Chapter 95

Teng Tai had never obtained a spirit artifact; he had only seen others with them, and he had no idea what made them special. Moreover, the spirit artifacts did not interact with others; they only appeared during battles and were quickly withdrawn afterward. Although he did not know their true power, he was certain that the magical treasures with spirit artifacts were extremely powerful when used.

He did not believe that there were useless spirit artifacts. Once tamed, one would naturally know all their uses. Now, he needed to subdue her first, or she would keep resisting and make it difficult to take her away.

Just as Teng Tai was about to grab Lu Xiaodeng, he suddenly felt his spiritual energy become chaotic. The spiritual energy in his meridians rapidly ran wild, completely out of control. He frowned deeply, puzzled as to why this was happening. He had clearly used his spiritual energy to protect his body, so the poisonous smoke should not have affected him.

In a daze, he saw something dirty in front of him, even sticking to his eyes. He blinked hard, but the fluffy substance only increased, as if it had all stuck to his body. He tried to wipe it off with his hand, but it was useless. He also noticed a layer of grayish substance on his arm.

Seeing that Teng Tai looked as if he had mold growing on him, Lu Xiaodeng immediately relaxed. The hair had already penetrated his spiritual energy. The Kōnhō Grass, attracted by the blood on his body, began to reproduce in large numbers but could not spread because it was trapped by the spiritual energy. It looked as if he had mold all over him.

"Didn't Zhang He tell you when you came? He explained how he was infected by the Kōnhō Grass, which made all his spiritual energy useless. If it weren't for my master helping him detoxify, he would have died long ago," she said with a smile, pushing the cauldron off her body and looking up.

Teng Tai knew that Zhang He had been poisoned by someone in the Yunjian Sect but had never asked for details, only hearing him curse Lu Dan. Since he knew some alchemy and was a Golden Core cultivator, he never thought he would be poisoned.

Now, hearing her words, he felt a sense of foreboding. If the poison was from a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he would not be afraid, but if it was from a spirit artifact, it would be troublesome.

He felt his heart race, his body tremble uncontrollably, and a bone-deep pain. He had a strong urge to vomit blood, as his mouth felt extremely uncomfortable, and he thought that spitting out a few mouthfuls would make him feel better.

However, he dared not spit out any blood. Any such action would trigger a series of reactions, and the bleeding would not stop.

As a cultivator who had refined the Primordial Spirit Fire, Teng Tai knew about the Kōnhō Grass. However, it was difficult to preserve and had poor effects, and it could even harm the user. He knew its dangers but not how to use it. Now, he focused all his strength on controlling the chaotic spiritual energy and calming his convulsing meridians.

Golden Core cultivators were much better off than Foundation Establishment cultivators like Zhang He. By forcefully suppressing his meridians, he could gradually expel the Kōnhō Grass.

As to why the Kōnhō Grass appeared, it was not something he needed to consider now. After his spiritual energy became chaotic, the protective layer of spiritual energy around him dissipated. As soon as he was exposed, the Kōnhō Grass stamens stuck to his body began to float.

Lu Xiaodeng watched the stamens in the air, grabbed a handful, and blew them away. Then she looked at Teng Tai and said, "Now that you can't use your spiritual energy, I won't be polite."

Teng Tai watched her in silence, trying to recover as quickly as possible. Knowing how to use the Kōnhō Grass was advantageous, as he could effectively prevent his condition from worsening.

"Oh, it seems you know how to use the Kōnhō Grass," Lu Xiaodeng climbed onto the boat's roof and looked at him from a distance. Although she could not use her divine sense, from his reaction to the poison, he was much better off than others. However, she could not let him suppress the Kōnhō Grass. She had to act quickly before he regained control.

Thinking this, Lu Xiaodeng took out a small bottle, opened it, and dripped a few drops of red liquid into her mouth. She used her soul to wrap it and pushed it into her bone tube, then blew it into Teng Tai's tightly closed mouth.

With a slap, the red liquid hit his lips, making Teng Tai want to kill. Fortunately, the other party was a spirit artifact, or it would have been her saliva.

He immediately wiped his mouth, trying to remove the unknown substance. However, the few drops of liquid seeped into his skin, and wiping his mouth was useless. He gritted his teeth and demanded, "What did you make me eat?"

"Wind Frenzy Liquid, which can triple your strength. It's not the Dual Blood Pill that my senior sister took last time. I don't have that pill now, but this one is just as effective, though the duration is shorter," Lu Xiaodeng said seriously, putting the bottle away.

Teng Tai was stunned. At this moment, giving him a pill to enhance his strength, what did she mean?

