Chapter 18: Mo Xiao Shields Su Mo from the Blade

Shaman Doctor disciple Qing Shan is a young male Beastman, handsome enough and looks refined.

Within the Tribe there are many females who want to form marriage contracts with him, but he is proud and haughty, so the marriage has never been settled.

【According to the original plot, he will later become a member of the heroine's harem and will become a mortal enemy of Mo Xiao, Fei Yan and others. Though he seems powerless now, he is number one at stoking trouble and using underhanded tricks. Later the heroine will have many talented people under her, so dealing with Mo Xiao and the others will be no problem.】

The few people behind them exchanged glances, their thoughts obvious without words.

Only then the Shaman Doctor disciple, wearing a teal robe, holding a scepter and bearing a Special Ceramic Jar, stood in the middle of the stage and said: "Next, please prepare yourselves, with your most devout hearts, to receive the baptism of Holy Water!"

He closed his eyes, muttering a series of chirps and coos, speaking in bird language that no one could understand.

After a moment he opened his eyes again: "The deity has already bestowed me with power; now I will distribute Holy Water to the blessed."

The crowd below erupted in synchronized cheers, "May the deity favor us and grant us Holy Water!"

Accompanied by rhythmic clapping and stomping.

In this situation, Su Mo sat there motionless, looking especially out of place.

【The Shaman Doctor disciple seems like a cult leader, not even something as simple as foot‑washing water, using it to fool these ignorant masses! Auntie can't bear to watch, never mind, fewer troubles is better.】

Then the disciple raised his scepter and pointed to the southeast corner: "Second batch, third person! Please step forward!"

The chosen individual, overjoyed, ran onto the stage and bowed to the Shaman Doctor disciple in thanks.

Soon that person selected a few more to step forward, all in the same manner.

"Only one remains; whose household will this final sacred water fall to?"

With the host's pretentious mystifying rhetoric, everyone saw the Blind Staff point straight toward Su Mo's direction.

"Second row, the female in the middle, please step forward!"

Su Mo didn't at all think he was referring to her, until A Nuan, beaming with excitement, shook her: "You've been chosen, hurry up!"

"Me?!"

Su Mo, unable to believe, pointed at herself and asked the person on stage: "Are you sure it's me?"

The person's cool gaze swept over Su Mo, then nodded: "It's you."

Su Mo gave a slight nod and walked onto the stage.

【Not right, not right, why would they pick me for nothing? That Shaman Doctor old man must be plotting again! I was just here to watch the performance; since you yourself forced yourself into the line of fire, I can't blame you!】

Behind the stage, the Shaman Doctor's sinister gaze fixed on Su Mo; this time he wants Su Mo dead!

This clueless female should have died long ago! If she dies, he'll remain the Tribe's most sacred Shaman Doctor!

The few onstage excitedly stared at the ceramic jar, while Su Mo stared at the spout.

It turned out to be a Yin Yang Mouth, indeed a repeat offender!

Mo Xiao, Fei Yan, and Yue Ying stood there, watching Su Mo's actions.

Suddenly, a furtive figure flashed in Mo Xiao's sight; relying on the Snake Young Master's vigilance, he walked toward that figure.

Fei Yan, seeing this, hurried to follow.

Qing Shan poured five cups of Holy Water for the five people.

Su Mo noticed that the third cup and her own fifth cup came from a different spout.

The first two people in front, after drinking, felt refreshed and said: "Delicious! Whole body feels smooth!"

Qing Shan nodded: "It shows you have no hidden illness; the deity will continue to favor you."

Hearing this, that person left, tearfully grateful.

【The poison isn't in the first or second cup, so the fourth cup also lacks it. It must be in the third or fifth!】

She was just about to speak to stop the third person from drinking that so‑called 'Holy Water' when that person, swift of hand, lifted the cup and downed it in one gulp!

"Stop!"

Accompanied by her scream, the person grimaced in pain, clutching his head and collapsing to the ground, then curling into a ball and repeatedly rubbing his abdomen: "It hurts! It hurts!"

He then immediately began babbling incoherently.

The Shaman Doctor disciple walked over, patted his head, and felt his pulse.

He pretended to be profound and said: "The deity shows you have a hidden illness; don't worry, I will heal you."

Su Mo glanced at the man's expression on the ground, picked up her own cup of Holy Water to examine it, and understood everything.

She held the cup of Holy Water and asked the Shaman Doctor disciple: "Are you sure it's the deity showing he has a hidden illness, and not you fabricating it?!"

The person's face turned cold: "What do you mean? How dare you doubt the deity!"

Su Mo said in a low voice: "If it's the deity's indication, then tell me what illness he has! How should we treat it?"

"I've told you, how much can you understand! He only needs to take this Pill of mine, and all ailments will vanish, his mind will return!"

Su Mo snatched the Pill from his hand, crushed it into powder with force, and inhaled it at her nose.

