78: Detoxification methods

【 You returned to your dwelling, backhanded three Restrictions to seal the wooden house, and immediately sat cross-legged to begin your Breakthrough to the Golden Core. 】

【 Following the third layer of the Blood Origin Art Cultivation Technique, you frantically compressed all your Spiritual Qi toward your Dantian. 】

【 Your blood and Qi surged like boiling water, countless earthworm-shaped blood patterns bulged on the surface of your skin, and the floor of the house was cracked by the overflowing Spiritual Pressure. 】

【 Suddenly, all the blood Qi surged back into your Dantian— 】

【 A rice-grain-sized blood-colored Golden Core suddenly condensed, but the next moment it exploded with a bang! 】

【 You spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and slammed into the wall, but a ruthless look flashed in your eyes. 】

【 "Again!" 】

【 During the second compression, you directly forced out three drops of your natal essence blood and fused them into the Golden Core nucleus. 】

【 The entire house sank suddenly, the roof was blown off by the soaring blood light, and the clouds in the night sky swirled into a huge vortex. 】

【 That initially illusory blood-colored Golden Core rapidly solidified, and nine Innate Dao Patterns appeared on its surface. 】

【 When the final Lightning Tribulation struck down, the blood-colored Golden Core instead greedily devoured the heavenly lightning, suddenly bursting forth with a golden-red light like the scorching sun— 】

【 Boom! 】

【 A majestic Golden Core aura spread out, and a golden spiritual light descended from the sky, pouring into the courtyard where you were located. 】

【 Early Golden Core Stage, success! 】

【 You inspected the crimson Golden Core slowly rotating in your Dantian, and raised your hand to grasp the void— 】

【 The stream outside the courtyard flowed backward into the sky, the swimming fish in the water were instantly drained of their blood, turning into dried corpses that smashed onto the bank. 】

【 "Is this the power of a Golden Core Cultivator?" 】

【 "It really is completely different from the Heavenly Human Realm." 】

【 You clearly felt that the Heavenly Human Realm focused more on the control of power, while the Golden Core realm focused more on the application of the "Dao". 】

【 One is power, the other is Dao technique. 】

【 "Finally reached the Golden Core realm, I can refine heavenly spirit pills myself." You muttered inwardly. 】

【 You didn't expect this accident to have such gains, making your Cultivate progress exceptionally smooth. 】

【 You even started to like this place a little. 】

【 Unfortunately, once you reached the Golden Core realm, you had to go to Liu Ruyan's Immortal Cave. 】

【 Before you could think too much, Steward sent a voice transmission: "Within three hours, report to Fairy Liu Ruyan's Immortal Cave." 】

【 You stood up solemnly, walked out of the courtyard, and cupped your hands toward the distance: "Yes!" 】

【 You looked back at the small courtyard where you had lived for nearly two hundred years, feeling a bit nostalgic. 】

【 You had nothing to pack, gazed sharply toward the mountaintop, leaped, and flew toward the Immortal Cave. 】

【 A moment later, you arrived in front of the Immortal Cave. 】

【 The Immortal Cave's great formation slowly opened, and you walked straight in. 】

【 After entering the Immortal Cave, you swept your gaze across it; in the center, a pool of spirit spring was shrouded in mist, on the left, a cold jade bed flowed with Spiritual Qi, and on the right were the entrances to three black iron secret chambers... 】

【 You noticed a few unread ancient books scattered on the stone table beside the jade bed, and a cup of Spirit Liquid, which was particularly eye-catching— 】

【 Because the contents of those ancient books were all related to "poison". 】

【 Immediately afterward, you were shocked by the woman walking out from the rear passage— 】

【 She was Liu Ruyan, her appearance unchanged, yet her complexion was pale and her hair was gray. 】

【 You clearly felt that her aura had not changed at all from before, which meant that in these hundred-plus years, her Cultivate had not advanced an inch. 】

【 She used to be in the Nascent Soul realm; given her talent, she should have long since broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. 】

【 No wonder she had been hiding in the Immortal Cave without showing herself; it turned out she was afraid of the outside world knowing her condition. 】

【 You were secretly delighted: She really was poisoned! 】

【 After all, the toxin in your blood was undetectable, and its scent was exactly the same as blood. 】

【 Liu Ruyan raised her hand to point at the cup of Spirit Liquid on the stone table and said: "Drink it." 】

