Chapter 157 — The Golden Palace Drugged
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Even though the Crimson Pearl purple fruit in his mouth could counteract the Bewildering Incense, he felt his limbs seeming to fade away. He hastily held his breath. The smoke still came rolling out of the furnace, so Shen Mu turned his vital qi into Azure Dragon vital qi and employed the art of summoning wind and rain from the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Scripture to disperse the smoke. Swiftly the great wind carried the Bewildering Incense over the whole mountain.
At once he rushed into a golden palace hall, slung his bundle on his back, thrust his twin sabers into place, shouldered his iron hammer — the sword case he left lying where it was — and sped off toward the mountain gate. His vital qi became Black Tortoise vital qi, condensed into a mass of water vapor, and formed a ball of water in his hand. Shen Mu dropped the three remaining Crimson Pearl purple fruits into the water ball.
Racing onward, he held the ball up in one hand while the other hand's technique became a blur, his five fingers leaping through a chain of shifting finger positions that tapped the water ball, drawing out the medicinal power of the purple fruits. The three purple fruits drank in the water and quickly swelled plump, their medicinal power roused.
Shen Mu let out a breath.
Suddenly streaks of golden light rose into the air, flying outward in panic — it must be those Shaman Kings who had been guarding the Sacred Hall, seeing every disciple on the mountain "poisoned to death", thrown into terror and fleeing Loulan's Golden Palace. "Dead!
All dead!
" A resounding voice, full of terror and panic, sped away into the distance. Shen Mu pushed his speed to the utmost and raced toward the foot of the Golden Mountain Gate, where he saw Qingniu, Snowfox, and Ling Yuxiu all lying on the ground. Ling Yuxiu was wounded in many places, her body stained with blood.
At once he stuffed a Crimson Pearl purple fruit into each of their mouths, and the man, the ox, and the fox all came slowly awake.
Their legs and feet were still numb, their souls and spirit embryos alike tingling with numbness; they had no idea what had happened. "The Bewildering Incense can frighten the Shaman Kings off, but it cannot lay them low. " Shen Mu said swiftly, "In Loulan's Golden Palace there are surely a few beings who stand on a par with Libationer Bashan; once they hear the news they will certainly come.
We must leave this instant!
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