Chapter 403

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Protagonist:

Yu Zhangsheng

For the disciples of this district, this Abyss Journey's harvest was already sufficient, and their impression of Yu Zhangsheng's side had improved further.

And in fact, this was also one of the purposes for which Yuan Menghua had Yu Zhangsheng come here this time — to win hearts.

Seeing that the other disciples had no objections, Yu Zhangsheng simply stopped being polite; after lightly exhaling a breath, he lowered his brows to look at the Blood Poison Tempering Grass in his hand, smiled faintly, then swallowed it in one gulp.

"Crunch……"

Yu Zhangsheng chewed, the corner of his mouth curling up slightly, and he muttered by his mouth: "The taste is alright, not too bitter, texture very crisp……"

The spirit herb was bitter upon entry but not hard to swallow; as he chewed, stream after stream of clear flow surged in, inside Yu Zhangsheng's oral cavity, down his throat into his stomach, like a clear spring flowing through his whole body.

"Hum hum hum!!"

As the spirit herb entered his mouth, Yu Zhangsheng suddenly widened his eyes, his body abruptly trembling; a kind of mysterious meaning pervaded his whole body, indescribable, inexpressible.

He only felt his entire Spirit Platform turn transparent, his physical body seemingly also ignited and transformed into threads of hot current, flowing into the depths of his mind, cultivation base, and soul.

Yu Zhangsheng's mind was in a trance, swaying; after a long while he finally returned to his senses, sensing the Divine Crafting Circulation inside his body, the medicinal effect flowing like a trickling stream; thoughtful, his brows furrowed then relaxed.

It was said before: the Blood Poison Tempering Herb only fuses its medicinal efficacy into the skin and flesh under the stimulation of poison; otherwise the power it can exert is only eight or nine out of ten, and during this process one's resistance to poison also continuously rises, ultimately achieving a Hundred Poisons Invulnerable Body, and the physical body also gains a tremendous increase, a leapfrog growth.

Therefore, the Blood Poison Tempering Herb is worth a fortune.

"Poison, huh……"

Yu Zhangsheng pondered, lowering his brows to glance at his Storage Bag; he did have quite a few poisons, but they were all ordinary poisons, not large in quantity, and could not play too great a role.

However……

Yu Zhangsheng turned his head, blinked at Li Minghan with a smile, patted his shoulder and said: "Isn't this where you come in? Summon your Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon, just perfect for the task."

Li Minghan froze, then after a turn of thought understood the reasoning, so he nodded, not hesitating, and summoned the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon that had just returned to the Inner Landscape.

"Ang ang!"

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon roared in bewilderment, its complexion puzzled, looking at Li Minghan with some displeasure.

He had only just returned to the Inner Landscape intending to rest, but in the blink of an eye was summoned back again — forced overtime, naturally displeased.

It wasn't that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon was all that tired; the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon simply disliked Yu Zhangsheng and didn't want to stay by Yu Zhangsheng's side.

"Hehe, what are you glaring at me for? Good thing coming your way!" Li Minghan slapped the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's head, glared at it, muttered by his mouth, then pointed at Yu Zhangsheng and said:

"There, know you're unwilling, isn't this giving you a chance? Release your poison, envelop Zhangsheng, rest assured, he won't hit you."

Li Minghan spoke thus; Yu Zhangsheng heard this and laughed involuntarily, didn't object either, merely facing the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's dumbfounded gaze, nodded.

"Ang ang ang??"

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon was somewhat dumbfounded, couldn't make heads or tails, its tone carrying some doubt, looking suspiciously at Yu Zhangsheng then at Li Minghan, speaking in human voice in a deep tone:

"Kid, you wouldn't be going back on your word, would you? Don't want to Contract anymore, then just find some random excuse to kill me, right?"

"I knew you humans are all faithless, promise-breaking scum; didn't expect you to be this vulgar too, couldn't even come up with a better excuse."

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon groaned, turned its head away, its blood-red eyes revealing a look of grief and indignation.

"……" Li Minghan held his forehead and smiled bitterly, somewhat speechless, gesturing animatedly as he explained: "Guessing wildly all day long, just do as I say, this is for your need, for your need, okay?"

Yu Zhangsheng also wanted to laugh a bit, shook his head and murmured in his heart: "Looks like this Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon indeed fears me to some extent, but……"

He laughed once, Yu Zhangsheng also couldn't be bothered to ramble, swung the Purple Spirit Imperial Sword in his hand and rested it atop the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's head, three feet of cold light poised to strike; Yu Zhangsheng spoke indifferently: "Don't spout nonsense, told you to spray poison so spray poison, where do all those whys come from? You still have some use, so you should know what to do."

Speaking, Yu Zhangsheng's tone paused, his complexion also softened slightly, yet the force of his hand gripping the sword increased a few degrees, and he said softly: "Rest assured, if I wanted your life, I would have killed you back then, why bother finding these excuses."

