Chapter 1534 — Rarely Seen in a Thousand Years
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
"Moreover, even for this single fruit, I must ask everything clearly." The Ice Palace Master said, "You say you seek a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit to cure your girlfriend, yet as far as I know, the Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit can hardly be counted among medicinal herbs. How would you use it to heal her?"
"Within my girlfriend's body there dwells a Yin-cold aura, or in common speech, a cold poison." Wei Zhao said, "She must take a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit before the Yin-cold aura inside her can be suppressed, or her very life will be in peril..."
"A Yin-cold aura? A cold poison?" The Ice Palace Master knitted her brows. A cold poison was a thing of legend only. In the real world no one had ever heard of a man suffering from it. Ordinary people often called a common cold or a chill a touch of cold poison, but that was no true cold poison at all.
"Yes!" Wei Zhao nodded. "I have searched the ancient records, and upon them is written the cure for cold poison, which is to take a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit."
"Let me see your girlfriend." The Ice Palace Master nodded, yet she still had to verify it herself. This was a duty not only to the Ice Palace, but still more to Elder Qing! Should Elder Qing's kindness bestow a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit upon a liar, Elder Qing would surely reproach herself without end.
"This... very well!" Wei Zhao pondered a moment, then still nodded.
By instinct, Wei Zhao felt the Ice Palace Master would do Feng Xiaoxiao no harm, for before her he was little more than an ant. If the Ice Palace Master truly wished to move against him, Wei Zhao knew he could never escape. The gulf between their strength was too vast. They were not upon the same level at all.
Thus, even if the Ice Palace Master meant harm to Wei Zhao and Feng Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhao was powerless to stop her, so he agreed with open grace. He untied Feng Xiaoxiao from his back and gathered her into his arms, signaling that the Ice Palace Master might examine her condition.
The Ice Palace Master nodded and laid her fingers upon the meridians of Feng Xiaoxiao's arm. Though the Ice Palace Master was no physician, a master of the Heaven level had seen much of the world, and common ailments could still be perceived. Much more so with a thing like cold poison. If it truly existed, Feng Xiaoxiao's bodily state must surely differ from that of a normal person.
"To cure cold poison with a Fire Spirit Sacred Fruit is indeed a curious thing..." The Ice Palace Master had spoken only half her sentence when, in the next instant, disbelief spread across her face! She had been seated upon her chair, yet in that moment she sprang to her feet with a start and stared at Wei Zhao in excitement. "You... you say what afflicts her is cold poison?"
"Is it not..." Wei Zhao found the Ice Palace Master's violent reaction strange, and felt utterly bewildered.
The Ice Palace Master wished to answer him with a coarse retort, yet feeling it beneath her dignity, she left it unsaid. Besides, in her excitement she was now too eager to argue with Wei Zhao. She placed her hand upon the meridians all over Feng Xiaoxiao's body and began to examine her with care.
"Palace Master... what is this..." Elder Qing was likewise curious at the Ice Palace Master's conduct.
"Elder Qing, you have seen much and know much. Come and help me look. This girl's constitution... greatly resembles the Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution of which my master spoke... yet it is not quite the same. The cold aura within her body seems even purer!" The Ice Palace Master said in excitement, "Can it be that..."
"What!" Upon hearing the Ice Palace Master's words, Elder Qing's expression froze, and she hastened to seize Feng Xiaoxiao's wrist. At once shock showed upon her own face as well!
"Hiss--" Elder Qing drew in a sharp breath of cold air. "It is not the Ice Heart Jade Bone constitution, it is certainly not... Palace Master, you mean..."