Chapter 896 - 412: Body Poison Greatly Reduced, Progress in Yang Meridian, Pure Bones and Graceful Bearing, Grappling Fiercely!

Chapter 896: Chapter 412: Body Poison Greatly Reduced, Progress in Yang Meridian, Pure Bones and Graceful Bearing, Grappling Fiercely!

The medicinal soup gradually turned black and foul, emitting a stench. The walls of the bathing tub were corroded, making a sizzling sound, and wisps of white smoke rose. This clearly showed the potency of the poison, far exceeding expectations.

Attempting to detoxify it rashly would immediately provoke the toxicity, making it intense and corrosive. This poison is inherently contained within the body, and the first to bear the brunt would be the bones and blood, leading to death in less than a quarter of an hour, leaving no remains.

Li Xian was caught in this dilemma, so every detoxification attempt was done cautiously. Although he possessed medical skills and had learned through medical inheritance and annotations on medical texts, his medical skills were already good. However, his experience in the medical field was quite shallow, having only learned medicine for a year.

He could only explore slowly, first trying to understand the toxicity of the poison step by step, comprehending its toxic transformation before gradually finding ways to detoxify.

Fortunately, there has been some success. He knew that although the toxin was fierce, the original substance must be relatively common because they were casually grasped by the Princess An Yang and placed in Jade City as undercover, used like chess pieces.

Using them would be an unexpected joy. If not, it didn’t matter either. Moreover, there were many others scattered throughout Jade City. Therefore, it was necessary to save silver. Obtaining the poison should not be expensive, within a few taels, or even close to ten taels, would be acceptable.

If it amounted to dozens or hundreds of taels...it would not be worth the expense, spending money on the blade. Li Xian speculated that the Princess An Yang was by no means a fool, though wealthy, would certainly not waste money.

Hence...the original substances of the poison must be cheap and easy to acquire in large quantities. Based on this reasoning, Li Xian continued to ponder, combining his medical skills and bodily sensations during every poison outbreak.

Additionally, both physicians and poisons have regional attributes. The customs, plants, and trees of a place nurture the medical and poisonous tendencies of that area. When Li Xian was captured, he had just entered "Yu Nan Road, Dragon Court Prefecture," located in the southwest of the prefecture.

He was then secretly transported but not very far.

He roughly knew the location.

He focused on researching the area’s rich medicinal herbs, poisonous insects, poisonous snakes, etc. The medical-scripts of the Yao Clan briefly described these things.

From this, the physician cures himself, unraveling the clues and recalling the color, taste, and situations when soaking in the poison bath. He gradually guessed several poisons: Red Viper Snake, Rock Scorpion, Variegated Spider, Leech Beetle, and Bitter-faced Lizard.

These five primary poisons secretly align with the principles of the five elements. The way to configuring them also contains evolutionary mystery, similar to the "Thunder Drum God-Slaying Formation," with each poison cooperating and performing its duty as a part of the poison array.

There is also one main poison: "Crying Mouse," crucially important. This mouse is abundant in the mountainous area southwest of Dragon Court Prefecture. Highly venomous, those bitten by it gradually have their minds affected.

Initially, they weep uncontrollably. Later, the poisoned person becomes afraid of people, avoids others, and flees from places where there are many people. In the end, they silently choke to death in a deserted place.

Hao Qing Snake specially included this poison. It causes the undercover disciples, when the poison actually breaks out, to instinctively avoid others, finally dying in solitude. Afterward, the poison in their body becomes dramatically corrosive, eroding flesh, bones, and membranes, making it hard to detect, silent and soundless.

These six main poisons complemented by other auxiliary poisons make it extremely potent. Hao Qing Snake’s poison-crafting skills were indeed formidable. Fortunately, Li Xian’s Pure Yang Body inherently possessed a strong resistance to poison. The poison in him was not too deep, providing many opportunities to test and detoxify his body.

Today’s poison-expelling method is called the "Fire Yang Boiling Poison Method." Once the medicinal soup had been brewed, Li Xian utilized its power, concurrently setting up the Heart Furnace. Heart Fire burns, boiling the blood.

Thus mutually supporting each other inside and out, forcing the toxins out.

After soaking for an incense stick of time, the medicinal soup was completely wasted. However, the poison in Li Xian’s body had been reduced by twenty percent. Even if the poison resurged, though there would be numbness and pain, it definitely wouldn’t be life-threatening. And he could now withstand and endure it strongly.

Li Xian exhaled deeply: "Even though the body poison has only eased a little, it puts me in a better situation. Without this pursuing ruthless wolf constantly biting at me, future planning would naturally be much more relaxed."

The medicinal soup turned into a poison soup. The inner wall of the bathing tub was corroded and pitted, and the tub was quite expensive, costing ten taels of silver, used for Martial Artist’s practice of cultivation. Li Xian quickly emptied the poisonous soup, boiled some water, and cleansed the residual toxins inside the tub.

His whole body felt light and relaxed.

He wore a loose robe and sat beside a jujube tree. He started practicing "Heaven Turns Over, Earth Hangs Down, Turbidity Turns Down," transporting the turbidity within his bones.

[You transported the turbid substance in your bones using the ’Heaven Turns Over, Earth Hangs Down’ method, increasing your Five Viscera Avoiding Dross and Gathering Yang Scripture skill level +1]

[Skill Level +1]

[Five Viscera Avoiding Dross and Gathering Yang Scripture, Strengthening Bones Chapter]

[Skill Level: 301/800 Beginner]

[Description: At the beginning of the second Chapter, the road ahead holds promise. The persistent effort ends in mastering the divine marvels.]

While transporting the bone turbidity, the organ turbidity within Li Xian’s body was also being transported. The first layer "Strengthening Organs Chapter," and the second layer "Strengthening Bones Chapter," although different in sequence, were fundamentally one entity.

They naturally strengthened each other.

[You transported the organ turbidity, increasing your Five Viscera Avoiding Dross and Gathering Yang Scripture skill level +1]

[Five Viscera Avoiding Dross and Gathering Yang Scripture, Strengthening Organs Chapter]

[Skill Level: 10236/50000 Perfection]

Li Xian, seeing that no one was around, relaxed naturally, revealing the extraordinary phenomena of his martial arts. Each time he exhaled, his breath was long, with wisps of white fog drifting from his nostrils and mouth, twirling around him.

His long hair moved without wind.

Surrounding him in the mist, colorful lights flashed regularly.

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The next day, after the events of this day, Li Xian went to duty. Many Gold Appraisal Guard colleagues immediately gathered around, inquiring about the grand scenes of the previous day’s banquet. Li Xian naturally shared, describing with words the fine sights of a hundred boats competing and the beautiful music.

Everyone, after hearing it, marvelled repeatedly. Li Xian had showcased his strength several times and was the leader in the formation. The Gold Appraisal Guard riders all offered some respect; they would befriend him if they could. No one caused him any trouble.