12: Detox, big sausage

Run!

Run fast!

Controlling the Golden Flame Eagle, he rushed towards the Star Dou Great Forest at the fastest speed.

Su Ye didn't dare to look back.

At this moment, he could only pray that Zhu Zhuyun didn't have a flying Soul Master by her side.

"Why..."

"Why did he save me?"

Leaning against the young man's arm, Zhu Zhuqing had bright red bloodstains on her lips, and her desperate eyes stared blankly at the young man's anxious look.

She... couldn't understand.

The people she trusted the most had betrayed her, yet the bad guy she had just met actually risked his life to save her.

Suddenly, a piercing pain struck from her abdomen.

As if realizing something, Zhu Zhuqing's voice was desolate, saying, "Don't mind me, just escape yourself."

"I've been poisoned, it's impossible for me to live any longer."

Huh?

Poisoned?

Swish, his gaze fell on the bright red claw mark on Zhu Zhuqing's abdomen, and Su Ye's scalp couldn't help but go numb.

Damn it, that woman Zhu Zhuyun is ruthless enough, she actually put poison on her fingernails~

"Hey... hey... hold on, don't fall asleep!"

Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing was unconscious, Su Ye cursed inwardly and quickly descended into the forest.

He placed her on the grass.

Detoxify?

It seems I... I don't know how.

Su Ye's movements stiffened.

His medicinal materials were all in his backpack, how could he care about those things while escaping?

Su Ye was so anxious he scratched his ears and cheeks, he could only lean closer to check her breathing.

Fortunately, she was still breathing!

She was still warm!

"Right!"

As if grasping a life-saving straw, Su Ye raised his left hand in surprise.

That was the Little Cat's storage ring!

Su Ye could only pray that there was healing medicine inside at this moment, asking him to find medicinal materials to synthesize now would be useless.

Whoosh!

A quilt, and a pile of the girl's personal clothing were pulled out, Su Ye had no time to care about these.

He threw them all aside.

Finally, he successfully found two bottles that looked like medicine.

『Detoxification Pill』: Refined from mixed medicinal materials, has a good detoxification effect.

『Clear Heart Dew』: Taking it can maintain a clear will, not lose one's true self, and has a strong effect on inhibiting sedatives and aphrodisiacs.

"Holy crap! Only one pill??"

Squeezing his eyes towards the bottle mouth, Su Ye was so angry his teeth itched. If this thing was effective with just one pill, the Little Cat would have probably said so long ago.

One pill?

What would he use to synthesize a higher-grade detoxification pill?

"Forget it, let's treat a dead horse as a living one."

"Whether you can hold on for a few more minutes depends on how tough your own life is!"

He stuffed the pill into Zhu Zhuqing's mouth, and Su Ye force-fed it to her.

"Excuse me!"

Looking at the poisoned blood on her abdomen, Su Ye used force with his two claws, rip, the leather clothing was instantly torn open.

Suck~

Ah tui~

Suck~

Ah tui~

...

After doing this several times, Su Ye felt his head getting a bit dizzy.

This poison... is a bit heady...

Su Ye shook his head with a gulp, not thinking nonsense, and continued to suck and expel the poison in large gulps.

"Mmm—"

Zhu Zhuqing closed her eyes tightly, her tightly furrowed brows couldn't hide her pain.

But on her pale cheeks, there was an unusual flush.

After busying himself for a while, feeling like he really couldn't hold on much longer, Su Ye wrapped her in the quilt and found a cave to settle Zhu Zhuqing down.

Then, supporting himself against the rock wall, he staggered away from here.

In the blink of an eye, it was already night.

Inside the cave, the bonfire blazed fiercely.

On the dark rock walls, light and shadow were dancing gracefully.

Zhu Zhuqing lay nearby, the suffering on her face quietly receding, but her cheeks looked a little pale.

And nearby, Su Ye was roasting two bird legs as thick as thighs, preparing his first meal after surviving the ordeal.

