Chapter 11 Poisoned Disciple
Xiao Shuying pursed his lips, speechless, unsure how to respond. This person before him had killed him ninety-nine times, yet now he was advising him to cherish life.
There are still such ironic jokes in the world.
He almost told Su Yunyu to stop pretending, but a sudden pain shot through his calf, causing Xiao Shuying to fall to the ground, which just interrupted his growing thoughts.
This also conveniently avoids having to return to the unspeakable topic of Fu Yunyu.
He feigned a few painful groans, his voice weak:
"Master..."
Seeing this, Su Yunyu stopped pursuing the matter and quickly stepped forward to lift up a corner of his trouser leg, revealing two bite marks on his already thin calf.
It was the Netherfire Python that bit her. Fortunately, Xiao Shuying was wearing the protective spiritual garment he had given her, otherwise it would have shattered her bones and torn her flesh with a single bite.
Xiao Shuying's bite wasn't too severe, but blood flowed down her leg, which looked quite terrifying. Su Yunyu used her spiritual energy to heal the wound, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Just as she was catching her breath, Xiao Shuying gasped again:
"Master, my wound feels so hot."
hot
Su Yunyu glanced at the spot; the bite mark had healed, but the skin still showed a burn-like redness. She couldn't help but fall into deep thought and asked the system what was going on.
After checking, the system suddenly realized:
[The Netherfire Python is poisonous; it can be neutralized with Dendrobium nobile.]
Where can I find Dendrobium officinale for clearing heat?
The system exclaimed excitedly, "[What a coincidence! That's the one you just picked!]"
"..." Su Yunyu pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized:
"He was bitten by a snake, and I just happened to have picked some medicine that could cure the poison. Could this be Long Aotian's passive skill?"
In any case, the injury could be healed, so Su Yunyu calmly took out the Dendrobium officinale she had just picked, pretending to be composed:
"Don't be afraid, your master just found some antidote herbs in the east."
After saying that, he activated his spiritual energy to refine the herbs and transferred all the medicinal power into Xiao Shuying's wound.
So engrossed in his work that he didn't notice Xiao Shuying's melancholy gaze.
He now strongly suspects that the Netherfire Python is a scheme by Su Yunyu to bribe him.
Otherwise, how could he have made an excuse to investigate first, then arrived in time when a python attacked, and now even had freshly harvested medicine to treat the poisoning?
Are there really so many coincidences?
Xiao Shuying rejected the idea, finding it amusing. This person before him was unfathomably cunning, and he needed to be even more careful in dealing with him.
After the medicine took effect, Su Yunyu looked up at Xiao Shuying, whose face was pale, and asked with slight concern:
"How is it now?"
Xiao Shuying stood up, dusted herself off, and said with gratitude:
"It's all better now, thank you, Master."
As he spoke, he glanced at the towering mountain and took out a Bigu Pill to replenish his strength. Just as he was about to take it, Su Yunyu frowned and snatched the pill away.
Seeing Xiao Shuying blink her questioning eyes, he said calmly:
"You have no cultivation and have just been detoxified. If you consume the Bigu Pill, you are likely to be harmed by its poison."
The Bigu Pill is not useful for high-level cultivators; it is only suitable for low-level cultivators who cannot go without food and water every day but have the cultivation level to detoxify from the pill.
Xiao Shuying is clearly not among the high-level or low-level cultivators, so this fasting pill is naturally not suitable for her to take.
“But if we don’t use the Bigu Pill…” Xiao Shuying watched Su Yunyu put the pill away, her tone hesitant.
Su Yunyu had actually seen the streams and creeks nestled among the mountains when she arrived, which inevitably stirred her emotions.
"Come with me."
You should know that he had one great hobby in his life: slacking off while fishing.
While slacking off at my workstation, I saw a small river and wanted to go down and catch fish there too.
Since Long Aotian was exhausted, he decided to spear a fish and grill it himself.
