Poison Cultivation

The servant had barely finished crying for help when several people rushed in from outside, carrying a stretcher. Their steps were hurried and their expressions were anxious.

Chen Luo stared intently and saw a woman lying on the stretcher. Her face was serene and her skin was as white as jade.

His right arm was wrapped in gauze, and bright red blood was already seeping out, a shocking sight.

Li Chongyun's expression changed drastically. He quickly knelt down to examine the injuries and asked urgently:

"What happened? What exactly injured you?"

The servant panted:

"Miss was ordered by the Sanxia Sect to accompany her disciples to monitor the movement of the beast tide. On the way, she encountered... encountered the Azure Phosphorus Jellyfish."

"Blue-green jellyfish?!"

The moment those four words were uttered, the entire room was shocked, and everyone's face changed color.

This Azure Phosphorus Jellyfish is a top-grade first-tier marine venomous beast, with extremely potent venom.

Once an ordinary cultivator is stung, he will immediately become paralyzed and stiff as a tree or stone.

Within a few hours, the poison will take effect and the person will die, with no cure available.

"Quickly, help her up!"

Li Chongyun hurriedly took out an antidote pill, ordered someone to help the woman up, and forced her to swallow it.

Even after the pill entered her stomach, the woman's face remained as pale as paper. Only her eyelids trembled slightly as she slowly opened her eyes, her gaze falling on Li Chongyun with a pleading look.

Xiao Qiyun stepped forward and said in a deep voice:

"Ordinary antidotes are too weak to withstand such a potent poison. I'll take a look."

He bent down to take her pulse, his brows furrowing slightly, before raising his head after a moment:

"This poison is exceptionally potent and has already penetrated the muscles; it can only be slowly removed using Qingling Powder."

The other alchemists looked at each other, all in a dilemma:

"The Qingling Powder takes effect slowly, and Miss Li's injuries are critical. How can we wait so long?"

Just then, the man with the mustache's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward from the crowd, proclaiming loudly:

"I have some knowledge of detoxification; may I give it a try?"

Li Chongyun immediately remembered that besides the alchemists, there were also two experts in detoxification present.

He hurriedly cupped his hands and said:

"This is Li Ruosheng, the daughter of the head of my Li family."

"If you can save her life, my Li family will reward you handsomely and without hesitation!"

The onlookers echoed in unison, "We beg you, fellow Daoist, to lend a hand!"

The man with the mustache nodded slightly, stepped forward, bent down to examine the wound closely, and then condensed a wisp of true energy to probe her meridians.

After a moment, he stood up and said in a deep voice:

"The poison of the blue jellyfish is specifically designed to seal the blood and qi, and to stiffen and numb the muscles and bones. Ordinary mild antidotes cannot penetrate it at all."

I have a prescription called the "Heart-Clearing and Poison-Strengthening Formula," which uses strong force to break down poison and may offer a chance of recovery.

Having said that, he took paper and pen, and wrote down several medicinal ingredients:

Take three qian of potassium nitrate, two qian of aconite, one qian of blister beetle, seven leaves of red flame grass, and one section of bone-cracking vine. Quench the medicine with strong liquor and apply it externally or take it internally.

Li Chongyun took a look, his expression changed drastically, and his brows furrowed tightly.

The other alchemists crowded around, and upon seeing the prescription, they were all horrified and shook their heads repeatedly.

One person sighed in disbelief:

"This prescription is extremely potent and toxic. Saltpeter, aconite, and blister beetle are all highly poisonous. Red flame grass is hot and dry, and bone-cracking vine is a medicine that specifically breaks through meridians and fascia."

It can indeed break through paralysis and expel poisonous blood when used to force out poison, but its medicinal power is too strong, directly damaging muscles and bones and burning the meridians.

Miss Li was already suffering from poisoning, and with such a strong burning drug, the veins in her arm would inevitably become necrotic and atrophy.

Even if the poison is neutralized, the arm will inevitably become stiff and weak, unable to bend or straighten, and will lose all its strength, resulting in a lifelong disability.

