Chapter 3008 - 3009: Taisui Flesh

Chapter 3008: Chapter 3009: Taisui Flesh

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t quite see from her angle, but fortunately, as the ritual progressed, something ascended from the dark entrance.

It seemed something was wriggling, but Bai Ruozhu couldn’t make it out clearly. She wished she could get closer or sneak above the secret chamber for a peek, but everyone in the Zhong family was extraordinary, and she dared not take such risks.

Finally, that thing extended further, revealing a gray-white color.

Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but cover her mouth, her almond-shaped eyes widened into circles.

"This, this is..." she murmured to herself, while Xiaohei came over and barked at the emerging image.

Bai Ruozhu didn’t dare blink, and after a while she exclaimed, "Taisui, it must be Taisui!"

Some say Taisui is a type of fungus, eating it can strengthen the body; others say Taisui is a miraculous medicine, eating it grants immortality. Back in the day, Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to find the elixir of immortality, which was Taisui.

Some even say Taisui is an immortal and cannot be offended; there’s talk of the Twelve Taisui, and among folk there’s even the saying "offending Taisui." But Bai Ruozhu found that the records about Taisui in the "Poison Classic" were quite different.

It didn’t say what Taisui actually is, nor how it appears, only that it’s a poison, and Taisui meat is the highest-grade material for making poisons.

That is why Taisui appears in the "Poison Classic."

Yet Taisui is not just a poison; its effects cause dramatic changes in the body. Imagine that adding just a bit of other poison could increase its toxicity a hundredfold.

As for what those dramatic changes are, the "Poison Classic" doesn’t specify, but now Bai Ruozhu can witness them firsthand.

Moreover, she’d like to get some Taisui meat for herself; it’s the ultimate material for poison-making, and no poison master could resist it.

At this moment, a lump of gray-white Taisui meat fell down, slowly landing in the hands of the patriarch Zhong Kui not far away.

Zhong Kui hurriedly knelt, and the clan elders followed suit, with Ao Song also kneeling.

"Astrologer, the new member of the clan, thanks the ancestors for their blessing!" Zhong Kui said respectfully.

The underground shook slightly, and the Taisui meat sank gradually, ready to withdraw again.

"If I get to eat even a little of that, I could condense dozens of drops of spiritual liquid," Quanxin suddenly flew over, excitedly saying.

"If you’re not afraid of dying, go eat it yourself." Bai Ruozhu replied peevishly.

She wanted some too, but would she dare? The Zhong family would kill her for sure.

Quanxin was flying frantically everywhere, almost rushing out, but eventually it settled down; besides devouring evil filth and producing spiritual liquid, it didn’t have any other abilities.

Bai Ruozhu kept her eyes on the Taisui; could it be the Taisui that caused Ao Song to suffer a backlash, almost losing his life?

Where did the problem lie?

At this moment, the Zhong family was also closely watching the Taisui, afraid of missing any detail.

Suddenly, Ao Song pointed at the Taisui and said, "Father, a piece underneath it has been cut off, a big piece!"

Yet Zhong Kui and the clan elders couldn’t see it, and Bai Ruozhu couldn’t see it either. How did Ao Song see it?

"How big exactly?" Zhong Kui asked.

This meant he believed Ao Song’s words. The other clan elders were also staring at Ao Song, deep in thought as if fully convinced, as if Ao Song had an unusual relationship with the Taisui!

"At least ten times the size of what is in your hand, the wound had no blood, but was black." Ao Song stared into the entrance, seemingly able to peer through the entire Taisui.

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Back home, my tracheitis flared up again due to the spicy food in Hunan, coughing like a dog...

Updates resume tomorrow~