Chapter 46: Medicine King Cauldron
Chapter 46: Medicine King Cauldron
“What is this?”
Looking at the many poisonous creatures wriggling inside the large cauldron, Jing Wushuang felt her scalp tingle. “Granny, you… you aren’t going to make Brother Mu Feng stand in there and use poison to fight poison, are you?”
“Hehe, that’s right, use poison to fight poison. This Medicine King Cauldron is an absolute treasure that your granny has kept as her last resort. I worked hard to destroy the Medicine King Sect and snatched it from their sect leader.”
Ghost Mother gave an evil smile and sinisterly licked her dry lips, as if recalling the bloody battles from when she stormed the Medicine King Sect years ago. “The Six-Winged Golden Cicada’s venom is extremely potent. Once it seeps into the blood, the only way is to use poison to fight poison and refine the blood inside this brat’s body with a secret method. However, just having this Medicine King Cauldron isn’t enough; the brat’s cooperation is needed. Tell me, recite your cultivation technique for me. If you don’t want to die, do it quickly. Let me see how you forced the venom into your blood. Most people would have died long ago from the Six-Winged Golden Cicada’s poison, so your cultivation technique must be unusual. Otherwise, how could you have held on until now!”
Remembering the huge four-faced, eight-armed phantom behind Mu Feng when he broke through his bottleneck last time in the Yinfeng Cave, Ghost Mother secretly felt tempted.
Her face showed no expression as she spoke while stirring the poisons in the Medicine King Cauldron with a snake-headed crutch. Secretly, she paid close attention to Mu Feng’s every move, hoping to extract the secrets in his mind. Although she didn’t understand exactly what was happening, she knew that Mu Feng’s cultivation technique was definitely extraordinary.
A weak scholar who had damaged meridians since childhood had become so powerful after cultivating for only a short time. If she could get her hands on that mysterious cultivation technique, how incredible would that be?
Ghost Mother, who single-mindedly pursued power, saw in Mu Feng the hope of breaking through her own bottleneck.
“Sorry, Ghost Mother, my master strictly ordered before his distant journey that without his permission, I must not reveal this cultivation technique!” To Ghost Mother’s surprise, Mu Feng refused outright.
The Blood Refining Art and the Ancestral Sorcerer’s Essence Blood were the foundation of his life and survival. No matter what, he would never reveal them. Ghost Mother seemed to be helping him heal and expel the deadly poison, but with such an old witch, who knew if she had ill intentions?
“Oh, you don’t want to live?”
Ghost Mother looked at Mu Feng in surprise, then coldly added, “Right now, with the poison in your blood, there’s still a slim chance of survival. Once the deadly poison seeps into your bone marrow and brain, even if the elusive Medicine True Person himself came, you’d be doomed!”
“Yes, Brother Mu Feng, hurry and tell her. Granny is doing this for your own good. Only by understanding the characteristics of your cultivation technique and the flow of your Spiritual Power can she help you completely expel the deadly poison!” Jing Wushuang’s eyes were filled with tears, afraid that Ghost Mother would turn away in anger, which would mean all hope was lost.
In the whole world, besides Ghost Mother Granny, where could they find someone who could cure the Six-Winged Golden Cicada’s poison?
“Forget it, Shuang’er, let’s go back!”
Mu Feng remained unmoved. Not speaking might not mean death, but revealing the existence of the Ancestral Sorcerer’s Essence Blood and the memories of many Ancient Great Witches might lead to immediate death here. “Wealth and honor are up to heaven; life and death are fated. Since Ghost Mother is unwilling to help, let’s go back.”
As Mu Feng spoke, he made as if to turn and leave. Seeing him so resolute, Ghost Mother’s eyes flashed with cold light, as if she was about to take action. But the next moment, looking at Jing Wushuang leaning against Mu Feng, she chuckled, “Fine, I see you’re a tough one. Alright, since you don’t want to say, forget it. But if in the end, I can’t completely expel the deadly poison from your body, don’t blame me. Get in. Your master must be one of those old guys from the Poison Sect, right? To find a successor like you, he has some good judgment.”
