Chapter 1391: The Method to Detoxify

"He really went to eat something?"

"What is there to eat in the thunder?"

Feng Ziyi, Zhang Xu, and the others exchanged glances, each feeling like they wanted to die.

This was the thunder—a heavenly punishment that would cause even the most powerful cultivators to be utterly terrified and at a loss... Yet this guy prepared dining utensils, rushed in, and came out burping...

Could he be any more arrogant?

The most crucial part was that the thunder was actually scared away, fleeing so quickly, so soulfully...

"Elder Liao, this is your tribulation. What exactly is going on?"

Unable to hold back any longer, Fei Shi looked over.

"How would I know what's going on?"

Elder Liao also felt like he was going crazy.

This was indeed his tribulation, but... from start to finish, it seemed to have nothing to do with him!

When others undergo tribulation, it's a life-and-death struggle. When he underwent tribulation, he saw the thunder, and then... the latter ran away.

To be honest, he was also baffled, not understanding why.

"Try to see what your cultivation level is now. If it's the Cave Void realm, it means you've successfully crossed the tribulation..."

Feng Ziyi couldn't help but say.

"Mm!"

Nodding, Elder Liao looked inward with his divine sense and was instantly stunned: "I've already broken through..."

Having only met face-to-face, he had crossed the tribulation. This was probably the simplest breakthrough in history!

"Indeed, a breakthrough..."

Seeing him confirm, Feng Ziyi's mouth twitched. He looked up again and saw Zhang Xuan, who had just rushed into the clouds, slowly flying down, his face full of regret and pity.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing him like this, Elder Liao could no longer hold back and stepped forward.

"Nothing..." Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

He had thought that the thunder, made so massive by the Azure Dragon Beast and Bai Yu, would be enough to fully restore his strength. Unexpectedly, after being absorbed twice in a row, it had become somewhat cunning and fled very quickly.

As soon as he entered, he absorbed frantically without stopping, restoring the true qi in the ring space to about seventy percent, when the thunder sensed it, could no longer bear it, and turned to flee.

"It seems I'll have to visit the Letter Hall later... That place is a sacred ground for cultivators to break through, so there should be plenty of thunder..."

Holding his chin, he speculated inwardly.

Benevolence, Righteousness, Propriety, Wisdom, and Letter—the five halls each had different functions. The Letter Hall could stabilize one's state of mind, reducing inner demons during breakthroughs. For this reason, it was a treasure trove for breakthroughs, with students rushing to higher realms there every day.

If all else failed, coming here to absorb tribulation thunder should yield great gains.

"Liao Xin, you succeeded in breaking through?"

While he was calculating, Bai Yu, the Holy Physician, flew back. Seeing his old friend's body surface swirling with the domain of the Cave Void realm, he also showed intense shock.

He had thought that this breakthrough would be a life-and-death struggle, but he never expected it to be so simple, and that he had actually succeeded...

While shocked, he looked at the young man before him again, full of awe.

"This... what exactly happened?"

Unable to hold back any longer, he looked over.

"The thunder is a secret technique taught by my teacher, not convenient to disclose to outsiders..."

Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

Now that he had Feng Ziyi as a 'junior brother' to use as a shield, he could attribute anything inexplicable to his teacher.

After all, 'Teacher Yang' was unreachable and couldn't be asked.

"Then... about helping Liao Xin detoxify earlier..."

Seeing that he was unwilling to say, Bai Yu, the Holy Physician, didn't press further but instead asked curiously about the detoxification earlier.

"Although the Yin Frost Fire Poison that Elder Liao was afflicted with could be suppressed using the Cold Yin Art, over time, it had already given birth to its own intelligence!"

Zhang Xuan explained.

"Intelligence?"

Bai Yu, the Holy Physician, nodded.

Indeed, some potent poisons did possess intelligence, allowing them to seek good fortune and avoid disaster, leaving detoxifiers helpless.

"With intelligence, it could evade the suppression of the Cold Yin Art. So continuing to cultivate this technique would not only fail to counteract the poison but would actually worsen the injury, adding fuel to the fire, essentially harming him! That's why I told him to stop cultivating."

He had seen this last time using the Library of Heaven's Path and thus advised against it.

"Under normal circumstances, as long as he didn't cultivate, the fire poison, controlled by its intelligence, wouldn't cause harm for a short time. With proper preparation, it could be completely expelled... Who would have thought you brought the Earth Fire Lotus!"

Recalling what he had seen earlier, Zhang Xuan shook his head helplessly.

"The Earth Fire Lotus is indeed a counter to the Yin Frost Fire Poison. If the former had no intelligence, it could easily suppress it. But with intelligence, once it entered the body, it immediately suffered backlash... It's like water and fire being mutually exclusive, but pouring water on a high-temperature furnace only makes the flames fiercer!"

"After devouring the Earth Fire Lotus, the Yin Frost Fire Poison grew stronger. Elder Liao's vitality was already limited, and being invaded by the strengthened fire poison, he naturally couldn't withstand it anymore... Hence the earlier weakness, on the verge of death at any moment."

Understanding what had happened, Bai Yu, the Holy Physician, blushed with shame.

Earlier, when the other called him a quack, he had felt indignant. Now he realized—wasn't he a quack?

If it weren't for the Earth Fire Lotus he had used, his old friend might not have nearly died on the spot.

"Then... how did you help him detoxify?"

After being embarrassed for a moment, he continued asking.

Although he had seen the detoxification succeed with his own eyes, he still didn't understand how it was done and was completely in the dark.

"It's simple... Since this poison had intelligence, it naturally wanted to absorb more power and grow quickly, not wanting the host to die too soon. So I deliberately provoked you, making you fight the Azure Dragon Beast!"

"You each unleashed your strongest attacks, and I took the opportunity to place Elder Liao in the middle... The Yin Frost Fire Poison didn't want him to be utterly destroyed, so it transformed into a lotus to withstand the attacks..."

"Your attacks were too powerful, and the lotus was at the center of the assault. With one blow, it suffered severe damage and nearly collapsed. At that moment, I stabbed a sword into its vital point, and it could no longer hold on, disintegrating. However, this still didn't eliminate the poison. Originally, it tried to re-enter Elder Liao's body, but I stopped it, and it completely dissipated..."

"With the poison gone, Elder Liao's suppressed cultivation merged and naturally broke through immediately. As for what happened afterward, you should all know..."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

In fact, it wasn't as complicated as imagined; it was just that the Yin Frost Fire Poison in his body had developed intelligence.

"A poison with intelligence—I never thought it could be resolved this way..."

After hearing the explanation, Bai Yu, the Holy Physician, suddenly understood and sighed.

This kind of poison had always been the most troublesome for physicians, and he never dreamed it could be cured with such a simple method.

"Indeed..."

Smiling and nodding, Zhang Xuan was about to join in the sigh when he suddenly froze, his eyes lighting up.

"The congenital fetal poison in my body is also a poison with intelligence. Could it... be resolved using the same method?"