Chapter 1620 — Two Solutions
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The snake venom in Wei Zhao's body had not, as he had anticipated, been spat out directly or dissolved by his true qi. Instead, it lingered within him. Not only did it linger - it was actively stirring up turmoil, rendering him completely unable to cultivate normally.
For now, there was no point in Wei Zhao continuing to cultivate; the urgent matter was to identify what this poison actually was and how to deal with it. If it could not be resolved, wouldn't he be forever stuck at the peak of the late Yellow Tier?
This thought broke out in a cold sweat all over Wei Zhao. It seemed he had been somewhat careless after all - Leader Zhu was no simple character! Wei Zhao gnashed his teeth with fury, yet was utterly powerless to do anything.
Knowing full well that continued cultivation would yield no results, Wei Zhao quickly composed himself. He was himself a skilled healer, and Elder Wei back home was the best of the best among healers; though he had not delved deeply into those sinister and insidious tricks in the past, that did not mean Elder Wei did not know about them either.
Wei Zhao vaguely recalled having seen this very poison in some medical text, its effects broadly similar to the snake venom he had just been afflicted with. Such poisons, however, were mostly employed by those insidious and underhanded medical sects - and the thought of this brought the Medicine King to mind!
This Leader Zhu's methods bore some resemblance to the Medicine King's style; at the very least, this poison fit the Medicine King's profile perfectly! That old wretch specialized in concocting those harmful and malicious medicines!
"Elder Jiao, what exactly is wrong with me?" Before consulting Elder Wei, Wei Zhao decided to ask Jiao Yazi first, to see if he had any experience with such matters.
"Aren't you poisoned - isn't that it?" Jiao Yazi said carelessly. "Aren't you a skilled healer? Figure out how to neutralize the poison yourself. What's the use of asking me?"
"Ah... I meant - can you cure this particular poison?" Wei Zhao asked with a bitter smile.
"Me?" Jiao Yazi shook his head. "That's not my area of expertise. If your true qi can't refine and dissolve it, coming to me won't help either. I'm only adept at treatments and antidotes that don't require medicinal herbs. Anything that does need herbs, I know absolutely nothing about."
"I see... very well then." Wei Zhao nodded. What Elder Jiao said was probably the truth - Elder Jiao was quite knowledgeable about true qi and the body's meridian pathways, but he lacked knowledge in the realm of pharmacology.
Wei Zhao exited the jade pendant space without delay. Though it was already very late, he still placed a call to Elder Wei.
"Xiao Yi? What are you doing? Sleepwalking?" Elder Wei had been deep in a muddled sleep when he answered the phone, still not quite awake.
"Old man, stop sleeping - something terrible has happened!" Wei Zhao said urgently.
"What? A fire? An earthquake? A UFO landing?" Elder Wei snapped awake in an instant, saw that nothing was wrong, and was seized by fury. "Are you out of your mind? Calling me in the middle of the night? What on earth is it?"
"Old man, I'm crippled!" Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile.
"What? Crippled? How did you get crippled? Overindulgence, or did someone kick you there?" Elder Wei asked.
"..." Wei Zhao was momentarily speechless. "I said my strength is crippled!"
"Doesn't your strength get crippled all the time? The more it gets crippled, the stronger you become." Elder Wei clicked his tongue and said.
"This time is different - it seems I was poisoned, and my strength vanished all at once," Wei Zhao said. "And it's unlike the usual situation. The moment I once again cultivate up to the early stage of Xuan Tier, my true qi will dissipate again..."
With that, Wei Zhao recounted in full detail the circumstances of what had happened to him and his current physical condition.