Capítulo 736: Chapter 720: I, Notorious

Quan Jing had long since lost consciousness, his face as pale as death, a deathly pallor covering his features. If he couldn’t get through this ordeal, there would be no need to retrieve the poisonous insect.

Qin Liuxi had Quan An carry him onto a couch, took out the Golden Needle, and pierced several of his major life-and-death acupoints with it. Then, she yanked the Little Ginseng Spirit, whose mind was filled with yellow waste water, out from her embrace, broke off a ginseng whisker, casually wiped it, and fed it to Quan Jing’s mouth.

The Little Ginseng Spirit, whose leg was broken again, jolted: “!”

Oh, what a short life, all because of a beautiful temptation!

Quan An stared blankly at the Little Ginseng Spirit, full and complete like jade, with all whiskers and leaves neatly in place, and two small beans just about to sprout. Such fine ginseng was hard to come by in a lifetime.

Yet, Qin Liuxi had fed a mouthful to the young master.

Tears fell from Quan An’s eyes as he saw Quan Jing completely unconscious. He turned sharply to look at Wan Bai on the ground, and swift as a flash, he drew his sword from his waist.

These two lunatics!

The Poison Lady opened her eyes and her face darkened: “What do you intend to do?”

“What do I intend to do? After what you’ve done to my young master, what do you think I want to do?” Quan An twirled his sword and pierced it towards Wan Bai, who was closest to him.

Wan Bai, covering her chopped-off hair, screamed.

The Poison Lady threw a Poison Pill, and amidst the smoke, she quickly grabbed Wan Bai, and they hurriedly fled the room. Only when they moved did they realize how domineering the Red Flame Ant was; the breath they hadn’t completely adjusted was thrown into chaos, and their hearts pounded erratically.

Quan An cursed quietly, about to give chase when Qin Liuxi called out to him: “There are priorities at the moment; do not throw us into disarray.”

If bitten by the Red Flame Ant, and the antidote used was wrong, they’d undoubtedly be in deep trouble. Even if they used the correct one, couldn’t we settle scores after the autumn harvest?

Qin Liuxi pulled out a bottle of Detoxification Pills and tossed it over: “First, have your people detoxify, then you take one too.”

Thinking about the poisonous smoke just now, Quan An swallowed another pill, then went out, fed a guard first, handed over the Detoxification Pills to him to feed others, and had those who recovered go after Wan Bai.

Quan An returned to the room, where Qin Liuxi had already drawn a talisman on Quan Jing’s forehead with vermillion, and his heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.

“Junior Temple Master, what is this?”

“Soul Stabilizing Talisman.” Qin Liuxi straightened up her body and said, “What Wan Bai and her companion fed him was tiger and wolf medicine, yet not as potent as the Red Flame Ant’s venom. Now that the medicine has acted, it inadvertently triggered a full outbreak of the Frost Fire Bone Erosion Poison and completely hatched the Red Flame Ant. I suspect that this poison had Red Flame Ant eggs added to it from the start.”

Quan An’s hairs stood on end—Insect eggs, doesn’t that mean the young master’s body is now an incubator?

“What about my young master?”

“If he can’t make it through tomorrow, prepare to wear hemp for mourning!”

Quan An’s complexion turned deathly pale, and he abruptly slapped himself hard, causing blood to trickle from the corner of his mouth.

Qin Liuxi said, “This is a Soul Stabilizing Talisman; don’t wipe it off. What he has in his mouth is a thousand-year-old ginseng, which can hang onto his life. If he awakens, let him chew it up and swallow. As for these Golden Needles, I’ve sealed his remaining vitality with them. Do not touch even one of them before I return.”

She thought for a moment, then affixed several talismans around the bed to prevent wandering ghosts from attempting possession.

Having made these arrangements, she cast a spell to open the Yin Road, took a step into it, and headed for the home of Gu Po.

Quan An watched her vanish into thin air, somewhat dazed, then turned his head to see talismans everywhere and took a deep breath.

The Junior Temple Master is a Daoist doctor; she must have a way.

He stared at the motionless Quan Jing, walked to the door, summoned someone and issued continuous instructions, then returned to the bedside to stand watch.

At midnight, when a hundred ghosts roam.

