Chapter 59

"Is the poison taking effect?"

Tao Ruoxiang's moan made Qin Lang's heart race, but he quickly realized that this might be a sign of the poison taking effect. Earlier, An Desheng had mentioned that the poison was called "Spring Seed Rain," and it seemed that its aphrodisiac effects were indeed powerful.

However, if this thing weren't so powerful, girls like Zhou Lingling wouldn't have fallen victim to it.

Qin Lang knew that the drug was taking effect on Tao Ruoxiang, so he quickly moved to support her, intending to take her away from there. But to his surprise, Tao Ruoxiang suddenly hugged him, and before Qin Lang could react, her red, slightly upturned lips sealed his mouth, and her entire body wrapped around him like an ivy vine.

There was no way out. Although Qin Lang didn't have musk on his body, Lu Jun was already dead, and under the influence of the drug, Tao Ruoxiang naturally chose Qin Lang as her target to "relieve" herself.

"My first kiss, just like that!"

Facing guns and poison, Qin Lang didn't feel the slightest bit of tension or panic, but Tao Ruoxiang's kiss threw him into chaos. Despite his usual tendency to flirt and take advantage, Qin Lang had little experience with romantic matters and was completely a novice. Tao Ruoxiang's passionate kiss left him dazed, unsure how to handle this sudden "encounter."

While Qin Lang's mind was in a daze, his "little Qin Lang" didn't hesitate at the critical moment, feeling as if it was about to burst through his pants. What Qin Lang didn't expect was a strange, pleasurable sensation from below, which almost made him cry out. He looked down to see that Tao Ruoxiang had grabbed "little Qin Lang" through his pants, seemingly trying to pull it out, and "little Qin Lang" felt as if it was about to explode.

Looking up, he saw Tao Ruoxiang under the moonlight, her face flushed, her eyes filled with allure, and her breath like orchids, beautiful to the point of being breathtaking. Qin Lang couldn't control himself, almost wanting to take advantage of the situation and indulge in a moment of intimacy with her...

"Qin Lang, have you really become an animal?" At critical moments, a man's conscience always interferes. So, at such times, a man is half a saint and half a beast.

"It's just a beautiful mistake, and it's to help her detox. She will understand." Another beastly voice in his head said, "At worst, I can say it's all the moon's fault; she was too beautiful and too tempting under the moonlight..."

"Taking advantage of someone in distress, that would really make me a beast!"

"Not taking advantage, wouldn't even be as good as a beast?"

"..."

Slap!

Qin Lang's inner struggle finally ended with his conscience and reason prevailing. He slapped himself and then gritted his teeth, pushing Tao Ruoxiang away. He quickly took a detox pill from his leather bag and put it in Tao Ruoxiang's mouth: "Tao Teacher, this is the detox pill."

"Nine Fragrant Jade Dew Pill! Spendthrift!" The voice of the old poison expert rang in Qin Lang's ears again.

"Damn! Can't you stop eavesdropping?" Qin Lang muttered coldly.

Generally, a single antidote only works for one or a few poisons, like a key for a specific lock. But just as there are universal keys, there are also "universal detox pills" in the world of antidotes, and the Nine Fragrant Jade Dew Pill is one of them. However, the value of this pill is significant, and it's not easy to prepare, which is why the old poison expert called Qin Lang a spendthrift.

Qin Lang certainly had other ways to detoxify Tao Ruoxiang, but he needed time to study and prepare the medicine. During this time, what would happen to Tao Ruoxiang? Would Qin Lang have to knock her out?

The effects of the Nine Fragrant Jade Dew Pill were not to be underestimated. Soon, the drug's effects on Tao Ruoxiang began to fade, and the redness on her face gradually disappeared.

About five minutes later, Tao Ruoxiang returned to normal. However, because she still remembered what had happened, the thought of her actively kissing Qin Lang and even using her tongue to tease him, along with other embarrassing actions, made her both shy and angry. She said to Qin Lang, "You must forget everything that happened just now!"

