Chen Huaian looked at the Grand Rejuvenation Pill Xiao Yifeng had chosen and immediately sneered.
Actually, there was an option here for instant replacement, costing six yuan per time. If Xiao Yifeng had incredibly defied the odds and selected the Grand Rejuvenation Pill without pill toxins, Chen Huaian could still spend money to replace it with one that contained toxins.
But now, it seemed there was no need for him to spend any money.
Xiao Yifeng was not someone who defied the odds; the first pill he picked already contained toxins.
He pressed the sound-transmission talisman and said, “Since you’ve picked it, why don’t you take it? What are you waiting for?”
“Since the fate has been determined, then take it and see.”
“Xiao Yifeng, what are you hesitating for?” Qingxuan Daoist glanced sideways at his second disciple. He couldn’t wait to see Xiao Yifeng humiliate the mysterious person. As for Xiao Yifeng’s constipated-like expression, he assumed it was because Xiao Yifeng was nervous from being too close to that mysterious person.
“Yes, Master.”
Xiao Yifeng prayed to all the celestial gods and goddesses, closed his eyes, and swallowed the Grand Rejuvenation Pill in one gulp.
The medicinal power erupted extremely fast. Xiao Yifeng groaned in pain, clutching his chest as his face turned purplish red.
His eyeballs were bloodshot, breathing heavily like a buffalo—clear signs of the eruption of pill toxins.
And it was absolutely a potent dose of pill toxins.
To avoid damage to his meridians, he immediately sat cross-legged on the ground to regulate the spiritual energy within his body, using Wood Spiritual Energy to gradually neutralize the pill toxins. For cultivators of other spirit roots, they could only rely on taking more pills or seek help from elders to assist in expelling the toxins.
“This…” Wu Duantian glanced at Qingxuan Daoist beside him and noticed that the elder’s face darkened again, turning bluish-black, almost the same color as the hat on his head. His hand hidden under the sleeve was trembling, clearly very angry.
“You have two more chances!”
Behind Li Qingran, a voice echoed calmly.
The surrounding Bluecloud Sect disciples and elders knew that Xiao Yifeng had failed in his first attempt at identifying the pills.
After temporarily suppressing the pill toxins, Xiao Yifeng opened his eyes, looking grim. After hesitating for a moment, he bowed respectfully towards Li Qingran and asked, “Younger brother dares to ask if among these ten pills, there is truly one normal pill?”
“How dare you think I deceived you?!”
A cold snort sounded, followed by oppressive pressure descending. A violent wind swept through, crushing the steps around Xiao Yifeng into powder.
From the void came a voice filled with rising killing intent:
“With just that sentence, I have the right to kill you without needing a reason!”
“I know I’m wrong! Please calm down, senior!” Xiao Yifeng quickly lowered his head, feeling terrified.
He glanced at Qingxuan Daoist out of the corner of his eye.
He saw his master sitting there with his eyes closed, seemingly indifferent.
Master Wu Duantian was smiling while looking at Li Qingran, his gaze like inspecting his own daughter.
No one could help him; neither his master nor the sect leader was willing to offend that mysterious cultivator.
Now he could only rely on himself.
Xiao Yifeng took a deep breath and steeled himself to choose the second pill.
After taking it, the fire toxin erupted once again.
“You have one chance left.”
After suppressing the fire toxin, Xiao Yifeng extended his vein-bulging hand, trembling as he reached toward the eight pills.
Until now, he had never imagined how excruciating the fire toxin would be.
It felt as though his entire meridian system and bones were repeatedly scraped by a brush filled with steel needles.
This kind of pain wouldn’t last continuously but would come in waves, moving unpredictably throughout his body like a snake, giving him no chance to adapt, leaving him restless… This was still because he possessed the Wood Spirit Root, which naturally had the ability to detoxify and suppress toxins.
But Li Qingran didn’t.
So this was how Li Qingran had been suffering after being expelled from Chixiao Peak…
This mysterious cultivator’s pill refining skills were truly remarkable.
Even if he cheated and tasted a small piece, he couldn’t identify which pill did not contain toxins.
If so, it might be better to randomly pick one.
Xiao Yifeng closed his eyes, stopped struggling, and randomly picked one.