Qin Liuxi appeared outside the house of Gu Po and saw a lamp lit inside. She intentionally made some noise and called out for Gu Po, then quietly waited.

After a while, the door creaked open.

Gu Po stood at the doorway, her expression listless.

Qin Liuxi hurried over, but before she could speak, the other party handed her a small round box.

“It’s done.” Gu Po thrust the box into her hand and said, “Use the Heart Blood to establish a Blood Covenant and implant it within the body. Blood from the middle finger will do. It will become his Guardian Gu. Once the covenant is formed, as long as the Gu exists, he will exist; if the Gu perishes, he too shall suffer the backlash.”

Qin Liuxi took Gu Po’s hand instead, placed her fingers on top, and frowned. “Your aura is scattered, and the yin energy is heavy. Did you use Secret Technique?”

Gu Po was taken aback, her cold and harsh face softening unusually. “The poisonous insect mother needs a little more time. It couldn’t have been refined without the Secret Technique. Didn’t you say that the child couldn’t wait that long?”

Qin Liuxi’s mouth gaped slightly, feeling a bit guilty.

“It’s alright. If we can truly save him, and later on he protects the people, my bit of merit will also make up for the yin virtue I’ve lost as Gu Po,” she consoled.

Hearing this, Qin Liuxi said nothing more, only pulling out the Little Ginseng Spirit, “Will you give it yourself, or shall I break it?”

The Little Ginseng Spirit’s face was streaked with tears; it was just trying to sleep, but why was it plucked and injured again and again?

It looked towards Gu Po, with a pained expression twisted a ginseng whisker and handed it over.

Recognizing the quality of the ginseng and its spirituality, Gu Po knew it was a sentient ginseng, the same as the whisker Qin Liuxi had given before.

“You have already given one before,” Gu Po knew that true Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were hard to find in the world and immensely precious.

But Qin Liuxi pushed it into her hand, saying, “You should stew and drink this to replenish some spirit. Also, does this poisonous insect mother need nurturing? And how should it be nurtured?”

“It will absorb his essence and blood by itself once inside his body. Don’t worry, as long as he doesn’t intentionally harm the poisonous insect, he will be fine. A little essence and blood are enough for them to coexist,” Gu Po explained. “With this poisonous insect mother, he won’t have to fear other Gu poison or any other toxins unless it’s something more powerful than the Gu Emperor.”

Qin Liuxi asked a few questions about what to be aware of and didn’t stay much longer, stepping back onto the Yin Road.

Watching her leave, Gu Po glanced at the ginseng whisker in her hand and the Ping’an Jade Pendant, slipped to her at some unknown point, a slight smile curled at her lips – indeed a good child.

When Qin Liuxi returned to Quan Jing’s courtyard, she immediately sensed something was off. And there she saw, Wei Xie, standing in the yard.

“Don’t tell me they sent you to hook Quan Jing’s soul away?”

The guards in the courtyard were stunned by Qin Liuxi’s sudden appearance, and now as they watched her speak in a certain direction, and heard the contents of her words, they shivered with horror.

Wei Xie snorted, “If you want to snatch someone, who would dare to come? They are all bullying me, Life Impermanence, for not being a properly enlisted soul hooker.”

Heaven have mercy, just to not be killed by Qin Liuxi, that Evil God, those ghost messengers would rather trek a long distance to hook souls than take over Quan Jing’s case, an indication of how notorious Qin Liuxi had become.

“Oh, am I notorious?” Qin Liuxi revealed an underworld smirk.

Wei Xie immediately covered his mouth – damn, had he just voiced his thoughts aloud?

Seeing Qin Liuxi approaching, he quickly said, “Don’t come over here. The time is close. If you don’t snatch the person, I’ll go in and hook the soul.”

Qin Liuxi stopped in her tracks and huffed heavily before turning to enter the house.

Wei Xie breathed a sigh of relief, embraced his frightened chest, and harshly ordered the female ghost under the pagoda tree, “Stop playing with your tongue. Use it as a scarf and dance to calm me down! Otherwise, I will hook your soul away!”

Female Ghost: “…”

I knew there was something wrong with a dignified man wearing a flower hairpin. You’re indeed a pervert!