This is like driving a tiger to devour a wolf—it's a losing proposition!

"That's exactly right! The antidote emphasizes gentle conditioning; how could it be a treatment that uses poison to fight poison and damages one's own meridians!"

"Too dangerous, absolutely not!"

Everyone voiced their opposition.

The man with the mustache frowned, and said with slight displeasure:

"A potent poison can block the meridians; delay will lead to death. How can it be broken without strong medicine?"

"You only know how to refine elixirs and harmonize yin and yang, so when faced with a life-or-death emergency requiring detoxification, you naturally don't know the proper procedures."

His words were not unfounded.

The essence of alchemy lies in moderation, balance, and nourishing the body's foundation.

Detoxification often involves perilous situations, requiring the use of potent medicines to forcefully dissipate the deadly poison.

However, if Li Ruosheng, as the daughter of the clan leader, loses an arm while trying to detoxify, how will she explain it to the clan head in the future?

The group looked at each other, at a loss, unable to make up their minds.

Li Chongyun frowned deeply and sighed:

"Is... there really no other way?"

Although Li Ruosheng was unable to speak and her body was stiff, her eyes were full of pleading as she stared blankly at everyone, looking pitiful.

The man with the mustache shook his head, his tone resolute:

"There is no other way but for us!"

These words caused everyone's hearts to sink even deeper.

Li Chongyun, utterly helpless, turned his gaze to Chen Luo, who had remained silent to the side, and hurriedly said with clasped hands:

"Fellow Daoist Chen is also a master of detoxification; do you have any good plan to save him?"

Seeing that he had abandoned him and turned to ask Chen Luo, the man with the mustache felt displeased and gave a cold laugh:

"I am not boasting, but this poison is exceptionally potent. Apart from my prescription, no one else can cure it; it would be a waste of their time."

Chen Luo seemed not to hear, and slowly stepped forward, gently touching the bleeding wound of Li Ruosheng with his finger, dabbing it with a little poisonous blood.

The crowd was confused and couldn't understand what he meant.

Just then, Chen Luo suddenly put his blood-stained finger directly into his mouth and tasted it.

This action truly terrified everyone, leaving them pale with shock.

To know how potent the poison of the blue jellyfish is, with its wounds filled with deadly venom, his act of personally tasting the poison is no different from swallowing arsenic.

Everyone stared at him in shock and disbelief.

"This person...could he be some reckless fool who doesn't know his own limitations?"

The man with the mustache shook his head repeatedly, his face filled with disdain.

"I thought he was some kind of hidden master, but it turns out he's just a reckless fool."

"By tasting such potent poison, one would likely die from its effects within moments, a wasted life."

Unbeknownst to them, Chen Luo had already secretly activated his Five Poisons True Qi, drawing that trace of poison into his mouth and quietly refining it.

His Five Poisons True Qi had previously refined various poisons such as the Soft Tendon Flower and the Bone-Corroding Heart-Rotting Grass, and its own toxicity was no less than that of other poisons.

At this moment, when trying to neutralize the poison of the blue jellyfish, I only felt a slight numbness on the tip of my tongue and a slight stagnation in my meridians.

Fortunately, the Five Poisons True Qi circulated continuously, and his own resistance to poison was far superior to that of ordinary people. In addition, the amount of poison he had ingested was extremely small, so in no time, the numbness disappeared without a trace.

Even so, people looked at him as if he were a monster.

The venom of the Blue Phosphorus Jellyfish is a top-grade first-class poison, and its effects are as fast as lightning.

However, after tasting the poisoned blood, Chen Luo remained calm and composed, as if nothing had happened.

"This...this..." Li Chongyun's lips trembled, incredulous.

Xiao Qiyuan and the other alchemists were also shocked and surprised.

The man with the mustache pinched a strand of his beard, staring intently at Chen Luo, completely baffled:

"How is that possible? Even the best medicine doctors in my family can't do that. Does he have an immune system to all poisons?"

Chen Luo ignored them, smacked his lips as if savoring the memory, and slowly spoke:

"This poison can be cured, but the necessary medicinal materials will require some effort."