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's body abruptly stiffened, sensing the Purple Spirit Imperial Sword suspended above its head; the sword spirit Purple Spirit Imperial manifested, hee-hee haha jumping about on the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's head, curiously fiddling with its dragon horns.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, its dragon pupils flashing, speaking with a tone carrying some incredulity and probing: "This is what you said yourself, you sure? My poison is extremely violent; under full power eruption, even I have no antidote."

"Stop rambling. What comes, comes."

Yu Zhangsheng slowly withdrew the Purple Spirit Imperial Sword in his hand, spread open his arms, nodded at the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon, expression unchanged.

"Good." The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon stammered; from its dragon head's exhalation, breath gathered, finally turning into a small patch of Black Mist, slowly drifting toward Yu Zhangsheng.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle……"

The Black Mist was pitch-black like ink; wherever it reached, the air emitted bursts of squeaking sounds, as if corroded; at this moment it surged forward, and just a wisp landing on the earth instantly turned the surrounding land pitch-black for a large radius, vegetation withered, all things annihilated.

The water vapor in the surroundings also suddenly seemed to be corroded, emitting wisps of black qi — precisely the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's Innate Poison; however, it was evidently still fearful of Yu Zhangsheng here, so it only sprayed a tiny patch, barely enough to envelop half of Yu Zhangsheng's body.

"Well come."

Yu Zhangsheng's eyes brightened; after hesitating a moment, he overcame his body's instinctive urge to defend and block the poison mist, allowing this poison to adhere to his skin surface, turning into specks of black mist, trying to drill into his pores, seep into his flesh and bones.

"Crack crack crack……" Clear bone-cracking sounds transmitted; Yu Zhangsheng's complexion suddenly twisted and changed, his face darkening, blue veins bulging on his forehead one by one, faintly visible red fresh blood rapidly dyed a layer of black, slightly dim; Yu Zhangsheng's complexion also condensed into a knot, the color of pain extremely obvious.

Yet even so, Yu Zhangsheng merely gritted his teeth and let out a low roar, forcibly suppressing his surging cultivation base, letting the poison gas rampage inside his body.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon, being a King-level Spirit Beast to begin with, its poison can be said to be rare and hard to find; among the same rank almost none can surpass it; the reason it was not obvious on Yu Zhangsheng before was because it intentionally resisted.

Be it fire which strongly counters poison, or Yu Zhangsheng's already formidable physical body, the poison that truly entered Yu Zhangsheng's body was almost none; in a short time the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's poison was successfully resisted, to the extent it looked unremarkable.

In reality, if it were any other Golden Core Cultivator, they would inevitably be cautious to the utmost, careful in every way.

But at this moment, Yu Zhangsheng can be said to be actively contacting the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's poison, and even suppressing his physical body's resistance, his cultivation base's neutralization, letting this poison fully and completely expose itself inside his body, letting it run wild and destroy within; instantly, this kind of poisoning pain swept up, intense pain to the point he nearly couldn't hold on.

Yet this poison was strangely peculiar; even though his body ached all over, the poison seemed to carry a hypnotic effect, acting on Yu Zhangsheng's soul, transmitting an irresistible drowsiness; in merely a few breaths, the drowsiness turned into a vast sea, wave after wave impacting Yu Zhangsheng's mind, causing Yu Zhangsheng to yawn repeatedly, his face showing fatigue and drowsiness, clear at a glance, drowsy and about to sleep.

"So sleepy……"

Yu Zhangsheng yawned, murmuring.

"Zhangsheng, you okay? If you can't take it don't force it."

Li Minghan looked at Yu Zhangsheng with some worry, his mouth corners twitching, then heavily patted the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's head again, glaring and saying:

"Why release so much Innate Poison? Don't know to release less first, spit out some more ordinary poison first?"

"Ang?!"

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon turned its head in surprise, looking at Li Minghan, its scream carrying a tone of grievance and injustice.

He had already been very restrained, alright? If it weren't for considering that he and Li Minghan were now contracted, one could say they shared a common fate, he was afraid he would have already taken this opportunity to poison Yu Changsheng to death without reservation...

Of course, this was just a thought; he didn't have that kind of guts. After all, although the Purple Spirit Imperial Sword had been put away, the sword spirit Purple Little One, who was Yu Changsheng's Fifth Spirit Beast, was still playing with his dragon horn on top of his head.

Although Purple Little One had a harmless-looking face, appearing very cute, the faintly discernible aura emanating from him would make the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's heart palpitate in fear; it did not doubt in the slightest that if he were willing, he could probably easily twist off its dragon horn, along with its head...

"It's fine, continue!"

