Chapter 477 - Impervious to Poisons (2/2)

“Why haven’t I died from the toxins of the Seven-apertured Octarine Core Fruits?” Xiao Chen wondered to himself. But soon, he figured out the reason—he lost one arm and had a special physique. The toxins were discharged from the wound on his shoulder. In other words, if he had not lost one arm, he would have died from the toxins.

However, his case was special. Not all the toxins could be discharged by cutting off one arm.

After straightening out his thinking, Xiao Chen massaged his shoulder, seeing which, Gui Xian immediately warned him, “Don’t move, boy. The toxins you excreted are the strongest poison in the world and very useful to me.”

“Useful?”

None-flower Dust chimed in with a smile, “You don’t know why he obtained the name Gui Xian, Brother Xiao? Many people regard him as a divine physician who saves the sick and can bring the dead back to life; they don’t know that his strongest skill is to kill invisibly. That’s why he is addressed as Gui Xian. Haha!”

Xiao Chen nodded his head and finally understood that in the past, if Gui Xian wanted a city to fall, he could turn this city into somewhere nothing could grow by using poison.

Gui Xian snorted coldly, and a chilling light flashed within his eyes as he said in a cold tone, “I’ll give Immortals’ League a ‘great’ gift for what they have done back then.”

Xiao Chen stared at Gui Xian and could tell that Gui Xian hated Immortals’ League much more than hating the Zuoqiu family. In this life, Gui Xian was a victim of the Zuoqiu family’s crime, and in his previous life, he was possibly killed by Immortals’ League, which was actually a blood feud, just like Xiao Chen, who did not hate Immortals’ League, Order of the Divine Fire, or the Mo Clan as much as he hated who plotted against him back then.

The moon dipped in the west, and the night seemed to be quieter. Ziyun’er fell asleep by Qingluan’s side when she looked after her. Gui Xian, Yi Tong, and None-flower Dust went out while others all fell asleep. Looking at Huangfu Xin’er, who sat back against the wall, Xiao Chen said in a light voice, “Xin’er, why don’t you sleep?”

Huangfu Xin’er did not reply. Bathed in moonlight, she looked as if she were covered by layers of gloom. Xiao Chen walked to sit beside her and pulled her into his arms, saying, “Take a rest. We’ll have to set off for the North Continent tomorrow, and we’ll be fine…”

Huangfu Xin’er looked up at him. They looked into each other’s eyes and saw their reflections. Eyes fixed on her rosy lips, he lowered his head to kiss her. However, before his lips fell on hers, he felt a sharp pain from his heart.

Huangfu Xin’er’s expression changed slightly, and she quickly struck several main acupuncture points on his chest while saying in a soft voice, “You still bear Heartless Curse with you, so don’t act recklessly. Let’s go to sleep.”

The night passed in peace, and when Xiao Chen woke up in the morning, he found he still hugged her tightly with his right arm. With a smile on his face, he kissed her on the forehead. However, the gentle kiss caused his heart to suffer from fierce pain. Awoken by his movement, Huangfu Xin’er immediately got up and moved away.

“Ahem, are you awake?”

Gui Xian walked in with some herbs in his hands and looked at Xiao Chen, asking, “How do you feel now?”

Xiao Chen stood up and looked much better than last night. He tried to stretch himself but found his left shoulder numb. Possibly because of the toxins of the Seven-apertured Octarine Core Fruits, he felt like a flame lay concealed in his elixir field, yet he did not know when he could absorb all the power of the flame.

He had a hunch that if he could absorb and refine the power, he probably could reach the Apotheosis Realm. By then, the cultivators in the Grand Completion Realm who were raised by the Immortals’ League with elixirs would pose no threat to him.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen squeezed his own fingers. Now, he was hunted by the Immortals’ League, but he believed that someday, he could establish a force that even the Immortals’ League would feel frightened at, just like the Immortals’ League felt frightened at the Spirit Silence Room and the Administration of Heaven. By then, he would hold the same status with the three forces, able to stamp Order of the Divine Fire and the Mo Clan under his feet, and nobody would dare to provoke him.

Gui Xian nodded and brought Xiao Chen back to reality by saying, “You recovered well. We must set off for the North Continent right now. I need to go there to make some preparations and ask an old friend of mine for help, so as to reattach your arm.”

After getting changed, they immediately set out for the first city in the North Continent, Cangyun City, whose size was similar to that of Xianyong City. They reached outside the city at noon, and looking from afar, they saw many people wait in a long line in front of the gate of the city. One would be carefully checked before he could enter the city, but it didn’t seem to be people from the Immortals’ League trying to find Xiao Chen and his companions.

In any case, Xiao Chen and his companions decided to be careful. They dispersed and pretended that they were strangers, so as to avoid being suspected. Gu Feng and Xiao Ning hid their powerful auras, and Su Xiaomei went back into the jade. Though he had a soul body, Gui Xian looked like normal human beings after he put on a cloak. Others could not tell that Gui Xian had a soul body unless they were sensitive to souls like Xiao Chen was.

When they got near to the gate, Xiao Chen became wary as well because he sensed two cultivators at the Apotheosis Realm from the city gate tower. The two cultivators reached the realm with their own power instead of elixirs. Things appeared strange since two cultivators in the Apotheosis Realm were arranged to stay in an ordinary gate tower.

“A lot of people have died recently, right?”

While Xiao Chen was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a sharp voice. The speaker was a short and thin man, and the man walking beside him made a hush gesture and said, “In one night, flowers blossomed all over the village, and all the villagers died, just like what happened in Mu Family Village a hundred years ago. Be quiet, let’s stop talking and enter the city quickly.”

Xiao Chen looked serious and suddenly paused his steps. In one night, flowers blossomed all over the village, and all the villagers died.