. Therefore, he had to drain all the blood from his body before he died.
Picking up the jade bone fan, Xie Qingxun cut several wounds on his body in a row. Qu Yaoyao's scalp tingled when she saw it. "I think you are crazy now."
She couldn't understand how someone could be so cruel to her. Could it be that she really didn't feel any pain from the wounds she had cut herself?
"Let go now. If you continue like this, you will die before the poison takes effect." Qu Yaoyao couldn't stand it anymore and ran to him and pressed his hand.
Qu Yaoyao's hands were warm, making Xie Qingxun's skin feel icy cold. Xie Qingxun felt as if the places where she touched him were burning with fire. His eyelashes trembled in confusion, and his heart was in turmoil. The scorching heat made him reluctant to let go.
"Qu Yaoyao." Xie Qingxun realized that his vitality was slipping away.
He raised his hand and gently touched the girl's cheek. The blood on his fingers stained her skin. His weak voice sounded a little gentle, "This time, I don't need you to be buried with me."
"I want you to live well..." Live and wait for me to come back.
Xie Qingxun will die, but he who is sleeping in the darkness and is immortal will not disappear.
He wanted to say that he would come back and take back the little snow lotus stored in her body, but before he could finish his words, Qu Yaoyao shook her head and the tears that had been accumulating in her eyes fell down.
"No," she said. "I don't want you to die."
Xie Qingxun became like this because of her. If he really died in front of her, it would cast a lifelong shadow on Qu Yaoyao.
[Immortal Venerable, how come there are such small snow lotuses in this cold pond? Are they newly born?]
[It is the first snow lotus to grow in the cold pond, and also the most beautiful one.]
Qu Yaoyao couldn't help but think back to when she had just awakened her spiritual intelligence. At that time, she was so small and weak, mixed in with other large snow lotuses, and was almost unnoticed.
Only Xie Qingxun would gently touch her petals, and only he would not treat her as a dead object without any spirit. He looked at her gentle and beautiful smile, as if he was treating a unique treasure in the world.
"I won't let you die." Qu Yaoyao had an idea in her mind.
With a faint light flashing around her, she threw Xie Qingxun to the ground and suddenly bit his neck.
The author has something to say: Xiao Xie has never been vague about abusing himself.
Yaoyao: I was really scared at that time.
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