Moreover, the fish in this secret realm are full of spiritual energy, so they must smell incredibly fragrant when grilled.
The system saw through his intentions and chuckled:
I think you're just being greedy.
"Keep quiet," Su Yunyu said, ignoring Xiao Shuying. She led Xiao Shuying to the stream and then walked into the water with her Xuehua sword in her hand.
The stream gurgled and crashed against the rocks, creating silvery white waves. A person dressed in sky and water blue stood motionless in the waves, leaving everyone wondering what he was thinking.
Anyway, Xiao Shuying was already completely baffled when Su Yunyu walked into the stream.
He stood silently for a moment, watching the man stand motionless in the flowing water, only his sword was firmly gripped in his hand.
Gradually, an incredible idea emerged.
Before he could be overthrown, the man in the stream finally moved. He raised his sword high and thrust it into a spot, but when he raised the sword and found that the tip was empty, his body stiffened noticeably.
Regardless of how unconventional Xiao Shuying's methods might be, the system was already screaming loudly:
[Stop right there! The original owner wouldn't use a sword to spear a fish, don't you understand the aloof and detached persona?!]
Su Yunyu looked at the sword, which hadn't managed to spear the fish, with a hint of disappointment, and pouted at what the system had said:
"Being aloof doesn't mean I have to stay motionless on an altar. I can't stay far away forever; I have to be close to you a few times."
[Solicitation, all sophistry] The system fell silent after saying that, and only the sound of turning pages could be heard in my mind, probably because it was flipping through the original text.
111's resolve is not firm at all; he's so easy to fool.
After dismissing the system, Su Yunyu caught a glimpse of another large fish swimming by and, with lightning speed, raised her sword to stab it—
Amidst the surging waves, Xiao Shuying saw this person in sky-blue robes carefully raise their sword and, looking at the large fish at the tip of the blade, clearly display their delight and surprise.
Despite wearing a peacock-patterned mask, Xiao Shuying inexplicably found herself lost in thought about the eyes and brows behind the mask.
Those delicate, willow-leaf eyebrows must be relaxed now, and those thin lips that were always tightly pursed must be curved into a smile.
Speaking of which, Su Yunyu is aloof when she's not smiling, but when she does smile, she's like a mountain spirit stirring up trouble...
Wait, that's thinking too far ahead.
Xiao Shuying suddenly came to her senses, and then realized that this person seemed quite different from the one in her first life.
It's unclear whether it was a deliberate disguise or if it was indeed two people...
Regardless of the reason, the fact that this person has pursued him for ninety-eight lifetimes is always profound.
As Xiao Shuying fell into deep thought, Su Yunyu turned around and walked back with a Xuehua sword skewered with a fish on one end. Perhaps her figure was too beautiful, which made him think of things for no reason.
Normally, this person is dressed in white, like a snow-capped mountain flower, extremely refined and otherworldly.
At this moment, dressed in light blue, she is like a water lily in the breeze, elegant and refined.
Especially that jade belt, which made her waist even thinner and her figure even more ethereal.
It wasn't until Su Yunyu stood before her and asked a second time how the fish was that Xiao Shuying finally answered:
"The fish that Master speared up was naturally of the highest quality."
"Since that's the case," Su Yunyu said calmly, secretly pleased with her successful spearing of the fish, ignoring the subtle resentment emanating from the Xuehua Sword.
"This fish will help you replenish your energy."
Long Aotian will definitely let him try it too, which would be a win-win situation.
Upon hearing this, the system, which had no physical form, still twitched at the corner of its mouth.
This isn't right. How did a proper trial in the secret realm turn into a pastoral idyll?
The grill rack for the fish was pieced together by Su Yunyu from broken and tattered items in her spatial dimension, and the fish was also cleaned using magic.
Before long, wisps of smoke rose from the beautiful mountains and rivers.
