novelraw Chapter 1267 - 1261: Not as Difficult as Imagined
Chapter 1267 - 1261: Not as Difficult as Imagined
Hearing Xuanyuan Canghai's words, everyone's face was filled with heroic tragedy.
Especially those bitten soldiers, their faces were full of despair.
They initially thought that following Ye Guichen would allow them to expand territory and achieve great deeds, but unexpectedly, in just one day's time, such a change occurred.
Some soldiers could not help but sob softly.
Thinking of their comrades slowly turning into the living dead, becoming something neither human nor ghost, their hearts felt as if they were being gripped by an invisible hand, causing great discomfort.
"Young Master, what should we do?"
Looking at those wounded soldiers who held hope for life in their eyes, Bai Qi couldn't bear it either.
However, this corpse poison was too terrifying, even for a Foundation Establishment Expert; if bitten, it would take great effort to barely remove it.
Moreover, if even a tiny bit wasn't completely expelled, it could erupt at any time, needing to be suppressed for years.
But, if careless, it could easily backlash.
At that point, even the gods wouldn't be able to save them.
Everyone turned their gaze to Ye Guichen.
Nolan Qingqing even began to sob quietly.
As a girl who grew up in the Dan God Sect,
her philosophy was to treat the sick and save lives; her alchemy was also to save people and help them grow.
Yet, in this situation, she was helpless.
"Everyone, I won't let anything happen to you!" Ye Guichen finally spoke, interrupting everyone's despair.
Even when facing an overwhelmingly powerful enemy, no matter how high their cultivation, they were still human, and their hearts were not as fearful.
But now, facing this unknown living dead.
They had no way at all in their hearts.
It was precisely this unknown fear that made them despair, a despair arising from the bottom of their hearts.
Hearing Ye Guichen's words, no one believed he could achieve it.
Although Ye Guichen was a genius, with talent in alchemy and a strong cultivation, corpse poison was a completely unknown territory.
Others didn't know, but Bai Qi had occasionally heard others mention it.
This corpse poison was entirely different from ordinary poison, and the sect capable of making such corpse poison seemed beyond the understanding of ordinary people.
In other words, it was powerless.
"Young Master, you don't have to comfort us, we know what to do, rest assured, since we've chosen to follow you, we won't give up so easily."
A soldier spoke up.
He slowly stood up and bowed deeply to Ye Guichen: "Young Master, although we haven't been with you for long, we can see that you have the world in your heart. If you become the Netherworld Emperor one day, you'll surely make the world a better place. I don't hope to live on myself, just hope that when I mutate, you chop off my head, and hope the Young Master can find my family so they're not harmed by King Qin."
"Yes, Young Master, we follow you in hope that you can rescue our families, please!"
Thud, thud.
The sound of kneeling echoes around.
The injured soldiers had tears in their eyes.
But what flowed out was not tears, it was blood.
Nolan Qingqing covered her mouth, trying hard not to cry out.
Bai Qi was also moved, turning his head aside, no longer looking at these soldiers.
The uninjured soldiers also knelt down one after another: "Please, Young Master, fulfill our wishes!"
Cries echoed through the air.
Ye Guichen did not say anything, "Please believe me, I won't let you die!"
After saying this, he grabbed a corpse in front of him, cut the other person's skin, then cut his own, and let the other's blood drip into his own wound.
Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded.
Xuanyuan Canghai was shocked: "Young Master, what are you doing?"
However, when he wanted to stop him, it was already too late.
Ye Guichen had already let the corpse's blood drip into his wound.
All the soldiers widened their eyes.
Ye Guichen raised his injured arm: "Now, I'm the same as you. Rest assured, I won't abandon you. But before I find a solution, I hope you can gather together and avoid moving around randomly, understood?"
"Young Master..."
The injured soldiers were choked with sobs, unable to say another word.
Now, they knew that even if Ye Guichen asked them to die, they wouldn't frown.
Next, Ye Guichen let Bai Qi return to the Dan God Sect to fetch medicine, and sent people to seal off the entire Three Harmonies Valley, reporting any anomalies immediately.
Moreover, he also had Bai Qi inform the Dan God Sect not to leave easily during this period.
After all, the source of the corpse poison appeared too mysteriously, and Zuo Lengqiu's sudden disappearance made it not difficult to guess that this matter was related to Zuo Lengqiu.
However, the Three Harmonies Valley was too large, and the area around it vast and boundless, finding a person was like finding a needle in a haystack.
The immediate priority was to first heal the injured soldiers and stabilize the situation.
As for finding Zuo Lengqiu and the people behind him, we can only take it one step at a time.
Ye Guichen did not leave.
He dared not let Nolan Qingqing leave so easily either.
Her background was mysterious, and once Nolan Qingqing left his sight, accidents were inevitable.
At times like this, it's natural to minimize the occurrence of accidents.
