Chapter 119 – Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Master Shadow
“Alright, I’ll have to be presumptuous then.” Seeing that Feng Yu Yao had agreed, Xiao Yun, who had been silent this entire time, finally spoke.
“Haha, young sir Xiao, let us know if you need anything,” Emperor Feng said with a smile.
“I’ll have a look at the Princess’ condition before making any determinations. As for everything else, we can discuss about that later,” Xiao Yun replied.
“Mm,” Emperor Feng nodded.
“That’s right, Elder Yuan, have the medicinal ingredients that I requested been gathered?” Xiao Yun suddenly looked over to Yuan Lin. The Violet Orchid Marrow was extremely important to Xiao Yun – after all, with this, he would be able to refine a Soul Heaven Pill, allowing the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow to return to the Essence Core realm.
Even though Emperor Feng had asked a favour of him, he needed to be prepared for all sorts of situations. As such, he needed to help the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow become powerful as quickly as possible. As long as the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow returned to the Essence Core realm, they would at least have a way out, even if it wasn’t able to defeat other Essence Core realm cultivators.
“This old man will go and ask right now,” Yuan Lin said. “Ting’Er, stay in the palace and keep Princess Yu Yao company.”
“Yes,” Yuan Wan Ting replied.
Following this, Yuan Lin took his leave.
“Princess, please come into the room so I can have a look at your illness,” Xiao Yun said.
Feng Yu Yao light nodded and entered the room, while Emperor Feng left.
Within the exquisite room, Feng Yu Yao sat on a chair, stretching out her jade-like hand.
“Please excuse me,” Xiao Yun said as his palm glowed with light and he held the Seventh Princess’ wrist, checking her condition.
A jade-green light entered the Seventh Princess’ palm, and through this light, Xiao Yun was able to see the condition within her body. He examined all the minute details, as if his eyes were within her body. This was because Xiao Yun and his Martial Spirit possessed a special connection.
“What a mysterious aura.” As the jade-green light entered her body, Feng Yu Yao blinked, a look of shock within her eyes. That jade-green light seemed to contain the aura of life, and after entering her body, she felt that it had been cleansed.
“Looks like this young sir Xiao is not as ordinary as he seems.” Feng Yu Yao glanced at the youth, her impression of him improving. She had never felt this sensation when having her pulse checked before.
As the Martial Spirit’s jade-green light spread throughout the Seventh Princess’ body, Xiao Yun silently checked and a.n.a.lysed her condition. After a while, he started to frown.
“What a strange poison.” After doing some investigating, Xiao Yun felt quite surprised. Within the Seventh Princess’ blood vessels, he had also detected a vast aura. This aura caused his mind to tremble – if it awakened, it would be incredibly shocking.
After a while, Xiao Yun deeply breathed in and the jade-green light disappeared.
“How is it?” Feng Yu Yao asked expectantly, looking incredibly beautiful as she blinked.
“The Essence Qi within Princess’ body seems to have been corroded. There’s a powerful aura within Princess’ blood vessels, like a sleeping lion. However, it’s a pity that the lethal poison in your body is continuously devouring the power within your blood, turning it into nothing,” Xiao Yun said with a serious look. “Not only this, but the lethal poison is also corroding your dantian and heart, and the situation looks quite grim.”
“Young sir Xiao is quite extraordinary. I’ve indeed been poisoned, and those are my symptoms,” the Seventh Princess replied in surprise. She never thought that this youth would be able to examine her condition so thoroughly just from taking her pulse. After all, neither she nor her Imperial Father had told him anything!
This caused her to feel more trusting towards Xiao Yun.
Xiao Yun nodded. It seemed that his a.n.a.lysis had been correct.
“In that case, young sir Xiao, do you have any way of getting rid of it?” the Seventh Princess asked as she looked at the youth with her bright eyes.
“It will be very difficult,” Xiao Yun said. “Forgive me for being blunt, but Princess’ poison is very strange. It’s almost as if someone was targeting the power within your blood, so that it would devour that power and turn you into an ordinary person.”
“Young sir Xiao is correct,” the Seventh Princess confirmed as she nodded. She had long since knew about her condition, and so did her father. However, they were unable to do anything about it, because that poison was simply too rare. Once it entered one’s body, it was difficult to eliminate its roots, so she could only hope for the best. If this went on for another year, she might not even be able to keep her life.
“With the Princess’ distinguished status, how could someone do such a thing to you?” Xiao Yun asked in confusion.
“Apologies, Yu Yao isn’t able to disclose this,” the Seventh Princess said and frowned, with an expression of hurt on her face.
“No, it was me who was rude.” Seeing the pained expression on the young woman’s face, Xiao Yun couldn’t help but feel sympathetic. From what he could tell, this Seventh Princess was quite extraordinary. Once her bloodline’s power awakened, she would become incredibly strong. However, this poison continuously devoured this power, causing her to become an ordinary person. One could only imagine her pain.
“It’s actually nothing much.” Seeing Xiao Yun’s sincere att.i.tude, the Seventh Princess said, “Our Feng Imperial Clan’s ancestor was quite extraordinary, and possessed a Phoenix bloodline. However, after thousands of years, the bloodline has become thinner and thinner, and very few people can awaken our ancestor’s bloodline.”