Failing to coerce him, Ghost Mother subtly probed without showing any change in expression. In the whole world, only those monsters from the Poison Sect could force deadly poison into their blood vessels and not die. When it came to poison techniques, the Poison Sect was the true expert, unmatched under heaven.
As she spoke, Ghost Mother formed a hand seal. The lid of the half-person-high Medicine King Cauldron slammed down and began to rotate clockwise with a rumbling sound. The temperature grew hotter and hotter, like a furnace specifically for smelting iron. The poisonous snakes, centipedes, and other creatures inside let out shrill, agonizing cries that made one’s hair stand on end.
After spinning rapidly a few times, the Medicine King Cauldron suddenly stopped. When the lid opened, all the poisonous creatures had turned into thick blood, with blood mist boiling and churning. After just one glance, the worried Jing Wushuang couldn’t bear to look again.
“Thank you, Ghost Mother!”
Mu Feng bowed slightly. He neither confirmed nor denied her insinuations, simply smiling and letting her guess wildly. Under Jing Wushuang’s nervous gaze, he unhesitatingly climbed into the tall Medicine King Cauldron, took a deep breath, then slowly sat down cross-legged until the churning blood submerged him up to his neck.
The blood formed from many poisonous creatures would make most people’s scalps tingle, but to a Great Blood-Refining Sorcerer, it was nothing to fear. Although Ghost Mother was fierce and evil, and seemed to have designs on his cultivation technique, before she succeeded, there would surely be no danger.
“Gah gah gah, good, good courage!”
Seeing Mu Feng sit down cross-legged without any fear, Ghost Mother cackled, her eyes rarely showing a trace of appreciation. “Mu Feng, is it? Boy, why not join our Yinfeng Sect? Just acknowledge me, the Yinfeng Holy Maiden, as your master, and I’ll teach you the mental technique of the Eighteen Yin Wind Command Banners. When we return to the Yinfeng Sect’s mountain gate, you’ll be my, Li Feifei’s, head disciple. You’ll have enough strength and qualification to become an elder of the Yinfeng Sect, even contend for the next Yinfeng Sect leader. How about it?”
“Ghost Mother, I’m sorry, but I already have a master!” Mu Feng refused outright.
Having recognized Ghost Mother’s true nature, he remained unmoved by her sweet talk.
“Gah gah gah, that’s easy to handle! Arrange a meeting with your master, I’ll kill him, and then you can freely join our Yinfeng Sect?”
Ghost Mother cackled, her expression sinister. “Young man, don’t refuse in a hurry. Think it over carefully. Although you’ve obtained our Yinfeng Sect’s treasure, the Eighteen Yin Wind Command Banners, without the corresponding mental technique, you can’t unleash their true power. Besides… you’re inside the cauldron now. Aren’t you afraid I’ll form a hand seal and refine you into a pool of blood, just like those snakes and centipedes earlier?”
When persuasion failed, Ghost Mother began with vicious threats, her killing intent palpable.
Hearing this, Mu Feng remained silent and calm, but Jing Wushuang, standing nearby, grew extremely nervous and quickly stepped in front of him. “Granny, no, you promised to save Brother Mu Feng’s life. Granny, Shuang’er begs you, please don’t…”
“Hehe, Shuang’er, Granny was just joking. Why are you so nervous?”
Seeing that Mu Feng was unyielding to both soft and hard tactics, Ghost Mother gave a cold laugh. Forming a hand seal, the heavy lid of the Medicine King Cauldron slammed down and began to rotate counterclockwise with a rumbling sound. Compared to when she refined the snakes, centipedes, and other poisonous creatures earlier, the direction was opposite, but the speed was faster, the temperature hotter, instantly erupting with an oppressive wave of heat.