Chapter 322 — Following One's Heart
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
" He then took out some spirit medicines, prescribing the right remedy, and refined a spirit elixir to heal her wounds. "There is no need to waste your efforts. " The woman shook her head. "My injuries are beyond saving.
If my cultivation were still intact, I would not have fallen to such a state. They also poisoned me.
The poison was refined by the most formidable poison master, Mu Yingxue.
The poison is called Entangling Silk, and she administered it herself. . . " Long Qilin snickered. "Rest assured, if the Cult Master does not wish for you to die, even the Lord of the Underworld cannot take your soul!
" Shen Mu's hand techniques shifted as he skillfully refined the elixir. He shook his head.
"Stop bragging. Be more modest. Besides, my medical skills are not number one under heaven—only number two. As for poison, at best I rank third under heaven. That Little Poison King fellow is still a bit better than me.
" As the young woman was needled, she felt her body relax somewhat. Astonished, she said, "My mother was the true Palace Master. After she passed away, the True Heaven Palace nominated me to succeed her. My cultivation realm was passable—enough to barely take up the role. But at the succession ceremony, something went wrong. I was poisoned by Mu Yingxue, and nearly all my cultivation was lost. Almost everyone in our Xiong family was poisoned, their cultivation crippled. The Yu family seized the opportunity to exterminate our entire Xiong clan, leaving only me and my daughter. .
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" Shen Mu extracted the medicinal power and sighed.
"Your True Heaven Palace does not conduct itself properly. " The young woman felt some anger in her heart. "How do we not conduct ourselves properly? " Shen Mu merged the medicinal power, concentrating it into a pill. "The Kingdom of Jingping has three great holy lands: the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Daoist Sect, and my Heavenly Saint Cult. I am the Cult Master of the Heavenly Saint Cult, and when I succeeded, I was only at the Five Luminaries realm—yet no one rebelled against me. As for the Daoist Sect's new Dao Lord, Lin Xuan, his cultivation realm is about the same as mine. When he became Dao Lord, no one in the Daoist Sect rebelled or tried to overthrow him. Now the old Tathagata of the Great Thunderclap Temple has departed, and the position of Tathagata remains vacant, yet they remain harmonious, without anyone resorting to bloodshed to seize the Tathagata's seat. My Heavenly Saint Cult is called the Dark Demon Cult in Jingping, regarded as utterly vicious and evil, and yet we still maintain proper succession. Compare yourselves to your True Heaven Palace—you fall far short. That is why I say you do not conduct yourselves properly.
" The young woman was taken aback.
She wanted to refute him but truly could find no grounds to do so. Shen Mu pried open her mouth and fed her the spirit elixir. Two fingers slid down from her throat, the vital essence at his fingertips carrying the elixir all the way down to her abdomen. Then he flicked his fingers repeatedly, catalyzing the elixir's medicinal power.
His sleeve swept through the air, and the young woman rose involuntarily. Shen Mu's ten fingers flew, his sleeves fluttering, and in an instant he had struck countless points on her body, completely refining the medicinal power into her system. Shen Mu withdrew his hands, and the young woman landed, stumbling slightly, but her internal and external injuries were recovering at astonishing speed. Shen Mu then turned to look at the little girl.
This little girl was adorable as ice and snow, appearing to be only four or five years old, with two little braids and many ornaments of gold, silver, and jade on her person—all quite decent primal weapons. He examined her and found the little girl had only suffered minor superficial injuries, nothing serious.