Chapter 810 - 754: Heart Poison

Chapter 810: Chapter 754: Heart Poison

Xie Jingshan knew what Jiang Yuebai was like; once she started asking questions, she wouldn’t stop.

Xie Jingshan silently mourned for Shi Yuming.

Meanwhile, Lu Nanzhi and Feng Zhuxin were fiercely battling, the arena turned into icy snow and ink rain pouring heavily.

Over on Zhuo Qingfeng and Zhao Benlei’s side, sword glints and saber shadows clashed fiercely, spectators exclaimed repeatedly.

On the contrary, Shen Huaxi’s area was exceptionally calm, much like Jiang Yuebai’s side.

Shen Huaxi and Jiang Ling’er sat cross-legged facing each other, a pile of bottles and jars between them, as they concocted something.

"What are they up to?" Xie Jingshan nudged the person beside him, nodding toward the ring as he asked.

The male cultivator beside him glanced at Xie Jingshan, "The two made an agreement to compete with poison, each concocts a poison for the other to ingest, and whoever neutralizes the opponent’s poison first wins."

In the ring, Shen Huaxi held a wine cup filled with a transparent liquid tinged with a faint blood color; he raised the cup toward Jiang Ling’er.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, please."

After speaking, Shen Huaxi wrapped the wine cup with his Divine Sense, and as he released his grip, the cup trembled, spilling some liquid onto Shen Huaxi’s clothes and the arena floor, leaving faint red stains.

Jiang Ling’er narrowed her eyes, secretly observing the stain.

Shen Huaxi casually brushed his clothes, "Catch it well."

The wine cup was pushed towards Jiang Ling’er by Shen Huaxi’s Divine Sense. Jiang Ling’er raised her hand to receive it and placed her own concocted poison in a tea cup, pushing it towards Shen Huaxi.

Both of them looked at, sniffed, then slightly tasted the poison; after having a rough idea, they raised their cups, tilted their heads, and drank the poison down.

After swallowing the poison, Shen Huaxi felt a fierce burning fire erupt from his abdomen, and he quickly circulated his Medical Dao Cultivation Technique to suppress it.

Most medical cultivators have Wood Spirit Roots, as does Shen Huaxi, so they have the weakest defensive power against fire poison, which is exactly what Jiang Ling’er chose.

Shen Huaxi’s complexion visibly paled; as he circulated his energy to neutralize the poison, he resembled a steaming bun, emitting white steam.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang’s poison is indeed formidable!"

Shen Huaxi maintained a modest, gentle smile, conjuring spells with his hands, as green beams appeared out of nowhere, gathering into his palms and then merging into his Dantian.

They agreed to only rely on their own abilities to detoxify.

Shen Huaxi began detoxifying while Jiang Ling’er held the wine cup with a bewildered expression.

The poison Shen Huaxi gave her tasted mildly sweet, similar to Blood Nourishing Powder, and was quite pleasant to drink; however, after ingesting it, she couldn’t sense the poison’s effects.

What kind of potent poison is this? Or is he deceiving her?

Jiang Ling’er probed her body thoroughly, apart from feeling her meridians slightly heated, she indeed couldn’t detect any toxic damage to her body.

Jiang Ling’er looked up at Shen Huaxi, ready to inquire, when she suddenly noticed the corner of Shen Huaxi’s clothes stained with poison was gradually turning black, and the places on the arena floor where the poison spilled were showing signs of corrosion.

Is there truly poison?

Delayed effect?

Jiang Ling’er re-examined her body and indeed, she gradually felt her blood boil.

During the second trial of the Demon Clan’s intrusion, she was greatly depleted and even used a secret technique to save Pei Shengyue, never replenishing her losses since then.

Moreover, her previous opponents though not exceedingly powerful were troublesome enough for a medical cultivator, causing significant depletion.

Therefore, Shen Huaxi’s proposal for a poison duel was welcome, allowing her to conserve strength for subsequent matches, if she could advance further.

But at this moment, Jiang Ling’er suddenly panicked; she felt what she was poisoned with wasn’t truly poison, rather it’s stimulating her depleted blood, comparable to a kind of enhancement elixir.

It really feels like Blood Nourishing Powder, impossible, they agreed to poison each other; something isn’t right, it must be a trick!

Jiang Linger’s gaze darkened, if her blood continues to be provoked this way, she might face the risk of being overwhelmed by her own blood, could this be Shen Huaxi’s intention?