Under his efforts, Zhu Zhuqing's life was saved, but there were still some residual toxins in her body that needed to be properly regulated.

Su Ye was also fine, the ingested toxins were originally minor, he found some detoxifying herbs in the forest and got through it by synthesizing them.

"Can't mess around like this next time."

Looking at the bonfire, Su Ye clicked his tongue, feeling a bit of lingering fear.

If the poison had been stronger, and he had encountered a Soul Beast, he might have died here in the Star Dou Great Forest.

But as a practitioner of martial arts, acting righteously is a responsibility. Asking Su Ye to stand by and watch someone die, he couldn't be that indifferent to human life.

Gulp~~(ーー゛)..

Whoosh whoosh~

After blowing a couple of times, Su Ye began to carefully nibble and chew on the bird leg.

"Sigh, I wonder if that woman Zhu Zhuyun has left..."

All his belongings were by the lake, Su Ye felt the food was tasteless.

There was also a Nine Rank Qingling Grass in his backpack, although its effect was poor for him, it was still a treasure. He was thinking of giving it to that girl Lianmei, and his great sword was also there...

Of course, these were all secondary and could be obtained again.

More importantly, the bow and arrow given by Old Tom were also left there.

"Can't walk into a trap, it's better to wait a few days and go back to check. I don't believe that old woman Zhu Zhuyun is still guarding there."

After eating his fill, Su Ye added a few large dry pieces of wood to the bonfire, and then lay down on the dry grass to rest.

In the silent night, a sound of chattering teeth, like a ghost tapping on glass.

Su Ye shivered, quickly sat up, all sleepiness gone.

He looked closely.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't know when she woke up, she was wrapped in a quilt, sitting by the fire with her knees hugged.

Seeming to notice Su Ye waking up, Zhu Zhuqing moved her arm, and the chattering sound disappeared with it.

Seeing this, Su Ye sighed leisurely, he knew what that strange sound was.

After his mother passed away, in the dead of night, he would hide alone under the covers, wanting to hide his vulnerable self and make himself stronger.

But sadness pulled at his muscles, causing his teeth to chatter uncontrollably.

"Crying?" Su Ye came to the fire and added some dry firewood to the dying flames.

"No."

Like a sensitive plant being touched, Zhu Zhuqing quickly turned sideways, secretly wiped away her tears with her hand, wanting to pretend nothing had happened.

Su Ye sat down cross-legged, tilted his head low, and secretly glanced at the girl's face. Her eyes were red, and it seemed she was really crying.

After being attacked, Zhu Zhuqing revealed her red-rimmed eyes, her teary eyes filled with waves of water, looking as if she was angry enough to kill.

Su Ye didn't care, he shrugged with a chuckle.

"Oh well, just cry if you want to, there's nothing to be embarrassed about. Who hasn't encountered something that makes them want to cry their heart out?"

"Crying isn't because of weakness, but to say goodbye to the past and make yourself stronger."

"Reality always has to be faced. No one will laugh at you for crying, but people will always look down on you when you're defeated by difficulties, that's true."

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned for a moment.

Her fierce expression slowly subsided, she quietly rested her head on her knees, her expression complex and difficult to describe.

That's right.

No matter what, she couldn't give up.

Giving up means death.

Crying for friends and family who betrayed her and didn't care about her was simply not worth it.

One day, she would become strong and take control of her own destiny.

The swirling flames burned away the last trace of tears in her eyes. Zhu Zhuqing calmed down for a while, and her expression finally returned to normal.

"Thank you." Zhu Zhuqing's lips moved, and even in the silent night, her voice was very weak.

If he hadn't been very close, Su Ye wouldn't have heard it clearly at all.

"It's nothing, I didn't lose anything."

Su Ye chuckled happily, the two large Sausages on his mouth were particularly eye-catching.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't reply, she pressed her pink lips together. It seemed she was too close to the fire, and her delicate cheeks were feeling a little hot from the heat.