Chapter 591: Chapter 584: Detoxification

Anyone who had even a slight understanding of the Heavenly Maiden knew very well that she was somewhat capricious and always reticent.

Take Wu Renxin and Fan Tong, for example, both were True Demon-level powerhouses within the Heavenly Extreme Holy Sect, revered as some of the top bosses.

Yet in front of the Heavenly Maiden, they were timorous, lacking even the courage to look up at her too often.

If her nature had been gentle and amiable, would they have been so intimidated?

At this moment, having lost her body to Chen Hai, although influenced by the Red Dust Purgatory Love Silk Poison, if Chen Hai had not possessed some strength, the Heavenly Maiden, once she withdrew and regained her clarity, might have exploded in wrath and slapped him to death with a single blow.

The reason she was willing to let bygones be bygones in their conversation, besides the fact that Chen Hai’s efforts in planting seeds were quite vigorous, bringing her a kind of indescribable pleasure, was primarily because she probably wasn’t confident she could defeat Chen Hai.

“Red Dust Purgatory Love Silk Poison? What the hell is that? Is it the pink mist that wafted from Wu Shanxing’s body when he died?”

Seeing that the Heavenly Maiden was acting relatively normal and did not immediately call for his death, Chen Hai let out a small sigh of relief.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked with a touch of confusion.

“Yes, that’s it!”

Nodding her head, the Heavenly Maiden continued, “Hidden in the waters of the pool, you must have been trying to force the poison out while cultivating, right?”

“Your method can only treat the symptoms, not the cause.”

“If I had been prepared earlier, the Red Dust Purgatory Love Silk Poison you forced out wouldn’t have been able to invade my body.”

“But now, you’ve made my life miserable.”

Giving Chen Hai a fierce glare, the Heavenly Maiden sighed heavily.

“I’m sorry, now that things have come to this, if you don’t mind, I’m actually willing to take responsibility for you to the end!” Chen Hai said, head hanging low.

As for his wife, Ye Qingqing, he could only wait to explain things gently to her once he returned home.

“The stuff you left in my body has been completely refined by me.”

“Responsibility, what responsibility do you think you need to take?”

“If you want to take more advantage of me, just say so. Don’t bother with those unfounded excuses.”

Talking about taking responsibility made the Heavenly Maiden feel irritated.

As the proud daughter of heaven, with aspirations of eternal life, the notion of marrying and instructing children had never crossed her mind.

She, a woman of grandeur, detested the idea of weeping and wailing, demanding someone to take responsibility.

“Is this really your first time? Regardless of whether or not you need me to take responsibility, you are now my woman. Isn’t that a fact?”

The Heavenly Maiden’s words left Chen Hai astonished. After pausing, he ventured again.

“What first time? I am the Heavenly Maiden with thousands of admirers. To become my man, you’re not yet qualified,” said the Heavenly Maiden indignantly, glaring at Chen Hai.

“Don’t deceive me. Whether it’s your first time or not, I can tell,” Chen Hai chuckled somewhat awkwardly, sensing the obvious bluff in her words.

Gazing upon the Heavenly Maiden’s body wrapped in translucent fabric, the scenery beneath seemed faintly visible.

Previously, he thought the Heavenly Maiden’s attire was sexy and enticing, but now, no matter how he looked, it seemed not quite right.

Seeing her dressed this way for himself was one thing, but if she wandered around and was seen by others, that was unacceptable!

“It’s cold, wear more clothes. Be careful not to catch cold!” Though he himself was naked, he casually picked up his High-Grade Vestment robe from the side and approached the Heavenly Maiden. His movements were gentle as he draped the robe lightly over her.

This gesture clearly stunned the Heavenly Maiden.

She seemed somewhat unaccustomed to it, but after hesitating for a moment, she did not outright refuse.

“You were so rough before, and now you know to be gentle?”

“Worried about me getting cold, huh?”

“You just want me to wrap up tighter, not wanting others to see me like this, right?”

The Heavenly Maiden was indeed sharp, understanding the implication of Chen Hai’s actions with just a quick thought.

She, who had always seemed stern with Chen Hai, now had a slight smile on her face.

“What man would want to see his woman dressed like this, flouncing about? Is that strange?” Chen Hai shrugged and smiled.

“Who is your woman?” The Heavenly Maiden retorted coyly, adding, “Once we leave Miaozhen Cave Mansion, I will head to the Central State Territory. After that, it’s uncertain if we will ever meet again!”

“Our affair is at best a fleeting encounter!”

“Life is long, even if it was really my first time before, what of it? You don’t actually think I’m going to hang myself on this one tree, do you?”

Saying this, the Heavenly Maiden looked at Chen Hai with resentful eyes and sighed softly once more.

“My name is Chen Hai, a Guest Elder of the Bloodthirsty Sect of West Barbarian Mountain. And you? Are you just called the Heavenly Maiden?” After a moment of silence, Chen Hai asked with a hint of melancholy.

The relationship between the two had become so intimate, yet they didn’t even know each other’s names. He felt this was somewhat improper.