"I... can't forget." Qin Lang's head shook like a rattle. The memory of what had just happened was deeply etched in his mind. He wished he could copy these memories from his brain, burn them onto a disc, and keep them forever. How could he forget, especially the taste of Tao Ruoxiang's skillful and fragrant tongue, which was truly unforgettable.

"You—Are you thinking about those scenes again!" Tao Ruoxiang's lips trembled with anger, but with her brain on Qin Lang's neck, how could she control it?

"Tao Teacher, I promise to try my best to forget this." Qin Lang said insincerely, then changed the subject, "After all the events tonight, you should go back and rest."

"How can I rest?" Tao Ruoxiang looked at Qin Lang's wounds, "Are you... Are you okay? An Desheng said you were poisoned, you shouldn't be in trouble, right?"

"I can detoxify you, so I can detoxify myself. I told you, I'm a very skilled traditional Chinese medicine practitioner."

"Traditional Chinese medicine? Are you really a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner?" Tao Ruoxiang looked at Qin Lang skeptically, "Can traditional Chinese medicine practitioners have such high skills?"

"Um..." Qin Lang didn't expect Tao Ruoxiang to be so hard to fool. He thought for a moment and said seriously, "Tao Teacher, the reason you think this is because you don't understand traditional Chinese medicine—let's talk while we go down the mountain."

"Aren't there snakes around here?" Tao Ruoxiang was still nervous.

"With me here, no snake will bite you. When we were in elementary school, didn't our teacher tell us that snakes are also good friends of humans? They mainly eat rats and other pests—"

"Ah!"

At that moment, Tao Ruoxiang suddenly cried out because she saw the rock python from earlier swallowing a person's body, with only half of it still visible.

"It's fine." Qin Lang stepped forward, gently petting the rock python's head, and said to Tao Ruoxiang, "I told you, snakes only eat pests. These people are pests, and letting the snakes eat them is a way to help them transcend."

Tao Ruoxiang didn't dare to get close to the large python and followed Qin Lang down the mountain.

When Qin Lang descended the mountain, the snakes and insects began to disperse.

"By the way, you said I don't know what true traditional Chinese medicine is. What is true traditional Chinese medicine like?" Tao Ruoxiang didn't seem to want to let Qin Lang off easily. Actually, she was asking questions mainly to shift her attention away from the snakes and insects around her.

"Oh, true traditional Chinese medicine? Well, it's not just about being skilled in medicine. They must also know martial arts and some other knowledge."

"Why must they learn martial arts?"

"In our traditional Chinese medicine field, there's a saying: 'A traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who doesn't practice qi is just a joke.'"

"That's a crude saying, but what's the logic behind it?"

"Of course, there is logic. You know that traditional Chinese medicine is profound and not just about taking pulses and prescribing medicine. True masters in the medical field can often cure diseases without using medicine... don't disbelieve me. For example, traditional Chinese massage and acupuncture are two advanced techniques. Many people know the surface, but they only learn the basics. True massage and acupuncture require the practitioner to know qigong, using qi to activate blood and qi to guide the needle. This is a good technique! For example, Hua Tuo's Five Animal Exercises are also a method of cultivating the spirit and qi."

Qin Lang wasn't making this up. As the disciple of the old poison expert, Qin Lang had a deep understanding of traditional Chinese medicine and knew that many famous ancient Chinese medicine practitioners were skilled in cultivating the spirit and qi. Practicing qi is not only for strengthening the body but also for facilitating the treatment of patients, as the foundational theory of traditional Chinese medicine is based on meridians and qi.

"Listening to you, it seems to make some sense... so how did you get such powerful detoxifying and snake-driving skills?"

"Um... it's because I'm a very skilled traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. I'm skilled because I can detoxify and drive snakes."

"Why can you drive snakes by whistling? Don't snakes have poor hearing?"

"Having poor hearing doesn't mean they have no hearing. Besides, I'm not whistling; I'm playing a bugle for insects."

"What kind of bugle? Can I see it..."

"..."