Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 1543: Chapter 636: Poison Technique for Saving Lives_2

At first, the furnace fire was stable, the pill fragrance was gentle, and the green light was soft. Zhong Limei assisted on the side, silently learning.

But on the third turn of fire control, the master’s face suddenly turned pale, and his fingers trembled.

The furnace fire deviated slightly.

It was this deviation that caused the pill liquid to abruptly change color, with gray-black pill spots emerging from the furnace.

The master tried to stabilize the furnace fire, but the pill poison in his body had already backfired along with the Elixir Qi.

The next moment, the medicinal properties in the furnace were contaminated, pill smoke spewed out, and the master was struck in the chest, falling unconscious on the spot.

"Master!" Zhong Limei hurriedly supported the master, checked his pulse, and felt his heart sink into the depths of the Cold Pool.

The master’s injuries were not severe, thanks to the protective array of the Alchemy Room, but his pill poison was extremely deep.

Fire poison, medicinal poison, golden stone pill poison, furnace ash miasma poison, and spiritual material backlash poison were all entangled, blocking the depths of the dantian and meridians.

Not to mention the competition, even the master’s Alchemy Dao foundation was being damaged!

Senior and junior brothers and sisters visited one after another, none willing to wake the master.

"Let the elder rest well."

"We’ve merely lost a few furnace positions, no need to trouble the elder master over it."

"But the junior brothers and sisters in the future..."

"What are you afraid of? We senior brothers will help."

"High tides and low tides are natural, we need not force this, stepping back can offer vast horizons indeed!"

"Competition is still necessary, even if there’s just a sliver of a chance. I will do it!"

"No, let me do it."

"Neither of you can, let me handle it!"

The senior brothers debated among themselves, leaving Zhong Limei to look after the master.

Late at night, he shut the room door.

The lamp at the bedside flickered dimly.

The master lay unconscious, his breath as light as a flickering candle in the wind.

Zhong Limei sat by the bed, looking at the master’s hand, recalling that night when the mountain collapsed.

It was this hand that saved his life.

He also thought of the alchemy duel the following day, knowing clearly that the senior brothers did not want to weaken the momentum; only the master had a chance of winning.

Zhong Limei had long made up his mind.

He cut open his palm.

The palms of master and apprentice met.

He performed the Poison Technique from the forbidden records!

Using himself as the furnace, he opened his meridians as the furnace path, absorbing the master’s pill poison into himself.

When the first wisp of gray-black pill poison entered his palm, he was in so much pain that he almost fainted.

It was as if a venomous snake was biting, then as if fiery fire was burning his body, he felt a decayed Pill Furnace was forcibly stuffed into his meridians. Furnace ash, extinguished flames, medicinal residue, and golden stone sediment churned inside him.

He bit his tongue to continue absorbing the master’s pill poison!

Gray-black pill poison, dark purple pill poison, reddish-brown pill poison, turbid golden pill poison...

Wisp by wisp, layer by layer.

Ordinary methods were hardly capable of removing pill poison. The effectiveness of Zhong Limei’s method lay not in the removal of pill poison, but in its transfer!

By the time dawn was approaching, the master’s complexion finally improved a little.

But Zhong Limei’s palm silently bore the first gray-black poison mark.

By noon, the master slowly awoke, shocked to find his pill poison reduced by a tenth.

He quickly discovered the truth, angrily questioning Zhong Limei: "I am already old, and you are still young! You cannot ruin your future! What is this method, quickly tell me, so I can think of a solution."

Zhong Limei knelt by the bedside, saying only: "My life was saved by you, master. Master, I am of dull aptitude, and the only help I can offer is this. I beg you, please, let me help you this time!!"

His master was both pained and gratified, insisting on obtaining the technique, and after reading it, deeply frowned, unable to think of a solution.

They had to first deal with the imminent alchemy duel and then find a way for Zhong Limei.

What remained most vivid for Zhong Limei was that during the alchemy duel, the master’s opponent, who was aware of the situation, was confident, boasting on the spot to "instruct" Zhong Limei’s master.

The result was, the master won a major victory, severely embarrassing the opponent.

This faction managed to keep their furnace positions, growing increasingly strong, eventually becoming a significant internal force at Danxia Peak.

It was a pity that the master, along with many senior and junior brothers and sisters, exerted great effort searching for a method to remove the pill poison for Zhong Limei, but to no avail.

The Cultivation Technique Zhong Limei operated was already incomplete, like plunging into a dead-end, yet it was also like an arrow that had left the string, with no way to turn back.

And from that point onward, Zhong Limei began to help the master and senior and junior siblings in his own way.

Zhong Limei’s Quasi-Divine Power, in essence, was the pill poison!

As he cultivated and the pill poison accumulated to the point of overflowing, he found a way to utilize this pill poison.

In the Martial Arts Arena, the cultivators of the Territorial Expansion Alliance and White Cloud Village were troubled, facing this Quasi-Divine Power like a formidable enemy, yet its essence was a technique for saving others!

It was an orphan saved by Danxia Peak, trying in his own way to aid his sect.

It was self-sacrifice!

In the Miasma Poison Martial Arts Arena, Tan Zhu gave a low cough.

This cough expelled a wisp of dark blood.

The blood did not hit the ground, but turned into purple-black smoke at his lips, slipping back into his robe.

His pill poison was too severe, so much so that his blood had long since become part of the pill poison.

Upon seeing this, Yue Qingshan felt a stirring in his heart.

"This person has used his Quasi-Divine Power twice in a row, surely it is not without cost. His life force is nearing its end, and he is entangled by the Five-layered Detoxification Technique; if this drags on, he may not be able to hold out till the end."

At the Territorial Expansion Alliance Seat, Qiu Lei’s tense expression slightly relaxed.

In the White Cloud Village Seat, You Yunshou’s sleeve slightly twitched, seemingly feeling that the situation still held a turn in fate.

Tan Zhu lifted his head, looking at the hovering Yue Qingshan: "Do you seek my instruction? Very well, I will oblige you."