“Chen Hai? I’ll remember that, my name is Shi Qingying.”

“The name ‘Heavenly Maiden’ is just an honorific others use for me. My real name, throughout the entire territory of West Barbarian Mountain, is known by no one but you!”

After a slight hesitation, the Heavenly Maiden smiled in response.

No sooner had she finished speaking than she seemed to think of something. Pausing only briefly, she continued, “I’ll tell you a spell; listen carefully and remember it well.”

“Triple Yang beings, with the Greater Yang meridian as the path, to the Triple Yang channel reaching the hand’s Greater Yin, a string floating not sinking, determine with measure, observe with heart, join the theories of Yin and Yang. As for the Dual Yang beings, the Yang Brightness, to the hand’s Greater Yin, a string heavy and hurried unwavering, excessive brightness heralds illness and universal death…”

The Heavenly Maiden spent less than ten minutes reciting the entire scripture.

However, to explain the various techniques within the scripture to Chen Hai, she used nearly an hour.

Once she was certain that Chen Hai truly understood the content of the scripture, the Heavenly Maiden looked at him and said, “The Red Dust Purgatory Love Silk Poison, even if I knew the detoxification method, it’s somewhat troublesome to remove it completely.”

“To assist detoxification with the Qi Flowing Method in this scripture, you and I need to copulate seven times in order to eradicate the poison completely.”

“Otherwise, even if a single strand of those pink filaments remains, it would proliferate into thousands within an extremely short period of time.”

“By then, even gods would be helpless to save us, and with our power, I fear we would both be left with only a dead end!”

With a serious expression, the Heavenly Maiden explained this to Chen Hai.

“Ah… what now…” While Chen Hai had listened attentively to the scripture bestowed by the Heavenly Maiden, he was feeling somewhat bewildered.

At this moment, after hearing this explanation, he exclaimed in surprise, his entire being suddenly enlightened.

“What do you mean ‘what now’? To detoxify, I’m making such a great sacrifice, letting you take all the advantage—is that still not to your liking?” the Heavenly Maiden rolled her eyes at Chen Hai and huffed unhappily.

“Of course I’m willing!”

“Don’t talk about seven times, even seventy or seven hundred times, I definitely wouldn’t have any problem.”

“The surprise came too unexpectedly, just now I didn’t respond right away, that’s why!” realizing what he had just said, Chen Hai quickly explained.

As he spoke, already standing by the Heavenly Maiden’s side, with one arm, he had pulled her into his embrace.

“Stop fiddling about, keep your mind focused, this is to drive out the poison!” The Heavenly Maiden warned Chen Hai, while scanning their surroundings.

When she was previously afflicted by the Red Dust Purgatory Love Silk Poison, frolicking beneath the vast sky and on the ground here had felt inconsequential to her.

Yet now, still lucid, she felt that performing the detoxification act by the poolside, in such an open area, seemed slightly inappropriate.

After some thought, she waved her hand and the thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground rose into the air, transforming into a massive sphere that fully shrouded both her and Chen Hai inside.

…

A hundred miles away, on the edge of the jungle.

The members of Medicine King Valley, Ren Tianxing, Ding Meng, and Tu Ji, had finally all converged.

From Ding Meng’s guesses, they had ascertained the direction in which the murderer who killed Hua Qingfeng had fled. Ren Tianxing’s first thought was to go after the killer at once.

However, after much consideration, he ultimately decided not to pursue the thought.

After all, that killer was likely very strong; Hua Qingfeng had stood no chance against her, and within a brief moment, she had been slain at Chaotic Stone Slope.

Neither he nor Ding Meng, while somewhat stronger than Hua Qingfeng,

believed themselves capable of swiftly slaying Hua Qingfeng on the spot.

Taking into account such analysis, they felt that the killer was probably stronger than they were.

Even for Ren Tianxing and Ding Meng, if they caught up with the killer, whether they could defeat her was highly uncertain, let alone slaying her.

With these factors in mind, Ren Tianxing still thought it was wiser to wait until all members of Medicine King Valley had gathered before pursuing the killer.

Using the guidance of the Mother-child Yin-Yang Mirror, and after some time, the remaining four members of Miaozhen Cave Mansion from Medicine King Valley finally gathered together.

At the edge of the jungle, they paused.

The expert tracker, Third Elder Ding Meng, crouched on the ground, scrutinizing this spot and that, in search of traces that others surely would not discern.

At last, his investigation seemed to yield results, and he returned to the spot where Ren Tianxing and Tu Ji were gathered.

“Valley Master, right here, I’ve found another delicate footprint left by the killer.”

“Considering the direction of the footprint, she should have entered this jungle from this position.”

“Although the footprints have been here for some time, as long as we have something to follow, catching up to the killer is merely a matter of time!” Ding Meng reported, pointing to a position among the low shrubs ten meters away.

“It’s good that we can track her down; I refuse to believe that the four of us, joining forces, can’t manage to successfully slay her!”

With a dark expression, Ren Tianxing snorted coldly.

He gestured, and the group flew off swiftly in the direction Ding Meng had indicated.