“Phoenix bloodline?” Hearing this, Xiao Yun felt quite surprised. This Imperial Clan’s background was indeed quite extraordinary! No wonder they had so many peerless Martial Skills.
“Our bloodline is just a sub-branch of the Feng family…” the Seventh Princess said, beginning to reveal her past to Xiao Yun. “Three years ago, I discovered that I possessed the ancestor’s bloodline, and it was particularly dense as well. If it completely awakened, it would be incredibly powerful. It was a pity that this news was leaked. Other people from the Feng Clan came and secretly poisoned me with the Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison in order to prevent my bloodline from awakening. By the time we found out about this, those people had already left, and because we had no evidence, we could only accept this bitter reality,” the Seventh Princess sighed. “Now, all of my Essence Qi has dissipated, and soon, I’ll leave this world.” The Seventh Princess frowned, looking incredibly pained.
After listening to what the Seventh Princess had to say, Xiao Yun finally understood the situation. It turned out that the Imperial Clan’s ancestor was someone from an ancient clan of the Heavenly Capital Domain, and was a peerless genius. However, while carrying out a mission, he had been framed of a crime, and had been driven out of the Feng Clan.
Because of that, he had come to this place and established his own Kingdom.
The Feng Imperial Clan’s ancestor had always hoped that his descendants could return to the Feng Clan, but it was a pity that far too few people could awaken the bloodline.
This Princess Yu Yao’s bloodline was quite dense, and once it was awakened, she would be an unrivalled genius, even if she returned to the Feng Clan, . However, it was a pity that she had been poisoned by those who had been jealous of her bloodline, causing it to be weakened to such an extent.
Xiao Yun sighed. He had thought that the Feng Imperial Clan was already quite powerful, but in front of the Feng Clan, it was actually quite weak. Even their genius had nearly been killed, causing Xiao Yun to realise why Emperor Feng had been willing to cripple the Ninth Prince’s cultivation for this.
Compared to the Seventh Princess, the Ninth Prince was nothing. After all, the Seventh Princess contained the Feng Imperial Clans’ hopes of returning to the main clan and washing away their shame.
“If even young sir Xiao is unable to do anything about this poison, Yu Yao will just accept her fate.” A bitter smile appeared on the Seventh Princess’ face. She had long since prepared herself mentally, and did not have much hope.
Seeing the bitter look on the young woman’s face, Xiao Yun felt quite moved. Back in the Violet Cloud County, he had awakened his Martial Spirit when he was 5 years old and had been crowned as a genius. However, what happened afterwards caused him to fall into a deep valley, and he was mocked by others to be a piece of trash. He had been humiliated over and over again, and had been treated coldly by almost all people.
As such, Xiao Yun could sympathise with the Seventh Princess, making him feel more favourable towards her. He had experienced what she was going through, and he did not want this young woman to continue suffering like this.
“Your poison is indeed quite difficult to get rid of, but there’s still hope,” Xiao Yun said. “Give me some time, and perhaps I will be able to cure you Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison. However, right now, I don’t have the ability to do so, and I’ll only be able to slow it down to prevent it from corroding your meridians and heart.”
Just then, Xiao Yun had experienced the might of this Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison, and even the Martial Spirit’s jade-green light could barely do anything about it. Evidently, he would not be able to rely on his Martial Spirit to eliminate this poison.
“What’s your idea?” The Seventh Princess raised an eyebrow, looking at the youth in antic.i.p.ation.
“Just try this for a moment.” Xiao Yun stretched out his arm and held onto the Seventh Princess’ soft hand. Feeling her hand held by Xiao Yun’s, the Seventh Princess blushed, and was about to struggle when she felt a dense aura of life flow into her palm.
Following this, she could feel the aura of life flow throughout her body. Now, she did not struggle at all, and instead revelled in that feeling.
Xiao Yun started to use his Martial Spirit to extract the Seventh Princess’ poison.
This Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison was incredibly domineering, and could corrode all sorts of Essence Qi. It was especially effective against those who had special bloodlines.
Against this sort of poison, even Xiao Yun’s Martial Spirit did not dare to be careless, and it extracted the poison bit by bit, slowly neutralising it. This poison was simply too strong, and if he wasn’t careful, it could end up corroding his body.
In fact, Xiao Yun could feel that when he absorbed too much poison, the jade-green light would weaken. As such, he did not dare to immediately say that he could cure it.
It was only because his Martial Spirit had become stronger that Xiao Yun was able to neutralise this Essence-Corroding Heavenly Poison. Previously, Xiao Yun wouldn’t have even dared to come into contact with this poison – if he was poisoned, he would be finished.
Time seemed to pa.s.s extremely slowly, and Xiao Yun did not dare to relax at all. Only after two hours pa.s.sed did he stop because he felt incredibly lethargic.
As for the Seventh Princess, she was in an incredibly blissful state. Her eyes were closed, and she had a smile on her face. She could clearly feel that the poison within her body was being slowly neutralised. Even though it was only a very small portion, this allowed her to see hope. After all, even her Imperial Father was unable to force out even a bit of this poison!
When Xiao Yun retracted the jade-green light, Feng Yu Yao finally opened her eyes, looking slightly disappointed. That feeling was simply too wondrous, and she was unable to stop thinking about it.
“Are you alright?” She looked at the youth in slight disappointment, but upon seeing how haggard he looked, her gaze became one of concern. Now, she felt incredibly grateful and respectful towards him.