Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 179 Mysterious Golden Needle
In terms of experts at the Heavenly Gang Realm, there were in no way fewer than those at the Divine Sword Manor.

After shifting his attention away from these people, Shen Ping'an raised his gaze slightly and looked at the five people sitting cross-legged in the main hall in the distance.

The youngest of the five looked to be in his early thirties, while the older ones appeared to be no more than fifty, still sporting a full head of black hair.

Judging from their facial features and temperament, they must have been stunning beauties in their youth.

After scanning over the group, Shen Ping'an's gaze settled on a woman who appeared to be in her thirties.

If I'm not mistaken, the other party is none other than the previous Palace Master of Yihua Palace, Kong Qingyan, who was also a prodigy who was listed on the Hundred Flowers Ranking of Baixiaoge fifty years ago.

By calculation, he should be eighty years old.

However, judging from his appearance, he was only in his early forties, and there were hardly any wrinkles on his face.

It must be said that Yihua Palace's "Mingyu Gong" is truly unparalleled in its ability to preserve youth.

"First Palace Master, Second Palace Master."

As Yaoyue and Lianxing approached, the elders of Yihua Palace hurriedly bowed.

After nodding in acknowledgment, Yaoyue and Lianxing quickly stepped forward to the five women.

"I have met my master and the several senior elders."

Upon hearing Yaoyue's voice, the people sitting cross-legged on the ground slowly opened their eyes.

Seeing that Yaoyue was safe and sound, the group breathed a sigh of relief.

After standing up, Kong Qingyan looked at Yaoyue and asked, "What's the situation outside?"

Yaoyue said, "Not a single person who had gathered in Xiuyu Valley was spared."

Upon learning that all the people from the Twelve Constellations and the Nameless Island in Xiuyu Valley had died, even Kong Qingyan showed a hint of surprise.

After regaining her senses, Kong Qingyan suddenly looked at Shen Ping'an, her mind seemingly filled with suspicion.

Meeting Kong Qingyan's gaze, Shen Ping'an stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said, "Junior Shen Ping'an greets Senior."

Zhang San Niang also stepped forward and bowed to Shen Ping An together.

Upon seeing this, Kong Qingyan first nodded slowly, then said in a gentle tone, "Thank you for helping me out today, Young Master Shen. I, Yihua Palace, will remember this kindness."

Shen Ping'an smiled and cupped his hands in greeting before saying to Qu Feiyan, "Feiyan, bring the kettle."

Upon hearing Shen Ping'an's words, Qu Feiyan quickly took out a water bottle from the bag behind her.

After opening the spout of the water bag, Shen Ping'an lightly lifted his fingertip, and a burst of energy carrying some medicinal powder was thrown into the water bottle.

He used his internal energy to stir the medicinal liquid in the pot for a while, and only handed it to Yaoyue after the medicine had completely mixed with the water.

"After drinking the antidote in the pot, the toxins in the bodies of the seniors will naturally be completely eliminated."

After receiving the water bottle, Yaoyue immediately handed it to Kong Qingyan.

There was no hesitation or doubt in his actions.

Seeing Yaoyue's actions, Kong Qingyan remained calm, took the water bottle, took a small sip, and then closed her eyes.

Seeing Kong Qingyan holding the water bottle, closing her eyes, and circulating her inner energy, without handing the water bottle to the other elders, Shen Ping'an's eyes flashed, but he said nothing.

Half an hour later, after clearly feeling the toxins in her body being eliminated and her sealed power gradually recovering, Kong Qingyan finally felt relieved and handed the water bottle to a Supreme Elder next to her.

At this moment, Shen Ping'an looked at Lianxing and said, "The corpse has not been in contact. The Hundred-Day Corpse Powder will spread over time. Judging from the current situation of Yihua Palace, everyone should have been poisoned. However, I have a limited supply of medicine and cannot supply all the disciples of Yihua Palace."

Yaoyue said, "My Yihua Palace also has a medicine storehouse. Over the years, we have stocked up on a lot of various medicines. If you need any medicine, I can send someone to fetch it right now. If there is any shortage, I will immediately arrange for someone to go to the nearby town to purchase it."

Shen Ping'an nodded and said, "Then let's find a place first, and I'll write down the prescription for the antidote!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Kong Qingyan suddenly said, "Then I'll have to trouble Young Master Shen. Lianxing, take Young Master Shen to the West Palace Villa and write down the antidote prescription so that we can get rid of the poison in the palace disciples as soon as possible."