“Tsk, this kid has good luck. One in eight probability and he managed to select it.” Chen Huaian unwillingly spent six yuan, and the moment the deduction occurred, the pill in Xiao Yifeng’s hand was simultaneously swapped.
The black cat nearby looked strangely at Chen Huaian.
“What is this guy muttering about while staring at that black box? Could it be some mind-controlling demonic artifact? Interesting, interesting! But I wonder, is this black box’s demon behind it more evil than me, the fierce beast? Hehehe!”
The black cat seemed to be thinking of something amusing, raising its tail high.
After swallowing the last chance, the fire toxin erupted again.
The accumulated fire toxins from the previous two times had reached their peak, and this third time acted like a spark igniting the fuse. The combined force of the first two rounds of toxins with the third caused a complete eruption.
“Hmm…”
Xiao Yifeng’s face turned pale like gold paper, then flushed red like a tide. He stumbled back several steps on the steps, ultimately kneeling down and spitting out a mouthful of black blood. Strangely, the black blood evaporated upon contact with air, spreading the foul smell of mixed drug residue and toxic blood. Disciples standing nearby quickly covered their noses and mouths.
The figure in the center of the square held his chest and struggled for a while before finally collapsing, convulsing a few times and losing consciousness.
“Qingxuan Daoist, your disciple doesn’t seem as talented as he thinks he is…”
A faint scoff echoed from the void.
“Do you want them to feed him, or should I do it myself?”
Chen Huaian felt no sympathy for Xiao Yifeng.
Li Qingran had endured the fire toxin for three whole months.
Her meridians had been scorched black and ulcerated by the pill toxins. Compared to that, what Xiao Yifeng was enduring now was nothing.
“Esteemed sir, this disciple has already been punished. His current condition due to the fire toxin is extremely severe. Please don’t make him consume the remaining seven pills…” Wu Duantian sensed that Qingxuan Daoist was on the verge of losing control and quickly intervened to mediate.
“The Master allows you to speak? Sit down!”
“You dare to go too far!” Unable to bear it any longer, Qingxuan Daoist stood up.
However, his sword pointed not at the mysterious figure but at Li Qingran.
“Don’t think I don’t know that all ten of your pills contain toxins. My second disciple simply cannot choose correctly! Even if you want to avenge Li Qingran, isn’t this going too far? Besides, did my second disciple really give Li Qingran the poisonous pill?”
“Qingxuan Elder.” Qingran, under the pressure of the late-stage transformation of her spirit, forced herself forward two steps with a pale face, as if trying to shield the person behind her in the void.
Her clear eyes stared at her former master, filled with a chilling sadness: “After the grand competition, I received no help. The only pill I consumed was the Grand Rejuvenation Pill given by Xiao Yifeng.”
“You’re lying!” Qingxuan Daoist glared furiously.
“If I utter even one false word, I swear by the Heavenly Dao to suffer five thunderclaps.”
Li Qingran pointed three fingers at the sky. The pressure of the Heavenly Dao made her delicate face deathly pale. She could feel her destiny declining sharply. How humble she had been to maintain those relationships, and how fiercely she was now retaliating!
The originally clear sky above Bluecloud Sect suddenly became overcast with thick clouds. Several streaks of lightning flashed in the clouds, as if observing, then dissipated along with the clouds when they found no evidence.
Qingxuan Daoist met Li Qingran’s resolute gaze, his sword trembling in his hand, rendered speechless. Continuous entanglement with heavenly fate inevitably depleted one’s destiny. Li Qingran was risking her life.
In that case, the poisonous pill was intentionally given by Xiao Yifeng, including the healing pills he claimed to have sent to Li Qingran, none of them actually reached her.
Among the remaining seven pills,
one floated in front of Qingxuan Daoist.
The oppressive pressure on Li Qingran also dissipated.
The ethereal voice from the void continued:
“Why don’t you try, esteemed sir, whether it’s a poison pill?”
Qingxuan Daoist looked at the brocade box containing the pill in front of him, a flicker of hesitation crossing his eyes.
“How do I know if your pill…”
Before he finished speaking,
the brocade box suddenly opened.
A Grand Rejuvenation Pill shot into Qingxuan Daoist’s mouth.
The void mocked:
“Swallow it for me!”
