Invincible Soul Emperor

Chapter 175: Chapter 175 Shameless

After all, with Cheng Zhibin’s strength, touching such a tyrannical Fire Poison would mean certain death. He was well aware of this.

What puzzles me, however, is that Ye Qingchen’s strength is clearly inferior to my own, so why would he dare to risk touching the Fire Poison? Could someone really disregard their own life to save another? This is beyond my comprehension.

But the current situation gave rise to an ominous premonition in Cheng Zhibin’s heart. Maybe this kid, Ye Qingchen, can actually cure Qin Zhantian’s Fire Poison...

Cheng Zhibin shook his head, discarding the strange thought. No. My Cultivation and Alchemy skills are both superior to Ye Qingchen’s. If I can’t do it, then it’s naturally impossible for him!

Meanwhile, Qin Yue’s anxious heart relaxed slightly as she saw the color gradually returning to Qin Zhantian’s face. However, when she saw the Fire Poison burning on the ground, she began to worry for Ye Qingchen.

Having been tending to Qin Zhantian at his sickbed, Qin Yue naturally knew the danger of the Fire Poison. Ye Qingchen was currently only at the Ninth Layer of the Martial Master Realm; a slight mishap while dealing with such a substance could lead to his utter destruction. While worried, she was also deeply moved. For him to take such a great risk to save my grandfather... he’s clearly doing all this for me.

In fact, Qin Yue’s guess was both right and wrong.

When Ye Qingchen first began drawing out the Fire Poison, it was indeed dangerous. But now he had become adept at it. Not only was there no danger, but the Fire Poison entering his body was continuously nourishing his meridians. It felt so good that Ye Qingchen almost cried out in pleasure. Both the Divine Wood Decision, a Divine-Level Cultivation Technique, and the presence of Fen Tian’s Earth Fire allowed Ye Qingchen to face the Fire Poison with incredible composure.

The process of drawing out the poison continued for an hour before Ye Qingchen finally activated the Divine Wood Decision to reseal the remaining Fire Poison within Qin Zhantian’s body. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to extract it all at once. Rather, Qin Zhantian had been tormented by the Fire Poison for so many years that his body was riddled with damage. Without properly conditioning it first, rashly expelling all the Fire Poison would certainly be more than his body could bear.

After stopping the extraction, Ye Qingchen began to press continuously on the acupoints on Qin Zhantian’s body. The Wood-Attribute Spiritual Energy produced by his cultivation of the Divine Wood Decision had a significant effect on nurturing meridians. Thus, while clearing Qin Zhantian’s meridians, Ye Qingchen also used his own Spiritual Energy to help repair the man’s damaged body.

Another hour passed before Ye Qingchen finally stopped. However, Qin Zhantian had not yet awakened. Although his complexion was much rosier, his breathing was still somewhat weak.

”Ye Qingchen, are you all right?” Qin Yue asked with concern, seeing that her grandfather, while still unconscious, was no longer vomiting blood and seemed to have stabilized.

Ye Qingchen also felt somewhat weak. He shook his head without speaking, his gaze falling upon the still-burning Fire Poison on the ground. As the Fire Poison entered my body during the extraction, it produced a peculiar sensation. But I was fully focused on healing Qin Zhantian then, so I didn’t have a chance to reflect on it.

Now that the treatment was over, Ye Qingchen took a specially made bottle from his storage ring and began to collect the Fire Poison from the ground.

However, his gesture of shaking his head had led Qin Xi to mistakenly believe that he was helpless against Qin Zhantian’s Fire Poison. The fact that Qin Zhantian had yet to awaken only confirmed her judgment. Thus, Qin Xi’s spirits lifted, and she once again jumped out, pointing at Ye Qingchen as she shouted, ”You, a third-grade alchemist quack, boasted shamelessly about healing my grandfather. So? Why hasn’t he woken up? Tell me, did you secretly do something malicious to him?”

Qin Xi’s angry scolding left Ye Qingchen bewildered, but given his temperament, he couldn’t be bothered to explain. Facts spoke louder than words; once Qin Zhantian awoke, the truth would be revealed. By then, no matter how much Qin Xi kicked up a fuss, it would be useless.

But just because Ye Qingchen could swallow this insult didn’t mean Qin Yue could. She had already held back once for her grandfather’s sake. This time, she absolutely would not endure it again. Now immensely grateful to Ye Qingchen, how could she allow Qin Xi to slander him like this?

Qin Yue pointed at Qin Xi, about to retort on Ye Qingchen’s behalf, but at that moment, Qin Zhantian began to cough violently, his face turning beet red. Forgetting Qin Xi, Qin Yue rushed to her grandfather’s side, gently patting his chest, hoping to alleviate some of his pain.

SPIT!

Qin Zhantian suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, then closed his eyes again.

”Ye Qingchen, what’s happened to my grandfather?” Qin Yue asked, tears of anxiety streaming down her face.

Ye Qingchen smiled, just about to tell her that this was a normal reaction as Qin Zhantian expelled the congested blood from his body and that he would be fine in a moment.

However, Qin Xi, already determined to see Ye Qingchen dead, seized the opportunity. She leaped in front of him and roared, ”You quack! How dare you lay a vicious hand on my grandfather! Today, you’ll pay with your blood!”

As she spoke, she prepared to strike, her powerful aura erupting and causing the teacups on a nearby table to tremble.

Ye Qingchen scoffed coldly. Taking me for a pushover? You must be blind! He also assumed a ready stance to counter Qin Xi’s attack.

”Stop!”

A sudden shout halted them both. They looked up to see that Qin Zhantian, with Qin Yue’s support, had sat up.

”Qin Xi, how long will you continue this farce?” Qin Zhantian chided, looking at her with disappointment.

Seeing her grandfather suddenly awake, Qin Xi’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly put on a docile smile and walked to his side. ”Grandfather, you’re awake? You scared me to death! Thankfully, Master Cheng intervened this time, or you might not have woken up so quickly.”

As she spoke, Qin Xi shot a meaningful glance at Cheng Zhibin.

Taking the cue, Cheng Zhibin bowed respectfully to Qin Zhantian. ”It is truly a joyous occasion that Elder Qin has awoken. I merely contributed a modest effort, hardly worth mentioning.”

Hearing Qin Xi try to give all the credit to Cheng Zhibin, Qin Yue snorted in disdain. ”The two of you are truly shameless! To claim you healed Grandfather—don’t you even blush saying that?”

Ye Qingchen, however, simply smiled faintly. He paid them no mind, instead concentrating on gathering the rest of the Fire Poison from the ground.

This Fire Poison is valuable stuff!