【 You pretended to ask with concern: "Master, you don't look very well?" 】

【 "Shut up, drink it quickly!" She said coldly. 】

【 You looked serious: "Master, you make me very worried like this." 】

【 Liu Ruyan narrowed her eyes and sized you up, feeling vaguely that something was wrong. 】

【 She moved her mind, operating a secret technique to try to activate the Slave Contract within your body. 】

【 However, she discovered that you did not have your Divine Soul destroyed as expected. 】

【 This made her lose color in shock: "You..." 】

【 "What's wrong with me, Master? Do you think I'm quite handsome?" You stroked your beard and laughed. 】

【 Two hundred years had passed; you were now a hunched old man, affected by the toxin, your beard and hair gray, your figure withered and thin. 】

【 Liu Ruyan glared at you fiercely, roughly guessing why she had become like this. 】

【 But she couldn't figure out how you had managed to do it. 】

【 What was even stranger was that she couldn't even find where her problem lay. 】

【 She had once suspected poisoning, but nothing was found. 】

【 How could she know that the poison was something you had completely concocted yourself, with no records, impossible to trace. 】

【 Since being poisoned, her Cultivate had run into problems, with no progress for over a hundred years. 】

【 But the Cultivation Technique she practiced had to rely on the blood spirit pill, and she didn't dare to stop. 】

【 She did this also under pressure. 】

【 As one of the ten great prodigies of the Liu Clan, this title made her unable to breathe. 】

【 In order to maintain her position, she spared no effort to adopt this method of Cultivate. 】

【 Originally, if everything went smoothly, within a hundred years she would have been able to achieve the Dual Cultivation of Dharma Body and successfully break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm. 】

【 But she didn't expect to run into you. 】

【 "Did you poison me?" Her voice was icy. 】

【 "Poison? Master, what are you talking about? I don't understand." You said indifferently. 】

【 "Don't pretend, your Slave Contract has already disappeared." She said coldly. 】

【 "Little Sister Ruyan, actually, whether there is a Slave Contract or not, I am still your person." You approached her with a grin. 】

【 In this situation, she still didn't dare to make a move; you suspected that the poison had already entered her bone marrow and she could no longer use her power. 】

【 It was indeed so; this toxin had also caused her Nascent Soul to fall into paralysis. 】

【 In other words, she was now no different from a Mortal. 】

【 Precisely because of this, she had never dared to show herself. 】

【 So for a hundred years, she had been flipping through countless ancient books inside the Immortal Cave, trying to find the source of the problem. 】

【 Watching you approach with a smile, she stared at you intently and slowly retreated. 】

【 "What do you want to do?" Her voice trembled. 】

【 "Master, don't be afraid, I'm here to help you detoxify." You rubbed your hands and approached with a grin. 】

【 "Get lost!" She tried to roar, trembling as she raised her hand, attempting to mobilize her Nascent Soul Power. 】

【 However— 】

【 "Pfft!" A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, and her complexion became even paler. 】

【 You became even more wanton, laughing as you pressed closer: "Didn't expect this, did you? Today you would fall into the hands of an ant like me." 】

【 After speaking, you lunged at her—you wanted to make her feel the taste of being ravaged by an ant, to make her wish she were dead. 】

【 She roared loudly, using her weak hands to try to push you away. 】

【 However, the more she struggled, the more excited you became. 】

【 In a moment, she had been stripped bare by you, and you kneaded her fiercely. 】

【 Six hours later, she lay on the ground, her face ashen, her eyes filled with resentment. 】

【 You grinned and said: "A maiden of several hundred years, this is my first time encountering one." 】

【 "It seems those people from before weren't here to serve you, but were used by you for other purposes, right?" 】

【 You grinned as you pulled up your pants; having held it in for two hundred years, this time you finally felt satisfied. 】

【 But you soon realized something was wrong— 】

【 Because you saw that her complexion was rapidly improving. 】

【 "Damn, it wouldn't have actually detoxified her, right?" You were greatly shocked inwardly. 】

【 You didn't expect that you were the poison, and you were also the antidote? 】

【 You panicked. 】

【 She also felt that the Nascent Soul within her body seemed to show signs of recovery. 】

【 A trace of excitement flashed in her eyes, but she immediately pretended to be indifferent. 】