Furthermore, the poison can corrode the ground, is it also gradually corroding her meridians? Why can’t she detect corrosive marks, nor feel corroded?

Jiang Linger’s panic intensified, while Shen Huaxi continued detoxifying methodically, unhurriedly.

After trying various spells, Shen Huaxi gradually found a way and rhythm to detoxify the poison within him, his complexion gradually became rosy again, and the white steam around him turned to a fiery red hue, indicating the poison was leaving his body.

Jiang Linger’s side remained flustered, unable to even find a point for intervention, she only watched helplessly at Shen Huaxi’s increasingly dark clothes and the bubbling, corroded ground.

Moments later, Shen Huaxi ceased his internal energy circulation and opened his eyes; the poison was neutralized.

Jiang Linger sighed deeply, her face particularly radiant due to boiling blood, sweat soaked her forehead, though she appeared more spirited than when she first entered the stage.

She lowered her gaze, saying "I lost."

The surrounding arena erupted in astonishment; the Jiangg family known as Shennong’s Descendants, renowned in Upper Realm’s medical and poison arts dare not claim themselves first but second, yet Jiang Ling’er, famous as the contemporary Little Medical Immortal, encountered a poison she couldn’t neutralize?

For a time, everyone’s gaze towards Shen Huaxi bore a sense of wariness, silently warning themselves not to provoke him lest they fall to a poison with no hope for recovery.

"What exactly is this poison?" Jiang Ling’er asked.

Shen Huaxi smiled warmly, "Blood Nourishing Powder."

"It really is the blood-replenishing Blood Nourishing Powder?!"

Jiang Ling’er, astonished, opened her eyes wide; after her thoughts moved for a moment, she realized, abruptly stood up from the ground, glaring at Shen Huaxi with some anger.

"You deceived me! You intentionally spilled that liquid, misleading me by the ground’s corrosion and the clothes turning black to think it was poison, when in fact, you weren’t poisoning at all!"

Shen Huaxi slowly stood up, organizing his sleeves while saying, "Correct, I noticed the depletion of your blood, hence provided you with Blood Nourishing Powder, after all, any poison, even if neutralized, harms the body."

Jiang Ling’er clenched her fists, her cheeks flushed with anger, though she ought to be furious, she found it hard, especially while seeing Shen Huaxi appearing gentle and elegant, making her cheeks even redder.

Jiang Ling’er turned aside with a flick of her sleeves, angrily saying, "But we agreed to poison each other, and yours wasn’t poison at all!"

Shen Huaxi laughed heartily, "What I used was Heart Poison, how does it feel?"

Jiang Ling’er, her face flushed with embarrassment, sneakily glanced at Shen Huaxi; Heart Poison...indeed, her belief it was poison led to her unsettled state.

After comprehending this, Jiang Ling’er ceased to be angry, took a breath to suppress the blush on her cheeks, clasped her hands in salute to Shen Huaxi, saying "I concede wholeheartedly, I hope you represent the medical cultivators and advance to the top three, farewell."

Jiang Ling’er bowed her head and departed, Shen Huaxi clasped his hands in return, "Thank you for letting me win."

"His strategies are remarkable, ever since Qingyun Conference began, how many times has he triumphed without shedding blood, purely through strategy."

"I envy his brains!"

"Clever people are terrifying, if one offends him, one could be schemed against until nothing is left."

Under the respectful gaze of the crowd, Shen Huaxi exited the stage, spotting Xie Jingshan in the crowd, he smiled brightly.

"Brother Jingshan, why aren’t you watching Senior Sister Jiang’s match?"

Xie Jingshan wore a look of disdain, pulling Shen Huaxi behind him, even tugging at his clothes.

"What is Brother Jingshan doing?"

"I’m checking where you’re hiding your fox tail, even Qingqiu’s male fox spirits aren’t as sly as you, you’re giving me goosebumps."

"No matter the poison, even if neutralized, harms the body, whew~~ really sly!"

Xie Jingshan pinched his orchid finger, sharply mimicking Shen Huaxi’s voice, recalling Shen Huaxi’s smile at Jiang Ling’er earlier made him shiver, exaggeratedly rubbing his arms.

"Haha~" Shen Huaxi laughed heartily, pulling Xie Jingshan along, "Stop fooling around Brother Jingshan, let’s see how Senior Sister Jiang is doing."

"There’s nothing to worry about her, you should be concerned about Shi Yuming!"