Chapter 327 — Lovesickness Is the Most Bitter
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Mu Yingxue stood dazed. Great logs hurtled through the air, and a massive block of wood came crashing toward her, yet she forgot to dodge.
Suddenly Shen Mu lunged forward, scooped her up, and fled. They had scarcely left when the great log came smashing down with a thunderous roar, and the surging blast of air hurled them both away.
Once they steadied themselves, Shen Mu set the woman down and looked back. The spot where Mu Yingxue had stood but moments before was now a great crater, earth and shattered stone flying everywhere.
Mu Yingxue, her soul scarcely settled after the fright, suddenly came to her senses. She hastily drew several jade bottles from her person and said rapidly, "There is poison on me. When you held me just now, you may have been poisoned too.
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" "No need. " Shen Mu swiftly compounded several antidote pills himself and neutralized the poison.
The two looked around, and could not help but feel numb. The valley on every side was filled with black wood, chaotic and disordered, heaped into mountains.
And beneath their feet were the root-tendrils of the Root-Tendril Monster, countless roots twisted together, utterly still. Shen Mu hurriedly looked to the dragon qilin and the others. When that unimaginably vast tree had collapsed and fallen, it had not harmed them where they stood among the roots, nor buried them.
That was fortunate indeed.
"You win. " Mu Yingxue's expression dimmed, and she said dejectedly, "The foremost poison master of the Western Lands still cannot compare to a young fellow from the ruins.
I am unworthy of the title of foremost in the Western Lands. " Shen Mu shook his head. "You need not grieve.
This time I merely picked up an advantage. My poison contained the witch poison of the Loulan Golden Palace, and moreover you had poisoned the Root-Tendril Monster first, wounding its vital essence.
Only thus was I able to poison it to death. " Mu Yingxue said bleakly, "It swallowed the Qingxuan Water Dragon Pearl. Its vital essence could be replenished at any moment.
I was of no help.
" Shen Mu consoled her, "In truth, I am not skilled in the way of poison.
What I am skilled in is healing the sick and saving lives.
And besides, I am not some nameless nobody. My reputation is very great and very resounding. " Mu Yingxue was deeply stricken.
Not skilled, and yet he had still defeated her? "You might as well not have comforted me at all. " Mu Yingxue said coldly, "You have won. How do you intend to deal with me? " Shen Mu was puzzled, and shook his head.
"Deal with you? Why would I?
You and I contested with poison, and moreover we removed the Root-Tendril Monster, that formidable enemy.
I am quite happy. We are all of the same path; exchanging skills is only a matter of course. " Mu Yingxue stared at him with her dark, glossy eyes. Suddenly she rose on tiptoe and pressed a kiss upon his lips, then thrust a small cloth pouch into his hand and darted away, laughing with a giggle, "I have poisoned you, with the poison of lovesickness!
If you ever come to the Western Lands, do not forget to seek me out.
Do not enter by the front gate of my home; climb in through the window! " Shen Mu was stunned for a moment. He only felt that the girl's lips were wet and soft and fragrant, and his mind went somewhat blank.
But this was not poison. Shen Mu, as the young divine physician of the Jingping Kingdom, knew his own body like the back of his hand.
The youth was still analyzing with utter calm: "This is a symptom of cerebral ischemia. She kissed me once, my heart skipped a beat, and for a moment no blood flowed to my brain, hence the blankness in my mind.
" Mu Yingxue headed straight for the dragon qilin, Xiong Xiyu, and the others. Shen Mu was startled, and hurried after her. That Qingxuan Water Dragon Pearl had also burst from the Root-Tendril Monster's body during the collapse, landing in the midst of the group.