400: Detoxification methods

"Liu Xuan?"

"Why are you here?"

The door to the Cultivation Chamber was pushed open. Seeing Liu Xuan's face, Shen Yunshu immediately looked surprised.

But a moment later, the surprise on her face vanished, replaced by vigilance.

Her cultivation base was sealed, a potent poison had been planted in her Divine Soul, and she could not project her Divine Sense.

Disguising one's appearance was too simple; it was impossible for Liu Xuan to be here. This person was most likely a transformation by someone else.

"Revered Master, let me take you away first, and I will explain everything to you later!"

Liu Xuan drew her to his side, reached out to wrap his arm around her slender waist, and then summoned a beam of light to fly in the direction of the Black Leopard Fortress.

At first, Shen Yunshu thought that Liu Xuan was a deceiver disguised by someone else, but as she gradually recognized the familiar environment below, doubts began to surface in her heart.

When the outlines of Pingding Mountain and the Black Leopard Fortress appeared, she became even more confused.

This person had actually brought her back. Was there some conspiracy here? Or was he really Liu Xuan?

If he really was Liu Xuan, then how did he manage to rescue her from the depths of the Peach Blossom Sect?

The woman in white who had attacked her was at the Nascent Soul Realm. Although Shen Yunshu's cultivation base was sealed and she could not use her Divine Sense, her five senses remained; just by looking, she knew she had been captured and taken to the heart of the Peach Blossom Sect.

The one who captured her was a Nascent Soul Demon Lord of the Peach Blossom Sect. How could Liu Xuan, a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, possibly have rescued her?

Liu Xuan brought Shen Yunshu back to the Black Leopard Fortress and sent a Divine Soul transmission to Xiao Changfeng, who led the two of them back to Shen Yunshu's residence.

Releasing his hand from around Shen Yunshu's slender waist, Liu Xuan closed the door to the Cultivation Chamber, took out a soft chair, and sat down.

"Alright, it's safe now. Revered Master, feel free to ask me any questions you have."

Shen Yunshu scanned her surroundings and ignored Liu Xuan, instead sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion to begin breaking the Seal on her body.

The previously unbreakable Seal had inexplicably loosened significantly. The Golden Core mana within her body transformed into tiny Sword Qi, and in less than a quarter of an hour, it broke through the Seal on her Golden Core.

The Seals on her meridians and Physical Body were more troublesome and needed to be handled slowly to avoid harming herself.

However, with the Golden Core Seal broken, the rest was only a matter of time, and she could now use her Divine Sense.

"Ah~"

As soon as she moved her Divine Sense, Shen Yunshu felt as if countless threads were woven through her Divine Soul. It was fine if she didn't move, but the moment she did, the pain penetrated to her very marrow.

"This is the Resentful Silk Poison. It feeds on your Divine Soul to grow stronger, eventually leading to the disorder of your Divine Soul. The longer it is left untreated, the harder it will be to cure," Liu Xuan explained.

Suppressing the pain in her Divine Soul, Shen Yunshu asked weakly, "How do you know that?"

Liu Xuan took out a pain-relieving Medicinal Pill and handed it to her. "The person who captured you is named Demon Lord Bai Leng; she is a confidante of the Peach Blossom Demon Lord."

"She captured you because you were recently investigating the transport of supplies between Pingding Mountain and my Liu Family."

"I was able to rescue you because I personally went to the Peach Blossom Sect and told her that you are my Revered Master, and that we are on the same side."

"You are a secret agent of the Peach Blossom Sect?" Shen Yunshu frowned, her expression looking rather unpleasant.

"You could say that!" Liu Xuan sighed. "Weren't you always curious about my background? My background is the Peach Blossom Demon Lord."

Seeing Shen Yunshu's vigilant expression, Liu Xuan smiled. "The Peach Blossom Demon Lord is of a profound Realm; I am merely a pawn she casually placed. You don't need to worry too much."

Shen Yunshu had guessed that Liu Xuan had a strong background, but she never expected him to be a pawn of the Peach Blossom Demon Lord.

"Since you are a person of the Peach Blossom Demon Lord, why would you dare to take True Lord Haoran as your Revered Master? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"

Liu Xuan smiled faintly. "Does Revered Master think that the Southern Courtyard of the Beast Taming Sect and the Peach Blossom Sect are mortal enemies?"