Then she sneered: "You added Duanchang Herb, Mandrake, etc., into the Holy Water; after people drink it they react, then you use a white Bian Ji Pill to antidote! Indeed a flawless trick!"

The Shaman Doctor disciple stared at Su Mo in disbelief, "You! You're spouting nonsense, defiling the divine medicine, a crime of the highest order! I will report to the Tribe Chief and have you expelled from the Tribe!"

Su Mo, too lazy to argue, directly seized a white Bian Ji from the void while no one was watching.

"Everyone, don't be fooled by their tricks; this is the Antidote herb! Feed it to him and everything will become clear!"

The herb in her hand was recognized by the crowd; it grows on the mountain.

Nevertheless, the crowd remained skeptical: "Is this really an Antidote? If so, why weren't the first two poisoned, but the third one was?"

Su Mo casually lifted the ceramic jar on the table and said, "The secret lies in this spout, the Yin Yang Mouth! One side releases pure water, the other releases poison!"

The crowd stared at that spout, astonished again!

Qing Shan shouted, "Everyone, don't be fooled by her; this is Holy Water! No poison!"

Su Mo turned, lifted her own cup, and handed it to the Shaman Doctor disciple: "Since you say this is Holy Water, then drink a cup yourself to prove it has no poison!"

The person was so frightened that he kept stepping back, eventually collapsing into a sitting position on the ground! The remaining person recovered, went over, forced his mouth open, and Su Mo poured the Holy Water straight into it.

The disciple hurried to reach for the Pill in his pocket, but Su Mo slapped it open and crushed it!

The crowd saw his face contorted in pain, then his expression clouded as he babbled, "It's all the Shaman Doctor, sir; he forced me to do this…"

"He said he poisoned Su Mo to death; we are still the Tribe's most formidable Shaman Doctor master and disciple… Indeed there is Duanchang Herb here, and mandrake… We used to do it this way, and never made a mistake. How could it—how could it… have been seen through by her!"

Su Mo sneered, shoving the white spiderlily in her hand into his mouth.

The crowd shouted in anger, "You damn dog, how dare you deceive everyone! Kill him!"

"Smash him to death!"

"Expel him and the Shaman Doctor from the Tribe!"

"No, imprison them, never let them see daylight again!"

When chaos erupted on the stage, the Shaman Doctor hid behind, his face full of resentment as he stared at Su Mo.

He originally intended to poison Su Mo under the name of the gods to end it all, but he didn't expect her to expose him publicly!

He has completely lost the people's trust; from now on he can't hope to be reinstated, let alone continue living in the Tribe.

This Su Mo is a walking disaster! Why does she have to ruin her own good fortune!

The Shaman Doctor gripped the Dagger tightly and rushed straight toward Su Mo!

Even if he dies, he won't let her have it easy!

Amid the chaos on stage, Su Mo didn't notice the danger behind her at all.

By the time Yue Ying reacted, the Shaman Doctor had already closed in on Su Mo.

He only managed to say, "Watch out!"

Su Mo instinctively turned, and the next second a dark silhouette flashed before her.

"Thwack"—

A blade plunged into Mo Xiao's back.

Yue Ying and Fei Yan immediately gave chase to the fleeing Shaman Doctor.

"Mo Xiao?!" Su Mo helped him sit down, lowering her head to examine his wound.

The wound wasn't deep, but the Shaman Doctor had coated the blade with Poison Liquid and an extreme Aphrodisiac Powder!

If she were the one struck by this blade, her life would be in immediate jeopardy.

Mo Xiao's body began reacting; his chest involuntarily revealed black scales.

The Snake Tail involuntarily coiled around the nearby Su Mo, looking uncomfortable and in pain.

Su Mo immediately called Xiao Jiu, asking him to exchange for an Inhibitor!

Xiao Jiu helplessly said, "It's useless; with your current points, the Inhibitor you can exchange won't suppress this Aphrodisiac Powder! Don't waste time, quickly get a Blood Band back!"

Su Mo asked anxiously, "Going back will get us an Antidote?!"

"Where would the Antidote come from? Going back is just to let you all dry off~"

Su Mo: "You're insane! You're making me deal with this snake……!!!"

"Host, do you intend to watch him die without helping? That blade was taken for you, you know~"

Su Mo: "Don't try to trap me; you must have another method! Give me the Antidote quickly, or I'll die with him to show you!"

Xiao Jiu: "There was one originally, but the last time you drugged him it was during his Estrus Period; we suppressed it with medication, delaying it until now. Today, because of this extreme Aphrodisiac Powder you gave him, I'm just a system, not a divine doctor. Decide quickly; if you delay any longer his entire combat power may be lost, and his life will be in danger!"

"..."

Xiao Jiu spoke again: "You didn't kill Bo Ren, yet Bo Ren died because of you. Host, can you really have a conscience?"

Su Mo: "You're just a trap!"