Suddenly, the spiritual energy that had been suppressed began to rage, breaking free from his control and wildly surging. His meridians could not withstand such stimulation, and they began to rupture, with spiritual energy surging out and wreaking havoc inside his body.

He roared in pain, "You bastard!"

The Wind Frenzy Liquid stimulated his spiritual energy, making it boil and enhancing his strength. Normally, his meridians could withstand such intensity, but after the effects wore off, he would need to rest for a while, and the harm to his body would not be significant.

However, at this moment, Teng Tai's meridians were already weakened by the Kōnhō Grass, and his spiritual energy was already unstable. The Wind Frenzy Liquid only made things worse, and his meridians could not withstand the surge of spiritual energy, causing them to rupture.

The spiritual energy surged through his body, cutting his internal organs and flesh, and even his skin was torn from the inside. Wounds appeared continuously, and blood splattered, causing him to roar incessantly.

At this moment, Lu Xiaodeng took out a small pink bottle, shook it, and said, "Look at this. Isn't the bottle cute? The medicine inside is also good, it can invigorate the blood and stimulate excitement. Its name is Spring..."

Before she could finish, Teng Tai roared and pounced at her. Just as he reached her, he fell to the ground, his body convulsing. The surging spiritual energy from his body was weakening, and he was already dead.

Lu Xiaodeng looked at him in shock, saying, "I was just going to give it to you. You didn't have to get so excited and pounce. Look, you died from excitement."

Teng Tai died in frustration. If he had lived a few more moments, he would have been so angry that he would have exploded, taking her with him. Although he was dead, his primordial spirit remained, and a golden light shot out of his body, trying to leave to possess someone else.

As soon as he ran, the cauldron on the boat hummed, and Teng Tai's primordial spirit in the air was instantly frozen. After struggling for a while, it was forcefully sucked into the cauldron.

Looking at the cauldron, whose lid had a small gap, Lu Xiaodeng was surprised. What was happening? She carefully jumped into the cabin, climbed onto the cauldron, and opened the lid to look inside but saw no sign of Teng Tai's primordial spirit.

"What's going on? Could the cauldron itself be able to absorb the primordial spirit?" She had never thought of blocking the primordial spirit, and even if she had, she would not have had the ability. Now, the primordial spirit had fallen into the cauldron on its own, and she was puzzled.

If the cauldron had been invaded by the primordial spirit, she would have felt it, but she felt nothing. It seemed the primordial spirit was not hidden in the cauldron. This was too strange. Could it have been absorbed by the spirit of the Zhen Ling?

She thought this had never happened before and was likely due to the Zhen Ling's spirit, which, with only one wing, had started to absorb surrounding spirits. Otherwise, although she had killed many demons and beasts with Lu Yaohxiang, the cauldron had never absorbed their spirits.

"Unless the cauldron is picky and only eats human spirits. Ha ha ha, that's impossible; I'm not picky at all." Lu Xiaodeng thought her idea was absurd and concluded that the primordial spirit must have been absorbed by the Zhen Ling's spirit.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, she decided to take the items from the Ling Boat of the Void Sect and give them to her senior sister. Her senior sister often said that one should be frugal and not wasteful, and that useful things should be collected, or one might be killed by a single crystal bean.

Although their sleeve techniques could not be opened, there would be some items on the boat that she could collect.

At this moment, Lu Yaohxiang stood on a small hill, looking at the open space nearby, where she had decided to kill the trackers. Unexpectedly, she saw the Ling Boat of the Void Sect, tilted and crashed into the rocks at the edge of the open space, with the boat body already damaged and a few wisps of green smoke rising into the air, clearly indicating it had fallen from the sky.

There was not a single cultivator around the boat, and she did not know if they had left on their own or had all died. She hoped they had all died, which would make things easier.

"What's going on?" Lu Dan found it hard to believe that the Ling Boat would fall for no reason, and she saw no Void Sect cultivators. If they were waiting to kill her, they would not leave just because the boat fell.

"I don't know, but there's something to do. I'll take the first move, and you take the second. Let's go," Lu Yaohxiang said coldly, suddenly disappearing from the spot and reappearing at the bottom of the hill. She quickly drew her sword, the Sorrowful Sword, and flew toward the three trackers.

Before Lu Dan could react, she saw three cultivators dart out of the bushes, flying into the air and quickly heading toward the open space. They had their people there, and they would be prepared with an array.

They did not want to face Lu Yaohxiang directly, as they had seen her single-handedly defeat Teng Tai. If they fell into her hands, they would surely die. Even if it was due to a pill, who knew if the effects had worn off or if she had another one?

Lu Dan also flew into the air, following them toward the open space. She had agreed to take the first move, but now Lu Yaohxiang had taken the lead.