A look of realization instantly appeared on Shen Yunshu's face. This war had been strange from the very beginning; it was not at all surprising that the people of the Peach Blossom Demon Lord had connections with the Beast Taming Sect.

"Revered Master, now is not the time to think about such things. The Resentful Silk Poison in your Divine Soul must be removed as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!" Liu Xuan reminded her with an anxious expression.

Shen Yunshu looked at Liu Xuan for a moment and deeply agreed.

Thus, she entered into meditation again, then took out a top-tier Tier-3 detoxifying Medicinal Pill, swallowed it, and used a secret technique to expel the poison.

After a while, her eyes were tightly shut, a layer of fine sweat emerged on her forehead, and a few strands of hair on her forehead were slightly stuck together.

"Pfft~"

A mouthful of blood sprayed out. Her face turned deathly pale, and the aura on her body weakened significantly, as if she were about to collapse at any moment.

Liu Xuan hurried forward to support her. "Revered Master, are you alright?"

Shen Yunshu slowly shook her head and asked anxiously, "You know the poison I am afflicted with is called Resentful Silk Poison, and you know its effects, so do you know how to cure it?"

"Resentful Silk Poison is a poison of the Divine Soul. Apart from a Tier-4 detoxifying Medicinal Pill or a top-tier Divine Soul treasure, only Soul-Stabilizing Spiritual Water can cure it," Liu Xuan said.

"Soul-Stabilizing Spiritual Water!"

Shen Yunshu thought for a moment; she had never heard of this spiritual water, so it must be a rare item.

"This poison is constantly feeding on my Divine Soul. In ten days at most, I will be unable to use my Divine Sense, and in one month, my Divine Soul will be in disorder!"

She grabbed Liu Xuan's hand and asked, "Does the Peach Blossom Sect have Soul-Stabilizing Spiritual Water? I am willing to pay to buy it."

"Or any other conditions will do!"

"They should have it, but..." Liu Xuan looked troubled. "I am just a small figure in front of the Peach Blossom Demon Lord. Even if I try my best to help you find it, Revered Master, I suspect it will be too late by then."

Shen Yunshu's hand dropped powerlessly, and despair appeared in her eyes. She had just tried; the Resentful Silk Poison was not an ordinary toxin. If there was no way to detoxify it, even with her Late Golden Core Stage cultivation base, she could only last two months at most, and she would undoubtedly die by then.

Not only that, the longer the Resentful Silk Poison was dragged out, the deeper it would penetrate into the Divine Soul, making it difficult to remove. It wouldn't take two months; in half a month at most, it would become an incurable poison.

To think that she, a dignified one of the four Sword-Wielders of the Sword Pavilion of the Heavenly Sword Sect, a Late Golden Core Great True Person, would actually die because of such a trivial matter—how ridiculous!

Just as she was falling into despair, Liu Xuan said with an expression of heroic self-sacrifice:

"Revered Master, do not panic. Although this Disciple does not have the Soul-Stabilizing Spiritual Water, there is still one other method that can help you detoxify, although I don't have much confidence in it."

"What method?"

"Has Revered Master ever heard of the Ten Thousand Poisons Spirit Body?"

Shen Yunshu pondered for a moment and slowly shook her head.

Liu Xuan explained, "The Ten Thousand Poisons Spirit Body is naturally immune to the vast majority of toxins and can also absorb poisonous substances to Cultivate. What are highly toxic items to others are actually great tonics for them."

Seeing Shen Yunshu staring at him, Liu Xuan nodded and said, "That's right! I have the Ten Thousand Poisons Spirit Body. If the Resentful Silk Poison in your body is transferred to me, the poison will naturally be neutralized."

Shen Yunshu had thought that Liu Xuan really had some method; after hearing Liu Xuan's explanation, she was even more desperate.

"Your cultivation base is only at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if you really have some Ten Thousand Poisons Spirit Body, it would be difficult to withstand a potent poison of the level of the Resentful Silk Poison."

"Furthermore, even if you could really withstand it, how would you transfer the poison from me to you?"

"Transferring the toxin is not difficult!"

"Has Revered Master forgotten that this Disciple is proficient in Dual Cultivation secret arts? With the Joyous Union Sect's Dual Cultivation secret arts, Yin and Yang union, merging mana and Divine Soul, it should be no problem to absorb the poison into my body during this opportunity."

Shen Yunshu was dumbfounded; so this was the idea Liu Xuan had in mind!