I Have Medicine

Chapter 517 - The Main Body Arrives

The Immortal Realm could challenge the Atomic Realm, and the Atomic Realm could challenge the Ascendant Realm.

However, this kind of challenge competition belonged to single matches, so there was no need to separate the platforms.

In the blink of an eye, those raised platforms suddenly disappeared, and only one was left in place.

Gongyi Tianheng and Gu Zuo stood together, looking towards that platform.

At this moment, it was the prodigy who ranked first in the Immortal Realm competition who wanted to challenge the losers of the Atomic Realm.

Yes, the losers.

There was a major realm of difference between the Atomic Realm and the Immortal Realm. Even though most prodigies could issue challenges and fight above their ranks, it was on the basis that the person being challenged wasn’t a fellow prodigy — If they were all prodigies, then it wouldn’t be that easy.

Currently, the prodigy ranked first in Immortal Realm was at the peak of his realm, and the loser being challenged was at the low Atomic Realm. Thus, there was a possibility of giving it a try.

In an instant, both of them were on the raised platform.

The Atomic Realm prodigy was slender and handsome, but he had an unsightly look on his face.

There were quite a few losers like him, but he was the one who was challenged. It could be seen that this person felt his strength could be contended. As a prodigy, this was undoubtedly trampling on his face.

As a result, this prodigy had the idea in his heart that he would give a bit of color to the face of that Immortal Realm prodigy. It would also let that fellow know that, even though he was a loser, he definitely couldn’t be suppressed in battle by someone fighting above their rank!

Very quickly, the two prodigies collided head-on.

While watching the fight on the side, Gu Zuo asked: “Big brother, who do you think will win?”

Gongyi Tianheng softly moved his fingers, restraining his desire to touch Gu Zuo. He quietly said: “That one in the Immortal Realm.”

Between prodigies, there were also divisions based on grades and ranks…

Afterwards, Tianheng continued: “It’s just that it will probably be a hard fight.”

The higher-realm person certainly wasn’t going to be easy to handle.

As expected, just as Tianheng said, after going through a tough fight, the Immortal Realm prodigy defeated that Atomic Realm prodigy by three moves. Naturally, the Atomic Realm prodigy was humiliated. At once, he even stopped watching the competition. With a flick of his sleeve, he left the Prodigy Monument.

That first-place Immortal Realm prodigy was quite wise and farsighted. He wasn’t arrogant enough to try and issue another challenge. Now that he was exhausted in both body and mind, he sat on the side, prepared to regulate his breathing, and made more plans.

As for the second and third-place Immortal Realm prodigies, they also picked someone to fight after a bit of pondering.

In fact, the Atomic Realm prodigy selected by the first-place Immortal Realm prodigy wasn’t actually the weakest one. Rather, he chose the one whom he judged to have similar strength. The same was true for the choices of the second and third-place prodigies.

It was another two hard battles. The second-place prodigy also won, but the third-place prodigy lost.

Immediately following which, the first-place prodigy looked for a stronger opponent to challenge. This time around, he was seriously injured in the battle, but he still claimed victory. Merely, though he wanted to have a third match, he couldn’t do it.

At this moment, the top two Immortal Realm prodigies displayed their incredible strength. With their potential, they were able to fight above their ranks in the Immortal Realm and defeat prodigies who were one major realm higher than themselves. When they reached the Atomic Realm, there was no doubt that they would rise to the forefront of their peers!

After the three people’s challenges ended, it was time for the top three in the Atomic Realm to challenge the Ascendant Realm prodigies.

Everyone’s lines of sight fell onto the young man who reached 276 meters, Mu Baizhi, and Gongyi Tianheng.

Of course, the ones the crowd of prodigies paid attention to the most were still Mu Baizhi and Tianheng.

As for that young man, the corner of his mouth twitched. In his heart, he felt complicated.

Originally, he thought that he could conquer the Atomic Realm when he came here. Who would’ve imagined that he would be suppressed by one man and one woman? Truly, he was left speechless. At first, he wanted to proclaim his origins after sweeping away the competition, but now that his achievements were like this, wouldn’t making an announcement cause his family to lose face? He had no choice but to stop sticking his head out.

At the same time, the arrogance in this fellow’s heart had diminished somewhat.