A while later, the faint aroma of grilled fish rose from the cooking smoke.
Xiao Shuying blankly flipped the fish roasting over the fire, still annoyed that she had suddenly decided to volunteer to grill the fish.
From spearfishing to grilling fish, it should have been Su Yunyu who carried it out from beginning to end.
But after glancing at Su Yunyu's spotless sleeves, he inexplicably spoke up.
Xiao Shuying looked up at the person sitting under the tree, resting with their eyes closed, and almost laughed out of anger.
For a moment, it was unclear who this fish was meant to replenish.
Moreover, from what he saw, it seemed that Su Yunyu also had rather inappropriate thoughts about this fish.
Since that's the case... Xiao Shuying looked at the fish that was almost cooked, pretended not to see it, and let the flames continue to scorch it.
Su Yunyu, who was sitting happily under the tree with her eyes closed watching the cartoons played by the system, suddenly smelled a strange odor.
At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, but when I realized that the strange smell gave me a bad feeling, I immediately stopped watching the cartoon and went to look at the fish.
As soon as she got closer, before she could even get a good look, Xiao Shuying suddenly stood up, picked up the grilled fish, and looked at Su Yunyu, feigning panic as she said:
"Master, what should we do? It looks like it's burnt."
"..." Su Yunyu examined the stain for a moment, noticing that only one side was affected. Before he could realize the seriousness of the situation, he was about to offer some words of comfort when Xiao Shuying spoke again:
"Luckily, only one side was burnt. I'll eat this side, and I'll leave the good side for Master."
Su Yunyu immediately and subconsciously refused:
"No need, you can eat it yourself."
After he finished speaking, he realized that this was not right. He had originally thought that since the grilled fish had two sides, he could have a bite from either side.
But now there's only one side to eat, and Xiao Shuying is being so modest, so he has no reason to take the opportunity to taste it.
"This..." Xiao Shuying had achieved her goal. She lowered her face and secretly curled her lips, but pretended to be coy and hesitant.
"This isn't quite right..."
Seeing his reaction, Su Yunyu had no choice but to refuse again, her heart breaking.
"I no longer need to eat."
After saying that, he sat back down under the tree, preferring to stay out of sight of the fish.
Damn it, if it weren't for his persona, he could have baked it himself and secretly tasted it.
Grilled fish; he hadn't had grilled fish in a long time.
Ahhh, he really needs to finish the mission as soon as possible and return to his original world.
We'll eat grilled fish three times a day then.
Thinking of this, tears streamed down Su Yunyu's face.
The aroma of fish lingered in the air. Just as Su Yunyu was chanting the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, he heard a series of hurried footsteps from not far away. He looked up and saw a disciple dressed in outer sect robes running over in a panic.
Upon seeing Su Yunyu and Xiao Shuying, the disciple's face lit up with joy. He rushed over and fell to his knees in front of Su Yunyu, shouting:
"Fellow disciples, save me—"
"..."
There's no need for such a grand ceremony.
Before Su Yunyu could speak, Xiao Shuying put down the grilled fish she wasn't interested in, walked over, and asked warily:
"Who are you"
When the disciple looked up, his face was ashen, his features contorted in a grimace, and he seemed extremely agitated. He stammered as he spoke:
"I...I am Elder Liufeng's disciple, please...save me..."
Elder Liufeng was the swordsman who taught swordsmanship in the Sword Arts Hall. He was known for his integrity and uprightness, and had a good reputation within the sect.
Su Yunyu had always admired him, and thus extended her affection to everything related to him:
What happened to you? How can we help you?
"I..." The disciple gasped for breath, looking as if he were about to die on the ground at any moment:
"I've been poisoned..."
A note from the author:
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A no-prize guessing game to find out who the person who got poisoned is, hahaha [noob]
No update tomorrow. If I drop off the charts this week, five updates a week is still a great way to thank my readers. Mwah! [kiss][kiss]
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