Chapter 1168: Reduced to fodder (1/2)

As Bai Yanqing’s breathing weakened, Han Yunxi’s heart seized up while Gu Beiyue silently knit his brows. Worse than losing hope was to see a glimpse of it before it was snatched away. This was despair.

In the silent room, both Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue could sense Bai Yanqing growing weaker and weaker in front of them. Gu Qishao had already risen to his feet to stand in front of them, still wearing a grin. Long Feiye’s gaze was fixed on his sleeve--the one hiding the problematic arm.

Solemnity and dread suffused the cage as the very air seemed to weigh down on them, making it hard to breathe.

“It stopped!” Suddenly, Gu Beiyue cried out.

Han Yunxi didn’t answer, but her astonished expression said everything.

He was right! Bai Yanqing’s pulse had completely stopped!

“No…” Gu Beiyue released his hand listlessly. If they couldn’t find a solution, Gu Qishao would be in serious danger. He was already exhibiting abnormal symptoms on his arm!

“It can’t be! The records in the wordless stele couldn’t have all been lies! An antidote is an antidote; how could it kill anyone?” Han Yunxi stubbornly took Bai Yanqing’s pulse, refusing to accept reality.

“It’s alright, Poison lass, at the very worse Qi gege will--” Gu Qishao was quickly cut off.

“The pulse is back!” Han Yunxi exclaimed. “Gu Beiyue, hurry and check! It returned!”

In shock, Gu Beiyue quickly took Bai Yanqing’s wrist and realized his pulse had returned! Although it was very weak, it was unmistakable!

Finally, Gu Qishao grew tense. Now he carefully tested for Bai Yanqing’s breathing and concluded, “He’s still breathing!”

“He didn’t die! He’s not dead!” Han Yunxi looked at Gu Qishao with excitement. Gu Qishao couldn’t help but smile at her silly expression.

“Princess, the pulse is changing,” Gu Beiyue was serious. Afraid to overlook anything, Han Yunxi proceeded to feel the pulse again and instantly sensed that it was similar to that of normal humans now. Moreover, they could detect through his pulse that Bai Yanqing was suffering from severe internal injuries and massive blood loss. If they didn’t save him now, he would die for real.

“It’s normal?” Gu Qishao asked anxiously.

“You finally know how to feel nervous?” Han Yunxi retorted seriously.

Only then did Gu Qishao sense his own agitation...he wanted to smile at Poison lass, but failed.

...of course he was nervous! He desperately wanted to grow old with them!

“Qishao, take his blood, but as little as possible,” Gu Beiyue said, “I’ll try getting him a pill first to prevent any mishaps. Princess, I’ll leave the rest of you.”

If Bai Yanqing had lost his undying body, he would be at the mercy of these nearly fatal wounds. Gu Qishao carefully took a blood sample, afraid that too much would end the man’s life. Gu Beiyue brought over a pill and fed it into the man’s mouth, then treated his surface wounds. He finally exhaled in relief and broke into a pure, warm smile.

“The white bottle contains his original poisonous blood while the red one is his current normal blood,” Gu Qishao offered over the containers.

If Han Yunxi had modern tech on hand, it’d be simple to analyze the differences in the two bottles. Even so, she was confident that Gu Beiyue could figure out a way. The poison teardrop antidote was an amalgamation of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion and various Ten-Thousand Year Poisons. By the logic, would Gu Qishao’s cure be related to the vast quantities of medicines he ingested?

If they could collect all of the medicines Gu Qishao ever ate and made them into one, would that help cure Gu Qishao’s undying body?

Since they only had one portion of toxic teardrop antidote, it was impossible to perform further tests with it, but Qishao’s medicines weren’t so rare. They could use his vines as experimental subjects in his place. Gu Beiyue’s medical skills and Gu Qishao’s pharmacist knowledge should be enough to discover the antidote as long as their theory held true!

“Princess, the next step is hunting down all the medicine!” Gu Beiyue said.

“Yes! All the medicine and ingredients! This concerns Qishao’s very existence!” Han Yunxi was in a markedly better mood.

Gu Qishao was happy too. “Done, leave the list to me.”

“Do you need Linger’s help?” Han Yunxi asked.

Like last time, Gu Qishao shook his head. Han Yunxi shrugged and dropped the subject. After the left the cage, Long Feiye personally locked it. With Bai Yanqing’s undying body destroyed, his current skills and injuries would make it impossible to escape here, even with martial arts. Moreover, Bai Yanqing’s martial arts weren’t top-tier anyways.

Han Yunxi turned back for one last look at the man, her eyes filled with scorn. She wanted to wait until he woke up and discovered his immortality was gone. There was enough worth despairing over then! Forget about his other injuries. Even his teeth won’t grow back!

As soon as they left the prisons, Gu Qishao clamored that he was going to Pill Fiend Valley to track down the missing ingredients.

“Just write up the prescription and send someone to fetch them for you. Why do you have to go on your own?” Han Yunxi askd.