Among the younger generation in the outside world, perhaps there were a few powerhouses…

Off to the side, the young man on the mountain peak spoke in a cold voice: “You three, who will you challenge?”

Mu Baizhi’s gaze faintly moved: “Right now, this little sister is very weary. I acknowledge that I’m no match for many elder brothers, so I’ll stop here.”

Gu Zuo was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, this female thief wasn’t going to step into the limelight? Or to say, there was another reason?

Thinking about Mu Baizhi, Gu Zuo felt another outpouring of disgust.

In actuality, although they wanted to kill her at first sight, after calming down, he and big brother knew this couldn’t be done. This woman was implicated with clues about the cuckoo. Unfortunately, they had many things to do one after another back then. They were so busy that they had forgotten to ask the palace master about the status of his investigation once they returned. As a result, it had been difficult to take action up until now.

But after consideration, if the investigation really provided enough information, with the palace master’s capabilities, Mu Baizhi should’ve been killed long ago, and he wouldn’t have allowed her to continue on the outside. Since nothing happened, this woman was definitely still useful.

However, if Mu Baizhi was alive and kicking right in front of him, Gu Zuo would feel frustrated in his heart.

— At this time, Gu Zuo didN’t kNow that, although big brother’s asura iNcarNatioN was relatively ratioNal, it was oNly limited to coNtrolliNg himself to first iNfuriate Mu Baizhi so that she took the iNitiative to attack, allowiNg him to get rid of her. This was iN coNtrast to Gu Zuo, who was thiNkiNg about Mu Baizhi’s usefulNess, clues, aNd so oN.

From oNe thought to the Next, Gu Zuo came to a decisioN.

It would be better to…use his methods as a pharmacist to get something done.

After that, Gu Zuo slowly pondered in his heart.

There were so many pharmacists in this world. Although Jade Flame Valley, where Mu Baizhi originated from, was only at the bronze rank, the pharmacists venerated within Jade Flame Valley should’ve been at the profound level. While they probably couldn’t afford to house a pill king, this wasn’t a certainty.

As a result, even though Gu Zuo’s spiritual path realm was already at the Nurturing Psyche Realm, there was still some distance to the Spirit Psyche Realm. If he used methods related to psychic power and Jade Flame Valley really had a pill king, this kind of method would be quickly noticed. This wasn’t a wise move.

As such, the best way to do it was naturally medicinal pills.

It was true that Gu Zuo was a profound-level pharmacist, but he dared to say that no pill king in the world could match the types of medicinal pills at his disposal. So long as his selection was as uncommon as possible, even if there was a pill king in Jade Flame Valley, that person wouldn’t be able to discover it… Thus, it was a question of what kind of pill he would choose.

Moreover, Mu Baizhi also wasn’t allowed to sense the process of administering the medicine in the slightest.

Just as Gu Zuo was in the middle of scheming, Tianheng, who was ranked first place, jumped up — The opponent he chose was the one ranked last in the Ascendant Realm.

This choice didn’t surprise the crowd of prodigies because the gap between peak Immortal Realm and low Atomic Realm was vastly different from the gap between peak Atomic Realm and low Ascendant Realm. What’s more, the present asura incarnation wasn’t a peak Atomic Realm. Instead, wasn’t he only a mid Atomic Realm?

After getting on the platform, Tianheng made a polite beckoning gesture towards the Ascendant Realm prodigy, but that fellow allowed Tianheng to make the first move. Without the slightest hesitation, Tianheng took the initiative and launched an explosive punch!

This kind of behavior was completely different from the calmness he displayed when facing his Atomic Realm opponents. At this time, many people understood that Tianheng was taking this seriously. Against an Ascendant Realm powerhouse, he went all out!

Gu Zuo hurriedly looked towards the raised platform and immediately saw his family’s big brother fighting with the other party. That Ascendant Realm powerhouse was quite fierce. One couldn’t focus on how he was a loser at the Ascendant Realm. The exquisiteness of the martial skills and the formidability of the methods were far beyond those from the Atomic Realm.

One simply had to talk about the easiest things to see. The Great Asura Fist utilized by Tianheng always shocked or even injured his opponents when he battled against those Atomic Realm prodigies. However, under the bombardment of the Ascendant Realm powerhouse, it usually only took one punch to shatter the Great Asura Fist. Basically, this attack was incapable of causing too much destructive power.

Gu Zuo diverted his attention.