"Young Master, what exactly do you plan to do?" In the tent, Xuanyuan Canghai finally spoke, looking at Nolan Qingqing who was already asleep with two wolf pups in her arms.
He looked worriedly at Ye Guichen's wound: "Young Master, if anything happens to you, how can I explain it to the Netherworld Emperor?"
Ye Guichen's wound had been bandaged.
He squeezed out a faint smile and slowly began to unwrap the bandage on his arm.
Xuanyuan Canghai looked at Ye Guichen with curiosity.
But when Ye Guichen had completely unwrapped the bandage from his arm, revealing his arm underneath, Xuanyuan Canghai's pupils constricted, and he spoke with disbelief: "Young Master, your wound?"
Ye Guichen's arm was perfectly intact, with no signs of having been wounded at all.
A moment later, Xuanyuan Canghai breathed a sigh of relief: "Young Master, so it was all just a trick to deceive the eye, you scared me there. I thought you had really cut your arm open."
From Xuanyuan Canghai's point of view, Ye Guichen must have used a trick to deceive the eye, otherwise how could he have healed so quickly.
Although it seemed deceptive, doing so was indeed a wise move.
Ye Guichen understood Xuanyuan Canghai's point, shaking his head lightly: "Senior Xuanyuan, I didn't use a trick to deceive the eye, I truly cut open my skin and dripped the corpse's blood onto my wound."
"Ah?" Xuanyuan Canghai said incredulously: "But, but your arm..."
Ye Guichen explained: "My body has been different from ordinary people since I was young, having been soaked in medicine under my master's tutelage, making me immune to all poisons. Now I've cultivated a special technique that allows me to rapidly heal internal injuries. So a bit of corpse poison means nothing to me."
"Really?" Hearing this, Xuanyuan Canghai's pupils slightly contracted, feeling like he'd heard something incredible.
In this world, is there really such a miraculous thing?
Ye Guichen continued: "Hence, creating an antidote with my blood and cultivation technique to counteract this corpse poison shouldn't be difficult."
Xuanyuan Canghai originally didn't believe Ye Guichen could formulate an antidote.
After all, this corpse poison was too terrifying, far beyond what they could handle.
Yet seeing Ye Guichen truly unaffected, a glimmer of hope arose within him: "Young Master, whatever you wish to do, I will fully cooperate."
Saying so, he extended his hand: "Do you need to draw blood? How much, I'll give."
Ye Guichen shook his head and placed his hand on Xuanyuan Canghai's wrist.
A slight probe.
The pulse clearly quickened considerably.
With a tendency to accelerate further.
If this continues, with time passing, Ye Guichen feels Xuanyuan Canghai's heart might burst.
Utilizing the Xuanming Prison Suppressing Technique to examine Xuanyuan Canghai's soul, Ye Guichen found a cluster of black energy lingering within, constantly devouring the soul, as if soon to swallow a portion of it.
Perhaps by then, Xuanyuan Canghai would die, becoming a corpse-like entity.
This black energy wasn't quite like Yin energy, so Ye Guichen tried using the black tower to absorb it.
It was directly devoured by the black tower.
Seeing this, Ye Guichen's spirits lifted instantly.
He discovered that after absorbing the black energy, the toxicity no longer spread.
The body's injuries could be easily healed using the Evergreen Wood Technique.
With this unexpected discovery, Ye Guichen no longer hesitated, directly utilizing the Evergreen Wood Technique to repair Xuanyuan Canghai's body.
After spending a good half an hour, Xuanyuan Canghai's body slowly recovered.
Xuanyuan Canghai, feeling the changes in his body, stared at Ye Guichen in astonishment, seemingly unable to believe it was real.
"Young Master, I, I feel as if I'm now fine." Xuanyuan Canghai's lips trembled slightly.
Ye Guichen gently nodded.
He realized he had somewhat overestimated the corpse poison.
After absorbing this black energy, it seemed it could even nourish the black tower.
With this finding, Ye Guichen hurriedly went to the tents of the wounded, beginning to summon the black tower to absorb the black energy within them.
After spending an entire half day, all the wounded were healed.
Everyone, feeling the changes within themselves, was moved to tears.
Ye Guichen, however, was somewhat exhausted.
When Bai Qi returned with some healing elixirs from the Dan God Sect and saw the entire camp in jubilant spirits, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned: "What's going on?"
"General Bai, we're fine now, we're fine!" A soldier exclaimed joyously.
Bai Qi quickly found Ye Guichen, and upon confirming that everyone was genuinely healed by him, he was instantly astounded as if he had seen a deity.
"Young Master, I am truly impressed, I didn't expect you to have such a skill!"
Ye Guichen wasn't as optimistic as Bai Qi, tending to his own body as he spoke: "For now, although I can heal their injuries and pull them back from the brink of the Ghost Gate, we haven't found the source yet. Until we eliminate the source, we can't afford to be distracted in dealing with the Seven Kings."
Bai Qi nodded upon hearing this: "So, how does the Young Master plan to proceed?"