Right at this moment, when the poisonous gas thoroughly invaded Yu Changsheng's body, the medicinal efficacy of the Blood Poison Tempering Herb that had been circulating ceaselessly within Yu Changsheng's body, like a trickling stream, seemed to have been stimulated into awakening, nimble as a small snake, actively rushing toward the Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's poison inside his body.

Just like a vicious dog pouncing on food, seeing something very delicious, layers of ripples spread out; Yu Changsheng's spirit also trembled along with it, the original drowsiness dissipated completely, and an indescribable comfort enveloped his whole body.

In just a moment, this bit of poisonous gas that had entered his body was devoured completely clean, and this medicinal efficacy, like a small snake, also dissipated bit by bit, fusing into Yu Changsheng's five viscera and six bowels, four limbs and hundred joints; a faint red light flashed across Yu Changsheng's skin surface.

A refreshing feeling enveloped his whole body; Yu Changsheng felt physically and mentally pleasant, all negative states vanished completely, and his physical body was also strengthened. Having undergone the erosion of the poisonous gas and the fusion refining of the Blood Poison Tempering Herb, Yu Changsheng could clearly feel that his meridians, qi and blood, and physical body had all become considerably more resilient.

"So this is the profundity of the Blood Poison Tempering Herb..."

Yu Changsheng murmured in his heart, looking thoughtful, light flashing in his eyes.

The Blood Poison Tempering Herb, through the corrosion of poison, coupled with the harmonizing of medicinal efficacy, while detoxifying, transforms poison into medicine, growing the user's physical body, and thereby increasing the user's resistance to poison; thus, first death then life, bathing in poison and rebirth, forging under the poison's destruction and the physical body's rebirth, achieving the Hundred Poisons Invulnerable Body.

This is the profundity of the Blood Poison Tempering Herb, and without a doubt, this process is naturally painful, because although it can detoxify, it cannot block the pain of being eroded by poisonous gas; one must let the poison exert a certain effect first before it comes to "treat" it, therefore, Yu Changsheng could truly be said to be suffering bone-piercing pain.

"Good thing my immunity to pain is already pretty good; this bit of pain is still endurable."

Yu Changsheng frowned, while sensing the changes within his body, his footsteps did not stop, leading everyone outward.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sub-Dragon's poison bit by bit invaded his body, then was dissolved and resolved by the medicinal efficacy of the Blood Bathing Body Tempering Herb; in this process of detoxifying and being poisoned, Yu Changsheng's physical body strength was also slowly rising.

It just seemed to have reached a certain bottleneck, therefore it was extremely slow; only that mysterious meaning became increasingly obvious, seemingly enticing the flesh and blood convergence mystery.

"This feeling, is it wanting to converge the Fleshly Flower... thereby knocking on the gate of advancement to the Purple Mansion?"

Yu Changsheng's eyes flashed, sensing the strange changes within his body, recalling in his heart.

The Purple Mansion, as the next realm after Golden Core, those who can cultivate to this realm not only have a lifespan continuously reaching a thousand years, but every gesture contains Great Divine Ability, already possessing the ability to Found a Sect; because it is powerful and difficult to cultivate, it is honorifically called True Monarch.

And the Purple Mansion True Monarch, its greatest difference from Golden Core is that people of this realm have already stepped into the prototype of the Dao, essence, qi, and spirit harmoniously united, condensed into the Purple Mansion Gate, thereby sealing and borrowing the mighty power of heaven and earth to strengthen the self, exchanging for one's own Unparalleled Combat Power.

Its Purple Mansion Gate is the concrete condensation of physical body, Shenjue, and mana. A Purple Mansion True Monarch can condense at most Nine Violet Mansion Gates; three gates represent blood essence, that is the physical body's qi and blood — if the Qi and Blood Purple Mansion Gate is undying, then the physical body can obtain nourishment; another three gates represent mana, representing the Purple Mansion mana being inexhaustible.

And the last three gates are the spirit, that is Divine Sense, soul.

If these three gates are condensed and intact, even if your physical body is destroyed and mana withered, you can still perform Soul Departure and Possession to be reborn by possessing another, or become a ghost cultivator, existing as a Spirit Body, and will not immediately dissipate after death.

This is the Purple Mansion's specialty, the Purple Mansion's power; compared to Golden Core, one is heaven, one is earth, completely different existences.

And a necessary process for Golden Core wanting to advance to Purple Mansion is to condense the physical body, cultivation base, and Shenjue into three Dao Flowers — Heaven Flower, Earth Flower, and Human Flower.

Finally, the Three Flowers Gather Atop, thereby introducing the Heaven and Earth Torrent, transforming into the Purple Mansion Gate, thoroughly entering the Purple Mansion!

This information was all told to Yu Changsheng by Yuan Menghua on the road, and at this moment, Yu Changsheng's heart precisely had this kind of palpitation! (Chapter End)