While constantly searching for useable medicinal pills in his mind, he intently watched the two people on the platform.

Tianheng’s Great Asura Fist was meant to be mighty and unmatched. Consequently, even though his asura incarnation was born malevolent, when this move was used, a bloody light splashed across this clenched fist and was brimming with a violent sense of beauty. This filled the incarnation with formidable qi emissions.

That Ascendant Realm prodigy was also someone who was adept at using his fists. With every punch, it was like the howling of an earth dragon as it burst forth with an extremely domineering power.

The space between the two’s punches let out faint, shaking sounds. As the speed Tianheng waved his fists became faster and faster, the color of his body unexpectedly dimmed a fraction.

Gu Zuo inwardly shouted: Not good!

But Gu Zuo immediately discovered that Tianheng’s complexion had returned to normal.

As it turned out, Tianheng had kept a Blood Poison Pill under his tongue long before getting onto the raised platform. If his strength fell, he would promptly crunch it to pieces with his teeth and swallow it. At that time, it would naturally replenish him completely, which wouldn’t reveal the incarnation’s uniqueness.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Fists struck flesh, and muffled sounds echoed out.

It didn’t take long for the momentum of both people’s punches to become fiercer. However, when the two fought, they were still evenly matched and neither side could do anything to the other. If things continued in this way, they might need to fight for an entire day and night. When either of the two was exhausted, the winner would be decided…

Gu Zuo was also somewhat overwhelmed with emotions while watching this.

All of a sudden, Tianheng made a casual stroke with his hand, and a river of blood surged out in front of him!

The next moment, the river of blood directly obstructed that prodigy, and a dozen or so monsters emerged from the river of blood. Each monster gave loud shouts, raised their fists high into the air, and struck with everything they had—

This many Great Asura Fists came together, and finally merged with Tianheng’s full-strength punch.

Boom!

This was a heaven-shaking explosion!

The Ascendant Realm prodigy suddenly retreated dozens of steps. Although his feet unwillingly left behind long furrows on the platform, he couldn’t resist such an intense force of impact. He was knocked backwards, and he fell off the raised platform.

Gongyi Tianheng was victorious!

He challenged someone one major realm higher than his own, and succeeded.

Gu Zuo breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that big brother would definitely win.

At the same time, perhaps because he was blessed with a stroke of inspiration or his luck was exceptionally good, he also found three types of pills that suited his intentions at this moment — That’s right. Not one, but three types.

For greater insurance, and to make sure that Mu Baizhi didn’t get help in time, how could a single medicinal pill be as good as a combination of pills?

These three types of pills weren’t medicinal poisons. If taken alone, they were somewhat beneficial for the body. However, due to the special nature of the medicinal ingredients, when two of the three types of pills were combined together, they would inevitably turn into a wondrous poison that would flare up extremely violently. Even Noble Realm martial artists wouldn’t be able to endure it. They would perish as their bodies melted into puddles of pus. And with the blending of three types, it became a slow-acting, chronic poison. It was also a kind of medicament that was incredibly attractive to origin beasts.

In the early stages of this slow-acting poison, a person would hardly feel that something was wrong. And once they sensed anything, they would already be terminally ill. It would be impossible to save them. Meanwhile, the poison would also exude a faint fragrance that would normally only be emitted by refining those pills by hand. The scent of this fragrance could be detected so long as one was close by, and it would completely control Mu Baizhi’s life.

Thinking up to here, Gu Zuo revealed a sinister smiling expression.

The very moment Mu Baizhi was no longer useful, he would get rid of her! Furthermore… Gu Zuo sighed again. If it was possible, he wanted to rescue that pitiful girl in white.

Although they had no friendship with each other, Mu Baizhi harbored evil intentions against both of them, and they similarly wanted to eliminate Mu Baizhi. If he could lend a hand, then he would.

Returning to the matter at hand.

After Tianheng won a match, he adjusted his breathing for a short while and challenged the Ascendant Realm powerhouse who was ranked second to the last. For this round, he still released the river of blood. However, because that Ascendant Realm prodigy’s qi emissions were extensive and prolonged, although Tianheng’s body marvelous cultivation method had low consumption and strong power, both sides were roughly comparable in battle. Ultimately, he barely triumphed after consuming another Blood Poison Pill.

Shortly thereafter, he regulated his breathing for a longer period of time.

