He always thought highly of himself, relying on his superb martial arts skills and excellent medical expertise, but he never expected to suffer a setback this time.
Cold sweat trickled down the corners of his wrinkled eyes.
He held his palm and saw that the color of the needle marks on it had turned black. Thinking of something, he quickly took out a medicine bottle and fed himself an antidote pill.
He had just taken the medicine when a figure slowly emerged from behind the tree.
“Old Taoist Lingyin, you don’t need to waste your time. The poison you’ve been given was also made by me. There is no antidote other than me. Your antidote pills are useless.”
Upon hearing this, Master Lingyin clenched his fist silently. "You brat, what do you want?"
“Naturally, it’s a case of giving someone a taste of their own medicine.” Si Luo stopped and said calmly, then looked at Bai Li lying on the ground. “Bai Li, you can get up now.”
Upon hearing his voice, Bai Li immediately rolled over and got up from the ground, completely unharmed.
Master Lingyin was furious. He had put all his strength into that palm strike. Although the brat had hidden poison needles on her body and he had been caught off guard, her meridians should have been severed by that strike.
But she seems perfectly fine.
"How is that possible?" he blurted out, his face filled with disbelief.
Bai Li removed the human skin mask from her face with one hand, and reached into her bosom with the other, pulling out a thin piece of iron.
She ignored Master Lingyin, turned to look at Si Luo, and said admiringly, "Fortunately, Young Master Si had the foresight, otherwise I certainly wouldn't be standing here right now." Although the iron block had protected her from being seriously injured, her body still ached slightly, because the palm strike from Master Lingyin was truly vicious.
"I made a promise to your princess, how could I go back on my word?" Si Luo said calmly.
Bai Li understood what he meant; he meant that he had promised Wen Nong Nong that he wouldn't let her get hurt.
When Master Lingyin saw this, he understood everything. His face turned ashen, and he looked extremely unpleasant.
He squinted and said, "I was careless today, but don't expect me to give you the antidote."
"I don't care. It's just death, and you'll be buried with me," Si Luo said calmly.
Master Lingyin sneered, "I've lived long enough, while you're not even twenty yet. You can calculate who's at a greater disadvantage."
Si Luo nodded, "Of course I'm the one who suffers more, but I can't escape death either way, so there's nothing I can do about it. And when I die, I can take you with me, which is better than going on my way alone. I think I've made a profit."
Master Lingyin choked for a moment, not expecting that the other party, so young, would not care about life and death.
“Actually, you didn’t have to die.” He suddenly sighed, looking at him with pity.
"You are one too." Si Luo remained unmoved.
Master Lingyin laughed in anger, “Young man, don’t be so stubborn. As long as you take Wen Nongnong’s head, I will definitely offer you the antidote with both hands. If you still want my life, I can give it to you.”
"Enough with the nonsense. Since you refuse to hand over the antidote, then leave. You'll die anyway without my antidote," Si Luo said.
The Taoist priest was furious.
He came here today to take Wen Nong Nong's life, but he was tricked instead. He didn't manage to kill Wen Nong Nong, and instead, he was poisoned by the other party.
"By the way, that poison is an extremely potent one. By now, it's probably already spread throughout your bloodstream. In another quarter of an hour, even if there's an antidote, it won't be of any use," Si Luo suddenly said.
Master Lingyin sneered, "Do you think I'll be afraid just because you say that?" He said this, but he subtly began to examine his own pulse.
Si Luo said calmly, "If you don't believe me, you can press your lower left abdomen. Doesn't it hurt terribly?"
Master Lingyin lowered his hand with a grim expression.
Because the result of his self-examination was that he had indeed been poisoned.
"Bai Li, let's go," Si Luo said to Bai Li, who was standing beside him.
"Okay," Bai Li replied.
The two turned and left without looking back.
Lingyin Daoist roared in fury, "You all stop right there!"
Si Luo turned around in surprise, "Didn't you say you didn't want the antidote?"
Master Lingyin was naturally not afraid of death, but he was unwilling to kill Wen Nongnong to avenge Shen Qingning.
"Alright, let's take out the antidote together." Master Lingyin finally compromised.
Si Luo nodded calmly, "Okay."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them took out the antidote at the same time.
Master Lingyin said, "I will count to three, and then we will throw the toss at each other."
“Okay.” Si Luo had no objection.
"one two three!"
As the three words fell to the ground, both of them threw the antidote they were holding at each other.
After receiving the antidote, Master Lingyin examined it and, confirming that the other party could not have cheated, then fed the antidote into his mouth.
The same goes for Si Luo.
After taking the antidote, Master Lingyin saw that the other person had also taken it and couldn't help but laugh, "Boy, you're still too green. That antidote can't completely cure the poison you've been afflicted with; it can only cure about half of it at most."
Si Luo's expression changed. "What do you mean?"
"That means the antidote I gave you can only remove more than half of the toxins in your body. The remaining amount cannot be completely removed and will only accumulate in your right arm. Before long, your arm will be useless," Master Lingyin said with considerable pride.
Si Luo was taken aback for a moment, then said calmly, "Is that so?"
Master Lingyin laughed heartily, for he had finally turned the tables.
But as he was laughing, he suddenly couldn't laugh anymore. His face stiffened, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.
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