"Disciple, obey."

Shen Ping'an cupped his hands in greeting to Kong Qingyan, then turned and followed Lianxing outside.

After leaving the Hundred Flowers Palace, Lianxing led Shen Ping'an to a separate courtyard.

As soon as the prescription for the detoxification was written out, Lianxing handed it to the physician in the Yihua Palace.

The latter quickly scanned the required medicines on the prescription and nodded, saying, "Second Palace Master, these medicines are not particularly precious, but the quantity is sufficient in the medicine storehouse."

Lianxing nodded and said, "Then let's prepare the antidote according to this prescription and give it to the disciples in the palace." At this moment, Shen Ping'an suddenly spoke up and said, "In addition, the corpses that died in Yihua Palace before are the source of the poison. If the source of the poison is not removed, the toxin will still remain in Yihua Palace."

"The bodies of the disciples of Yihua Palace who died previously had to be covered with lime powder before being burned with willow branches."

After Shen Ping'an finished speaking, Lianxing immediately set off to arrange for people to dispose of the corpses of the Yihua Palace disciples as Shen Ping'an had instructed.

Considering the current situation of Yihua Palace, Zhang Sanniang also took the initiative to step forward and help.

After the two women left, Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan turned around and went to tidy up the rooms in the villa.

Alone in the courtyard, Shen Ping'an first focused his attention on his dantian.

Feeling the still abundant true energy within his body, Shen Ping'an chuckled inwardly.

The advantages of having a strong physique become apparent at this moment.

If it were back when he still possessed a "once-in-a-century" innate talent, the commotion outside Xiuyu Valley alone would have nearly depleted Shen Ping'an's true energy.

However, as one's physical constitution improves, not only does the total amount of true qi one can hold increase, but the efficiency of the automatic recovery of true qi also greatly increases.

Then, Shen Ping'an's thoughts shifted, and his attention turned to the system.

"System, open the treasure chest."

[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining 100 taels of gold.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained 1-year-old motherwort.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained 1 Xuan Yuan Golden Needle.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the Xuan-rank superior-grade light-body martial art, "Nine Palaces Step in Snow".]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained 1 bottle of thyme.]

[The item has been automatically stored in the system backpack. Please retrieve it yourself.]

After examining the contents of the treasure chest, Shen Ping'an had a thought, and a wooden box appeared in his hand.

As the wooden box was pushed open, a series of pure gold needles came into Shen Ping'an's view.

Unlike ordinary gold needles, these Xuan Yuan gold needles in the wooden box have some hollowed-out areas and some seemingly irregular engravings on the surface.

With a slight lift of his fingertips, Shen Ping'an used his true energy to draw out one of the golden needles and put it into his hand. As the true energy was injected into the golden needle, Shen Ping'an could clearly feel that the flow of true energy within the golden needle was extremely smooth.

There was none of the sluggish feeling I had when using other silver needles in the past.

"not bad!"

Although Shen Ping'an's current medical skills do not have many requirements for the silver needles used when using acupuncture.

Having the right tools can make things much easier and save you a lot of effort.

After putting the Xuan Yuan Golden Needle back into his system inventory, Shen Ping'an shook his head as he looked at the other items that had been drawn from the system inventory.

Whether it was because of the recent massacre or simply bad luck, the items that came out of the treasure chest this time, apart from the Xuan Yuan Golden Needle, were not of much value.

It was of little use to Shen Ping'an.

"Looks like I'll have to wash my hands and get rid of bad luck before opening any treasure chests next time."

After muttering to himself, Shen Ping'an's gaze fell on another item in his system backpack.

"System, use the martial arts advancement card."

[Ding, the host's current mastery of a sound-based martial art, "Body-Breaking Formless Sword Sound," has been detected. Would you like to use this martial art as the target for a martial arts advancement card?]

"Sure!"

After the thought settled in his mind and he waited for three breaths, the system notification popped up in front of Shen Ping'an again.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, your "Body-Breaking Formless Sword Sound" has been upgraded to the mid-grade Heaven Rank.]

In the next instant, a series of messages rapidly appeared in Shen Ping'an's mind.

It is about the cultivation method of "Breaking Body Formless Sword Sound" to be upgraded to the middle grade of the Heaven Rank.

At the very moment the cultivation method of the new "Breaking Body Formless Sword Sound" appeared in Shen Ping'an's mind, Shen Ping'an's consciousness was once again drawn to the misty mountain peak.

(End of this chapter)