Following this, Tianheng challenged the third person. This time, the other party had incredibly high strength. However, the asura incarnation’s area of expertise wasn’t strength. Tianheng unleashed the river of blood, which erupted with every last monster it had. Great Asura Hands, Great Asura Fists, Asura Blood Saber Incarnations, and many other attacks were layered over one another. Even when he chewed up a Blood Poison Pill, both sides suffered. It wasn’t until he swallowed another pill, and was able to stand up again at the end, that he attained a pyrrhic victory.

Then, he needed to treat his injuries and recover his strength. The time this took was even longer.

But none of the present prodigies urged him to hurry up.

In fact, most of the people were shocked by Tianheng’s strength:

“This is…the capability of an all-star prodigy?”

“His potential is so terrifying!”

“He actually defeated three people in a row. In the past battles of the Prodigy Monument, no one with a lower realm can beat him!”

“If such a personage grows up, wouldn’t he be—”

Most of all were Mu Yefeng and the others who once fought against Tianheng. They were especially unconvinced of Tianheng’s prowess during the battles for the qi veins, and claimed that they wanted to compare notes at the Prodigy Monument competition. However, they never expected that Tianheng would shake them off and take first place. Later on, even though they had the chance to issue a challenge, because Tianheng’s performance made them realize their own inferiority and they didn’t want to lose face, none of them took action.

In the end, Mu Yefeng and the others could only smile bitterly: “He’s really a monstrous freak!”

Upon seeing this spectacle, Gu Zuo couldn’t help but feel somewhat proud.

This was his big brother! Even though this was only an incarnation, he was so strong that people were left speechless!

After some time passed, Tianheng finally recovered.

Many prodigies had doubts in their hearts. They wondered if this all-star prodigy would continue issuing challenges. One had to know that, although he had won three consecutive matches, the fourth from last place was much stronger than the third. And during the battle with the third from last place, the all-star prodigy only won after a grueling fight… For the next one, could it be that he wanted to court death?

But after Tianheng opened his eyes, he actually walked onto the raised platform again. He looked at the prodigy who was ranked fourth from last place, and smiled softly: “Fellow brother, please be so kind as to enlighten me.”

The person fourth from last place suddenly lifted his head, and two orbs of divine light erupted in his eyes: “I won’t hold back!”

Tianheng said: “I only want a full-strength fight. Please!”

That prodigy responded: “Prodigy Gongyi’s courage is commendable. My name is Lin Jian. Please!”

Once these words fell, the two people stood on opposite ends of the platform. One on the left and the other on the right.

Lin Jian slowly spread out his hand, and a small and exquisite hatchet appeared in the hollow of his palm. After he opened his mouth and gave a low shout, the surface of the hatchet burst forth with intense rays of light. Rising up with the wind, it immediately reached five feet in length, and the hatchet blade shined with a cold and dreary light!

Without the slightest hesitation, Tianheng sent out an explosive punch first!

Great Asura Fist! With the blessings of the river of blood, the blood waves were endless.

This time around, the intensity of the bloody light on the Great Asura Fist sharply rose several times over. In the air, it even formed the virtual image of an enormous, clenched fist that smashed towards Lin Jian.

Lin Jian waved his hatchet. The edge of its blade flashed with the virtual image of a gigantic hatchet that chopped at the enormous fist!

Immediately following which, the fist was split apart by the hatchet, separating into two halves. The power in that enormous fist unexpectedly disintegrated just like this, and completely dissipated. As for the gigantic hatchet, it didn’t seem to lose the slightest bit of power, and continued to chop towards Tianheng!

The river of blood suddenly appeared in front of Tianheng, and properly welcomed the gigantic hatchet.

The cutting edge of the hatchet remained the same, and chopped the river of blood in half. Fortunately, several blood waves surged up and were able to catch the hatchet!

The crowd of prodigies sighed:

“The might of Lin Jian’s hatchet absolutely can’t be compared to that of ordinary people.”

“Although Lin Jian is a loser, his strength isn’t any weaker than a number of people above him in the rankings. It’s just because of bad luck that he was restrained and fell to this rank.”

“Prodigy Gongyi is in danger!”

Sure enough. No matter what moves Tianheng used after that, regardless of how exquisite those techniques were, even if they were layered one over the other multiple times, all of them were cleaved apart by the gigantic hatchet. These attacks couldn’t achieve their goals.

To put it simply, these moves were too fragile and the quality wasn’t good enough.

Thus, it was only natural that Lin Jian had the upper hand. When it came to Lin Jian, it wasn’t easy for Tianheng to persist for such a long time.

The two clashed repeatedly and fought fiercely. Tianheng used up all of his moves, but he wasn’t able to shake up Lin Jian. However, after Lin Jian sent out several hatchet chops, he still seemed to have some strength left.

It looked like Tianheng was already going to lose. If he didn’t admit defeat, it would be somewhat embarrassing…

Lin Jian said: “Just concede defeat! You’re no match for this Lin.”

Tianheng lightly sighed: “It seems that it really won’t work.”

But Tianheng didn’t actually admit defeat. He only retreated a few steps backwards, and glanced at Gu Zuo. That smiling expression appeared to carry a different kind of meaning. He slightly parted his lips, and mouthed a couple of words: Don’t worry.

Gu Zuo stared blankly. After that, he felt a strong sense of familiarity spring up in his chest. It was as though something incredibly dear to him was approaching. A thought suddenly came to his mind, and this thought caused him to instinctively look at the asura incarnation on the raised platform — The asura incarnation lightly nodded his head.

Soon after, under the watchful eyes of numerous prodigies, the Gongyi Tianheng wearing blood-red robes abruptly transformed into a beam of bloody light and flew straight into the sky.

Lin Jian’s figure halted.

The other spectating prodigies were also taken aback.

Then, many prodigies almost reflexively looked toward the place where that bloody light was going, and heard the sound of flapping winds. It seemed that there was a wild bird high above that was in the middle of hurriedly descending!

The winds blew and gusts surged!

The wild bird was extremely large. When its wings were unfolded, it was nearly ten meters long. With the wind beneath its wings, it possessed a robust and powerful posture.

However, the attention of the numerous prodigies wasn’t on the wild bird itself — It was because, although this wild bird had a beautiful appearance, it was just a superior spirit-ranked wild bird. Practically all of the prodigies present had the ability to kill it. Even the Immortal Realm prodigies who lost could escape unscathed under its claws.

What the crowd of prodigies paid attention to was a person who was gradually revealed from the back of the wild bird as it continued to descend.

That person’s features were extremely handsome. His temperament was as clear and bright as the moon in the sky, his posture was natural, graceful, and poised, and his figure was tall and straight. As he rode down on the wild bird, it was as though a heavenly emperor was facing the winds. The magnificence of his bearing was hard to describe.

Gu Zuo couldn’t help showing a great, big smile.

Big brother’s main body was here!

No wonder he felt this closeness… As it turned out, it was due to the proximity of the contract established between the two of them. His impressions were naturally deep and profound.

Just a moment ago, the asura incarnation disappeared. This was because the main body had smoothly arrived, and the consciousness returned to the main body. As such, it was only natural that the asura incarnation also returned to the main body.

Gu Zuo wasn’t surprised in the least, but the other prodigies were amazed.

They noticed that the features of the person on the wild bird’s back were the same as Gongyi Tianheng who wore blood-red robes and fought with Lin Jian. It was just that, compared to the treacherous and bewitching man in red, this one was calm and unhurried. The smile on his face possessed the elegant demeanor of an aristocratic family’s noble young master.

Ah, he felt completely different.

In an instant, a thought couldn’t help appearing in the minds of these well-informed prodigies.

Could it, could it be…

Very quickly, that man jumped down from the back of the wild bird. And with a flick of his sleeve, the wild bird departed.

This person was dressed in full-length, sapphire-blue brocade robes. He casually walked over: “Because this one’s body sustained injuries, it was difficult to come in time. However, this one didn’t want to miss such a grand event, so he sent an avatar to take his place. Now that this one’s achievements had been completed, and he luckily had a breakthrough, he rushed over… This one hopes that everyone doesn’t take offense.”

Didn’t his words imply that the person who wore blood-red robes just now was actually his avatar?!

The crowd of prodigies knew that there were cloning techniques in the world, but they never imagined that the one who just fought with the Ascendant Realm prodigies to such a degree was nothing but a mere avatar!

Avatars were usually weaker than the main body. This person also mentioned that he had a breakthrough, so the main body’s strength…

T/N: Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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